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Back To The Banking, A Return To Daytona: Part 13, 2014-2015

Danny Eslick won the Daytona 200 for the first time in 2014, giving Triumph its first victory in the 200 since Gary Nixon won the race in 1967.Photos by Brian…

Yamaha Announces 2022 MotoAmerica Superbike Team Of Jake Gagne And Cameron Petersen

2020 MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Champion Cameron Petersen will join 2021 MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Jake Gagne on the Fresh N Lean Progressive Yamaha Racing team for the 2022 season. Photo courtesy…

Hayden Schultz To Race In 2022 Twins Cup Aboard A Cycle Tech Speed Weaponry Yamaha YZF-R7

Schultz aboard his Yamaha R7 and headed for a podium finish at Barber Motorsports Park this past September. Photo by Brian J. Nelson. Following a successful partnership in 2020 and…

Back To The Banking, A Return To Daytona: Part 11, 2010-2011

Fast pit stops by the Graves Yamaha crew helped Josh Herrin win the Daytona 200 in 2010. With the news that MotoAmerica is headed to Daytona International Speedway in March…

Back To The Banking, A Return To Daytona: Part 10, 2008-2009

Chaz Davies (57) won the 2008 Daytona 200 when Josh Hayes was disqualified for an illegal crankshaft in his Honda CBR600RR. With the news that MotoAmerica is headed to Daytona…

BARTCON Racing And Dominic Doyle Set To Compete In 2022 Twins Cup Championship

BARTCON Racing team owner Barton (left), rider Doyle (center), and crew chief Skowronek (right) on the Supersport starting grid this past season. Photo courtesy of BARTCON Racing. According to BARTCON…

Remembering The Road Racer Known As “Ski”

1990 Daytona Winner David Sadowski. There is unfortunately some sad news to report today with the passing of 1990 Daytona 200 winner and AMA 600 Supersport Champion David Sadowski. "Ski"…

Nolan Lamkin: Give It Away, Give It Away, Give It Away Now

A little over a year ago, Supersport rider Nolan Lamkin shared his insights and the data that he had learned and gathered during the 2020 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship. Well, the…

Vance & Hines To Offer MotoAmerica Twins Cup Contingency

Vance & Hines has announced its new racing exhaust system for Yamaha's YZF-R6 as well as a contingency program for the MotoAmerica Twins Cup Series. The following is from Vance…

Yamaha Side-By-Side Gifted To The King

Kenny Roberts stands in front of the custom Yamaha RMAX 1000 LE Side-by-Side that was gifted to him as a 70th birthday present from his family and friends, including his…

Celebrating Seven Decades Of The King

No one embodies the yellow-and-black Yamaha "bumblebee" livery more than Kenny Roberts. December 31, 1951. Seventy years ago today, in Modesto, California, a baby boy was born to Alice and…

Back To The Banking, A Return To Daytona: Part 5, 1997-1999

Scott Russell won his fourth Daytona 200 in 1997 in his first race on a Yamaha. With the news that MotoAmerica is headed to Daytona International Speedway in March of…

MP13 Racing And Cory Ventura Reunite For 2022 Twins Cup Championship

Cory Ventura, who competed for MP13 Racing in 2018 (shown here after winning Junior Cup race two at Sonoma Raceway), is re-joining the team for the 2022 MotoAmerica season and…

Two-Wheel Tuesday: Two Yamaha R6 Racebikes For 2022

All of the 2022 R6 GYTR models have been sold in the U.S., which means Yamaha's iconic middleweight machine is still alive and doing fine, thank you. Image courtesy of…

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