MotorcycleUSA.com announced today it has aligned energies with the ATV Promoters Group to become an Associate Sponsor and the Holeshot Award Sponsor for the 2009 ITP/Moose Racing AMA ATV Motocross Championship presented by Parts Unlimited. There are 11 rounds in the 2009 series with two Pro Motos per round for a total of 22 Holeshots which www.Motorcycle-USA.com will pay $250 to the fastest ATV Pro pilot to cross the Holeshot line.
“Supporting the ATV Motocross Championship makes perfect sense for MotorcycleUSA.com,†claims Ken Hutchison, Vice President, MotorcycleUSA… More info
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The introduction of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) in Formula One remains one of the hottest topics of debate in the build-up to the new season.
Arguments have raged for months about the development costs of the devices, whether they will be safe and what difference they will make to the racing.
So having heard from the teams, autosport.com wanted to gauge what FIA president Max Mosley thought of KERS when he met a few journalists for a pre-season chat. Here are his thoughts…. More info
One of the figures behind the prospective American Formula One team has stated that plans for USF1 are well and truly under way, with a formal announcement expected later this month.
Ken Anderson, one of the two principals of USF1, has told The Charlotte Observer that the team will be based in the American city, adding that “95% of what you might have seen” about the plans is true.
“We are looking at a couple of buildings in Charlotte, including one in the University area,” he said…Â More info
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The Foiljet MR1 is a new personal watercraft concept that takes the best features of a motocross bike and jetski, throws in two hydrofoils plus a silent, energy efficient electric motor to create what would have to be a surefire recipe for outrageous fun. The design looks something like a motocross bike, but instead of wheels there are beams with small hydrofoil wings mounted at the ends that can be raised or lowered. The concept would use a 15 kW (20 hp) electric motor housed at the end of the rear beam with its instant electric torque lifting the craft out of the water to become “foil borne”.
To cope with shallow water the beams can be raised at the flick of a switch. The electric motor runs off a 48V battery that should see three hours of full load running with the possibility of a theoretical 10 min recharge time…Â More info