Vegas Nights !!!

Vegas is hotter than hell, but it is worth it for the beautiful summer night rides. Vegas nights are perfect for cruising and a little racing. Music: "54-46 Was My Number" Toots & The Maytals www.oilandblood.com
Special thanks to Craig Tovey 

WSBK : Le record du circuit et la Tissot-Superpole pour Loris Baz / Circuit Record lap for Baz as he claims pole position at Jerez

samedi, 6 septembre 2014 13:44

         Le Français est en pole pour la deuxième fois cette année.

Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) a décroché la Tissot-Superpole pour la dixième manche du Championnat du Monde eni FIM Superbike 2014 à l'issue d'une intense séance de qualifications à Jerez de la Frontera.

Le Français a tourné en 1'40.298 pour s'installer en tête la grille WSBK pour la deuxième fois de sa carrière depuis la pole qu'il avait prise à Assen en début de saison et partagera la première ligne avec Davide Giugliano (Ducati Superbike Team) et son coéquipier Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team), troisième à 0.263s de la pole et 0.028s de la seconde position.

Leader des essais libres vendredi matin puis samedi matin, Marco Melandri (Aprilia Racing Team) partira finalement de la quatrième position après avoir fini à une demi-seconde de la pole, juste devant son coéquipier Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team) et Eugene Laverty (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki), vainqueur des deux courses de Jerez l'an dernier.

Chaz Davies (Ducati Superbike Team), Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike Team), passé par la Superpole 1, et Alex Lowes (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki), tombé en fin de séance, s'élanceront de la troisième ligne.

La quatrième ligne regroupera Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike Team), Toni Elias (Red Devils Roma) et Sylvain Barrier (BMW Motorrad Italia), qui avait été le plus rapide en Superpole 1 et était le seul représentant de la catégorie EVO en Superpole 2.

Front row all under previous best lap.
 An intense Tissot-Superpole second session has been won by Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) who claimed Pole Position today at Jerez. the young Frenchman will move off ahead of everyone else in the two Sunday races for the second time this year. Baz also recorded the new best lap of the track for the Superbike class in 1’40.298, beating the previous record by 0.322s.

Davide Giugliano (Ducati Superbike Team) and Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) will join Baz on the front row for the two 20 lap races tomorrow. The top-3 riders were awarded with the Tissot-Superpole trophies by 2011 Superbike World Champion Carlos Checa. Row two will see the Aprilia Racing duo of Marco Melandri and Sylvain Guintoli as well as Eugene Laverty (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) who was 6th.

Alex Lowes crashed his Voltcom Crescent Suzuki at turn two in the final 30 seconds and will start 9th behind Chaz Davies (Ducati Superbike Team, 7th) and Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike, 8th), and ahead of other Pata Honda rider Jonathan Rea.

The accolade of being the fastest of the EVO qualifiers went to Sylvain Barrier (BMW Motorrad Italia) who will start tomorrow’s races from 12th on the grid despite falling at turn 6 with two minutes to go.

Superpole 1 was as equally exciting with Sylvain Barrier (BMW Motorrad Italia) posting an incredible lap of
1.41.768s, a time that would have put him 3rd overall on the pre-Superpole classification. Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) also made it through to Superpole 2 with his fastest lap of the weekend where they joined the automatically seeded top ten riders after free practice.

THE GATEBIL SPIRIT

Gatebil Rudskogen 2014 might be a distant memory now, but thanks to Niceride Production & Shuttrspeed, Scandinavia’s biggest festival of automotive insanity can now be relived in short film form. The Gatebil Spirit is a slick, 24-minute, cinematic-style documentary that goes behind the scenes and cuts straight to the heart of the annual event, uncovering its attraction from personal angles.

Along with appearances from some of Gatebil’s headline drivers, including Ken Gushi and our very own Fredric Aasbø, both Rod and Dino go on the other side of the camera to share their thoughts on the culture of this iconic gathering of gearheads.

All you have to do is sit back and turn it up!

2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Unveiled

The 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata is here, and it’s beautiful.

We don’t know much else about the car, as it’s still in development, and Mazda hasn’t nailed down the final specs or performance figures for the car.

What we do know is that it’s a striking design, it’s about 220 pounds lighter than the current car (which weighs in around 2,400-2,600 lbs in its various trims), and that it is still a soft-top roadster, at least in this debut form.



When asked about the possibility of a hardtop roadster at the U.S. unveiling, Mazda declined comment about “any future top variants,” perhaps hinting that rumors of a true coupe version have some merit as well—or perhaps just toeing the corporate line regarding the telling of company secrets before they’re ready for public consumption.



The new roadster bears the hallmarks of the KODO design language, but, thankfully, without the large black plastic gill-like surround of the front grille—a point design director Derek Jenkins was keen to emphasize during the unveiling.



Key design elements include the low, sharply sloped hood, the muscular rear haunches, accented by a unique downward character line moving forward from the top of the rear fender, and the tapered rear end. The overall proportions are still classically Miata (cough…MX-5) while also pushing the look into new areas.