Former series champion Martin Cardenas won his first AMA Pro GoPro Daytona SportBike contest of the year on Saturday. The GEICO Suzuki rider set pole and ran away with the 20-lap race, although it was not without two drama-filled moments he experienced while riding alone.
Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) was over a second faster than any of his rivals in a Tissot-Superpole contest run under ‘wet’ conditions. The wet Superpole rules dictated that there were two twenty-minute sessions only, not the usual three, with the top eight riders only from Superpole 1 moving on to Superpole 2.
Two-time reigning AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike Champion Josh Hayes qualified his crossplane-crankshaft Yamaha YZF-R1 on the provisional pole in the first SuperBike qualifying session at Road Atlanta.
Sylvain Guintoli (Ducati Team Effenbert Liberty Racing) set the quickest time in this afternoon’s first qualifying session at Assen, which was conditioned by bad weather. The riders first went out on slicks but one minute later it began to rain, making the track slippery.
SCCA Pro Racing revised penalties assessed to Lawson Aschenbach and TruSpeed Racing at the Pirelli World Challenge opener at St. Petersburg
Pole position was taken by Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) for the second round in succession, after he set a new track best of 1 minute 46.748 seconds in Superpole 3.
The last pre-season MotoGP Test ahead of the 2012 season concluded on Sunday evening, with Casey Stoner posting the best lap of the weekend as final preparations for the start of the campaign were made. Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa were both also inside a tightly matched top three.
Reigning MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner was the quickest rider at Jerez on Friday, putting in a late lap to top the timesheet ahead of Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa.
Jimmie Johnson comments on the successful appeal to NASCAR Tuesday, and talks about gaining the 25 points back.
Monster Energy Supercross rolled through Indy this past Saturday with Ryan Villopoto and Blake Wharton taking wins in their classes.
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