My 83-year-old father has had a lifelong love of woodworking. His career was as a mechanical engineer, but he retired early to pursue his passion for woodworking. And, over the years, that passion has manifested itself in the thousands of wood carvings, pieces of furniture, and entire buildings he created. I’ve tried to follow in my father’ footsteps in many…
Not many can say they are living their best life in 2020, but Garrett Gerloff most certainly is. The Texan ended up 11th in the championship in his debut season of World Superbike racing, scoring three podiums near the end of the season – including a second-place finish in Portugal. If that wasn’t enough, Gerloff got the call to go…
The following is from Top Pro Motorsports… While most of the U.S. slumbers through the colder months and off-season doldrums, things are happening in fast forward in Florida with the 2021 race season already under way and with MotoAmerica preparation in full swing for the Top Pro Motorsports Team and rookie rider Alex Arango. While Arango enjoyed his debut ride…
The following is from BARTCON Racing… From the desk of Colin Barton owner BARTCON Racing: Wishing all our race family, friends and fans a Happy New Year and hoping that 2021 is better for all of us , it gives me the greatest honor to welcome our newest and final team member at BARTCON Racing for the 2021 MotoAmerica Season.…
The teams and riders in the MotoAmerica series are a highly competitive lot. They race each other hard on the track. But, in the paddock, there is a lot of benevolence where everything from spare parts to suspension settings is freely shared. The lessons in “sharing” that Supersport rider Nolan Lamkin learned in kindergarten clearly stayed with him because the…
A three-time AMA 750 Supersport Champion, 1992 AMA Superbike Champion, 1993 World Superbike Champion, two-time 500cc Grand Prix podium finisher, Suzuka 8 Hour winner…oh, and five-time Daytona 200 winner, Scott Russell had a hell of a career. Now a competitive cyclist, the Screaming Chief is this week’s guest on Off Track With Carruthers And Bice where the 2005 AMA Motorcycle…
#12DaysOfMotoAmerica Day 1 Cameron Beaubier
In 2020, Oklahoma-based Altus Motorsports had their best-year ever, winning the Stock 1000 Championship with South African rider Cameron Petersen aboard their Suzuki GSX-R1000. And, as 2021 rapidly approaches, the team, which has one of the largest footprints in the entire MotoAmerica paddock, has announced two of their riders for the upcoming season. Back aboard his #59 Altus Motorsports Suzuki…
#12DaysOfMotoAmerica Day 2 Jake Gagne
After a prolonged hiatus of 17 years, MotoAmerica, North America’s premier motorcycle road racing series, is bringing Superbike racing back to Brainerd International Raceway in Minnesota, July 30-August 1, with the announcement that the series and all five of its classes will return to the land of 10,000 lakes for round seven of the 2021 MotoAmerica HONOS Superbike Series. The…
#12DaysOfMotoAmerica Day 3 Bobby Fong
#12DaysOfMotoAmerica Day 4 Toni Elias
The following is from Bartcon Racing… It gives me great pleasure and is an even greater honor to announce that BARTCON Racing will be continuing its Junior Cup program at MotoAmerica next season. We will be entering not one, but two Triple Strong Racing Kawasaki Ninja 400s to be ridden by two of America’s new up-and-coming/rising young road racing…
#12DaysOfMotoAmerica Day 5 Mathew Scholtz
#12DaysOfMotoAmerica Day 6 Josh Herrin
The following is from Robem Engineering… Orient Express Racing has reached an agreement with Robem Engineering to supply trackside K-Tech Suspension service and support at all 2021 MotoAmerica events. Eric Vallarta from Velocity Calibrations, a Certified Service Center, will handle the suspension service duties and work out of the Robem Engineering transporter. In addition to stocking a wide array of K-Tech…
Fifteen-year-old Ben Gloddy, who finished fourth in the 2020 Liqui Moly Junior Cup Championship with eight podiums in only his second year in the series, is a MotoAmerica hero, as well as a hero in his hometown of Northfield, New Hampshire. And now, he’s been officially recognized as a Hometown Hero in the Granite State. WMUR-TV, the ABC television affiliate…
Keith McCarty, Motorsports Racing Division Manager for Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., is retiring from his position after 44 years. He joined Carruthers and Bice on this episode of Off Track to talk about his incredible career in which he worked with legendary racers from Bob “Hurricane” Hannah to Josh “Hurricane” Hayes. We also asked him about his love of road…
#12DaysOfMotoAmerica Day 7 Kyle Wyman
On December 31, 2020, it will be the end of an era at Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. On that day, Keith McCarty is retiring as Motorsports Racing Division Manager for Yamaha, just three days shy of his 44th anniversary with the tuning-forks company. It all started on January 3, 1977. That was McCarty’s first day at Yamaha as mechanic for…
#12DaysOfMotoAmerica Day 8 Cameron Petersen
The following is from Yamaha… Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. is pleased to announce Fresh N’ Lean, a nationwide organic healthy meal delivery service, as the title sponsor of the Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha Racing team for the 2021 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship. The new partnership is a perfect fit with Fresh N’ Lean’s focus on performance through nutrition to…
MotoAmerica, North America’s premier motorcycle road racing series, is thrilled to announce that it has renewed its agreement with FOX Sports that will see the network continue to air MotoAmerica Superbike races while also adding a slate of additional MotoAmerica content to its programming in 2021. In addition to airing MotoAmerica Superbike races on FS1 and FS2, FOX Sports will…
Based on the success of the MotoAmerica Mini Cup by Motul in its debut season, MotoAmerica, North America’s premier road racing series, has announced an additional round for the 2021 championship that will see its youngest racers, aged six to 14, vying for class championships in four rounds. The series is set to begin at Road America in Elkhart Lake,…
2004 was a breakthrough year for Jason DiSalvo at Daytona International Speedway (DIS). The former flat tracker, who also raced as a wild card in several Grand Prix World Championship events, joined Yamaha’s road racing team in 2003. DiSalvo’s sophomore season with Yamaha started off with a bang (in more ways than one) At DIS, DiSalvo (note how the acronym…
#12DaysOfMotoAmerica Day 9 Lorenzo Zanetti
#12DaysOfMotoAmerica Day 10 David Anthony
#12DaysOfMotoAmerica Day 11 Travis Wyman
Last year’s Superbike Riders’ Holiday Gift Exchange was such a big hit that we decided to spread the spirit of giving far and wide throughout the MotoAmerica paddock. And, once again, the riders generously gave each other the most thoughtful of presents. Here are some highlights: Sean Dylan Kelly & Brandon Paasch > Richie Escalante Roger Hayden > Rocco Landers…
#12DaysOfMotoAmerica Day 12 Corey Alexander
