BSB News

Rizla Suzuki's John Reynolds and Karl Harris will both start from the front row for tomorrow's ninth round of the British Superbike Championship at Thruxton, Hampshire.

The British Superbike season restarts at Thruxton this weekend after a five-week long summer break, with Karl Harris returning to the Rizla Suzuki squad alongside John Reynolds - on heavily developed GSX-R1000's.

The chase for the Motor Cycle News British Superbike crown hots up this weekend (10-11 August) as Britain's premier motorcycle Championship powers into Thruxton.

Team Virgin Mobile Aiwa Yamaha, in association with Colin Appleyard Racing, today announced the signing of Sean Emmett to the team's 2002 line-up, with immediate effect.

Leon Camier's weekend literally took a turn for the worse when a major high-side whilst leading at Knockhill left him severely winded and back in third place.

Rizla Suzuki regular John Reynolds and stand-in team-mate David Jefferies improved on qualifying set-backs to earn championship points here today at Knockhill in two incident-marred 30-lap British Superbike races.

Rizla Suzuki experienced a day of mixed fortunes yesterday on the modified 1.736-mile Rockingham Motor Speedway circuit.

Ducati UK are pleased to announce the launch of two brand new Ducati Stores in the UK this month in Glasgow and Ashford.

Tech2 Racing stunned the paddock yet again on Sunday 16 June as riders, David Jefferies, Tom Sykes and Cal Crutchlow delivered another set of outstanding results at round seven of the Superstock and Junior Superstock Championships at Brand Hatch.

Rizla Suzuki's John Reynolds is on a roll after taking his first win of the year at Brands Hatch last weekend - and he is ready to rock the racing applecart when the seventh round of the Championship kicks off at Rockingham Motor Speedway on June 23rd.

Rizla Suzuki rider John Reynolds dominated the racing at Brands Hatch today, taking a win and fourth place in the most exciting racing to be seen at the track for years.

David Jefferies, the nine-time Isle of Man TT winner, will make a guest appearance on the Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 at the Rockingham round of the British Superbike Championship on June 23rd.

V&M Racing's Jim Moodie finished in a fine third place in Friday's inaugural 600cc Production race, on his V&M Racing R6 Yamaha, to take his third podium position of the 2002 Isle of Man TT races.

The V&M Racing team were celebrating today after Scotsman Jim Moodie broke the Suzuki stranglehold on the 2002 Isle of Man TT races, when he romped to victory on the teams 600cc R6 Yamaha in the Junior 600 event, by a comfortable thirty three second margin.

Jim Moodie comfortably took the victory in the 600cc Junior event to extend to eight his winning pedigree in the annual Isle of Man TT racing festival but there was bitter disappointment in the early stages of the four lap race for two of the favourites.

Lincolnshires Karl Willerton took pole position in qualifying today for this weekends round 2 of the Ducati Monster S4 Challenge at the Snetterton race circuit in Norfolk.

This weekend sees the Ducati Monster S4 Challenge arrive at Norfolk's Snetterton Circuit for round two of the UK's premier one-make motorcycle championship.

The most challenging event in the motorcycle racing calendar returns this week, after a year long break, as a record entry of 625 riders take part in the Isle of Man TT festival.

Rizla Suzuki heads to round five of the British Superbike Championship at Snetterton in optimistic mood - the high-speed track should suit its powerful GSX-R1000 race bikes.

Italian Giovanni Bussei is to replace injured Karl Harris in the next two rounds of the MCN British Superbike Championship. He will ride the Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 at Snetterton on June 2nd and Brands Hatch on June 16th.

The V&M Racing Team have arrived in the Isle of Man, where practice for the famous TT races, starts on Saturday 25 May.

The V&M Racing team starts its 2002 public roads campaign in earnest this weekend, when the opening event on the prestigious public roads circuit calendar - Ireland's International North West 200, takes place on Saturday.

A major incident in the second British Superbike race involving both Rizla Suzuki riders brought a premature end to the weekend's racing at Oulton Park on bank holiday Monday.

Leon Camier and Daniel Coutts took the opportunity to make up for their disappointment from the previous championship round at Brands Hatch by being in the thick of the action in an incident packed 125cc race at Donington Park on Sunday.