Chill out at the Jam

 

Last year's Winter Jam Tour landed on PollStar.com's Top 10 winter tours. What will this year's event be like? There's only one way to find out. The Winter Jam Tour Spectacular, one of Christian music's largest annual tours, is scheduled for 7 p.m. Jan. 24 at Redbird Arena. The show features MercyMe, BarlowGirl, Skillet and Mandisa from "American Idol," and will be hosted by NewSong. Also included in the lineup is guest speaker Tony Nolan and the Real Encounter's Xtreme BMX/skate team. Tickets are $10 at the door. For more information, visit JamTour.com This story is from www.pjstar.com

Friday, 14 December 2007

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Icer Air to Screen Big Air TV Show in San Francisco

 

San Francisco, CA - San Francisco's Dstructure will host a screening Friday night of The Icer Air Urban Big Air Invitational, the one hour feature show chronicling the city's annual ski and snowboard festival currently airing on Fox Sports Net nationally.
The show gives viewers a backstage pass to all the highlights from this year’s event, including jump construction, interviews with athletes such as winners Jon Olsson and Travis Rice, and coverage of skate, BMX and freestyle motocross sessions, as well as the parties and behind-the-scenes antics. The one-hour special will touch upon the history behind Icer Air and its start in 2005 when 15,000 people gathered on one of San Francisco’s steepest streets to witness urban skiing and snowboarding.

The show starts at 8 p.m. at Dstructure, located at 520 Haight Street. Icer will be selling all Icer Air merchandise (new era hats, hoodies, shirts and North Face jackets) at 25% off for one night only. In addition, there will be numerous merchandise deals, Head skis to give away, free Peroni beer and other surprises. This story is from www.firsttracksonline.com

Friday, 14 December 2007

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Airplane races ?

 

Major event could lure international crowds
A new kind of motorsport soon could be flying into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Speedway officials are in discussions with the Red Bull Air Race World Series, a 5-year-old airplane race circuit that combines the intrigue of a high-wire circus act, thrills of an alpine ski race, and cutting-edge technology of Formula One auto racing.

“Indianapolis is in our sites, to say the least,” said series spokeswoman Maddy Stephens. “The city’s deep motorsports roots and a historical backdrop like the Indianapolis Motor Speedway make it a fantastic location.”

An air race could land at the Speedway as soon as 2009, Stephens added.

Several factors make the event intriguing to IMS and local tourism leaders, including that it would bring international crowds to the city and attract a worldwide TV audience.

“This is just catching on in the U.S., but it is hugely popular in Europe and other parts of the world,” said Zak Brown, president of Indianapolis-based motorsports marketing firm Just Marketing, which has overseas offices and ties to sponsors worldwide.

The series currently has 10 races, two in the United States. Competing planes usually take off from a nearby airstrip, then fly low to the ground through an obstacle course of sorts. A Red Bull Air Race World Series event would be the first plane race staged at the Speedway.

IMS officials attended two of the circuit’s races in 2007, and series honchos recently visited Indianapolis to tour the Speedway and surrounding cityscape, especially downtown and its hotels.

The Speedway will mark its 100th anniversary in 2009, and IMS Chief Operating Officer Joie Chitwood said some special events might be staged to highlight the milestone. The 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 is 2011, and IMS officials are planning a multiyear celebration.

“I don’t know how many annual events we would host after” the Indianapolis 500, Brickyard 400, MotoGP motorcycle race and a corporate golf outing, Chitwood said at a motorsports conference in New York Nov. 28. “But with the centennial era approaching, I think it’s about putting special events on the calendar. Air racing is very interesting to me.”

The Speedway’s annual calendar will become even more crowded if it succeeds in bringing back an F1 race, as Chitwood said he’d like to do.

Red Bull officials are hopeful that, if the air event proved successful, IMS leaders would consider hosting it annually. This story is from  cms.ibj.com for more check them out!


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Saturday, 08 December 2007

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Haro Bullster Street ATV Quad

 

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Want to go for an exhilarating lap around downtown? The Haro Bullster sports a brand new approach to the ATV quad formula. The gravelled road has been abandoned for rubber-gripping tarmac.
Our aim has been to conceive and develop a full-focused street quad. With the Bullster our vision has materialized.

From its compact fuel-injected Euro 3 approved four-stroke engine to its fully independent suspension and rear axle differential, there are no compromises. The shocks are fully adjustable. Disc brakes front and back. Free to choose components from the very best suppliers worldwide, we offer the ultimate in motoring excitement and accessibility. This story is from www.atv.info for more info on this story check them out at http://www.atv.info/article.cfm?id=594

 
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Updated: Saturday, 08 December 2007

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ATV Fueling System available from Epic Racing Products

 

The new Fun Fueler pressurized fueling system is now available from Epic Racing Products. The Fun Fueler is a pressurized fueling system that makes filling your ATV much easier than using 5 gallon fuel jugs.

The Fun Fueler comes in 16 gallon and 30 gallon sizes with its own steel hand truck. A CO2 tank pressurizes the system creating your own portable gas pump. You can refill the CO2 tank at any welding supply shop.

Features

CO2 tank, double gauge regulator, hose and mounting bracket.
Pressurizing lid, fueling hose and ON/OFF aluminum nozzle.
Durable powder coated 16 gallon steel fuel tank
Heavy-duty ratcheting tie-down straps.
The Fun Fueler can be purchased online at http://shop.EpicRacingProducts.com.


About Epic Racing Products: Epic Racing Products manufactures only the highest quality racing components. We race what we sell. Epic Racing Products and suspension components can be found on the ATVs of top riders from coast to coast, including WORCS Pro Champion Pro Josh Frederick and 3 time QuadCross champion Jeremy Schell. This story is from www.atv.info for more on this story please visit them at http://www.atv.info/article.cfm?id=599


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Updated: Saturday, 08 December 2007

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Red Bull X-Fighters to Air of ESPN

 

Experience the world's most unique freestyle motocross contest from your couch (or break room) when Red Bull X-Fighters airs on ESPN2 this December. This global competition features the world's top FMX athletes showcasing their best tricks at iconic venues in Mexico, Spain and Ireland.

The broadcast schedule is as follows:

Mexico City, Mexico: Thursday, December 6, 5:30-6:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. PT
Slane Castle, Ireland: Thursday, December 13, 5:30-6:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. PT
Madrid, Spain: Thursday, December 20, 5:30-6:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. PT

An ultra-competitive field including superstars, old friends and young guns such as Travis Pastrana, Dani Torres, Ronnie Renner, Mat Rebeaud and Robbie Maddison battle it out for the judges with new and traditional freestyle maneuvers. Competing in a head-to-head format, each rider has 90 to 120 seconds to show his skills and impress the judges and audience.

A slate of five Red Bull X-Fighters events will take place in 2008, including new stops in Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Fort Worth, Texas - the first X-Fighters competition in America. This story is from EXPN.com for more please visit them at EXPN.com

For more information, please visit www.redbullxfighters.com .


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Thursday, 06 December 2007

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Superbike champion Neil Hodgson

 

After spending a year in racing limbo, former World Superbike champion Neil Hodgson didn’t get much time to shake off the rust before being thrown into his 2008 workload at Daytona International Speedway. The new American Honda rider was a busy man this past weekend, having to carry the bulk of the test riding duties on the team’s CBR600RR FX racer and all-new ’08 CBR1000RR Superbike with teammate Miguel DuHamel still at home recuperating from injuries sustained during testing at Road Atlanta.

Erion Honda’s Josh Hayes helped out by putting in some time on the Superbikes at the end of Sunday, but other than that, it was all Hodgson, who may have put in more laps than any other rider during the Dunlop test.

“Obviously we’ve had a lot to test,” Hodgson said. “I’m really, really pleased. The 600 we’ve got dialed in, I know what I'm doing with that -- got a good setting. And sort of my preferred tire, I know what I like. I know I can come here and just ride around with that setting and I should be quick. And then with the Superbike we’ve a mountain to climb. We knew we would have. It’s no surprise. We’re trying to turn this street bike into a racebike. We’ve learned some stuff today. I said if I can do a ‘39 on that I'll be happy and I did a 39.2, which I'm pleased with because it’s very stock. We've so much to work on. If I could ride it tomorrow I'd get a second off that, you know what I mean?”

Hodgson got a chance to A-B the ’08 machine with last year’s Superbike and came away with a favorable impression of the new bike’s potential despite its early stage of development.

“I rode the old bike at the end just to confirm some things and it’s so different, you know what I mean? It’s definitely better in a lot of areas, in a lot of areas, so should be good.”

Still, there’s a long ways to go, as should be expected with the very stock racer that the team only received on Thanksgiving day. “We didn’t have any (engine) management. And at the moment the throttle to back wheel connection was horrendous then. So it’s horrible. All these horseshoe style corners, you’ve just got to turn the throttle really late, because other you’ll be just over the handlebars with no electronics to save you at all. If you count out how far off it feels… It’s not even a Superstock bike, really. It’s just a street bike with some suspension.” This story is from AMS Superbike for more on this story please visit them at www.amasuperbike.com

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Tuesday, 04 December 2007

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New Suzuki RM-Z450

 

The new RM-Z450 will have a five-speed gearbox. Up until now the RM-Z450 only had a four speed gearbox, but the extra gear means it will rocket down those short straights on the motocross track. This story is from Motorcycle News for more on this story and more photos please visit them at www.motorcyclenews.com


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Saturday, 01 December 2007

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Ryan Villopoto's Star Continues to Rise

 

Ryan Villopoto's unreal year just keeps getting better.

The former Poulsbo resident — he still has family here — was named the AMA Pro Speed Athlete of the year for his accomplishments this season.The 19-year-old received the award — the most prestigious in his sport — at the 33rd annual AMA Pro Racing Championship Awards Banquet held in Las Vegas. Villopoto's the youngest rider ever to win it.

In only his second full season as a pro Villopoto had one of the most successful racing campaigns in AMA racing history. In February he clinched the 2007 AMA Supercross Lites West title. He then faced the biggest test of his young career in a season-long one-on-one battle with Monster Energy Kawasaki teammate Ben Townley in AMA Toyota Motocross Lites this summer. Villopoto went on to become the first to win the Motocross Lites class back-to-back since Ricky Carmichael did it in 1998. Villopoto closed 2007 by turning in a stunning performance at the Motocross of Nations in Budds Creek, Md., winning both motos in front of 75,000 fans to help the U.S. win the Chamberlain Trophy as the world's top motocross team. This story is from kitsapsun.com for this full story please visit www.kitsapsun.com

Updated: Saturday, 01 December 2007

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