Road Racing

The first round of the Supermono European Cup was held yesterday in the track of Assen (The Netherlands). The winner of the race was Austrian Josef Frauenschuh (KTM). Next round is scheduled on the 1st of July in the Redbullring at Spielberg bei Knittelfeld (Austria). (UEM Press Release 42/2012)

The first round of the TTXGP Euro Championship, dedicated to electric bikes, was held yesterday in the Swedish track of Falkenberg Motorbana. The winner of the race was German racer Matthias Himmelmann on electric bike developed by Muench Racing. Next round is scheduled on the 8th of July in Snetterton (Great Britain). (UEM Press Release 41/2012)

The second Semi-Final of the Individual Speedway European Championship was held yesterday in Rivne (Ukraine). Five riders + one reserve qualified for the Finals, where eight riders can reach the 4-final series in which the 2012 Championship will be crowned. Victory was taken by the local hero Oleksandr Loktaev who won the race with maximum points. Second place was reached by Robert Miskowiak, Poland and after a run-off 3 place was reached by his fellowman Michal Szczepaniak, Poland. A good crowd of spectators have seen a very good meeting, well-organized by the local club and without any accidents. The third Semi-Final is scheduled on the 8th of July in Zarnovica (Slovakia) (UEM Press Release 33/2012)

The first Semi-Final of the Individual Speedway JuniorEuropean Championship was held today in the German track of Pfaffenhofen. The winner was Polish Piotr Pawlicki, followed by Czech Eduard Krcmar and Vaclav Milik. The next Semi-Final of the Individual Speedway Junior European Championship will be held on the 9th of June in Chernovograd (Ukraine). (UEM Press Release 29/2012)

The third round of the Superstock 600cc. European Championship was held today in Monza (Italy) after it was postponed after a lightning storm in very close proximity to the circuit made it unsafe to continue as planned on Saturday. This round was run under very difficult weather situation, the Start was deleted due to the strong rain. The race was characterised by 4 minor crashes. The race was won by Italian Riccardo Russo (Yamaha), followed by Belgian Gauthier Duwelz (Yamaha) and Swiss Bastien Chesaux (Honda). The provisional rankings see Riccardo Russo in leading position with 61 points. Due to weather conditions the round of the Road Race European KTM Junior Cup class was cancelled. Next round for both classes is scheduled on the 9th of June in Misano (Italy). (UEM Press Release 28/2012)

The first Semi-Final of the Individual Speedway European Championship was held yesterday in the Hungarian track of Debrecen. The winner was Ukrainian Andrey Karpov, followed by Hungarian Jozsef Tabaka and Danish Kenni Larsen. The next Semi-Final of the Individual Speedway European Championship will be held on the 12th of May in Rivne (Ukraine). (UEM Press Release 27/2012)

The 1st round of the new Road Race European KTM Junior Cup class, was run today at the World Championship track of Assen (The Netherlands). The race was extremely exciting with the first tree riders PolishAdrian Pasek (KTM), Dutch Rob Hartog (KTM), and Polish Artur Wielebski (KTM) made quickly a gap, but stayed very close together until the finish, changing positions many times. In the last lap they where side by side on the long straight with final victory by Adrian Pasek and second Hartog. Next round is scheduled on the 6th of May in Monza (Italy). (UEM Press Release 22/2012)

The second round of the Superstock 600cc. European Championship was held today in Assen (The Netherlands) Again it was a very fantastic and exciting race. With all standard bikes in this class, there is no speed difference and riders must show a good riders technique. The first four riders Michael Van der Mark (Honda), Nacho Calero Perez (Yamaha), Gauthier Duwels (Yamaha) and Stephane. Egea (Yamaha) made quickly a gap, but stayed very close together until the finish. Changing positions many times. In the last lap they where side by side on the long straight with final victory of Van der Mark. Also after this group, another group of four riders competed together. The provisional rankings see the leadership of Michael Van der Mark with 41 points. Next round is scheduled on the 5th of May in Monza (Italy). (UEM Press Release 18/2012)

The first round of a new UEM competition, called the “European Hill Climb Road Racing”, was held this weekend in the beautiful area of Landshaag, Austria. In total 218 riders were present to race up to the top of the hill for over 3260 meters. The race track has an altitude difference of 981 meter. The track has 21 corners of which 9 to the right and 12 to the left. The weather during the free- and the qualifying practices on Saturday were good and dry, but on Sunday during the qualifying practices there was some light rain. During the two heats there was good weather. The competition takes place in the following classes: 125/Moto3, 250GP Open, Superstock 600, Supersport, Naked 650, Superstock 1000, Superbike, Supermoto and Sidecars. All riders starts with an interval of 20 seconds and try to make the fastest time. The absolute fastest time was run

The first event for the UEM Superstock 600 European Championship was held on the 31st of March 2012 at the historic track in Imola (Italy). It was a very well organized event held together with the World Superbike Championship. At this opening round participated 38 riders from 15 countries. Riccardo Russo (Team Italia FMI Yamaha) won the event by a large margin of 2.534 seconds after 11 laps of front running action. The series regular was unchallenged at the end, with Nacho Calero Perez (Team Trasimeno Yamaha) second. During the race there was a big fight for the 3rd position, which was decided in the very last corner when Rider No. 70 Vitali crashed, allowing the Dutch rider Van der Mark to finish on the podium. (UEM Press Release 07/2012)