Races and Competitions

The 2015 World Superbike season will see a shakeup for the series, as new cost-saving regulations have dramatically altered each bike. For the Crescent Suzuki World Superbike Team, 2015 not only poses a new challenge with the GSX-R1000, but it also introduces a new rider, as Suzuki MotoGP test rider, Randy de Puniet, will line up with Alex Lowes to form Suzuki’s two-man attack on the championship. Here, Team Principal Paul Denning gives his thought on the year to come. As you will be...

KTM Racing Press Release: Red Bull KTM Factory rider Taddy Blazusiak took a dominating win at the opening round of the FIM SuperEnduro Championship Series held at Ergo Arena. RPM/KTM rider Cody Webb took 3rd overall in his first race aboard a KTM while FMF KTM Factory Racing Team rider Taylor Robert finished 6th overall. The race started with the top 8 from qualifying turning a hot lap during the super pole sprints to see who would get top gate pick for the first main event. Red Bull KTM...

Passport? Check. FIM license? Check. Steel shoe? Check. Early this week, Shayna Texter will fly to Barcelona to compete alongside fellow Americans Brad Baker, Jared Mees, and Kenny Noyes—and more than 40 mostly European racers, including two-time MotoGP champ Marc Marquez—in Saturday’s Superprestigio dirt-track invitational. How did Texter earn a spot in the Superprestigio’s Open class? Spain is very supportive of female racers. Laia Sanz, for example, is a many-time women’s world trials...

MotoAmerica, the new home of the AMA Superbike series, today announced it has secured a multimedia agreement for extensive coverage of the series starting in 2015. This comes as huge news for the sport, as the series failed to secure a TV package in 2014 under the management of DMG. According to a MotoAmerica press release, all MotoAmerica events will be telecast on CBS Sports Network, as part of a multi-year agreement between Torque.TV and CBS Sports Network announced earlier this year....

As the 2015 season approaches, Monster Energy Kawasaki took time from testing and preparations to shake down their new 2015 KX race bikes. The riders withstood a rare Southern California storm which added a picturesque backdrop. Davi Millsaps and Wil Hahn debuted their new look that is sure to make the competition green with envy. They were joined by a fresh crop of Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki riders and the King himself, Jeremy McGrath.   Monster Energy Kawasaki will be ready for...

Daytona International Speedway announced this week that the 74th running of the Daytona 200 will go on next year, despite being left out of the new MotoAmerica series. Eyebrows across the motorcycle community were raised when the preliminary MotoAmerica schedule was announced back in October, and Daytona wasn't on the list. But the collective reaction to that news, aside from a few nostalgic sighs, was a shrug. The event has been in decline for a decade or more, particularly since the...

EBR today announced that it would be returning to the World Superbike Championship for 2015 with its 1190RX. The team will again field two bikes, but last year’s riders, Geoff May and Aaron Yates, have been replaced for 2007 World Superstock champion, Niccolo Canepa, and Larry Pegram. In addition to his riding duties, Pegram will also take on the role of overall team manager.Hero MotoCorp will continue its association with the EBR team. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, Hero MotoCorp is the...

Wow, Valentino Rossi has it all; he’s called the Doctor or the Goat (Greatest of all Time), dating a model and now he’s a badass rally driver. With teammate Ken Block, the Monster Energy crew have been making waves at the Monza circuit, this past weekend. On Sunday, at the Monza Energy Rally Show, Rossi had an overall 2nd place finish with four stage wins. For this amazing pass below, it’s a tight right hander, then an immediate 180 to the left, all after a long straight away. It’s on the...

KTM has quickly gained credibility in the MotoGP paddock since the 2012 inception of the Moto3 support class. With 34 race wins and five combined rider/manufacturer World Championship titles already to the Austrian maker’s credit, it’s no surprise to see KTM’s RC250R-based machines become the most common bike on the grid. Recently, at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain, I had the pleasure of riding a trio of KTM Moto3 race bikes. RC250R Production RacerKTM Factory Moto3 machines...

I noted that MotoGP rookie Jack Miller, describing his recent test at Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit, spoke of the “smoother, more controlled power delivery” of the pneumatic-valve Honda RC213V-RS. I like to emphasize that pneumatic springs have value other than the raw ability to reach high rpm. What pneumatics do best is make the valves follow short-duration, high-lift cams that metal springs cannot. Engines with metal springs must be given longer duration and reduced lift if...