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October 8, 2019
Two-Wheel Tuesday Spotlight: #16 Roadracing World Young Guns Suzuki SV650 Twins Cup
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October 8, 2019

Categorized by Suzuki as a “standard” motorcycle, the SV650 was transformed into a MotoAmerica Twins Cup Championship-winning race bike by Team Hammer, who combined their ingenuity and past experience with race- and championship-winning twin-cylinder machines, a copious amount of top-shelf aftermarket components, and a young and very talented rider to capture the 2019 title. Rider:…

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October 4, 2019
The Friday Five: Five Questions With Twins Cup Rider Chris Parrish
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October 4, 2019

MotoAmerica’s first Twins Cup Champion Chris Parrish did everything he could to defend his 2018 title, but the Hermitage, Tennessee-based rider came up a little short, finishing fourth in the final standings. Traditionally a Suzuki SV650 rider, and a guru when it comes to extracting maximum performance from the S-brand’s middleweight V-twin, Parrish even switched…

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September 27, 2019
The Friday Five: Five Questions With Liqui Moly Junior Cup And Twins Cup Rider Jackson Blackmon
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September 27, 2019

Nicknamed “Action Jackson” by the late, great Brian Drebber, Jackson Blackmon has been a fixture in MotoAmerica’s Liqui Moly Junior Cup class, and this past season, he began to make the transition to bigger bikes when he raced one of Russell Masecar’s Suzuki SV650s in the final two rounds of the Twins Cup Championship while…

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September 25, 2019
MotoAmerica Honors Its Champions At Gala
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September 25, 2019

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…

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September 24, 2019
Sunday At Barber: The Teams Talk About The Season Finale
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September 24, 2019

The following is from Yoshimura Suzuki… The 2019 MotoAmerica Superbike season finale will go down as one of supreme disappointment for Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing. Toni Elias, who led the standings nearly the entire season, and had a 16-point advantage coming into the event, suffered a challenging weekend, chasing bike setup all along the way….

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September 22, 2019
Beaubier Crowned In MotoAmerica Finale
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September 22, 2019

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…

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September 20, 2019
MotoAmerica Riders Fast On New Pavement at Barber Motorsports Park
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September 20, 2019

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…

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September 18, 2019
Barber Preview: It’s Title Time For MotoAmerica
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September 18, 2019

It all comes down to this. With just two races left in the 2019 MotoAmerica EBC Brakes Superbike Championship, Yoshimura Suzuki’s Toni Elias leads Monster Energy/Yamalube/Yamaha Factory Racing’s Cameron Beaubier by 16 points as the series heads to the season finale this weekend – the Championship of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park. By virtue of…

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September 17, 2019
CJ Crosslin Makes His Twins Cup Debut For RBoM Racing
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September 17, 2019

Russell Masecar, who is the band leader of Russell’s Band of Misfits–otherwise known as “RBoM Racing”–sends word that Chris “CJ” Crosslin from Raleigh, North Carolina will make his return to the MotoAmerica paddock this weekend at Barber Motorsports Park where he will compete aboard the #409 RB0M Racing Suzuki SV650. According to Masecar, Crosslin will…

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September 11, 2019
Notification of MotoAmerica Sanction: M4 ECSTAR Suzuki
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September 11, 2019

The following is from MotoAmerica… Please find attached sanction for M4 ECSTAR Suzuki for the behavior of team member Pat Kelly, who acted in a manner that discredits MotoAmerica, the AMA and the FIMNA from round nine of the 2019 MotoAmerica Series at New Jersey Motorsports Park on September 8, 2019. To view the sanction, click the following link….

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September 8, 2019
Beaubier Fights Back In Race Two At NJMP
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September 8, 2019

Cameron Beaubier will need a little help from his friends in the final round of the 2019 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship at Barber Motorsports Park in two weeks, but he at least has a chance after winning the second EBC Brakes Superbike race in the Championship of New Jersey on Sunday. Beaubier, who finished second on…

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September 8, 2019
A Sunny Saturday At NJMP: What The Teams Said
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September 8, 2019

The following is from Attack Performance Estenson Racing… JD Beach ran a smart race to take his third podium of the season aboard the Attack Performance Estenson Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 in MotoAmerica Superbike race one at New Jersey Motorsports Park on Saturday, September 7. After a frustrating few race weekends, the team’s hard work paid…

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September 6, 2019
“Dualing” Twins: Parrish Chooses Tuning Forks For New Jersey
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September 6, 2019

As if we all needed further proof that Twins Cup is decidedly different than the other four race classes in the MotoAmerica Championship, defending Twins Cup Champion Chris Parrish, who has raced and developed his #1 Ghetto Customs Suzuki SV650 for the past couple of years, will be aboard a Team AP MotoArts Yamaha FZ-07/MT-07,…

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September 5, 2019
It’s Nearing Title Time In MotoAmerica Series
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September 5, 2019

While two riders are on the verge of capturing titles in the 2019 MotoAmerica Series, the other three classes are still wide open with gaps ranging from 11 to 35 points – including the premier EBC Brakes Superbike Championship – as the series heads to New Jersey Motorsports Park this weekend for the MotoAmerica Championship…

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September 4, 2019
Jackson Blackmon Set For Twins Cup Debut at NJMP
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September 4, 2019

    The following is from RBoM Racing… The 2019 MotoAmerica Twins Cup series has consistently had big grids all season, provided plenty of on track entertainment, a fair amount of off track drama, a bit of social-media fodder, and another closely contested championship points race.  As the penultimate round gets set to run at…

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September 2, 2019
Podcast: What Bobby Fong Has To Say About Pittsburgh
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September 2, 2019

If you saw Bobby Fong crash out of the lead in the Supersport race on Saturday at PittRace, you knew it was bad. You also knew he’d be lucky to race at all on Sunday. But race he did, the M4 ECSTAR Suzuki rider not only racing but nearly winning. We caught up with Fong…

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August 26, 2019
Sunday Funday: The Teams Talk About Sunday At PittRace
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August 26, 2019

The following is from Yoshimura Suzuki… It was a great day Sunday for Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing at Pittsburgh Motorsports Race Complex as Toni Elias scored a come-from-behind victory aboard the Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000. His teammate Josh Herrin also had a strong race, moving up to finish third, putting both Yoshimura Suzukis on the podium….

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August 25, 2019
Elias Scores “Super Lucky” Win At Pitt Race
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August 25, 2019

Yoshimura Suzuki’s Toni Elias thought he had two chances of winning the second EBC Brakes Superbike race in the Championship of Pittsburgh – slim and none. But Elias is Elias and by the time the dust had settled around him, he was at the front of the field and en route to his seventh win…

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August 25, 2019
A Saturday In Pittsburgh: What The Teams Say
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August 25, 2019

The following is from Attack Performance Estenson Racing… Attack Performance Estenson Racing’s JD Beach overcame adversity at the Pittsburgh International Race Complex to score another top 10-finish in MotoAmerica Superbike race one on Saturday, August 24.   Beach got off to a decent start from the seventh spot on the grid and advanced to fourth after…

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August 24, 2019
Gerloff Takes Race One At PittRace
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August 24, 2019

Garrett Gerloff is most definitely on a roll, the Texan riding his Monster Energy/Yamalube/Yamaha Factory Racing YZF-R1 to his third victory in the last five races with the latest one coming on Saturday in the Championship of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh International Race Complex. Gerloff came out on top of a race-long battle in the first…

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August 23, 2019
The Spanish-American War 2.0
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August 23, 2019

Going into turn seven at Sonoma Raceway on the third lap in race two a few weeks ago, Toni Elias led the 2019 EBC Brakes Superbike Championship by a healthy 59 points. Milliseconds later, Elias was sliding across the tarmac watching and praying his Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 stayed intact. It didn’t. When the Spaniard got…

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August 21, 2019
MotoAmerica PittRace Preview: Seven Down, Three To Go
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August 21, 2019

And just like that, the 2019 MotoAmerica Series is headed into its final three races of the season with so much to play for as Pittsburgh International Race Complex beckons with the Championship of Pittsburgh, August 23-25. With rounds six and seven held in California, the series heads east this week for three straight races…

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August 20, 2019
Two-Wheel Tuesday Spotlight: #40 M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R600 Supersport
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August 20, 2019

When Sean Dylan Kelly showed up at the 2018 post-season test on the Monday following the final MotoAmerica round at Barber Motorsports Park last September, he climbed aboard one of Team Hammer’s Suzuki GSX-R600 Supersport bikes and immediately raised some eyebrows with his competitive laptimes. Renowned as a discoverer and cultivator of motorcycle road racing…

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August 16, 2019
The Friday Five: Five Questions With Stock 1000 Rider Miles Thornton
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August 16, 2019

For 2019, Georgia-based Miles Thornton moved up to the Stock 1000 class aboard the #72 Altus Motorsports Suzuki GSX-R1000. Thus far, it’s been a somewhat trying season for Thornton as he and the team come to grips with the electronics on the big bike. A motorcycle road racer on the weekend, the multi-talented Thornton also…

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August 11, 2019
Beaubier Bounces Back, Elias Crashes Out In Sonoma
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August 11, 2019

Today’s race in the Cycle Gear Championship of Sonoma is further proof that it truly ain’t over till it’s over. With most series observers, including Cameron Beaubier, thinking the 2019 MotoAmerica EBC Brake Superbike Championship was a foregone conclusion after Beaubier crashed out of Saturday’s race and championship leader Toni Elias won, suddenly it wasn’t….

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August 11, 2019
Saturday At Sonoma: What The Teams Say
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August 11, 2019

The following is from Westby Racing… On a track that’s yielded good and not-so-good results for Mathew Scholtz, Saturday’s MotoAmerica Superbike race at Sonoma Raceway definitely falls under the “good” column for the Westby Racing rider as he finished third for his third podium result of a somewhat difficult season. Starting from the inside of…

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August 10, 2019
Gerloff Takes His Second Win, Elias In Control
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August 10, 2019

Yoshimura Suzuki’s Toni Elias took a giant step towards winning his second MotoAmerica EBC Brakes Superbike title today in the Championship of Sonoma at Sonoma Raceway, the Spaniard finishing second to Monster Energy/Yamalube/Yamaha Factory Racing’s Garrett Gerloff while his main championship rival Cameron Beaubier crashed out of the race on lap two. Elias’ second-place finish…

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August 10, 2019
Tech Talk: Gearing For Success
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August 10, 2019

In motorcycle road racing, the sport can be broken down into three variations of the same word: gear, gears, and gearing. “Gear,” as in the helmet, leathers, gloves, and boots that a road racer wears; “gears,” as in the cogs contained inside a motorcycle transmission that road racers constantly shift back and forth during a…

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August 7, 2019
Can Cameron Beaubier Be Stopped At Sonoma Raceway?
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August 7, 2019

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…

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July 30, 2019
Two-Wheel Tuesday Spotlight: #50 M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R600 Supersport
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July 30, 2019

With a heritage of racing Suzuki motorcycles that goes all the way back to 1980, Team Hammer, Inc., is based in Alabama, but owned and managed in California. The team’s #50 M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R600 Supersport machine, with Bobby Fong in the saddle, is currently leading the 2019 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship by 18 points. Meanwhile,…

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