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AHRMA: Teams Announced For Dick Mann Team Challenge (Updated)

AHRMA honors Dick Mann with unique on and off-road challenge (January 27, 2021, Elora, Tennessee) The American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA) is honoring an...

Motorsports Photographer Mary Grothe, R.I.P. (Updated)

Professional motorsports photographer Mary Grothe died at her home in Gainesville, Virginia on January 25. She was 75. Grothe, the daughter of William Scott Seegers,...

Girls Gone Racing, In The January 2021 Issue

Featured In the January 2021 issue of Roadracing World:          It was the middle of the night in the summer of 1989...

Shops: Antigravity Batteries, In The January Issue

Featured In the January 2021 issue of Roadracing World:          Scott Schafer didn’t invent lightweight lithium-ion batteries, and wasn’t in the battery...

Guided Virtual Tours Of Ducati Museum Now Available

Ducati Digitalization Process Continues with Online Journey, a Virtual Tour of Ducati Museum A digital guided tour, accessible from a PC, smartphone or tablet, for...

How IRTA’s Mike Trimby Made MotoGP A Show, In the November Issue

Featured In the November 2020 issue of Roadracing World:          Former racer Mike Trimby has worked in the MotoGP paddock since the...

Track Ride: A Tale of Two Triples At Barber, In November

Featured In the November 2020 issue of Roadracing World:          "It only took me a few laps around Barber Motorsports Park on...

The Barber Museum Restoration Shop, In November

Featured In the November 2020 issue of Roadracing World:           “It was chance that I ended up inside the Barber Museum’s Restoration...

Video: Riding A 2021 MV Agusta Superveloce 800 At Barber

Roadracing World Racing Editor Chris Ulrich laps Barber Motorsports Park on the 2021 MV Agusta Superveloce 800, which MV Agusta then donated to the...

Yamaha YZF-R6 Being Discontinued

Editorial Note: Buried at the bottom of this press release is the following: "With deep consideration of evolving global market trends and regulations that limit...

Historic Racebike Illustrations:1963 Moto Morini 250, In The November Issue

Featured In the November 2020 issue of Roadracing World:       The first round of the 1963 Grand Prix season was held at Montjuic Park,...

MV Agusta Announces New Website, Superveloce 75 Anniversario

MV AGUSTA CELEBRATES 75TH ANNIVERSARY WITH NEW OFFICIAL WEBSITE AND EXCLUSIVE SUPERVELOCE 75 ANNIVERSARIO Varese, November 13, 2020 - In the year of its 75th anniversary,...

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Super Mini grid 061425.jpg - Maverick Johnson (#163), Tanner Rhodes (#11), Kellan Funkhouser (#279), Craig Thompson (#144) on the starting grid for the GP190/Super Mini race, KartMoto, Cresson, TX. Photo Credit: Photographer Jeff Kulchinski/Model T Photography.

Texas Mini Cup Final Race Preview

Final Round For Texas Mini Cup This Weekend.    The Texas Mini Cup's final round will be held this Saturday, July 12, at KartMoto in Cresson...
A Honda technician demonstrates skill and focus during the National Technician Contest. Photo courtesy American Honda Motor Co.

Honda National Technician Contest Returns for Year Two

Online qualification test is now open to technicians from Honda dealerships Finalists will earn a trip to Georgia to compete for $16,000 in...

Opinion: More About MotoAmerica Super Hooligan Racing

History You Should Know About Super Hooligans, By a Racer FIRST PERSON/OPINION: By Andy DiBrino For years the RSD Super Hooligan class has had a weight rule...
The Mission King Of The Baggers will invade WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca this weekend on the Monterey Peninsula. Photo by Brian J. Nelson

MotoAmerica: Mission King Of The Baggers Back In Action At Laguna Seca

Wyman Has A Big Baggers Lead, Jacobsen Vs. Scholtz In Supersport, And A Ton More Action As MotoAmerica Heads To Monterey.     Forty-two days will...
The California Highway Patrol will be honored by MotoAmerica as its Grand Marshal for the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca round, July 11-13. Photo by Tucker Scott

MotoAmerica: California Highway Patrol Named Grand Marshall For Laguna Seca

Round Five Of The MotoAmerica Superbike Championship Will Honor The CHP As Grand Marshal.  MotoAmerica, North America’s premier motorcycle road racing series, is proud to...