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MotoAmerica Press Release:Fourth Annual “Rainey’s Ride To The Races” Set For Laguna Seca On July 12MotoAmerica Newsletter: Championship Battles Move To Barber (MotoAmerica/)If you want the opportunity to spend a day riding motorcycles and hanging out at the racetrack with racers who have won 32 AMA National Championships and eight World Championships, then you should move “Rainey’s Ride To The Races” to the top of your bucket list.Read More200 Rider Entries Across All Classes For Barber Event200 Rider Entries Across All Classes For Barber Event (MotoAmerica/)On May 17 through 19, one of the largest contingents of rider entries in the 10-year history of the MotoAmerica Championship will descend upon Barber Motorsports Park for the MotoAmerica Superbikes at Barber event. There are 200 entrants in the six race classes that will compete on the 17-turn, 2.38-mile road course. Let’s take a closer look at each of the race classes…Read MoreLike Father, Like Son: Sharing The Roberts LegacyLike Father, Like Son: Sharing The Roberts Legacy (MotoAmerica/)During the recent Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas, Kenny Roberts and Kenny Roberts Jr. – the only father-and-son duo in the 75-year history of the FIM to win premier-class Grand Prix World Championships – were introduced by Robert Pandya, Communications Director of the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum. What followed was the news that Senior’s 1980 500cc World Championship-winning Yamaha YZR500 and Junior’s 2000 500c World Championship-winning Suzuki RGV500 would be part of the Barber Museum’s permanent collection inside the breathtaking facility in Birmingham, Alabama.Read MoreOff Track With Carruthers And Bice Podcast: The Return Of Andrew LeeOff Track With Carruthers And Bice Podcast: The Return Of Andrew Lee (MotoAmerica/)Two-time MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Champion Andrew Lee will begin what he is hoping will be the start of a successful campaign to win a third title when the Stock 1000 Championship kicks off at Barber Motorsports Park, May 17-19. In the meantime, the ever-fit Lee has been keeping himself busy and track ready. We chatted with Lee about that and more on this week’s episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice.Watch VideoMid-Ohio Memories, 2000: Yates Is Mr. Mid-OhioMid-Ohio Memories, 2000: Yates Is Mr. Mid-Ohio (MotoAmerica/)With MotoAmerica set to bring AMA Superbike racing back to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, August 16-18, we’re taking a closer look at past Superbike races at the iconic racetrack in Lexington, Ohio.Yoshimura Suzuki’s Aaron Yates always fared well on tight, twisty, and somewhat bumpy racetracks. Like the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. In 2000, Yates won the fourth and fifth AMA Superbike races of his career with a clean sweep of the doubleheader in Ohio, bringing his Mid-Ohio win total to three.Read MoreGetting To Know… Scott PadgittGetting To Know… Scott Padgitt (MotoAmerica/)Like the majority of those who work in the MotoAmerica paddock, it’s a labor of love. Scott Padgitt fits that description to a tee. As MotoAmerica’s Chief Pit Steward, Padgitt is at every round, from start to finish, and rarely seems to stop moving. And when he’s not working, you might find him running around the track. Literally.What was your introduction to the motorcycle world?I started working corners at car races here at Road Atlanta back in the early ‘90s. That progressed to racing cars in SCCA Solo II, Solo I and then road racing. I bought a motorcycle in 2000 and quickly discovered that I could go a lot faster for a lot less money racing a motorcycle. So, I sold the race car and bought a racing bike. I club raced with WERA in Southeast for about 10 years. Then I discovered that the young guns were getting faster, and I wasn’t, so I stopped racing in about 2010.Read MoreThe Kids Are Alright: Gabriel DatisThe Kids Are Alright: Gabriel Datis (MotoAmerica/)We’re going to be periodically bringing fans of the Mission Mini Cup By Motul series some mini interviews with the young stars who do battle in the championship with an eye towards the The Mission Mini Cup By Motul National Final that will be held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, August 9-11.How old are you?I am 9 years old.What class (s) do you compete in?For MotoAmerica Mini Cup I compete in Stock 110. Although I’m waiting to race my GP160.Read MoreWatch And Listen To MotoAmerica Post-Race Press Conferences (MotoAmerica/)MotoAmerica hosts post-race press conferences from all of its races over the course of the weekend and those are available for fans to watch and enjoy on MotoAmerica.com. Watch and listen to what the top three have to say in this sample from the Steel Commander Superbike race-two press conference from Road Atlanta.Watch Video
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MotoAmerica Press Release:
Fourth Annual “Rainey’s Ride To The Races” Set For Laguna Seca On July 12
MotoAmerica Newsletter: Championship Battles Move To Barber (MotoAmerica/)
If you want the opportunity to spend a day riding motorcycles and hanging out at the racetrack with racers who have won 32 AMA National Championships and eight World Championships, then you should move “Rainey’s Ride To The Races” to the top of your bucket list.
200 Rider Entries Across All Classes For Barber Event
200 Rider Entries Across All Classes For Barber Event (MotoAmerica/)
On May 17 through 19, one of the largest contingents of rider entries in the 10-year history of the MotoAmerica Championship will descend upon Barber Motorsports Park for the MotoAmerica Superbikes at Barber event. There are 200 entrants in the six race classes that will compete on the 17-turn, 2.38-mile road course. Let’s take a closer look at each of the race classes…
Like Father, Like Son: Sharing The Roberts Legacy
Like Father, Like Son: Sharing The Roberts Legacy (MotoAmerica/)
During the recent Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas, Kenny Roberts and Kenny Roberts Jr. – the only father-and-son duo in the 75-year history of the FIM to win premier-class Grand Prix World Championships – were introduced by Robert Pandya, Communications Director of the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum. What followed was the news that Senior’s 1980 500cc World Championship-winning Yamaha YZR500 and Junior’s 2000 500c World Championship-winning Suzuki RGV500 would be part of the Barber Museum’s permanent collection inside the breathtaking facility in Birmingham, Alabama.
Off Track With Carruthers And Bice Podcast: The Return Of Andrew Lee
Off Track With Carruthers And Bice Podcast: The Return Of Andrew Lee (MotoAmerica/)
Two-time MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Champion Andrew Lee will begin what he is hoping will be the start of a successful campaign to win a third title when the Stock 1000 Championship kicks off at Barber Motorsports Park, May 17-19. In the meantime, the ever-fit Lee has been keeping himself busy and track ready. We chatted with Lee about that and more on this week’s episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice.
Mid-Ohio Memories, 2000: Yates Is Mr. Mid-Ohio
Mid-Ohio Memories, 2000: Yates Is Mr. Mid-Ohio (MotoAmerica/)
With MotoAmerica set to bring AMA Superbike racing back to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, August 16-18, we’re taking a closer look at past Superbike races at the iconic racetrack in Lexington, Ohio.
Yoshimura Suzuki’s Aaron Yates always fared well on tight, twisty, and somewhat bumpy racetracks. Like the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. In 2000, Yates won the fourth and fifth AMA Superbike races of his career with a clean sweep of the doubleheader in Ohio, bringing his Mid-Ohio win total to three.
Getting To Know… Scott Padgitt
Getting To Know… Scott Padgitt (MotoAmerica/)
Like the majority of those who work in the MotoAmerica paddock, it’s a labor of love. Scott Padgitt fits that description to a tee. As MotoAmerica’s Chief Pit Steward, Padgitt is at every round, from start to finish, and rarely seems to stop moving. And when he’s not working, you might find him running around the track. Literally.
What was your introduction to the motorcycle world?
I started working corners at car races here at Road Atlanta back in the early ‘90s. That progressed to racing cars in SCCA Solo II, Solo I and then road racing. I bought a motorcycle in 2000 and quickly discovered that I could go a lot faster for a lot less money racing a motorcycle. So, I sold the race car and bought a racing bike. I club raced with WERA in Southeast for about 10 years. Then I discovered that the young guns were getting faster, and I wasn’t, so I stopped racing in about 2010.
The Kids Are Alright: Gabriel Datis
The Kids Are Alright: Gabriel Datis (MotoAmerica/)
We’re going to be periodically bringing fans of the Mission Mini Cup By Motul series some mini interviews with the young stars who do battle in the championship with an eye towards the The Mission Mini Cup By Motul National Final that will be held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, August 9-11.
How old are you?
I am 9 years old.
What class (s) do you compete in?
For MotoAmerica Mini Cup I compete in Stock 110. Although I’m waiting to race my GP160.
Watch And Listen To MotoAmerica Post-Race Press Conferences (MotoAmerica/)
MotoAmerica hosts post-race press conferences from all of its races over the course of the weekend and those are available for fans to watch and enjoy on MotoAmerica.com. Watch and listen to what the top three have to say in this sample from the Steel Commander Superbike race-two press conference from Road Atlanta.
