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The Weekend with Erion Jeff had the chance to spend the Mid Ohio weekend with the Erion Racing guys and saw exactly what they see on a typical race weekend. The story breaks in the next few days, but until then enjoy some the pics in the gallery from inside the Erion garage. Check out the gallery for all the best from the racing at Mid Ohio. Details...

The Gallery is open for business After a short hiatus from the web our Gallery is back up and running. A mistake on the part of our head editor caused a slight back up in the action (sorry, ed.) But thanks to the valiant efforts of our web designer Todd Smith everything is back on track and the images from Assen are now available for your parousal. Thanks Todd! Details...

Colin Edwards sounds off about 2007 Colin Edwards is back again for more and this time things aren't so rosey. As always honesty pours from the Texan and this interview is no exception. Details...

Ben Bostrom: An RD interview Everyone knows that Ben Bostrom is back and his second place at Daytona showed his resolve to win. We sat down with him to look at the past few years and his new venture with Yamaha. Details...

MotoGP double Dutch MotoGP has a new face and Casey Stoner is it. As the championship continues the likeable Australian has the world on its ear. Details...

World Superbike revs up! With a whole new cast of characters, and a bevy of World Champions including Troy Bayliss, James Toseland, Troy Corser, and Max Biaggi, this season looks to be one of the most entertaining in recent years. Anyone can win and the return of major factory involvement boosts the rising image of a great series Details...

WE GOT THE WORLD CHAMP! Mere days after undergoing surgery to repair a damaged shoulder, Nicky Hayden, the current MotoGP World Champion and all around nice guy, gave us a view into what 2006 looked like to him. Keep watching this space because he might just have pulled down the Racer of the Year honors too. Details...

John Hopkins, a week after 2006 After finishing the 2006 season and starting work on his 2007 bike, John Hopkins gave us some insight into his world. Read the entire inteview here Details...

Tommy Hayden Interview The day after riding his new Suzuki for the first time, Tommy Hayden took some time out to talk about his year on the Kawasaki Superbike and his future at Suzuki. Click here to read the complete inteview Details...

Alpinestars Thankfully Alpinestars was kind enough to send us some of their stellar GP Pro gloves for our January product of the month test. With numerous other products aimed at on track performance, it is no wonder many of the top pros put their faith in the Italian manufacturer. Details...

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Get your gear here! Over the past few months the Racer Digest staff has been buying products from Motostrano , a rapidly growing West Coast distribution company. During our trip to Laguna we had the chance to visit their store and we have been hooked ever since. If you want gear that fits the racer lifestyle call up our friend Joe Witherspoon at Motostrano. Details...

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Written by Jeff Feathers
Thursday, 24 May 2007
For those of you who have been wondering why all the weekend's racing festivities were not covered by the staff here at Racer Digest, we would like to apologize. While updates, photos and information from Le Mans and Sonoma is important, a slight break was required when my wife went into labor with our first son. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce the Racer Digest faithful to Hayden Isaac Feathers, the future World Champion. The break is now over and we are all back to work, so fear not the upcoming racing action will recieve its due dilligence. I would like to thank everyone for their understanding and for using us as your link to the best in the World.

"Riding my ass off": Colin Edwards Interview

Written by Jeff Feathers
Sunday, 13 May 2007
Let's be honest. Colin Edwards is a hard worker. He wants to win, has the drive and likes testing, it is iimpossible not to like the guy. Sit down and talk with him and the conversation is relaxed and honest. He does not pull punches when it comes to his performance, his team or the riders around him. This year did not start out exactly the way he wanted, but in Jerez things began to look up. Qatar was a disaster and... you start to get the point. We had the chance to talk to him on the eve of the Chinese GP and got his thoughts on the "new" MotoGP scheme. Racer Digest: Describe how has your year gone so far on the new bike. Edwards has been up and down this season Colin Edwards: Um, so far you know honestly it was really promising – testing is still promising. In testing I think we realized pretty quick that we had a really good package and it looked to be a very good year. As far as the first race, I was a bit disappointed with the result, we had a small problem there (Qatar) and the second race (Jerez) was not bad, pretty happy with the podium. As far as Turkey was concerned, we just seemed to struggle all weekend with a bit of grip so unfortunately had an out of control Kawasaki taking me out [laughs]. Other than that I’m healthy, I’m walking, I’m talking and I’m looking forward to China. RD: With the new tire rules (14 front, 17 rear per race weekend – ed.) what are you thinking about that? CE: About the tire rule? RD: Yeah CE: Well, it’s… [sighs], you know, it’s a gamble if you ask me. You gotta choose and I should start out that there were so many times last year and the year before where we wouldn’t get a race tire until Sunday morning warmup. We might struggle all weekend with finding the right tire and then Michelin would bring something in overnight or pull something out of the back of the truck and we’d find it. So, now that doesn’t happen. I mean, you more or less pick your tires before you get on the track. That’s kind of what happened in Turkey. We didn’t really have something in the arsenal to compete with. RD: It seemed like there were a lot of Bridgestone guys out front. What, six out of the first seven or something like that, did Michelin not bring the right tires or what? CE: Well you know, it’s like I said, it’s a gamble. You know I’m absolutely certain that Bridgestone has made a big jump here in the last couple of races with their tire stuff. As far as Michelin, yeah, we’re a little bit behind the eight ball at the moment, but I’ve worked with Michelin long enough to know that they don’t hang around long before they come up with a solution. Looking for them to come up with something here in China.
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Ben Bostrom is Back

Written by Jeff Feathers
Tuesday, 20 March 2007
Ben took second at Daytona One year ago, Racer Digest had the opportunity to talk to Eric Bostrom about his switch from the Ducati Corse AMA squad to the Graves Yamaha Superstock team. At the end of 2006 after Ducati pulled the plug on their American roadracing operations, his brother Ben did the same thing. Adjusting to a new bike and team is always difficult, but Ben proved that Yamaha made the right decision when he took home second place in his first race at Daytona. I had a chance to talk to Ben after his first day of testing at Barber Motorsports Park and get his insight into the past year and how his move to Yamaha signals a rejuvenation in his racing career. Add to this that outside of the racing arena the Bostrom’s have taken on a new business venture and needless to say, they are very busy.
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