With the announcement coming today from Dorna and the Circuit of The Americas that the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas, scheduled for November 13-15, has been cancelled, MotoAmerica is also announcing that it will not be racing at the Austin, Texas, facility in 2020. MotoAmerica, however, is working diligently on options to keep its 20-race HONOS Superbike Series…
The following is from Yamaha… Description: When you think of the great Grand Prix Yamaha riders, Wayne Rainey is always amongst the first on the list. Six years in the 500cc class brought three riders’ world championships for the American, and he will forever be known as a legend of the sport. His career was tragically cut short when he…
The following is from Celtic HSBK Racing… Round 2 of the MotoAmerica Series from Road America was certainly one for the record books. The Celtic / HSBK Racing team came back to the Wisconsin track after a month off and was ready to improve on their dominating performances in all three classes. Sam Lochoff accomplished his goals of closing the distance to…
Guests? We don’t need no stinkin’ guests. Paul Carruthers and Sean Bice go it alone in this week’s Off Track Podcast with the duo breaking down all that happened in the Great State of Wisconsin in round two of the MotoAmerica Series from Road America. Listen to Off Track with Carruthers and Bice on your favorite podcast platform: http://bit.ly/MotoAmericaOffTrack
The following is from American Racing Academy… The American Racing Academy riders found success often during Round 2 of the MotoAmerica series and the opening round of the MotoAmerica Mini Cup by Motul. The second round of the MotoAmerica series featured the debut of the MotoAmerica Mini Cup by Motul Championships. The Academy Project “The American Racing Ohvale Team” supplied…
The following is from Forza GP… Rossi Moor (Portland, OR) put on a masterful performance in the opening round of the MotoAmerica MiniCup by Motul series at Road America. The twelve-year old ForzaGP Snipers Junior Team rider displayed his natural talent by setting the fastest lap in official practice, securing pole position for the 160cc and 190cc heat races, and…
The following is from Suzuki… Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. and M4 ECSTAR Suzuki returned to Road America for Round 2 of the 2020 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Road Racing season where they scored four podium finishes, capped off in spectacular fashion by Bobby Fong’s maiden MotoAmerica HONOS Superbike class victory. In addition, Altus Motorsports’ Cameron Petersen and Roadracing World Young Guns…
If nothing else, Sunday at Road America proved one thing: No one’s perfect. Well, okay, Richie Escalante still is. HONOS Racing’s Escalante won his fourth MotoAmerica Supersport race in a row on a sunny Sunday in Wisconsin, but he was the only one of the undefeated riders going into day two at Road America that came out unscathed. Dominic Doyle,…
M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Bobby Fong won the first HONOS Superbike race of his career today, the Californian taking full advantage of Cameron Beaubier’s only miscue of the young season to become the 59th rider in history to win an AMA Superbike National. Fong was in second, a few seconds adrift of Beaubier, when the previously unbeaten Beaubier hit a bump…
The following is from Westby Racing… On Saturday at Road America, MotoAmerica’s first race day of the 2020 season with spectators, Westby Racing’s Superbike rider Mathew Scholtz finished fifth and, in Junior Cup, Cody Wyman was seventh. The results weren’t what either rider had hoped for, but Mathew, Cody, and the team gained valuable information that should help them improve…
RideHVMC Racing is eager to battle for another podium finish with New Rage Cycles backing the team as its title sponsor for the second round of the MotoAmerica championship at Road America. The New York based aftermarket motorcycle accessory manufacturer joins RideHVMC Racing’s lineup of partners for the entirety of the 2020 MotoAmerica season. New Rage Cycles (NRC) signs on with…
The following is from KWR Ducati… The KWR Ducati Team heads to Road America once again for the second round of the MotoAmerica Superbike championship. KATO Fastening Systems will title sponsor the team as they head to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin with rider/team owner Kyle Wyman currently sitting 4th in season standings. KATO Fastening Systems is the industry leader in tangless…
Going into the 2020 MotoAmerica season, most of the talk centered around the two biggest teams in the paddock changing hands. The Yoshimura Suzuki team switched to the Team Hammer-run M4 ECSTAR Suzuki team and the in-house factory Yamaha team moved to Attack Performance, retaining its Monster Energy sponsorship. So far, all that talk has amounted to much ado about…
MotoAmerica is proud to announce that GEICO Motorcycle will be the title sponsor of the GEICO Motorcycle MotoAmerica Superbike Speedfest at Monterey, round nine of the 2020 MotoAmerica Series at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, October 23-25. “To say we are excited about our Speedfest event at Laguna would be an understatement,” said MotoAmerica President Wayne Rainey. “Adding GEICO Motorcycle as a…
RideHVMC Racing is excited to add 11-year-old Matthew Siniscalchi to its rider lineup for the MotoAmerica Mini Cup. The New York-based RideHVMC Racing team welcomes Manhattan youngster Matthew Siniscalchi to its rider lineup for the inaugural MotoAmerica Mini Cup series. Matthew will take part in both the 160cc and 190cc classes aboard his RideHVMC / WCW Racing Ohvale. Matthew is regarded as one…
Next weekend, June 26-28, MotoAmerica will hold its second race of the season at Road America and part of that second round will be the debut of the MotoAmerica Mini Cup by Motul Series. As the importer of Ohvale motorcycles, the bikes used in the Mini Cup by Motul, former racer Brandon Cretu is the co-owner of Rise Moto and…
Team Hammer is thrilled to confirm the Dunlop M4 Suzuki Two-Seat Superbike Program is continuing in 2020 to celebrate its 20th anniversary of bringing fans, the media, and VIPs closer to the awe-inspiring sport of motorcycle road racing than would be otherwise possible. The incredible acceleration and gravity-defying lean angles demonstrated by elite MotoAmerica-caliber riders on tracks across the United…
MotoAmerica has announced record viewership for its opening round of the 2020 MotoAmerica Series at Road America with the home of the AMA Superbike Championship reporting a total linear television audience of 357,000 Nielsen households (with a 466,000 P2+ rating) from its FOX Sports and NBC Sports Network shows from the May 30-June 9 airing period. In addition to the…
MotoAmerica is excited to hold round two of the 2020 MotoAmerica Series at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, June 26-28, especially as it will be one of the first sporting events in front of a live spectator audience. “We’re extremely happy with how the opening round of the 2020 MotoAmerica Series went at Road America,” said MotoAmerica President Wayne…
Tryg Westby is the epitome of cool. The owner of Westby Racing, which features Mathew Scholtz in the MotoAmerica HONOS Superbike class and Cody Wyman in the Liqui Moly Junior Cup class, can be seen at every MotoAmerica race and he’s usually on a motorcycle of some sort. Westby is a former racer, the proud father of the late Dane…
MotoAmerica has announced that Öhlins, the high-end suspension company, has signed on as a sponsorship partner for the 2020 MotoAmerica Series. With 40 years of experience in the motorcycle and automotive industry, Öhlins is a leader in high-quality suspension products, service and race support – from the MotoAmerica Series to MotoGP and every series in between. “I have a long…
Kevin Schwantz joined Carruthers and Bice for this week’s Off Track with Carruthers and Bice. That’s right: Kevin Schwantz. As in 500cc World Champion Kevin Schwantz. The Texan talks about his racing career, his rivalry with MotoAmerica President and three-time World Champion Wayne Rainey, his favorite hobby, racing then and racing now and a lot more. Give it a listen…
MotoAmerica has announced that Falken Tires is now the official light truck tire of the MotoAmerica Series. “Falken Tires is proud to be the Official Light Truck Tire of MotoAmerica,” said Nick Fousekis, Director, Advertising and Promotions. “We know MotoAmerica fans are as in tune with their light trucks and SUV’s as they are with their bikes and we’re confident…
The following is from Yamaha… Monster Energy Attack Performance Yamaha riders Cameron Beaubier and Jake Gagne scored a dominant 1-2 finish on Sunday, May 31, in race two of the opening MotoAmerica round in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Lining up in their Saturday qualifying positions of pole position and second, both riders got off the line well but Beaubier missed the…
The following is from Jason Aguilar… RiderzLaw Aguilar Racing rider Jason Aguilar began his MotoAmerica Supersport Championship campaign in fine style at the season opener at Road America, bringing his Yamaha R6 home in third place in the weekend’s second race, securing a maiden podium in the class, after starting from fourth on the grid after an impressive qualifying performance.…
The following is from Travis Wyman Racing… When the Travis Wyman Racing BMW Team rig rolled into Road America Thursday for the opening round of the 2020 MotoAmeica season, the Las Vegas rider hadn’t turned a lap on the team’s 2020 BMW S 1000 RR. A little more than 24 hours after debuting the new bike in Friday morning’s practice…
The following is from Bradley Ward… FLY Racing ADR Motorsports rider Bradley Ward got his debut HONOS MotoAmerica Superbike season off to a solid start at Road America this past weekend, bringing his Kawasaki ZX-10R home in fourteenth and tenth positions in the two races held at the four mile circuit in Wisconsin. It wasn’t all plain sailing, the #57…
The following is from Westby Racing… On Sunday at Road America, the fate of Westby Racing’s two riders went in opposite directions. Junior Cup rider Cody Wyman improved on his seventh-place result on Saturday with a fourth-place finish on Sunday, while Superbike rider Mathew Scholtz, who was runner-up on Saturday, got caught up in a racing incident on Sunday, unfortunately…
It was a weekend of doubles at Road America in the opening round of the 2020 MotoAmerica Series with Richie Escalante, Kaleb De Keyrel, and Dominic Doyle winning both races in their respective classes. Escalante won for the second straight day in the Supersport class; De Keyrel doubled up on Sunday in the Twins Cup race; and Dominic Doyle barely…
The following is from Westby Racing… Saturday’s MotoAmerica race day at Road America was a good one for Westby Racing’s two-rider squad as Superbike rider Mathew Scholtz notched a runner-up finish and, in Junior Cup, Cody Wyman came home seventh. Mathew’s fourth-place result in Superpole gave him a second-row start in the race. Capitalizing on all the hard work that…
