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Isle of Man News, Articles and InformationLaverty heads Supersport free practice.Eugene Laverty on his red Bull Honda headed the first free practice session at Mallory Park ahead of round six of the Championship.The Irish rider lapped the short circuit in 57.662secs pushing the hard charging Cal Crutchlow on the Northpoint Ekerold Honda into second place. Mallory Park have recently added a chicane to the high speed Gerrards corner and this is the first time a lot of riders will be faced with the new lay out. Rob Frost was eighth in the session having come back from the Isle of Man to take part in the British championship race. Frost is riding a Superstock machine on the Island and was sixth fastest in the Thursday practice session despite a fall at Creg. Stuart Easton on the Lloyds British Ducati rounded out the top ten following his point scoring World Supersport ride at Silverstone last weekend. John McGuinness reportJohn McGuinness concluded practice week at the Isle of Man TT Races with the fastest time in two of his three classes, one of which was quicker than the existing circuit lap record. The Morecambe rider posted a sensational lap of 127.81mph on Wednesday evening aboard his HM Plant Honda Superbike, just inside his own record of 127.68mph. He believed he could have gone quicker had it not been for being held up over the mountain, which he felt had lost him somewhere in the region of 5 seconds. With the Island bathed in sun for all of the practice sessions, the winds that had affected times at the beginning of the week began to ease and on Friday evening, McGuinness lapped at 124.15mph on his usual Superstock mount to move to the top of the leaderboard in this class also. A lap of 121.90mph on his Supersport machine has placed him second overall in the class so the 34-year old is well placed as the racing gets underway on Saturday.Marblehead man honors wife with donationMarblehead area businessman Joseph Kostal has made a donation that will benefit an area student and the Marblehead VFW Post 7572 Ladies Auxiliary.A part of his deceased wife Lorraine Kostal's private collection of Ben Richmond prints are to be sold with the proceeds used to create a one-time Lorraine Kostal Art Scholarship at Danbury High School for the year 2006-2007. The balance to benefit the auxiliary's charity programs.
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GOODWOOD PREVIEW 2006With no major motorcycle racing date-clash for the first time in fourteen years, Goodwood has assembled a mouth-watering array of bikes and riders from around the world for this years Festival of Speed (7.8.9 July), representing motorcyclings greatest championships.From the world of Grand Prix, 21-year-old Australian sensation Casey Stoner will ride his 240 bhp+ Honda RC211V up the famous Goodwood hill, while fellow GP regulars, Brit James Ellison, and Aussie Chris Vermulen, will ride Kenny Roberts 1980 championship-winning Yamaha OW48 and Barry Sheenes 1975 Suzuki XR-14. Californian legend of the 1980s and 90s Randy Mamola will demonstrate the unique two-seater Ducati GP bike, and celebrated number one Brit (Irish) Grand Prix rider Jeremy McWilliams will be tackling the hill. TT COMPETITOR DIESA TT competitor injured in a crash during a practice session in the Isle of Man has died. 38-year-old Jun Maeda from Japan suffered pelvic injuries following the accident which happened last week. He was taken to hospital for treatment where he's since died. He was an experienced TT competitor who had achieved sixth position in last year's Senior TT. He went into this year's festival as the 12th fastest rider in the 99-year history of the event.Back to News .POLICE REPORTA burglar broke into a 2001 Ford F-150 and stole a Pioneer Radio/TV/VCR valued at $600. It happened in the 9900 block of Southwest 74th Court between 11 p.m. June 9 and 2:19 p.m. June 12. Damage was estimated at $1,000.A vandal smashed the window of a 2004 Hummer in the 13000 block of Southwest 62nd Avenue. It happened between 2 a.m. and 12:12 p.m. June 12. The damage was estimated at $100. A burglar pried open a 2005 Ford F-150 and stole a laptop and printer and car parts, together valued at $3,300, credit cards and $600. It happened in the 12900 block of Southwest 80th Avenue between 6 p.m. June 14 and 7:18 a.m. June 15. A burglar broke into a 2001 Ford F-150 and stole a cigarette carton and a small blue pouch with keys and two garage door clickers.
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