Tag: Daytona
KTM Signs Taylor Knapp To KTM/HMC Superbike Racing Team
KTM Motorsports is excited to announce the signing of Taylor Knapp as the second rider aboard the KTM/HMC Superbike Racing Team to compete in the AMA Pro SuperBike Racing Series for the 2013 season. Last year marked the team’s first full-time year as a Superbike race team. After much success with team rider Chris Fillmore [...]
Ricky Carmichael Teaches Kids In England
Most motorsports fans consider Ricky Carmichael to be the greatest motorcycle rider of all time, which helps explain his nickname, “The GOAT” (Greatest Of All Time).
50 U.S. Lawmakers Oppose Motorcycle-Only Checkpoints
Some 50 U.S. House members have signed onto a bill that would bar the U.S. transportation secretary from providing funds for motorcycle-only checkpoints, the American Motorcyclist Association reports. The measure, H.R. 904 authored by Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), would prohibit the transportation secretary from providing grants or any funds to a state, county, town, township, [...]
Congressmen Draft Letter Opposing Motorcycle-Only Checkpoints
One of the more critical issues for motorcycle lobbyists in recent years has been the dispute over motorcycle-only checkpoints. The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) and its political allies have been fighting against the funding for these checkpoints at both the state and federal level, as they believe the checkpoints unfairly single out motorcycle riders as [...]
Congress Seeks to End Federal Funding of Motorcycle-Only Checkpoints
Bipartisan Congressional Letter Seeks To End Federal Funding Of Motorcycle-Only Checkpoints U.S. Reps. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and Tom Petri ((R-Wis.), together with 29 additional members of Congress, have sent a letter to the leadership of the House-Senate Surface Transportation Reauthorization Conference Committee requesting the inclusion of language in the conference report that would prohibit the [...]
Elena Myers Scores Points After Surgery
Elena Myers bounced back from injury to turn-in a remarkable effort at the second round of the AMA Pro SuperSport series at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia at the weekend. Although the 18-year-old SuzukiScoopFans SportbikeTrackGear.com Suzuki rider is still on the mend following an operation last month, she raced her Suzuki GSX-R600 to two eighth-place [...]
Elena Myers To Undergo Surgery For Wrist Injury
Fresh off of becoming the first woman to win a major motorsports event at Daytona International Speedway, Supersport rider Elena Myers has announced that she will be undergoing surgery on her hand. Myers crashed during a Supermoto race nearly a year ago, and was thought to have fully recovered. However, the rider reported that the [...]
Elena Myers Undergoes Wrist Surgery
Suzuki’s Daytona SuperSport winner Elena Myers has undergone successful surgery to repair a broken scaphoid in her left wrist but is expected to be fully-fit for the next round of the AMA series at Road Atlanta next month. The 18-year-old SuzukiScoopFans SportbikeTrackGear.com rider has been working with TKB Sports Medicine rehab specialist Tuan Nguyen, who [...]
Elena Myers Becomes First Woman To Win At Daytona
Suzuki rider Elena Myers made motorsports history when she became the first woman ever to win a professional race at Daytona International Speedway. Myers competes in the Sportbike class, and had her work cut out for her going up against some talented riders. James Rispoli led for much of the race, but began to lose [...]
Ben Bostrom Tops Miami Test
Now that the AMA Superbike series is officially underway, it seems as if the riders are almost always on the track. Just a few days after the last race ended, the Superbike competitors were at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida for early testing. Although Blake Young ended the first day of testing on top of the [...]
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