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• Final race win for Gamble Stanley Gamble finished his ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy season on a high taking pole position and race win today at Pembrey after wrapping up the Championship yesterday. He gapped second place man Chris Hawkes by a good 9secs with Taryn Skinner taking a fighting third place giving him his second ...
• Newly crowned Champion secures pole Stanley Gamble, the newly crowned ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy Champion, has secured pole position at Pembrey today for the final race of the season with a time of 1min 5.7secs. He outpaced second place man Ritchie Thornton by 0.15secs to take the much coveted pole position. Lining up in third place ...
• Gamble finishes second but takes title Gamble finishes second but takes title Chris Hawkes may have taken a dominant win today at Pembrey but it was second placed man, Stanley Gamble who picked up the ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy Championship. Hawkes got the hole shot off the line and simply banged in consistent laps which were 1 second ...
• Hawkes snares pole at Pembrey Damp conditions greeted the GSX-R Trophy riders as they took to the 1.456-mile Pembrey circuit to qualifying today for the penultimate round of the ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy with Chris Hawkes securing pole position. Stanley Gamble the Championship leader set pole position early in the session and held it until the mid-point. As the track started to develop a drying line the times improved and Hawkes jumped into pole position with a time of ...
• Acton packed win for Gamble Stanley Gamble took a hard fought win today at the 10th round of the ACU Suzuki GSX-R Trophy at Brands Hatch in Kent. He was followed over the line by Ritchie Thornton who is now running second in the Championship. The final step of the podium went to Taryn Skinner who was very much the surprise package of the weekend, grabbing a front row start, a podium finish and picking up the Express Insurance Top Gun Cash Award for his achievements. Off ...
• Birch grabs pole at Brands Hatch Top novice rider Michael Birch has secured pole position ahead of round 10 of the ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy at Brands Hatch in Kent. Birch put in an impressive 51.74sec lap in round the 1.19-mile indy circuit to beat Chris Hawkes to the number one spot. Taryn Skinner has taken his first front row start of the season by putting his GSX-R600 into third place with a lap time of 51.89secs. Championship leader Stanley Gamble completes the front row ...
• Gamble impressed with European GSX-R750 Cup The ACU Suzuki GSX-R Trophy Championship leader Stanley Gamble competed in the fifth round of the European GSX-R750 Cup at Donington Park last weekend, coming home in 13th place. The Ulsterman was thrown in at the deep end with a different machine and tyres to get used to plus different riders to compete against. He was impressed with the high level of riding within the Championship and his job of trying to match that level was made harder by ...
• Richards takes determined win at Oulton Park Ross "Rossi" Richards put in a sterling performance today at the ninth round of the ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy picking up the race win from a hard charging Stanley Gamble. The Championship leader Gamble had to settle for a close second place finishing just 0.4secs behind Rossi. Third place went to Ritchie Thornton who was hot on the heels of Gamble and came over the line just 0.29secs behind.  Off the line it was Thornton who tried to get ...
• Rossi Richards secure Oulton Park pole A rather disgruntled Ross "Rossi" Richards took pole position for round nine of the ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy at Oulton Park today. He lapped the 2.692-mile Cheshire track in 1min 49.94secs 0.33secs clear of second place man Ritchie Thornton. Richards' machine overheated in the humid conditions, he struggled with gearing and generally considered it not the best session, however he still pulled off pole position. On the other hand Thornton was ...
• Race win for Hawkes at Castle Combe Chris Hawkes kept his cool during a red flagged ACU Suzuki GSX-R Trophy race today at Castle Combe to take a dominant win. Michael Birch also put in a strong performance to grab second place, he was also the highest placed novice giving him the Express Insurance Top Gun cash award and he impressed ...
• Hawkes grabs early pole Chris Hawkes set an impressive pole position time today at Castle Combe during qualifying for the ACU Suzuki GSX-R Trophy, he lapped the Wiltshire circuit in 1min 16.12secs a good second clear of second place man. Hawkes set the pace early in the session with an impressive 1min 16.98secs; he ...
• Gamble extends Championship lead at Anglesey Gamble extends Championship lead at Anglesey Stanley Gamble raced to two safe second place finishes at Anglesey on the 26th and 27th July to extend his ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy Championship lead. The Ulsterman is now 26 points clear of Chris Hawkes who is back in title contention due to third place man Ritchie Thornton crashing out of race two. Both races were hotly contested as is now expected of the GSX-R Trophy and it was Ross "Rossi" ...
• “Rossi” Richards at the double Ross "Rossi" Richards put the pain of a broken foot out of his mind today at Anglesey to pick up his second race win of the weekend in the ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy. Second place went to Championship leader Stanley Gamble with Adam Foster taking his first podium of the season in third place. Off the line it was pole sitter Chris Hawkes who got away first with Michael Birch and Richards chasing him. Birch's run at the sharp end was short lived ...
• Birthday boy Richards wins while Gamble takes Championship lead Birthday boy Richards wins while Gamble takes Championship lead The sixth round of the ACU Suzuki GSX-R Trophy at Anglesey was a spectacular race with the win going to Ross "Rossi" Richards. Second place was picked up by Ulsterman Stanley Gamble who now leads the Championship and third place went to Michael Birch. Off the line it was pole sitter Hawkes who got the hole shot while Richards fluffed his start dropping to third place. Hawkes got ...
• Hawkes fights back with pole position at Anglesey Chris Hawkes has grabbed pole position at Anglesey for round six of the ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy today, to help keep his Championship hopes alive. He lapped in an impressive 1min 13.651secs beating Ross Richards to pole by 0.199secs. Richards and Hawkes were the only two riders to dip into the ...
• Hollyoaks Actor to race in GSX-R Trophy Hollyoaks actor, Stuart Manning, who plays Russell Owen in the hit Channel 4 television soap, has signed-up to race in the forthcoming ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy race, being held at Anglesey circuit in North Wales on the 26th and 27th July.Manning, a keen motorcyclist, accepted the invitation to ...
• Skinner's race bike stolen Taryn Skinner from Northants discovered this morning that his GSX-R Trophy race bike had been stolen from his garage while he was at work. The Northamptonshire police have arrested someone but as yet the bike hasn't been recovered. Taryn said: "When I got back from my night shift I realized the bike was gone. Usually I park my van in front of the garage but I was at work. They broke into the house and took the keys for the garage and helped ...
• Pearson wins as Thornton takes Championship lead Pearson wins as Thornton takes Championship lead Superbike's Jonathan Pearson dug deep to fight back from seventh place on the opening lap, in difficult wet conditions, to take the race win at round five of the ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy at Brands Hatch in Kent. As Pearson isn't a Championship ...
• Superbike’s Pearson steals pole at Brands Hatch Superbike magazine's Jonathan Pearson has secured pole position for round five of the ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy at Brands Hatch in Kent. The Trophy riders were greeted with a damp but drying track for their 15-minute qualifying session. Pearson gradually improved his time during qualifying starting out in seventh place and finishing on pole. He set a time of 51.23secs round the challenging Indy circuit. Championship leader, Chris Hawkes ...
• False starts, crashes, GP Stars and debut podiums The ACU Dunlop Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy double header at Donington Park, supporting the British round of MotoGP, was a huge success with two action packed races entertaining the GP crowd. Joe Moore was the young man to come out on top picking up the Dunlop Racer Award, a one off special prize ...
• MCN wild Child steals pole Adam Child, Journalist for MCN and wild card rider for the two British MotoGP rounds of the ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy, has secured pole position. Child lapped the 2.5 GP circuit in 1min 43.53secs, 0.32secs clear of his nearest rival, Michael Birch. Birch took part in the Trophy last year and was ...
• Colt meets Vermeulen Motorcycle News' ACU Suzuki GSX-R Trophy winner, Colt Dwyer, today had the opportunity to spend time with the Rizla Suzuki MotoGP team and meet GP star, Chris Vermeulen. Dwyer, who was injured during his first outing in the GSX-R Trophy, is back to full fitness and can't wait to get on track. His ...
• Dunlop GP Racer Award is go! The ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy is pleased to announce the new Dunlop GP Racer Award which will run over the two rounds supporting the British MotoGP at Donington Park on the 21st June.  The rider with the highest number of points scored over the two races will pick up a unique set of Dainese ...
• JR prepares GSX-R Trophy riders for MotoGP debut With just three weeks to go to the British round of MotoGP at Donington Park on the 21st and 22nd June, the ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy riders took to the track yesterday at Pembrey, honing their bikes and their riding skills with a little bit of help from three times British Champion, John ...
• Date Changes for the GSX-R Trophy The ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy 12-round championship has become a victim of the knock on effect following the cancellation of Round One of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship.  The ripple effect from the snow storm which rendered Brands Hatch un-usable has meant that the planned Brands Hatch meeting on 27th and 28th September has been lost. To replace these two rounds, the GSX-R Trophy will once again join Derby Phoenix Road Race ...
• Action packed start to the GSX-R Trophy The ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy roared into life on 4th-5th May at Cadwell Park with a double header to kick off the action. Chris Hawkes took a spectacular double win to lead the fledgling 12-round championship. The drama started to unfold during qualifying when Ritchie Thornton who had just claimed pole position with a time of 1min 39.13secs, crashed at Hall bends dislocating his shoulder. The gritty rider received some medical attention and ...
• Hawkes claimes second win Chris Hawkes picked up a race win at round two of the ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy at a sun bathed Cadwell Park. His nearest rival, Ritchie Thornton followed him over the line 3.2secs behind whilst riding with a recently dislocated shoulder. The final step on the podium went to Ulsterman Stanley ...
• Hawkes takes lights to flag win Chris Hawkes took a dominant win at the opening round of the ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy at Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire. Hawkes got the hole shot and was never headed throughout the race, coming over the line 13secs clear of his closest rival Ritchie Thornton. Thornton put in a gutsy ride with an ...
• Thornton on pole but injured Ritchie Thornton from Leatherhead in Surrey has secured pole position for the opening round of the ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy at Cadwell Park this Bank Holiday weekend. 19 GSX-Rs took to the challenging Lincolnshire track for the qualifying session but it was Chris Hawkes from Cheltenham who took ...
• Colt Dwyer wins GSX-R Trophy ride with MCN 23 year old Colt Dwyer from South Normanton in Derbyshire has won the MCN competition to race in the ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy for this season. Dwyer, who is an Architectural Glazier by trade, has been riding bikes since he was ten years old and has some on track experience behind him. He raced ...
• Win a seasons racing with MCN and the GSX-R Trophy MCN has joined forces with the ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy to give you the chance to race for free this season. The GSX-R Trophy is a one make series which is now going into its second season following its success in 2007. It is the ideal championship in which to make your racing debut as it is run at club level, and approximately half the field won't have raced until now. A number of last year's riders have signed up once again showing that ...
• The GSX-R600 Trophy just got better THE ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy has confirmed that is will now run over 12 rounds instead of 10 as originally planned. When the opportunity to run two support races at the British round of MotoGP on the 21st-22nd June came up the ACU and Suzuki jumped at the chance. Initially it was going to mean reducing some of the original double headers events to just a single race to maintain a 10-round championship, however an agreement has been reached ...
• Grid positions going fast in GSX-R Trophy THE hugely popular ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy is filling up fast with eager riders signing up for the series which starts at Cadwell Park on the 4th-5th May. With only two months until the start of the championship the grid is shaping up well and a number of riders from 2007 are coming back for more great value racing. There has also been a glut of new riders hurrying to get onto the burgeoning grid and with a package offering a race ...
• Crescent Suzuki backs GSX-R Trophy THE bargain ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy race package just got even better thanks to the Crescent Performance Centre at Verwood in Dorset offering to supply and fit all race parts free of charge for Trophy riders.The initial deal gave riders a modified rear shock, forks, a micron silencer, Goodrich brake hoses, a steering damper, rear set foot rest kit and a spares kit, all of which could be fitted by Crescent Suzuki for £250 + VAT. Now, ...
• Successful open day for GSX-R Trophy THE ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy held its first open day at a cool Mallory Park yesterday 19th February, but that didn’t stop the eager riders taking to the track. The event was hosted in order to provide this year’s batch of riders with some track time. It also allowed them to catch up with the organisers, their coaches and meet the GSX-R Trophy Ambassador, three times British Superbike Champion John Reynolds.  With ...
• JR's thoughts on the GSX-R Trophy   WHEN former British Supersport Champion and three times British Superbike Champion John Reynolds was asked to be an ambassador for the ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy series, he was thrilled at the opportunity to be involved. These are his thoughts and opinions on the one make series......As you are probably aware I am employed by Suzuki and raced for Suzuki for many years. I heard about the Trophy last year and I must say I thought it was ...
• Want to race in 2008? If lining up on the grid and waiting for the start lights is something that you have always dreamt of doing then now is the time to make your racing aspirations come true with the ACU Suzuki GSX-R Trophy. The ACU is holding an open day at Mallory Park in Leicestershire on the 19th February to encourage new riders to sign up to the challenging 10-round Championship. John Reynolds, three times British Superbike Champion and Ambassador for the ...
• GSX-R Trophy to support British MotoGP THE ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy is pleased to announce that it will run two rounds of the Championship as support races to the British MotoGP which will be held on the 21st - 22nd June at Donington Park. It is a superb opportunity for the aspiring young Trophy riders to showcase their talent in front of the GP crowd and paddock. They will be taking to the same Tarmac as seven times World Champion Valentino Rossi and newly crowed Champion ...
• Opportunity knocks with GSX-R Trophy HOW many race series give you the chance to ride at the same event as seven times World Champion Valentino Rossi, includes the opportunity to race at a World Superbike event and offers the winner a ride on a full blown British Superbike at the Race of the Year? One series that offers all this is the10-round ACU Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy. The GSX-R600 Trophy started out in 2007 as a grass roots championship which was set up to find new home grown ...
• Awards for GSX-R Trophy winners THE ACU Suzuki GSX-R Trophy held its first awards as part of the ACU Annual Awards dinner at The Park Hotel in Northampton on Saturday 26th January, where Lee Hodge and Jay Dunn picked up their prizes for finishing first and second in the one-make Championship. 27-year old Hodge from Chesham ...
• 2008 ACU Suzuki GSX-R Trophy launched! Following their meeting the ACU’s Road Race, Drag and Sprint Committee are pleased to inform you of the PROVISIONAL dates and venues for the 2008 ACU Suzuki GSX-R Trophy.An initial deposit of £1000 will ensure your place on the grid for the one make series that offers the very best ...