During this past Sunday’s MotoAmerica Motul Superbike race two at Road Atlanta, which took place on a fully wet racetrack caused by the prodigious rains that fell throughout most of the day, a total of six bikes took off-track excursions. And, of those six motorcycles, three of them were able to rejoin the race. Mathew Scholtz never actually crashed his…
Our previous chapter about the Attack Performance/Herrin Compound/Yamaha Superbike team detailed the Herculean efforts that team owner and crew chief Richard Stanboli was making to build a Superbike on an extremely compressed timeline, with the plan that rider Josh Herrin would test the brand-new YZF-R1 for the very first time in Friday morning’s MotoAmerica Motul Superbike Qualifying Practice 1 at…
If you have a desk job, you know how important it is to have a comfortable chair and a desk with all your accoutrements close at hand: computer, stapler, tape dispenser, “TPS reports,” everything is positioned for quick access. Motorcycle racers are like that, too. Their office – in the saddle of their motorcycle – is configured to maximize their…
When the MotoAmerica Twins Cup Championship debuts this weekend at Road Atlanta, the Suzuki SV650 – a bike that is a very popular choice among club racers throughout the U.S. – will most likely be well-represented in the brand-new racing class. But, another popular motorcycle that’s eligible for Twins Cup racing will also undoubtedly line up on the grid, and…
“If you want something done right, do it yourself.” You’ve probably heard that age-old saying a time or two in your lifetime, and it was most likely uttered by your father or uncle, along with such other gems of wisdom as “don’t do that, it’ll put your eye out” and “because I said so, that’s why.” For Richard Stanboli, owner…
At last week’s MotoAmerica Dunlop Official Preseason Test held at Barber Motorsports Park, among the motorcycles circulating the 2.38-mile, 17-turn Birmingham, Alabama, road course during the Superbike/Stock 1000 practice sessions was a Suzuki listed on timing and scoring as “Dunlop Test Bike.” Upon closer inspection, that Dunlop Test Bike was carrying the number 44 on its front fairing and side…
If you think back to your grade-school history lessons, Juan Ponce de León may be a name you remember. The Spanish explorer and conquistador led the first-known expedition to America. And, according to legend, Ponce de León was also searching for the mythical Fountain of Youth. As his countryman did in the early 1500s, Antonio Elías Justicia also undertook an…
When the names DuHamel, Picotte, and Crevier are mentioned, seasoned motorcycle road racing fans conjure up memories of AMA superbike racing in the 1990s. And, in the same breath, those nostalgic fans immediately think of the country from which those three riders hailed: Canada. Canada-born road racers have had a lot of success in American road racing, with countless race…
If you take a good look at both sides of the lower fairing on the Yamaha YZF-R1 Superbikes ridden by Monster Energy/Yamalube/Yamaha Factory Racing’s Cameron Beaubier and Garrett Gerloff, you’ll notice that the bikes have suddenly grown gills. So, what is this Guillermo del Toro-ish innovation? Did the Yamaha Factory team’s 2018 Superbikes take on some of the characteristics of…
Quicksilver LEXIN Hudson Motorcycles will field two riders in the 2018 MotoAmerica Championship, with Bobby Fong joining the team and switching to a new bike and new race class for the upcoming season. Fong will race with his familiar competition number 50 now on a Quicksilver LEXIN Hudson Motorcycles Yamaha YZF-R1 Superbike after competing in Superstock 1000 for Latus Motorsports…
Like a band of brothers, in the most literal sense, Kyle, Travis, and Cody Wyman appeared on the motorcycle road racing scene during the past decade, with oldest brother Kyle leading the way. Growing up in central New York, the Wyman Brothers honed their talent and racecraft on the dirt ovals that dot the Finger Lakes Region of the Empire…
br Australian David Anthony, who has been road racing in the U.S. for a full 10 years, has stepped up his commitment to MotoAmerica and increased his footprint in the paddock for 2018. Anthony’s team, officially called “FLY Street Racing” with Boise, Idaho-based FLY Racing as his title sponsor, will feature Anthony himself aboard his familiar #25 Kawasaki ZX-10R Superbike,…
Mike Pond, owner of Tuned Racing is stepping up big-time in MotoAmerica for 2018, with a four-rider lineup ready to race. Pond, who is one of the most passionate and focused motorcycle road racing team owners you will ever meet—and you really do need to meet him—is all-in with MotoAmerica because he believes in the future of our sport and…
At Thursday night’s Daytona TT, a total of six road racers qualified for and raced in the two American Flat track main events. And, what’s even more impressive is that, not only did four of those six road racers finish in the top five of the AFT Singles and AFT Twins Nationals, but a road racer made the podium in…
It’s officially called the “MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Road Racing Championship,” but for all intents and purposes, MotoAmerica could rightfully call itself a World Championship when you consider the fact that racers from virtually every corner of the globe have gravitated – almost literally – to the series. “We’re very proud of the fact that, even though MotoAmerica is a…
Whether it’s the “Country Dog” caricature emblazoned across the front of Roger Hayden’s #95 Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 Superbike or the “Jiggy Dog” moniker that has defined Monster Energy/Y.E.S./Graves/Yamaha Supersport rider JD Beach for more than a decade, canines are very well-represented in the MotoAmerica paddock. And that’s especially true on race weekends at tracks where man’s (and woman’s) best friend…
