I was never a big fan of Indy Car racing, I never saw the skill in it but if you have a lot of excellent drivers telling you how difficult it is then you have to take notice. The concentration required to run in close formation at speeds of over 220mph is apparantely enormous. Dan Wheldon was highly respected a long time before he made his way into Indycar, once there he gained many fans being one of the best drivers in recent years. His death has had a major impact on the sport and we’ll likely see all sorts of new regulations to make it safer but at the end of the day motorsport will always be dangerous.
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Having gone all the way from 13th to 1st, hottly tipped star of the future Daniel Morad crashes whilst celebrating! The next time somebody teels you to fasten your laces properly you’ll listen won’t you?

Even World Champions Have Fail Moments! Best of 2010 @ Yahoo! Video

No mental rock, just a full lap of the Isle of Man TT course onboard. If this isn’t the ultimate form of motor sport then I don’t know what is? The Isle of Man TT is run every year May/June time, not only is it amazing viewing but you can actually watch it for free.

The TT Course Onboard Part 1

The TT Course Onboard Part 2

So what do you reckon, fancy giving it a go?

Prior to deciding to get on the dirt bike for the first moment you want to be certain to have the suitable defense gear such as dirt bike goggles helmet, gloves, dirt bike pants, for example. You won’t want that initial experience on the dirt bike to be a awful one anytime you may have stopped a particular issues by simply putting on adequate safety equipment. The first thing you’ll want to learn prior to deciding to get on a dirt bike is going to be how to start the engine.
When you’re straddling your dirt bike, before you take a seat on it, you need to put the kick stand all the way up while keeping your bike vertical putting both your hands around the handlebars. Hold in your clutch and on your right side you will see some sort of lever that you push down using your foot. This could not be effective your 1st occasion since you aren’t positive the power you have to employ for getting the engine to turn over. Nevertheless, after several times the bike should start.

Before you decide to get started riding it is crucial you recognize where each of the brakes happen to be and how they will operate. You can find a rear break and a front break which will subsequently end up being put to use for tricks such as wheelies. Your front brake is normally near the right section on the handlebar that you are going to squeeze, however your rear brake is normally located by your right foot where your gear shift should be, however on the opposite side of the bike. Therefore, if you might be accustomed to operating your bicycle with your back break by your right hand you’ll need to be cautious because if you jam down that front brake on the dirt bike you are going to go flying from the bike, provided you’re going fast enough.

If you’ve previously drove a manual transmission car or truck, it will help when grasping the way to drive any dirt bike as you will have the overall notion of how the clutch system functions. When the bike’s engine is started and you’re all ready to get started riding, on the left side of the bike it will have one other lever you will push downward with your foot just once, that should get you into first gear. Make sure to have the clutch down the whole time otherwise the motor will shut off except if it’s in neutral. Turning the right handlebar is going to give it gas, which you’ll be able to hear from revving the motor. Give it a bit of gas then slowly release out on the clutch and you should begin moving.

Be aware, if you let out on the clutch fast and then don’t give it an adequate amount of gas, it’ll probably jerk forward a little and shut off, or if you ever give it lots of gas and release your clutch out rapidly, hold on tight, as you are going to be off to one extremely fast start. You can expect to eventually find the correct amount of gas you will need in order to get the steady take off. A good method of doing that is to listen to the engine and just how much it really is operating. So now that you understand the way about the bike and so you can easily learn how to drive it.

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What a weekend for motorsport that was. The Belgium Grand Prix delivered one of the most memorable races in Formula 1 that we’ve seen in a long time (Hello Sebastien Buemi). Then just to finish the day of we had a great Moto GP race at the Indianapolis Raceway in the US. So as a big fan of both sports the question is what was the most entertaining, Formula 1 or Moto GP?
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When it comes to Touring Cars I’m very much old school, I remember very well the days of John Leslie in his Vauxhall racing Andy Rouse in his Ford Sierra Cosworth. Happy days.
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I’ve been following all forms of motorsport since when I was a young kid. If I could have been anything I would have chosen to be an F1 driver. In all those years (and there have been plenty) I have seen some enormous crashes, and yet 99% of the time poeple walk away relatively unscathed.

So I was shocked then to see the video of the accident that caused the death of Henry Surtees, son of the legend that is John Surtees during a F2 race at Brands Hatch on Sunday. How unlucky can you be? It wasn’t the impact of the crash that killed him, the fatal head injuries were received from the flying tyre. RIP young man.