2002
Mansell attends royal funeral.
Nigel Mansell was among the mourners attending the funeral of the Queen Mother in London this morning [Tuesday], as Britain paid its respects to the most popular member of the Royal Family.
Coventry to face unbeaten Wolves.
Wolverhampton defend an unbeaten start to the new season in the first big local derby of 2002 at Brandon this weekend.
Vital match this Friday for Arena-Essex.
The Kent Sweepers Hammers continue their home Premier Trophy campaign this Friday when the Isle of Wight Wightlink Islanders provide the opposition at the Purfleet Raceway.
Rookie quotes: Robinson and Newman.
It was an interesting time for Shawna Robinson and Ryan Newman at the Samsung/Radio Shack 500. Robinson was involved in the accident that effectively put Earnhardt Jr out of the running whereas Newman suffered an engine blow.
Texas rain leaves Parker blue.
Hank Parker Jr. drove his No. 36 GNC Live Well Dodge Intrepid to a 14th-place finish in Saturday's rain-shortened O'Reilly 300 NASCAR Busch Series (NBS) event at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS).
Giants stand tall in 2002 debut.
The Somerset Giants had their first run out of the season as a mini-team immediately after the Trelawny Conference League match, and put in some solid performances.
British Speedway weekly news round-up.
British Speedway weekly news round-up courtesy of Nigel Pearson at the British Speedway Press office - team by team: Sky Sports Elite League: Belle Vue Aces: Belle Vue have finally succeeded in gaining a work permit for Tomasz Jedrzejak.
Sorby signs for supercross future.
There will definitely be no more grands prix for Eric Sorby, following Kawasaki America's announcement that the 23-year old Frenchman has signed an agreement with Pro Circuit to race the remainder of the AMA Supercross season.
Race Result - Samsung/Radio Shack 500.
Complete results from Monday's rescheduled Samsung/RadioShack 500 at the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, round seven of the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series.
Dusenberg tradition resumes at Indy with Herbert.
One of the most illustrious names in Indianapolis Motor Speedway history returns to competition as Duesenberg Brothers Racing will field a car for next month's running of the 86th Indianapolis 500.
The hills are alive with the sound of Minardi F1.
The Styrian mountains that provide the backdrop for Austria's picturesque A1-Ring yesterday resounded to the shrill scream of Formula One engines as the European Minardi F1x2 two-seaters made their first appearance in Europe this year.
Walker steals bride on honeymoon.
Most men would be shot if they were to suggest to their future wife that they should combine their honeymoon with a trip to the World Superbikes at Kyalami, but not Ian Hendrie; who's wife of two weeks is a massive Superbike, and Chris Walker, fan.
Jedrzejak finally gains work permit.
Belle Vue have finally succeeded in gaining a work permit for Tomasz Jedrzejak. The Polish youngster was originally turned down because he failed to reach a high enough average last season.
Tough day in Texas for Excedrin Racing Team.
When it rains it pours, and that's exactly what happened when the NASCAR Busch Series and the No. 92 Excedrin Racing team traveled to the Texas Motor Speedway for the running of the O'Reilly 300 last Saturday.
Kessler incident 'distanced' from Stoke Speedway.
Stoke promoter Dave Tattum has stressed that the heat 15 incident of the Hull meeting last Saturday where Robbie Kessler was excluded should be distanced from the running of Stoke Speedway.
Race result: FNippon Rd.2 - Fuji.
Satoshi Motoyama drove his XBox Team Impul Reynard-Mugen to victory at the Fuji Speedway today. Ralph Firman - winner of the opening round at Suzuka two weeks ago, was second. The result sees Firman safely at the top of the drivers table, six points clear of Motoyama.
Giansanti benefits to take second.
The rain-lashed 125 GP featured the largest number of tumbles of the Japanese GP weekend, with Arnaud Vincent (Aprilia) emerging from the chaos the winner.
Race Result: Japanese GP - MotoGP.
1. 46 Valentino Rossi ITA REPSOL Honda Team 21 laps 49min 32.766s 2. 33 Akira Ryo JPN Telefonica Movistar Suzuki +01.550secs 3. 7 CarlosCheca SPN Marlboro Yamaha Team +08.353secs 4. 72 Shinichi Itoh JPN Team H
Rossi wins first MotoGP race.
Valentino Rossi today won the first MotoGP race of the season at Suzuka, Japan. The course of the race saw many riders fall due to the wet track that had experienced a great amount of rain.
Rossi's reign continues at wet Suzuka.
Reigning World Champion Valentino Rossi became only the second rider to have won a Grand Prix race on both two-stroke and four-stroke machinery, after he took a great victory in the MotoGP race at the SKYY VODKA Grand Prix of Japan.
Miyazaki wins 250cc race for Yamaha.
Home boy Miyazaki won his local grand prix as a wildcard entry for the Motorex Daytona Yamaha team. The Japanese rider started from eighth place on the grid and rode a brilliant race to finish almost ten seconds ahead of his nearest competitor.
Barrichello to be shown Ferrari exit?
The Italian press are reporting that Rubens Barrichello has been ordered to take a wage cut by his Ferrari paymasters - or leave the team.
Race results: race two - Kyalami.
Complete results from round three, race two of the World Superbike championship in Kyalami, South Africa. Guess who tops the list. Race two results:
Race Results: race one - Kyalami.
Complete results from the first race at Kyalami, South Africa, in round three of the World Superbike Championship.