It was a perfect day today for new World Superbike Championship leader, Regis Laconi, who took victory in the second race of the day to add to his points tally from the day's first WSBK race win.
The fifth round of the MX World Championship, the Grand Prix of Germany, saw Brian Jorgensen and Stephen Sword take the first GP win of their careers, in the MX1 and MX2 classes respectively, after some exciting racing on the fast Teutschenthal circuit.
It was another day of high drama at Misano as wet weather interrupted proceedings once again, and produced wins apiece for Regis Laconi and Pierfrancesco Chili.
It was the most anticipated race in modern motorcycling history and it didn't disappoint: Today at Welkom, Valentino Rossi won a fantastic season-opening Africa's Grand Prix after battling Max Biaggi from start to finish to end Honda's ten race win streak on his Yamaha debut.
Dani Pedrosa became the youngest ever winner of a 250cc race in his debut quarter-litre appearance this afternoon in South Africa, the youngster winning a thrilling tussle with Randy De Puniet that was decided only at the final turn.
World Superbike 2004 saw its fourth different winner in four races today at Phillip Island, as 'Slide King' Garry McCoy guided his NCR Ducati to a popular first ever WSBK victory, in a drama filled race that saw both factory Ducatis crash out.
The opening grand prix of the 2004 world championship season saw a new generation of riders shine, headed by Yamaha's Cedric Melotte, who grabbed glory in the premier MX1 class on a wet, windy and sunny day at Zolder, Belgium.
With the likes of Ricky Carmichael and Chad Reed absent through injury, it was Daryl Hurley who surprised by taking victory in a muddy opening round of the 2003/2004 World Supercross GP championship, at Seville, Spain.
Max Wilson delivered Shell Helix Racing its first podium of the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series in final round of the season at Eastern Creek Raceway, today.
Super Cheap Auto Racing's Steve Ellery was making his way back through the field after a pit stop when he unexpectedly went aquaplaning off the track after coming into contact with an on-track oil slick left by Steven Johnson's Falcon.
Valentino Rossi has won today's Australian Grand Prix despite being given a 10secs penalty early in the race, the Italian being made aware of his punishment and charging hard to beat Loris Capirossi by 15secs at the finish - in a race full of passing, accidents, incidents, weather fears and tyre-
CAT Ford Performance Racing's Craig Lowndes and Glenn Seton have finished second with Super Cheap Auto Racing's Steve Ellery and Luke Youlden just one place back at Australia's premier motor race, the Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 at Bathurst.
The 2003 DTM season boiled down to 37 laps around the new Hockenheim Grand Prix circuit on Sunday with veteran Bernd Schneider and young gun Christijan Albers knowing that whoever crossed the line first out of the two of them would take the glory.
Toni Elias dominated today's 250cc Japanese Grand Prix, leading by the end of lap one and then controlling the race at will to take his fourth win of the 2003 season.
Going back through many long and lean years as Bettenhausen Motorsports, the newly-rebuilt Herdez Competition team has pushed its team into the spotlight on occasion in the last two years of racing in the Champ Car World Series, but on a sunny Sunday in Miami, the duo of Mario Dominguez and Rober
British Superbike Champion Shane Byrne needed to be at his absolute best to survive an all out assault from Sean Emmett as he claimed victory in the first race of the day at Donington Park.
Michael Schumacher retook the initiative in the race for the 2003 Formula One world championship crowns today after an unchallenged performance atop the pile in front of the adoring tifosi at Monza.
Newly crowned 2003 World Superbike Champion Neil Hodgson completed what has been a dream week for the 29 year-old by taking victory in the second and final race of the day at Assen.
Pablo Nieto, son of superstitious '12+1' former world champion Angel Nieto, finally won his first ever 125cc Grand Prix today in thrilling style at a restarted Portuguese Grand Prix.
Brazilian Bruno Junqueira delivered team owners Paul Newman and Carl Haas top honours in the team's 350th Champ Car start on Sunday afternoon in Denver.
In a classic fuel mileage race at the two-mile Michigan International Speedway, Penske Racing's Ryan Newman capitalised on Kurt Busch's unsuccessful gamble to try and run 65 laps on a single tank to take home his fifth win of the 2003 season.