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MotoAmerica: Petersen Claims Stock 1000 Pole Position At Laguna (Updated)
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MotoAmerica: Beaubier Captures HONOS Superbike Pole At Laguna (Updated)
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More, from a press release issued by MotoAmerica:
Beaubier Leads Day One At WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
Five-Time Champion Gets 28th Career HONOS Superbike Pole Position
MONTEREY, CA (October 23, 2020) – Monster Energy Attack Performance Yamaha’s Cameron Beaubier earned the 28th and perhaps final pole position of his Superbike career on a sunny Friday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, the five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion signing a contract this week that will see him move to the Moto2 World Championship for the American Racing Team in 2021.
Beaubier’s best was a 1:23.194 and that put him 1.421 seconds clear of his teammate Jake Gagne, who in turn was just .001 of a second ahead of Warhorse HSBK Ducati New York’s Lorenzo Zanetti with the Italian set to fill the first row of the grid for this weekend’s three HONOS Superbike races.
M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Bobby Fong had a lap time that would have put him second on the grid, but that time was taken away from him when he was given an exceeding-track-limit penalty, which dropped him to fourth. Fong will be joined by his teammate Toni Elias and Ducati Richmond/KWR Ducati’s Kyle Wyman on the second row of the grid.
Westby Racing’s fill-in rider Niccolo Canepa ended the day seventh with Josh Herrin eighth, the Scheibe Racing BMW rider getting baulked by Zanetti on his fast lap and spending the cool-down lap letting the Italian know about it.
Rock and Sons Racing’s Jayson Uribe ended up ninth on his Honda CBR1000RR, just a tick quicker than 10th-placed Michael Gilbert on the FLY Racing ADR Motorsports Suzuki GSX-R1000.
Times were tight as can be in Supersport Q1 on Friday with M4 ECSTAR Sean Dylan Kelly just .019 of a second ahead of newly crowned Supersport Champion Richie Escalante on the HONOS Kawasaki. Escalante, in turn, was just .028 of a second faster than JD Beach, who was road racing for the first time all season on the Celtic HSBK Yamaha YZF-R6. In total, nine riders ended the day on the same second.
Newcomer Max Toth rode his Floyd’s of Leadville T3 Racing Kawasaki Ninja 400 to the best time in the Liqui Moly Junior Cup, the 14-year-old beating two-time class champion Rocco Landers. In Twins Cup action, BARTCON Racing’s Cooper McDonald was fastest on the day, topping newly crowned class champion Rocco Landers and Dominic Doyle.
Altus Motorsports’ Cameron Petersen ended up the quickest Stock 1000 rider on the day, the South African who recently clinched the 2020 MotoAmerica Stock 1000 title, lapped at 1:26.155 to top Ride HVMC Racing’s Corey Alexander and Travis Wyman Racing’s Travis Wyman.
The Drag Specialties King of the Baggers class made its debut on Friday with Tyler O’Hara leading all three sessions on the S&S Indian Challenger. O’Hara ended up 3.9 seconds quicker than Roland Sands Designs’ Frankie Garcia with Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson’s Hayden Gillim ending the day third fastest.
More, from a press release issued by Ducati North America:
Zanetti and Wyman complete a productive opening day at Laguna Seca for the final round of MotoAmerica 2020
Sunnyvale, Calif., October 23, 2020 – On-track action returned to the hills of Laguna Seca as the nation’s top Superbike riders faced off on day one of the MotoAmerica Speedfest at Monterey in California.
Lorenzo Zanetti (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York) led the Ducati charge, finishing the second qualifying session third, behind pacesetter Cameron Beaubier. Zanetti pounded out 19 laps in session one and 17 laps in session two of Laguna on his first racing visit to the venue, finishing a scant 0.001 seconds off Yamaha’s Jake Gagne in second.
Kyle Wyman (Ducati Richmond/KWR Ducati Team) started the first day off on the right foot, taking third in the opening qualifying session. The Arizona resident slipped to sixth in the second qualifying session, putting in more laps than any other rider bar Beaubier, both men circulating Laguna Seca 22 times in the session to go with his 21 laps of session one.
Wyman’s best lap was just 0.159 seconds off Zanetti, and with a second row start for race two, Wyman is in good shape for race one tomorrow.
Lorenzo Zanetti (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York – Ducati #87)
“I’m happy because this is not an easy track to learn,” Zanetti said. “But I have good WorldSBK experience, so normally I’m pretty quick to learn the track.
“I’m happy, especially as I started with the data from the WorldSBK team when they raced here last year.
“The track is different to Indy but also similar to many tracks in Europe. Some parts I think of Imola or other tracks I’m used to. I’m not totally comfortable on the bike yet, but when I see I’m on the front row, with this sensation, it’s quite good!”
Kyle Wyman (Ducati Richmond/KWR Ducati Team – Ducati #33)
“Today was really good,” Wyman enthused. “It’s the fastest I’ve ever gone around here. I’m happy but also a little gutted because only two more tenths and I’d be in second on the gri d. Everybody is so close.
“The bike is feeling good. We need to get around the flatter corners a little better—the cambered corners we are going well in—so we’ll look at the sectors tonight to find the weak points.
“We didn’t change the bike much today. I just spun a lot of laps. The goal was to try and get more comfortable and not chase the bike around in settings. You can make a lot of time just working on yourself, so that’s where I focused today.
“In the second session, we tried the softer rear tire but it didn’t work with the front, so we threw this morning’s harder used tire on and I immediately went half a second faster, even though the tire was used.
“We have some really good race pace. It’s going to be a scrap this weekend with everyone so close.”
WERA GNF: Running Race Results From Friday At Barber (Updated)
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MotoAmerica: Kelly Quickest In Tight Supersport QP1 At Laguna
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup: Muñoz On Pole At Motorland Aragon II
David Muñoz takes Aragón 2 Rookies pole with best ever lap
It was going to take something special to challenge Pedro Acosta and David Muñoz set the fastest ever Rookies Lap of Motorland Aragón to take pole on the KTM RC 250 R. The 14-year-old Spaniard ended the day just 0.089 seconds ahead of the 16-year-old Cup leader with a third Spaniard, 15-year-old Daniel Holgado just 0.085 further back.
David Muñoz very cool
“I’m very happy with the Quali but the track was cold and it was not easy. It is great to get the new record but the race is something different. I hope I can battle with Pedro tomorrow but we will have to see. The bike setting is good but by the end of the session the back was sliding quite a lot so that made things difficult.”
Acosta chilled
“The Qualifying was good because we are in the front row again and that is important for the first lap. I have good, consistent lap times and I hope that tomorrow we can repeat what we did last Sunday,” stated Acosta who dominated from lights to flag.
“For Qualifying the track was a bit cold but I think my bike has the best setting for the race hour when it should be a bit warmer. In Free Practice 1 this morning we tried a little different setting but it didn’t give me a good feeling so we went back. I think we have it right.”
Holgado hottest in FP2
Setting what was at the time the quickest ever Rookies lap of Aragón to top FP2, Holgado completed the front row with a lone lap in Qualifying. “The track condition for Qualifying was difficult but I am very happy with my feeling and the setting of the bike for the race tomorrow. I went out on my own to see what I can do without a slipstream as it might be like that in the race.”
“I think it is possible to race with Pedro this weekend. I will try to not let him get away this time.”
Veijer warming to it
Dutch 15-year-old Collin Veijer jumped into the middle of the dominant Spaniards with a great 4th. “I think we really took a step forward to day. I talked to Dani and really improved my focus, my concentration. It was a mental change really so the Qualifying was perfect. The bike was good but not exactly right and for tomorrow we maybe change the rear slightly but otherwise the bike is great and I am really enjoying it.”
Broadcast
This weekend’s Rookies Cup races can be seen live on www.redbull.tv and on TV stations around the world.
Race 1 is at 17:10 CET on Saturday and Race 2 is on Sunday at 16:00, the show starts 10 minutes before the race.
MotoAmerica: Newcomer Toth On Provisional Jr. Cup Pole At Laguna
MotoAmerica: O’Hara Tops Bagger QP2 At Laguna
MotoAmerica: Petersen Sets Pace In Stock 1000 QP1 At Laguna
WERA/N2 Endurance: Twisted Speed Takes Race, AOD Wins Championship (Updated)
Editorial Note:
Class Championship point standings can be found HERE
Overall Championship point standings can be found HERE
Endurance OverallEndurance by Class
More, from a press release issued by Mi Scusi SDK:
Mi Scusi SDK takes the Middleweight Championship Title with a win at the WERA/N2 Endurance Challenge at Barber Motorsports Park
Mi Scusi SDK capped off a stellar WERA/N2 Endurance season at Barber Motorsports Park with a middleweight win to clinch the overall Middleweight Class Championship for 2020. The win also clinched third place overall in the WERA/N2 Endurance series.
Mi Scusi leadoff rider, Sloan West, wheelied past the rest of the field from the second row to take the hole shot towards turn one. West got Mi Scusi to 4th place overall behind the 1000s and 1st place overall amongst the 600s.
Additional riders Chris Kubricky, Thomas McQuigg and John Hvizdak followed the team motto of “stay on the &%*$-ing motorcycle” and maintained the lead for the remainder of the race. After completing a successful anchor leg, John Hvizdak noted “the things we do for cheesecake.”
Mi Scusi SDK was established in 2017 by a bunch of friends that just wanted another excuse to hang out, ride motorcycles, and eat cheesecake. Since the first event completed on a back-up motorcycle after blowing a motor in our A-bike, the team has had up and down seasons in 2017, 2018 and 2019 marked by podiums but also some challenges. Despite the unpredictability, 2020 turned into a turning point with a first visit to the top step, 3 total wins, 5 total podiums in 5 races and, at last, an Endurance Championship. Mi Scusi is already re-tooling, re-fueling, and planning for even better things in the 2021 Endurance Championship.
Mi Scusi SDK would like to thank WERA and N2 for putting on a fantastic series, Metric Devil Moto for providing the Pirelli tires, corner workers, fellow competitors, TDJU, and our 2008 Yamaha R6 for still running despite unimaginable abuses to include being on fire at least once, though not this year.
More, from a press release issued by Army of Darkness:
Army Of Darkness Wins WERA/N2 National Endurance Championship At Barber Motorsports Park
Chris Peris and Ben Walters presented a master class of championship strategy at the season finale of the WERA/N2 National Endurance series. Entering the race with a significant points lead accumulated over the previous four hard fought rounds, the championship was the team’s to lose.
Walters: “We knew the only way we could lose this championship would be for us to drop out of the race and lose mileage points. We decided early on to secure the championship, and then push for the win once that was in the bag.”
Deploying that strategy saw Peris tailing the nearest competitor’s bike by half a second for the first hour. “Taylor Knapp is a terrific rider with a fun style and our bikes work in very different ways so it was really fun to stay with him and play with different lines.”
Going into the last hour AOD had secured their 15th championship and were in second place trailing by about 50 seconds so they mounted a last hour charge in an attempt to retake the lead. It looked possible as AOD was closing down the lead by 2 to 3 seconds a lap but an unscheduled pit stop to address a part failure convinced the team to settle for the second place.
Of course, the fifteenth championship is never as satisfying at the first championship but Walters reflected “What makes every championship satisfying? Sam, Chris, me and the whole AOD crew won our first championship together in 2005. Here we are 15 years later and multiple championships but one thing never changes: to win these races is incredibly hard. There are always fast teams, well prepped motorcycles but there are thousands of points of failure: chains break, motors fail, oil leaks, flat tires, master cylinders get stuck, coolant leaks, transmission failures, running on wet tracks on slicks…the list goes on! We are so fortunate to have such a deeply experienced and dedicated team and we really try to work together to accomplish what we can. Sometimes we are psyched just to put together a hard fought recovery to third place, sometimes its a win, sometimes its a championship. What makes endurance so difficult is also what makes it so compelling.”
Also, AOD merchandise is restocked! Fly your privateer flag with shirts, mugs and masks from armyofdarkness.com
AOD is sponsored by: Army of Darkness, Yamaha Champions Riding School, Yamaha, Michelin, Chicken Hawk, Wood Craft, Hindle, K-Tech, Fast Frank Racing, Supersprox, Thermosman, N2, Industry13, WERA, Roadracing World.
MotoAmerica: Gagne Leads Superbike QP1 At Laguna
MotoAmerica: Petersen Claims Stock 1000 Pole Position At Laguna (Updated)
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MotoAmerica: Beaubier Captures HONOS Superbike Pole At Laguna (Updated)
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More, from a press release issued by MotoAmerica:
Beaubier Leads Day One At WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
Five-Time Champion Gets 28th Career HONOS Superbike Pole Position
MONTEREY, CA (October 23, 2020) – Monster Energy Attack Performance Yamaha’s Cameron Beaubier earned the 28th and perhaps final pole position of his Superbike career on a sunny Friday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, the five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion signing a contract this week that will see him move to the Moto2 World Championship for the American Racing Team in 2021.
Beaubier’s best was a 1:23.194 and that put him 1.421 seconds clear of his teammate Jake Gagne, who in turn was just .001 of a second ahead of Warhorse HSBK Ducati New York’s Lorenzo Zanetti with the Italian set to fill the first row of the grid for this weekend’s three HONOS Superbike races.
M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Bobby Fong had a lap time that would have put him second on the grid, but that time was taken away from him when he was given an exceeding-track-limit penalty, which dropped him to fourth. Fong will be joined by his teammate Toni Elias and Ducati Richmond/KWR Ducati’s Kyle Wyman on the second row of the grid.
Westby Racing’s fill-in rider Niccolo Canepa ended the day seventh with Josh Herrin eighth, the Scheibe Racing BMW rider getting baulked by Zanetti on his fast lap and spending the cool-down lap letting the Italian know about it.
Rock and Sons Racing’s Jayson Uribe ended up ninth on his Honda CBR1000RR, just a tick quicker than 10th-placed Michael Gilbert on the FLY Racing ADR Motorsports Suzuki GSX-R1000.
Times were tight as can be in Supersport Q1 on Friday with M4 ECSTAR Sean Dylan Kelly just .019 of a second ahead of newly crowned Supersport Champion Richie Escalante on the HONOS Kawasaki. Escalante, in turn, was just .028 of a second faster than JD Beach, who was road racing for the first time all season on the Celtic HSBK Yamaha YZF-R6. In total, nine riders ended the day on the same second.
Newcomer Max Toth rode his Floyd’s of Leadville T3 Racing Kawasaki Ninja 400 to the best time in the Liqui Moly Junior Cup, the 14-year-old beating two-time class champion Rocco Landers. In Twins Cup action, BARTCON Racing’s Cooper McDonald was fastest on the day, topping newly crowned class champion Rocco Landers and Dominic Doyle.
Altus Motorsports’ Cameron Petersen ended up the quickest Stock 1000 rider on the day, the South African who recently clinched the 2020 MotoAmerica Stock 1000 title, lapped at 1:26.155 to top Ride HVMC Racing’s Corey Alexander and Travis Wyman Racing’s Travis Wyman.
The Drag Specialties King of the Baggers class made its debut on Friday with Tyler O’Hara leading all three sessions on the S&S Indian Challenger. O’Hara ended up 3.9 seconds quicker than Roland Sands Designs’ Frankie Garcia with Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson’s Hayden Gillim ending the day third fastest.
More, from a press release issued by Ducati North America:
Zanetti and Wyman complete a productive opening day at Laguna Seca for the final round of MotoAmerica 2020
Sunnyvale, Calif., October 23, 2020 – On-track action returned to the hills of Laguna Seca as the nation’s top Superbike riders faced off on day one of the MotoAmerica Speedfest at Monterey in California.
Lorenzo Zanetti (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York) led the Ducati charge, finishing the second qualifying session third, behind pacesetter Cameron Beaubier. Zanetti pounded out 19 laps in session one and 17 laps in session two of Laguna on his first racing visit to the venue, finishing a scant 0.001 seconds off Yamaha’s Jake Gagne in second.
Kyle Wyman (Ducati Richmond/KWR Ducati Team) started the first day off on the right foot, taking third in the opening qualifying session. The Arizona resident slipped to sixth in the second qualifying session, putting in more laps than any other rider bar Beaubier, both men circulating Laguna Seca 22 times in the session to go with his 21 laps of session one.
Wyman’s best lap was just 0.159 seconds off Zanetti, and with a second row start for race two, Wyman is in good shape for race one tomorrow.
Lorenzo Zanetti (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York – Ducati #87)
“I’m happy because this is not an easy track to learn,” Zanetti said. “But I have good WorldSBK experience, so normally I’m pretty quick to learn the track.
“I’m happy, especially as I started with the data from the WorldSBK team when they raced here last year.
“The track is different to Indy but also similar to many tracks in Europe. Some parts I think of Imola or other tracks I’m used to. I’m not totally comfortable on the bike yet, but when I see I’m on the front row, with this sensation, it’s quite good!”
Kyle Wyman (Ducati Richmond/KWR Ducati Team – Ducati #33)
“Today was really good,” Wyman enthused. “It’s the fastest I’ve ever gone around here. I’m happy but also a little gutted because only two more tenths and I’d be in second on the gri d. Everybody is so close.
“The bike is feeling good. We need to get around the flatter corners a little better—the cambered corners we are going well in—so we’ll look at the sectors tonight to find the weak points.
“We didn’t change the bike much today. I just spun a lot of laps. The goal was to try and get more comfortable and not chase the bike around in settings. You can make a lot of time just working on yourself, so that’s where I focused today.
“In the second session, we tried the softer rear tire but it didn’t work with the front, so we threw this morning’s harder used tire on and I immediately went half a second faster, even though the tire was used.
“We have some really good race pace. It’s going to be a scrap this weekend with everyone so close.”
WERA GNF: Running Race Results From Friday At Barber (Updated)
Editorial Note: Use the zoom and scrolling tools in the bottom left corner of the PDF viewer to better see all pages of the results.
GNF Friday Race 1GNF Friday Race 2
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MotoAmerica: Kelly Quickest In Tight Supersport QP1 At Laguna
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup: Muñoz On Pole At Motorland Aragon II
David Muñoz takes Aragón 2 Rookies pole with best ever lap
It was going to take something special to challenge Pedro Acosta and David Muñoz set the fastest ever Rookies Lap of Motorland Aragón to take pole on the KTM RC 250 R. The 14-year-old Spaniard ended the day just 0.089 seconds ahead of the 16-year-old Cup leader with a third Spaniard, 15-year-old Daniel Holgado just 0.085 further back.
David Muñoz very cool
“I’m very happy with the Quali but the track was cold and it was not easy. It is great to get the new record but the race is something different. I hope I can battle with Pedro tomorrow but we will have to see. The bike setting is good but by the end of the session the back was sliding quite a lot so that made things difficult.”
Acosta chilled
“The Qualifying was good because we are in the front row again and that is important for the first lap. I have good, consistent lap times and I hope that tomorrow we can repeat what we did last Sunday,” stated Acosta who dominated from lights to flag.
“For Qualifying the track was a bit cold but I think my bike has the best setting for the race hour when it should be a bit warmer. In Free Practice 1 this morning we tried a little different setting but it didn’t give me a good feeling so we went back. I think we have it right.”
Holgado hottest in FP2
Setting what was at the time the quickest ever Rookies lap of Aragón to top FP2, Holgado completed the front row with a lone lap in Qualifying. “The track condition for Qualifying was difficult but I am very happy with my feeling and the setting of the bike for the race tomorrow. I went out on my own to see what I can do without a slipstream as it might be like that in the race.”
“I think it is possible to race with Pedro this weekend. I will try to not let him get away this time.”
Veijer warming to it
Dutch 15-year-old Collin Veijer jumped into the middle of the dominant Spaniards with a great 4th. “I think we really took a step forward to day. I talked to Dani and really improved my focus, my concentration. It was a mental change really so the Qualifying was perfect. The bike was good but not exactly right and for tomorrow we maybe change the rear slightly but otherwise the bike is great and I am really enjoying it.”
Broadcast
This weekend’s Rookies Cup races can be seen live on www.redbull.tv and on TV stations around the world.
Race 1 is at 17:10 CET on Saturday and Race 2 is on Sunday at 16:00, the show starts 10 minutes before the race.
MotoAmerica: Newcomer Toth On Provisional Jr. Cup Pole At Laguna
MotoAmerica: O’Hara Tops Bagger QP2 At Laguna
MotoAmerica: Petersen Sets Pace In Stock 1000 QP1 At Laguna
WERA/N2 Endurance: Twisted Speed Takes Race, AOD Wins Championship (Updated)
Editorial Note:
Class Championship point standings can be found HERE
Overall Championship point standings can be found HERE
Endurance OverallEndurance by Class
More, from a press release issued by Mi Scusi SDK:
Mi Scusi SDK takes the Middleweight Championship Title with a win at the WERA/N2 Endurance Challenge at Barber Motorsports Park
Mi Scusi SDK capped off a stellar WERA/N2 Endurance season at Barber Motorsports Park with a middleweight win to clinch the overall Middleweight Class Championship for 2020. The win also clinched third place overall in the WERA/N2 Endurance series.
Mi Scusi leadoff rider, Sloan West, wheelied past the rest of the field from the second row to take the hole shot towards turn one. West got Mi Scusi to 4th place overall behind the 1000s and 1st place overall amongst the 600s.
Additional riders Chris Kubricky, Thomas McQuigg and John Hvizdak followed the team motto of “stay on the &%*$-ing motorcycle” and maintained the lead for the remainder of the race. After completing a successful anchor leg, John Hvizdak noted “the things we do for cheesecake.”
Mi Scusi SDK was established in 2017 by a bunch of friends that just wanted another excuse to hang out, ride motorcycles, and eat cheesecake. Since the first event completed on a back-up motorcycle after blowing a motor in our A-bike, the team has had up and down seasons in 2017, 2018 and 2019 marked by podiums but also some challenges. Despite the unpredictability, 2020 turned into a turning point with a first visit to the top step, 3 total wins, 5 total podiums in 5 races and, at last, an Endurance Championship. Mi Scusi is already re-tooling, re-fueling, and planning for even better things in the 2021 Endurance Championship.
Mi Scusi SDK would like to thank WERA and N2 for putting on a fantastic series, Metric Devil Moto for providing the Pirelli tires, corner workers, fellow competitors, TDJU, and our 2008 Yamaha R6 for still running despite unimaginable abuses to include being on fire at least once, though not this year.
More, from a press release issued by Army of Darkness:
Army Of Darkness Wins WERA/N2 National Endurance Championship At Barber Motorsports Park
Chris Peris and Ben Walters presented a master class of championship strategy at the season finale of the WERA/N2 National Endurance series. Entering the race with a significant points lead accumulated over the previous four hard fought rounds, the championship was the team’s to lose.
Walters: “We knew the only way we could lose this championship would be for us to drop out of the race and lose mileage points. We decided early on to secure the championship, and then push for the win once that was in the bag.”
Deploying that strategy saw Peris tailing the nearest competitor’s bike by half a second for the first hour. “Taylor Knapp is a terrific rider with a fun style and our bikes work in very different ways so it was really fun to stay with him and play with different lines.”
Going into the last hour AOD had secured their 15th championship and were in second place trailing by about 50 seconds so they mounted a last hour charge in an attempt to retake the lead. It looked possible as AOD was closing down the lead by 2 to 3 seconds a lap but an unscheduled pit stop to address a part failure convinced the team to settle for the second place.
Of course, the fifteenth championship is never as satisfying at the first championship but Walters reflected “What makes every championship satisfying? Sam, Chris, me and the whole AOD crew won our first championship together in 2005. Here we are 15 years later and multiple championships but one thing never changes: to win these races is incredibly hard. There are always fast teams, well prepped motorcycles but there are thousands of points of failure: chains break, motors fail, oil leaks, flat tires, master cylinders get stuck, coolant leaks, transmission failures, running on wet tracks on slicks…the list goes on! We are so fortunate to have such a deeply experienced and dedicated team and we really try to work together to accomplish what we can. Sometimes we are psyched just to put together a hard fought recovery to third place, sometimes its a win, sometimes its a championship. What makes endurance so difficult is also what makes it so compelling.”
Also, AOD merchandise is restocked! Fly your privateer flag with shirts, mugs and masks from armyofdarkness.com
AOD is sponsored by: Army of Darkness, Yamaha Champions Riding School, Yamaha, Michelin, Chicken Hawk, Wood Craft, Hindle, K-Tech, Fast Frank Racing, Supersprox, Thermosman, N2, Industry13, WERA, Roadracing World.
MotoAmerica: Gagne Leads Superbike QP1 At Laguna
