July 2006
31st Jul - CARMICHAEL 2ND AT WASHOUGAL
Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ricky Carmichael finished
a strong second place at round eight of the AMA Toyota Motocross
race at Washougal MX Park, in Washougal, WA, on Sunday afternoon.
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30th Jul - YOSHIMURA SUZUKI 3RD AT SUZUKA
Team Yoshimura Suzuki’s Nobuatsu Aoki and Atsushi Watanabe
raced their GSX-R1000 into third position in the Suzuka 8-Hour
World Endurance fifth round
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30th Jul - SUZUKI MX1 TEAM IN LOKET TOP FIVE
 Kevin
Strijbos and Steve Ramon have taken fourth and fifth overall
respectively at a hot Loket circuit for the Grand Prix of
the Czech Republic
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29th Jul - STRIJBOS TAKES 1ST POLE WITH NEW RM-Z MOTOR
Team
Suzuki’s Kevin Strijbos claimed his debut pole position
on a new, development RM-Z450 today at a stuffy Loket circuit
for the MX1 Grand Prix of Czech Republic.
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29th Jul - YOSHIMURA SUZUKI 6TH ON SUZUKA GRID
Team Yoshimura Suzuki riders Nobuatsu Aoki and Atsushi Watanabe
will start tomorrow’s Suzuka 8-Hour World Endurance
fifth round from sixth position following today’s WSB-style
Superpole one-lap final qualifier.
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28th Jul - YOSHIMURA SUZUKI 2ND IN SUZUKA QUALIFYING
Yoshimura Suzuki’s Akira Watanabe has put his GSX-R1000
into provisional second on the grid for Sunday’s Suzuka
8-Hour World Endurance fifth round as World Champions and
series leaders Suzuki Castrol are currently down in 15th.
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27th Jul - SUZUKI OPTIMISTIC FOR LOKET GP
A
happy hunting ground beckons for Team Suzuki this weekend
as the Belgian squad heads to the Loket circuit in the depths
of western Czech Republic
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24th Jul - CARMICHAEL WINS IN COLORADO
Team
Makita Suzuki’s Ricky Carmichael claimed his sixth-straight
overall win of the year with a double victory at Sunday’s
seventh-round AMA Motocross Championship at Thunder Valley
Motocross Park in Lakewood, Colorado.
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23rd Jul - RIZLA SUZUKI - Laguna Seca Race
 Rizla
Suzuki MotoGP racer Chris Vermeulen looked set for his first
MotoGP podium at today’s Red Bull US Grand Prix from
Laguna Seca, but the rookie Australian was robbed of glory
by a mechanical issue.
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23rd Jul - ALSTARE SUZUKI - KAGAYAMA CLAIMS 1ST DOUBLE AT
BRNO
 Team
Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Yukio Kagayama took his
first ever World Superbike double victory at Brno in the Czech
Republic today.
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23rd Jul - RIZLA SUZUKI - Oulton Park Race
Rizla
Suzuki’s Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne took hard-earned
fourth and fifth place finishes in today’s double-header
ninth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship
at a sun-drenched Oulton Park in Cheshire.
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23rd Jul - AMA Team Yoshimura Suzuki - Laguna Seca Race
Team
Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies battled record-breaking
heat as well as the competition to win his eighth AMA Superbike
race of the season
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22nd Jul - RIZLA SUZUKI - Laguna Seca Qualifying
Chris
Vermeulen powered his Rizla Suzuki GSV-R to pole-position
for tomorrow’s Red Bull US Grand Prix at a scorching
Laguna Seca today.
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22nd Jul - RIZLA SUZUKI - Oulton Park Qualifying
Rizla
Suzuki’s Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne will start
tomorrow’s double-header ninth round of the Bennetts
British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park from fifth place
on the grid.
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22nd Jul - ALSTARE SUZUKI MEN ON BRNO SECOND ROW
Team
Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra riders Troy Corser and Yukio Kagayama
will start tomorrow’s Brno World Superbike round in
the Czech Republic alongside each other on the second row
of the grid.
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21st Jul - RIZLA SUZUKI - Laguna Seca Practice
Rizla
Suzuki MotoGP racers Chris Vermeulen and John Hopkins both
produced promising performances on the first day of practice
for the Red Bull US Grand Prix at a warm and sunny Laguna
Seca today.
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21st Jul - KAGAYAMA 6TH ON BRNO FIRST DAY
Team
Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra riders Yukio Kagayama and Troy
Corser took sixth and 12th fastest respectively at today’s
opening qualifying for the Brno World Superbike seventh round
in the Czech Republic.
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21st Jul - RIZLA SUZUKI - Oulton Park Practice
Rizla
Suzuki’s Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne set the fourth
fastest time during today’s practice for the ninth round
of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park
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20th Jul - RIZLA SUZUKI - Hopkins hits Hollywood for USGP
Rizla
Suzuki racer John Hopkins prepared for this weekend’s
Red Bull USGP by joining fellow MotoGP stars on Hollywood
Boulevard in Los Angeles to give fans a taster of what’s
to come at Laguna Seca this week.
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20th Jul - MEKLAU INCREASES GERMAN SERIES LEAD
Suzuki
International Europe rider Andreas Meklau has increased his
lead in the German Superbike Championship after 8 rounds despite
suffering poor starts at the weekend’s Nurburgring round.
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19th Jul - ALSTARE SET FOR BRNO AFTER TESTS
After
the successful tests at the Eurospeedway Lausitz, Team Alstare
Suzuki Corona Extra has just time for a very short break before
the Czech round of the championship in Brno this weekend.
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19th Jul - PLATER JOINS RIZLA SUZUKI AT OULTON
Four-time
British Superbike race winner Steve Plater will join Rizla
Suzuki as a replacement rider for the injured James Haydon
at the ninth round of the Championship at Oulton Park this
weekend.
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17th Jul - CARMICHAEL TOPS UNADILLA MX
Team
Makita Suzuki’s Ricky Carmichael clinched his fifth
straight victory of the season by taking two race wins at
Sunday’s AMA Motocross Championship sixth round at Unadilla
Valley in New York.
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16th Jul - TEAM SUZUKI - RAMON GRABS 6TH PODIUM FOR RM-Z450
Team
Suzuki maintained its streak of podium results with the RM-Z450
as Steve Ramon raced to third position – and up to third
in the series - and Kevin Strijbos sixth at a warm Sun City
in South Africa
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16th Jul - RIZLA SUZUKI - Knockhill Race
Rizla
Suzuki’s Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne won the second
race at a sun-drenched Knockhill circuit in Scotland at the
eighth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship
to end a 22-month drought of victories for the team
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16th Jul - RIZLA SUZUKI - Sachsenring Race
Rizla
Suzuki MotoGP Racer Chris Vermeulen scored a stunning seventh
place at today’s German GP after starting from 13th
on the grid.
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15th Jul - RIZLA SUZUKI - Knockhill Qualifying
Rizla
Suzukis Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne showed his intentions
by taking second place on the grid for tomorrow’s double
header eighth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship
at Knockhill in Scotland.
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15th Jul - RIZLA SUZUKI - Sachsenring Qualifying
Rizla
Suzuki MotoGP racers John Hopkins and Chris Vermeulen will
start tomorrow’s German Grand Prix from rows three and
five respectively
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14th Jul - RIZLA SUZUKI - Knockhill First Qualifying
Rizla
Suzuki’s Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne finished fifth
fastest in today’s practice for the eighth round of
the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Knockhill in
Scotland.
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14th Jul - RIZLA SUZUKI - Sachsenring Practice
It’s
been a good day for us. I haven’t had much luck here
in the past and previous machines that we’ve had here
have not made the track much fun
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13th Jul - RIZLA SUZUKI - new and much improved 2006 version
of the GSV-R MotoGP machine
With
a completely new and much-improved 2006 version of the GSV-R
MotoGP machine, and with backing from Rizla showing on its
flanks, the Suzuki MotoGP team had every reason to look forward
to the current 17-round season.
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13th Jul - BYRNE SOLO FOR KNOCKHILL BSB
Shane
‘Shakey’ Byrne will be the sole Rizla Suzuki rider
racing at the eighth round of the Bennetts British Superbike
Championship at Knockhill in Scotland this weekend.
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13th Jul - TEAM SUZUKI STRONG FOR SUN CITY
Team
Suzuki’s Kevin Strijbos and Steve Ramon head to Sun
City in South Africa this weekend for the 10th round of the
2006 FIM Motocross World Championships holding strong second
and fourth places on their factory RM-Z450s.
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11th Jul - RIZLA SUZUKI - Sachsenring Preview
Rizla
Suzuki MotoGP arrives in Germany this weekend for round 10
of the 2006 MotoGP World Championship, with both its riders
eager to continue their recent run of good form.
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10th Jul - HURLEY INJURED AT BROADFORD
Daryl
Hurley’s Australian Motocross championship defence ended
in disaster at round eight of the 2006 Motocross Nationals
in Broadford, Victoria at the weekend.
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7th Jul - NEW-FRAMED RM-Z450 TAKES PODIUM
The
latest generation of chassis development on Suzuki’s
RM-Z450 MX1 motocross motorcycle gained a podium on its debut
outing last weekend in Sweden thanks to the efforts of Steve
Ramon.
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7th Jul - Vermeulen to star at Goodwood on Sheene's bike
Rizla
Suzuki MotoGP star Chris Vermeulen will be riding at this
weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed in England, onboard
the Suzuki that powered Barry Sheene to his first GP victory.
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7th Jul - BYRNE’S RIZLA SUZUKIS RECOVERED
Rizla
Suzuki has recovered both of Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne’s
stolen GSX-R1000 race bikes. Working in conjunction with the
North Yorkshire police, the team received information leading
to the whereabouts of the bikes which were stolen on Tuesday
night from a locked garage at the Croft circuit.
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5th Jul - BYRNE’S RIZLA SUZUKIS STOLEN
Both
of Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne’s Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000K6
race bikes were stolen last night from a locked garage at
the Croft circuit in North Yorkshire. Rizla Suzuki is offering
a £10,000 reward for their safe return.
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2nd Jul - RAMON ON PODIUM IN SWEDEN
Steve
Ramon was runner-up overall and earned his fifth podium of
the season on the RM-Z450 this afternoon in hot temperatures
at the Uddevalla circuit for the Grand Prix of Sweden and
the ninth race of 15 in the FIM MX1 Motocross World Championship.
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2nd Jul - RIZLA SUZUKI - Donington Race
Rizla
Suzuki MotoGP racer John Hopkins picked up yet another high
scoring position at today’s GAS British Grand Prix at
Donington, as he finished in the top 10 for the fourth race
in succession.
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1st Jul - RAMON 5TH ON SWEDISH MX1 GATE
Steve
Ramon placed the works RM-Z450 - being used for the first
time with the new evolution of the aluminium frame –
fifth fastest in Timed Practice today at a hot and busy Uddevalla
circuit for the Grand Prix of Sweden
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1st Jul - RIZLA SUZUKI - Donington Qualifying
Chris
Vermeulen powered his way to his best dry qualifying position
by bringing his Rizla Suzuki GSV-R home in second place during
today’s session at a blisteringly hot Donington.
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