Duly Noted: Ridge Motorsports Park 2025
For purple mountain majesties: Mount Rainier rises above the bustling MotoAmerica paddock at Ridge Motorsports Park. Photo by Brian J. Nelson. Random notes, comments, statistics, musings, and bits of trivia…
For purple mountain majesties: Mount Rainier rises above the bustling MotoAmerica paddock at Ridge Motorsports Park. Photo by Brian J. Nelson. Random notes, comments, statistics, musings, and bits of trivia…
Zlock Racing's paddock spot was abuzz with activity just before Brian Pinkstaff (white leathers) and older brother Kevin Pinkstaff (in helmet and sitting to the left of older Zlock brother…
Uneasy is the head that wears the crown: defending Super Hooligan Champion Cory West is going to have to adapt quickly to 38 pounds added to his Harley-Davidson Pan America.…
Bullish on green: Texan Garrett Gerloff has re-signed with the Kawasaki WorldSBK Team at least through the 2026 season. Photo courtesy of Kawasaki WorldSBK Team. Our man in the FIM…
From AMA National Champion to celebrated motorcycle designer and custom bike builder, Roland Sands (naturally wearing one of his RSD signature helmets) is a winner in road racing, business, and…
A throng, a horde, a multitude, or whatever you want to call it, a heckuva lot of people turned out to watch the MotoAmerica stars race at Road America this…
https://youtu.be/14hmbAsPzRY When Kenny Roberts Jr. won the FIM 500cc Grand Prix World Championship in 2000, he did something that no other premier-class Grand Prix motorcycle road racer had ever done.…
The 2006 Team Roberts KR211V outside the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum and just before the raucous V5 was fired up for Kenny Roberts Jr. to lap the Barber Motorsports Park…
The ever-young Eraldo Ferracci is a perfect choice as grand marshal for the 20th annual Barber Vintage Festival in October. Photo courtesy of the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum. The following…
https://youtu.be/VHzqXggRTjQ June 1, 1980, was a big day for Road America, American Honda, the American Motorcyclist Association, and motorcycle road racing fans in the Midwest. Freddie Spencer aboard his 1023cc…
Grandfather Luckey Yates (left) and father Aaron Yates (right) are integral members of Ashton Yates' Jones Honda crew. Family means everything to them. Photo by Brian J. Nelson. Georgia has…
Kristian Daniel Jr. (partially obscured) flies the American flag on his leathers to tell the world he finished third in Spain on Sunday. Photo courtesy of Gold & Goose/Red Bull. American…
The start of Big Kahuna race one at Road Atlanta in 2000, with John Kocinski (46), Jamie Hacking (92), Eric Bostrom (32), Mat Mladin (1), Tommy Hayden (22), Jason Pridmore…
Michael Gilbert is in France and ready to race in the 2025 24 Heures Motos at Le Mans. Photo courtesy of the FIM EWC. The 2025 FIM Endurance World Championship…