World Superbike: beIN SPORTS Announces Its Broadcast And Streaming Schedules For This Coming Weekend’s Races

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World Superbike: beIN SPORTS Announces Its Broadcast And Streaming Schedules For This Coming Weekend’s Races

beIN SPORTS continues coverage of the 2019 FIM Superbike World Championship with Round 9 this Saturday, July 13th. Viewers will ride along for the action as riders compete in the GEICO US Round, taking place at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California.

Heading into the ninth round of the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship, Laguna Seca will once again host an incredible racing weekend, the last one before the series heads in to Summer break, and all eyes will be focused on WorldSBK as it will be the only class racing around the demanding American layout. Home of the famous “corkscrew corner,” the GEICO US Round will deliver another weekend full of drama and pure adrenaline to US fans.

It has been a roller-coaster season in WorldSBK as Jonathan Rea takes the championship lead for the first time. Next up for Rea is the USA and Laguna Seca, a circuit at which he secured both wins in 2018 on his way to a fourth WorldSBK crown.

Superbike fans can catch exclusive coverage of the exciting 2019 FIM WorldSBK Championship LIVE on beIN SPORTS and streaming online on beIN SPORTS CONNECT.

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Saturday, July 13

WorldSBK FIM Superbike World Championship- Geico US Round

Round 9 – Superpole WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 1:55 PM LIVE

Saturday, July 13

WorldSBK FIM Superbike World Championship- Geico US Round

Round 9 – Race 1 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 4:55 PM LIVE

Sunday, July 14

WorldSSP FIM Superbike World Championship- Geico US Round

Round 9 – Superpole WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 1:55 PM LIVE

Sunday, July 14

WorldSBK FIM Superbike World Championship- Geico US Round

Round 9 – Race 2 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 4:55 PM LIVE

Friday, July 19

WorldSBK FIM Superbike World Championship- Geico US Round

Round 9 – Highlights WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 8:00 PM DELAY

beIN SPORTS CONNECT

Saturday, July 13

WorldSBK FIM Superbike World Championship- Geico US Round

Round 9 – Superpole WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 1:45 PM LIVE

Saturday, July 13

WorldSBK FIM Superbike World Championship- Geico US Round

Round 9 – Race 1 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 4:45 PM LIVE

Sunday, July 14

WorldSSP FIM Superbike World Championship- Geico US Round

Round 9 – Superpole WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 1:55 PM LIVE

Sunday, July 14

WorldSBK FIM Superbike World Championship- Geico US Round

Round 9 – Race 2 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 4:55 PM LIVE

World Superbike: The Tables Have Turned For Jonathan Rea And Alvaro Bautista Coming Into Laguna Seca

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World Superbike: The Tables Have Turned For Jonathan Rea And Alvaro Bautista Coming Into Laguna Seca

#USAWorldSBK:

Fight for your ride!

Laguna Seca awaits WorldSBK title scrap! Two riders going head-to-head for supremacy: what have you got for us GEICO U.S. Round?

After an action-packed Donington Park, the 2019 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship moves on with great pace to the Land of the Free: the USA and Laguna Seca are up next. One of the shorter circuits on the calendar but just as technical, the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California will see riders try and carry momentum into the Summer break. If one thing is predictable about WorldSBK in recent rounds, it is that it is completely unpredictable.

Having come off the back of his first hat-trick in WorldSBK, Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) has overturned a 61-point deficit after the Tissot Superpole Race at Jerez into a fruitful, 24-point lead after his home round, arriving in the USA as Championship leader. Rea’s record at Laguna Seca isn’t staggering but it is far from poor, as he has been victorious in three of the last four races there, although on his charge to title number two, he was rudely welcomed to the USA with his first retirement of the year.

With a season of extreme highs and pivotal lows, nothing is nailed-on in the USA. However, Rea will look to show WorldSBK rookie Alvaro Bautista (ARUBA.IT Racing – Ducati) the ropes and if his teammate Leon Haslam can help him, then even better. Haslam himself has a steady record at Laguna Seca, with numerous top ten finishes but not one single podium. Will Haslam and Rea cause Ducati problems in Monterey?

It is a new challenge for Bautista this weekend, a new perspective. No longer is he the hunted, but he is now the hunter – a position that Jonathan Rea himself has said he would rather be in. Bautista must strike back before going into the Summer break, as he can’t afford to give more points away to Rea before the season arrives at circuits like Magny-Cours and Circuito San Juan Villicum.

The 34-year-old Spaniard has relative experience [at Laguna Seca] from his MotoGP™ days, with a fourth place and less than a tenth of a second away from a podium in 2013 being his highlight. Going into the ninth round of the Championship, it is a timely reminder that winning distances don’t count for more points, but consistency does.

Consistency really is key in 2019 and one rider who, against the odds, made it to the top ten at Donington Park was Michael van der Mark (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team). Third place in the championship may not be too safe from his teammate Alex Lowes but despite his comeback weekend, the Dutchman maintained the bronze-medal position and now heads to the USA – a track where he has never been outside of the top ten, with his best result for Yamaha coming last year in Race 2. Yamaha haven’t won at the famous Californian venue since 2000 with Noriyuki Haga, so can their current stars earn their stripes this year?

Brits do have a bit of a winning habit at the USA, just ask Tom Sykes. After giving BMW their second ever pole position last time out at Donington Park, he will be hoping that he can remount the podium for a third round in succession and, if possible, take a fourth win in the USA – his last one coming in Race 2, 2016. BMW as a manufacturer have two podiums in America, both coming in 2013 with Davies and Melandri – something Tom Sykes will be keen to change.

Watch out, there’s a Laguna Seca enigma about – Toprak Razgatlioglu by name, but top job by nature. Toprak Razgatlioglu (Turkish Puccetti Racing) is in rich form, with five podiums from the last four rounds – including his first ever double podium coming at Donington Park. But who knows what Toprak can do at Laguna Seca after he suffered a huge accident there in 2018, forcing him out of action for Race 2. The 22-year-old Turkish rider has given the crowd an underdog story in 2019, with Laguna Seca looking to be the place where his hopes of WorldSBK victory come true. Time for some California Dreamin’, Toprak.

One star who will certainly need a result is Chaz Davies (ARUBA.IT Racing – Ducati), as he’s looked off the boil since his Imola podiums. A struggle at Donington Park and Misano and bad luck at Jerez means that the Welshman – three times a winner at Laguna Seca, including a double in 2015 – must steady the tide as soon as possible. Will Chaz Davies right the ship and become Captain America again?

Michael Ruben Rinaldi (BARNI Racing Team) will be one rider who is tackling one of the most iconic racing venues in the USA for the first time. The 23-year-old Italian will be a debutant at the circuit, whilst contrastingly, 36-year-old veteran Ryuichi Kiyonari (Moriwaki Althea Honda Team) will also venture to Monterey for the first time. Fellow Honda rider, Alessandro Delbianco (Althea Mie Racing Team), is another rider looking to make a strong first impression with the American venue, whilst reigning WorldSSP Champion, Sandro Cortese (GRT Yamaha WorldSBK) will also ride Laguna Seca for the first time.

Australian Superbike: Mike Jones, Wayne Maxwell Split Wins At Morgan Park

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Australian Superbike: Mike Jones, Wayne Maxwell Split Wins At Morgan Park

Maxwell Takes Kawasaki Superbike Round Win At Morgan Park, Jones Takes Championship Lead

7 July 2019

Wayne Maxwell (Team Suzuki ECSTAR Australia, Suzuki GSX R) has taken Race 2 of Round 4 of the 2019 Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship, in an intense battle with second-placed rival Troy Herfoss (Penrite Honda Racing, Honda CBR 1000 SP). Mike Jones (Desmosport Ducati, Ducati Panagale FE) staged an outstanding comeback to recover to third after dropping back to 14th, enough to help him leapfrog Cru Halliday (Yamaha Racing Team, Yamaha YZF R1) and Bryan Staring (Kawasaki BCperformance, Kawasaki ZX10RR) to the championship lead.

Race 1

Polesitter Jones got the jump off the line to lead them into Turn 1, with Herfoss slotting himself into second spot, and Maxwell finding himself bundled back to fifth. Turn 8 saw Herfoss blast past Jones to take the lead early and briefly lead the race, before the Ducati displayed its grunt to retake the lead as the field began lap two. Daniel Falzon (Yamaha Racing Team, Yamaha YZF R1) was starting to apply some pressure to teammate Halliday as the field settled into a rhythm, but lost the front end on the way through Turn 6 and crashed out of the race. At the head of the field, Jones and Herfoss were followed by Halliday, Maxwell, Staring and Josh Waters (Team Suzuki ECSTAR Australia, Suzuki GSX R).

Maxwell was pestering Halliday for third position, and got the move done down the front straight on lap seven to claim third, taking Herfoss for second soon after with Halliday following through to send Herfoss back to third. By half distance, Jones was more than a second up on Maxwell, Halliday, Herfoss, and Staring, with Waters now beginning to lose touch with the lead group. As has been the trend throughout the 2019 season, Staring was beginning to pick up the pace towards the second half of the race and was now looking for a way past Herfoss.

Staring made the move out of Turn 12 on lap 11, up into fifth position. Jones was still at the head of the field, but the gap over the pursuing trio of Maxwell, Halliday and Staring was closing up as they upped the pace over the closing three laps. With two to go, Staring was pushing to overtake Halliday for the final podium spot when he lost the front end into Turn 4, with the Kawasaki rider resuming to finish 12th. Jones crossed the line 2.1 seconds ahead of Maxwell, who managed to hold off a hard-charging Halliday in third ahead of Herfoss and Waters. Maxima BMW’s injury replacement Aaron Morris (BMW S1000R) rode like a series regular to finish sixth.

Race 2

Jones once again had the holeshot for Race 2 but this time it was Daniel Falzon (Yamaha Racing Team, Yamaha YZF R1). who was in hot pursuit. But before Jones could get comfortable in the lead, he ran wide in the grass at Turn 6, and his dreams of a clean sweep at his home race were in tatters. Herfoss worked up to the lead before Maxwell decided that me might like to lead for a while, passing Herfoss at Turn 5. After 2 laps it was Maxwell, Herfoss, Falzon, Halliday, and Josh Waters (Team Suzuki ECSTAR Australia, Suzuki GSX R) the top five, with Staring a tenth further back.

Lap five and Aaron Morris’ (Maxima BMW, BMW S1000RR) race was over at Turn 2, picking his bike out of the grass. At the front, Maxwell and Herfoss were at the head of the field, having stretched out almost a second’s worth of lead from Halliday. Jones had resumed 14th, and in a stunning ride made his way up to seventh.

Halfway through and Jones was pestering Staring for fifth position, on his way back up the field after his disastrous opening lap. Staring and Jones passed Waters on lap 11 to promote themselves up the leaderboard and send Waters back to sixth.

With four laps to go a queue was forming behind Halliday in third, with Staring and Jones looking to make their way past. Whilst Staring would make it by Halliday down the main straight, it would be Jones making it past them both, completing his epic comeback performance to claim third and salvage a spot on the podium.

Wayne Maxwell took the chequered flag ahead of Troy Herfoss, Jones, Staring, Halliday and Waters.

“Amazing, what can I say?” said Maxwell on the podium “Team Suzuki ECSTAR Australia, hats off to them, ever since the start of the year when I joined the team they’ve made me feel welcome. It’s a team effort, and I can’t thank them enough.

“My old mate Troy (Herfoss), I was thinking ‘He’s not going to let up!’, so I stopped looking at my lap board and started looking at his, and then just tried to control the race from there.

“Great reward for the team, and looking forward to the next three races on the calendar.”

The 2019 Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) continues with Round 5 at Winton Motor Raceway from 6-8 September. For updates, information, and to purchase tickets, visit ASBK.com.au.

World Superbike: Marco Melandri To Retire At The End Of The 2019 Season

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World Superbike: Marco Melandri To Retire At The End Of The 2019 Season

Marco Melandri Announces his Retirement

GRT Yamaha Supported WorldSBK rider, Marco Melandri, has announced that he intends to retire from racing immediately after the final round of the 2019 FIM Superbike World Championship in Qatar. The 36-year-old Italian’s decision to hang up his leathers will bring to a close a World Championship career that has spanned three decades.

15-year-old Melandri burst onto the world stage in 1998 and immediately made his mark, taking his first win at Assen to become the youngest ever Grand Prix winner, a record that stood for 10 years. He went on to win once more that year and ended his debut Grand Prix season third in the World Championship. The following season Melandri won five races but missed out on being crowned 125cc World Champion by just a single point.

More success came with a step up to the 250cc World Championship. Melandri dominated the class in 2002, taking nine race wins on his way to being crowned 250cc World Champion. A move to the premier class followed, with Melandri’s most successful MotoGP season coming in 2005 when he won the final two races and finished second in the World Championship to Valentino Rossi.

In 2011 Melandri made the switch from MotoGP to WorldSBK, winning four races in his first season aboard Yamaha’s YZF-R1 to finish the year as vice-champion. Since making his debut in the premier production class, the Italian has secured 75 podium finishes, 22 of which were race wins, making him one of the most successful riders on the WorldSBK grid.

And while these results are already impressive, Melandri is determined to add to them before finally hanging up his leathers in Qatar and bringing to a close an incredible racing career.

Marco Melandri

GRT Yamaha Supported WorldSBK

“The decision to retire was a very difficult one for me to make. I’d been thinking about it for some time and, before the Imola race, I finally decided to call it a day at the end of the 2019 season. I’m still competitive and I think it’s better to stop at this point, while I still enjoy racing, rather than waiting until the enjoyment and the results are more difficult to achieve. Since making the decision I feel like a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders and now that everyone knows this is my final year, I’m even more motivated to push for good results in the final few races. In part it’s for me, as I’d like to go out on a high, but it’s also to repay the faith that both Yamaha and the GRT Yamaha team have shown in me. It’s been a difficult season, but they have worked so hard to help me realise my potential. They never gave up on me and I hope that my experience has helped the team adapt to racing in WorldSBK just that little bit quicker. I’m looking forward to seeing out my final season with them and I intend to give it my all, treating every lap like a qualifying lap and pushing to improve myself and bring the team the results they deserve. Then it will be time to move on and do something different with my life. For me it’s been a fantastic journey; thank you to everyone I met along the way.”

Andrea Dosoli

Yamaha Motor Europe Road Racing Manager

“I was surprised when Marco informed me of his decision to retire. I’m sure it wasn’t an easy step for him to take, but we respect his reasons for doing so. Marco’s decision will bring to an end an incredibly successful career that has seen him racing and winning at the very highest level for many years. I’m pleased that, for a part of this long and distinguished career, Marco was a committed member of the Yamaha Racing family, where his contribution to our success was significant. In 2011 he raced the Yamaha YZF-R1 to second place in the WorldSBK Championship and, while this season has so far been a difficult one, he has maintained the level of professionalism for which he is renowned and worked tirelessly to achieve the results of which we know he is capable. Marco’s achievements in what has been a remarkable career are already impressive, but Yamaha and the GRT Yamaha team are committed to helping him bow out on a high note during the final races of the 2019 season. On behalf of Yamaha Motor Europe, but also personally, I’d like to thank Marco for his contribution to Yamaha and to motorsport. We wish him every success for the future.”

It’s Tense At The Top: Previewing The Superbike Showdown At Laguna Seca

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It’s Tense At The Top: Previewing The Superbike Showdown At Laguna Seca

By Michael Gougis

One of the best reasons to hit the Superbike World
Championship/MotoAmerica round at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca is its spot
on the calendar. It is in the middle of the summer, peak of the riding season,
and the Monterey Bay usually offers spectacular weather as a backdrop to the
gorgeous scenery.

But Laguna also falls smack in the middle of the season for
motorcycle road racing. And by this point in the year, the story lines have
formed, yet the conclusion is still wide open. That makes the event
captivating, with every place in every race something worth chasing, and a
backdrop of several races to give every lap the context that frames the highest
levels of competition.

In MotoAmerica, the battle at the front of the EBC
Superbikes class has been a fascinating tightrope all season long between
consistency and the desperate need to hang it all out right at the edge – and
often a bit beyond.

(Above) Toni Elias (24) leading Josh Herrin (2) and Cameron Beaubier (1) at Road America. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.

Heading the points is Toni Elias, who has taken his
Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing GSX-R1000 to five wins in the 10 races to date
in 2019. Elias has backed up his wins with a crushing consistency, standing on
the podium in all but one of those races.

But it hasn’t been easy, nor anything like a runaway for the
former Moto2 World Champion and one of the few racers who has beaten Valentino
Rossi in a straight fight–twice. Elias ended the second race at Road America
in the gravel trap, and his margins of victory have often been narrow. Elias is
pushing hard for every point, and his DNF in Wisconsin illustrated just how
close to the edge he is.

(Above) Cameron Beaubier (1) has been very consistent so far in 2019. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.

Consistency is what has kept Monster Energy/Yamalube/Yamaha
Factory Racing’s Cameron Beaubier in the hunt. The three-time MotoAmerica Superbike
Champion and Daytona 200 winner has only two wins to Elias’ five, but has been
on the podium eight times, and sits just 26 points behind Elias. And after a
tough start to 2018, Laguna was part of a mid-season run of wins and podiums by
Beaubier that put him solidly in the lead and in control of the Championship.
After taking the double at Laguna, Beaubier won three of the next four races in
2018. It was part of a 13-race run of podiums that allowed Beaubier to wrap up
last year’s title with races to spare.

Beaubier’s teammate Garrett Gerloff rides a string of
podiums into Laguna. In second year racing in Superbike, he’s already notched
his first pole position, and sits third in the Championship, ahead of Elias’
teammate Josh Herrin, the 2013 AMA Pro Superbike Champion. Herrin has shown the
speed necessary to run at the front, with two wins, and is missing only the
consistency that his Suzuki teammate has shown.

(Above) Some of MotoAmerica’s top Superbike privateers: Mathew Scholtz (11), JD Beach (95), Jake Gagne (32), and Kyle Wyman. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.

While the four factory riders have been at the front, they
haven’t had things their own way. Westby Racing’s Mathew Scholtz has led on his
Yamaha YZF-R1, and J.D. Beach actually won a mixed-conditions race at VIRginia
International Raceway on his Attack
Performance Estenson Racing Yamaha YZF-R1. Beach plans to maximize his
track time at Laguna, racing in both MotoAmerica Superbike and as a wild card
in World Superbike. That’s five races in two days!

Every time the green flag drops in MotoAmerica Superbike,
there are six riders with a legitimate shot at the win, and that has led to
some of the best racing the series has seen in years.

(Above) MotoAmerica Supersport Championship contenders Hayden Gillim (69) and Bobby Fong (50). Photo by Brian J. Nelson.

The MotoAmerica Supersport battle has been equally tense,
with Rickdiculous Racing’s Hayden Gillim and M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Bobby Fong
battling at the sharp end of the field. Both have shown blazing speed, both
have crossed the line and tossed it away in spectacular fashion, and that means
that going into Laguna, Gillim and his Yamaha YZF-R6 are a mere seven points
ahead of Fong and his Suzuki GSX-R600.

(Above) PJ Jacobsen (99) and Richie Escalante (54). Photo by Brian J. Nelson.

Elsewhere in the Supersport field there are storylines
worthy of a movie script. Four-time AMA Superbike Champion Josh Hayes is riding
a YZF-R6 entered by wife and fellow racer Melissa Paris, and Patrick “P.J.”
Jacobsen is back in the U.S. after years racing – and winning – at the
International level. Hayes has racked up podiums in pursuit of the handful of
wins he needs to become the all-time AMA Pro Road Racing win leader; Jacobsen
notched his first win in years earlier this season, taking the Celtic HSBK
Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 to victory in Virginia.

(Above) Josh Hayes with his infant son Hawk on the MotoAmerica Supersport podium at VIRginia International Raceway. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.

The Superbike World Championship looked like a runaway at
the beginning of the year. MotoGP refugee Alvaro Bautista, who had spent years
on a MotoGP Ducati Desmosedici, jumped on the new Ducati Panigale V4 R –
patterned after the MotoGP bike – and just crushed the field, slashing his way
to win after win.

(Above) Alvaro Bautista (19) on his Ducati Panigale V4 R.

Aided by the “competition adjustments” in the Superbike
rulebook that allowed the Aruba.it Racing Ducati a far higher rev limit than
the competition, Bautista simply rode past competitors on the straights with
speed in hand.

But the Ducati has proven to be a finicky beast, and
Bautista has thrown it into the gravel on multiple occasions. Meanwhile,
defending and four-time Superbike World Champion Jonathan Rea has gotten on
with business, making the absolute best of his Kawasaki ZX-10RR, winning when
he could, taking points when he could not win, and capitalizing on Bautista’s
mistakes.

(Above) Alvaro Bautista (19) leading the start of World Superbike Race Two at Jerez.

Incredibly, from a 61-point deficit, Rea has clawed his way
not only back into contention, but into a 24-point lead going in to Laguna Seca.
And the short straights and twisty confines of the dry lake bed are custom-made
for the sweet-handling ZX-10RR, which also has shown itself to be dead-stable
on the brakes. No one expects a Ducati runaway at Laguna.

(Above) Alvaro Bautista (19) and Championship rival and four-time Superbike World Champion Jonathan Rea (1).

The end result is that the title chase is far closer than
anyone imagined it would be at this point in the season, and it promises to get
tighter. The PATA Yamaha WorldSBK Team machines are getting nearer to the front
all the time, with Michael van der Mark winning confidently in Spain and teammate
Alex Lowes leading and fighting for podiums.

(Above) Alvaro Bautista (19), after winning his 11th race in his 11th start, at Assen.

And BMW, which re-entered the series as a factory effort for
2019, is quietly moving up the ranks, with talented and speedy veteran Tom
Sykes – 2013 Superbike World Champion and all-time Superpole win record-holder
– taking the still-developing 2020 S1000RR to the podium at Misano and
Donington Park, and actually putting the BMW on pole at Donington.

(Above) Former Superbike World Champion Tom Sykes (66) on his 2020-model BMW S1000RR.

At this point in the season, every lap, every position
matters. The battle lines have been drawn, but the final chapter is far from
written.

MotoAmerica: Cycle Gear To Be Title Sponsor Of Kyle Wyman At Laguna Seca

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MotoAmerica: Cycle Gear To Be Title Sponsor Of Kyle Wyman At Laguna Seca

Cycle Gear title sponsoring KWR Ducati team for Laguna Seca MotoAmerica round

TUCSON, Ariz. (July 8) — The KWR Ducati team heads to Laguna Seca this coming weekend along the WorldSBK series for the 6th round of the MotoAmerica Superbike championship. Kyle will ride the #33 Ducati Panigale V4 R title sponsored by Cycle Gear with secondary sponsor SC Project Exhaust.

After a tough weekend at Utah Motorsports Campus, Wyman is looking to make good on lessons learned in the first half of the season on the new Panigale V4 R, and after testing at Inde Motorsports Ranch this past week, is feeling confident that new setup and parts will bring the Cycle Gear Ducati closer to the front at Laguna Seca.

“With the big break between Utah and Laguna, I’ve been working hard on the bike in Arizona and putting in some laps out at Inde,” Wyman said. “I’m super excited to have Cycle Gear on board as our title sponsor again this year and I can’t thank those guys enough for stepping in and believing in this program.”

With MotoAmerica running along the WorldSBK series at Laguna, it offers an opportunity for KWR to cooperate further with the Ducati Corse Factory Team and continue a strong relationship that has helped Wyman get up to speed on the Panigale. KWR will be receiving a Superbike-spec engine from the Corse department at the track which will offer significant performance upgrades to the KWR team, who have been running a stock spec engine for the entirety of 2019 up to this point.

“Jumping into this program with a new bike happened so late, that this season has been a step-by-step development process,” Wyman said. “We have been tending to problems as they arise, and tackling them one by one. We still have some steps to make in the handling department, which will hopefully be helped with some consultation with the WorldSBK team this weekend, but we are getting closer and being able to throw in a full Superbike spec engine to kick off the second half of the season will also help us tremendously. Expectations are high and I look forward to putting in a good showing for the Cycle Gear guys and all of our supporters.”

Cycle Gear will have their Mega Tent at the Laguna Seca event this weekend with special event pricing on a wide variety of products, including 6D Helmets and Alpinestars gear, partners and protectors of Kyle Wyman and the KWR Ducati Team. Wyman will also be attending a Cycle Gear Fan Party at their San Jose location, Thursday evening July 11th from 5pm-8pm to sign autographs and mingle with fans.

“Our partnership with KWR continues to grow,” said Andy Johnson, Sr. Director of Business Development for Cycle Gear, Inc.. “Kyle continues to be a tremendous ambassador for the Cycle Gear brand, as well as his safety partners in Alpinestars and 6D Helmets. We are proud to support him as title sponsor for the Laguna Seca round. We are also happy to announce that Kyle will be attending our Grand Opening of a new store in Manchester, New Hampshire on July 20th. There couldn’t have been better timing to help Kyle and his pursuit of success aboard the beastly Ducati Panigale V4 R.”

LIVE coverage of MotoAmerica is available for only $39.95 for the remainder of the year at www.motoamericaliveplus.com

Visit www.kylewymanracing.com for more news and updates.

World Superbike/MotoAmerica: Winners Of Free Passes To WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Announced

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World Superbike/MotoAmerica: Winners Of Free Passes To WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Announced

The winners have been chosen in the Roadracing World WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Experience Contest.

Last week, Roadracing World offered fans the opportunity to win a special prize pack to attend this coming weekend’s combined World Superbike/MotoAmerica event at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. To enter, fans were asked to send an e-mail to Roadracing World sharing their favorite memory of or experience at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

The 10 winners were chosen based on their story-telling ability, creativity, and relevance, as judged by the editorial staff reviewing redacted entries with each entrant’s name removed.

Each winner will receive two three-day General Admission passes with paddock access to the event, two lanyards, two pass holders, two 2019 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca event schedules, and one official event poster.

The memories and photos shared by the winners are listed below in no specific order.

For more information on the upcoming World Superbike/MotoAmerica event at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, or to purchase tickets, please visit the event website www.weathertechraceway.com.

WINNER #1

Anthony Guzman

Fontana, California

In 2005 MotoGP returned to the U.S. My son and I rode out with my friends from Track Daz. Not having a lot of money for souvenirs and such. I brought my Arai Quantam Mick Doohan signature helmet. I’ve always been a huge Mick Doohan fan. So my crazy idea was to get it signed.

I knew that for a new venue or event, the security’s not quite on point yet; at least that’s been my experience from past races around SoCal. Walking around the paddock, I spotted some VIPs opening up a gate to exit what I like to call the backstage area, and closing it behind them. It was hidden very well but not from me. LOL! This was Saturday.

So Sunday I brought my helmet snuck back, and waited by the gate to see if I could spot Mick. Now I hadn’t seen Mick on TV for awhile so I wasn’t sure of how he was looking at that point. Low and behold I see a guy off in the distance. it kinda looks like him but I wasn’t 100%. He passes me and I realize my opportunity just passed me by, heading into the Honda paddock. As I said a few cuss words to myself, I was bummed I missed out. But I wasn’t going down quietly.

I waited by that fence what seemed like hours. I had my helmet in my backpack, facing up, ready for a signature if I got another chance, Sharpie in hand. All of a sudden Mick walks out, I asked if he would sign my helmet. He said sure. Had the zipper open, Sharpie in hand and BAM! Mission accomplished!

I still have the helmet ‘til this day! Now the icing on the cake was my son and I being Nicky Hayden fans since the Hypercycle days out at Willow Springs, got to witness history with Nicky winning the race that day! I still cant believe it happened, but it did! Thanks for reading!

WINNER #2

Jenny Dang

Corinth, Texas

My best memory was meeting Nicky Hayden in the paddock at Laguna Seca 2012 when he rode for the Ducati MotoGP team. He was swarmed by fans including myself and still stopped and took photos with everyone there. He is truly a hero and is sorely missed.

WINNER #3

Dr. Alberto Giusti

Napa, California

I’m from Italy and my biggest passion is the motorcycle world. I’m a rider and I have track experience in Italy. I moved to California in 2017 and I’m living in Napa.

One of my biggest dreams was to ride at Laguna Seca and see with my eyes the magic spot where Rossi overtook Stoner in 2008 at The Corkscrew. Finally my dream came true when in November, 2017 me and my best California friend decided to have a track day with Feel Like A Pro. Even if we had a 300cc bike, it’s been amazing. The emotions that I had that day I will never, never forget in my life for many reasons.

Here are two of the best pictures of that day and I can say of the top 10 of my life. One on the corkscrew with my friend Alex, (me in front and him with yellow helmet behind me) and the other one with Ashleigh. At that time we were dating and she drove from Napa to Laguna just to see me. That was one of the moment that I felt that she was the right one. Few months later we got married and now we have a baby on the way. How crazy is life?

I already took my family there when they came to visit me from Italy and they were so excited.

So Laguna will be forever in my heart.

WINNER #4

Min Han

Los Angeles, California

I would like to share my pictures from Laguna Seca to win the passes for the WSBK event. My favorite experience in Laguna Sega was back in 2013. I deployed to Iraq but I flew out to California to attend the last MotoGP in Laguna Sega during my R&R leave. I got to see my favorite MotoGP rider, Valentino Rossi, and I never forget that moment. I’ve still been going to Laguna Seca every year for the WSBK and MotoAmerica races. I attended my very first trackday at Laguna on the 4th July with Fun Trackdayz. I was very excited and it was my dream come true! Thank you for this opportunity!

WINNER #5

Manuel Paunet

San Jose, California

I went there last year with my daughter Shannon, 7, and my son Ashton, 10, to watch the races, the bikes and enjoy a great weekend at the track.

Shannon fell from her scooter right in front of the Kawasaki pit garage and started crying. Poor girl, the handlebar went right into her chest and she had a big red mark (she isn’t a wimp). A few Kawasaki mechanics came out, gave her a BandAid and then asked her if she wanted to see the bikes inside. Lucky me, she said yes so we all went in. Tom Sykes was there, he is Ashton’s hero so he was very happy.

Here is a picture of the kids next to Rea’s bike. That was incredible!

A bit later, we spotted Marco Melandri and I was very happy with that as well. He is one of my favorite riders. He was chilled and chatted with the kids for a while, that was perfect.

Anyway, these weekends are not cheap and wasn’t sure we should go again this year but I read your post and decided to give it a try!

WINNER #6

Darryl Ong

San Carlos, California

The best moment I had at Laguna Seca was the year after Nicky Hayden passed. The winning WSBK rider saw a man waving a Nicky Hayden flag from the grandstands.

On the rider’s victory lap, he stopped at the second set of grandstands and motioned for the man to come over with the flag.

He raced down, handed the flag over, where the rider proceeded to ride a victory lap honoring Nicky Hayden.

I still remember fans crying while listening to the words of remembrance over the loudspeaker.

I saw the same fan the next day and asked if that was the same flag on the Saturday race that was paraded around the track, he was beaming and said Yes!

This was all a year or two after I had just volunteered at Laguna and saw Nicky around the paddock, my friend even asked me to take a picture of him with Nicky.

He’ll truly be missed.

WINNER #7

Steve Andreano

Columbus, Ohio

True story, not made up.

In the first decade of the new millennium my brother and I were spectating at most of the AMA road racing events in the eastern US. On a whim in 2001 we decided to drive nine hours overnight from Ohio to the newly resurrected Virginia International Raceway. Mostly on interstate highways and then on long, dark, twisty, secondary roads. In my none-too-pretty, but reliable, Triumph Spitfire.

We get to the track just after daybreak and start to set up our tent and such. Next to us are some already half-drunk idiots struggling to set up their tents.

“Do you guys need some stakes?”

” Steaks?! Hell yeah!! We don’t know these guys from Ohio but they’re already offering us steaks! They’re alright!”

“Tent stakes, you idiots.”

“You drove all the way here in that? I got three words for you. AAA”, referencing the American Automobile Association.

And so it begins. A weekend of Hayden, Gobert, Roberts… And Captain Morgan & Coke. Cigarettes for those who smoked. Good times and cancer as it came to be known.

The next year we decide to go down to VIR again. As we’re waiting in line to get our tickets after another overnight Spitfire adventure, someone behind us is laying on the horn.

“I’m tellin’ ya bro’ somebody needs to chill. The ticket peeps can only work so fast.”

We turn around to look. Yep, the idiots from last year. Second verse, same as the first. With the addition of extremely hot weather and an ambulance ride to the hospital for my bro’ due to dehydration. At the end of the season, Nicky Hayden – 2002 AMA Superbike Champion.

So we keep in touch with these Virginia boys as they decide to go racing with WERA. Nelson, Beaver, VIR, and of course, Summit Point. A FEMA camper trailer nicknamed Katrina. And thousands of dollars in credit card debt. For them. We turn wrenches and hammer their crashes back into something approximating racebikes.

“I crashed ONLY because YOU added electrical tape Biaggi devil-tails to the 3s on my bike!”

“YOU crashed because YOU ran out of TALENT!”

“I love you, man…”

21 podiums, 6 wins, 2006 WERA Mid-Atlantic Lightweight Superbike Champion.

Back to 2005.

“Dude! MotoGP! Laguna!! Nicky!”

“We are so there! Good thing the Virginia boys work for an airline. One of them better set us up.”

“No doubt. ‘Bout time we get something back from them other than grief.”

“Testify!”

So we fly into San Francisco and drive two hours down to Laguna in a Dodge Neon.

“This thing can’t get out of its own way. Where’s the Spitfire?!!”

We arrive at one of the parks that is being used as a campground for the MotoGP weekend. We set up camp and crack open a beer to relax. So what if it’s the morning? It’s MotoGP at Laguna!

“Hey mates! Where do I go to get some beer and stuff?”

“Here’s one.”

“I just arrived from New Zealand. I got nothin’. My mates were gonna join me but they wussed out at the last minute. I had my plane ticket so I said I’m going and I’d figure it out from there. Bunch of wankers. “

“Don’t worry, we got plenty. We got you covered.”

“No Fosters, that stuff is piss.”

So we kept our world traveler fed and drunk for the next three days.

“If you guys ever make it to New Zealand you got beer, bikes, and a place to stay on me.”

I still have his business card. Maybe one day.

SoCal sunshine. Nicky bombing down the Corkscrew. 1.95 seconds.

The idiots in the Corkscrew holding the Stars and Stripes during the National Anthem? I might know them. ..

Good times and cancer.

WINNER #8

Tanya Smith

Gilbert, Arizona

My husband has no idea I’m writing because this is MY memory. We have been married 31 years so it’s hard to surprise him or see a look of surprise anymore. My first time at Laguna Seca was great. I love the layout and having all vendors available makes it easy to look at, dream or buy whatever you need.

We watch a lot of racing on TV so we both know the riders. While we were walking around we ended up down by the riders. My husband’s eyes got all wide and star-struck because his favorite rider, Alex Lowes, was walking right at him. Alex was nice enough to say high and walked with us back to the garage. Seeing him happy and surprised at the same time. Now if we could only spend some time with him on our next race would be fantastic but being a winner in this contest would make my day.

Thanks for this…

WINNER #9

Thomas Suchodolski

Lake Havasu, Arizona

Growing up in Michigan as a kid and dreaming of attending a MotoGP race leads to my only story of Laguna Seca. It almost happened in the early 1990s when Road America in Wisconsin was on the provisional calendar one year.

After eventually moving to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, fast forward to 2012. Finally my year to attend MotoGP at Laguna Seca.

I was working with a local pro JetSki racer and he had become friends with Felix from Pramac Racing. Since I had not been to Monterey before, the fog and cooler temperatures were a break from the desert heat. I walked around with my premium paddock pass like I was King Of The World. People were looking at me like, “Who is this dope walking into the Pramac garage?” Such a great experience, I was really disappointed to miss the 2013 event which was the last.

Getting to see all the best road racers from around the world has been such a great memory for me. The track, the corkscrew, the coast, still comes to mind whenever I think of motorcycle racing. Maybe 2019 is my year to return with a new experience of World Superbike and MotoAmerica. Hopefully.

WINNER #10

Joe Chunnic

Marina, California

Where does one begin when you’ve been going to the motorcycle races at Laguna since before you were born?

My dad, Sr., as I call him now, was a top-10 AFM racer in the late 1980s and early 1990s in their 600 class. While my mom was pregnant with me, she rode on the back of his bike as he did a couple laps. You could say motorcycle racing is in the genes.

My dad crashed a bit more than he would have liked, so I didn’t catch the racing bug to do it myself, but I’ve grown up at Laguna Seca and Sears Point and have been going to AMA, DMG, Grand Prix, World Superbike, MotoGP and MotoAmerica races my entire life.

With that in mind, I’ve seen a lot of my racing heroes in person and I’ve been so fortunate to see a lot of them win and grow up before my own eyes. It’s hard to narrow it down to one single memory or moment because they’re all so great and pivotal to my racing fandom.

So here’s two if I may:

1 – 1998 World Superbike with my dad, his old racing buddy and one of my best friends. I had been going around for days with my event shirt, asking for signatures from every rider I could find.

Race 2 didn’t go so kindly for Aaron Yates and he crashed in the Corkscrew. As kids, we hung around the pits, hoping to obtain crash parts. Not only did we get the main fairing, belly pan and tail piece, we also got “Yikes” to sign our crashed parts. He made a fan for life and kept me interested in the sport. I didn’t need much convincing to watch the sport, but it was awesome of him to take the time, after a rough race, to put a smile on our faces. We thought we were so cool walking around the paddock with the coolest piece of swag ever. It’s in storage while I renovate the man cave, but it will be hanging shortly.

2 – Nicky Hayden anything!

Seeing Nicky win races at Laguna for years was incredible to witness, even before his MotoGP days. Him walking around the paddock with his radiant smile, cheetah hair and charm is always in my thoughts.

In 2009, Sr. went to the 2009 MotoGP race at Sepang. Nicky was the poster child for the event and he managed to snag a banner from one of the track workers for me.

Fast forward to 2010 and the Rider’s for Life event with Randy Mamola. I walked around the paddock trying to find Nicky to sign this huge banner all day Thursday before the event.

Alas, after walking around for awhile, I bumped into him. To say Nicky is my racing hero would be selling it short. I was star struck. I fumbled over my words and unfurled the banner in front of him. He was shocked I had this. In his joking way, he said, “Where’d ya get this?” as it’s adorned with Sepang, Malaysia all over it.

He was so gracious and thanked me for being a fan and thumbs up and that infectious smile. That photo of the banner is here. I have the memory of that event, no photo of the signing. It’s for me and me alone, to be passed along to family with his story and life associated with it.

Thank you for the contest and thank you for the constant commitment to this great sport and fantastic content.

CONTEST RULES

The Roadracing World WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Experience Contest (the “Contest”) provides the opportunity for motorcycle road racing fans to submit a story and/or photo about their favorite memory or experience at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. By entering this contest you agree to the Rules and Regulations as stated below.

RULES AND REGULATIONS: Eligibility: The Contest is offered in and open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia (“U.S.”), and who at the time of entry are at least 18 years old. Entrants must provide their current city and state of residence to have their submission considered. The Contest shall be construed and evaluated according to the law of the 50 United States and D.C. Do not enter if you do not meet the above criteria for eligibility. Employees, officers, and directors of Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. and their immediate family members or persons living in the same household are not eligible. No purchase necessary to enter or win. Void where prohibited. Contest Period: July 1,2019, through July 5, 2019, 10:00 a.m. Entries accepted by email only. One entry per person. Submission of Entry: To enter the Contest, submit your favorite memory of or experience at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in your own words. You may send a photo as part of your story. Email entries to [email protected]. By submitting an entry, the Entrant guarantees that the story and/or photo entry is the sole, exclusive, and original creation of the Entrant and has not been copied in whole or in part from any other work, and does not violate or infringe any copyright, trademark/trade name, logo or intellectual property right; other proprietary right of any person (including but not limited to right to privacy or publicity or portrayal in a false light) or entity, and is the sole and exclusive property of the Entrant, is truthful in all respects, and accurately depicts and describes the facts and experience of the Entrant. Use of Entry: Entrant agrees to allow Roadracing World to publish the Entrant’s name along with the story and/or photo entry on all Roadracing World-branded platforms including Roadracingworld.com, Roadracing World on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter, and Roadracing World print and online magazine, as related to the Contest. Entrant shall have no right of notice, review, or approval of any such use of the Entrant’s name or story/photo, and Entrant acknowledges and agrees that the entry (or any part thereof) and name may be used in whole or in part, along or in combination with other works, and that the entry photo may be changed, altered, edited, or modified, used in distorted, illusory or composite form, or in any other manner, as solely determined by Roadracing World. Judging Criteria: Entries will be judged by Roadracing World editorial staff using the following criteria: 50% Story-telling ability; 25% creativity; 25% relevance. Editorial staff will not know the identity of Entrants until after Contest is closed and judging is finalized. Winners will be selected Friday, July 5 at 10:00 a.m. Prizes: Ten (10) winners will receive two three-day General Admission passes with paddock access to the GEICO U.S. Round of the FIM Superbike World Championship/MotoAmerica event at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, July 12 through July 14, 2019, along with two lanyards, two pass holders, two 2019 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca event schedules, and one official event poster. Winner Notification: Winners will be notified by email and will be given information on how they can pick up their prize at the event. Winners are responsible for event travel, food, and accommodations. Privacy Policy:Click Here for Privacy Policy.

MotoAmerica: Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys To Sponsor Cycle Corral August 10-11 At Sonoma Raceway

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MotoAmerica: Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys To Sponsor Cycle Corral August 10-11 At Sonoma Raceway

Russ Brown To Back MotoAmerica’s Sonoma Round

Motorcycle Attorneys On Board For Round Seven

COSTA MESA, CA (July 8, 2019) – MotoAmerica has announced that Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys has come on board as a sponsor for the Sonoma Raceway round of the 2019 MotoAmerica Series, the Cycle Gear Championship of Sonoma. Additionally, Russ Brown will sponsor the Russ Brown Cycle Corral, a free motorcycle parking section within the racetrack.

“It’s great to have Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys’ support for our Sonoma round,” said MotoAmerica’s Lance Bryson. “We’re expecting a large contingent of people riding their motorcycles to Sonoma and they’ll appreciate having a safe, convenient place to park their motorcycles. So, thanks to Russ Brown for sponsoring the Cycle Corral.”

“MotoAmerica is the best series we have here in the U.S. to move American riders back onto the world stage of top-level motorcycle racing,” said Wendy Koro, Operations Manager at Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys. “Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys has been associated with MotoAmerica since its inception and we are proud to be a sponsor of this important series and the race at the historic Sonoma Raceway. We’re also diehard racing fans and the time spent in Sonoma is very special to us, not just as sponsors, but as fellow racers and riders. Stop by the Russ Brown booth and say hi and we look forward to seeing you there August 10-11.”

The Cycle Gear Championship of Sonoma is round seven of the 2019 MotoAmerica Series and will feature all five classes – EBC Brakes Superbike, Supersport, Liqui Moly Junior Cup, Stock 1000 and Twins Cup.

To purchase tickets, visit https://motoamerica.com/tickets/

How To Watch, visit https://motoamerica.com/watch

About MotoAmerica

MotoAmerica is the North American road racing series created in 2014 that is home to the AMA Superbike Championship. MotoAmerica is an affiliate of KRAVE Group LLC, a partnership that includes three-time 500cc World Champion, two-time AMA Superbike Champion, and AMA Hall of Famer Wayne Rainey, ex-racer and former manager of Team Roberts Chuck Aksland, motorsports marketing executive Terry Karges, and businessman Richard Varner. For more information on MotoAmerica, visit www.MotoAmerica.com. Also make sure to follow MotoAmerica on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

The July 2019 Issue Of Roadracing World & Motorcycle Technology Magazine Is Now Available Online

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The July 2019 Issue Of Roadracing World & Motorcycle Technology Magazine Is Now Available Online

On the Front Cover: Josh Herrin is factory again, winning MotoAmerica Superbike races for Yoshimura Suzuki and using social media to energize an army of fans. His message? Come to a MotoAmerica event and see how exciting the racing is, up close and personal. Photo By Brian J. Nelson.

Read the July 2019 issue of Roadracing World & Motorcycle Technology now with your online subscription.

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In This Issue:

FEATURES

Inside Info: Retro MV, 2-Stroke Yamaha, 2020 Suzuki and Yamaha MXers, and more…

U.S. Intro: How Good Is The 2020 BMW S1000RR For American Track Days?

Historic Racebike Illustrations: 1974 John Player Norton

Quick Look: Kawasaki Z400 Hits The Sweet Spot

MotoGP Analysis: How MotoGP Riders Handle 270 Horsepower

Long-Term Test: A Semester On A Royal Enfield

How And Why: Cleaning Brake Calipers

Which MotoGP Brand Really Is The Best?

Interview: New FIM President Jorge Viegas

Interview: Josh Herrin, Racer And Social Media Star

Shops: The Piaggo Museum

PROFESSIONAL RACING

MotoAmerica At Road America: Yoshimura Suzuki Sweeps In Superbike

MotoGP At Le Mans: A French Cakewalk For Marquez

MotoGP At Mugello: Petrucci Proves He Belongs

World Superbike At Jerez: Bautista Wins And Crashes

COLUMNS

Letters To The Editor: Remembering Gene Romero

10 Years Ago

MotoGP Trivia: Danilo Petrucci

Numbers: MotoGP At Mugello

Kyle Wyman: Where’s Wyman?

The Kids’ Page: Kensei Matsudaira

The Crash Page: Ryan Vickers Upside Down At Donington Park

New Products: Wine, Racing Leather Suits, and more

Racing, School, & Track Day Calendar

High Performance Parts & Services Directory

Professional Services Directory

ASRA/CCS Newsletter

Classified Ads

Chris Ulrich: Adventures Of An Ex-Racer

AHRMA: Britten V1000 To Be Ridden During Event July 26-28 At Road America

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AHRMA: Britten V1000 To Be Ridden During Event July 26-28 At Road America

Britten V1000 on track hot laps scheduled for the AHRMA Road America event July 26-28

New Zealander Stephen Briggs, who finished second in the BEARS World Championship in 1995, will be racing with us and also running some hot laps around the Road America circuit on the same Britten he campaigned that year for the CR & S team from Italy. One of the ten V1000’s produced, and the first customer supplied bike in its Black and Yellow CR & S team livery, was raced from 1994 through 1998 across the world including the Isle of Man. Since being put back into race ready condition in 2014 after more than 15 years of display, it sees the track quite often for demonstration runs from events in New Zealand to the Isle of Man, Assen, Barber and several other destinations. Typically, it is paired with the 1995 Championship winning ex-factory bike ridden by Andrew Stroud and kept in New Zealand, and is still ridden by Andrew for demonstrations although that bike is undergoing some rebuilding at present. The keepers of those two bikes plan to continue running them as living history at select events.

Stephen Briggs enjoyed a successful professional racing career at the world level including 500 GP racing, and as a development rider for several projects. Stephen enjoys occasional racing in New Zealand and trips to the US for some AHRMA racing as well.

The iconic bike will be outside of garages 12-13 on display throughout the event along with some historic photos and official Britten Motorcycle Co. merchandise available for purchase. There will be demonstration runs each day likely timed around the lunch break.

All ten of the Britten V1000’s still exist today as complete bikes, six being in the US, and four in New Zealand.

Three earlier versions also exist and are still in New Zealand.

~Bob Robbins

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