” Missing was the pungent smell of gasoline and the ear splitting noise of engines revving, but all around San Jose’s 408MX Motocross track riders were spraying up dirt and catching air.
Ten teams with ten electric dirt bikes competed on the half-mile track Sunday in the 24 Hours of Electricross, hosted by Zero Motorcycles.
They had two goals: set Guinness World Records for largest electric motorcycle race and for the furthest distance travelled on an all-electric off-road motorcycle in 24 hours.
Missions accomplished…Â Details
Don Kitch Jr., the head of Team Seattle, is trying to raise $1 million for the Seattle Children’s Infant Cardiac Care Unit by selling space on the team’s Ferrari 430; $500 for a 1-by-1-inch photo of you or someone you love.
It’s hard to see what a race-car driver has in common with a sick kid.
But then the commonalities take shape: Patience. Courage. The pit stops. The panic. And always, a steady eye on the finish line. On victory.
You think about it all when you talk with Don Kitch Jr., the head of Team Seattle, an endurance car-racing team that just found out that it had won a spot in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.
“I cried,” Kitch told me …Â Details
Tasty foot-long corn dogs, juicy roasted turkey legs and pink lemonade were on my lunch menu last weekend.
Who wouldn’t love that combination on a Sunday afternoon?
Mix in sampling food from various other vendors and visiting with race fans throughout the facility at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and you can classify a day at the races a success for this motor sports novice.
The only thing missing was a set of earplugs.
Stationed at the speedway for the NHRA’s SummitRacing.com Nationals, I received a crash course on how drag racing works.
The speed and power of the cars jetting down the strip at speeds of more than 300 mph can be startling…Â Details
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Neither six-foot seas nor rough economic waters could hinder the on-water debut of STATEMENT! Marine’s new 42 “Ultimate,†the newest entry into the custom high-performance V-bottom market. The boat was launched during the Poker Runs America season opener in St. Petersburg, FL, the location of STATEMENT’s manufacturing facility.
According to spokesman Gene Weeks, the gnarly water conditions during the recent St. Petersburg event were perfect for showing off the new boat’s exclusive design features. The 42 Ultimate exceeded all expectations; “We knew she was a good boat, but we did not know she was THAT good,†Weeks stated with pride.
Of 82 boats that left St. Petersburg marina, only eight boats and three of them V-bottoms, were bold enough to take on the Gulf of Mexico and travel 20 miles to the planned lunch stop. Most of the fleet turned back instead of challenging the 6-8-foot seas in the mouth of Tampa Bay.
“Hats off to Mark Spates, who designed the aerodynamic hull!†… Details