Bike lovers will surely get their adrenaline pumpin’ when they hear this news: AMA Tornado Nationals will be held in Heartland Park Topeka in July 31 to August 2. The world’s best bikers will zoom on the 2.5-mile course, and doubleheader racing on Saturday and Sunday.

It’s your chance to get a signature of your favorite bike racer–there will be a fan party and autograph session on Friday. Speed TV’s Jason Britton and Team No Limit will definitely wow the audience with awesome stunts on the weekend.

Grab your tickets now! Only $50 for adults and $5 (per day) for kids.

The number six holds a lot of meaning for team founder Michael Jordan: he currently has six NBA championships, and 2009 is the sixth year of his motorsports team. To celebrate these milestones, Michael Jordan Motorsports is giving away six amazing prize packages that any motoring enthusiast will salivate over. Well, I know I would.

Michael Jordan Motorsports team

The Super Six Sweepstakes prizes include gear from #23 Jordan Suzuki and #54 National Guard Jordan Suzuki team sponsors, “The Ultimate Track Day Package,” a truck suspension package, Star Motorcycle School lessons, and for the Grand Prize, a custom MJM-themed 2009 GSXR 1000 motorcycle.

Visit the Super Six Sweepstakes page at http://www.23race.com/win to register. Winners will announced in November of this year.

Silas Lamons of Bull Gap, Tennessee and bagged the “overall winner” title in the Open C class at Round 1 of the 2009 AMA-ATV Motocross National Championship in Pell City, Alabama. He scored a total of 2-1 in the moto tallies.

Lamons accepting his award

Brett Cason of Louisiana and Nacy Stone of Kentucky finished 2nd and 3rd overall, respectively.

Why just watch, if you can be a part of the action and the excitement? If you’ve always wondered about the going-ons behind motorsport events, this is your chance to get in.

Canadian Race Communications Association (CRCA) is currently looking for action-hungry individuals who they can train as volunteers for racing events. The organization is currently accepting registrations for this year’s season. The first New Marshals’ School will be on Saturday, April 18, and the 2nd is on June 6 (tentative). All training sessions are held at Shannonville Motorsport Park.

Exciting events await new marshals

Classroom sessions begin at 8:45 a.m. with a break for lunch (provided at no cost, courtesy of Shannonville Motorsport Park). There is a fire-fighting demo/practical session and a trip trackside in the afternoon, weather permitting.

Visit CRCA’s site to register.

As most of us are aware, the Budweiser-Bernstein is the longest running in the motorsports industry, so it is certainly came as a shock to many when Anheuser-Busch said last Monday that this year’s season will be Budweiser’s last as official beer sponsor of the NHRA and as primary sponsor of Kenny Bernstein Racing and the Budweiser Top Fuel dragster.

Kenny and Brandon Bernstein guests in Full Throttle TV

Still, Kenny Bernstein Racing will continue racing if new sponsorship is secured for 2010.

“We’re passionate about the sport of NHRA drag racing and plan to continue if we can secure sponsorship,” Bernstein said. He won six NHRA championships with Budweiser as his sponsor, and his son, Brandon, took over in 2003. “We are moving forward with the search for a replacement so that we can field an NHRA team in 2010 with Brandon as the driver,” he said.

The team pulled in second in the Full Throttle Drag Racing Series after their first three races, which tells us that if they will certainly be a loss if they can’t find a sponsor in time. Let’s keep our fingers crossed, folks.

A lot of people see motorcycles as rumbling, roaring killing machines, and I can’t say that their fear are unfounded. Because of the number of accidents that motorbikes get into, the two-wheeled vehicle now has a rock-solid reputation of being nothing but bad news–something that AMA wants to break.

AMA will conduct the annual Ride to Work (RTW) Day on June 15, and urges motorbike lovers to go to work using their motorcycles on that day. AMA wants the public to see the positive side of driving a motorbike. “Motorcycles and scooters consume less resources per mile than automobiles, and they take up less space in parking areas and on roads. Rider’s seek employer support for this efficient form of transportation, and more government and public awareness about riding’s many benefits,” program organizer Andy Goldfine says.

2008 Ride to Work Day

Apparently, RTW Day is a bit earlier this year for the following reasons:

1. It won’t be as hot in most northern hemisphere areas, and not as cold in most southern hemisphere areas. June is has a more favorable weather worldwide.
2. More riders can participate. Many workplaces close for summer holiday in July (i.e., Europe).
3. A Monday event might encourage motorcycle and scooter owner to continue using their bikes during the entire week.
4. Increased positive media exposure. Since Sundays are slower “news days,” there will be more coverages like this: “Look for more motorcycles on your commute tomorrow, as Monday is the annual Ride to Work day…”
5. The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) has endorsed this day, and is promoting the ‘Third Monday in June’ worldwide as the annual Ride to Work Day.

So bikers out there, get your motorcycles ready for June 15. And don’t forget to wear your helmets!!

For more info, go to www.ridetowork.org.

Two words, fellas: KEYLESS IGNITION.

That’s really all it takes to make most car enthusiasts’ heads turn. But the 2009 Nissan 370Z is so much more than that. It uses a 3.7L VQ37VHR V6, which has a more subdued growl than that of the 350’s. But it has an additional 26hp, so your total output would be at 332 horses at 7K rpm. Makes up for more than a quieter rumble, doesn’t it?

2009 Nissan 370Z

All right, maybe it’s too flashy for a race car, but it would have been cool to drive this baby on the track just the same. Read more about it here, and tell us what you think.

Have you ever wondered what old race cars would look like if they were made today? This GT Racing car concept did a great job of showing how cars might have looked if the makers back then had the access to modern technologies that we use today.

Bentley Ecuador GT Racing Car Concept

A Classic Bentley

The GT concept is designed by Zdenko Vukoja, a CAD and 3D designer based in Croatia, in the town of Lipik. It looks like it stayed loyal to the original version’s looks, at least as far as the contours of the car go. It would be interesting to see this baby out on the track, don’t you think?

Summertime’s fast approaching and it’s easy to see why procrastinating seems like such a wonderful thing–the air is warm and sleep-inducing, the day too perfect to work on thing like, ugh, chores. But we must get off our lazy bums, fellas, because with the summer also comes the 21st Annual O’Reilly Summer Nationals! Get out of that couch and make sure you have tickets and that your registration is renewed.

The dates have been set: on May 29 - Sunday May 31, 2009, the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series will return to Heartland Park Topeka.

NHRA participant in Pomona, CA

Cross off your calendars, guys!

Green is in.

IndyCar Series uses an ethanol-gasoline mixture as an alternative fuel (a substance that produces less pollution), and early this year, NASCAR announced that their organization will also be making an effort to make their events more environment-friendly.

You can do your part, too. Up for a little DIY project? Here’s a fun one–make your own Earth-friendly Biodiesel using an (insert drum roll here) appleseed processor!

Biodiesel: finished product

Apparently, this kind of fuel substantially decreases your carbon footprints. It’s cheaper, too, so it’s definitely worth a try. View complete instructions here.

Props to the person who shared this information. Just make sure you’ve read all the safety precautions first before starting, fellas.