With the 2018 season almost upon us, MotoAmerica is again seeking volunteers who want to assist the series and be a part of the action of what will likely be the most competitive and hard-fought championship to date in all five of the classes. “Our volunteer program has grown over the past three seasons to provide essential tech, grid and…
Hudson Motorcycles has announced a new sponsor for their assault on the 2018 MotoAmerica Series with LEXIN Electronics coming on board to back the team. For over 10 years the R&D team at LEXIN Electronics has helped create and launch advanced motorcycle technologies industry wide, according to a press release from Hudson. LEXIN focuses on bringing more affordable and premium…
Spears Enterprises/Spears Racing, an industry leader in high performance and service of all lightweight sport twin motorcycles, has joined forces with racer Nate Minster (N8 Minster Racing) from Oak Grove, Minnesota, for 2018 MotoAmerica Liqui Moly Junior Cup class. Fifteen-year-old Nate Minster will be racing his Spears Racing prepped Yamaha R3 across the USA to fight for the overall championship.…
Altus Motorsports Suzuki Team has announced new riders and partners for 2018 MotoAmerica Championship Series, including a multi-year agreement with Georgia-based beverage Supercharged “Natural Sports Drink.” The team will feature Miles Thornton and Jaret Nassaney in the Supersport class. “Partnering with Supercharged is going to enable our team to contend for the MotoAmerica Supersport Championship title,” said team owner George…
The MotoAmerica Race Series announced a whole new look for 2018: four new classes (Superbike, Supersport, Stock 1000 and Junior Cup) and a new opening round venue (Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia) on April 13-15. And Quicksilver Powersports Lubricants and Hudson Motorcycles of Gardena, California, also have something to announce – a partnership that will not only be noticed in…
Travis Wyman and Weir Everywhere Racing are pleased to announce they will be competing in the inaugural season of the MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Championship. The team will compete in all eight MotoAmerica rounds the Stock 1000 class will be featured in with the goal of winning the class title for BMW. The team has enjoyed a strong preseason that has…
Five MotoAmerica Superbikes and two Supersport entries converged at Sonoma Raceway last week for a two-day test in preparation for the 2018 MotoAmerica season. Those who tested were Yoshimura Suzuki’s Toni Elias and Roger Hayden, Monster Yamaha’s Cameron Beaubier, Garrett Gerloff and JD Beach, Genuine Broaster Chicken’s Cameron Petersen and Tuned Racing’s Braeden Ortt. Here’s a look at some on-track…
Want the opportunity to see the top MotoAmerica teams and riders up close and personal? How about getting that opportunity for free? Well, that’s what’s in store for fans who show up to Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama, March 26-27, for the MotoAmerica Dunlop Preseason Test. Although MotoAmerica gives fans unprecedented access to its teams and riders at all…
The news season as begun. For the first time in 2018, the Genuine Broaster Chicken/American Honda/RoadRace Factory squad came together to participate in a private preseason test at the iconic Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California. The test was to be a shakedown of sorts for full-time Superbike rookie Cameron Petersen. The South African rider has been training by riding motocross…
After three seasons of progressive success in the KTM RC Cup Series culminating in a class championship in 2017, the Quarterley On Track Development Team is excited to participate in the expanded MotoAmerica Junior Cup Series for 2018 with riders Dallas Daniels and Jamie Astudillo. Dale Quarterley, the team’s founding partner, is particularly excited to have the team riding the…
KTM RC Cup Championship runner-up Cory Ventura will race a Yamaha R3 prepared by Graves Yamaha in the 2018 Liqui Moly Junior Cup on Team MP13, which is owned and managed by MotoAmerica racer Melissa Paris. Ventura, 16, was a standout in last year’s KTM RC Cup with four wins and nine podium finishes en route to second in the…
Five MotoAmerica Champions, 10 MotoAmerica race winners, a World Champion and more will lead the way in the 2018 MotoAmerica Motul Superbike Series as the season readies to begin at Road Atlanta with the Suzuki Championship at Road Atlanta, April 13-15, in Braselton, Georgia. Led by 2010 Moto2 World Champion and defending 2017 MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Toni Elias, the stage…
Team Hammer has signed 2015 MotoAmerica Superbike Rookie of the Year Jake Lewis to return to premier-class duty on an M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R1000 in 2018. Lewis is coming off a season in which he quickly came to grips with a completely redesigned GSX-R1000, piloting it to an eventual runner-up ranking in the Superstock 1000 Championship fight. He earned that…
Kyle Wyman Racing (KWR) has partnered with Speed Demon Motorcycles to contest the 2018 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship. After a successful end of season in 2017, Kyle Wyman will work again with crew chief Gary Dean to challenge for the premier class title. Dean joined KWR midway through the 2017 season and the duo swiftly found their way to the Superbike podium toward the end…
Nick McFadden has signed a one-year contract extension with Team Hammer to compete in the 20187 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship aboard the team’s Suzuki GSX-R600 with sponsorship from M4 and medAge. McFadden, who finished third in the now defunct Superstock 600 Championship with three wins, four second-place finishes and 10 podium finishes, will make his Supersport debut in the opening round…
Two-time MotoAmerica Supersport Champion and Motul Superbike class rookie Garrett Gerloff has signed a deal that will see him in Cortech leathers and gloves again in the 2018 MotoAmerica Series on his Monster Energy/Yamalube/Yamaha Factory Racing YZF R1. “I’m very excited to re-sign with Cortech for this next stage of my career,” said Gerloff in a Cortech press release. “Cortech’s…
Last season’s Superstock 600 Championship runner-up Michael Gilbert will race a RiderzLaw Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 in the 2018 MotoAmerica Supersport class, the team announced recently. Gilbert finished second overall in the 2017 Motoamerica Superstock 600 Championship, amassing 10 podium finishes along the way, including four wins. “We were so fortunate to be a part of Michael’s success last year, and…
The brand-spanking new MotoAmerica Junior Cup class will make its debut this season in the 2018 MotoAmerica Series and it will do so with a new title sponsor and name – the 2018 MotoAmerica Liqui Moly Junior Cup class. The Liqui Moly Junior Cup class replaces the spec-class KTM RC Cup that ran in the first three seasons of MotoAmerica,…
