L'équipée: cinq parisiennes passionnées de vieilles bécanes et d'aventure, qui partent rider en Himalaya sur la mythique Royal Enfield et avec style!
Five Parisians girls passionated by old motorbikes and adventure who are going to ride the Himalaya on Royal Enfields, with style.
samedi 21 juin 2014
Supersport : Cluzel place MV Agusta en pole à Misano / Cluzel bags MV Agusta a Pole Position in Misano
Kenan Sofuoglu had the 7th Supersport championship Pole Position of the year snatched away from him in the closing moments of a scorching qualifying session at the Misano World Circuit – Marco Simoncelli.
The former multiple champion had an eventful session, crashing his Mahi Racing Team India Kawasaki after looking comfortable at the top of the timing sheet. The Turk would eventually finish 4th after blistering laps from Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta Reparto Corse), championship leader Michael van der Mark (Pata Honda World Supersport) and Italian Raffaele De Rosa (CIA Insurance Honda) pushed him back onto row two.
Ratthapark Wilairot (Core PTR Honda) was an impressive fifth ahead of Lorenzo Zanetti (Pata Honda World Supersport Team) who improved at the end of the 45 minute thriller.
Jack Kennedy (CIA Insurance Honda) and Alex Baldolini (ATK Racing MV Agusta) also crashed and will start tomorrow’s 19 laps World Supersport race from 10th and 17th on the grid respectively.
The former multiple champion had an eventful session, crashing his Mahi Racing Team India Kawasaki after looking comfortable at the top of the timing sheet. The Turk would eventually finish 4th after blistering laps from Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta Reparto Corse), championship leader Michael van der Mark (Pata Honda World Supersport) and Italian Raffaele De Rosa (CIA Insurance Honda) pushed him back onto row two.
Ratthapark Wilairot (Core PTR Honda) was an impressive fifth ahead of Lorenzo Zanetti (Pata Honda World Supersport Team) who improved at the end of the 45 minute thriller.
Jack Kennedy (CIA Insurance Honda) and Alex Baldolini (ATK Racing MV Agusta) also crashed and will start tomorrow’s 19 laps World Supersport race from 10th and 17th on the grid respectively.
WSBK : Sykes s’offre sa seconde Tissot-Superpole de l’année à Misano / Reigning champ Sykes secures Misano Tissot-Superpole
Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) partira de la pole position pour la 21e fois de sa carrière dimanche à Misano après s’être montré plus rapide que Davide Giugliano (Ducati Superbike Team) et Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team) samedi après-midi lors de la séance de Tissot-Superpole pour la septième manche de la saison.
Toni Elías (Red Devils Roma Aprilia) et Niccolò Canepa (Althea Racing Ducati) avaient dominé la Superpole 1 et ont donc pu participer à la seconde partie des qualifications avec les dix pilotes qui avaient été les plus rapides lors des essais libres. Elías a impressionné avec un chrono d’1’35.961, tour le plus rapide du week-end, qui a néanmoins été battu par huit pilotes, dont l'Espagnol, en Superpole 2.
Sykes s’est emparé de la pole, sa deuxième cette année, en fin de séance, en battant Giugliano et Guintoli de respectivement 0.196s et 0.223s. Avec cette 21e pole position en World Superbike, le Britannique, qui a reçu son trophée des mains de Cristian Savani, le capitaine de la sélection italienne de volleyball, égale Carl Fogarty à la troisième place du classement des pilotes qui ont eu le plus de pole positions en WSBK.
Son coéquipier Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) mènera la deuxième ligne sur laquelle le Français retrouvera Marco Melandri (Aprilia Racing Team) et Toni Elías tandis que Chaz Davies (Ducati Superbike Team), Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) et Eugene Laverty (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) partiront de la troisième ligne.
Niccolò Canepa (Althea Racing Team Ducati) était de nouveau le premier pilote EVO et a décroché la dixième position, devant Alex Lowes (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) et Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike Team), tombé en fin de séance.
Sylvain Barrier (BMW Motorrad Italia) sera quant à lui 17e sur la grille pour le lancement de sa saison 2014. Les autres Français, Fabien Foret (Mahi Racing Team India) et Jérémy Guarnoni (MRS Kawasaki), s’élanceront des 20e et 22e places.
After another tense but exciting Tissot-Superpole session, Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) will start tomorrow’s two 21 lap races at the Misano World Circuit after getting the better of Davide Giugliano (Ducati Superbike Team) and Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team) who will join him on the front row.
With 11 riders separated by less than one second during the three Free Practice sessions, it was always going to be a close session and the on track action certainly didn’t disappoint the crowd as several riders took their turn to head the field.
Toni Elias (Red Devils Roma Aprilia) and Niccolo Canepa (Althea Racing Ducati) made it through to the final 15 minute Pole Position shoot-out courtesy of being the fastest two riders in Superpole 1, progressing to join the already seeded top 10 from the combined Free Practice classification. Toni’s time of 1.35.961 was actually the fastest lap of the weekend until the final Pole Position lap eclipsed it.
With five minutes remaining all of the riders ventured back out for their final qualifying push, with Tom Sykes smashing the outright circuit best lap on his way to his 21st career Superpole victory.
Behind the top three, row two tomorrow will see Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team), Marco Melandri (Aprilia Racing Team) and Toni Elias with Chaz Davies (Ducati Superbike Team), Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) and Eugene Laverty (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) lining up on row 3.
The EVO battle was won by Niccolo Canepa who will start both races tomorrow from the fourth row in 10th position overall.
Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) crashed at the end of the session and will therefore start 12th.
With 11 riders separated by less than one second during the three Free Practice sessions, it was always going to be a close session and the on track action certainly didn’t disappoint the crowd as several riders took their turn to head the field.
Toni Elias (Red Devils Roma Aprilia) and Niccolo Canepa (Althea Racing Ducati) made it through to the final 15 minute Pole Position shoot-out courtesy of being the fastest two riders in Superpole 1, progressing to join the already seeded top 10 from the combined Free Practice classification. Toni’s time of 1.35.961 was actually the fastest lap of the weekend until the final Pole Position lap eclipsed it.
With five minutes remaining all of the riders ventured back out for their final qualifying push, with Tom Sykes smashing the outright circuit best lap on his way to his 21st career Superpole victory.
Behind the top three, row two tomorrow will see Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team), Marco Melandri (Aprilia Racing Team) and Toni Elias with Chaz Davies (Ducati Superbike Team), Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) and Eugene Laverty (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) lining up on row 3.
The EVO battle was won by Niccolo Canepa who will start both races tomorrow from the fourth row in 10th position overall.
Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) crashed at the end of the session and will therefore start 12th.
DUESENBERG MODEL A SPEEDSTER
The Duesenberg Model A was the first motor car produced by Fred and August Duesenberg under the company that bore their surname, although both men were blisteringly clever self-taught engineers they were appalling businessmen and company administrators, as a result of this they both ended up working as the engineers/designers of their company after it fell into receivership.
The Model A you’re looking at here is a coach built example by Brandfon, it’s fitted with the famous Duesenberg 88hp, 260 cubic inch straight-8 engine with a single overhead camshaft, a three-speed manual transmission and it rides on a solid front axle, a live rear axle, longitudinal semi-elliptic leaf springs, and 4-wheel hydraulic brakes.
Only 667 Model As were built before the company went bankrupt, the model is unique in that it’s the only car the brothers made when the entire company was under their executive control. The latter Duesenbergs were still engineered by Fred and August, but it’s hard to say how much influence the two men had in the overall conception and execution of the vehicles that came later in the company’s existence.
It’s an extraordinary testament to the brothers that even today, almost a century after the Duesenberg name last appeared on a new car, we still associate the marque with exceptional quality and top shelf engineering. The rare Model A Speedster shown here is coming up for sale with RM Auctions at the Motor City Sale on the 26th of July 2014, there’s currently no estimated value but the same car did sell in 2010 for $258,000 – although it’s likely to be worth quite a bit more than this now.
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Photo Credits: Darin Schnabel ©2014 Courtesy of RM Auctions
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