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20 months jail and fine for Mat Rempit - star.com.my
Great Weekend of Amateur Road Racing on Tap this Weekend at AMA Racing ... - Who Won
Digital Version of IMS Goes Online - Inside Indiana Business
Series news - Kawasaki named Team of the Year - Motorsport.com
MOTOCROSS: England are top nation at Farleigh - This is Wiltshire

20 months jail and fine for Mat Rempit - star.com.my

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:21 PM PDT

SEREMBAN: A 26-year-old Mat Rempit has been jailed 20 months and fined RM8,000 for riding his motorcycle in a reckless manner here more than four years ago.

In Kuala Terengganu, two Mat Rempit were sentenced to do 120 hours of social work by the Traffic Special Court.

Wan Abdul Hakim Wan Sulaiman, 19, and Wan Ahnaf Mohd Rashid, 21, pleaded guilty to riding their motorcycles recklessly along Jalan Tengku Mizan, Sultan Mahmud Bridge, at 2.20am on July 3.

Apart from the social work, the court also ordered Wan Abdul Hakims probationary licence be revoked and Wan Ahnafs licence suspended for three years.

In the Seremban case, magistrate Mohd Aizuddin Zulkepli also ordered Jaini Jani to be jailed four months in default of the fine.

Jaini, a labourer from Sikamat near here, was found guilty of the offence, which was committed at 1.20am on Feb 12, 2005, along Persiaran Senawang near Taman Matahari Heights.

He was charged under Section 42 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1997, which carries a punishment of up to five years jail and a fine of between RM5,000 and RM15,000.

Prosecution officer Chief Inspector Jusman Ahmad said the court should impose the maximum fine as a deterrent to others against riding recklessly or participating in illegal racing.

This is necessary because the number of youths taking part in such activities is on the rise, Jusman said, adding that it was evident that those involved were not afraid of the stringent penalties provided under the law.

Jainis lawyer, K. Indran, appealed for a light sentence as he was a first-time offender.

If the accused did not have a riding licence, then he would be barred from applying for one during the period. I want this offence to be entered into the accuseds licence as well, Mohd Aizuddin said.

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Great Weekend of Amateur Road Racing on Tap this Weekend at AMA Racing ... - Who Won

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:22 PM PDT

Friday, September 11, 2009
Great Weekend of Amateur Road Racing on Tap this Weekend at AMA Racing Road Race Grand Championships

by Connie Fleming

PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- Great weather, great racing and national championships are on tap to make this weekend at the AMA (American Motorcyclist Association) Racing Road Race Grand Championships at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, one of the year's biggest weekends in amateur motorcycle road racing.

The AMA is reminding racers that post entries are accepted at this national championship event. The first class is $100 and subsequent classes are $65 per class. Not only will competitors get ample track time on the world-class Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, but amateur racers will compete for AMA Racing Amateur National Championships and AMA Racing No. 1 plates, which they'll receive at the AMA Racing Amateur Racing Banquet this Dec. 4 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

The best amateur racers also will compete for the AMA Road Race Horizon Award, which will honor the racer poised to make an immediate impact on the pro level.

"We're also proud to welcome 2003 AMA Road Race Horizon Award winner Brian Stokes to the paddock," said AMA Director of Racing Joe Bromley. "Brian will serve as our grand marshal for the event, as well as compete as part of the CCS program. As a successful graduate from the amateur road-racing ranks to the pros, Brian will be on hand to help out any new racers who have questions about what it takes to advance to the next level."

Stokes, from Kingston, Ga., will race for CCS regional points and contingency in the Expert Middleweight Supersport, Expert Middleweight Superbike, Expert Unlimited Supersport and Expert Unlimited Superbike.

"Amateur road racing was an important part of my career moving up through the ranks, and it's even more important today for young racers," Stokes said. "The competitiveness of going out with friends, racing on these great tracks, becomes a part of your life. And while we're all trying to win on the track, in the paddock, it's a real family oriented environment. I've met the nicest people around racing motorcycles. The bottom line, though, is if you have your goals set on being a factory racer, amateur racing is where you start, and this weekend will be a great test for anyone trying to do that."

Other highlights of the AMA Racing Road Race Grand Championships include:

* Championship Cup Series (CCS) classes and contingency.
* Timed qualifying on Saturday, championship racing on Sunday.
* Pro-licensed riders may race for CCS points and contingency, but only amateursare eligible for AMA Racing Amateur National Championships.
* Additional racing in U.S. Grand Prix Racers Union (USGPRU) classes, which feature 125cc and 250cc two-stroke road-race motorcycles.
* Participation by a new class of fully faired road-race machines based on 450cc four-stroke motocross bikes in both the USGPRU and AMA Racing Road Race Grand Championship programs.
* The USGPRU program will include the MD250 class, which features the new Moriwaki Honda MD250H four-stroke race bikes.
* A free barbecue on Saturday night.
* The prestigious AMA Road Race Horizon Award will be presented to the top amateur at the event.
* Special awards also will be presented to the top youth and vet riders at the event.
* Riders as young as 12 can compete in the AMA Racing Road Race Grand Championships. Riders 15 and under are eligible for the AMA Road Race Youth Award.
* Garage space is still available from Mid-Ohio. Garages are only $250 this weekend and one garage can accommodate several bikes and riders.

The AMA Racing Road Race Grand Championships are the country's premier amateur road-racing event, awarding AMA Racing National Championships in a number of road-racing classes for both expert- and novice-ranked riders.

Not only do riders get ample track time and an opportunity to race against the country's fastest amateur racers, but the best compete for the AMA Road Racing Horizon Award, which goes to the rider showing the most promise for success in the professional ranks. In addition to Stokes, past winners of the AMA Road Racing Horizon Award have included Jason DiSalvo, Ben Spies and Blake Young.

A schedule, class list and supplemental regulations for the event are available on the AMA Racing Road Race Grand Championships page at AMARacing.com.

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Digital Version of IMS Goes Online - Inside Indiana Business

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 11:38 AM PDT

Press Release

NDIANAPOLIS, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 An exact digital version of the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway is available now to members of iRacing.coms virtual racing service on the personal computer.

iRacings millimeter-accurate reproduction of The Brickyard is priced for iRacing members at $25. The track package includes the 2.5-mile, four-cornered oval that first opened for racing 100 years ago and is the venue every Memorial Day weekend for the Indianapolis 500 and since 1994 is host to the Brickyard 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race in July. Also included is the 2.534-mile road circuit originally built to accommodate the United States Grand Prix Formula One race and the 2.621-mile layout that each August welcomes the Red Bull Indianapolis GP round of the MotoGP motorcycle world championship.

Were excited about the release of Indianapolis Motor Speedway to iRacing members, said Chris Schwartz, Indianapolis Motor Speedway vice president of marketing. This will allow IMS fans to get even closer to their favorite track, competing on a precise, virtual version of the Racing Capital of the World.

This weekend iRacing has organized for its members through Sunday, Sept. 13 a 24 Heures du Fun unofficial series of races on the Speedways oval, featuring a different sort of open-wheel racer Mario Andrettis World Championship-winning 1978 Lotus 79 Formula One car. iRacers also can immediately practice their stock-car driving techniques at the challenging low-banked oval with the Chevrolet Impala SS NASCAR Sprint Cup car, and later this fall in the Dallara I 09 IndyCar.

Now fans will have an opportunity to really feel what its like to drive an Indy car at over 200 mph at the Speedway, said IndyCar Series regular Justin Wilson, who recently tried out an early version of the Dallara on a late pre-release version of the track.

Wilson, winner this summer of the Watkins Glen round of the 2009 IndyCar Series, practices and races regularly on the iRacing service. The experience of lapping in the Dallara at better than 220 mph at IMS really got Wilsons attention.

The perspective is exactly the same, the sense of driving down that long tunnel into Turn 1, he said. When you make a small mistake get down too close to the apron in Turns 3 and 4 and feel the bumps, turn-in too late or too early you feel yourself tensing up just as you do in the real car; that edgy sense of: Am I gonna make it? I think I am, no Im not, yes I am

The next of iRacings four annual 12-week seasons, which begins in November, will include a full virtual IndyCar Series, including an event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In May 2010, iRacing will organize a virtual Indy 500 race on the Memorial Day weekend, with qualifying taking place on the same weekends as Indy 500 qualifying occurs in the real-world.

Dave Kaemmer, CEO and co-owner of iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, noted that the release of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the upcoming completion of the Dallara IndyCar and Firestone Indy Lights car represented the fulfillment of a dream he first had 20 years ago when his first motorsports video game, Indy 500, went on sale.

Looking at Indy 500 now is kind of a shock, Kaemmer said. Everything about it seems primitive by todays standards the graphics, the sound, the physics model for the car, the lack of automotive-type controls for players. But in its day, people really loved it. And we did make it possible for players to adjust the handling of the car so that a drivers skill level came into play. How smoothly you could drive the car made a difference in how fast you could go. It was the first step of many that have brought us to the point today that drivers like Justin Wilson, who actually compete at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, recognize the authenticity of our virtual version.

Real-world drivers know how much fun and how satisfying a good series of laps is at Indy. Im pleased because now were going to be able to literally put racing fans all over the world into the seat of an IndyCar, NASCAR Sprint Cup or Nationwide car or even a Grand-Am Daytona Prototype and extend that same excitement to each of them.

The iRacing service is open to racers and fans of all skill levels from top-level pros to complete beginners. For more information, visit www.iracing.com.

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 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.

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Series news - Kawasaki named Team of the Year - Motorsport.com

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 11:09 AM PDT

KAWASAKI CLAIMS TEAM OF THE YEAR

TORONTO, Ont. (September 11) -- For the second year in a row Canadian Kawasaki Motors has won the Inside Motorcycles Team of the Year award in the Parts Canada Superbike Championship.

The honor comes after an impressive season from the squad in which Jordan Szoke of Brantford, Ont. picked up his fourth straight Parts Canada Superbike Championship and Yoshimura Pro Sport Bike title.

The 30-year-old is the first rider to win four Canadian Superbike crowns and the first to sweep both the Superbike and Pro Sport Bike titles in four straight years.

His Superbike success came aboard the venerable Kawasaki Ninja ZX- 10R while he won Sport Bike in the first year for the latest incarnation of the Ninja ZX-6R.

Szoke was ably backed up this season by 21-year-old Alex Welsh of Uxbridge, Ont. In his first season with the factory squad, Welsh was seventh in Superbike points and fourth in the Pro Sport Bike rankings with podium finishes in four of the seven races.

"The Canadian Kawasaki Motors team had a near flawless season in this year's Parts Canada Superbike Championship," said Inside Motorcycles editor John Hopkins, who presented Kawasaki team manager Jeff Comello with the Team of the Year trophy at the final series round at Shannonville Motorsport Park on Sunday.

"What makes this season's performance particularly impressive is the way the team responded to the challenge from Team Suzuki / Blackfoot / Picotte Racing. In a situation where a lot of squads may have wilted under the pressure, these guys dug deep and found another gear, which is the true mark of a champion."

Szoke won three of the seven races in the Superbike class and the Pro Sport Bike division and never placed lower than second in either category. In addition to his four Sport Bike podiums Welsh earned a season high third in the opening Superbike race of the Mosport International Raceway doubleheader.

"I'm genuinely surprised," Comello said. "We had some tough competition this year from Pascal's team and others which forced us to work harder than ever to achieve what we did. But our team never gave up and constantly ensured the bikes performed flawlessly day in and day out. In the end it's the details that can make all the difference."

The Canadian Kawasaki Motors factory team consists of Jean Bancroft, Brian Bevan, Jeff Comello, Mike Crompton, Mark Orchard, Jeremy Sharrard, Harald Surian, Sandy Szoke, Bob Szoke and Richard Winter.

Now in its 12th year of publication, Inside Motorcycles covers all forms of motorcycling with a Canadian focus. Inside Motorcycles is also a sponsor of the Pole Position Award in the Parts Canada Superbike Championship, which awards $500 to the fastest qualifier in Pirelli SuperPole qualifying at each series round. Visit www.insidemotorcycles.com for more information.

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MOTOCROSS: England are top nation at Farleigh - This is Wiltshire

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 10:40 AM PDT

MOTOCROSS: England are top nation at Farleigh

6:40pm Friday 11th September 2009

FARLEIGH Castle hosted its biggest event for more than 20 years as the Veterans/Twinshock Motocross Des Nations took place at the track.

Sponsored by CCM Motorcycles of Bolton, more than 400 riders including four former world champions took part in the weekend of racing.

The format was a team event, with countries sending four riders to compete against each other on historic Twinshock bikes.

Thirteen teams from around the world attended, with riders from South Africa, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Ireland, France, Holland and Sweden.

The team event was won by the English team, comprising of ex-world champion Graham Noyce, ex-GP riders Pete Mathia and Neil Prince and Dorset rider Terry House, who was presented with the rider of the meeting award.

France finished a distant second with a North of England team third and pre-event favourites Geboers (Belgum) fourth.

Three-time 500cc world champion Dave Thorpe made a rare apperance at Farleigh on his 20-year-old works Honda RC500, celebrating his win at Farleigh in 1989.

He was accompanied by three-time Belgian world champion Andre Malherbe.