Races and Competitions

POWER ELECTRONICS Aspar Team Press Release: After an exotic tour of Qatar, Texas and Argentina to visit three circuits (Losail, COTA and Termas de Río Hondo) with completely different characteristics, the MotoGP World Championship returns to more familiar territory this weekend as the series embarks on a European road trip that takes in the next six rounds. The Gran Premio de España is the first of four races that will take place in Spain during the 2015 season, as Jerez plays host to the...

ArenaCross Media Press Release: AMSOIL Arenacross, featuring Ricky Carmichael’s Road to Supercross, made its lone visit to California on Saturday, hosting the second to last round of the 2015 season from Save Mart Center. The fifth round of the Race to the Championship featured a competitive evening of competition that saw Team Kawasaki‘s Jacob Hayes take his second consecutive overall win on the heels of a pair of consistent Arenacross Class Main Events. In the Western Regional Arenacross...

KTM Press Release: KTM Motorsports is excited to announce it has extended its contract with Red Bull KTM Factory rider and the newly crowned 2015 East 250 Supercross Champion, Marvin Musquin, through the 2017 race season. Fresh off his first 250 Supercross title, Musquin announced after the race that he had re-signed with the Red Bull KTM Factory Team for two more years. Even more exciting to the masses, is that Musquin will be racing in the 450 Supercross and 450 Motocross Championships...

American Motorcyclist Association Press Release: The American Motorcyclist Association and the American International Motorcycle Expo have announced that the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Class of 2015 will be recognized in front of the world of motorcycling Saturday, October 17 at the Orange County Convention Center’s Chapin Theater in Orlando, Florida. For the second year, the induction ceremony will be held in conjunction with the American International Motorcycle Expo, the fast growing...

I shuddered with anticipation and excitement as Ralph Husdon pulled the forklift into place and lowered my dusty, red 1980 Yamaha SR 500 race bike from its storage loft to the shop floor. For more than half-a-decade, its single cylinder motor sat motionless amid Ralph's dozen other vintage racing motorcycles. If everything went right, the red racing thumper and I would be lining up on the starting grid at Willow Springs International Raceway for the American Historic Motorcycle Racing...

After visiting Qatar, Thailand, and Argentina, the 2015 MXGP World Championship arrived last weekend in Italy for their first European event. Pietramurata, a typically tight, rocky, and compact facility in the shadow of the stunning Dolomite mountains, was packed with spectators. Expectations were high for the 8-time World Champion Tony Cairoli, but the spotlights were on the American star, Ryan Villopoto. In the first moto on Sunday, Villopoto fought hard with Tony Cairoli but narrowly...

Kawasaki Press Release: Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team leader Ryan Villopoto will make a decision about his participation in this weekend’s MXGP of Europe at Valkenswaard in Holland after tests later this week. Villopoto was injured when he crashed during the second race of the GP of Trentino last weekend; he has undergone medical examination this week and has been informed by the doctors that he suffered from a coccyx failure. The 26 years old American will make a decision together...

If you've every dreamed about racing motorcycles, but thought that you couldn't because your motorcycle was too old, or that it would be too expensive, or that you weren't fast enough—well, welcome to a whole new world my friend. From dirt track ovals to the country's premier road racing tracks, the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA) stages racing events for motorcycles of nearly every type and era. Don't let the word "historic" fool you into thinking that AHRMA races...

Hardball! Riders say Valentino Rossi seems like a really nice guy. Until you get close to him on the track. Two numbers sum up how Rossi won Sunday—the laps on which the two men in contention made their fastest laps. Rossi went 1:39.019 on lap 20, and Marc Marquez, who crashed out by touching his front to Rossi’s rear tire on lap 24, made his best lap of 1:39.071 on lap 2. Be fast at the end—when it counts. Argentina’s Termas de Rio Hondo track and Indianapolis are the two most abrasive in...

British superstar Bradley Smith, who rides for the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 MotoGP team, looked comfortable and collected while running a close fourth during the first five laps of the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas at COTA before fading slightly to an eventual sixth. “Yeah, it was good,” he said. “I could actually breathe and think! That’s not always been the case, but it’s a sign that I’ve got more brain space while running with those guys.” A few specific items have given Smith that...