While other auto chief-executives-to-be were punching keyboards in an accounting office, Fukui ran the company's motorcycle racing operations.

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Also made MBE is Wyn Evans, who receives the honour for her work as a motorcycle racing welfare worker.

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The racetrack is also trying to lure in more environmentally friendly high-performance racing series such as the TTXGP Zero-Carbo Electric Motorcycle Racing Series.

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However, Friday's protest at Drumcree has been cancelled to allow the funeral of motorcycle racing hero Joey Dunlop to go ahead in Ballymoney, County Antrim.

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For instance, this seems to be the case in one of the stories I tell in the book is about an Italian motorcycle racing team, Ducati Corse.

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Motorcycle racing already is a very niche market.

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The main outer handles feel very similar to what you'd find on a bike, and they can even be shifted to a horizontal position for motorcycle racing by sliding two tabs that rest near your thumbs -- the right handle can even be used a twist throttle, but it's dependent on title support.

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Infineon Raceway, which spans 1, 600 acres in Sonoma County, attracts hundreds of thousands of fans a year to major races from NASCAR and IndyCar to Drag Racing and the American Motorcycle Association (AMA)series.

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Meanwhile, Miller has delayed his return to Europe for the Alpine ski racing season in order to stay at the bedside of his brother, who was critically injured in a motorcycle crash last week.

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