The 2021 MotoAmerica Series came to a close on a rainy day at the Barber Motorsports Park with a surprise victor in the final Supersport race of the season – Gabriel Da Silva. Da Silva went head-to-head with newly crowned Supersport Champion Sean Dylan Kelly and came out on top with Kelly crashing out of their battle on the final…
MotoAmerica, home of AMA Superbike and North America’s premier motorcycle road racing series, is thrilled to announce that it will partner with Daytona International Speedway to host one of the world’s most prestigious races – the DAYTONA 200 – during the weekend of March 10-12, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Florida. The 2022 DAYTONA 200, set for the green flag on…
The following is the eighth in our 21 in ’21 features that highlight one of the 21 AMA Superbike Champions each week as we move through the 2021 MotoAmerica season – the 45th year of the premier class championship. Much like the Bubba Shobert, who preceded him two years earlier in the list of AMA Superbike Champions, Doug Chandler was…
MotoAmerica, North America’s premier motorcycle road racing series, is thrilled to announce that the opening round of the Roland Sands Design 2021 Super Hooligan National Championship (SHNC) will be run in conjunction with round five of the 2021 MotoAmerica Championship in the GEICO Motorcycle MotoAmerica Superbike Speedfest at Monterey at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, July 9-11. The Super Hooligan National…
Fred Merkel is the fifth of 21 AMA Superbike Champions and is the focus of this week’s “21 in ’21” series, which highlights a new AMA Superbike Champion each week as we move through the 2021 MotoAmerica season – the 45th year of the premier class championship. To a man, each of the AMA Superbike Champions featured in the first four of…
The following is from Harley-Davidson… A new Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle® factory racing team will compete in the MotoAmerica King of the Baggers Championship, a road racing series held in conjunction with the 2021 MotoAmerica HONOS Superbike Series. The team is preparing a Harley-Davidson Road Glide® Special powered by a race-modified Screamin’ Eagle® Milwaukee-Eight 131 Performance Crate Engine for pro rider…
The following is from BARTCON Racing… Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, BARTCON Racing owner Colin Barton was left with some soul searching in regard to his 2021 MotoAmerica racing plans and his star rider Dominic Doyle. Turns out, Barton has opted to step up and move Doyle to the MotoAmerica Supersport Series on a Kawasaki ZX-6R. “Knowing that the…
MotoAmerica, the premier motorcycle road racing series in North America, is pleased to announce that Sportbike Track Gear, the family owned and operated motorcycle apparel and parts specialists, will be the title sponsor of the 2021 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Series with the class titled the SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup, effective immediately. Owned by the Vandenbrouck family (commonly known as the Vans),…
MotoAmerica has announced that it will again host 10 rounds of the MotoAmerica Series in 2021, headlined by a 20-race MotoAmerica HONOS Superbike Series. Eight of the 10 event dates have been finalized. Confirmation of the additional event dates will be announced soon. “It’s always good to get the schedule out as early as possible,” said MotoAmerica Partner Chuck Aksland. “It…
The second of two HONOS Superbike sessions on Friday afternoon at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta was a stop-and-start affair with rain, lightning and finally more rain bringing a premature end to the day. That meant the quickest lap of the day was set in the dry morning session with defending four-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier leading the way on…
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…
While MotoAmerica’s opening round at Road America will take place without fans in attendance, May 29-31, those same fans and more will have the opportunity to watch Superbike racing as it happens with the season-opener set to be one of the first live sporting events on TV since COVID-19 brought changes to sporting schedules worldwide. MotoAmerica’s two Superbike races will…
MotoAmerica fans have responded to the recent Event Attendance Questionnaire with a resounding: Let’s go racing! The questionnaire, which was made up of multiple-choice questions as well as two queries that allowed for responses, was sent out to MotoAmerica fans on April 23 to gauge their feelings regarding returning to the racetrack once shelter-in-place restrictions from COVID-19 are lifted and…
The following is from the Ridge Motorsports Park… Major announcement for motorsports fans, the Ridge Motorsports Park announces that their tickets for the Kamatsu MotoAmerica Superbike Championship race will go on sale Friday, January 17, at 9 a.m. This follows the release of Premium RV sales the Ridge opened on Wednesday of this week. The MotoAmerica event, hosted by the…
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 there were a title of “Mr. MotoAmerica,” Max Flinders would have it. The constantly smiling, always happy privateer has been with the Series since the very beginning. In fact, Flinders did the very first MotoAmerica lap during the inaugural preseason test at the Circuit of The Americas in 2015. His banana-yellow #88 Thrashed Bike Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 Superbike is…
If Cameron Beaubier is going to make a real run at defending his MotoAmerica Superbike Championship, he needs to do what he’s done the past two seasons at Sonoma Raceway. He needs to sweep both of the EBC Brakes Superbike races in the Cycle Gear Championship of Sonoma. At least he knows he’s done it before. Beaubier comes into his…
2017 MotoAmerica KTM RC Cup Champion Benjamin Smith is currently in his second year as a rider for Team Norris Racing in the Supersport class, and this year, he’s aboard the #88 Yamaha YZF-R6. We checked in with the 19-year-old Pennsylvania rider and asked him “The Friday Five.” Here’s what he had to say: 1.Tell us something interesting that we…
Hunter Dunham is currently 13th in the 2019 MotoAmerica Liqui Moly Junior Cup Series with a best finish of eighth on his Hunter Dunham Racing Kawasaki Ninja 400. 1. What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Cake Batter 2. What is easier to do, a wheelie or a stoppie? A stoppie 3. What song do you listen to most before…
The following is from Quarterley Racing… Quarterley Racing On Track Development is proud to host Jacob Stroud, eldest son of well-known international racer Andrew Stroud, for the remaining rounds of the 2019 MotoAmerica series beginning at Sonoma Raceway in August. Jacob will be riding with teammates Dallas Daniels, Jamie Astudillo, Teagg Hobbs and Ben Gloddy in the Liqui Moly Junior Cup series aboard a Dale Quarterley-prepared Kawasaki Ninja 400. Jacob is looking forward to matching his skills against the top…
Roadracingworld.com featured a story on its website today chronicling the comments made recently by Ben Spies in regard to the future of U.S. road racing and MotoAmerica. Here’s a link to that story. https://www.roadracingworld.com/news/motoamerica-president-and-three-time-world-champion-wayne-rainey-says-were-here-to-stay/
American Honda has announced its Red Rider Contingency Program for 2019 and MotoAmerica is included in the program with some $1.4 million up for grabs in four of the five MotoAmerica classes. Honda has posted $415,000 for the MotoAmerica Superbike, Supersport and Stock 1000 classes, respectively, and $185,000 for the Liqui Moly Junior Cup class for 2019. Contingency in the…
Two-time AMA Supersport Champion Tommy Hayden, the eldest of the racing Hayden family, has been hired by Estenson Racing as its Director of Racing Operations, according to a release issued by the team today. Hayden brings with him a wealth of experience in the motorcycle racing world, and he is a key addition to the team that is growing at…
The brand-spanking new MotoAmerica Junior Cup class will make its debut this season in the 2018 MotoAmerica Series and it will do so with a new title sponsor and name – the 2018 MotoAmerica Liqui Moly Junior Cup class. The Liqui Moly Junior Cup class replaces the spec-class KTM RC Cup that ran in the first three seasons of MotoAmerica,…
