
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...
During the pre-event press conference for the U.S. Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Nicky Hayden announced that he wouldn't be back next season with Ducati in MotoGP, saying that the Italian motorcycle manufacturer "chose to go a different way." Later that same weekend, Cycle World...
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...
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...
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...
Yoshimura Suzuki's Roger Hayden (95) comes to Indy searching for his first win of the season. He came close to winning at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca three weeks ago, splitting Yamaha teammates Cameron Beaubier (6) and Josh Hayes (1) in race two. The two protagonists in the 2015 MotoAmerica...
During a professional motorcycle roadracing career that spanned nearly two decades, four-time AMA national champion Eric Bostrom competed in eight FIM Superbike World Championship races. His best finish was fourth in 2002 on a factory Kawasaki ZX-7RR at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Kawasaki...