Tomas Puerta has just won the first race of the 2011 AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport series, and he did it in convincing fashion. Puerta led each of the 10 laps during today’s race, and claimed the season’s inaugural victory by more than 7 seconds. “I’m really happy about this one,” Puerta said. “Last year I [...]
Traditionally the richest round on the AMA Pro Road Racing schedule, this year’s Daytona 200 season-kickoff event is no exception. A total of $235,500 will be up for grabs when the series returns to Daytona International Speedway, the purse spread throughout the AMA Pro National Guard Superbike, Daytona SportBike, Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport, and Vance & Hines [...]
Yamaha has just announced that the Graves Yamaha team, which consists of reigning AMA Superbike champion Josh Hayes and Daytona 200 winner Josh Herrin, will be sponsored by Monster Energy this year. “Creating the Monster Energy Graves Motorsports Yamaha team connects our brand with one of the most respected racing programs and two of the [...]
AllAboutBikes talks to Ant Racing and the Monster Energy rider James Rispoli about the races this season and what’s in store for next year. James Rispoli started out his racing career in the dirt on a JR50 at just 6 years old. You can now see him running in the AMA Supersport series. AllAboutBikes caught [...]
For the preceding three years in the British Superbike (BSB) and British Supersport Championships, Pirelli has maintained its status as sole tire supplier to both series. Pirelli is also control tire for the FIM World Superbike Championship (since 2004) until 2012 and the FIA Formula One auto racing series until 2013. Now, with a contract [...]
The AMA Supersport class will see a few small changes for the 2011 season. The biggest change is that the AMA Supersport will no longer be divided into the Top Gun and Young Gun classes. The Supersport series will still give awards to the younger Supersport riders between the ages of 16-21 who score the [...]
Roger Lee Hayden will be joining Ben Bostrom at Michael Jordan Motorsports next year to compete for the 2011 AMA Pro Racing National Guard Superbike Championship. Hayden won the World Supersport title in 2007, and has found some success on the Superbike circuit as well. Hayden has claimed 14 race wins since starting his professional [...]
Written by Dan Evon, Courtesy of AllAboutBikes.com Kenan Sofuoglu just wrapped up the 2010 World Supersport season, claiming his second World Supersport title, but he isn’t done racing yet. Sofuoglu will hop on over to the MotoGP, and ride in the Moto2 division for the final two rounds of the season. Sofuoglu will be riding [...]
Written by Dan Evon, Courtesy of AllAboutBikes.com With just one round left in the World Supersport series, Kenan Sofuoglu and Eugene Laverty will arrive in France with championship titles on the brain. Sofuoglu, though, has the obvious advantage. Sofuoglu holds 16 points over Laverty going into the final round, making it a must win situation [...]
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