Archive for September, 2006

Drew Price’s Red Bull Rookies Cup experience

September 29, 2006
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Drew Price’s Red Bull Rookies Cup experience

Category: MiniGPX-NEWS, Opinion, SCMiniGP, United States My Dad and I flew into Paris, France and went down to the Hertz rental car place and got the car and a GPS, very smart move. We leave and get onto the autoroute and the first thing we see is the Tour Eiffel, (Eiffel Tower), it was...

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Updated: Engine builder Harry Okuda passes away

September 29, 2006
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Category: Announcement, M1GP, MiniGP, MiniGPX-NEWS, United States God’s Speed Harry. Long time engine builder and tuner Harry Okuda (Okuda Racing) passed away on September 28th after fighting a long battle with cancer. Harry was an icon in mini road racing and was known for his super fast engines. We will all miss Harry. Update:...

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Elbow dragging their way to the finish…Western Canadian Mini Roadracing Series concludes first year

September 28, 2006
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Elbow dragging their way to the finish…Western Canadian Mini Roadracing Series concludes first year

Category: Canada, MiniGPX-NEWS Saskatchewan Mini Roadracing Association (SMRA) hosted the fifth and final round of the Inaugural Western Canadian Mini Roadracing Series. Over 50 racers from clubs across Canada converged under the living skies at Martensville Speedway (Martensville, Saskatchewan, Canada) 20 minutes outside Saskatoon for a weekend celebration filled with competition, camaraderie and fun....

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RMMMC wraps up season

September 28, 2006
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Category: MiniGPX-NEWS, Pocketbike, RMMMC, Race Results, United States Alright race fans, the moment we have all been waiting for. The last race of the season is finally here and the results are in. The race took place at The Track at Centennial, located in Denver, CO. It was a beautiful day for our final...

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USminiGP plans to flash visitors in Miami

September 28, 2006
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Category: MiniGPX-NEWS, USMiniGP USminiGP will have an exhibition ride during the Street Extreme Miami event held October 21-22 at the Miami-Dade Fair Expo. More information on the event can be found at ~http://www.streetextrememiami.com/email1.htm~

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Ex-pocketbiker Wilkey wins AMA Top Novice award

September 28, 2006
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Ex-pocketbiker Wilkey wins AMA Top Novice award

Category: AMA, MiniGPX-NEWS, United States Riders from all over the country came together last weekend to compete in the Annual AMA Road Racing Grand Championships at the Mid-Ohio MotorSports Course in Lexington. The event is an annual tradition during which the Annual Horizon Award is presented to up-and-coming riders based on their performance and...

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How to clean a faceshield

September 26, 2006
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How to clean a faceshield

Bruce Porter is the Director of Motorsports Promotion and Marketing for Arai Helmets. In his 20+ year career with Arai has helped his racers achieve over 400 championships. He gave us a quick run down on how best to clean a faceshield: The visors are made of Polycarbonate Plastic, and are very sensitive to...

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Arai’s “Pre-Paid Return” offer expires on the 29th

September 26, 2006
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Arai Helmets wants to update our customers involved in our voluntary program to repair helmets that experienced a loosening of the flexible black trim strip around the helmet’s lower perimeter: The Arai “Pre-Paid Return” offer for these helmets only expires on September 29, 2006. “The UPS Stores” will no longer pack and ship helmets...

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Tommy Aquino wins AMA Metrakit class

September 25, 2006
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Category: AMA, MiniGP, MiniGPX-NEWS, Race Results, United States 10th Annual AMA Sports Road Race Grand Championships Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio September 24, 2006 Provisional Race Results: 72cc METRAKIT (all on Metrakit 72s): 1. Tommy Aquino 2. Cassidy Heiser 3. Antonio Filho 4. Hayden Gillim 5. Michael Aquino 6. Ethan Gillim 7. Eric...

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Metrakit qualifying from Mid-Ohio

September 23, 2006
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Category: AMA, MiniGP, MiniGPX-NEWS, United States Below are the times from the 72cc Metrakit spec class. It appears only 9 riders are running the class restricted to Metrakit’s bikes. Mid-Ohio is getting some light rain and qualifying was delayed on Friday because of the weather conditions. Due to the delay, Metrakit qualifying took place...

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