This Week in History - Road Racer X Speed Dating

Did you know that this week saw the births of Sito Pons (9 November 1959), Randy Mamola (10 November 1959) and Aaron Gobert (11 November 1980) were all born this week? Well, now you do. Another former racer, Dean Ellison, will celebrate his birthday on 14 November. Some big names, but little else...

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Pons Racing and Kalex Engineering Team Up to Produce Moto2 Race Bike

The new Moto2 series will begin in 2010 - next season - and will only allow Honda 600c.c. engines in custom chassis. A team may still run a 250c.c. two-stroke in the series, but none are signed up to do so. Sito Pons, a legend in the MotoGP paddock, was searching around to find someone to work with on a new Moto2 bike in order to contest the Moto2 World Championship. He found that company in Kalex Engineering, a small German motosport engineering firm. The new Pons Kalex will be officially unveiled at the Valencia round of the MotoGP World Championship.

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