Pembrey in South Wales will host the opening rounds of the UK F1 Sidecar Championship, thought by many sport insiders to be the best field since the late 1980s. A top-quality field of F1 sidecars, the like of which hasn’t been seen since the 1986 Silverstone Grand Prix, will be heading down to the former Spitfire base to set their mark on the opening stages of the Battle of Britain.

The 2009 FIM Superside World Champion Birchall Brothers are among the teams competing in UK and international competition

The current World Champions, Ben & Tom Birchall and former triple World Champions Tim & Tristan Reeves would be favorites to clean up under normal circumstances, but some interesting rule changes mean the odds may be about to be turned on their heads. The new World Championship rule amendments have forced teams to make the switch to standard engines as opposed to the highly tuned motors they have been able to run previously, and Tim Reeves estimates that the change costs as much as one second per lap. Coincidentally, one second per lap was about the advantage they had over the best of the National teams in previous seasons, so a seven or eight outfit scrap at the head of the field now looks to be on the cards.

The action gets underway on Saturday April 10, and culminates with the Eurosport televised races on Sunday April 11. Pembrey is located just off the A484 near Llanellli in South Wales, within easy reach of the M4 motorway.

The CTR team look to make their mark on the British circuits in 2010

Cheshire-based CTR Sidecar racing will also be running in the event and hoping to be pushing for a podium result. Strong pre-season testing at Mallory Park and Anglesey have left the team ready to make their mark on the map for the opening round.

Craig Chaplow CTR Driver:
“Pembrey is a special place for Dan and me, as we made our European debut there two years ago, but the thought of 30 F1 sidecars heading into a tight 180 degree hairpin gets the blood flowing, and we will have to ride hard to make our mark.”

Treasure Racing attended Winton Motor Raceway in Northern Victoria recently to continue its bike testing to increase its knowledge of the new LCR Chassis adjustments in preparation for the 2010 FIM World Championship. The main purpose of the day was to focus on suspension.

The Treasure Racing LCR Suzuki of Adam Treasure and Darren Dewhurst

The Winton racetrack has become quite a bit bumpier in the years since Adam or Darren last rode at the track in 2006. The bumpy track created an environment to test the suspension adjustments allowing Adam to focus on obtaining the perfect balance between low impact ripples while still maintaining composure over the harder hitting bumps for the LCR.

Pilot Adam Treasure and passenger Darren Dewhurst at Winton

The day started out slow with each test session becoming quicker as adjustments were made. The Sidecar lap record at this track was set by Stacey Sellar at 1:30.088 in 2006, Adam and Darren managed to go out in their last session and lap consistently in the mid to low 1:30’s until the final lap when the boys posted a new un-official lap record of 1:29.63.

Thanks must go to Mick DeWith and Justin Sheppard for their help throughout the day. We would like to take this opportunity to announce that Treasure Racing now has it’s own official Website. We can be found at  www.treasureracing.com Thanks to our Website designer and Host Bradley Brown for all of his help and input.

Feel free to drop into our website and sign on to the forum and comments page to keep up to date with our achievements throughout 2010.

Adam & Darren

Treasure Racing

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Sterilgarda Yamaha's Ben Spies leads Xerox Ducati's Noriyuki Haga by 18 points

Sep 25-27
World Superbike Round 12
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy

Sep 25 – 27
British Superbike Round 11
Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England

Noriyuki Haga

Sept 25 – 27
SRA Pro Track Sidecar Racing – Round 11& 12
Shannonville Motorsports Park, Ontario, Canada

Sep 26-27
CMRA Mini Sprints, 5hr Mini Endurance, Sprints
Oak Hill Raceway, Henderson, Texas, USA

Sep 26-27
CCS/ASRA
Blackhawk Farms Raceway, South Beloit, IL, USA

The racing season may be getting ready to wind down, but the action is still heating up.  The MotoGP circus lands in the US for the second and final time of the season for the Red Bull Indianapolis GP.  If you’re lucky enough to be heading to Indianapolis this weekend, don’t miss the legendary Indy Mile flat track races next door at the Indianapolis Fairgrounds.  Round 9 of the British Superbike championship heads to Cadwell Park, and there are regional events to be found no matter where you live in the US.

This week’s motorcycle racing event calendar.

Aug 29-30
MotoGP Round 12
Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix
Indianapolis Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
http://www.motogp.com/en/events/Indianapolis/2009

Aug 29-30
AMA Flat Track Round 11
Indy Mile
Indianapolis State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
http://amaproracing.com/ft/events/event.cfm?eid=2009020970

Aug 29-30
British Superbike, Round9
Cadwell Park, Tathwell, Lincolnshire, UK
http://www.britishsuperbike.com/events/cadwell-park.aspx

Aug 29
AMA Hot Shoe Nationals Round 8
Gas City Short Track
Gas City I-69 Speedway, Gas City, Indiana, USA
http://amaproracing.com/ft/events/event.cfm?eid=2009030935&hs=true

Aug 28-30
CCS/ASRA Summer Cyclefest
Summit Point Motorsports Park, Summit Point, West Virginia, USA
http://www.ccsracing.us/venues/summit.html

Aug 28-30
SRA Sidecar Racing, Round 9-10
Summit Point Motorsports Park, Summit Point, West Virginia, USA
http://www.sidecarracers.com

August 29-30
WMRRA Sprint Races
Pacific Raceways, Kent, Washington, USA
http://www.pacificraceways.com

ON TV

Mon, Aug 24
Isle of Man TT, Senior TT Race – 9-10pm, SPEED

Tue, Aug 25
Isle of Man TT, Senior TT Race –
12-1am, SPEED
4-5am, SPEED
2-3pm,SPEED

MotoGP 125, Brno, Chech Republic – 12-1pm, SPEED

Sat, Aug 29
AMA Pro Motocross 450s, Southwick – 10-11pm, SPEED

Sun, Aug 30
MotoGP Indianapolis Grand Prix – 3-4pm, FOX

The Motourage team is back from vacation, and we’re bringing you the newest edition of the Motourage Video of the Day.  Today’s video features the action-packed, dangerous sport of sidecar racing.

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Here’s some footage from the Sidecar Motocross Association of Great Britain.  The next SMA event isn’t until Sep 20th at Winterpick Farm Full-screenin Horsham, West Sussex, but if you feel like taking a trip to Denmark this weekend, Slagelse will be hosting the next round of the FIM Sidecar Motocross World Championships.

7/19/09

Here’s your motorcycle racing schedule for the upcoming weekend.
For more info, please contact Motourage at info@motourage.net

SRA Sidecar Racing, Long Track – Rnd 7 – 8
Shannonville Motorsports Park, Ontario, Canada

http://www.sidecarracers.com

Canadian Motorcycle Association Trials
Cayuta, NY, USA

http://www.canmocycle.ca

CCS/ASRA
Blackhawk Farms Raceway, South Beloit, IL, USA

http://www.ccsracing.us/venues/blackhawk.html

CCS/ASRA
Palm Beach International Raceway, Jupiter, FL, USA

http://www.ccsracing.us/venues/pbi.html

CCS/ASRA
New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville, NJ, USA

http://www.ccsracing.us/venues/newjersey.html

MotoGP Round 10
Donington Park, Derby, England

http://www.motogp.com/en/circuits/Donington+Park/2009

World Superbike
Autodromeo Brno, Brno, Czech Republic

http://www.worldsbk.com/en/calendar-e-circuits/brno.html

AMA Pro Racing Flat Track Round 7: Hagerstown 1/2 Mile
Hagerstown Speedway, Hagerstown, MD, USA

http://www.amaproracing.com/ft/events/event.cfm?eid=2009020945

It’s no secret that we here at Motourage are huge fans of motorcycle sidecar racing, especially that which takes place every year during the Isle of Man TT.  It is therefore with sorrow that we report on the death of sidecar driver Phil Dongworth from injuries sustained during a crash during last night’s Southern 100 qualifying session at Ballanoris, Isle of Man.  Phil was 43 years old.  Phil’s passenger Stuart Castles was also taken to the hospital with injuries but he is expected to make a full recovery.

Phil Dongworth, originally from Stamford Bridge, York, was an experienced competitor who, along with passenger Gary Partridge, raced to a second-place finish at this year’s Isle of Man TT.

Motourage celebrates the life of one of our racing brothers, and we take comfort in knowing that he died doing what he loved most, racing motorcycles.

Original report from BikeSportNews.com.