UAE National Race Day 6 Preview & Anthony West Rides MZ in Moto2

Well, in the UAE Sportbike Championship, Arushen Moodley is in a commanding lead and heading for the 2010 title. However, the first runner-up position is still up for grabs. Moodley is riding an Aprilia and the two rider fighting for second place are riding another Aprilia and a Yamaha...should be very interesting. And, it looks like Yamaha's YZF-R6 will be conquering the Sportbike 600 Class...unless pretender to the throne Jason Burnside can take his Honda to the top...For all the details, please take the link.

http://tinyurl.com/yleuonq

Anthony West is back on the World Championship circuit, although it will be in the supporting Moto2 class. He will ride for a newly announced MZ team, which only recently gained permission to join the championship. This is big news for MZ as they have wanted to join the racing for quite some time. They should learn a great deal from this and I am hopeful that West will have a good season!

http://tinyurl.com/yhmx6bz

More Morning Moto News - WSBK, UAE Sportbike & Ben Townley

The Valencia testing of some World Superbike teams is now moving along just fine. In fact, Carlos Checa managed to get his Althea Ducati to the top of the lap charts. Aprilia, BMW and Ducati are there testing, with factory Ducati finishing up on Thursday, and the privateer Althea team still at the track. Aprilia left early dues to the weather earlier in the week and BMW was at the bottom of the timesheet.

http://tinyurl.com/yhrydmx

Now, just a bit south and east of the WSBK racers we have the UAE Sportbike Championship. On Friday, all the motorcycle racing was held. In the premier class, Aprilia-mounted Arushen Moodley took both victories available to him. In the 600c.c. class, Yamaha man Jussi Hoikka took a hard-fought victory. For the rest, take the link.

http://tinyurl.com/yhx9zy3

New Zealand native Ben Townley will be joining the European MX1 Championship for three rounds as he has now recovered from his 2008 injury. He already won the New Zealand Championship title and will return to US competition after his stint in Europe.

http://tinyurl.com/ybaja8m

Arushen Moodley Wins Both Races at Dubai Motorsport Festival

The South African rider, Moodley, took victory in both races on Saturday at the Dubai Autodrome. He now leads the UAE Sportbike Championship, but he knows that there is some real competition in the series and he must continue to work hard to get anywhere close to taking the season crown. His Aprilia teammate, Abdul Aziz Bin Laden, the Kawasaki of Scott Smart and Yamaha's Rod Scott are his real competition for the rest of the series and he needs to stay consistent or end up losing by a narrow margin. It is his to lose now!

http://tinyurl.com/yk77ej8

Dubai MotorSport Festival Qualifying at the Dubai Autodrome

The UAE Sportbike Championship 1000 Class had South African Champion Arushen Moodley (Aprilia) take pole position from Scott Smart (Kawasaki) for today's race. There was precious little information on the 600 Class, though. But, UAE champion Rod Scott (Yamaha) qualified in fourth for the 1000 Class with Abdul Aziz Binladin (Aprilia) in fourth. In any case, the race itself will be interesting due to the large number of foreign riders in the event...

http://tinyurl.com/ya2gd4u

More Praise for the 2010 Aprilia RSV-4 - from UAE Sportbike Championship Winner

Arushen Moodley did very well in Dubai - he won the first race of the season. The really interesting part of this is that he did it on an almost stock Aprilia RSV-4! His teammate brought another of the Aprilias home in second place, and the bike is only going to get faster as the team tunes and modifies it...

http://tinyurl.com/ygyz3a7

UAE National Race Day Sees Aprilia Take the Two Top Spots on Podium

In the UAE Sportbike 1000 Class, South African Aprilia rider Arushen Moodley won both races in the class; second place in both races went to Saudi Aprilia rider Abdulaziz Binladen. That puts Aprilia in both first and second place for both races! Yamaha dominated the UAE 600 Class, with riders Pascal Grosjean - who won both races - and Jussi Hoikka - who finished second place in both races. Sounds like a fun event!

http://tinyurl.com/ygpp87m