And so, next year’s Daytona 200 will be unlike any Daytona 200 that has ever come before it. Not only will it be run by MotoAmerica for the first time in its history, but the bikes competing in it will be different, as well. That is notable, to be sure, but it is far from unprecedented. In fact, the Daytona…
If Jake Gagne manages to get out of bed tomorrow and make it to the grid for the first of two HONOS Superbike races at New Jersey Motorsports Park, he will be crowned as the 2021 MotoAmerica Superbike Champion. Nuff said. In HONOS Superbike race one on Saturday afternoon, Gagne and his Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha again made…
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…
Call it what you will: Lucky 13 or a baker’s dozen. It matters not. What matters is that Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha’s Jake Gagne continued his complete and utter domination of the 2021 MotoAmerica HONOS Superbike Series with his 13th successive win today at Pittsburgh International Race Complex. But this one was closer. After besting his teammate-for-the-weekend Toni…
The following is from Bradley Ward Racing… Returning to the track at Brainerd International Raceway this past weekend, Ward far exceeded his expectations, impressing many as he raced to tenth and ninth respectively in the two Superbike races at the 2.5-mile circuit. Unsure of how he would perform having not actively ridden a bike in more than a year, the #57…
Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha’s Jake Gagne has now won 10 races in a row in the 2021 MotoAmerica HONOS Superbike Championship, but this one was different. On Saturday at Brainerd International Raceway, Gagne crashed and still managed to win the first AMA Superbike race held at BIR in 17 years. Leading the race on the second lap, Gagne…
The following is from Suzuki… Suzuki and Team Hammer upped the ante following a successful 2021 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Road Racing Championship season opener with an even stronger Round 2, notching up two victories, two pole positions, and four podiums at Virginia International Raceway. M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Sean Dylan Kelly continued to lead the charge, scoring the pole in…
If absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder, then the men of the 2021 MotoAmerica HONOS Superbike Series are longing more than ever to get back to one of their favorite venues on the calendar – VIRginia International Raceway – after the event was cancelled last year due to COVID-19. If you ask 20 of the top motorcycle road…
MotoAmerica, North America’s premier motorcycle road racing series, is thrilled to announce the premiere of the nine-episode, season-long docuseries, “Inside MotoAmerica: Pressure to Rise,” on Thursday, May 20 at 8:30 p.m. (Eastern), on FOX Sports 2. The new-look, hour-long show takes racing fans behind the scenes on and off the track, giving them an up-close-and-personal look at the stars of…
After finishing second eight times a season ago, Jake Gagne finally won his first career MotoAmerica HONOS Superbike race and he did so in style, working his way through to the sharp end of the field from his third row starting spot and pulling away to a 4.712-second victory. Gagne was fast all weekend and qualified on pole position for…
Westby Racing’s Mathew Scholtz got the soaking-wet monkey off his back with his first dry-race HONOS Superbike victory today at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, the South African leading 18 of the 19 laps for the perfect start to his 2021 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship. Scholtz, whose previous two Superbike wins came in wet conditions in 2017 (Circuit of The America) and…
Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha’s Jake Gagne ended his Friday afternoon at Michelin Raceway with his YZF-R1 in the gravel trap on the outside of turn 10-B. But he also ended up on top of the timesheets in the HONOS Superbike class as the MotoAmerica Series opened its season on an overcast day in Georgia. Gagne’s best lap in…
In the six years since MotoAmerica took over the AMA Superbike Championship, two riders have dominated: five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier and 2017 Champion Toni Elias. Those two combined to win 83 races, or 72 percent, of the 116 races run under the MotoAmerica umbrella. That’s right – 72 percent. And 100 percent of the Superbike Championships with Beaubier…
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…
Only one rider will line up for the opening round of the 2021 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta with the knowledge that he won HONOS Superbikes races in 2020. That rider is Bobby Fong. Only two others tasted victory last year: Cameron Beaubier and Lorenzo Zanetti. Beaubier, who dominated the season with 16 wins en route to…
There’s hazing and then there’s Hayes-ing. Fortunately, for Jack Roach he’s only been Hayes-ed. Well, and Fong-ed and Dunham-ed. Hey, it happens when you’re the new kid training at the Hayes compound in Southern California and Roach is most definitely the new kid. “Oh, definitely,” Roach said when asked if he’s been property introduced to Hayes-ing. “I’ve got two big…
#12DaysOfMotoAmerica Day 3 Bobby Fong
It’s been five weeks since the 2020 MotoAmerica season concluded at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and as of today, December 1, there is less than one month remaining in 2020. Thus far, we don’t think there’s been nearly enough talk about the upcoming 2021 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship. We’re going to do something about that, so read on. On paper, this…
There’s an old racing adage that goes something like this… “if you ain’t crashin,’ you ain’t tryin’.” So, without further ado, it’s time for our MotoAmerica season crash review for the recently completed 2020 season. Okay, let’s get this out of the way early: if you’re on this list, don’t get your feelings hurt. One hundred and 27 of your…
Italian Lorenzo Zanetti has raced all over the world, as evidenced by the fact that he’s been in this racing business long enough to have competed in two 125cc World Championship rounds at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the site of round eight of the 2020 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship this past weekend. So, how does the Italian feel the competition stacks up…
Three things of note jump out after a three-HONOS Superbike race weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway: for starters, Italian Lorenzo Zanetti ended a winless drought for Ducati in AMA Superbike racing that dated back to 2010. Then there was Bobby Fong’s arrival as a bonafide MotoAmerica Superbike star with a weekend that saw him win two races and finish second…
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…
M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Bobby Fong wasn’t surprised when Lorenzo Zanetti and his Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York Panigale V4 R Superbike shot past him and took the lead in the first HONOS Superbike race yesterday at The Brickyard. Although the lead was short-lived when Zanetti missed a shift and ran off track, giving the lead back to Fong, yesterday’s…
If you wanted some drama in the MotoAmerica Superbike Series, your wish was granted in the first of three HONOS Superbike races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Bobby Fong emerging from the melee at The Brickyard with his second-career AMA Superbike victory. In circumstances eerily similar to his first win of the year and first of his…
Cautiously optimistic is the best way to describe Toni Elias’ mindset after the Spaniard earned pole position for this weekend’s three HONOS Superbike races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was the first pole position of the 2020 MotoAmerica season for the M4 ECSTAR Suzuki rider. Elias knew that luck was on his side with runaway championship points leader Cameron Beaubier…
The following is from KWR… Kyle Wyman came home with two top-ten finishes this past weekend at Barber Motorsports Park in a trying weekend, posting 7th and 10th places in races one and two, respectively. The KATO Fastening/KWR Ducati Team maintained 6th in series standings with points scoring finishes in both Superbike races. The weekend started off strong with the…
The following is from Westby Racing… On Saturday at New Jersey Motorsports Park, both of Westby Racing’s riders competed in their respective race classes, and the team came away with a second-place result for Mathew Scholtz in Superbike and a top-ten finish for Cody Wyman in Junior Cup. After only a one-race hiatus from the podium, Mathew started from the…
Iffy conditions ruled the day on a damp Friday at New Jersey Motorsports Park with Monster Energy Attack Performance Yamaha’s Cameron Beaubier tip-toeing through the puddles better than the rest to lead the first day of practice and qualifying in the HONOS Superbike class. Beaubier lapped at 1:23.802 in qualifying practice two to lead M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Bobby Fong by a…
M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Bobby Fong is hopeful that his injured left hand/wrist will benefit from the 11 days off the motorcycle after the Californian turned in two strong performances at the Ridge Motorsports Park this past weekend. “Hopefully, it will be better,” Fong said on Sunday in Washington. “I’m just going to baby this thing. I’ve been doing a lot…
To say that Cameron Beaubier is on a roll would be a gross understatement. The Monster Energy Attack Performance Yamaha won his ninth HONOS Superbike race of the season, his sixth in a row and the 47th of his career today at the Komatsu MotoAmerica Superbikes At The Ridge. In easily winning today’s 17-lap final, Beaubier eclipsed his season best…
