http://beowulf-racing.com/blog/ Beowulf Racing Blog http://beowulf-racing.com/blog/battling-top-tens-for-stonebaker-at-misano/ The two-man StoneBaker Racing team of Dan Linfoot and Gino Rea overcame a tough qualifying session to secure two top ten finishes at Misano today. In scorching hot temperatures that rose as high as 33 degrees both riders kept themselves in the championship hunt with Linfoot scything his way through the field from 19th to take an impressive sixth place finish with Rea also moving up the field from 12th on the grid to secure ninth. Having tested at the San Marino track at the beginning of June, http://beowulf-racing.com/blog/misano-final-qualifying-leaving-ourselves-a-lot-to-do/ Final qualifying today did not go to plan. Dan's bike developed a clutch problem at the start of the session that resulted in no opportunity to improve times from yesterday. Gino improved on yesterday's times but then had a crash (Gino is fine) with others then able to put in faster times and overtake Gino's grid position. Gino is on the third row and Dan is on the fifth row of the grid for the race this afternoon. We have a challenge to achieve the results that we want from this round but both http://beowulf-racing.com/blog/wsbk-misano-first-qualifying-friday/ Gino is 8th and Dan is 11th after the first of the two qualifying sessions before the race tomorrow afternoon. Both riders opted to keep their "qualifying tyre" until the session tomorrow and therefore the current position is OK. Dan and Gino are aiming to be on the first two rows of the grid for the race and with the tyres in hand we are in a good position for that result. Final qualifying is at 12.15 CET with the race at 17.40 CET live on SBK TV at www.worldsbk.com. Photos from qualifying will http://beowulf-racing.com/blog/misano-ready-to-go-in-hot-weather/ The weather is hot and humid and set to be that way for the weekend. We started on track today (Friday) at the Misano WSBK round with free practice this morning. The bikes ran well and Dan and Gino settled back into the Misano circuit following testing here recently. Dan used the session to confirm suspension settings whilst Gino minimised his time on track to preserve the tyres for first qualifying this afternoon. We have three sets of tyres in our allocation from SBK for the weekend and with t http://beowulf-racing.com/blog/free-bsb-mallory-pass-offer-now-open/ It\'s ticket offer time again from StoneBaker Racing. Up for grabs this week are two RACEDAY ONLY passes for the sixth round of the British Superbike Championship at Mallory Park on Sunday June 29th. To enter, simply select the \"Contact\" option along the above menu bar of this website and enter your name and email details along with \"Mallory BSB Pass Offer\" in the comments section. This point is VERY IMPORTANT - without it we won\'t know if you want to enter this particular draw, entering http://beowulf-racing.com/blog/rea-takes-determined-podium-for-stonebaker-racing-at-nurburgring/ The newly branded StoneBaker Racing team (formerly Beowulf Racing) claimed an impressive podium finish in the fourth round of the Superstock 600 European Championship at Nurburgring, Germany. Rider, Gino Rea rode one of the best races of his international career to fight for the outright victory, whilst having to rigorously defend his third place podium finish from the chasing pack. Rea\'s impressive performance was backed up by his team-mate, Dan Linfoot who looked odds on for fourth place http://beowulf-racing.com/blog/final-qualifying-session-at-nurburgring/ The second qualifying session saw our position improve further with Gino on the front row in 4th and Dan in 6th. Both riders were faster today and Gino took the opportunity to use his qualifying tyre. We feel well placed for the race at 17.40 CET this afternoon, that is broadcast live on SBK TV at www.worldsbk.com. It should be a close competition with 17 riders qualifying at 2mins 5secs or quicker, which we expect to be the race pace. http://beowulf-racing.com/blog/1st-qualifying-session-at-nurburgring/ First qualifying sees us in 6th (Dan) and 10th (Gino) places on the grid with 2nd qualifying and the race tomorrow. Dan used his qualifying tyre with Gino saving his until tomorrow. The weather has been erratic all day between wet and dry but the qualifying was dry. The weather will continue to be a gamble tomorrow for both 2nd qualifying and the race. The bikes are running well following the Misano test developments with 3rd and 7th positions in the speed measurements. All things taken into acc http://beowulf-racing.com/blog/stonebaker-racing-gets-ready-for-germany/ There might have been a five-week break since StoneBaker Racing (formerly Beowulf Racing) was last out in race action, but the Somerset-based squad hasn\'t been resting. With the next round of the European Superstock 600 Championship only a few days away Yamaha-mounted riders Gino Rea and Dan Linfoot, along with the rest of the team, have just completed a three-day test at the circuit of Misano on the Adriatic coast. The purpose of the session was to familiarise the riders with the circuit (w http://beowulf-racing.com/blog/stonebaker-welcomes-maui-jim-sunglasses-on-board/ StoneBaker Racing (formerly Beowulf Racing) are pleased to announce that Maui Jim Sunglasses are to support the team in the World and British Superbike Championships. Formed on the beaches of Maui in 1986, Maui Jim is recognised as one of the foremost leaders in sunglass polarisation technology and glare protection. The company now has twelve offices worldwide and plays an important part in the support and superior performance of world-class athletes wherever they compete including alpine sno http://beowulf-racing.com/blog/onboard-video-from-misano-test/ During our test last weekend at Misano, we recorded new onboard video that has been narrated by Dan and Gino. Please find the result in the video gallery. http://beowulf-racing.com/blog/testing-at-misano/ StoneBaker is at Misano in San Marino this weekend for a test prior to the WSBK event later this month. We will be posting photos in the mobile blog through the weekend. After this test the team heads up to Germany for the Nurburgring WSBK event next week. http://beowulf-racing.com/blog/snetterton-free-pass-offer-open-now/ The forthcoming BSB round at Snetterton is just over a week away, so it\'s time for another FREE pass draw from StoneBaker Racing. We\'ve got the usual couple of passes for one lucky winner but please note that it is valid for RACEDAY ONLY - Sunday 15th June. To enter, simply select the \"Contact\" option along the above menu bar of this website and enter your name and email details along with \"Snetterton BSB Pass Offer\" in the comments section. This point is VERY IMPORTANT - without it we http://beowulf-racing.com/blog/stonebaker-to-sign-new-rider/ 11-year-old racer Jordan Holliday contacted StoneBaker recently, asking if he could meet his race idol(!), Gino Rea. Jordan is currently second in the British Supermoto Championship, and even with a fractured thumb he still managed to rack up three second places and three thirds at his last meeting. Jordan is hoping to move into the Aprillia Superteen Challenge this year, with his first race hopefully being at the British MotoGP-backed round in June. Jordan and Gino (along with Dan Linf http://beowulf-racing.com/blog/gilbert-and-long-spin-out-of-sixth-place/ The wet, cold and miserable conditions got the better of the G-Force racing pair of Simon Gilbert and Richard Long in the first round race of the FIM Sidecar World Championship at Donington Park today. Running as high as fifth position after a 12th-place start, the duo span off at McLeans corner on lap eight whilst lying sixth. StoneBaker\'s Dan Linfoot had been providing pre-race assistance to the two riders.