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2008 Miller Superbike World Championship Round
The 2008 Miller Superbike World Championship round was the sixth round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship. It took place on the weekend of May 30-June 1, 2008, at the Salt Lake City circuit. Superbike race 1 classification Superbike race 2 classification {, class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Pos ! No ! Rider ! Bike ! Laps ! Time ! Grid ! Points , - ! 1 , 7 , Carlos Checa , Honda CBR1000RR , 21 , 38'44.105 , 1 , 25 , - ! 2 , 76 , Max Neukirchner , Suzuki GSX-R1000 , 21 , +3.547 , 2 , 20 , - ! 3 , 84 , Michel Fabrizio , Ducati 1098 F08 , 21 , +6.613 , 4 , 16 , - ! 4 , 3 , Max Biaggi , Ducati 1098 RS 08 , 21 , +7.878 , 9 , 13 , - ! 5 , 34 , Yukio Kagayama , Suzuki GSX-R1000 , 21 , +10.568 , 8 , 11 , - ! 6 , 41 , Noriyuki Haga , Yamaha YZF-R1 , 21 , +11.539 , 10 , 10 , - ! 7 , 23 , Ryuichi Kiyonari , Honda CBR1000RR , 21 , +18.381 , 20 , 9 , - ! 8 , 10 , Fonsi Nieto , Suzuki GSX-R1000 , 21 , +20.646 , 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miller Motorsports Park
Utah Motorsports Campus is a race track facility located in Grantsville near Tooele, Utah, United States. It operated under the name of Miller Motorsports Park from 2006 until October 2015. The course has hosted auto, motorcycle, bicycle and kart racing, along with corporate events. Track The Full course is a 23-turn (28-apex), road circuit run counterclockwise. The front stretch can see vehicles reaching speeds of . Smaller configurations of the track can be made from the full course, including a outer course that does not use the tighter infield lay-out, as well as two layouts that each use half of the full course and can be run simultaneously. The Full course was the longest road racing facility in North America until the 2014 extension of Thunderhill Raceway Park. It is about longer than the previous holder, Road America. The Outer course is one of the fastest road courses in North America, with AMA Superbikes posting average speeds over . During the annual Tour of Ut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryuichi Kiyonari
(born September 23, 1982 in Saitama, Japan) is a professional motorcycle road racer. He previously rode a Honda CBR1000RR in the MFJ All-Japan Road Race JSB1000 Championship. He was the 2006, 2007 and 2010 British Superbike champion and enjoys fame and popularity amongst British motorcycle race fans due to his success and personality. He raced for Honda Asia in 2012. He won the 2008 Suzuka 8-Hour race, teamed with his former WSBK teammate Carlos Checa. Early years Kiyonari first raced in 1988 in motocross, which he later stated that he did not especially enjoy. He began circuit racing in 1996, and first raced in the All-Japan 125cc Championship in 1998. He continued in this class until 1999 and spent the 2000 and 2001 season in the All-Japan 250cc Championship, with a shortage of big results, other than 9th place in the 2000 Suzuka 8 Hours race. In 2002 Kiyonari switched to the All-Japan ST600 championship, which he won with four victories. He also took an All-Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittorio Iannuzzo
Vittorio Iannuzzo (born 10 May 1982 in Avellino) is an Italian motorcycle racer. He currently competes in the IDM Superbike Championship aboard a Suzuki GSX-R1000. He was the 2002 European Superstock 1000 champion riding an Alstare Suzuki. In his Superbike World Championship participations, he had a front-row start at Misano World Circuit in 2003. In 2010 he had a huge crash at Circuit Ricardo Tormo when he tangled with Simon Andrews. In the same year he rode a factory Triumph Daytona 675 in the Supersport World Championship, having replaced Jason DiSalvo Jason DiSalvo is an American former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He was the planned rider of the Castrol Rocket streamliner built to challenge the motorcycle land speed record, before being replaced by Guy Martin. Career statistics ... midseason. Career statistics Supersport World Championship Races by year Superbike World Championship Races by year References External links World Superbike Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Pridmore
Jason Pridmore (born October 4, 1969 in Goleta, California) is a retired American professional motorcycle racer who turned professional in 1990. He last raced professionally in the 2014 FIM World Endurance Championship on a BMW S1000RR for Team Penz 13. His professional career spanned 22 years, during which he won 21 American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) national races 17 of which are Superstock class wins (Formerly Supersport) which is second to Scott Russell. Pridmore was the AMA Formula Extreme Championship in 2002, the AMA 750 Supersport Championship in 1997 as well as the FIM Endurance World Championship title in 2003 & 2012 respectively. In addition to his professional racing career Pridmore instructs motorcyclists through his STAR Motorcycle school and JP43 Training programs. Pridmore also spends time as an expert analyst for Bein Sports coverage of the Moto America championships. Coaching career Pridmore began coaching riders at his father's CLASS Motorcycle School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Rolfo
Roberto 'Roby' Rolfo (born 23 March 1980) is an Italian former professional motorcycle road racer. He had his best season in 2003, when he finished in second place in the 250cc World Championship. Rolfo competed in the MotoGP class for one year before he switched to the Superbike World Championship, where he remained up to the start of . Career Rolfo was born in Turin, Italy. 250cc World Championship Rolfo began competing in the Grand Prix series with a few wildcard entries in 1996. After finishing in third place in the European championship in 1997, Rolfo competed in his first full World Championship season in 1998. In his first season his best result was fifth place in Argentina, and in 1999 it was again a fifth, at Catalunya. In 2000 he finished no higher than sixth. 2001 proved to be a breakthrough year. Riding for the Safilo Aprilia team, he finished fourth in the championship, ahead of the factory Aprilias Riccardo Chiarello and Jeremy McWilliams. After scoring point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makoto Tamada
(born November 4, 1976 in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan) is a former Japanese professional motorcycle racer currently working as a rider instructor in Suzuka Racing School. He is one of the few riders to win races in both MotoGP and Superbike World Championship. Career Early career After a junior career in minibikes, he won a regional 250cc championship in 1994. He then spent 4 years in the main Japanese 250cc series, finishing 4th on a private bike in 1998. He entered the MFJ Superbike championship in 1999. He finished in the championship top 5 for the next 4 years, but came to international fame as a wild card in the Superbike World Championship round at Sugo, upsetting the regulars to win both races in 2001, and a further race in 2002, being the only rider other than Colin Edwards or Troy Bayliss to have won a race during the 2002 season. MotoGP World Championship This helped earn him a call up to MotoGP in 2003, for Pramac Honda. The first season was a learning ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sébastien Gimbert
Sébastien Gimbert (born 9 September 1977 in Le Puy-en-Velay, France) is a professional motorcycle road racer. He currently competes in the Endurance FIM World Championship aboard a Honda CBR1000RR. His greatest success has come in the Endurance World Championship, and the bulk of his career has been spent on Yamaha YZF-R1 with more recent seasons spent on BMW S1000RR and Honda CBR1000RR motorcycles. He was France's 250cc champion in 1996 and 1997, before moving up to the 500cc World Championship on a privately entered Honda in 1998 and 1999, and racing in the 250cc World Championship in 2000, without many front-running displays. From 2002 to 2004 he was primarily an endurance racer. He has won the biggest 24-hour races in the sport - Le Mans, Spa-Francorchamps and the Bol d'Or. He helped the team to the Endurance World Championship in 2004. Gimbert also remained active in shorter races, finishing 2nd in the French Super Production series in 2003 and doing several rounds a ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawasaki ZX-10R
The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R is a motorcycle in the Ninja sport bike series from the Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki, the successor to the Ninja ZX-9R. It was originally released in 2004 and has been updated and revised throughout the years. It combines an ultra-narrow chassis, low weight, and radial brakes. In 2004 and 2005 the ZX-10R won ''Best Superbike'' from '' Cycle World'' magazine, and the international Masterbike competition. Components Engine Kawasaki engineers used a stacked design for a liquid-cooled, inline four-cylinder engine. The crankshaft axis, input shaft, and output shaft of the Ninja ZX-10R engine are positioned in a triangular layout to reduce engine length, while the high-speed generator is placed behind the cylinder bank to reduce engine width. With a bore and stroke of , the ZX-10R engine's one-piece cylinder, and crankcase assembly reduces weight and increases rigidity. The DOHC are machined from Chromoly steel, built for strength; four valves per cyli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayrton Badovini
Ayrton Badovini (born 31 May 1986) is an Italian motorcycle racer. He has competed in the Italian Superbike Championship, the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, where he was champion in , the Superbike World Championship Superbike World Championship (also known as WorldSBK, SBK, World Superbike, WSB, or WSBK) is a silhouette-class road racing series based on heavily modified production motorcycles, also known as superbike racing. The championship was founded i ... and the Supersport World Championship. Biography Career statistics Superbike World Championship By season Races by year ( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Supersport World Championship Races by year ( key) References External links Rider profileat Worldsbk.com * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Badovini, Ayrton 1986 births Living people Italian motorcycle racers Superbike World Championship riders FIM Superstock 1000 Cup riders People from Biella Supersport World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinichi Nakatomi
Shin'ichi or Shinichi (しんいち, シンイチ) is a masculine Japanese given name. ''Shin'' and ''ichi'' are separated and it is pronounced . Possible writings Different kanji that are pronounced are combined with the kanji for " to give different names: *真一, "true, one" *信一, "belief, one" *伸一, "extend, one" *進一, "progress, one" *新一, "new, one" *慎一, "humility, one" *晋一, "advance, one" *紳一, "gentleman, one" *鎮一, "tranquilize, one" *愼一, "care, one" People with the name *Shinichi Aoki (紳一, born 1965), Japanese professional Go player *Shinichi Chiba (真一), also known as Sonny Chiba, a Japanese actor *Shinichi Fujimura (新一, born 1950), Japanese amateur archaeologist *, Japanese Zen Buddhist scholar, philosopher and tea master *, Japanese ice hockey player *Shinichi Hoshi (新一, 1926–1997), Japanese novelist and science fiction writer *, Japanese physician and writer * Shin'ichi Ishiwata (信一), Japanese scientist *Shinichi I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Holland
Russell Holland is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Hornsby, Australia. Early in his career, he raced for Teknic Honda, and in 2013, he joined the Inglis Honda Racing team. In 2009, while racing with the Demolition Plus team (along with Craig Coxhell and Gareth Jones), Holland won The Bel-Ray 6 Hour at Oran Park, the last year the event was held at the site before the Park was demolished. Career statistics By season References External links Profile on motogp.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Holland, Russell 1983 births Living people Australian motorcycle racers 250cc World Championship riders Superbike World Championship riders Supersport World Championship riders Motorcycle racers from Sydney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruben Xaus
Reuben or Reuven is a Biblical male first name from Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (Re'uven), meaning "behold, a son". In the Bible, Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob. Variants include Rúben in European Portuguese; Rubens in Brazilian Portuguese; Rubén in Spanish; Rubèn in Catalan; Ruben in Dutch, German, French, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and Armenian; and Rupen/Roupen in Western Armenian. The form Ruben can also be a form of the name Robin, itself a variation of the Germanic name Robert in several Celtic languages. It preserves the "u" sound from the name's first component "hruod" (compare Ruairí, the Irish form of Roderick). Mononym * Ruben I, Prince of Armenia (1025/1035 – 1095), the first lord of Armenian Cilicia or "Lord of the Mountains" from 1080/1081/1082 to 1095, founder of Rubenid dynasty * Ruben II, Prince of Armenia (c. 1165 – 1170), the seventh lord of Armenian Cilicia or "Lord of the Mountains" from 1169 to 1170 * Ruben III, Prince o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
