2006

by Rob Wilkins

Despite enjoying its most successful WSBK season to date, Team Klaffi Honda will be missing from the grid in 2007 having failed to secure the necessary sponsorship to compete.

Great racing and large crowds were the name of the game this weekend for Rounds 3 & 4 of the 31st Annual World Championship Ice Racing Series.

A new weight penalty system for the World Touring Car Championship has been announced that will come into place for the 2007 season.

Stuart Easton has signed up with the MSS Discovery Kawasaki team to contest the British Supersport Championship along side team-mate Kieran Murphy.

The Spyker F1 team has announced that Adrian Sutil will partner Christijan Albers in the 2007 FIA F1 World Championship after signing a 'long term contract'.

by Rob Wilkins

The Scunthorpe Scorpions' very own Benji Compton will compete in the Christmas Cracker Short Track meeting to be raced at the Scunthorpe Raceway on Saturday 30th December and joining him will be his road racing brother, Dijon Compton.

by Rob Wilkins Marcus Gronholm's co-driver, Timo Rautiainen has said that they are looking forward to the new season and that they are hopeful they will be able to build on their successes from '06.

Jeremy McWilliams and Andrew Pitt will both return to the MotoGP grid next season, having been confirmed as part of a two-bike line-up at the new Ilmor team.

Genoa Racing, which competed in the Champ Car Atlantic Championship in the early 1990's, is to return to the series in 2007 with a two-car effort.

Suzuki GB has revealed an early Christmas present for aspiring bike racers, having pledged its support of the Relentless Suzuki Academy Team, a new operation set up to help young riders throughout the 2007 season.

Dale Earnhardt Inc has appointed top music executive Max Siegel as its new president of global operations.

Vauxhall has confirmed that, as expected, it will use the Vectra for its assault on the 2007 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship.

There is no Christmas rest for the teams of the World Superbike Series - well, not just yet anyway - as the final Pirelli test of 2006 sees at least one team from each of the major manufacturers heading to Qatar for a three-day session at Losail.

He may have struggled to land a regular ride on this year's World Rally Championship, but Gigi Galli showed that he had lost none of his flair by winning the annual rallysprint at the Bologna Motor Show.

After much speculation, the announcement has finally been made that Paul Stoddart will have an involvement in the 2007 Champ Car World Series after purchasing a controlling share in the CTE Racing - HVM squad.

The Christmas Cracker Short Track meeting, to be raced at the Scunthorpe Raceway on Saturday 30th December, has added two more stars from the world of Road Racing.

by Rob Wilkins Britain's Barry Clark clinched the Junior WRC rookie title on the recent Wales Rally GB, the final round in the 2006 FIA World Rally Championship. Crash.net Radio caught up with him at the finish and spoke to him about the event...

James Courtney has been named the Mike Kable Rookie of the Year at the V8 Supercar Gala Dinner at the end of an exciting season of racing in the V8 Supercar Championship.

The spectacular 2006 FIM World Motocross season was a unique show, that nobody will ever forget.

Trackstar-Racing have confirmed that they will be fielding a new and exciting team in 2007 in both the British Superbike and British Superstock Championships. Brian McCormack will race in Superbike, while Martin Buckles will take part in Superstock both on board MV Agustas.

The Subaru World Rally team has announced that sporting director Luis Moya will leave the Banbury-based outfit at the end of this season.

OMV's Manfred Stohl will again compete in the FIA World Rally Championship next season, having inked a deal with Kronos which will see him back behind the wheel of a Citroen Xsara WRC car.