The following is from HONOS HVMC Racing… Corey Alexander and the HONOS HVMC Racing team are honored to unveil their FDNY Engine 23-inspired livery for this weekend’s MotoAmerica races at New Jersey Motorsports Park, which coincide with the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. The team’s Graves-spec Kawasaki ZX-10RR “Engine 23” will be raced in the Stock 1000cc and…
Based on the season thus far, M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Sean Dylan Kelly could end up driving out of New Jersey Motorsports Park on Sunday evening with the number-one plate that comes with winning the 2021 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship riding shotgun in his rental car. Oh, hold on, Kelly isn’t old enough to rent a car. If things go his way,…
If things play out like they have all season long, Jake Gagne will be crowned the 2021 MotoAmerica Superbike Champion after the second of three HONOS Superbike races at New Jersey Motorsports Park on Sunday morning. With three HONOS Superbike races scheduled for the penultimate round at NJMP (one on Saturday, two on Sunday), there are 75 points up for…
Calishine Racing’s Aden Thao was missing from the SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup grid at Pitt Race, and unfortunately, the 18-year-old, who was ranked ninth in the championship prior to Pitt Race, will also miss the final two rounds of the season, this weekend at New Jersey Motorsports Park and next weekend at Barber Motorsports Park. Team owners Lo and Debbie Thao,…
New York City-based BARTCON Racing, its team owner Colin Barton, team rider Dominic Doyle, and MotoAmerica rider and New Jersey resident Anthony Mazziotto recently visited the New York City firehouse where the Fire Department of New York’s (FDNY) Engine 7 Ladder 1 Battalion 1 is headquartered. The group presented a $2,000 check in donation to the Answer The Call Foundation.…
California rider Cory Ventura, who has become somewhat of a WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca specialist in MotoAmerica’s Supersport class over the past couple of years, will take his talents east next weekend where he will compete in Twins Cup aboard an Aprilia RS 660. He will be a teammate of Anthony Mazziotto on the Veloce Racing team. Ventura is a…
Benjamin Smith is one of the originals in the “Brat Pack” of 14- and 15-year-olds who ruled the roost in the early days of the MotoAmerica KTM RC Cup, and he was crowned as the class champion in 2017. From there, Smith didn’t mess around and went straight to the big-boy class of Supersport where he methodically worked his way…
As the old adage goes, “to finish first, you must first finish.”. When it comes to the 2013 AMA Superbike Championship, a young Josh Herrin played that to perfection. At the time, Herrin’s factory Yamaha teammate Josh Hayes had won three straight AMA Superbike titles. In turn, he was more experienced, and he was faster. The 2013 title was Hayes’…
The following is from Yamaha… The Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha Racing team brings Toni Elias on board to race the upcoming MotoAmerica Superbike round at New Jersey Motorsports Park on September 10-12. The Spaniard joins the team’s regulars Jake Gagne and Josh Herrin for a three-pronged threat at the 2.25-mile track in Millville, New Jersey. The 2010 Moto2…
Long-time HONOS Superbike rider and team owner David Anthony will shelf his helmet and leathers for the final two rounds of the 2021 MotoAmerica Championship, while Jayson Uribe and Bradley Ward race for Anthony’s FLY Racing/ADR Motorsports team. “I’m just not enjoying riding right now,” Anthony candidly revealed. “I still have the desire to race, but I’m just not getting…
Anthony Mazziotto is living proof that you can’t tell a book by its cover. For starters, with scraggly long locks falling over his shoulders, you wouldn’t paint Mazziotto as a barber. He’s somewhat of an anomaly. Kinda like a pimple-faced dermatologist if you will. You might also look at the New Jerseyan and not see a young man who, despite…
Next weekend at New Jersey Motorsports Park, British expatriate Mark Heckles, who finished third in the 2015 MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Championship, will be back on the grid in America’s premier professional motorcycle road racing series. Heckles, who currently lives in West Harrison, New York, in Westchester County, just north of New York City, notched one win and three podiums in…
MotoAmerica, the home of the premier motorcycle road racing series in North America, is thrilled to announce its agreement with PTV Video Productions Inc. that gives ESPN Latin America exclusive Spanish-speaking rights to transmit MotoAmerica Supersport races across the ESPN linear platform and the upcoming STAR+ direct-to-consumer platform throughout Latin America. Miami, Florida-based PTV Video Productions Inc. is owned and…
2021 marks Team Hammer’s second year as Suzuki’s official U.S. Superbike team. In 2020, lead rider Bobby Fong won three MotoAmerica Superbike races aboard the team’s M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R1000R Superbike and finished third in the Championship. This year, Fong has reached the podium three times thus far, is currently ranked fourth in the HONOS Superbike standings, and is just…
Italtrans Racing’s Joe Roberts finished 10th in today’s Monster Energy British Moto2 Grand Prix, the Californian hoping for more but still pleased to end a drought of four non-point-scoring finishes. Roberts’ countryman Cameron Beaubier, meanwhile, crashed his American Racing Kalex out of 14th place on the 14th of 18 laps. Roberts finished a second and a half behind Idemitsu Honda…
Three-time MotoAmerica Champion Rocco Landers is nearing the end of his rookie season of MotoAmerica Supersport racing with the 2019/2020 SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup and 2020 Twins Cup Champion sitting just seven points out of third in the championship. We caught up with the youngster to talk about life in the “big boy” class of Supersport racing as well as family…
Italtrans Racing’s Joe Roberts and American Racing’s Cameron Beaubier will start from the 10th and 19th qualifying positions in tomorrow’s Monster Energy British Grand Prix at Silverstone – round 12of the Moto2 World Championship. Roberts made it straight through to Q2 on Saturday, the Californian turning in a 2:05.036 in that session to lead the fourth row of the grid.…
The following is from Robem Engineering… Robem Engineering will have an Aprilia RS 660 development rider at the helm of one of its bikes for the remainder of the 2021 MotoAmerica season, as Tommaso Marcon is set to join the team for the upcoming MotoAmerica rounds on September 10 through 12 at New Jersey Motorsports Park and September 17 through…
MotoAmericans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier started their Monster Energy British Grand Prix weekends with the eighth and 23rd best Moto2 times, respectively, on opening day at the Silverstone Circuit on Friday. Italtrans Racing’s Roberts did his best lap in FP2 on Friday afternoon, the Californian posting the eighth best lap with his 2:05.317 on the 3.6-mile Silverstone Circuit. Roberts…
The following is the 18th of our “21 In ‘21” series that highlights one of the 21 AMA Superbike Champions as we move through the 2021 MotoAmerica season – the 45th year of the premier class championship. There must be multiple manufacturers and team owners who kick themselves daily for failing to offer Josh Hayes a Superbike ride earlier in…
MotoAmerica, North America’s premier motorcycle road racing series, is pleased to announce that Suzuki Motor USA, LLC has come on-board as an official series partner for the 2021 MotoAmerica Series. Suzuki is currently leading both the 2021 MotoAmerica Supersport and Stock 1000 Championships with M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Sean Dylan Kelly on top of the Supersport Series while Jake Lewis leads…
Blackall Racing, the husband-and-wife-led Supersport team that features rider Tony Blackall and crew chief Janet Blackall, made the cover of the of the August issue of VFW Magazine, which is the official publication of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and has been the voice of the overseas war veteran for more than a century. The magazine has a circulation of more than…
The following is from Travis Wyman Racing… The Travis Wyman Racing BMW S 1000 RR will be back in its red and black livery for the rest of the 2021 MotoAmerica season, as Motul has renewed its title sponsorship of the team for the rounds at New Jersey Motorsports Park on September 10 through 12 and Barber Motorsports Park on…
In 2020, Cameron Beaubier won 16 HONOS Superbike races on his way to clinching his fifth MotoAmerica Superbike Championship. He tied the record for most AMA Superbike victories in a single season (equaling the record-setting number of wins Josh Hayes stacked up in 2012). In 2021, Beaubier’s former teammate Jake Gagne has a good chance to break the tie and…
GRT Yamaha’s Garrett Gerloff finished ninth in today’s first of two World Superbike races at the Navarra Circuit in Spain, the Texan slipping back to as far as 15th early in the race before making a charge that put him on the heels of eighth-placed Axel Bassani as they crossed the finish line after 23 laps. Gerloff started the race…
Seven women were selected for the Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. program, and in this episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice, Paul and Sean talked with four of the seven about their first race two weeks ago at Brainerd, their upcoming race at Pitt Race, and other details about BTR.
The following is the 17th of our “21 In ‘21” series that highlights one of the 21 AMA Superbike Champions as we move through the 2021 MotoAmerica season – the 45th year of the premier class championship. If motorcycle racers are judged as much by who they beat as to how often they won, then Ben Spies is a shoo-in…
MotoAmerica, North America’s premier motorcycle road racing series, is pleased to announce that Discount Extended Service Plan (ESP) has come on-board as an official partner for the eighth round of the 2021 MotoAmerica Series, September 10-12, at New Jersey Motorsport Park in Millville, New Jersey. Discount Extended Service Plans provide coverage for virtually every mechanical, electrical, and electronic component of…
The following is from Kyle Wyman Racing… Kyle Wyman returned to action in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship aboard his Panera Bread Ducati this past weekend at Pittsburgh International Race Complex, finishing 6th and 8th place in races one and two, respectively. Wyman’s return to the Superbike grid was long awaited for both team and rider after an 8-week recovery on his fractured…
Just when it looked like momentum had swung away from championship points leaders Sean Dylan Kelly and Tyler Scott in the Supersport and SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup Championships, respectively, on Saturday, it swung back right back to the duo on Sunday at Pittsburgh International Race Complex. Kelly was beaten on Saturday by his championship rival Richie Escalante, but on Sunday it…
