
Former Indianapolis Motor Speedway executive brings extensive motorsports operations experience to United States' world-class Grand Prix racetrack and multi-purpose sports and entertainment complex AUSTIN, Texas (Feb. 11, 2013) - Circuit of The Americas today named Mel Harder as senior vice...
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP riders Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo kicked off the action in America today with two challenging free practice sessions ahead of this weekend's Grand Prix of the Americas. The first practice at Circuit of The Americas (COTA) was full of surprises. Rossi and Lorenzo...
There is a lot of hype about the first-ever X Games flat-track race that will take place at Circuit of The Americas on June 4. This new medal sport—officially called Harley-Davidson Flat-Track Racing—has created quite a buzz in the flat-track world and motorcycle community in general. Last year,...
Austin Gets Final Inspection by staff Thursday, March 07, 2013 FIM Grand Prix Safety Officer Franco Uncini visited the Circuit of the Americas this week in Austin, performing a final inspection of the track before its first MotoGP race in April. Uncini requested a few final finishing touches to...
Normally it takes bad weather to shake things up in a MotoGP race. For most of the day, it looked like the rain was ready to start at any time, but in the end it stayed pretty much completely dry, bar a quick and meaningless shower just before the Moto2 race started. Regardless of what the...
Press releases from the Moto2 and Moto3 teams after the races at Austin, Texas: Iwema ok after big highsider Jasper Iwema is ok after a heavy and nasty crash. RW Racing GP's rider lost the front in the exit of Turn 17 and was thrown off his bike at 160 km/h. He landed on his head and was...
Another day, another record. Marc Marquez now takes the place of Freddie Spencer as both the youngest rider ever to take a premier class pole, and youngest rider ever to win a premier class Grand Prix. If you had any doubt that Marquez is something special, then the inaugural round of MotoGP at...