… Memo Gidley, the Indy Car/prototype ace who co-drives the #77 Doran McDonald’s Dallara-Ford with Brad Jaeger, has been busy during the layoff between Daytona and VIR: he scored a podium finish in Superkarts Shifter Kart race; spoke to a group of 3rd, 4th and 5th-graders at Lynwood Elementary School during “No Excuses Career Day”; won the Super 800 class in a Jet-Ski competition and tested vintage Grand Prix cars, including a 1956 Maserati 250F driven to victory in the Australian Grand Prix by Sterling Moss…Â Details
There were plenty of new road and mountain bike components on show at the Sea Otter Classic, and BikeRadar’s technical editor James Huang checked out the latest kit from Ritchey, Cane Creek, Syncros, Easton, Race Face, Rotor, Edge Composites and The Hive.
Ritchey go one step further with Superlogic
Ritchey have trumped even their own WCS kit with the new Superlogic range, which will include wheels, handlebars and seatposts for both road and mountain applications…Â Details
Stoked News made the trip to Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California for the Sea Otter Classic this past weekend. I went to cheer on friends racing in the mt. bike gravity events, relax and socialize.Â
The weather at Sea Otter over the years has ranged from very nice California springtime weather, to cold, windy driving rain and everything in between. The last few days in Monterey have been absolutely spectacular. You could not have asked for anything better. It was shorts, t-shirts and flip flops.
Sea Otter is the largest cycling event in North America and perhaps the world. There were in excess of 10,000 entrants in the various races. This is a fun event because there are no year-end championship points awarded and everyone can relax and have a good time. The racing is serious, but no worry about points if you crash out.Â
Riders come from around the world, with a large number of Pro’s flying in from the South African World Cup last weekend. The competition was very tuff in the Men’s Pro ranks. There were over 100 pro men trying to qualify for the 32 open spots in the Dual Slalom. Â
Rather than give you the actual results I suggest you visit the Sea Otter web site.Â
I want to give a special thanks to the crew from Mike’s Bikes. The hospitality of Brian, Eric and Drew of the San Rafael store helped made the weekend something special. That and the keg Brian brought from Moylan’s Brewery in Novato. I highly recommend you visit a Mike’s Bikes store in Northern Calif. for your cycling needs….. Thanks guys.Â
Defending champion Scott Dixon and former winners Helio Castroneves, Dan Wheldon and Dario Franchitti are among the 28 drivers on the initial entry list for the Indianapolis 500.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced 40 entries for the May 24 race on Monday, with a total of 77 cars eligible to compete for the 33 starting spots. Twenty-two cars among 12 entries have no drivers listed yet.
The early entries also include Danica Patrick, one of the four Andretti Green Racing drivers, and Sarah Fisher, who runs her own team. Venezuelan Milka Duno, who drove the past two years, is not on the list.
There are four rookies, headed by last year’s Firestone Indy Lights champion Raphael Matos, along with Stanton Barrett, Mike Conway and Robert Doornbos.
With Castroneves’ acquittal on tax charges, he’ll be one of three drivers for Team Penske, along with Ryan Briscoe and Will Power.
Also entered is …Â Details