July 2003 Race News Around
the World c/o mcnews
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(July 30th) Reigning British Superbike champion Steve Hislop
has been killed in a helicopter crash in
MotoGP 2003 - Round 9 - Sachsenring - 125 Race
(July 27th) Tight 125 race
saw the lead change nearly every lap. Stoner led plenty of laps and kept
his head together to finish 2nd.
(July 27th)
Race Results 1st
Rolfo, 2nd Nieto, 3rd De Puniet, 4th
(July 27th) Rossi put his bike alongside Gibernau on the final lap and got the line for the next turn and looked to have it wrapped up but Rossi messed up the run on to the main straight a little which was all that Gibernau needed to take the advantage and the win by the narrowest of margins. Bayliss came home third with a smoky sideways slide on to the main straight. Nicky Hayden nearly got 4th but Capirossi got the better of him on the last lap
(July 27th) Chambon took a clear and easy win from Van Der Goorbergh in what was perhaps not the most exciting World Supersport race.
(July 27th) Shane Byrne was handing the World Superbike
regulars an embarrassing lesson in riding a 998 Ducati
by extending his lead to a full 5-seconds over Walker and Hodgson. Hodgson got
the advantage for 2nd place over
(July 27th) Byrne and Reynolds continued nose-to-tail up front while Toseland was trying valiantly to stay with them and leaving large smoky slides behind his 998 but he couldn’t hang with the two British Superbike regulars out in front. Xaus also struggling for grip had drifted to a slightly more distant 4th with Neil Hodgson becoming a threat.
(July 26th) Three-times
American Superbike champion Mat Mladin
scored his eighth race win of the season and as a result has extended his AMA
Chevy Trucks US Superbike Championship points lead
after a thrilling days racing at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in
World Superbike
2003 - Round 8 - Laguna Seca - Race 1
(July 13th)
Hodgson could not close down Chili
for the lead and the Italian held on for the race win. Hodgson a clear 2nd,
Toseland 3rd and Mladin
home 4th. Troy Corser brought the
Foggy Petronas machine home in 8th place
World Superbike
2003 - Round 8 - Laguna Seca - Race 2
(July 13th)
Xaus
took a dominant win while Hodgson 2nd
place, Chris 3rd place on the podium.
MotoGP 2003 - Round 8 - Donington - 125 Race
(July 13th) “Fifth position is a positive result especially after three bad
races. I had a good pace and maybe I could go faster but I had not enough
feeling with the front. Anyway I feel very satisfied.” Casey Stoner.
MotoGP 2003 - Round 8 - Donington - 250 Race
(July 13th) In-form Australian rider Ant West recovered from a near-crash on the
opening lap to finish third in today’s 250cc British Grand Prix at
MotoGP 2003 - Round 8 - Donington - 250 Race
(July 13th) Anthony
West recovered from a near-crash on the opening lap to finish third in today’s
250cc British Grand Prix at
MotoGP 2003 - Round 8 - Donington - Race Report
(July 13th) Max Biaggi had pole position for the race after recording the
fastest ever lap of Donington by a motorcycle during
the final qualifying session. After a dramatic race on the track at
Ducati Marlboro Team rider Troy Bayliss scored a hard-won fifth-place result this afternoon, working his way back through the pack after a difficult first few laps. After three laps he was ninth but the Aussie rode with typical doggedness, getting up to fifth at mid-distance and then enjoying a see-saw lap-time contest with team-mate Capirossi. McCoy brought his Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR home in 16th place, with his Fuchs Kawasaki team-mate Pitt finishing one place further back in 17th.
Curtain
does it again – Formula Xtreme
(July 13th) In a
season that has been dominated by the Nikon Yamaha Factory Racing Team it was a
fitting result at the final round of the 2003 Yamaha Formula Xtreme Tri-State Trophy Series at Eastern Creek today (Jun
13) when the team won all eight races contested. Lead rider Kevin Curtain from
Toronto (NSW) proved what a veritable talent he is when he successfully
defended his Formula Xtreme and 600cc Supersport crowns taking three wins in each class. Final
Formula Xtreme points
MotoGP 2003 - Round 8 - Donington – Grid
(July 12th) The ‘Roman
Emperor’ lies third in the championship behind Valentino Rossi and Sete Gibernau and waited until
the very end of the final qualifying practice to extinguish both of their pole
chances with a time of 1’30.740 after the factory Honda pair
had dominated the session. It was a day of mixed fortunes for Fuchs Kawasaki
ZX-RR riders Garry McCoy and Andrew Pitt at
World Superbike 2003 - Round 8 - Laguna Seca - Qualifying 1
(July 11th) Mladin created havoc for the international riders from the
start of the one-hour session recording his fastest time on only his third full
flying lap on the Laguna Seca circuit,