More Afternoon Moto News - Husaberg Wins & Neil Freeman

Husaberg has won its first US National win for the 2010 National Enduro Series. Rider Mike Lafferty won the third round of the event held at Daytona Beach for Daytona Bike Week. His teammate, Nick Fahringer, placed third after pushing very hard to catch Russell Bobbit, who finished in second. The event was a bit of a struggle as there was plenty of mud, but the Husaberg factory team pulled off an impressive showing!

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Neil Freeman (former crew chief for Jamie Hacking on the Monster Kawasaki AMA team) has joined forces with Spectrum Motorsports to offer customers access to a true speed shop. Out of this comes the Spectrum Speed Shop, which can take just about any motorcycle and make it more powerful and, of course, more powerful! For the details and how you can get your bike in for some work, please take the link.

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Evening Moto News - Husqvarna Announces US$11 Million Contingency Program

A significant amount of money - especially considering how little money is out of the hands of Wall Street now - US$11 Million for racing contingency from Husqvarna will be available in 2010. It does seem that BMW is really banking on this marque, and who can complain about that? They make excellent machines. It is huge, so for all of the details, please take the link.

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Tuesday Morning Moto News - Husaberg, WORCS & Thundersprint

Husaberg's riders did quite well at this past weekend's opening round of the 2010 AMA National Enduro series in South Carolina. Mike Lafferty and Nick Fahringer, their factory riders, placed fourth and fifth, respectively, in the event. It looks as if this team is going to be a tough competitor this season. Starting top-five is a good way to begin a season.

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The Husaberg factory team running in the 2010 WORCS series is not doing as well. However, their rider in that series, Nathan Woods, was injured for most of last season and is just now returning to form. He finished 13th overall on the day, but was as high as sixth position. Unfortunately, a late race crash led to his ending so far back. He will surely be better at the next round...

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In the British city of Cheshire - at the Northwich town center - during 8 - 9 May 2010, a motorcycle show known only as Thundersprint. It will have bikes from most major manufacturers from the US, Japan and Europe - with some chances to demo those machines as well. For more information, please take the link.

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And, much more detail on Thundersprint: http://tinyurl.com/y8dy9cd

Mike Lafferty and Nathan Woods Are Now with Husaberg Factory Team

Talk about a coup - Husaberg managed to snatch Lafferty away from a 15 year relationship with KTM. Lafferty is an 8 time National Enduro Champion. They also grabbed Woods, who is a 2 time WORCS Champion, to ride on the 2010 team. They did very well in putting the team together. Plus, they will continue to support Nick Fahringer for the same series. Husaberg will mostly compete in the Enduro Championship, but they will also compete in select EnduroCross, GNCC, and Hare Scramble races. Looks good for 2010!

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AMA Announces 2010 National Enduro Championship Series Schedule

Finally, we know when and where the AMA will hold its National Enduro Championship races next year. They have set it up to actually go to Maine for the first time in decades - and there are 10 race meetings for 2010, so get ready to make your plans! After all, it is one of the oldest motorsports national championships in the world...

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