Races and Competitions

RoadRace Factory Press Release: The RoadRace Factory is pleased to announce that reigning 2014 AMA Pro Road Racing Daytona Sportbike Champion, Jake Gagne will head the team’s efforts in 2015.  We are also excited to announce that we have renewed our long standing relationship with Yamaha.  The difference for 2015?  Jake will be leading our efforts in the MotoAmerica 1000cc Superstock class aboard the beautiful Yamaha R1.  Making the transition from the R6 to the brand new R1 is no small...

Everything is ready for the 37th edition of the Dakar Rally, universally recognized as the toughest off-road contest on the motorsports calendar. Over its storied history, Dakar has become the ultimate test of man and machine, allowing a select few the opportunity to claim victory or just finish this extreme challenge. After 30 years in Africa, the rally moved in 2009 to South America. The spirit of the race has not changed, and this year’s event will test participants’ navigation skills,...

Blake Baggett has joined Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing after concluding a solid four-year career on 250cc machines where he became AMA 250 Motocross National Champion in 2012 and compiled 14-career wins in the series. This result placed him tied for seventh with Motorcycle Hall of Fame legends Broc Glover and Marty Smith on the all-time AMA 250 Motocross wins list.  Known more for his abilities on big outdoor motocross tracks than in the close confines of Supercross stadiums, Baggett has...

IOMTT Press Release: Reigning Irish Supersport Road Race Champion Derek McGee will make his Mountain Course debut at the 2015 Isle of Man TT Races. The 28-year old has recently signed for the renowned and highly respected Wilson Craig Racing team and will campaign Honda machinery in the Superbike, Senior, Superstock and Supersport categories at the TT. The Mullingar rider came to the fore in 2011 when he won numerous races in the Irish Support Road Race Championship and he has gone from...

Racing a motorcycle on an indoor kart track is not normal. Doing it on a sub-freezing winter morning in Germany isn't either. It does somehow become easy to forget about the lack of heat and ominous risk of bodily harm once engines start up, however. In case you don't know, SuperMoto is a type of racing/motorcycle with spritely, powerful bikes on ultra sticky, asphalt tires that defy the limits of grip and reality. When I first heard about the indoor race scene here in Germany I initially...

One of the most grueling motor races in the world, the Dakar Rally, is set to get underway in less than a week. If you’re not already amped up for the off-road desert race that will take competitors across Argentina, Chile and Bolivia, maybe this video will help. The first official teaser video to be released by Dakar organizers, it features more than just bikes, but cars, SUVs, quads and trucks as well. Sure they have four wheels, but Dakar is gnarly no matter what vehicle is chosen to...

At the post-Superprestigio celebrations at the OMM restaurant and nightclub in downtown Barcelona, race promoter Jaime Alguersuari spoke from the stage, accompanied by the four fastest riders of the event: Marc Márquez, Jared Mees, and Kenny Noyes, the podium finishers in the Superprestigio Superfinal, and Brad “The Bullet” Baker, injured and unable to compete after a crash in qualifying. “This is not over yet! In fact, it’s just starting,” Alguersuari said. “All four of these riders and...

Watching last January’s Superprestigio, I was struck by something I saw the motocross-based bikes doing only when they were upright on the so-called straightaway. They appeared to be bouncing, often rocking, on just the springiness of their 17-inch Michelin rain tires. I wondered at the time whether this was just a detail or if riders noticed it. The bouncing took place at about three or four cycles per second. If real, one thing this bouncing suggests is that the bikes are “hard topped”...

Isle of Man TT Press Release: British Superbike Championship front-runners GBmoto Racing will be undertaking a Kawasaki backed campaign on the ‘road’ circuits in 2015, with Isle of Man TT winner Gary Johnson. The team is building Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R race bikes in Superbike and Superstock specification to attack the Isle of Man TT Races as well as the North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix events. Following their debut season as an officially supported Kawasaki team in the MCE British...

Beta USA Press Release: Beta USA is ecstatic over the signing of Ty Cullins to their 2015 Offroad program. At 15 years old, Cullins already has years of experience in Trials under his belt which translates perfectly into EnduroCross. Cullins won the 125 Expert class in the NATC trials in 2014 and also won 3 times in the EnduroCross Open Amateur class. Cullins will join Morgan Tanke, Kyle Redmond, and Max Gerston in 2015 at the EnduroCross rounds and will also compete in the NATC trials in...