Some say American cars are not that fun to drive on twisty roads compared to their overseas rivals, but the modern establishment wants to change that per.
Jake Gagne, the defending MotoAmerica Superbike Champion and the current MotoAmerica Championship point leader, is testing this week at Buttonwillow Raceway Park, in preparation for his World Superbike wild card appearance in Portugal later this season. A few weeks ago, Yamaha announced that after the conclusion of the 2022 MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike Championship at Barber Motorsports Park in September, Gagne and his crew will crate up one of his Fresh N Lean Progressive Yamaha YZF-R1 Superbikes and head over to Europe to participate as a wild card in the FIM Superbike World Championship round October 7-9 at Algarve International Circuit, in Portimao, Portugal. While the YZF-R1s ridden by Pata Yamaha’s Toprak Razgatlioglu and Andrea Locatelli in World Superbike are very similar to the machine Gagne races in MotoAmerica Superbike, there are some significant differences. For starters, MotoAmerica races on Dunlop control tires and World Superbike races on Pirelli control tires. And
Yamaha Champions Riding School Announces 2022 Schedule Millville, NJ - Yamaha Champions Riding School, the premier riding school in North America, is proud to announce the partial 2022 schedule featuring events in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington state. This is a partial schedule release with several more dates to be added in the next few weeks. In all, the 2022 ChampSchool schedule consists of more than 21 events including 2-Day ChampSchool, ChampStreet, and ChampGrad curriculums. Significant “early bird” discounts are available for all schools up to 60 days before the events as most schools will sell out months in advance. “We pushed hard to get this 2022 partial schedule out early because we’ve had a terrific 2021 but had to turn away a lot of students due to full schools,” CEO Nick Ienatsch explains. “We keep our classes small because we feel that riding must be taught speci
The following track days, riding schools, and racing events are scheduled by organizations based in the United States and Canada during November 2021. Motorcycle track days, riding schools, and races are posted under the Event Calendar tab on the home page of this website, or you can access the Event Calendar for November 2021 directly by clicking HERE. Once on the Event Calendar page, you can search for the event you are looking for by its date. When you click on the event you want to attend you will find a link to the website and/or email address of the host organization, a link to the website of the host venue, the physical address of the host venue, a Google map to the host venue, and buttons to add the event and its information to your calendar application. To have your motorcycle racing or riding event added to the Event Calendar on this website and published in the print edition