Front Page Cool News - Three Americans go to Moto GP 09-07-2006 To JD, Cameron and Kris   We wish all of you our warmest congratulations.  Everyone did an awesome job and the cream rose to the TOP; as it should. Dreams do come true and today more than any other time in history the youth of America is stronger than ever! All of us a Team Coolskunk KyDs Racing wish you the very best in everything you do!!!  Now work hard, learn everything you can and kick some butt!!!! Kind regards, Philip Rispoli Team Coolskunk KyDs Racing, Founder Flat Track Illustrated 603 479 1259 Three Americans Selected For 2007 Red Bull Rookies Cup Program Sep 07, 2006   From a press release issued by Dorna:   Twenty youngsters chosen for Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup 2007 Thursday 7th September 2006 Twenty young riders took their next step on the road to their motorcycle racing dream today, as their qualification for the 2007 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was announced. The twenty were chosen after a phenomenal response to the invitation for them to try their luck, with a total number of applicants topping 1,100 young talents. After whittling down the field from the initial entrants, a total of 165 riders arrived at the Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo on 28 August 2006 to begin the selection process under the watchful eye of Spanish motorcycling legend Alberto Puig and KTM Race Director Harald Bartol. The event in Valencia was contested on standardised Metrakit Pre GP 125 spec bikes. The hopefuls were divided into two groups, to ride on either Monday 28th or Tuesday 29th, before the successful 45 returned on the Wednesday for the final chance to take a place amongst the lucky 20. The selected twenty are: Lukas SEMBERA - Czech Republic Johann ZARCO - France Cyril CARRILLO - France Lucy GLOECKNER - Germany Markus REITERBERGER - Germany Christoph SCHOENBERGER - Germany Peter SEBESTYÉN - Hungary Lorenzo SAVADORI - Italy Sturla Borch FAGERHAUG - Norway Javier CHOLBI - Spain Johnny ROSELL - Spain Cristian TRABALON - Spain Robert GULL - Sweden Adam BLACKLOCK - United Kingdom Matthew HOYLE - United Kingdom Stuart MITCHELL - United Kingdom Jamie Charles MOSSEY - United Kingdom JD BEACH - United States of America Cameron BEAUBIER - United States of America Kris TURNER - United States of America The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup 2007 will also be contested using uniform top material, namely a KTM RC 125 specially developed race model for rookies motorised with 45 HP and technically supervised by August Auinger, a multiple motorcycle GP winner from Austria, and his team. The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup races in 2007 will be run mainly on the Sunday of a GP weekend, immediately after the MotoGP premier class and in front of the corresponding crowds. Only in Assen and Mugello will the races will be held on a Saturday. The following rounds are provisionally scheduled: 25 March 2007 Jerez 2 June 2007 Mugello 24 June 2007 Donington Park 30 June 2007 Assen 15 July 2007 Sachsenring 19 August 2007 Brno 4 November 2007 Valencia More information can be found at www.redbullrookiescup.com and www.motogp.com Harald Bartol "First I was surprised by the multitudes of applications. When almost 200 kids and their entourage were standing in front of the pits full of expectation, I was overwhelmed. The performances of the young riders were for the most part very promising, but most of all I'm glad that virtually no bad accidents were recorded during the three days. I believe that together we've found the best rookies for next year and that we'll see some exciting races." Alberto Puig "The first step has been taken – now the kids need to seize the opportunity and gain experience in this Rookies Cup, they need to learn and learn again. This project of Dorna and Red Bull is exemplary for our sport, since the participants, but also the world champions in motorcycle racing are increasingly getting younger. So this cup certainly is an outstanding project!"