Tag: superbike racing
MotoGP Brings Testing To The Americas
Riders in MotoGP are gearing up for the start of the motorsports season, and many competitors continue to inch toward the beginning with another round of official testing. This time the preparation brought the series to Austin, Texas, and the Circuit of the Americas, marking the first time most of the riders experienced the new track. [...]
AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike Gears Up for Daytona 200 Week
With the 2013 GEICO Motorcycle AMA Pro Road Racing season set to commence this week at the legendary Daytona International Speedway, there is one pressing question in the premier AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike class: Can anyone stop reigning champ Josh Hayes? That question is unlikely to be fully answered at the season opener, but [...]
Daytona Beach Bike Week Features Full Slate Of Two-Wheeled Fun
On Jan. 24, 1937, the first running of the Daytona 200 took place on the hard sand of Daytona Beach, Fla. Since that race, won by AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Ed Kretz of Monterey Park, Calif., the annual event has grown into a motorcycling mecca, packed full of racing and recreational riding events. This [...]
Marco Melandri Undergoes Shoulder Surgery
The World Superbike season has barely begun and a top rider has already hit a speed bump. BMW competitor Marco Melandri, who was one of the preseason favorites to win the motorsports title after finishing third overall last year, recently underwent surgery on his right shoulder. The pain had been nagging the Italian throughout the winter [...]
Jorge Lorenzo Leaves MotoGP Testing On Top
The second day of MotoGP testing in Malaysia has come and gone, and after all was said and done a familiar face was on top of the motorsports timesheets. Defending champion Jorge Lorenzo shaved almost a second and a half off rival Dani Pedrosa‘s best time from the opening round of testing the day before [...]
Dani Pedrosa Leads After First Day Of MotoGP Testing
It may feel like every other motorsports series is already underway, but there’s still several weeks to go before MotoGP kicks off its official season. Teams are working around the clock to get ready for the opening round, however, and the prep continued in Sepang as riders started three days of testing on the Malaysian track. [...]
New Web Series Follows AMA Racer
Fans of AMA Pro Road Racing will get a behind-the-scenes look at motorsports with the premiere of “Following Fillmore,” a web series aimed at providing a glimpse into the series. Director Limore Shur spent time trailing professional riders to get a feel for their lives on and off the track, and the results will be aired [...]
World Superbike Gets Underway In Australia
The 2013 World Superbike season kicked off at Phillip Island, Australia, over the weekend. Sylvain Guintoli and Eugene Laverty finished in the top two of both races, swapping wins to emerge with 45 points each after the first round of the motorsports series was complete. In the first race, Guintoli came from behind during the 15th [...]
World Superbike Returns This Weekend
World Superbike is making a triumphant return to the motorsports world Feb. 24 when all competitors will descend on Phillip Island, Australia, as the first of 14 rounds get underway. With last year’s champion, Max Biaggi, retiring in the offseason, the top spot is anyone’s for the taking. All eyes will be on veteran rider [...]
World Superbike Gets New Television Home In The US
Motorsports fans are used to watching intense World Superbike races on SPEED TV, but all that will change this year. With the opening round of the series quickly approaching, the league came to an agreement with the beIN Sport Network, which is owned by Time Warner Cable and Al Jazeera. The station mainly airs international soccer, and [...]
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