Four-time AMA Superbike Champion Josh Hayes is a busy man in the MotoAmerica paddock as he serves as a rider coach for Bobby Fong, Cameron Petersen, and others. In this episode of Off Track, Carruthers and Bice find out a little more about Hayes coaching techniques and are reminded that he has still not retired as a racer.
At this time a year ago, MotoAmerica fans definitely knew how good Garrett Gerloff was on a Superbike. He’d proven it with pole positions, podium finishes and, most importantly, race wins. But to the rest of the world, it was probably a case of “Garrett who?” Well, no more. In the span of one shortened year, Gerloff went from struggling…
The following is from Suzuki Motor of America… Executing a comprehensive plan to build a strong foundation for the future, Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. has announced it will restructure its operations in the United States. This new direction will reorganize the Suzuki Motorcycle/ATV and Marine Divisions into two separate companies set to begin operations on April 1, 2021. This…
Two-time MotoAmerica Supersport Champion Garrett Gerloff continued his hugely successful “off-season” at the World Superbike test at the Jerez Circuit in Spain, the Texan leading the first of two days before eventually ending up fourth overall. On Tuesday, November 17 at the Spanish circuit, Gerloff rode his GRT Yamaha Junior Team 2020 Yamaha YZF-R1 to the quickest time of the…
If you want to learn a lot from a couple of guys who know very little, then you will enjoy this episode of Off Track With Carruthers and Bice as they go it alone. The topics range from Garrett Gerloff to Josh Herrin to Cameron Beaubier to Mathew Scholtz to MotoGP to World Superbike and back to where it all…
Cameron Petersen had quite a season in the 2020 MotoAmerica Series, winning eight Stock 1000 races en route to taking his first MotoAmerica Championship. If that wasn’t enough, he also got engaged to his long-time girlfriend, Nina, in the days leading up to the Road America round. Now he finds himself as hot property for a MotoAmerica Superbike ride in…
“How bad do you want it?” It’s a phrase we hear all the time. Apparently, Cory Ventura wants it badly. In order to make his MotoAmerica debut in the Supersport class season finale at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca a few weeks ago, the 18-year-old had to put his nose to the grindstone and get it done himself. So that’s what…
Two-time MotoAmerica Supersport Champion Garrett Gerloff will have to wait for another day to make his MotoGP debut as Valentino Rossi passed his second COVID-19 test and will be back on his Monster Energy Yamaha tomorrow in Valencia, Spain. Although Gerloff won’t get the chance to race on Sunday, he made sure the MotoGP paddock knows who he is after…
Five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier will make his Moto2 World Championship debut on March 28 under the lights in the Grand Prix of Qatar at the Losail International Circuit, joining fellow American Joe Roberts on the grid for the first time. Dorna released the provisional 2021 schedule today with the series set to consist of 20 rounds, though “All…
The following is from Bradley Ward Racing… Now out of hospital, Bradley Ward is on the road to recovery and is fully focused on returning to the MotoAmerica Superbike grid in 2021. He’s started physio and is getting stronger day by day. He may have missed the final part of the 2020 MotoAmerica season due to his spill at New…
Believe it or not, the crazy 2020 MotoGP season just got a bit crazier with the news this morning that two-time MotoAmerica Supersport Champion and MotoAmerica Superbike race winner Garrett Gerloff may get the chance to race Valentino Rossi’s Monster Energy Yamaha M1 in the Gran Premio de Europa this weekend in Valencia, Spain. Rossi, who tested positive for COVID-19…
The following is from Suzuki… Suzuki Motor of America, Inc., and Team Hammer closed out a memorable 2020 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Road Racing season in just about the most epic way imaginable at Laguna Seca, scoring wins and podiums up and down the order. The weekend served as the farewell performance for 2017 MotoAmerica Superbike champion Toni Elias with…
Cameron Beaubier ended his MotoAmerica career in the best possible fashion on Sunday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, the five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion adding two wins today to his one win from yesterday to bring his season total to 16 victories. Now the 27-year-old can focus his efforts on the next phase of his career – the Moto2 World Championship.…
The following is from Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA… After a successful nine-year tenure with Yamaha in the U.S. National road racing championship, Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA, has released Cameron Beaubier from the second year of his contract to allow him to pursue his dream of a world title. The five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion will campaign for the crown next season…
The debut of the Drag Specialties King of the Baggers event didn’t disappoint at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on Saturday as those in attendance won’t soon forget the sight of the big V-twins scratching and clawing their way around the iconic racetrack on the Monterey Peninsula in a manner that most couldn’t have predicted. The victory went to S&S Indian’s…
For every Kenny Roberts there is a Barry Sheene. For every Wayne Rainey, a Kevin Schwantz. For Toni Elias, that person has been Cameron Beaubier. And vice versa. Of the 95 MotoAmerica Superbike races held since Elias came on the scene in 2016, the Spaniard and his rival Beaubier have won 72 of them. That’s a titch over 75 percent.…
The following is from Suzuki Motor of America, Inc… Suzuki Motor of America, Inc., bids a fond farewell to Toni Elias, as the two will conclude their extraordinarily successful five-year partnership at the end of the 2020 season. Elias took the American championship by storm in 2016, winning the first three races of his MotoAmerica Suzuki career on the then…
Monster Energy Attack Performance Yamaha’s Cameron Beaubier earned the 28th and perhaps final pole position of his Superbike career on a sunny Friday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, the five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion signing a contract this week that will see him move to the Moto2 World Championship for the American Racing Team in 2021. Beaubier’s best was a 1:23.194…
The following is from KWR Ducati… The KWR Ducati Team is ready to cap off the 2020 season at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca this weekend for the round 9 and the final MotoAmerica Superbike event of the year. Kyle Wyman will ride the #33 Ducati Richmond/KWR Ducati Panigale V4 R for the triple header Superbike weekend. Wyman currently sits 7th…
Here are some news and notes heading into this weekend’s MotoAmerica season finale at WeatherTech Raceway in the GEICO Motorcycle Superbike Speedfest at Monterey. WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Notes… The winningest AMA Superbike rider of all time at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca? That would be Josh Hayes, the four-time AMA Superbike rider winning six races at the famous facility on…
While all the championships in the 2020 MotoAmerica Series have been decided as the series heads to the MotoAmerica GEICO Motorcycle Superbike Speedfest At Monterey this weekend, there’s still one score to settle and it’s worth $25,000 to the rider who gets it done. That $25,000 will be paid to the winner of the MotoAmerica Superbike Cup, a championship within…
The following is from Floyd’s of Leadville… Max Toth, a 14-year-old from Belmont, California, will race as a wild card in the final round of MotoAmerica in the Liqui Moly Junior Cup class aboard a Kawasaki Ninja 400. Toth will be joining forces with Floyd’s of Leadville T3 Racing for the 2020 MotoAmerica season finale at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in…
GRT Yamaha’s Garrett Gerloff earned his second World Superbike podium of the year today in Estoril, the former MotoAmerica Supersport Champion fighting off the advances of now six-time World Champion Jonathan Rea to finish third in the first of three races in Portugal. “For sure I was trying to be on my tiptoes around him (Rea) and I didn’t want…
The following is from Westby Racing… Westby Racing is proud to announce that they have signed their incumbent Superbike rider Mathew Scholtz to a new contract for 2021. For the fifth consecutive year, 28-year-old Mathew will race for the team aboard the #11 Westby Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 in the MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Road Racing Championship. Despite his season ending…
As eye-opening as the built-to-the-hilt V-twin Baggers set to compete in the Drag Specialties King of the Baggers are, the list of riders set to do battle on them at the iconic WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca is equally as stout. And a fight it promises to be on Saturday afternoon, October 24, as the Baggers will debut on the opening…
The following is from Brandon Paasch… Brandon Paasch is excited to announce that he will join HONOS Racing for the final Supersport race with MotoAmerica at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca the weekend of October 23-25. After racing a Yamaha R6 and securing third place in the 2020 championship with Celtic HSBK Racing, Paasch was released early from his contract to…
The following is from American Racing Team… After two incredible years together, Joe Roberts and The American Racing Team will part ways at the end of the 2020 season. The American Racing Team is excited to see Roberts move to another Moto2 team to further progress in his career and are extremely grateful for the past two years of shared…
The two men who duked it out for the 2020 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship, Richie Escalante and Sean Dylan Kelly, will get to see just how good they are in the series finale at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca when JD Beach, the winningest rider in MotoAmerica Supersport history, returns to action. Beach will ride the Celtic HSBK Yamaha YZF-R6 ridden all…
Fifty-one wins and five MotoAmerica Superbike Championships later and it’s difficult to believe that Cameron Beaubier had some apprehension when he moved up to the Superbike class as a teammate to then three-time AMA Superbike Champion Josh Hayes in 2014. Beaubier struggled a bit in his first season, though he did win three races – including his second-ever race in…
Although no decision has been made officially, it definitely sounded like Italian Loreno Zanetti will be at the 2020 MotoAmerica Series finale at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, October 23-25. At least if Saturday’s first-time AMA Superbike race winner has his way. Zanetti, who rode the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York Panigale V4 R Superbike to a .196 of a…
