MotoGP RACE REPORT: GRAND PRIX OF CATALUNYA Rossi edges teammate Lorenzo by .0095 after epic duel; Three riders tied for series lead INDIANAPOLIS, Sunday, June 14, 2009 Six-time MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi edged his Fiat Yamaha teammate, Jorge Lorenzo, by .0095 of a second to win the Catalunya Grand Prix on June 14 at Barcelona, Spain. The victory pushed inaugural Red Bull Indianapolis GP winner Rossi into a three-way tie with Lorenzo and 2007 MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner atop the MotoGP standings at 106 points. Ducati Team leader Stoner finished third at the Circuit de Catalunya, 8.884 seconds behind Rossi but less than a tenth of a second ahead of Repsol Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso. Does it get any better than this? “As we say in Italy, ‘Mamma Mia!'” Rossi said. “I think I can honestly say that this was one of the best and hardest wins of my career. What a championship this is. Now I am going to go to sleep for quite a long time because I need to recover from this excitement.” It was Rossi’s second victory of the season and the 99th of his World Championship career in all classes. He dedicated the victory to his crew chief Jeremy Burgess, whose mother died Saturday, June 13. Americans Colin Edwards and Nicky Hayden finished seventh and 10th, respectively. Lorenzo led from pole, but Rossi moved to the front on Lap 3, with Stoner close behind. Rossi and Lorenzo then gradually pulled away from Stoner, who was weakened by stomach cramps in the 104-degree air temperatures. On Lap 13 of the 25-lap race, Lorenzo passed Rossi to regain the lead. The teammates stayed wheel-to-wheel for the next 10 laps before Rossi sliced past Lorenzo to retake the lead on Lap 23. Lorenzo outbraked Rossi into Turn 1 on the final lap to seize the lead. Rossi and Lorenzo traded the lead two more times that lap, with Lorenzo appearing to have an incredible home victory with two turns to go. But Rossi pulled to Lorenzo’s rear wheel and made a perfect inside pass for the lead in the 13th and final corner of the last lap to pull off a spellbinding win. Edwards, from Houston, again was plagued by lack of front-end grip on his Yamaha Tech 3 machine, this time in dry conditions after having the same problem on a wet track last month at Le Mans and Mugello. Hayden, from Owensboro, Ky., showed improved form on his Ducati Team machine all weekend. He was sixth quickest in practice Friday and qualified 13th, but just three-tenths of a second from fifth, after his team changed nearly his entire bike setup for this weekend. The 10th place was Hayden’s best finish of the season. The next race is the TT Assen on Saturday, June 27 at Assen, Netherlands. The second annual Red Bull Indianapolis GP is Sunday, Aug. 30 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. *** RESULTS BARCELONA, Spain Results of the 25-lap Grand Prix of Catalunya MotoGP race, with position, rider, country, motorcycle, time behind winner. All riders on Bridgestone tires: 1. Valentino Rossi Italy Yamaha 2. Jorge Lorenzo Spain Yamaha +0.095 3. Casey Stoner Australia Ducati +8.884 4. Andrea Dovizioso Italy Honda +8.936 5. Loris Capirossi Italy Suzuki +19.831 6. Dani Pedrosa Spain Honda +22.182 7. Colin Edwards United States Yamaha +23.547 8. Randy de Puniet France Honda +25.265 9. Mika Kallio Finland Ducati +31.797 10. Nicky Hayden United States Ducati +33.593 11. Chris Vermeulen Australia Suzuki +36.683 12. Alex de Angelis San Marino Honda +36.874 13. James Toseland Great Britain Yamaha +39.433 14. Marco Melandri Italy Kawasaki +44.788 15. Sete Gibernau Spain Ducati +46.754 16. Niccolo Canepa Italy Ducati +55.873 17. Gabor Talmacsi Hungary Honda +1:27.640 18. Toni Elias Spain Honda +16 laps 19. Yuki Takahashi Japan Honda +25 laps Fastest lap: Stoner, 1:42.858, Lap 2 Pole lap: Lorenzo, 1:41.974 *** POINTS Riders: Rossi 106, Lorenzo 106, Stoner 106, Dovizioso 69, Pedrosa 67, Edwards 54, Melandri 50, Capirossi 49, de Puniet 42, Vermeulen 42, Toseland 29, Kallio 26, de Angelis 25, Elias 23, Hayden 19, Canepa 10, Gibernau 9, Takahashi 8. Manufacturers: Yamaha 140, Ducati 106, Honda 89, Suzuki 60, Kawasaki 50. *** PODIUM QUOTES VALENTINO ROSSI (Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha/Bridgestone, winner): “As we say in Italy, ‘Mamma Mia!'” I think I can honestly say that this was one of the best and hardest wins of my career. Maybe Laguna last year was more important, but this was a great, great victory because it went to the very last corner, and it’s a long time since that has happened. I have dreamed about that move for the last two weeks and today it worked, and I am so happy to have this 99th win. He (Lorenzo) was very strong today. I had to be very brave and take it right to the limit in order to beat him. This victory today is more important than the 25 points, and anyway now we all have the same; what a championship this is! Now I am going to go to sleep for quite a long time because I need to recover from this excitement!” JORGE LORENZO (Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha/Bridgestone, second): “This was an incredible battle today and a brilliant show for everyone. I am happy to have been a part of it. Of course, I am sad to have lost because I put my heart on my bike, and in my career I am more used to winning these last-lap fights, but today Valentino was maybe a little bit cleverer or a little bit braver than me at the very end, and he was able to beat me. In fact, during that last lap, after I passed him, I expected him to pass me back on the brakes much earlier, but he didn’t come. And then I just didn’t close the line enough on the final corner, and that was it. I am proud, however, because I am young and I still have a lot to learn in this class. My team has worked so well all weekend, so thanks to them. If we can continue as strongly as this all season, then who knows what can happen?” CASEY STONER (Ducati Team Ducati/Bridgestone, third): “I haven’t felt in great shape all weekend. I wasn’t ill, but I wasn’t quite myself. Then last night, I couldn’t sleep. I probably got a couple of hours at the most, and after just a couple of laps this morning, I was destroyed. I decided to race myself, basically, and bring home as many points as I could manage. But my bike was fantastic, and that is why I was able to ride it to a really valuable podium. The team did a perfect job after the warm-up, and if I wasn’t so ill, I think I could have stayed with Valentino and Jorge until the end, although I’m not saying I could have beaten them. I started to suffer from really strong cramps, and I could barely ride. I was falling over the front of the bike in the hard-braking areas, and I was struggling to keep my concentration. I thought about stopping but decided to just back off for a while and try to hang on for a top 10. The bike was so good that I was able to keep up a decent pace and hold off Dovizioso. Tonight I’ll try to get plenty of rest and recover my strength for the test tomorrow because this is an important period in the championship, and we need to test. After that, it’s Assen, and I’m already looking forward to it.” *** AMERICAN RIDER QUOTES COLIN EDWARDS (Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha/Bridgestone, seventh): “It was a hard race physically because it was so hot out there, but I felt I couldn’t ride how I want because of the front-end issue again. But I lost a few places off the line, and I’m struggling to get this year’s bike to start. I’m good on the clutch, but with the wheelbase shorter on the Yamaha this year, I struggle to keep the front end down as I’m accelerating. I felt good this morning in the warm-up, when I was third. It was a bit cooler and I could get the bike to turn, but as soon as it gets hot and slippy, I can’t get the bike to turn at all. If I tried to push, it would just push the front wide and lose time. I want to push, and I could see (Loris) Capirossi and (Dani) Pedrosa in front of me, but the more I push, the more mistakes I’d make. As many problems as I’ve had this weekend with the crash yesterday and the lack of feel with the front, I can’t really be upset with seventh. I’m not happy with it, but it was a bit of damage limitation this weekend. My guys at Monster Yamaha Tech 3 have worked really hard, and we’re going to sort this out and be back fighting closer to the front in Assen, which is a circuit I love.” NICKY HAYDEN (Ducati Team Ducati/Bridgestone, 10th): “I was hoping for a little more than this, but realistically at the moment, it was the best I could manage. I started from near the back but kept passing people and made progress throughout the race. I got close to Kallio and tried my best to pass him but made a couple of mistakes, and he beat me. All in all, it’s not a spectacular result, but it is definitely a step forward. I’ve been close to the front guys all weekend, we’ve worked well, and we’ve learnt a lot about the bike. I’m already looking forward to getting back on the bike for the test tomorrow and continuing to work down this path, which we think is the right one.” *** MotoGP SUPPORT CLASS WINNERS 250cc: Alvaro Bautista, Spain, Mapfre Aspar Team Aprilia. American Stevie Bonsey finished 15th in his 250cc World Championship debut on the Milar-Juegos Lucky Aprilia and is 25th in the World Championship standings. 125cc: Andrea Iannone, Italy, Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. Aprilia. American Cameron Beaubier finished 18th on the Red Bull KTM Moto Sport KTM and is 26th in the World Championship standings. *** NEXT RACE TT Assen, Assen, Netherlands, June 27. Round 7 of 17. *** 2009 IMS tickets: Established in 1909, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has long prevailed as an icon of motorsports excellence. Beginning in 2009, the Speedway celebrates its Centennial Era, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the facility in 2009 and the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race in 2011. Tickets for the two remaining events in 2009 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard and Red Bull Indianapolis GP can be purchased online at www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com at any time. Tickets for groups of 20 or more also are on sale. Contact the IMS Group Sales Department at (866) 221-8775 for more information. More, from a press release issued by Öhlins USA: Hendersonville, North Carolina: “The Kid” from Canada, 17-year-old Brett McCormick, crowned a perfect weekend with his win in the Circuit ICAR, Parts Canada Superbike Championship race, after setting the fastest times in Friday and Saturday practices, earning pole position, setting the race’s fast lap, and leading the most laps. If that’s not perfect enough, McCormick also earned the pole in Pro Sport Bike and won that race, too, after leading every lap. With the help of Öhlins USA’s “Thermosman” Fitzgerald, McCormick’s GSX-R1000 and GSX-R600 rolled off the Team Suzuki/Blackfoot/Picotte Racing truck ready to race at this Mirabel, Québec, circuit. After just a click-click here and a turn-turn there, the Öhlins suspension components were in tune for Circuit ICAR’s 2.8 kilometer (1.7 mile), airport-derived racetrack. Following McCormick’s dominating weekend in the second round of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship, “The Kid” is now leading the points in the Superbike and the Pro Sport Bike Championships. “Thermosman” Fitzgerald, Öhlins USA Road Race Manager, said, “The Circuit ICAR is flat and short but it has 14 turns and many are tight. Having a properly handling bike here pays off hugely in lap times. McCormick really benefitted from the set-up in the race because, while other riders were having their tires go off, he was able to manage his wear. So this was a great weekend for us, being able to show off the value of a properly tuned suspension; it’s not just about speed, it’s about being able to maintain speed.” McCormick’s point total in the Parts Canada Superbike Championship is at 104, with Jordan Szoke in second place with 98 points. In Pro Sport Bike, McCormick has 101 points, with Jordan Szoke in second at 99 points. The seven-round Parts Canada Superbike Championship series next goes to Race City Motorsport Park, outside Calgary, AB, June 25-28. Öhlins USA distributes and services the world’s leading performance suspension for automobiles, motorcycles, ATVs, and snowmobiles. Öhlins develops its proprietary and innovative suspension components at the highest levels of racing from open-wheel car racing, to Moto GP, to off-road competition on two and four wheels. Öhlins USA also provides training for service centers and dealers. www.Ohlinsusa.com. More, from a press release issued by Conor Cummins’ publicist: Cummins records podium success at 2009 TT Manxman Conor Cummins ended the 2009 Isle of Man TT races as a national hero when he took his first ever podium positions around the 37.73-mile Mountain Course. The 23-year old Ramsey resident didn’t have the ideal start to race week but it certainly ended on a high note when he took second in the Blue Riband Senior race and third in the second Supersport race on the McAdoo Racing Kawasaki’s. A lap of 130.225mph on his fourth lap of the Senior also made him the third fastest man in the history of the races, one of only three riders to break the magical 130mph barrier. With perfect racing conditions on the Island, a strong practice week saw Conor well to the fore in all 3 classes, particularly the Superbike and Superstock categories where he placed 7th and 8th fastest respectively. The opening 6-lap Superbike race was delayed until Monday but a brilliant opening lap saw Conor slot into second place. He went quicker on the second lap, at 129.322mph, but problems at the pit stop saw him slip back down the order to sixth. Going in to the final lap he was still in sixth but his race ended with just seven miles to go when a blown engine at the Verandah put him out of the race. He bounced back to finish 10th in the opening Supersport race on Tuesday and, with three laps in excess of 127mph, followed this up with a strong sixth in the 4-lap Superstock race later in the day. It was from here on in that he showed his true potential. Wednesday’s second 4-lap Supersport race was delayed by over 3 hours due to inclement weather and when it did get underway, a third of the course was extremely damp. Conor showed his intentions from the start and held on to second place for the first tthree laps but as the track dried the factory Suzuki of Bruce Anstey put him under extreme pressure. Starting his fourth lap, Conor inadvertently hit the kill switch, dramatically reducing his speed, along the start and finish and it was enough to hand the Kiwi the advantage. Anstey ultimately prevailed but only by 0.71 seconds – after 150 miles of racing – although Conor was still naturally delighted with his first ever TT podium. Two days later it was time for the big one, the Senior. With a new engine for the Superbike, a stunning opening lap of 129.744mph put Conor into third place, just behind the factory Hondas of John McGuinness and Steve Plater, and he held onto this at the end of lap two with an even better lap of 129.839mph. A great pit stop saw him comfortably hold onto third and when McGuinness went out a lap later with a broken chain he was elevated to second. A lap of 130.225mph saw him become just the third rider to lap at more than 130mph and he held on to second place until the end of 6 laps for his second podium in three days to end a brilliant week of racing. Talking later Conor said, “The week didn’t get off to the greatest of starts but I kept plugging away and we were rewarded with two podium finishes – to be honest, it’s beyond my wildest dreams and it’s going to take a while before it sinks in properly. We’d been up against it all week with the 600 so the damp conditions played into my hands a bit. It was really tricky on the first lap and there definitely could have been a bit of carnage but we all got through it and I was delighted to take third. I made a mistake when I hit the kill switch but I got it going again and held on for my first rostrum.” “If I thought Wednesday was good, then Friday was simply superb. I’d been feeling really comfortable on the Superbike all week and although I was trying really hard, I had no moments whatsoever, the bike worked perfectly. To finish second, and lap at over 130mph, in the Senior TT feels absolutely brilliant and it’s a dream come true to be standing on the podium. I’ve got to say a massive thank you to McAdoo Racing, Pirelli and all my personal sponsors for their support as I couldn’t have done it without them. It’s been a great week and I’m already looking forward to coming back in 2010 and getting on to the top step!” Conor now heads to Snetterton for the next round of the British Superstock Championship where he will once again link up with Team Blackhorse Yamaha. The meeting takes place from June 19-21. More, from a press release issued by Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A.: Fiat Yamaha superstars Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo dominated an incredible Catalan Grand Prix to take a momentous 1-2 victory on Sunday, June 14. Aboard their matching YZR-M1s, the pair outdistanced championship rival Casey Stoner before delivering a show-stopping run to the flag at Montmeló, Spain in front of a packed house. But it was Rossi, the reigning world champion and cunning MotoGP veteran, who finally emerged as the winner, taking a memorable 99th career GP victory after a stunning last-corner pass on his 22-year-old teammate. The race was so close that less than 0.1 sec. separated the pair after 25 thrilling laps. With Stoner finishing third, the threesome now have 106 points apiece after six races. Lorenzo and Rossi qualified 1-2, and Lorenzo held the advantage at the start to take the early lead. But Rossi made his first move at the end of the straight on lap four and passed Lorenzo into turn one. The top three remained close until four laps later, when the Yamaha pair began to pull away from Stoner and leave the rest of the field in its wake. With just a couple of tenths between them there was no margin for error but at the end of the back straight on lap 13 Lorenzo saw a way through and passed his teammate for the lead. They continued wheel to wheel until Rossi made another move 10 laps later, but the race still wasn’t over and there were several more nail-biting lead changes before Lorenzo appeared to have it sewn up half way through the final lap. However Rossi, an eight-time world champion, had one more card to play on Lorenzo and edged his machine through in an inch-perfect last-corner pass. “As we say in Italy, ‘Mamma Mia!'” joked Rossi after the win. “I think I can honestly say that this was one of the best and hardest wins of my career. Maybe Laguna last year was more important but this was a great, great victory because it went to the very last corner and it’s a long time since that has happened. I have dreamed about that move for the last two weeks and today it worked and I am so happy to have this 99th win.” Lorenzo added, “This was an incredible battle today and a brilliant show for everyone, and I am happy to have been a part of it. Today Valentino was maybe a little bit cleverer or a little bit braver than me at the very end and he was able to beat me. I am proud however because I am young and I still have a lot to learn in this class.” More, from a press release issued by Blusens Aprilia: SCOTT REDDING AND TITO RABAT ALMOST GET IN THE TOP TEN AT THE GRAN PREMIO DE CATALUNYA AND JOHNNY ROSELL, WILDCARD OF THE BLUSENS BQR TEAM, ACHIEVES A GREAT RESULT BY FINISHING THE RACE IN THE 13TH PLACE Montmeló. 14th of June 2009. It has been another hot day in the Gran Premio de Catalunya in the Circuit de Montmeló. Scott Redding and Tito Rabat, the two world riders of the Blusens BQR team, have been really close to the top ten, but at the end they did not make it for just a bit. The British rider was harmed for not riding during the warm up and because he did not perform a good start. However, Redding has found the biggest obstacle in the last lap where he confronted a problem that has given him his highest time; thus, he could not fight Krummenacher and Cortese anymore. After finishing 11th, Scott is also in the 11th place of the championship with 28.5 points. Tito, who started quite in the back, began very good and managed to fight for the top ten positions, but he had problems at the end and his possibilities of equalling or improving his results of Qatar, where he was 10th, disappeared. Now he has 19 points in the general, where he is in the 14th place. The rider who is happiest about the Gran Premi de Catalunya of the three BQR boys is Johnny Rosell, who has made of his presentation the best of it by finishing in the 13th position. 45 SCOTT REDDING (11º, 41’26.921, +16.427): “It was a difficult race because in the warm up I could not finish not even one lap and I did not know how the track was, so it was complicated to know how to begin. Also, I failed in the start; I tried to be strong and go with the front group, but I did not have a good feeling with the motorbike and I could not reach Bradl and Smith. After that, I have been fighting for the top ten, most of the time battling with Tito for the ninth position. At the end, two rivals reached us, though. In the last lap, I experienced something similar to what happened in Mugello and I have finished 11th. I had the illusion of getting a good result here, but I did not make it. Now I must wait for Assen.” 12 TITO RABAT (12º, 41’27.009): “I would have liked to do a bit more at home, but it was not possible. I am happy because we got some points and we have managed to arrive to conclusions that we never thought about before. We started in the back, in the 17th place, so the start was difficult, but I got to the fight for the top ten very fast. I have been fighting with my team-mate Scott, but, later on, Cortese and Krummenacher reached us. But I am happy anyways because I have given 100%. I am also satisfied because in the fifth lap I did the fastest lap, even though Márquez improved a little bit that time afterwards.” 43 JOHNNY ROSELL (23º, 42’32.062): “I am really happy about the race I have done, although it was marked by an error of mine in the opening. I was not nervous, but I used the clutch too early and the motorbike stopped. Fortunately, I managed to re start it, but by then I was already in the last position. From there, I tried my best, but this is the World Championship, it is not the CEV, and although I was able to go up some positions, I admit it was really hard. I had a constant rhythm during the whole race (1,55) and I even made some turns in 1,54, which is pretty good. I would like to thank the team, the sponsors and my family for allowing me to be here and I hope I can repeat this experience and get a better result. My evaluation of this weekend is completely positive. In the practices I did not stop improving, on Saturday I was almost three seconds faster than on Friday, and today in the race I managed to keep a constant rhythm. I have learned a lot and this is going to be really helpful for the Spanish Championship. I finished the race, which was my goal, and even though I was not the best of the wildcards I have been third. It is a wildcards podium!” More, from a press release issued by Canadian Kawasaki Motors: Two podiums for Szoke. Welsh bounces back. MIRABEL, Que. (June 15) – Five-time Canadian champion Jordan Szoke kept his bid for a fourth straight Parts Canada Superbike Championship on track with a runner-up finish in the second round of the series at Circuit ICAR on Sunday. The 30-year-old Brantford, ON racer qualified his Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R on the front row and ran in second spot all the way. A late charge brought him in striking distance of the leader in the closing laps of the 16-lap race but he was baulked by lapped traffic on the penultimate lap and had to settle for runner-up honours. “I was definitely going to give it a shot,” he said of his late bid for the lead. “But I’m still excited to get out of here safely. We’ve won a lot of championships in the past and we’re certainly not done yet.” Szoke had qualified second on the new 2.8km (1.74-mile) 14-turn race track, which was hosting its first ever Parts Canada Superbike national. Szoke’s time of 1:25.450 was over half a second clear of his nearest challenger. “I made a few mistakes and I didn’t take full advantage of having a nice clear lap,” he said after Pirelli SuperPole qualifying. “But we’re constantly making changes and every time out the bike’s a little bit better.” Conditions were warm and sunny through the two days of practice and qualifying but race day was the hottest of the weekend, and Szoke made a shrewd decision to go with a harder combination of Pirelli tires than many of his rivals. He was second off the start after a side-by-side battle into turn one and looked set to grab the lead on lap two when Kevin Lacombe fell, a brief miscue in gear selection left the door open allowing another rider past. “I thought I was on my 600 [Sport Bike],” he explained, “and did a double downshift, so I was in first instead of second gear. I was given a gift by Lacombe but I couldn’t take advantage of it.” Szoke ran a couple of seconds out of the lead through the middle part of the race and it appeared he would manage a repeat of the opening round of the season at Calabogie Motorsports Park, where he grabbed the win in the final stage after lying second most of the way. He was on the leader’s tail by lap 12 but was blocked lapping a back-marker on lap 14 and dropped from contention. He is now second in the Parts Canada Superbike standings with 98 points, six points out of first place. His teammate Alex Welsh bounced back from a tumble during Yoshimura Pro Sport Bike qualifying on Saturday to finish sixth in Sunday’s Superbike race on his Ninja ZX-10R. The 21-year-old from Uxbridge, Ont. qualified seventh in Pirelli SuperPole time trials. A poor start left him in ninth place after the first lap but he worked his way up to seventh by lap two and moved up to sixth on lap seven. He stayed there despite pressure Royce McLean and the effects of his crash on Saturday. “The Superbike is hard to ride around here,” admitted the defending HJC Pro Rookie of the Year, who was nursing a sore shoulder and back after his fall. “I felt fine yesterday after the accident, but I don’t think it sunk in until today.” Welsh had opted for a softer tire choice than his more experienced teammate. “The weather threw us off guard,” he admitted. “The rear held up fine but the soft front was destroyed by lap eight or nine.” Welsh is now sixth in the Parts Canada Superbike standings with 54 points, but only eight points out of third. Szoke controlled second position throughout the Yoshimura Pro Sport Bike race while maintaining pressure on the leader and is just two points out of the series lead after two rounds. “I thought I had the holeshot off the start but I couldn’t make it work in turn two,” said the three-time defending class champion. “It just took me too many laps to get up to speed and I wasn’t really comfortable all weekend around here. But we’re coming away with good points and it’s great to start the season with a first and second place.” Welsh put his Ninja ZX-6R fifth on the starting grid and ran in that position all the way. Despite the hot weather and the pain of his injuries he held off a challenge from Steve Crevier in the waning stages of the 14-lap race. “We had to use the back-up bike and I had a little trouble trying to adjust to it,” he explained. “The tire went away pretty early and when I saw my pit board on lap seven [half-distance] I knew it was going to be a long race. It was one of those grind-it-out races and we managed to get some good points.” Welsh is now fifth in the Pro Sport Bike standings with 61 points after two rounds. The Canadian Kawasaki Motors factory team is back in action at Calgary’s Race City Motorsport Park June 26-28, the venue where Szoke scored his first national Superbike win riding for Kawasaki en route to his first national championship. For the latest news and photos, log onto http://www.kawasakiracing.ca/ or http://www.cdnsuperbike.com/