Remember when you learned about the concept of “sharing” in kindergarten? Well, Supersport rider Nolan Lamkin has never forgotten that important life lesson. He’s one of the most generous riders in the MotoAmerica paddock, in fact. Lamkin is sharing his complete build sheet for the Yamaha YZF-R6 that he will race in this year’s MotoAmerica Supersport Championship. He includes a…
The following is from GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team… For the final test session ahead of the beginning of the 2021 FIM Superbike World Championship, the GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team made the most out of two days of on-track activity at the Motorland Aragón circuit. Good weather conditions helped the team work on understanding how to help the riders gain confidence…
Tortilla chips, wraps, dips, salsas… and King of the Baggers V-twin motorcycle road racing. Does it get any better than that? MotoAmerica, North America’s premier motorcycle road racing series, is thrilled to announce Mission Foods, the world’s leading brand for tortillas and wraps, as the title sponsor of its highly anticipated three-round 2021 Mission King of the Baggers Series. Last…
The following is from Westby Racing… Westby Racing is proud to announce that they have entered into an agreement with JR12 Racing and 17-year-old rider Jack Roach. Together, the combined team, with Jack in the saddle of #12 Westby Racing Yamaha YZF-R3, will compete in the 2021 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Championship. The announcement was made by Chuck Giacchetto, team manager…
Frankie Garcia is sort of a Swiss Army Knife of a racer. He’s capable of many jobs when it comes to racing motorcycles. Last year, Garcia rode a Roland Sands Design Indian to third place in the inaugural MotoAmerica King of the Baggers event at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. He enjoyed the experience and Sands and Indian were happy enough…
New Jersey Motorsports Park (NJMP) has announced several enhancements that it has made, both to the racetrack and to the facilities surrounding the track. For Thunderbolt Raceway, the 12-turn, 2.25-mile road course that MotoAmerica uses for its annual event at NJMP, patches of new pavement were applied in the chicane at turn 3, as well as in turns 8 through…
MotoAmerica, North America’s premier motorcycle road racing series, is proud to announce that Indian Motorcycles has come on board as an official partner of the 2021 MotoAmerica Series. Indian Motorcycles, America’s first motorcycle company, came away with a win in the debut of the King of the Baggers at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca last year with Tyler O’Hara riding his…
The following is from Harley-Davidson… A new Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle® factory racing team will compete in the MotoAmerica King of the Baggers Championship, a road racing series held in conjunction with the 2021 MotoAmerica HONOS Superbike Series. The team is preparing a Harley-Davidson Road Glide® Special powered by a race-modified Screamin’ Eagle® Milwaukee-Eight 131 Performance Crate Engine for pro rider…
If you like motorcycle racing, you might not want to be anywhere but Georgia the weekend of April 30-May 1. That’s when MotoAmerica and American Flat Track will combine forces, offering fans the opportunity to attend both the opening round of the MotoAmerica series at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta and the third round of Progressive American Flat Track – the…
The following is from the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York Team… The Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York Team had a two-day shakedown at the Motorsports Ranch (MSR) in Cresson, Texas. The entire team had a chance to meet, and Loris Baz was able to throw a leg over his new Ducati Panigale V4 R motorcycles. The majority of…
Yoshimura R&D of America, Inc., has been a long-time sponsor, partner, supplier, and technical advisor for Westby Racing. For years, Westby Racing’s motorcycles have been equipped with Yoshimura exhaust systems, and together, Westby and “Yosh” have celebrated countless road racing championships, race victories, and podium results as a product of their longstanding and fruitful relationship. To kick off the 2021 MotoAmerica season, Yoshimura marketing executive Erick “Big E”…
It was a tough day at the office for Americans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier in Qatar with the two Californians crashing out of the Grand Prix of Dohan at the Losail International Circuit today. Roberts was the first to go, the Italtrans Racing rider crashing out of a fifth-place battle with IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia’s Ai Ogura on the…
The following is from the American Racing Team… Cameron Beaubier will start Sunday’s Grand Prix of Doha, the second round the FIM Moto2 World Championship, from the middle of the 28-rider grid. The 28-year-old Californian qualified 14th, a marked improvement from his eighth-row series debut a week ago at the 16-turn, 3.34-mile Losail International Circuit in Qatar. “I was looking…
The following is from Westby Racing… To further their commitment to road racers and MotoAmerica, Attack Performance has partnered with Westby Racing to offer support to everyone using Attack Performance products at all MotoAmerica rounds and official tests. Westby Racing is proud to represent Attack Performance for the second year in a row. For 2021, Westby has acquired a team transporter from Attack Performance that will showcase Attack Performance…
The following is from Wrench Motorsports… Nineteen-year-old Ethan Cook kickstarted his 2021 MotoAmerica season with Wrench Motorsports in fine style this week, topping the Official MotoAmerica Twins Cup Test at the Circuit of The Americas (COTA). Cook, who only inked the deal within the past couple of weeks, used the multiple COTA sessions to adjust to his new steed, impressing…
The following is from Westby Racing… Back to 100% fitness after being injured in a crash last year at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Mathew Scholtz came into the Circuit of The Americas (COTA) for the MotoAmerica Dunlop Official Preseason Test looking lean, walking tall, and clearly showing he was ready to record some fast laps aboard his #11 Westby Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 Superbike. Out of eight practice sessions…
Richie Escalante had an incredible season in 2020, the Mexico City resident dominating the MotoAmerica Supersport Championship with 13 victories on his HONOS-backed Kawasaki. And it doesn’t look like success has gone to Escalante’s head as he showed up at this week’s Dunlop Preseason Test in shape and very, very fast as he led all eight of the Supersport sessions…
Italtrans Racing’s Joe Roberts and American Racing Team’s Cameron Beaubier will start tomorrow’s Tissot Grand Prix of Doha from rows three and five, respectively, with the two Californians ending up eighth and 14th in final qualifying at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar. For the second straight week, Sam Lowes will start the Moto2 GP race from pole position, the…
The following is from Kyle Wyman Racing… Kyle Wyman Racing (KWR) has announced a new title sponsorship program with Atlanta-area Panera Bread franchisee Bluegrass Restaurant Holdings. The #33 KWR Ducati Panigale will carry the branding of bakery-café chain Panera Bread with rider Kyle Wyman. With over 2,000 locations in the United States and Canada, Panera Bread offers fast, fresh and healthy sandwiches, soups, pizza, baked goods and more. Panera Bread…
Both Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier will likely feature in the Q2 session tomorrow at the Losail International Circuit after both of the MotoAmericans were in the top 14 in today’s Free Practice 2 for Sunday’s Tissot Grand Prix of Doha in Qatar. Roberts rode his Italtrans Racing Team Kalex to the fifth best time in the evening Friday session,…
The following is from GRT Yamaha… The beginning of the 2021 FIM Superbike World Championship season is fast approaching, and the GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team was back in action at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on March 31-April 1 for two intense days of testing. As opposed to the session in Misano two weeks ago, almost all the teams were present…
M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Bobby Fong ran through the gamut of emotions in the final session of the two-day Dunlop Preseason Test at the Circuit of The Americas (COTA) on Wednesday – elation, disappointment and, ultimately, happiness. Fong turned in the best lap of the test in the eighth and final session today, but the lap was taken away when it…
We’ve received word from Altus Motorsports team owner George Nassaney that their Supersport rider Kevin Olmedo was been sidelined due to an injury that he sustained while training on a motocross bike. Former Twins Cup rider Cooper McDonald will fill in for Olmedo while he recovers, and the expectation is that McDonald will race the team’s Suzuki GSX-R600 in at…
Loris Baz took very little time acclimating to his Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York Panigale V4 R, the Dunlop tires and the MotoAmerica paddock today, the Frenchman leading the way with a 2:08.595 on a cloudy afternoon at the Circuit of The Americas in what was his series debut. Baz’s best lap came in the fourth and final 45-minute…
MotoAmericans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier were impressive in the opening round of the 2021 Moto2 World Championship at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar, with the Californians finishing sixth and 11th, respectively, to open the season. Italtrans Racing Team’s Roberts lost out on fifth place by just .641 of a second as he was beaten to the line by…
MotoAmericans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier will line up fifth and 22nd, respectively, for tomorrow’s Moto2 World Championship opener at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar, the two separated by just .505 of a second but six rows apart. Such is Moto2. Italtrans Racing Team’s Roberts’ best lap came in Q2, his 1:59.168 putting him fifth and on the second…
MotoAmericans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier just completed their first day of action in the Barwa Grand Prix of Qatar with the pair of Californians ending the day third and 24th, respectively, on the timesheets from the second practice session at the Losail International Circuit today. Italtrans Racing Team’s Roberts improved from 14th in the afternoon session to third in…
The following is from Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York… Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York is proud to announce two key partners in the assault of the 2021 MotoAmerica HONOS Superbike Series: global parts distributor Parts Unlimited and Pennsylvania’s Mount Airy Casino Resort. “Our partnership with Parts Unlimited and Mount Airy Casino Resort are real signs that road racing…
Last year’s King of the Baggers Invitational winner Tyler O’Hara announced yesterday on his social media channels that he is all-in to compete in the three-round 2021 King of the Baggers Championship. “Very excited to announce I will be racing for (the) Mission Foods S&S Cycle Indian Challenger team in the King of the Baggers National Championship,” O’Hara said. “This…
The rules of the road. House rules. Rule of thumb. The golden rule. Let’s face it, as humans, we are inundated with rules. They keep us in check. They keep us safe. They rule our lives. As the saying goes, “rules are made to be broken” and that may be so, but there are usually penalties and sanctions associated with…
