The King of the Baggers Invitational race-winning S&S Cycle Indian Challenger is quite a specimen. Built with a specific focus on reducing weight and increasing ground clearance, the bike lost about 200 pounds from its stock curb weight and is capable of lean angles of more than 50 degrees, which enabled Tyler O’Hara to drag his knee at will around…
More than five years ago, Harley-Davidson Dyna riders Eric Stahl and Tony Sollima had shredded and thoroughly conquered every possible canyon they could find in Southern California. They thoroughly enjoyed stalking and hunting down every sportbike they could challenge in those canyons, but it simply wasn’t enough. They have a natural gift and a passion for ripping on their big…
2020 MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Champion Cameron Petersen is hot stuff. And, with all due respect to Petersen’s fiancée Nina, we’re talking about his attractiveness strictly as a motorcycle road racer. What a difference a year makes. No doubt, Petersen’s skills on a motorcycle have improved even more in the past 365 days, but the 26-year-old’s job prospects this off-season are…
In Episode #98 of Off Track with Carruthers and Bice, our guest Cameron Beaubier had confessed that he was very interested in racing in the World Superbike Championship in 2021 and was open to any and all opportunities with any of the teams who race the Yamaha YZF-R1 in the series. So, when it was finally confirmed in a press…
After two exhibition rounds of the 2020 MotoAmerica Heritage Cup, which took place at Road America 2 in June and Indianapolis Motor Speedway the weekend before last, it gets real at the GEICO Motorcycle MotoAmerica Speedfest at Monterey this weekend at WeatherTech Raceway Lagina Seca. Round three of the Heritage Cup will feature riders from the California Superbike Racing Association…
Prior to round eight of the 2020 MotoAmerica Championship at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, we talked about the fact that MESA37 Racing’s Stefano Mesa and Hayden Schultz Racing’s Hayden Schultz were entered to compete at The Brickyard in Supersport aboard Kawasaki ZX-6R motorcycles. For Mesa and Schultz, they raced in Supersport in addition to their regular race classes, Stock 1000 and…
The following is from Westby Racing… Westby Racing has enlisted the services of Yamaha World Superbike test rider Niccolò Canepa, who will compete aboard the team’s Yamaha YZF-R1 Superbike at next weekend’s GEICO Motorcycle MotoAmerica Superbike Speedfest at Monterey. Canepa will be a fill-in rider at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in place of the team’s regular rider Mathew Scholtz, who…
Among the many things that hard-working race teams, riders, officials, and staff need to get them through long days at the racetrack, one of the most important is the food that fuels the people in the paddock. The MotoAmerica Hospitality staff prepares, cooks, and serves hundreds of meals a day, not to mention morning coffee and pastries to get each…
The following is from BPR Tuning… Bryce Prince, the 2016 MotoAmerica Superstock 600 Champion, will race a BPR Tuning Yamaha YZF-R6 at the final round of the 2020 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. “I am very excited to have the opportunity to compete in the final race of the season,” said Prince. “To be able to field…
The following is from Westby Racing… Westby Racing’s Superbike rider Mathew Scholtz is traveling home to Georgia today after having successful surgery on the injuries he sustained in a crash during Saturday’s race at the MotoAmerica Superbikes at The Brickyard event this past weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Scholtz sustained injuries to his right leg in the incident, including a…
HONOS Superbike rider Jake Gagne has had an ongoing issue with the clutch on his Monster Energy Attack Performance Yamaha YZF-R1 this season, while his teammate Cameron Beaubier hasn’t. When two riders are aboard virtually the same equipment and racing for the same team, and one rider experiences the same recurring technical issue while the other rider doesn’t, that usually…
The following is from Westby Racing… After a very solid Friday of practice and qualifying at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Westby Racing’s Mathew Scholtz was injured in a crash during Saturday’s Superbike race one, while Mathew’s teammate Cody Wyman nearly had a podium finish in Junior Cup race one to conclude what was a tumultuous day for the team. Mathew was…
Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York unveiled the Ducati Panigale V4 R that Italian rider Lorenzo Zanetti will race this weekend at the Superbikes at The Brickyard event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The bike is a full-on, Ducati Corse, customer World Superbike machine that has been built to MotoAmerica HONOS Superbike specifications. In addition to the motorcycle, Ducati Corse supplied…
MotoAmerica’s Superbikes at The Brickyard race event starts on Friday and runs through Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Racing Capital of the World. Indianapolis Motor Speedway is providing a MotoAmerica spectator zone in the Turn 1 grandstands during all three days of the event, which offers really good sightlines of the road course. Unfortunately, fans will not be permitted…
Supersport rider Nolan Lamkin, who competes aboard the #52 Cycle Gear Racing Yamaha, was born and raised in Indianapolis. So, while this weekend’s Superbikes at The Brickyard event is going to be special for all the riders and teams, it is obviously going to be extra-special for Lamkin. We checked in with him and asked him a few questions: As…
What a difference half a decade makes…or does it? With just one week to go before the start of MotoAmerica Superbikes at The Brickyard, it’s interesting to take note of what’s different, or not so different, in 2020 compared with 2015. In 2015, Monster Energy/Graves/Yamaha’s Cameron Beaubier earned the pole position in Superbike on a sunny Friday afternoon at The…
Now 111 years old, Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the oldest continually operating racetrack in the United States and is known as “The Greatest Race Course in the World.” With more than 250,000 permanent seats, it is also the largest sports seating facility in the world. At a track known best for its auto races, it’s interesting to note that the very first…
Two-time Stock 1000 Champion Andrew Lee’s debut in the HONOS Superbike Series aboard a Superbike Unlimited Franklin Armory Racing Kawasaki ZX-10RR at Barber Motorsports Park was thwarted by a couple of technical issues, which caused SBU owner Freddy Carswell to withdraw the motorcycle from competition after Friday’s two Qualifying Practice sessions. While Carswell packed up and left the track, Lee…
With 10 left-hand turns and 6 right-handers, the 2.621-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course fits neatly inside the famous 2.5-mile oval. MotoAmerica’s one and only previous visit to Indy occurred in August 2015 and, in order to familiarize our fans with the layout of the road course, we asked three-time AMA Superbike Champion, 2009 World Superbike Champ, and MotoGP race…
In what could be considered a tangible example of the age-old phrase, “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,” Supersport Championship points leader Richie Escalante won’t be the only Kawasaki ZX-6R rider competing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway next weekend. Escalante and his HONOS Kawasaki will be joined on the grid by three more 636cc green machines ridden by FSI Racing’s…
The following is from Altus Motorsports… Jay Newton will be stepping in for injured Liqui Moly Junior Cup rider Daniel Kinard at round eight of the MotoAmerica Championship, which takes place on October 9 through 11 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Newton is a talented rider with significant experience in the class. Although he did not race in Junior Cup in…
MotoAmerica’s Twins Cup class is at a crossroads. Originally conceived as a way to showcase club racers from around the country by putting them on MotoAmerica’s national stage and aboard the same lightweight, twin-cylinder motorcycles that they race as weekend warriors, Twins Cup has evolved more than any other race class in the MotoAmerica Series. That’s what happens when humans…
We’ve been waiting with much anticipation for the 2021 Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP to make its debut in MotoAmerica competition, and while we are not quite there yet, there are signs that it may happen before we close the book on the 2020 season. Uribe Racing’s Jason Uribe, who raced his previous generation Honda CBR1000RR in HONOS Superbike at round…
Among the multitude of American motorcycle road racing fans who were beaming with Yankee pride over Garrett’s Gerloff’s podium finish in Sunday’s World Superbike race were MotoAmerica President, two-time AMA Superbike Champion, and three-time 500cc Grand Prix World Champion Wayne Rainey, along with three-time AMA Superbike Champion, 2009 World Superbike Champion, and MotoGP race winner Ben Spies. Spies called Gerloff…
The following is from ForzaGP… The ForzaGP Snipers Junior Team rider continues to impress the road racing world by winning both races and setting a new lap record at Adria Raceway in the European Mini Road Racing Championship. Rossi Moor (Portland, Oregon) is officially the American and European mini road racing champion after remaining unbeaten at national and international Ohvale…
If you’ve been wondering where Celtic HSBK Racing’s PJ Jacobsen has been for the past few MotoAmerica rounds, the New Yorker and former World Superbike competitor had been hoping to be aboard his #99 Ducati Panigale V4 R at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which is the next round of the MotoAmerica Championship and will take place on October 9 through 11.…
Two-time Stock 1000 Champion Andrew Lee’s debut in the HONOS Superbike Series just got even more dramatic. After going eighth-fastest overall in Friday’s combined qualifying sessions and putting himself among the nine-fastest Superbike riders to be eligible for Saturday’s Superpole, his Superbike Unlimited Franklin Armory Kawasaki was declared illegal for MotoAmerica competition. “It’s a firmware issue,” said Freddy Carswell, owner…
Tango Racing is in full force at round seven of the 2020 MotoAmerica Championship. The Argentina-based road racing team is fielding a total of four riders, and the livery on the team’s bikes is unmistakable, with logos depicting two dancers in a quintessential tango-esque pose. The four-rider team includes Roberto Hernan Medina from Buenos Aires, who is racing in Supersport…
There was a time in AMA professional road racing when riders would compete in more than one race class. In the late 1980s and 1990s especially, it was fairly common for riders to race in both Superbike and 600 Supersport, or 750 Supersport and 600 Supersport, especially when factory race teams were prevalent, and the motorcycle manufacturers coveted the Superbike,…
HONOS Superbike rider Josh Herrin finished Saturday’s race one in an uncharacteristic tenth place despite the fact that he was fourth in the morning’s Superpole session and started from the inside of the second row on the grid. What happened? We spoke to Scheibe Racing team owner and crew chief, and he said not-so-simply, “It was a combination of several…
