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Bridwell dominates R6 Cup weekend's action.
Virgin Mobile Yamaha R6 Cup rider Ollie Bridewell stole the show Sunday as he celebrated his triple success; pole position, fastest lap and victory in an action packed 15-lap race at Croft circuit, N Yorkshire.
Strong performace from Smart at Croft.
Hawk Kawasaki star Scott Smart consolidated his third place in the THINK! British Superbike Championship today by taking a double podium in two hard-fought races at Croft. His third and second place finishes gave the Hawk rider his sixth and seventh podium visits of the year.
Virgin four have mixed luck at Croft.
The Virgin Mobile Yamaha British Superbike squad had an eventful first race meeting at the inaugural round of the British Superbike Championship at North Yorkshire's Croft circuit Sunday.
Rutter does the double at Croft.
Michael Rutter won the second race at the tenth round of British Superbikes from Croft to take his first double win of the season. Rutter, Scott Smart and John Reynolds tore away from the rest of the field in a three bike battle for the lead.
Rutter steals win from Kagayama on final lap.
Michael Rutter stole the win from Yukio Kagayama on the last lap of British Superbikes from Croft in the first race. Kagayama missed a gear on the final lap, handing the lead to Rutter who then took a well needed race win.
Rizla one - two in practice.
Yukio Kagayama and John Reynolds led from the front in Friday's practice for the 10th round of the British Superbike Championship at Croft in North Yorkshire.
McConnell joins BSS Red Bull Rookies.
Red Bull Rookies Honda has confirmed that Billy McConnell will join the team for the remainder of the 2004 British Supersport Championship.
BSS MSS Discovery take on Da Costa for superstock.
Promising French rider Julien da Costa will race for the MSS Discovery Kawasaki team in three of the four remaining rounds of the National Superstock Championship, starting at Croft this coming weekend, August 14-15.
Team Nvidia to go to Superbike next season.
Team Nvidia, who have three bikes competing in the 125 Championship of BSB, have announced exclusively to Crash.net that they will definitely have one bike in the British Superbikes next season.
R6 Cup action at Donington MotoGP.
Virgin Mobile Yamaha R6 Cup riders enjoyed their annual trip to the British round of the MotoGP last weekend (24/25 July) where they met five-times world Champion Valentino Rossi and competed for an awesome array of prizes in the Virgin Mobile Yamaha MotoGP Cup.
Watanabe and Kagayama fastest in Suzuka practice.
Yoshimura Suzuki's Atsushi Watanabe set the fastest time in the opening free practice session for the Suzuka 8 Hours, round four of the World Endurance Championship in Japan.
Jon-Boy Lee gets maiden win in R6 Cup.
Virgin Mobile Yamaha R6 Cup racer Jon-Boy Lee became the fifth rider to claim a victory in the one-make series which supports the British Superbikes, as he converted his pole start to a convincing maiden win at Mallory Park.
First time at Mallory for R6 Cup.
The Virgin Mobile Yamaha R6 Cup arrives at Mallory Park for its inaugural meeting at the Leicestershire track this weekend and the eighth round of the one-make series.
Plater back in the riding seat at Mallory.
The Virgin Mobile Samsung Yamaha British Superbike team will be out in force this weekend as it fields a quartet of riders for the ninth round of the Think! British Superbike Championship at Mallory Park.
Smart and McGuinness fired up for Knockhill.
The THINK! British Superbike Championship heads north of the border this weekend for the eighth round of the 2004 series. The tight and twisty 1.3 mile Knockhill circuit, in Fife, is the only Scottish track on the BSB calendar, but never fails to deliver excitement and high drama.
Rizla expect weather reporting sheep at Knockhill.
The eighth round of the British Superbike Championship at Knockhill on Sunday July 4th is likely to be influenced by the ever-changing Scottish weather, so Rizla Suzuki is ready to use the circuit's own sheep to forecast wet or dry conditions.
Smart column: 190bhp superbikes and dirty washing.
Hawk kawasaki rider, Scott Smart, has had mixed fortunes in the last couple of rounds. Inbetween racing 180bhp superbikes, rebuilding race engines, and doing his dirty washing, he told crash.net all about it...
Reynolds column: What broken collarbone?
It was a weekend of exciting racing marred by a tragic accident at the seventh round of the Think! British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch.
Emmett gets two second places.
MonsterMob Ducati Superbike rider Sean Emmett overcame the treacherous conditions at Brands Hatch today to record a pair of second place finishes in round seven of the Think! British Superbike Championship.
New boy McGuinness: man of the meeting.
Hawk Kawasaki's judgement to replace injured Glen Richards with TT-winner John McGuinness proved to be a good decision when the Lancastrian stormed to his maiden BSB podium and the Man of the Meeting award at a wet Brands Hatch yesterday.
Official incident statement: Motorsport Vision.
MotorSport Vision have released the following statement regarding the horrific accident at Brands Hatch, which claimed the life of one rider and left others seriously injured:
Tragedy at Brands BSB.
Tragedy struck Sunday's Brands Hatch round of the British Superbike championship when a terrifying accident in the supporting Superstock Cup race claimed the life of one competitor and seriously injured several others.
McGuinness on pace for the race.
Hawk Kawasaki stand-in John McGuinness will start tomorrow's two BSB races at Brands Hatch from ninth on the grid after putting on a determined performance in second qualifying.
Virgin Yamaha poised to attack.
Together with the three riders in the British Superbike championship and a whole field of rookie R6 cup riders, the Virgin team have yet again got their work cut out.