Ben Spies went a long way to prove the hype surrounding him in 2009 isn't without reason as he joined an elite group of riders that have won a race on their World Superbike debut.
Ben Spies has taken victory in the second World Superbike race of the season at Phillip Island after resisting the attentions of a charging Noriyuki Haga.
Troy Corser has described his first experience of the new Superpole format as 'strange' after recording his lowest ever grid position in World Superbikes for the opening round of the season at Phillip Island.
Troy Corser is being forced to take things easy a week before the opening round of the World Superbike Championship after being struck by a bird at 230kph during testing at Phillip Island.
BMW has officially revealed the war paint it will use for its maiden World Superbike Championship campaign in 2009 just a few days before its first outing in Australia.
It has been a busy few months off the track for the World Superbike Championship paddock, with plenty of changes, big moves and lots of new faces to welcome in 2009.
Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio expressed mixed feelings about the new Superpole qualifying system after both sampling it for the first time towards the end of pre-season testing in Portimao.
Suzuki will condense down to two bikes for the 2009 World Superbike Championship, Crash.net can reveal, a decision that leaves Fonsi Nieto on the sidelines.
The countdown to the 2009 World Superbike Championship got underway at Kyalami this week as six of the seven manufacturer teams that will compete next year descended on South Africa for the final test of 2008.
Karl Muggeridge will remain in the World Superbike Championship next year after it was confirmed he will race a Suzuki prepared by Superstock graduates Team Celani.
Having made the decision to move up to the World Superbike Championship, the Stiggy Honda team has revealed that it has signed a deal to work alongside Oral Engineering in 2009.
Fans of MotoGP - or indeed fans of bike racing in general - can quiz themselves on the sport they love every day of the year with the new Motocourse Quiz Block calendar.
Tom Sykes has been rewarded for his World Superbike performance at Brands Hatch with the chance to impress once again at the Donington Park round of the championship next month.
The entries are in, the shortlist has been drawn up - and now it's up to you to decide on a winner of our competition to find a grid girl for Tom Sykes ahead of his World Superbike Championship debut.
Yukio Kagayama has admitted that he is being held back by the hand injury he sustained in an accident at the N?rburgring last month, but remains adamant that just one thing is motivating him to return to full fitness as rapidly as possible - victory.
In the run-up to that inaugural Miller Motorsports Park event, here is a look back at the history of World Superbike racing in the United States of America... The Brainerd Years
The new 1190cc V-twin powered machine qualified an impressive tenth on the grid in the hands of its 21-year-old rider Rene Mahr, but failed to reach the chequered flag after the Austrian crashed out on lap 3.
Prior to that point, Neukirchner had remained clear of the accidents and incidents behind him and looked set to take a perfect lights-to-flag debut victory.
Former double world champions Troy Corser and Troy Bayliss proved to be the men to beat in the opening qualifying session of the 2008 World Superbike season in Qatar, as they dominated a wind-affected first qualifying to leave their rivals wilting under the desert sun.