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Saturday, but Raga took it to an-
other level to win yet again.
"This is one day in my life I will
remember forever and I am so
happy not just for myself but also
the team," Bou said. "When I
started this journey back in 2007,
when I first won the world title, I
had only ever dreamed of match-
ing the success of seven world
titles which Jordi Tarres and Dou-
gie Lampkin had achieved and
now I have raised the record to
eight. Of the 13 world rounds this
year I have won seven and fin-
ished second in the others I have
finished. This year had been a
tough fight, but I have believed
in myself all the way to the 2014
crown."
When all was said and done,
Bou topped Raga by 15 points in
the title chase, 225-210. Sher-
co's Albert Cabestany ended up
third in the final standings with
163 points.
Toni Bou earned a record-setting
eighth World Trials Championship on
Sunday in Spain.
RAINEY'S MOTOAMERICA SET FOR 2015
A
group led by three-time
500cc World Champion
Wayne Rainey will lead U.S. road
racing into the future with what
will be known as MotoAmerica -
an AMA and FIM-sanctioned se-
ries that will be up and running
for the 2015 season. The series
will replace the existing Daytona
Motorsports Group (DMG)-run
AMA Pro Road Racing Series
with the Ohio-based AMA re-ac-
quiring the sanctioning, promo-
tional and commercial rights from
DMG, which had purchased the
rights to the series from the AMA
in 2008.
MotoAmerica will be promot-
ed and managed by the KRAVE
Group LLC, the group that is
spearheaded by Rainey.
The group is also known to
have the backing of Dorna, the
rights holders to the MotoGP
World Championship. Dorna's
CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta has
stated in interviews that he was
hopeful of Rainey putting to-
gether a U.S.-based series that
would help American road racers
reach the top level of the sport
they used to dominate.
The KRAVE Group is a Costa
Mesa, California-based organi-
zation that includes Rainey, the
three-time 500cc World Cham-
pion (1990, 1991 and 1992) and
two-time AMA Superbike Champi-
on (1983, 1987); Chuck Aksland,
a former racer and 20-year man-
ager of Team Roberts who most
Wayne Rainey will lead U.S.
road racing into the future
with his AMA/FIM-sanctioned
MotoAmerica Series. The series
will take over from the existing
road racing series that was run by
the Daytona Motorsports Group.
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BY
GOLD
&
GOOSE
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