IN
THE
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NOYES
INJURED,
MORALES
WINS AT
MOTORLAND
ARAGON
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urrent FIM/CEV Repsol
Superbike European Cham-
pion, American Kenny Noyes
suffered a head injury and has
been placed in an induced
coma following an accident
during warm-up at Motorland
Aragon in Spain on July 5.
According to reports, Noyes
lost control of his Kawasaki ZX-
10R and hit a trackside barrier
with his machine striking him
moments later. He was taken
to a hospital in Zaragoza where
doctors induced the coma.
The latest update from the
family is that his scans today
(July 6) were very positive and
doctors were lowering his medi-
cation to bring him out of the
coma tomorrow (July 7).
Noyes had qualified fourth
behind pole sitter Dani Rivas,
Carmelo Morales and Ivan Silva
before the crash.
Morales would go on to take
the race victory from Rivas and
Morales, the Motorland Aragon
event providing the 100th race
start for the CEV Champion-
ship since its inception in 2002.
Rivas led from pole until Morales
took over early on, stretching his
advantage to 3.5-seconds at the
flag. Rivas held on for second
with Silva taking third. Robertino
Pietri took fourth with Adrian Bon-
astre rounding out the top five.
WORSE THAN US
I
f you were pretty miffed that
the Honda RC213V-S sport-
bike made just over 100 hp in
its U.S.-specification, spare a
thought for our buddies to the
east. In a little section on the
dedicated Japanese website
(http://www.rc213v-s.com/
spec/spec_jp.html) for the
MotoGP replica machine, Hon-
da states the Japanese-spec
machine makes a staggering
70 hp! Based off the U.S.
price of $184,000, that means
Japanese riders are paying
$2628 per horsepower!
The numbers therefore
mean the ultra-exotic machine
will be pumping out substan-
tially less power than the
company's CBR600RR.
However, unlike us here in
the U.S., Japanese riders will
be able to purchase the track-
only package, meaning you
can boost the output of your
super limited-edition RC213V-
S up to the more befitting
number of 215 hp.
Rennie Scaysbrook
American Kenny
Noyes suffered a
head injury from an
accident at the CEV
Superbike round in
Aragon, Spain.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
GOLD
&
GOOSE
