Races and Competitions

KTM Racing Press Release: Red Bull KTM Factory rider Ryan Dungey earned his sixth win of the season at the Edward Jones Dome, stretching his championship lead to 80 points at round thirteen of the Monster Energy Supercross Series, an FIM Championship. Dungey was on fire the whole night, earning a great start in his 450 SX heat. He took that start to lead every lap of the heat race and easily take a win and the top transfer spot in the main event. At the gate drop of the 450 SX main,...

Supercross Media Press Release: For the sixth time this season, Red Bull KTM‘s Ryan Dungey was victorious en route to winning the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, race at the Edward Jones Dome in front of 58,552 fans. Red Bull KTM’s Marvin Musquin won his fifth Eastern Regional 250SX Class race, leading all 15 laps of the Main Event. Tonight was the fifth time this season that the Red Bull KTM team swept both classes. BTOSports.com/KTM’s Andrew Short opened the...

Isle of Man TT Press Release: More than 13,500 motorcycles are booked to travel to the 2015 Isle of Man TT with the Steam Packet Company. The figure represents an increase of more than 10% in the number of bookings compared with this time last year. The increase has been made possible by the Steam Packet Company’s investment in a removable mezzanine deck on fast craft Manannan. This has created additional space for motorcycles during the TT and Festival of Motorcycling periods, allowing...

Racer Dane Westby, 28 years old, was killed in a streetbike accident last night in Tulsa, Okla. KTUL.com in Tulsa reports the accident occurred in the 1400 block of South Peoria Street in an urban area around 8:30 pm, when Westby and his bike ran off the right side of the road, slid along the curb and hit a telephone pole. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital. Roadracingworld.com posted comments from Westby’s long-time friend and former mechanic Dustin Meador, who says the skid marks...

A few days ago, we posted our Taste of Dakar 2015 recap, but still had a slew of extra photos to share. Enjoy:   In case you have absolutely no idea what we're talking about, the Taste of Dakar, is just that—a taste of one of the world’s gnarliest road rallies. Luckily, it’s set up for riders’ of varying skill levels on almost any ADV bike.   Seattle-based company Altrider, makers of high quality gear for adventure bikes, got together to put on this event. Altrider makes saddle bags,...

Haslam and Lowes complete the podium, Torres ahead of Sykes in fourth The second WorldSBK race of the day at the Chang International Circuit saw another lights-to-flag victory by Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team), who claimed his 18th career win and extended his lead in the championship to 10 points in the process. The third double of his career capped a perfect weekend for the Ulsterman, who was dominant all weekend long as he also claimed Pole Position and recorded the fastest laps in...

Supercross Media Press Release: GEICO Honda’s Eli Tomac captured his second Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, race of the season tonight at Ford Field in front of 46,141 fans.  GEICO Honda‘s Justin Bogle raced to his first Eastern Regional 250SX Class win of the season, leading all 15 laps of the Main Event. KTM”s Andrew Short started the 450SX Class Main Event by winning the Holeshot Award. Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Davi Millsaps and Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey...

Aprilia Press Release: First and second row on the starting grid for Aprilia, reigning world champion, on the Thai Buriram circuit. It was a spectacular and heated Superpole right down to the end. Taking it with an advantage of just 11 thousandths of a second was Rea, followed by Aprilia standard bearer Leon Haslam, who put in two flying laps on a qualifier tire. For Leon Haslam (leading the standings after victory in Australia) this is the second start from the front row in two races...

Voltcom Crescent Suzuki’s Alex Lowes stormed to the fastest overall time in the World Superbike Championship’s inaugural practice at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand today.   Meaning business from the start, Lowes got his Yoshimura-powered GSX-R up-to-speed quickly at the new Buriram track. Claiming second with his initial laps, a technical delay to his exploratory opening practice did little to dampen his speed. Returning to the track with 35 minutes remaining of the...

Triumph Motorcycles America’s racing presence will span AMA Pro Flat Track, MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Road Racing Series and Canadian Superbike Championship. With Castrol as the primary partner, Triumph’s race teams will also receive support from FreedomRoad Financial and GE Capital.   “Triumph’s racing heritage is entrenched with victories and championships. We hope to build on the successes our teams achieved last season,” said Matt Sheahan, COO of Triumph Motorcycles...