Races and Competitions

Suzuki Press Release: Suzuki has powered into the New Year with fortitude. From the addition of 250 Motocross Champion Blake Baggett, to the comeback of Broc Tickle, to the dominating Anaheim 1 performance by Ken Roczen, Suzuki and the RM-Z450 have proved that they are a force to be reckoned with around the world in 2015. During the opening round of the 2015 AMA Supercross season in Anaheim, CA, Suzuki not only made waves on the home front, but also exerted its global influence with Suzuki...

American Motorcyclist Association Press Release: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the number of motorcyclists killed in traffic crashes declined by 6.4 percent from 2012 to 2013, and the number injured dropped 5.4 percent, the American Motorcyclist Association reports. In 2013, 4,668 motorcyclist fatalities were reported, down 318 from the 4,986 in 2012. Similarly, 88,000 “occupants” were reported to have been injured in motorcycle crashes in 2013, down from 93,000...

MSR Press Release: Shades of Malcolm Smith and Steve McQueen racing through the streets of the Elsinore GP in On Any Sunday, the 2015 AMA District 37 Big 6 Grand Prix Series kicked off this past weekend with the Adelanto Grand Prix. One of the most popular off-road races in the country for years, the event marked a return to racing through the streets of this high-desert community about two hours northeast of Los Angeles. Centered around the AAA baseball stadium of the Adelanto Mavericks,...

The AMA Superbike racing is going back to Miller Motorsports Park, with the Tooele, Utah, circuit joining the 2015 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Road Racing Series.   MMP had previously hosted AMA Superbike weekends in 2006-2008 and again from 2011-2013. The Utah track also hosted five rounds of the World Superbike Championship from 2008-2012. MotoAmerica will hold a full schedule of races at MMP on June 26-28.   “The racers and teams have nothing but good things to say about Miller...

WMX Championship Press Release: The 2015 WMX Championship once again kicks off alongside Daytona’s “Bike Week” festivities in March with the 6th Annual Ricky Carmichael Daytona Amateur Supercross on the historic grounds of Daytona International Speedway. Following the season opener in Daytona, the WMX will headline two premier amateur motocross events with the Freestone Spring Championship on Saturday, March 21, and the California Classic at Glen Helen Raceway on Sunday, April 12. “The...

KTM Racing Press Release: Red Bull KTM Factory rider Ryan Dungey earned 4th overall at the opening round of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series, an FIM World Championship held at Angels Stadium in front of a packed crowd. Dungey started the day off well with a 5th place start in his 450 SX class heat race. He quickly passed Mike Alessi for 4th place. Two laps later he moved past Justin Barcia to take 3rd place where he finished the race for a transfer spot in the main event. His Red...

“For HRC, the Dakar Rally is on the same level as MotoGP,” HRC VP Shuhei Nakamoto said at the Team HRC Rally launch at Tecnopolis Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the eve of the start of this year’s race. “The engineers have done a great job,” Nakamoto said. “The Dakar Rally is the toughest rally in the world, and it’s an incredible race to test new technologies to transfer afterward on production bikes. From the outside, the bike looks similar to the 2014 version, but, believe me,...

“Would you please point me to the Diamond Club?” “Right this way, sir.” With that, I was ushered into a spacious glass-walled hospitality suite behind home plate at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, past a long row of television cameras and into an ocean of public-relations officers, invited guests, corporate heavies, sponsor reps, and fellow members of the media. “Welcome to the Monster Energy AMA Supercross press conference. My name is Jamie Little, also known as NASCAR and IndyCar...

The Roadrace Factory team is taking to the new MotoAmerica series in full force for 2015. Yamaha will remain the motorcycle of choice for the team, and reigning 2014 AMA Pro Road Racing Daytona Sportbike Champion, Jake Gagne will head the team’s efforts in 2015. The difference for 2015? Jake will be leading Roadrace Factory’s efforts in the MotoAmerica 1000cc Superstock class aboard the Yamaha R1. Making the transition from the R6 to the brand new R1 is no small feat and Jake has been...

From a Team HRC press release: And off we go…. In less than forty-eight hours, the Argentine air will reverberate to the chorus of motorcycle engines, as the Dakar Rally roars into life. Team HRC, meanwhile, has successfully passed the scrutineering that precedes the event. The 2015 edition of the Rally Dakar will fire up on January 4, the day after tomorrow, with a first stage setting out from Buenos Aires and concluding in Villa Carlos Paz. These will be the first of more than 9,300...