Two-time MotoAmerica Supersport Champion Garrett Gerloff made a good impression in his first World Superbike test, the Texan ending the second day of testing with the sixth best time at the MotorLand Aragon circuit in Spain. Gerloff also had his first crash since joining the GRT Yamaha team, the tip-over taking place late in the final session. Gerloff improved his…
MotoAmerica and FOX Sports are pleased to announce that FS2 will continue to be the “Home of MotoAmerica Superbike Racing” for the 2020 MotoAmerica Series with one-hour shows set to air live on both Saturday and Sunday from each of the 10 rounds. Additionally, the Liqui Moly Junior Cup Series will also be shown on FS2 in 2020 with 30-minute…
Twenty six years after suffering his crash in the Italian Grand Prix, Wayne Rainey was back on a motorcycle for the first time this week at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in California. The three-time 500cc World Champion rode a modified Yamaha YZF-R1 and ended the day all smiles.
Mathew Scholtz has been a busy man. How’s this sound? An engagement to his longtime girlfriend Kiara, a trip to his homeland of South Africa, and back to his U.S. home base of Woodstock, Georgia, for some pre-season testing with his Westby Racing team in preparation for the 2020 MotoAmerica Superbike Series. Scholtz, who finished sixth in the 2019 MotoAmerica…
MotoAmerica has announced that Indianapolis Motor Speedway will begin selling tickets to MotoAmerica Superbikes at the Brickyard event today, November 1. The event, round eight of the 2020 MotoAmerica Series, will be held August 21-23 at the Speedway. Tickets to the MotoAmerica Superbikes at the Brickyard event will be discounted starting on November 1 but will increase in price up…
Are you ready for this? Here’s the debut of our newest MotoAmerica project, The Rider’s Turn, and our first episode features Yoshimura Suzuki’s Josh Herrin. Watch Herrin as he methodically goes about his job at Circuit of the Americas in the opening round of the 2019 MotoAmerica EBC Brakes Superbike Series… and listen to Herrin as he explains his thought…
The following is from the AMA… Blake Davis was named the 2019 Nicky Hayden AMA Road Race Horizon Award winner and was one of four riders to receive AMA Racing Awards at the 2019 AMA Road Race Grand Championship on Oct. 27 at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala. Other riders to win AMA Racing Awards included AMA Youth Road…
Continuing with their off-season testing program, Mathew Scholtz and the Westby Racing team were at VIRginia International Raceway on Monday, equipped with two Yamaha YZF-R1 Superbikes: one in the team’s iconic gold-and-black livery with Mathew’s familiar #11 on it and one in non-descript white bodywork with no competition number, but fully equipped to help refine the team’s setup by comparing…
The following is from KWR… In July, we announced the giveaway of a Two-Day school with Champions Riding School, and the Grand Prize of an all-expenses paid trip to Arizona to train with Kyle at Inde Motorsports Ranch. We are pleased to announce the following winners! 2019 Grand Prize Winner: Army member #16 – Justin Passanise 2019 Yamaha Champions Riding…
The following is from BARTCON Racing… It gives me great pleasure to welcome Cooper McDonald to the BARTCON Racing team for 2020 where he will be competing in the MotoAmerica Twins Cup aboard his Yamaha FZ-07 with his father and crew chief Sam McDonald. Cooper and Sam will fit right in with the team and our present Daytona lap record…
Laid-back California surfer Jake Gagne has been in the news of late. Why? Well, that’s because he will join four-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier on the new Monster Energy/Attack Performance Yamaha team for the 2020 MotoAmerica season, thus giving Gagne the opportunity of a lifetime. The 2015 MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Champion is “pumped” with his new deal and champing…
MotoAmerica is pleased to announce that four-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier will return to the series in 2020 to defend his title, the 26-year-old Californian set to spearhead a two-rider team that’s a partnership between Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. (YMUS) and Attack Performance. Beaubier will be joined on the team by 2015 MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Champion Jake Gagne. YMUS…
Exclusive: Garrett Gerloff is headed to World Superbike. Just how motivated is the two-time MotoAmerica Supersport Champion and Superbike race winner? Listen in to this exclusive interview with Gerloff as he talks about heading overseas and his time in MotoAmerica.
MotoAmerica is proud to announce that two-time MotoAmerica Supersport Champion and four-time MotoAmerica Superbike race winner Garrett Gerloff has inked a deal that will see the young Texan competing in the 2020 World Superbike Championship aboard a GRT Yamaha YZF-R1. “I want to start out by saying thank you to Yamaha Motor USA for everything that they’ve done for me,…
If you missed any of the MotoAmerica EBC Brakes Superbike rounds on Fox Sports 2 or you just want to re-watch them, MotoAmerica is offering its fans the opportunity to do just that as the races will be available beginning this weekend on MotoAmerica’s Facebook page and on the MotoAmerica YouTube channel. The replays of the popular Fox Sports 2…
The extremely popular “Inside MotoAmerica” will conclude its debut season on NBC Sports Network with Friday night’s airing of the season highlight show. The season finale, which will air for the first time on October 18 at 12 p.m. (Eastern) with a re-air on October 30 at 1 p.m. (Eastern), features a roundtable discussion with all five of the 2019 MotoAmerica Champions and…
Draik Beauchamp made a successful jump from the Liqui Moly Junior Cup class to the Twins Cup in 2019, the 17 year old ending up second in the championship to another former Junior Cupper Alex Dumas. Beauchamp won his first Twins Cup race at Road America and scored points in every round en route to second in the title chase.…
Just a few short weeks ago, Cameron Beaubier did what many thought was impossible. He won his fourth MotoAmerica Superbike Championship in five years after heading into the series finale 16 points behind his rival Toni Elias. Beaubier needed to win both races to take the title and he needed Elias to finish third or worse in both. And both…
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Please find attached log of the Technical Inspections from the 2019 MotoAmerica Series. To view the sanction, click HERE
Please find attached sanctions from the 2019 MotoAmerica Series finale at Barber Motorsports Park, September 20-22. To view the sanction, click HERE
And just like that… the season is over. Carruthers and Bice talk about the season finale, the Night of Champions and much more in the latest Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. The season may be over, but we’ll be here every week during the off-season to keep our fans in the know as we head toward 2020.
MotoAmerica honored its five 2019 MotoAmerica Champions and those who pushed them the hardest on Monday night, September 23, at a gala event in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, a day after the battles had been won and lost at Barber Motorsports Park. The list of champions from 2019 is impressive: Twins Cup Champion Alex Dumas, Stock 1000 Champion Andrew Lee, Liqui…
MotoAmerica has announced that it has renewed its agreement with NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) with the network again slated to air the popular one-hour “Inside MotoAmerica” shows for the 2020 MotoAmerica Series. NBCSN, NBC Sports Group’s dedicated 24/7 linear sports network, will air 11 of the “Inside MotoAmerica” shows with each show being re-aired for a total of 22 hours…
The following is the explanation for the decision to declare Bobby Fong the winner of Sunday’s Supersport race at Barber Motorsports Park. Fong crashed out of the lead with four laps to go, remounted and had started to ride his motorcycle back to the pits prior to the red flag being thrown because of debris on the track from Fong’s…
What seemed like the improbable just three days ago turned into reality for Cameron Beaubier on a sunny Sunday in Alabama, the Monster Energy/Yamalube/Yamaha Factory Racing rider winning a fourth MotoAmerica Superbike crown by five points over his rival Toni Elias with a sweep of the two EBC Superbike races at Barber Motorsports Park. Beaubier did everything he needed to…
You can’t spell “KRAVE” without the “R” and the “V,” and in this week’s episode of Off Track, Carruthers and Bice talk with Wayne Rainey and Richard Varner, two members of the KRAVE Group, which launched MotoAmerica five years ago. The new schedule, two new racetracks, and the lots of other MotoAmerica topics are discussed, so be sure to check…
The newly resurfaced Barber Motorsports Park was the main talking point on the opening day of the Championship of Alabama as riders took to the billiard-table smooth surface for the first time on a sunny and warm Friday. The fastest of the fast on the day was Garrett Gerloff, the Monster Yamaha/Yamalube/Yamaha Factory Racing-mounted Superbike rider lapping at 1:23.915 in…
The 10th and final round of the 2019 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship begins on Friday at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama, and Mathew Scholtz and the Westby Racing team are determined to finish out the season with two podium results on Barber’s 2.38-mile, 17-turn road course. It’s a track on which Mathew has had a lot of success, highlighted by…
MotoAmerica is proud to announce its 2020 MotoAmerica Series with a 10-round schedule that includes a round at a new venue and a revisit to one of the most famous racetracks in the world. For its sixth season of running the AMA Superbike Series, the MotoAmerica Series will consist of 10 rounds from California to New Jersey and eight places…
