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European Mini Road Racing Championship promoted by FIM Europe this year is focused on two calendar events. After six years of absence it comes back in Italy, where the top young riders of Italian motorcycling were the great protagonists of races opening day at 'Circuito di Pomposa'. In the three classes of Mini Moto, Alex Venturini (Junior A), Andrea Natali (Junior B) and Michael Carbonera (Senior Open 50) gained the victory during first two of three races of the weekend, sealing a very "Italian Saturday". Romenian rider Andrei Filimon stood out into MiniGP 50cc, while German rider Aaron Schafer stood out beween NSF100 with two commendable goals. European Mini MotoThe great talent of young Italian riders and the “track factor” made a triumphal race day possibile at Pomposa Circuit. Italian riders won all six races for four times in Junior A, Junior B and Senior Open 50 they monopolized the

With the first free practice and qualifying sessions, in Pomposa Circuit (Italy),  the weekend of European Mini Road Racing Championship officially started, with the Italian Motorcycling Federation in the role organizer of the first round. Six years after the event which took place in 2009 in Ottobiano, the European Mini Road Racing Championship has made its return to Italy. Tomorrow the first two races of each class will be held, of the three scheduled during the weekend. Today's activity has seen the young Italian talents seizing all the provisional pole positions in the European Minimoto Championship thanks to Luca Lunetta (Junior A), Andrea Natali (Junior B) and the European champion Michael Carbonera (Senior Open 50), while Romanian Andrei Filimon and German Aaron Schafer stood out positively in the MiniGP 50cc and in the NSF100.

  LOKET (Czech Republic), 26 July 2015 - Emil Weckman’s championship lead was reduced to just three points after Albin Larsen powered through to take the race two victory, in what proved to be one of the most exciting races of the season. While Weckman was slow out of the gate, Jack Bintcliffe had a great start which saw him take the lead in the first lap. The British rider was unable to keep hold of this position and lost out early on to Larsen and Tim Edberg, who showed that he was still in good racing form after a small crash in yesterday’s race.Edberg started to pull away from the field but Larsen was able to keep with the fellow Swede. The leading riders swapped positions many times throughout the twelve laps, and with Weckman having to make his way up the classification, the fight for the championship lead

In the front row, from the left, Cris Warren, Tony Skillington, Luka Dolenc CEO of IMS Noise and Vibration, Andy Summers, Eddie Herd, Peter Dolenc, Founder of IMS noise and vibration. In the back row, from the left, developers Franc Celestina, Metod Celestina,Tim Weisseisen and Jan Hrovat, today in Loket. During the World and European round of Motocross in Loket, Czech Republic, an independent evaluation of the 2 meter noise test was carried out, with a company - IMS Noise and vibration - that provides noise and vibration solutions for national governments throughout Europe.The results of the test have not been declared, yet, but it will be positive because it will identify the need for minimum engine revs to be set for the future of the test.

Joakim Ljunggren  Today the third race of the European Enduro Extreme Cup the Battle of Vikings was held in Storstenshöjden, just 20 kms outside the city  of Örebro, in Sweden. The conditions at start were perfect with about 18 degrees and sunny, but the last hour of the race the rain started to fall and the track was even more difficult.The race was held under 4 hours on a track about 10 kms long with a lot of difficulties like Hamburger Hill, HA-HA Logs, extreme parks and just before the finish the famous Black Piste, a steep uphill with a lot of stones.After yesterday’s prologue Andreas Linusson, from Sweden, started just ahead of his compatriot Joakim Ljunggren, KTM and Blake Gutzeit (RSA), Husqvarna.After first checkpoint in the first lap Ljunggren passed Linusson and then was in the front for the whole race and and won after completing 7 laps 25

Jack Bintcliffe (in the photo) stormed away from the pack to take race one victory at the sun-bathed Czech Republic track Loket, despite Emil Weckman taking the holeshot. Both Bintcliffe and Weckman made good starts on the run into the tricky first corner, which sees the track make a tight left hand turn up hill, while the rest of pack bunched together. Tim Edberg unfortunately lost out in this first corner when the field of riders took the tight line and he was left with nowhere to go, which resulted in a small crash that relegated the young German to last but one before he could get going again.Bintcliffe and Weckman quickly pulled away from the rest of the field and managed to maintain their pace and the gap until the chequered flag. Despite Weckman trying his hardest, the young Finn was unable to close the gap to Bintcliffe. In

From the left, Daniel Rivas and Bernat Martinez MONTEREY, CA, July 20 - A chain-reaction, multi-bike incident on the first lap of yesterday’s second MotoAmerica Superbike/Superstock 1000 race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca has resulted in the deaths of two competitors.    Bernat Martinez, of Alberic, Valencia, Spain, was transported from the raceway by ambulance to Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) in Monterey, where he succumbed to his injuries. He was 35. Bernat Martinez, rode at Spanish, European and World Championships during the last years.Daniel Rivas Fernandez, of Moana Galicia, Spain, was transported by REACH Medical Air Services to Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, where he also succumbed to injuries. He was 27.Daniel Rivas was riding the 2015 CEV Superbike European Championship and was 4th in the overall classification. “This is in fact most terrible and sad news; a dark day not only for the sport but first

EL MOLAR (Spain), 19 July 2015 - The soaring temperatures had nothing on how hot the battle for junior motocross supremacy was. Young Dutch sensation Kay Karrsemakers was crowned European Open 65cc winner. European Open 65cc Race OneIt may have seemed like the longest start straight in the world for most of the 65’s but it was the perfect distance for Spain’s own Raul Sanchez who was oozing adrenaline at the start of race one and took the holeshot and early race lead. Unfortunately, the freshly watered track caught the little Spaniard out which saw him drop back to sixteenth when he crashed on an uphill. Holland’s little ripper Kay Karssemakers took full advantage of the gifted lead and knuckled down right away while France’s Florian Miot tried to keep up. Although he put in a good effort, Miot could not quite match the pace of Karssemakers and ended up

Steven Coquelin - Photo by Mario Candellone Steven Coquelin (Gas Gas) got his revenge and topped the Europe class, but Gianluca Tournour (Gas Gas) finishing in second place, stretched his advantage in the overall standings. The third round of the FIM Europe Trial Championship was held on the same place and same loop as the day before, in Luserna San Giovanni, Italy. The heavy showers dropped in the night before made all the sections in the wood more difficult. Moreover one section was also modified by organizers on behalf of a decision taken by the Jury Meeting, to make it harder, as the best riders wished to have. As result in many sections very few riders were able to pass it "clean". The winner was the first to start and took a slight advantage because he found the rocks not too dirty by the mud drawn by the previous riders. Thanks to

Spectators from the Netherlands, Germany, France and England were promised a thrilling and exciting racing evening at Staphorst (Netherlands) last weekend and that’s exactly what they saw. Despite a hot and sunny day, the club worked hard to produce a very fast race track that gave the spectators an excellent evenings racing at the FIM Europe Grass Track Individual European Final.The eighteen competitors – who had qualified for this event via two previous semi-final rounds earlier in the season – quickly adapted to the conditions which produced some very fast and furious racing.As the meeting progressed, the track conditions improved, and it became difficult to predict who would be the eventual winner. However once all the qualifying heats had been completed, home rider Jannick De Jong emerged as the hot favourite, although he was beaten once by the exciting young 17 year old English rider James Shanes.With the sun starting