Plate removal sidelines Anderson for upcoming Pro Motocross rounds
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Surgery a success after arm causes problems during Ironman National.
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Rockstar Energy Husqvarna’s Jason Anderson will miss the upcoming stretch of Lucas Oil Pro Motocross after undergoing surgery to have a plate removed from his arm.
Anderson pulled out of moto one at the Ironman National after aggravating the injury that ended his Monster Energy Supercross defence last year.
After evaluation by the Alpinestars Mobile Medical Unit, x-ray results discovered that the plate and screws in his forearm had backed off the bone and surgery was immediately scheduled.
“Jason is a tough rider, so when his hand and arm started to lose feeling during the first moto at Ironman, he made the smart decision to pull off and get it looked at,” said Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Stephen Westfall.
“It’s unfortunate that he will be out for the next few rounds, but we will evaluate his healing progress and determine if he’s able to return to the Pro Motocross Championship this year.”
Anderson started the season strongly by winning the opening moto of the season and finishing third overall at Loretta Lynn’s 1, however, it’s unclear if he will be fit in time to return by the end of the shortened series.
MXGP opportunity arises for Webster at JM Honda Racing
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Standing in for Paturel in premier class from the Mantova triple-header.
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Australian Kyle Webster is set to join JM Honda Racing in the 2020 MXGP World Championship, beginning with the triple-header at Mantova, Italy, from 27 September.
Webster, who was signed to ride MX2 with Penrite Honda Racing this year, will fill-in for Benoit Paturel aboard a CRF450R after he broke his tailbone at Kegums.
“I’m happy we can offer Kyle this opportunity to race on the world stage,” said Jacky Martens, JM Honda Racing team manager. “He’s already proven at home and in the MX of Nations what he’s capable of.
“The last few months have been really difficult for us with Julien Lieber’s retirement followed by the injury of Paturel, but we’re very grateful for the support of Penrite Honda Racing and Honda in this matter.”
After claiming second in the Australian MX2 championship last year, Webster impressed as part of Team Australia in the Motocross of Nations (MXoN) at Assen by claiming third in the MX2 qualifying race and finishing sixth overall in class.
“I’m super-stoked to go racing in the MXGP World Championship with JM Honda Racing,” 24-year-old Webster commented. “Everything happened pretty quickly, but I’m really looking forward to this opportunity.
“Let’s hope that third time is the charm after racing in the mud in Indonesia in 2017 and last year in Assen! I’d like to thank my team Penrite Honda Racing for granting me the chance to go over to Europe and do this.”
Penrite Honda team owner Yarrive Konsky added: “Jacky and the team run a professional program and the opportunity they have extended to Kyle is fantastic. It’s great that Honda works together globally to support their riders. Jacky is a world champion and will give Kyle opportunities most riders only dream of.”
The MXGP World Championship will resume this weekend with another triple-header event in Faenza, Italy, to be held between 6-13 September.
Webster will partner New Zealander Dylan Walsh, who originally signed with Serco Yamaha to race in Australia this year prior to parting ways. He is currently standing in for Julien Lieber at JM Honda Racing.
TSR Honda France stands atop EWC podium in Le Mans 24 Hours
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Endurance victory to Australia’s Hook alongside Foray and Di Meglio.
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Australian Josh Hook’s F.C.C. TSR Honda France team has taken a triumphant victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours, round three of the 2020 Endurance World Championship (EWC).
As a result of the fickle weather and constantly changing track conditions, the teams were under pressure for the entire 24 hours.
It’s the second win from TSR Honda – led by Hook alongside Freddy Foray and Mike Di Meglio – in the famous French endurance event, capturing victory ahead of Webike SRC Kawasaki France Trickstar and current points-leader Suzuki Endurance Racing Team.
The tricky track conditions deprived Suzuki Endurance Racing Team of the second place they had looked sure of claiming two hours from the finish. A crash made them lose their two-lap advantage over Webike SRC Kawasaki France Trickstar.
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Following a crash early on in the race, pole-setters YART Yamaha pushed hard to get back into the leading pack, as Karel Hanika, Marvin Fritz and Niccolo Canepa finished in fourth place, but five laps behind the winners.
The BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team was a late non-finisher, which benefited VRD Igol Pierret Experiences Yamaha as that team inherited fifth place, ahead of 3ART Best of Bike Yamaha and Broc Parkes’ Wojcik Racing Team Yamaha in P7.
Le Mans also threw the championship wide-open, since five of the six factory teams are now grouped together at the top of the provisional standings ahead of the the final round, which will play out on Saturday, 26 September, at the 12 Hours of Estoril in Portugal.
Rea back on the top step at MotorLand Aragon WorldSBK
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Locatelli stays unbeaten in Supersport while Australians Lachy Epis (Supersport) and Tom Edwards (World SSPT300) have no luck.
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Jonathon Rea and the Kawasaki Racing Team have regained the Motul Superbike World Championship lead after victory in a gritty performance in race two at MotorLand Aragon.
Rea started Sunday proceedings in the best way possible by once again winning the ten lap Tissot Superpole Race, giving him pole position for the final race. Tom Sykes (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was placed under investigation after an incident at the corkscrew saw him collect Leandro Mercado (Motocorsa Racing), the impact forcing the Argentinian rider to withdraw from race two.
Rea took command of the 18 lap race two right from the lights, taking the holeshot but bringing Scott Redding (Aruba.it Racing Ducati) with him. The challenge from Redding was short lived, however, as he drifted back to fourth citing grip issues.
Out front Rea had pulled almost two seconds clear and it was at this stage the second Aruba.it Ducati of Chaz Davies was making a move. Davies claimed Michael Van Der Mark (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team) and then Alvaro Bautista (Team HRC). A mistake on lap 14 from Rea slashed his lead and Davies was able to briefly run at the front. The error seemed to motivate Rea even more, cutting a line back past Davies and pulling clear once again. Davies attempted to keep up the pressure, but Rea was riding for the race win and pulled over a second gap by the chequered flag. Davies finished just behind him with Bautista in third to claim Honda’s first podium since Magny-Cours in 2016.
Redding clung onto fourth with Michael Rubin-Rinaldi (Team GoEleven in fifth. Van Der Mark took sixth while the other HRC Honda of Leon Haslam was seventh. Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team) claimed eighth place with Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) in ninth and Garrett Gerloff (GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Junior Team) completing the top 10.
Rea now leads the championship by 10 points with the next round at the same Aragon MotorLand circuit next weekend.
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In World Supersport Andrea Locatelli extended his phenomenal unbeaten record, having won every race of the year so far – seven wins from seven starts. Lucas Mahias (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) briefly led at the start, but Locatelli soon took control. Jules Cluzel (GMT94 Yamaha) took second place ahead of a strong finishing Raffaele de Rosa (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) while Mahias took fourth. Locatelli is now clear by 45 points to Cluzel. Australian Lachy Epis had another difficult race, forced out after two laps.
Jeffrey Buis (MTM Kawasaki Motoport) took out race two and the double at Aragon in the Supersport 300 class, but it took an improbable wide line through the final corners to secure victory. Teammate Scott Deroue (MTM Kawasaki Motoport) held the lead on the back straight, only to lose out to both Buis and Thomas Brianti (Prodina Ircos Team WorldSSP300), who claimed his first podium of 2020 with second place, with Deroue finishing third. Buis now leads the championship by two points from 2018 champion Ana Carrasco (Kawasaki Provec WorldSSP300). Australian Tom Edwards (Kawasaki ParkinGo Team) endured a tough weekend after crashing out.
Andrea Locatelli makes it six from six in World Supersport – Edwards, Bramich disappointing result in World SSPT300.
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Scott Redding has taken his Aruba.it Racing Ducati to victory and an overall championship lead after race one at the Aragon round of the Motul Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) on Saturday.
Earlier, Jonathon Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) had taken pole position with a new lap record of 1m48.860 but failed to capitalise and fell down the order at the start. After several laps he was back in the lead, with Redding making his move on lap seven. The pair battled until a mistake by Rea on lap 14 saw him run wide, allowing Redding to take control.
Redding’s teammate Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing Ducati) was then able to get past Rea a few laps later. He began to close the gap on Redding but at the finish line he fell 0.3s short, with Ducati still able to claim a 1-2 result. Rea completed the podium in third in what was his 150th start for Kawasaki.
Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Team GoEleven Ducati) secured fourth after the Italian was able to dispatch Michael van der Mark (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team) late in the race. Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha Official Team WorldSBK Official Team) fought his way back through the field as he finished in sixth place after qualifying in 11th.
After a front row start and briefly leading, Loris Baz (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha) eventually finished seventh following a battle with Xavi Fores (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing). Federico Caricasulo (GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Junior Team) finished in ninth place with Leon Haslam (Team HRC) completing the top ten.
Irishman Eugene Laverty (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Official Team) created some drama at the start after falling on the warm up lap. His team were able to repair the bike on the grid for an eventual 16thplace finish. Crashing out was Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) as well as Garrett Gerloff (GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Junior Team) while Tom Sykes (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) and Alvaro Bautista (Team HRC) were two high profile retirees.
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Andrea Locatelli (Bardahl Evan Bros. WorldSSP Team) continued his unbeaten run in the World Supersport Championship this year after battling with Jules Cluzel (GMT94 Yamaha) for much of the race. Cluzel took second ahead of Philipp Oettl (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) while Australian Lachlan Epis (MPM Routz Racing Team) was forced to retire after 11 laps.
In World Supersport 300 Jeffrey Buis (MTM Kawasaki Motoport) claimed a massive victory by almost seven seconds. In contrast, the battle for the podium saw the next four riders separated by just four tenths. Ana Carrasco (Kawasaki Provec WorldSSP300) took second with Mika Perez (Prodina Ircos Team WorldSSP300) completing the podium. It was a challenging day for the Australians with Tom Edwards (Kawasaki ParkinGo Team) retiring after qualifying in 19th. Tom Bramich (Carl Cox – RT Motorsports by SKM-Kawasaki) once again had the heartbreak of not qualifying for the main race, dipping out in ninth in the Last Chance Race.
Resurgent Tomac rebounds with Indiana Pro Motocross win
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Second-straight 250MX overall won by Martin at Ironman.
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Defending 450MX champion Eli Tomac delivered Monster Energy Kawasaki a first victory of the 2020 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship at Ironman Raceway.
Moto one was all about Marvin Musquin (Red Bull KTM) as he rode to his first win of the year, remaining composed despite pressure from Tomac throughout.
The race started with a freight-train of riders fighting inside the top five, with Musquin leading Tomac, Zach Osborne (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna), Adam Cianciarulo (Monster Energy Kawasaki) and Chase Sexton (Team Honda HRC).
A clash between points-leader Osborne and a lapped rider saw him drop behind Cianciarulo and Sexton, making another error soon afterwards and eventually finishing P7.
Up front, Musquin managed to hold on for the win over Tomac, who in turn was comfortably ahead of Cianciarulo and Sexton in battle, while Blake Baggett (Rocky Mountain ATV/MC KTM WPS) completed the top five.
Sixth to 10th were Justin Barcia (Monster Energy Yamaha), Osborne, Dean Wilson (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna), Broc Tickle (Monster Energy Yamaha) and Fredrik Noren (JGRMX Yoshimura Suzuki).
A heavy fall in the opening turns saw Justin Bogle (Rocky Mountain ATV/MC KTM WPS) escape injury for 34th, while a number of big-name non-finishers included Max Anstie (HEP Motorsports Suzuki) after late troubles while running eighth, as well as Jason Anderson (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna) and Joey Savatgy (JGRMX Yoshimura Suzuki).
A thrilling second 450MX moto saw Tomac rebound to capture his first win of the year, clinching him the overall in the process after fending off Barcia in the closing laps.
It was Osborne who took the hole-shot until Cianciarulo made a move soon afterwards and led all the way until within the final seven minutes when Tomac struck. Barcia soon followed him through and maintained pressure, but the difference remained at 1.103s at the finish despite a late charge.
Third was Osborne after Cianciarulo dropped from first to fourth, while Sexton ended up right there in fifth. Opening moto winner Musquin could only manage P6 this time out, joined in the top 10 by Baggett, Wilson, Savatgy and Tickle.
Anstie went down mid-moto and appeared injured, while Anderson didn’t line-up in race two due to pain in his previously-broken arm. Overall, Tomac won the round from Musquin and Cianciarulo. In the standings, Osborne leads, 13 points ahead of Musquin.
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Geico Honda’s Jeremy Martin has made it back-to-back 250MX round victories in Lucas Oil Pro Motocross after splitting the Ironman moto wins with Dylan Ferrandis (Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha).
In moto one, a rare hole-shot saw Ferrandis lead from the outset and, from there, he was the dominant force, powering away to a 26.032s victory ahead of LL2 winner Martin.
First-time outdoor podium finisher Brandon Hartranft (TLD Red Bull KTM) scored P3, however, the race was spread out among the top five, with Jett Lawrence (Geico Honda) fourth and RJ Hampshire (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna) fifth, who recovered from an early fall for position.
Top qualifier Shane McElrath (Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha) crossed the line in P6 and directly behind Hampshire, followed by Alex Martin (JGRMX Yoshimura Suzuki), Justin Cooper (Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha), Cameron McAdoo (Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki) and Derek Drake (TLD Red Bull KTM).
Lining up despite dislocating his shoulder last weekend, Hunter Lawrence (Geico Honda) managed to score points in 19th position.
There was carnage at the beginning of 250MX moto one as Ferrandis was involved in a first turn pile-up, which also saw McElrath and McAdoo go down.
Starting from the rear of the pack, Ferrandis sliced his way to third by race’s end, but it was moto winner Jeremy Martin who earned back-to-back round victories via his 2-1 scorecard.
Martin’s first race win of the year was 5.792s ahead of Cooper, with Ferrandis third following late moves on Hartranft and Jett Lawrence. Alex Martin claimed sixth ahead of Shimoda, Harrison, Carson Mumford (Geico Honda) and McElrath.
Hunter Lawrence improved for 11th this time out, as McAdoo could only climb to 15th and problems caused Hampshire to finish 17th. Overall, Martin stood on top of the podium from Ferrandis, with Hartranft completing the top three.
The 2020 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship will now travel to RedBud for the series’ first-ever double-header, round four scheduled for this Friday, 4 September, backed up by round five on Monday, 7 September.
Chaz Davies and the Aruba.it Racing Ducati team have struck early at Motorland Aragon by topping combined free practice at the fourth round of the 2020 Motul Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK).
Michael Rubin Rinaldi (Team GOELEVEN) made it a Ducati one-two while Jonathon Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorkdSBK) was third overall and topped the afternoon session. Alvaro Bautista (Team HRC) was fourth at the venue he dominated last year. After a fall at turn one in FP1, Bautista failed to show for FP2 as the team battled to fix an oil leak issue.
Tom Sykes (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) finished fifth while the Ten Kate Racing Yamaha of Loris Baz made it five different manufacturers in the top six, with all of the top six setting their fastest times in the morning session.
Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) had the seventh best time overall and was second in the afternoon session while Scott Redding (Aruba.it Racing Ducati) also showed improvement in the afternoon, taking third in that session and eighth overall.
The PATA Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team duo of Michael Van Der Mark and Toprak Razgatlioglu were ninth and tenth respectively.
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In World Supersport, championship leader Andrea Locatelli (Bardahl Evan Bros. WorldSSP Team) continued his strong run of results, topping the combined timesheets ahead of Jules Cluzel (GMT94 Yamaha) and Hannes Soomer (Kallio Racing) in third. Australian Lachie Epis (MPM Routz Racing Team) improved in the afternoon session to finish 19th.
World Supersport 300 resumes battle at Aragon with Frenchman Hugo de Cancellis (Team TRASIMENO) heading the combined Group A and Group B times. He was just ahead of Scott Deroue (MTM Kawasaki MOTOPORT), both from Group B, with teammate Jeffrey Buis taking third and heading Group A. Australian Tom Edwards (Kawasaki ParkinGO Team) finished ninth while Tom Bramich (Carl Cox-RT Motorsports by SKM-Kawasaki) has work to do in 41st.
BMW to retain Sykes alongside Van der Mark in WorldSBK
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Factory BMW Motorrad team line-up confirmed for 2021 season.
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Former world champion Tom Sykes has re-signed with BMW Motorrad through the 2021 Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK), to be joined by Michael van der Mark.
Sykes, who won the crown with Kawasaki in 2013, will be aboard the factory S 1000 RR for a third-straight season after first teaming up with the German manufacturer for 2019.
“Tom has been part of our WorldSBK team from the very start and is an important pillar of this project,” said Marc Bongers, BMW Motorrad Motorsport director. “We are pleased to be able to continue along the common path in 2021, which we embarked upon with the first tests back in December 2018.
“This gives us continuity, which is very important for the successful development of a project. We have already achieved a lot together, and the goal is now to definitively close the gap to the front-runners. Tom’s extensive knowledge of the BMW S 1000 RR and his input will play a key role in achieving this.”
Sykes has amassed 305 starts in his WorldSBK career to date and claimed 112 podiums in that time, including 34 wins, with four podiums coming with BMW in 2019. The future of current teammate Eugene Laverty is uncertain at this point.
Miller overcomes ‘excruciating pain’ in second-straight podium
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Pramac Racing rider propelled to third in MotoGP standings.
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Back-to-back podium finishes have boosted Jack Miller to third in the MotoGP points, despite overcoming ‘excruciating pain’ in his shoulder at the Styrian GP.
The Pramac Racing rider looked like he would be able to snatch a second MotoGP win at Red Bull Ring on Sunday until a last-gasp move from Miguel Oliveira denied the Australian.
It was a convincing performance from the 25-year-old Miller, who crashed on Saturday and hurt his shoulder in FP3 and was uncertain for the race at one point. He has since established himself as a title threat despite crashing out of Jerez two earlier in the season.
“Yesterday was excruciating pain,” Miller recalled. “I just jumped on the bike in Q2, went out and tried winging it – sort of understood where it was gonna hurt the most. Honestly, that Q lap was like, I basically put a stick in between my teeth, bit down as hard as I could and held on for a lap. Thankfully that was enough for second row.
“It felt bad, so I knew I needed a night and as soon as Q2 was over I was straight into the Clinica [Mobile], icing it, doing the rotations and I can’t thank those guys enough. I got a machine off them last night, just sat down on the lounge doing cycles, cooling and heating.
“The medical staff at the track organised for an MRI this morning, honestly everyone has been top-notch to us and I felt great. I struggled a little bit more in the first race, just from not having the power in my shoulder. We tried to reset for the sprint race, refocus and it kind of reminded me of the old days in the Australian championship.
“Five laps went real quick and I wasn’t expecting Oliveira there, I thought it was between Pol [Espargaro] and I, so I did what I needed to do. I looked up the inside and… there was Oliveira, I was like, ‘where did he come from!?’. Massive congratulations to him.”
With Miller finishing second behind Red Bull KTM Tech 3’s Oliveira, he’s now climbed to third in the championship behind Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT) and Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team).
Team reports ‘no major damage’ to Hunter Lawrence shoulder
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Geico Honda rider to try and ride this week before deciding on Ironman.
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250MX contender Hunter Lawrence has avoided any ‘major damage’ to his shoulder after dislocating it at Loretta Lynn’s 2, according to a report from the Geico Honda team.
Lawrence exited the opening moto at round two of the 2020 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship and didn’t return for the second outing.
After qualifying in eighth position, the Australian suffered the shoulder dislocation – what side is yet to be confirmed – while circulating inside the top five during the early laps of moto one.
Lawrence sat out the afternoon, but further evaluation this week has indicated that he escaped further injury and will attempt to ride prior to round three at Ironman Raceway this Saturday.
“Hunter popped his shoulder out of joint while running up front in moto one, which ended his day,” the team’s PR reported. “He had the shoulder looked at on Monday and found no major damage, leaving him day-to-day. Hunter will attempt to ride later in the week and will then determine his status for this weekend’s Ironman National in Indiana.”
It’s been a frustrating start to the season for the elder Lawrence brother, who after scoring multiple podiums as a rookie last season, was expected to challenge for the outdoor crown this year. He’s currently 25th in the standings, only scoring points for P14 in moto two at round one.
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