Spaniard Joan Lascorz approaches his home round at Valencia in good spirits for two good reasons, while memories of past Valencia glories will also be a boost for his team-mate Katsuaki Fujiwara. Last year Lascorz scored his first WSS class victory at Valencia, and after a strong showing in recent tests there, on his continually developing 2009 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R, he is once more aiming high…
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A return to Europe and Valencia for the third round of the WSB Championship sees Broc Parkes and Makoto Tamada hoping track conditions will mirror those that graced a recent test session. Although Tamada was still recuperating from a big warm-up crash at the previous round in Qatar when the recent Valencia test took place, his team-mate Parkes made steps in the right direction to maximise the…
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Riverside, CA (March 22, 2009) - Monster Energy Cernic's Kawasaki's Paul Carpenter returned to action in the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series with an impressive tenth place finish. After missing the last five rounds due to injury he turned in one of his best rides of the season in front of almost 56,000 fans at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis. Bobby Kiniry also showed great speed…
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For Broc Parkes and Makoto Tamada the second round of the championship offers the chance to score points in what is already proving to be one of the most closely-contested WSB series ever held. After some high points in winter testing the recent Phillip Island races proved to be less rewarding then expected and thus the Ninja ZX-10R WSB riders approach the Losail circuit with even greater…
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Christophe Pourcel continued Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s domination of the Eastern Region of the AMA Supercross Lites championship, winning his third race of the season. Teammate Austin Stroupe won his heat race, but crashed on the first lap of the main event, and was unable to continue. In the supercross class, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto finished sixth while…
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Joan Lascorz and Katsuaki Fujiwara are moving forward in the development stages of their 2009 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R machines at Losail this coming weekend, with high hopes of strong race results. Their bikes and equipment have had to be shipped straight to Qatar from the previous round in Australia, where Lascorz was fast in qualifying and finished eighth in a thrilling 21-lap race. Fujiwara…
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Kawasaki riders dominated the opening round of the French MX1 Championship, winning the three heats and scoring a perfect one-two result at Sommières. The Elite Championship kicked off at the popular venue in southern France which had already hosted the opening round of the ’08 series. After a dusty and windy qualifying program on Saturday, the club prepared a decent layout for a…
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FEBRUARY 26, 2009 - Kawasaki announces that after constructive talks between Kawasaki, Dorna and other involved parties, a new one-rider Team will participate in the 2009 MotoGP Championship season. This decision was made after negotiations that followed Kawasaki’s January 2009 announcement to suspend its factory supported MotoGP activities due to the economic crisis. Rider for the new…
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Dear Kawasaki Racing enthusiasts, With the Canadian Racing series still a few months away, get your current fix of high octane news with the launch of the European Kawasaki Racing Team website, keep up to date with all the noise the world superbike and supersport team are making.The 2009 World Superbike Championship gets underway March 1st in Phillip Island (Australia) and Kawasaki…
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Reported by: Josh Snider This past weekend was the Lethbridge arenacross in southern Alberta. I was particularly excited for this weekend because Lethbridge is where I live during the winter months. Being so close to home, many of my friends and family members were able to come out to the race and show their support. In addition, Lethbridge is also where New-Way Motorsports is located - my…
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CALGARY, AB -- Bow Cycle, in co-operation with Canadian Kawasaki Motors has announced it will team up to support Majik X’s female racer Amy Karthaus for the 2009 season.Karthaus will ride Kawasaki's new ZX-6R in the CMRA Amateur 600 championship along with the Middleweight classes in the Masters of the Mountain Series at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, UT, MRA in Colorado and selected…
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New signing Broc Parkes took his Kawasaki World Superbike Team Ninja ZX-10R to 15th place in the overall WSB ranking after three days of testing, despite frequent interruptions due to rain. Parkes has raced in World Supersport for many years recently and the team is new to Kawasaki machinery this season; facts which make the final mid-placing on the time-sheets highly respectable, particularly…
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The all new Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R set the fastest lap of the official three-day World Supersport test at Portimao, in the hands of new signing Joan Lascorz.Lascorz' Provec Motocard Kawasaki World Supersport team-mate Katsuaki Fujiwara was 17th fastest after spending his three days on track working though a variety of engine and chassis set-ups, all of which allowed the new Kawasaki team to make…
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Hoyer wins Open class title Kamloops, BC(January 12, 2009) With one final weekend of racing left in the Nex-Trax Canadian Arenacross Championships the Monster Energy/Thor/Leading Edge Kawasaki team came in expecting the unexpected. Leading Edge rider and series points leader, Teddy Maier, suffered a broken leg two weeks before the race, throwing the points chase wide open and sending the…
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Phoenix, AZ (January 11, 2009) - The Monster Energy Cernics Kawasaki Team entered round two of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series with high expectations. After a solid performance the previous week, Paul Carpenter and Bobby Kiniry both qualified for the Supercross main event out of their heat races. Kiniry took the gate in the first heat race with a mid-pack start. He found himself in…
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Tokyo, January 9, 2009 -- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced today that it has decided to suspend its factory MotoGP racing activities from 2009 season. Amid quickly changing business environment, Kawasaki has been promptly taking countermeasures to cope with the situation. As the world economy is not likely to recover in a short period due to the major impact of the financial crisis,…
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Anaheim, CA (January 4, 2009) Monster Energy Cernics Kawasaki's Paul Carpenter rode to a tenth place finish in the opening round of the Monster Energy® Supercross Series at Angel Stadium. Carpenter's teammate, Bobby Kiniry made the main event making the Monster Energy Cernics Kawasaki team the only privateer team to qualify both team riders to the main event. In the main event, both…
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Woodbridge, Ontario- Kahuna Powersports, in cooperation with Canadian Kawasaki Motors, is pleased to announce that they will once again support veteran female racer Vicki Schouten in her 2009 campaign in the Parts Canada Superbike, RACE Regional and Women' Cup Challenge series.  Schouten, equipped with Kawasaki's flagship middleweight machine, the ZX-6R, celebrated a career best season in…
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Team manager Jeff Comello announced today that Alex Welsh will join multi-time Canadian Superbike and Super Sport Champion Jordan Szoke on the 2009 Kawasaki Factory Team lineup. Brett McCormick, who rode for Kawasaki in 2008, will not be part of the 2009 program. Comello said the Saskatoon native, who started rising to prominence over the past two years on the Canadian road race circuit aboard…
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Kamloops, BC(November 17, 2008) After a successful opening weekend of the Nex-Trax Canadian Arenacross series last weekend, the Monster Energy/Thor/ Leading Edge Kawasaki team came into rounds 3 and 4 looking to improve on their already impressive start and delivered in a big way. The Factory Kawasaki backed effort put all three team riders on the podium over the course of Friday and Saturday…
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