Graves Motorsports' Tommy Aquino is 2008 AMA Road Race Rookie of the Year
AMA Pro Racing
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida
AMA Pro Racing is proud to announce that Graves Motorsports Yamaha rider Tommy Aquino is the 2008 AMA Road Race Rookie of the Year. In his first full professional season, Aquino finished 14th overall in the Pro Honda Oils Supersport Championship presented by Shoei.
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Official Results AMA Flat Track Championship - AMA GNC Twins Championship Heartland Park Topeka, Topeka, Kansas – October 4, 2008 (Half-mile)
AMA Grand National Twins Championship Main event results
Pos. No. Rider name Hometown Bike Laps Diff. Pts Sponsors
1 3 Joe J. Kopp Mica, WA Harley-Davidson 27 --- 23 Latus HD / Screamin Eagle / Carl Patrick / Arai / Motion Pro /
2 42 Bryan Smith Flushing, MI Harley-Davidson 27 0.208 19 Moroney`s / Screamin` Eagle / Doc`s HD / fasthog.com /
3 1 Ken Coolbeth Morris, CT Harley-Davidson 27 0.71 16 H-D Motor Co / Fox / Arai / Motion Pro / Works / JE Piston /
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Cindi Lux Closes 2008 SPEED GT Season with Top 10 at Road Atlanta
Cindi Lux
BRASELTON, Ga., October 6, 2008
Mopar Enjoys Strong World Challenge Season Racing Dodge Viper Competition Coupe
Cindi Lux (Aloha, Ore.) closed the 2008 Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) SPEED World Challenge GT season with a ninth-place finish at Road Atlanta. The impressive run marked the fifth time this year that Lux has piloted the No. 2 Team Mopar Dodge Viper Competition Coupe to a Top 10 result in a season limited to only eight races.
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Classic Sports Racing Group Charity Challenge Returns to Infineon Raceway, Oct. 10-12
Infineon Raceway
Vintage car racing will take over Infineon Raceway at the Classic Sports Racing Group's (CSRG) 5th annual Charity Challenge. All proceeds from the event will benefit Speedway Children’s Charities, the charitable arm of Infineon Raceway. Over the last four years, CSRG has generated more than $367,000 for SCC.
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Troy Coughlin ready for Richmond race
JEGS
RICHMOND, Va. (Oct. 6)
Coming off his best outing of the 2008 JEGS ProMod Challenge, veteran racer Troy Coughlin is excited about his chances heading into this weekend's third annual Virginia NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park.
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NHRA, FULL THROTTLE UNVEIL NEW SERIES LOGO, SET TO DEBUT IN 2009
NHRA
Atlanta, Oct. 6, 2008
NHRA Partnership is First Major Sports Association for Full Throttle and the Brand’s Lead Marketing Platform for 2009
The transformation of NHRA’s top professional series from POWERADE to Full Throttle – which began earlier this year – has reached another milestone as the new NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series logo was unveiled.
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SECOND PLACE FOR MULLEN AND PICCINI
CR Scuderia
Tim Mullen and Andrea Piccini steered the no.55 CRS Ferrari to a brilliant second place finish at Nogaro yesterday. Tim had qualified the car in third place and the pair put in a top performance, producing the best result of the season so far for car 55.
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Points leader Coughlin plans to stay on the offensive
JEGS
RICHMOND, Va. (Oct. 6)
Reigning NHRA champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. has developed a sound strategy for defending his current lead in the POWERade Pro Stock points -- "We're going to stay on the offensive," he said empathically.
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One Team, One Aim: Cultures Combine at Panasonic Toyota Racing
Panasonic Toyota Racing
Monday 6 October 2008
Panasonic Toyota Racing may be based in Cologne, Germany, but its spiritual heart is back in Japan, making the Japanese Grand Prix a very special event.
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Paul Di Resta Second and Two Points behind the Leader
Team AMG Mercedes
DTM Le Mans:
Paul Di Resta finished the 10th round of the 2008 DTM at Le Mans in second place, reduced the gap to the overall leader Timo Scheider (Audi) who came home sixth today to two points and postponed the championship decision until the season finale on 26th October in Hockenheim
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Corti on the podium at Magny-Cours
Yamaha Racing
2008 Superstock France
Magny Cours 05/10/2008
The aggression and commitment shown by Claudio Corti (Yamaha Motor Italia Junior Team) throughout the 14-lap Superstock 1000 race at Magny-Cours paid off with a third place finish that puts him tenth in the championship standings, on 49 points.
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Foret takes an impressive eighth place on his return to World Supersport
Yamaha Racing
2008 WSS France
Magny-Cours 05/10/2008
Fabien Foret (Yamaha World Supersport Team) made a great return to World Supersport competition at his home race, finishing eighth after ending the first lap down in 15th place.
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Haga rules in race one and Corser performs for another podium finish
Yamaha Racing
2008 WSB France
Magny-Cours 05/10/2008
Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) took a race win and a second place at the Magny-Cours races to go second in the championship with one round remaining.
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Loris Baz wins European Superstock 600 Championship with Yamaha
Yamaha Racing
The fifteen year-old star-in-the-making Loris Baz (Yamaha France Junior Team) took a hard fought second place in Saturday’s European Superstock 600 Championship race, and in taking the podium he also took the championship in his rookie year.
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Rossi roars through the field to take second on the island
Yamaha Racing
2008 MotoGP Australia
Phillip Island 05/10/2008
Fiat Yamaha rider and 2008 World Champion Valentino Rossi recovered from yesterday's mishap to charge through the field from the fourth row at Phillip Island today, eventually taking second behind Casey Stoner. His team-mate Jorge Lorenzo took a second consecutive fourth place after a race long battle with several other riders.
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