Pushing past the pain barrier is what Kiwi motocross world champion Katherine Prumm has been doing every day since her freak training crash in May but after another crash her title hopes for 2008 are over.

And now she's back on top of the world. But that ranking won't last for long with news coming thorough from Europe today that the two-time women’s world motocross champion had suffered another training crash and she would be unable to continue with her campaign.

The Franklin Business Women’s Association is recognising her achievements and contributions to the area at a special dinner in Pukekohe this evening.

But instead of being able to celebrate this from Europe...

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Bike Buyers Guide of Ireland has a excellent tribute and bio for TT racer Martin Finnegan. Finnegan sustained fatal injuries in a crash during the Tandragee Supersport 600cc race on May 3, 2008. Earlier in the day, Finnegan had won the Open Class race at Tandragee.

From the tribute:

For those who do not know Martin Finnegan is (who there are very few of), let me start of by saying he was an extremely down-to-earth character who developed a love for racing motorbikes at a mere 8 years of age.

Martin, the youngest of seven children and son to Jim and Margaret Finnegan first learnt his trade on two wheels riding motocross on a

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FullNoise.com.au has great article about the FIM Motorcross series that I thought you might enjoy reading:

Following a week break from Grand Prix racing, the fourth round of the 2008 FIM Motocross World Championship will get underway this weekend at the beautiful circuit of Sevlievo, in Bulgaria. The first meeting of the month will see a completely different situation compared to the pre Agueda points standings...

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Finnegan had just won the Open race, his first Tandragee success and his 43rd Irish road race victory, when he suffered fatal injuries in a crash in the Supersport 600cc race.

The Dubliner began his two-wheel career by competing in motocross, cultivating a spectacular style of riding that would go on to thrill many thousands of fans when he moved on to his first love, real road racing...

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MILLVILLE -- The Cumberland County Fairgrounds featured motocross racing over the weekend for the first time in more than 30 years.

The upstart North East Offroad Championship Series brought racers from across the northeastern United States to Millville.

More than 400 racers in 41 categories...

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Long, tall Fritz Kling, always a hero for us big guys on bikes, may be running out of road, but you can still help his family.

Former AMA District 14, AHRMA Motocross, WERA and AMA Road Racer Fritz Kling of Lansing, Michigan, who maybe is best known for racing on the start up factory Harley-Davidson VR1000 AMA Superbike effort alongside teammate Miguel Duhamel in 1994 as well as for finishing as runner-up in Formula USA and AMA Super Teams Championships aboard a Dutchman racing Yamaha’s in the mid-1990s, has been diagnosed with inoperable terminal brain cancer...

Read what you can do to help Fritz Kling at The Cherry Creek News

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The Suzuki ace, crowned national 500cc motocross champion in November, was unstoppable at the third of four rounds of the New Zealand Supercross Championships in Manukau on Saturday night, the firs...

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Motocross racing legend and Suzuki Team Manager Roger DeCoster tapped Ryan Dungey, picking him from nowhere to race for the factory Suzuki team. And not just DeCoster.

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Auckland's Katherine Prumm is no stranger to winning - she is, afterall, the reigning women's world motocross champion - but her performance at the weekend show she is now racing better than ever.

It was no surprise that the Kawasaki superstar finished unbeaten in the three women's class races at day one of the 47th annual New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at...

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American Honda Motor Company is pleased to announce that for 2008 its off-road racing effort will take place through the support of a new independent off-road racing team, Johnny Campbell Racing (JCR). Ten time and current Baja 1000 Overall Champion, Johnny Campbell, is the president and CEO of JCR.

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