November 30, 2011|From Call staff reports Dario Franchitti is among the nominees for the Mario Andretti Trophy. Franchitti, who wrapped up his fourth IZOD IndyCar Series title in the past five years, also is among seven nominees for the sixth SPEED Performer of the YEAR award. The winner — as voted by a panel of [...]

CLICK HERE to rate each of the MotoGP World Championship riders out of ten for their 2011 performances…The MotoGP season is over and with it the end of the 800cc era. Casey Stoner has been crowned world champion for a second time, during his first season at Repsol Honda, despite stubborn resistance from Yamaha’s defending [...]

Official: Stefan Bradl signs a two-year deal with the LCR Honda MotoGP team.Moto2 world champion Stefan Bradl will graduate to MotoGP next season after being officially confirmed as racing for the LCR Honda team.The 21-year-old German, who recently tested an 800cc Honda for LCR, has signed a two-year deal with the team.“This is simply fantastic [...]

Return … Anthony West has been riding in Moto2 since his last MotoGP season in 2008. Source: Martin Philbey / AAP Queenslander Anthony West will join fellow Australian Casey Stoner on the MotoGP grid in 2012 after being signed by the new Speed Masters team. After riding for Kawasaki in the 2008 and 2009 MotoGP [...]

Australian world champion Casey Stoner won the last race of the season, the Valencia MotoGP, on Sunday edging Ben Spies on the line. Stoner – winning his 10th race of the season – had led for most of the 30-lap race before Spies took the lead with three laps remaining. However, Stoner showed his battling [...]

Australia’s world champion Casey Stoner will start on pole in Sunday’s final Moto GP race of the season at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia. Stoner edged fellow Honda rider Dani Pedrosa, of Spain, into second by a margin of just 1.014 seconds. Yamaha’s Ben Spies, of the United States, will start from third on [...]

Wed, 09 Nov 19:44:00 2011 Dani Pedrosa and world champion Casey Stoner were first and second as Honda wrapped up its dominant MotoGP season with another commanding performance on the final Valencia test day. Riding the new 1000cc bike, Pedrosa set a best time of 1m31.807s in the morning to edge team-mate Stoner by 0.161 [...]

Casey Stoner celebrates after winning the Valencia Grand Prix. Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images Casey Stoner produced a dramatic finish to his title-winning campaign by snatching victory from under the nose of Ben Spies at MotoGP’s season finale in Valencia.Yamaha rider Spies looked poised for his second win of the year after passing Stoner for the [...]

The Australian rider, Casey Stoner, recorded his 12th pole of the season in wet conditions at the Valencia Grand Prix. Photograph: Jose Jordan/AFP/Getty Images The world champion, Casey Stoner, grabbed his 12th pole of the MotoGP season at the Valencia Grand Prix. The Australian dominated the field with the fastest lap of 1min 31.861sec on [...]

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 7:20a.m. Australian Casey Stoner finished his championship-winning year by overtaking Ben Spies down the final straight to win the season-ending Valencia MotoGP on Sunday. The world champion, who clinched the title on Oct. 16, finished in 48 minutes, 18.645 seconds. Spies, an American, was only 0.015 seconds behind in light rain [...]