Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Yukio Kagayama and Troy Corser are set for this weekend’s World Superbike Championship eighth round at Brand Hatch fresh from their double victory in the Czech Republic.

A crash in the second race of Sunday’s German Superbike Championship at Salzburgring dropped Suzuki International Europe rider Andreas Meklau back into second place in the series. But with six rounds still to run, there is only eight points separating the GSX-R1000-mounted rider and series leader Martin Bauer (Honda).

Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ricky Carmichael finished a strong second place at round eight of the AMA Toyota Motocross race at Washougal MX Park, in Washougal, WA, on Sunday afternoon.

Team Yoshimura Suzuki’s Nobuatsu Aoki and Atsushi Watanabe raced their GSX-R1000 into third position in the Suzuka 8-Hour World Endurance fifth round as reigning World Champions Suzuki Castrol crashed three times, finished a lowly 38th, but still came away with a 21-point lead in the series

Kevin Strijbos and Steve Ramon have taken fourth and fifth overall respectively at a hot Loket circuit for the Grand Prix of the Czech Republic and the 11th round of 15 in the FIM MX1 World Championship – only the second occasion this season that the RM-Z450 has not been on a GP podium

One point more for Everts and a Namur dream

Yamaha Intur Sports rider Stefan Everts won his eleventh event in
succession at a hot and humid Loket circuit to own the Grand Prix of Czech
Republic today. The reigning MX1 World Champion now needs to score just
one point more than his nearest rival at the Belgian round next weekend
at Namur, his favourite circuit, to claim a record tenth title.

Norkis- amaha has announced that the qualifying races for the 10-rider Philippine team that will be sent to Indonesia in December will be the 2006 NRA Motorcycle Grand Prix UGP Class that will start on July 30 at the Batangas Racing Circuit

What looked certain to be another stunning race recovery from Camel Yamaha Team
rider Valentino Rossi ended in disaster today as the reigning MotoGP World
Champion retired from the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca with tyre and engine
troubles. After starting from tenth on the grid Rossi slowly worked his way
through the field and with just five laps remaining he was on course for a
valuable fourth place finish. However, with blazing sunshine bringing track
temperatures up to a soaring 56ºC, the punishing conditions inevitably took their
toll and Rossi's rear tyre developed a problem, which forced the Italian to drop
his pace. To add to Rossi's woes, his the water-cooling system then malfunctioned
and within moments the engine of his YZR-M1 machine overheated, blowing clouds of
smoke into the air and bringing his participation in the race to an end.

Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Yukio Kagayama took his first ever World Superbike double victory at Brno in the Czech Republic today.

Team Yoshimura Suzuki's Ben Spies battled record-breaking heat as well as the
competition to win his eighth AMA Superbike race of the season and extend his points
lead at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Saturday as team mates Aaron Yates and Mat
Mladin took fifth and sixth.

Rizla Suzukis Shane Shakey Byrne took hard-earned fourth and fifth place finishes in today's double-header ninth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at a sun-drenched Oulton Park in Cheshire.

Round 6 of the 2006 World Enduro Championship, the GP of USA held in Hancock, New York State, produced the closest racing of the 2006 WEC series so far in the Enduro 1 class. Victory had to be shared by Pole Bartosz Oblucki, who topped the class on day one, and Spaniard Ivan Cervantes, who won on day two. With torrential rain falling mid-way through day one Oblucki opened up an eight second advantage to claim his first ever world championship win ahead of reigning E1 world champion and current class leader Ivan Cervantes with Italian Simone Albergoni placing third.

Rizla Suzuki racer John Hopkins prepared for this weekend's Red Bull USGP by joining fellow MotoGP stars on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles to give fans a taster of what's to come at Laguna Seca this week.

Camel Yamaha Team Rider Colin Edwards played his part in introducing MotoGP to Hollywood yesterday ahead of this week's United States Grand Prix, joining fellow MotoGP riders in a spectacular parade up Hollywood Boulevard. Edwards, riding a specially-prepared YZF-R6 in the famous yellow, white and black 'Anniversary' livery carried by Yamaha at last year's US Grand Prix, joined Nicky Hayden and Casey Stoner (Honda), Shinya Nakano (Kawasaki), John Hopkins (Suzuki), and Sete Gibernau (Ducati), as well as ex-racer Randy Mamola on-board Ducati's two-seat MotoGP bike, to ride up the famous street and perform for the crowds in front of the Chinese Theatre.

Fresh from their German thriller just five days ago, the stars of the MotoGP paddock arrived at Laguna Seca today to begin their preparations for Sunday’s Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix. Blisteringly hot temperatures greeted the riders as they undertook their first sighting laps of the newly resurfaced Californian circuit.

Just five days after their stunning showing at the Sachsenring circuit
in Germany the Camel Yamaha Team will be back on track on the other side
of the Atlantic as the MotoGP World Championship takes another whirlwind
trip across the globe from the east of Europe to the west coast of the
USA. Following an absence of almost a decade, the Laguna Seca circuit
near Monterey in California plays host to the world's premier motorcycle
race series for the second consecutive season and represents a crucial
date with destiny for both Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards.

Just seven days after Italy won the football World Cup with a dramatic
victory against France in Berlin, Camel Yamaha Team rider Valentino
Rossi produced an equally stunning performance to seal another success
for his country on German soil thanks to a remarkable MotoGP win at the
Sachsenring circuit near Dresden. Starting from tenth place on the grid
after struggling to find the right set-up for his YZR-M1 machine in
practice, the odds were stacked heavily against Rossi as he aimed to
close the gap on series leader Nicky Hayden (Honda) with another win.
However, the reigning World Champion again confounded all the
predictions with his superb skill and dogged determination.

Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Racer Chris Vermeulen scored a stunning seventh place at today's
German GP after starting from 13th on the grid.

Rizla Suzuki’s Shane Shakey Byrne won the second race at a sun-drenched Knockhill
circuit in Scotland at the eighth round of the Bennetts British Superbike
Championship to end a 22-month drought of victories for the team.

The Ducati Marlboro Team is set to return to its original 2006 line-up at the German Grand Prix, with Sete Gibernau rejoining Loris Capirossi following a four-week layoff.