Maria Costello Dominates Vintage Racing in America

This is late, again...no excuses, but a significant list of reasons.

Maria Costello receives the MBE from Prince Charles

Maria Costello took the AHRMA by storm at two events - Barber Motorsports Park and Daytona. The first is the annual Barber Vintage Festival where Costello took two wins and one second place, and the next was a round at the Daytona Speedway where she picked up two more wins. This was a second trip across the Pond for the talented racer as she was invited here last year, too. Chance are, she will be here again...I only hope I get to see her race.

For a brief story from a local (in the U.K.) newspaper, take the link below:

http://tinyurl.com/67whrpd

More details to be found here: http://costelloracing.blogspot.com/

MotoGP Qatar Test Team Press Releases & Maria Costello Returns

From each team after every MotoGP event of just about any kind, you will get a press release from each team letting the world know how well the team did and details on the happenings during the event. For the MotoGP test yesterday at Qatar we now have these from each team. If you take the link below today, you will get to see a list of every team's reports. If you click on it tomorrow, you will likely see the PR from today, so go there now if you want to look up Thursday's team press releases.

http://tinyurl.com/yznyogq

Maria Costello has not really been gone, but the fact remains that she is returning to the Isle of Man TT in 2010. She will be riding a BMW S1000RR, supplied by the factory and thus becoming part of their effort to capture some wins at the TT. Given the performance of the new BMW, Costello may have a chance to become an even faster 'fastest woman on the TT'!

http://tinyurl.com/ygk7u7q

For Wednesday Moto News, Read Here - Manx GP, EndurCross and Supercross

We start off with a story on Maria Costello and the Manx Grand Prix. Businessman Steve Wheatman will be placing a Suzuki XR69 in her hands for the Post Classic race at the Isle of Man event in 2010. This will be the best level of support she has received so far in her career, and she will have a real chance of fighting for the leas of her event. It really should make the racing much more fun to watch. Costello now has a serious chance at full-time sponsorship, and that is a very good thing.


http://tinyurl.com/ygpy82y

In racing news we hear that Kendra Tire will now be the official tire sponsor to the 2010 AMA EnduroCross series. The long-time off-road tire company based in the US has had many years of experience building tires for motocross, supercross and enduro racing. They are a perfect fit for the series and Kenda is very proud to now be aligned with the race series for the future.

http://tinyurl.com/ycx5wxk

Now that the 2010 AMA Supercross season has already started, it was odd not to see a usual stalwart in the line-up. For the first time in 18 years, Tim Ferry was sitting at home watching the race on TV. He injured his heel last year at the Daytona Supercross and, though he finished the 2009 season, it has never healed. So, he must wait and see if his doctors can get him fit enough to race again.

http://tinyurl.com/ygmv4qz

Maria Costello to Receive MBE at Buckingham Palace

For all of her work with motorcycles and women in sport, Costello is due to receive her MBE honor on 17 November 2009 at Buckingham Palace. She held the Isle of Man TT female lap record for five years and was the first woman to podium at the historic race. She suffered some rather severe injuries and has only recently come back to racing; she raced in the Manx Grand Prix this year. In 2010, she hopes to regain her TT lap record. So, expect her to get it...

http://tinyurl.com/ycqydzd