March 2008
31st Mar - FIM 2008 SPEA Trial World Championship - Bangor
Preview
Without a moment to pause and reflect, the series moves
swiftly on with many of the teams and riders having started
to head towards the seaside town of Bangor, Ireland for this
forthcoming weekend’s next encounter.
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31st Mar - MSA Championships Update 31 March 2008
Alastair Moffatt took a convincing victory setting the fastest
times on 14 of the 16 tests on his home event at the Foxley
Estate.
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31st Mar - MSA pays tribute to David Leslie and Richard
Lloyd following Sunday's air crash in which it is believed
that they were among five people killed:
"David Leslie was a hugely popular figure in almost
every formula of motor racing in Britain and had been a member
of the MSA's Safety Advisory Panel for the last four years.
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31st Mar - Frentzen to drive ACI Legends Speedcar at Bahrain
GP
Former Formula 1 driver Heinz Harald Frentzen will feature
as the ACI Legends' guest star driver for the up coming Speedcar
Series race at the Bahrain Grand Prix on April 4-6.
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30th Mar - FIM 2008 SPEA Trial World Championship - Round
1 - Ettelbruck
Reigning World indoor and outdoor champion Toni Bou –
Repsol Montesa HRC started the new outdoor series as he finished
the 2007 season with a win at the opening round of the FIM
2008 SPEA Trial World Championship
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30th Mar - World Outdoor Trials Championship - Ettelbruck,
Luxembourg - Dabill
James Dabill made a disappointing start to his 2008 FIM
SPEA Trial World Championship campaign, with an eighth place
at the opening round of the series held in the small town
of Ettelbruck, Luxembourg
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30th Mar - World Outdoor Trials Championship - Ettelbruck,
Luxembourg - Lampkin
Dougie Lampkin put the disappointment of the indoor season
firmly behind him with a rejuvenated performance at the opening
round of the 2008 FIM SPEA Trial World Championship held in
Luxembourg
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30th Mar - Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup - Jerez Race 2
A perfect pair of victories for Luis Salom at the first
event of the 2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season at Jerez
in Spain left the opposition struggling.
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29th Mar - Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup - Jerez Race 1
A drama packed opening round of the 2008 Red Bull MotoGP
Rookies hardly touched 16 year old Spaniard Luis Salom who
romped to a convincing victory
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29th Mar - Jacques Villeneuve signs up with Speedcar Series
Formula 1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve will race with
Speedcar in the last two rounds of the Series' inaugural season.
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28th Mar - Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup - Jerez Practice
Luis Salom snatched a convincing pole position for the first
round of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
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27th Mar - Roof of Africa 2008 - Do it again
Following the magnificient revival of 2007, the Mother of
all Hard Enduro events keeps raising the bar. And those die-hard
enthusiasts who accept the challenge will be rewarded big
time.
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27th Mar - Round 2 - 2008 FIM SPEA Trial World Championship
Bangor - Preview
In a little over a week’s time the World’s elite
motorcycle riders will be in Bangor for the Grand Prix of
Ireland, which will form the second round of the 2008 FIM
SPEA Trial World Championship
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26th Mar - MSA Championships Update 26 March 2008
Against all odds, Round 1 of the MSA British Drag Racing
Championship was completed successfully
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26th Mar - Motor Sports Association launches major promotion
for UK motor sport
The Motor Sports Association is to launch a nationwide marketing
campaign to attract thousands of new people to motor sport.
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25th Mar - British Motocross Championship 2008 - Canada
Heights - CCM
CCM Racing made their second outing at the 2008 Maxxis ACU
British Motocross championship, with the latest round taking
place at the fantastic Canada Heights circuit in Kent
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25th Mar - Maxxis ACU British Motocross Championship 2008
- Canada Heights
A light covering of snow dusted the Kent circuit ahead of
the second round of the 2008 Maxxis British Motocross Championship.
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25th Mar - MacKenzie heads the charge for The Fuchs Silkolene
Charity Award
Fuchs Silkolene backed rider Billy MacKenzie – CAS
Honda maintained his 100% record with yet another dominant
performance at the second round of the 2008 Maxxis ACU British
Motocross Championship held at the undulating Canada Heights
circuit
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24th Mar - LUXEMBOURG IS SET TO WELCOME THE NEW CHAMPIONSHIP
FIGHT
This coming weekend will see the opening round of the 2008
FIM SPEA Trial World Championship take place in the small
northern European country of Luxembourg.
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23rd Mar - Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup - Third test Estoril
A two-day test in Estoril was great preparation for the
first two races of the 2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup run
next weekend alongside the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez
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23rd Mar - Speedcar - Raceday 2
Uwe Alzen scored his second Speedcar victory in the Sunday
morning race at Sepang, having already won the second 'reverse
grid' event at Sentul.
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22nd Mar - Speedcar - Raceday 1
Jean Alesi won a spectacular Speedcar race at Sepang on
Saturday morning as the championship supported a Grand Prix
for the first time.
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21st Mar - Speedcar - Alesi takes pole in Malaysia
Jean Alesi timed the fastest lap at Speedcar Series' qualifying
today, putting him on pole position when the first race of
the weekend is flagged off.
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21st Mar - Speedcar - Lehto and Lee join Speedcar Series
in Malaysia
On the eve of Speedcar Series featuring as the support race
at the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix this weekend, JJ Lehto
and Marchy Lee are the Series' latest additions taking the
wheel of the 620 bhp monster stockcars.
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20th Mar - RANGERS BECOMES FIRST UK CLUB TO GO RACING WITH
SUPERLEAGUE FORMULA
Scottish football club Rangers has added reason to celebrate
today, the Glasgow-based squad today became the first UK-based
club to join Superleague Formula.
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20th Mar - Bangor all set to host round two of the 2008
FIM SPEA Trial World Championship
With just over two weeks to go, the final preparations are
now well underway for the Grand Prix of Ireland, which will
form the second round of the 2008 FIM SPEA Trial World Championship.
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20th Mar - Alex Yoong joins Speedcar Series ahead of Malaysian
GP
Malaysia's most successful driver, Alex Yoong will drive
for Speedcar Series in front of his home crowd this weekend
at the support race to the Malaysian Formula 1 Grand Prix
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19th Mar - CCM racing sign Marco Belli for 2008 Short Track
UK Championship
Saturday 29th March will see reigning Short Track UK champion
Marco Belli make his debut on his factory CCM FT500 as he
begins the defence of his title at the opening round of the
2008 series
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17th Mar - EUROINTERNATIONAL JOIN FORCES WITH CORINITHIANS
FOR SUPERLEAGUE FORMULA
Brazilian Superleague Formula football club Corinthians
have joined forces with the experienced trans-Atlantic race
team Eurointernational for its inaugural 2008 championship
assault.
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17th Mar - BMW make encouraging start to ’08 WEC series
in Sweden
Seven-time World Enduro Champion Anders Eriksson got the
BMW Motorrad Motorsport team’s participation in the
’08 WEC series off to an extremely promising start at
the GP of Sweden
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16th Mar - Italian Outdoor Championship - Round
2 - San Marino, Italy
James Dabill made it two wins from two starts in the defence
of his Italian Championship, as the young British rider took
a narrow victory at he second round of the series held in
San Marino
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15th Mar - World Indoor Trials Championship Madrid, Spain
Round 5
Dougie Lampkin completed his torrid 2008 World Indoor Championship
campaign with yet another disappointing result.
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14th Mar - Prince Michael Award of Merit presented
to Northern Ireland's Colin Rossborough
Colin Rossborough, who has dedicated over 30 years to motor
sport in Northern Ireland and has led the way in the improvements
to the Rescue service offered at events
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14th Mar - Peter Cooper receives MSA Lifetime Achievement
award
More than fifty glorious years of motor sport were honoured
on Tuesday 4 March 2008, when Peter Cooper was presented with
the Motor Sports Association's Lifetime Achievement award
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13th Mar - Maxxis ACU British Motocross Championship 2008
- Canada Heights Preview
With hardly time to pause for breathe, the 2008 Maxxis ACU
British Motocross Championship moves swiftly on to its second
point of call, with the riders preparing themselves to resume
battle at the fantastic Canada Heights circuit
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10th Mar - MacKenzie becomes the first winner of The Fuchs
Silkolene Charity Award
Sunday 9thh March saw the opening round of the 2008 Maxxis
ACU British Motocross Championship take place at Donington
Park, with the Fuchs Silkolene supported rider Billy Mackenzie
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10th Mar - CCM’s MX450 scores points on its British
Championship debut
Following last weekend’s return to the International
paddock after a prolonged absence, CCM Racing made its debut
at the 2008 Maxxis ACU British Motocross championship for
the first time in nearly twenty years.
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10th Mar - MSA Championships Update
It took a tie-break to decide the top category 3 crew in
the opening round of the Dunlop/Gambia MSA British Historic
Rally Championship.
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10th Mar - Maxxis ACU British Motocross Championship 2008
- Donington
Clear blue skies and several thousand expectant race fans
marked the opening encounter of the 2008 Maxxis ACU British
Motocross Championship held at the famous Donington Park road
race circuit
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9th Mar - World Indoor Trials Championship Milan, Italy
- Dabill
James Dabill’s rookie season on the Indoor World champinship
came to a disappointing close at the penultimate round held
in Milan, Italy
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9th Mar - World Indoor Trials Championship Milan, Italy
- Lampkin
Dougie Lampkin finished in sixth position at the latest
round of the 2008 Indoor World championship held in Milan,
Italy.
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9th Mar - BMW Motorrad Motorsport: Daytona 200 Update
Well after the post-race celebrations had finished, Team
BMW Motorrad Motorsport found out that the Formula Xtreme
Daytona 200 winner Joshua Hayes had been disqualified because
of a technical infringement. So, Chaz Davies (Kawasaki), who
finished second, was awarded the victory.
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9th Mar - BMW Motorrad Motorsport: Daytona 200
Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport riders Richard Cooper and Brian
Parriott finished a sensational sixth and seventh respectively
in the Formula Xtreme Daytona 200.
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8th Mar - TURKISH DELIGHT FOR ITALIAN SQUAD WITH GALATASARAY
SK
Galatasaray SK's race team for the new Superleague Formula
championship has taken the opportunity to become acquainted
with their new fans in Istanbul this week after Thursday's
official launch.
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6th Mar - GALATASARAY'S ORIENT EXPRESS READY FOR SUPERLEAGUE
FORMULA
Superleague Formula has already travelled the globe unveiling
the colours of the world's leading football clubs, but today,
the new motor racing championship spanned two continents with
its most spectacular launch to date.
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5th Mar - Christian Danner races Speedcar at Malaysian Grand
Prix
Speedcar Series heads to the Sepang International Circuit
as the support race to the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix
on March 21-23.
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5th Mar - BEAUTIFUL MUSIC AT DONINGTON PARK FROM SUPERLEAGUE
FORMULA
The Elan Motorsport Technologies-built, Menard Competition
Technologies-powered prototype hit the track for the first
time with Frenchman Bruce Jouanny at the wheel.
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3rd Mar - MX – CCM Racing returns to the International
paddock
Thirty five years since they first made their initial impact
on the off road racing scene, CCM made its long and eagerly
awaited return to the International motocross paddock at Hawkstone
Park
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3rd Mar - Hawkstone Park – International Moto-X –
Results
Dry and bright weather provided the perfect backdrop to
the 10th Hawkstone Park International Motocross meeting, which
was headed by Dutch rider Marc De Reuver
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3rd Mar - MSA Championships Update
2006 champions David Kynaston & Andy Russell began their
quest for the 2008 title in fine style with second overall,
and maximum points, in their Audi A3 Quattro on the opening
round, the John Price Rallying Tour of Epynt
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2nd Mar - Italian Outdoor Championship Round 1 Cava Dei
Tirreni, Italy
James Dabill opened the defence of his Italian outdoor title
with a dominant victory at the first round of the 2008 series
held in Southern Italy earlier today.
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