From the BBC:

The funeral of a racing motorcyclist who died after a crash at Brands Hatch has taken place.

Honda rider Craig Jones, 23, of Peterborough, suffered head injuries in the British leg of the World Supersport Championship on 3 August.

He was transferred to the Royal London Hospital by Kent Air Ambulance but died in the early hours of 4 August.

Mr Jones' funeral service was held at...

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Les Shand had an excellent day of racing at the Isle of Man on Monday, finishing 11th in the Superstock TT and 16th in the first Supersport race to earn himself two more silver replicas. The Superstock result was his best ever finish at the Isle of Man and he put in a total of 4 120mph+ laps during the two races to continue his great week.

In the morning's Superstock race, Les was aboard the Leeds Parcel Company R1 Yamaha and an opening lap of 120.915mph saw him lie in 18th place. However, an excellent second lap enabled him to jump up the order and, with a superb pit stop, and a final lap of 123.920mph, Les completed the four lap race in a brilliant 11th for his highest finish at the TT.

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SAN FRANCISCO -- As is the case at nearly every stop on the AMA Superbike circuit, the Suzuki motorcycles ridden by Mat Mladin and Ben Spies are favored to be the first ones crossing the finish line in both of this weekend's races at Infineon Raceway.

Next year, though, things figure to be a little more wide open.

The Daytona Motorsports Group, which bought the AMA's promotional and management rights in March, is proposing radical changes to the circuit in an effort to create greater parity and a more entertaining product that appeals to a wider audience...

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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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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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Yamaha's Broc Parkes dipped under the World Supersport lap record on day two of the official Pirelli test at Phillip Island. Riding the 2008 specification R6, Parkes found a good set-up at the end of day one and was able...

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