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MotoGP: Rossi and Lorenzo off to a flying start

April 15th, 2010

Eighteen races, thirteen countries and 4 continents. This is the treacherous but unimaginably satisfying route that the seventeen riders and ten teams that comprise the 2010 MotoGP grid, will travel before the World Championship debate is settled. The monarchy of Qatar, the Commercial bank Grand Prix of Qatar, was first on the calendar and a [...]

Circuit Racing:Bacchanal at Dover Easter Monday

April 12th, 2010

The fans came in droves and the parking lot reflected a promoters dream, it was packed! The fans came to see a show and the cast of characters delivered performances which surpassed the standards of the Oscars. I arrived close to midday and as a friend said, “You miss whole heap!” A quick update revealed [...]

Formula One: Red Bull 1-2 at Sepang

April 10th, 2010

FYI Motorsports here at home and overseas, has a quite peculiar calendar. Let me clarify. Nothing happens for several months (October –March) but as soon as the engines explode into action, indicating the beginning of the various championships, it is as if you do not have enough eyes to watch all of what is happening. [...]

Circuit Racing:Lime Carnival of Speed

April 5th, 2010

The Lime Carnival of Speed appropriately named because of the current carnival season invading our tropical paradise introduces the 2010 circuit racing season at Dover Raceway today. Last season’s races delivered on their hype and in the off- season, teams were kept busy preparing their weapons of speed, as plans were laid to secure or [...]

Circuit Racing: The ‘new look’ TA1

April 2nd, 2010

Motor racing and controversy are like conjoined twins, one doesn’t exist without the other! But, who would think that simply changing the external appearance of a race car- read color and livery – could evoke so much response. The comments I have heard and read thus far have confirmed what I knew all along. King [...]

Circuit racing season launched at the Pegasus

March 25th, 2010

If the Jamaica Race Drivers Club (JRDC) was a political party it would win elections in Jamaica effortlessly. The JRDC understands the culture and knows how to pamper its members. At the launch of the 2010 Circuit Racing season last Friday at the Jamaica Pegasus, the JRDC facilitated euphoric indulgence with two masterful strokes [...]

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