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Road Race News Articles: August 2007

 
Wednesday August 22, 2007
Lee Hodge, the 26-year-old from Chesham, Bucks snatched the narrowest of victories to regain his lead in the ACU Suzuki GSX-R Trophy series at Anglesey, North Wales on Sunday.Hodge sneaked back in front of archrival Jay Dunn on the last lap to win by just over a quarter of a second and take a three points’ lead going into the final two rounds of the competition.Dunn, the 17-year-old from Romily, Cheshire, had been leading Hodge when the race was stopped following an incident.Hodge led the ....
 
Thursday August 16, 2007
Photo Jay Dunn competing in the Moto star ChampionshipsThe ACU Dunlop Tyres MotoStar Cup will see the first British Championship races at the circuit, in the form of the Replicast UK Bikesport News British 250 Championship and the Yokohama ACU FSRA British F2 Sidecar Championship.  Alongside these will be a variety of classes that offer novice Road Racers the opportunity to compete against experienced racers on track and receive expert coaching from former Grand Prix racers at each R....
 
Thursday August 16, 2007
ACU Academy Manager Dave Luscombe is pleased to bring to your attention the fortunes of ACU Road Race Academy riders, both past and present, at British Superbike meetings this season. Round 10, Croft on 11th/12 August saw Cal Crutchlow and Tom Sykes, 2 of the original members of the Road Race Academy in 2001 impress at the most recent round of the Country’s top road race Championship. Cal Crutchlow, in his first British Superbike year aboard the works Rizla Suzuki, recorded his very firs....
 
Sunday August 5, 2007
The Ducati Desmo series is growing in stature and provides yet another full grid for their 12-lap-race. A staggering entry has been received for the Allcomers race which has required an  additional two full grids to cater for the demand.The programme also features the ACU National Supermono Championship and these lusty singles bring their own distinctive sounds with them.The Formula 600 Class has long been the mainstay of bike racing at this level and Steve TOMES on his rapid Triumph 675 is....
 
Thursday August 2, 2007
James Toseland bows out of World Superbikes in style with a double at Brands, 126,000 fans saw him do the business and look forward to seing him at Motogp in 08.,Toseland will change to MotoGP in 2008 with the Yamaha Tech 3 team web links to www.motorsportvision.co.uk www.bikesportnews.com and www.worldsbk.com....
 
Wednesday August 1, 2007
Two wins for Alex Kenchington in the Replicast-BikeSport News 250cc British championship series at Castle Combe, Wiltshire at the weekend has tightened things up at the top of the standings. Lee Dickinson, the 30-year-old satellite engineer from Stanfree, Derbyshire, stays top of the points’ table, but his lead has been slashed from 22 to 12. Dickinson, on the Malcolm Hobbs/Galemain Engineering Honda, was robbed of the chance of snatching victory in the first of the two points’ scori....