We like to follow the up-and-coming racing careers of those race ‘brats’ who would like to follow the tracks of their famous fathers. We’ve got the Rossi’s, the Roberts’, the Haslam’s, the Nieto’s, the Pons’ and several other racing families and we’ve also got Dakota, the 15 year old son of the iconic Randy Mamola.

Dakota won his first race last year in Valencia racing in Metrakit 125cc Pre-GP Campeonato Mediteraneo de Velocidad (Mediterranean Championship) with team Monlau, and this year will contest in twelve races in the British 125cc GP Championship and in several races in Spain.

Mamola will race for Team KRP, founded and managed by Mark Keen and supported by this year’s 125cc runner up Bradley Smith.Dakota’s team mate will be Taylor Mackenzie (Red Bull Rookies Cup) and son of another famous GP rider and 3 times BSB champion, Niall Mackenzie.

Continue reading: Dakota Mamola to race in British 125cc Championship

It can’t be easy being the son of what the world once considered the most exciting and charismatic Grand Prix motorcycle racers of his generation, but Dakota Mamola, the 15-year-old son of four-time 500cc World Championship runner-up Randy Mamola, is trying to live up to his famous name and on Sunday took his first ever win.

In the final round of the Metrakit 125cc Pre-GP Campeonato Mediteraneo de Velocidad (Mediterranean Championship) at Valencia, the red headed youngster who looks like Bradley Smith’s kid brother was 17th on a grid of 42 riders, took off like a rocket and found himself fifth at the first corner and despite rain swept conditions managed to take his first win.

Riding for the Monlau Team run by Emilio Alzamora, the former 125cc World Champion, Mamola junior races in two different championships. Dakota also saw the podium when he finished third last March in the Pre-125 class of the Campionats de Catalunya de Motociclisme at the Catalunya circuit.

Dakota who speaks English, French, Spanish and Catalan (how many 15 year olds do you know that speak four languages) is sponsored by Monster Energy, Arai helmets, and Alpinestars leathers.

Source | mcn and dakota mamola facebook

Continue reading: Dakota Mamola wins his first race

Julian Simon won his fifth race of the 125cc season with a spectacular last lap pass at Phillip Island on Bradley Smith and won the 2009 125cc World Championship title with two races to spare.

Simon, who was third on the grid, after the first lap found himself in eighth position had to work his way down the field to catch his rivals. Smith took the lead on lap 10 and on lap 13 Simon caught up with Smith and the two team mates put up an exciting duel.

With Smith in the lead on the last lap, Simon dived up the inside at the MG turn and took the win. Sandro Cortese took an excellent third place after he was 17th at the end of the first lap.

Continue reading: 125 cc Julian Simon Wins Race and Title - Last Lap Video

125cc rider Bradley Smith who is currently third in the championship and Formula One championship leader Jenson Button aren’t going to take each other on two wheels or four, but they’re going to to compete in the Mazda London Triathlon on August 2nd . Smith is going to raise money for Riders for Health, the official charity of MotoGP while Button is doing his bid for the Make A Wish Foundation, a charity which supports children and young people fighting life-threatening illnesses.

Riders for Health is an organisation that is dedicated to reaching communities in rural Africa with health care on a regular basis by giving health care workers access to reliable motorcycles and four-wheeled vehicles so predictable health care reaches even the most isolated communities

The London triathlon (multi-discipline endurance event where the competitor has to demonstrate proficiency in running, swimming and cycling) is the largest in the world, and Smith challenged Button after they met at Silverstone during the British F1 Grand Prix where Smith, in recognition of his achievement of being the first British rider in three decades to lead any Motorcycle Grand Prix World Championship, was attending as a guest of Bernie Ecclestone.

MAP Raceways Yamaha rider Billy McConnell will also be joining Smith and Jenson. McConnell will be doing the trialthon for his favourite charity Get Kids Going, which raises money to buy sporting equipment for disabled children.

Continue reading: Bradley Smith vs Jenson Button for Good Causes

The greatest road race festival in the world, the Tourist Trophy will be roaring back into life from Saturday May 30th until Friday June 12th, and you can check out their 2009 promo video.

MotoGP star Valentino Rossi will present at the Isle of Man on June 6th, and will do a parade lap before the Dainese Superbike race on a Yamaha R1 together with Grand Prix legend Giacomo Agostini who raced and won 10 TT races when the course was part of the World Championship series.

Bradley Smith, the English 125cc rider who won his first race at Jerez this year, will also be visting the famed Isle for the Dainese Superbike event and will be presenting prizes after the race.

Continue reading: Tourist Trophy 2009 Promo Video

In almost every Grand Prix season some rider breaks a certain record and this year was no different. We’re not talking about Valentino Rossi’s 373 points earned in just one season or Casey Stoner’s circuit breaking lap records, but the number of crashes. 876 to be precise.

Between free practices, qualifying and races, the 125cc, 250cc and Motogp series logged up this amazing but frightening number. This is an average of 48 crashes for each race weekend. It is however true that this was the wettest season in the history of the series, with 16 out of 18 GP’s having at least one day of rain in the official three days.

Who heads the list of the most crashes in 2008? Randy DePuniet with 22 crashes in Motogp, Mattia Pasini and Karel Abraham with an equal but unenviable record of 23 in the 250cc class, Bradley Smith and Jules Cluzel who share 19 each in 125cc’s.

Crash stats numbers for the past seasons in the next part of the post:

Continue reading: 2008 Grand Prix Crash Record