
News that Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca was dropped from the 2014 MotoGP calendar has now made its way around the world. In a press release dated October 1, racetrack CEO Gill Campbell said, "At this time, the U.S. is only able to support two MotoGP events. The support provided by the states of...
Two-time AMA Superbike and three-time FIM 500cc World Champion Wayne Rainey says he's just a cog in the wheel of MotoAmerica. That's the affiliate of the KRAVE Group, comprising Terry Karges, Rainey, Chuck Aksland, and Richard Varner, which purchased the commercial rights to US roadracing from...
Wayne Rainey riding a Yamaha YZR500, circa 1991. The YZR500 first debuted in 1973, and the bike went on to amass 115 wins and 11 world championships in its amazing 30-year history. Nearing the end of its run at the turn of the century, the YZR was spitting out around 200 horsepower in a machine...
Spanish racers Bernat Martinez and Daniel Rivas Fernandez have both succumbed to injuries suffered in a multi-bike crash in a MotoAmerica race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Martinez, (35, pictured left), and Rivas, (27, on the right), were caught in a chain reaction crash on the first lap of the...
Press Release from MotoAmerica: The 2016 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship won't be decided this coming weekend on the Monterey Peninsula, but the Honda Superbike Showdown most certainly will as the three-race series within a series concludes, July 8-10, with one rider set to leave Mazda...
MotoAmerica makes its sixth stop of the 10-round series at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca this weekend. The event's appeal is amped up by the World Superbike series also sharing the circuit, making for an entertaining weekend for race fans on the Monterey Peninsula. Press Release below. COSTA MESA,...
Five years ago, I watched Casey Stoner drive hard out of Turn 11 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, pull alongside MotoGP race leader Jorge Lorenzo as they crested turn one—the fastest section of the rolling, 2.238-mile racetrack—complete a daring pass on the reigning world champion going into turn...