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Hill and Wren still missing Emmett.
This weekend sees the Bennetts British Superbike championship take to Snetterton for the eighth round of the championship and for the Virgin Mobile Samsung squad there's plenty of work to do for a team shorn of their No.1 rider, Sean Emmett.
Chris Burns returns to BSB.
Ex-GP racer Chris Burns will make a return to the British Superbike championship after signing a deal with AIM Yamaha and will compete with them for the rest of the 2005 season.
McGuinness `down in the dumps` over TT tragedy.
John McGuinness endured a tough weekend at Knockhill, the AIM Racing Yamaha rider failing to start race one and then returning after five laps into race two.
Haydon tops the times at Croft.
Rizla Suzuki's James Haydon set the fastest unofficial lap time in Tuesday's Dunlop arranged Croft Circuit test as he found extra performance from his GSX-R1000.
Another double for Kiyo.
Ryuichi Kiyonari secured his third double victory of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship season at Knockhill to move second in the championship standings behind HM Plant Honda team-mate Michael Rutter.
Rizla Suzuki duo on the pace at Knockhill.
It's been a while but John Reynolds secured his first front row start of the season after qualifying fourth for the latest round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Knockhill.
James Haydon column: Good news all round.
No sooner has he signed for the rest of the season for the Rizla Suzuki camp in the British Superbikes then James Haydon takes another step forward in his impressive career as he joins Crash.net as a columnist. Here's the first...
Familiar face returns to Rizla fold.
Rizla Suzuki will welcome back a familiar face for the trip to Knockhill as for the latest round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship as chief technician Dave Marton rejoins the team after six months away.
Reynolds gets exhausted, Haydon stamps his mark.
Reigning British Superbike champions Rizla Suzuki enjoyed a rather blustery day at Donington Park as champ John Reynolds and new permanent team-mate James Haydon.
Smart joins Vivaldi.
Former Rizla Suzuki rider Scott Smart will contest the remainder of the 2005 British Superbike Championship for Vivaldi Racing, riding a third Kawasaki ZX-10R alongside Ben Wilson and Tristan Palmer.
Rizla Suzuki signs Haydon.
Rizla Suzuki has today confirmed that James Haydon - who rode in place of the injured John Reynolds earlier this year - will return to the team on a full time basis, following the departure of Scott Smart.
BSB goes football crazy.
Friday night at Croft the annual charity football match took place between the media and the riders and once again the Media won - five goals to nil! Crash.net's Louise Cain was there to lend support...
McElnea: It`s been a real tough year - again!
Rob McElnea, team manager of Virgin Mobile Samsung Yamaha, has admitted to Crash.net that they have had a tough start to their season - again!
Rutter pole, Reynolds fifteenth.
HM Plant Honda's Michael Rutter took pole position in the dry conditions at Croft for the sixth round of the Bennett's British Superbike championship. Team-mate Ryiuchi Kiyonari took fourth place so that the HM Plant Hondas book-end the front row of the grid.
Sykes holds on to pole in dry.
Tom Sykes held onto pole position in the dry second qualifying session at Croft in the British Supersport championship. The TAS Suzuki rider held off Stuart Easton and Craig Jones who were all running in the 1min 22secs, with only half a second separating the first three riders.
Michelin`s secret tyre stolen at Mondello.
Michelin recently suffered the theft of one of its latest-technology tyres during a British Superbike Championship event. Having reported it to the police, an investigation showed that this theft appeared to have been professionally carried out.
Plater: I got it wrong!
Steve Plater took an impressive second position behind fellow Honda rider Michael Rutter in the first Superbike race at the Junction One International North West 200 in Northern Ireland.
Owens takes deserved eighth at Mondello.
Mondello Park in Southern Ireland was the setting for the fifth round of the British Super Sport Championship.
Sendo receive more power at Mondello.
The Sendo Superbike team faced another tough round as the Bennett's British Superbike Championship headed to Ireland for the fifth round of the series.
Pensavalle gets season best at Mondello.
There were mixed fortunes for M.P. Racing's Michael Pensavalle at Mondello Park in the fifth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Cup. This was another new circuit for him to learn, so Friday practice was important to get in as many laps as possible.
Plater returns to Honda for NW200.
Following a one-year break, Steve Plater is returning to the North West 200 public roads circuit with Honda Racing. However, it will be a new experience for the Lincolnshire rider as he makes the change from a twin to Honda's latest four-cylinder contender.
Jones takes 600 lead in Ireland.
Northpoint Honda Racing rider Craig Jones took the lead in the British Supersport Championship at round five of the series at Mondello Park, Ireland, at the weekend.
Rea`s hopes end prematurley at Mondello.
Jonathan Rea's hopes for the highest score of the season at Mondello Park were dashed in both 18-lap races at the 2.176-mile circuit.
Rea holds provisional pole.
18-year-old Red Bull Honda rider Jonathon Rea has secured provisional pole position in the first qualifying session at Mondello Park for the fifth round of the Bennetts British Superbike championship.