Looking for Part 1? Find it HERE Part 2 is HERE The first I heard about NHRA adding 15 pounds to V-Twins this past week was during a first-thing-in-the-morning call from White Alligator Racing (WAR) Suzuki tuner Tim Kulungian. “What’s the word?” said Kulungian. “Word about what?” I replied. “Uh,…
15 Pounds for the Twins: PSM Gators Fallout Part 2
Looking for Part 1? Find it HERE The 2019 Gatornationals final—a rematch of last year’s final between Andrew Hines and Eddie Krawiec—was the quickest side-by-side pass in the history of the class, by the class’s two all-time winningest riders. All of Hines’ and Krawiec’s wins have been on Vance &…
15 Pounds for the Twins: PSM Gators Fallout Part 1
Reports from the pits on Friday night were that Rickey Smith thought his boy Matt had erred in showing his hand when he dominated Friday Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying right off the trailer at the NHRA’s 50thAnnual Gatornationals. Matt drove to the top of the charts with a 6.753 at…
Kyle Wyman wins 78th running of the Daytona 200
The American Motorcyclist Association congratulates rider Kyle Wyman on winning the 78th edition of the Daytona 200. The Walworth, N.Y., resident and MotoAmerica AMA Superbike Class competitor rode a Yamaha YZF-R6 to his first career Daytona 200 victory. The event took place Saturday on the 3.51-mile road course at Daytona…
NHRA Gators Qualifying Round-up
Defending Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Matt Smith led off 2019 with the provisional number 1 qualifying spot on Friday at the 50th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway. Matt drove to 6.753 at 200.95 on his Elite Performance/DENSO Auto Parts/Stockseth EBR during the first qualifying round—his first…
Newgarden wins IndyCar Series opener at St. Pete
When Josef Newgarden ran longer, harder and faster (got it, ladies?) in a middle stint of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, it paid off with victory at the end. Newgarden kicked off the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series season victorious by 2.8998 seconds over reigning series champion Scott Dixon.…
Ducati and Dovizioso win by .023—or Did They??
NOTE: At the VisitQatar Grand Prix, the FIM MotoGP Stewards Panel received various protests concerning aerodynamic devices on the rear swing arm of Ducati machinery ridden by Andrea Dovizioso (Mission Winnow Ducati Team), Danilo Petrucci (Mission Winnow Ducati Team) and Jack Miller (Alma Pramac Racing). The protests were made by…
MotoAmerica in Review: Road Atlanta
As the North American motorcycle road racing season gets fired up next weekend in Daytona, Eatmyink takes a sharp look at 2018 through the words of Michael Marino and lens of Michael Brock. Sometimes someone wins in a season opener and gets out to an early championship lead, only to…
Power on IndyCar Pole at St. Pete
The streets of St. Petersburg have become Will Power’s qualifying playground. The Team Penske veteran continued his amazing dominance of NTT P1 Award qualifying for the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, laying down the best lap Saturday in the Firestone Fast Six to earn the race’s pole position for the…
Viñales puts Yamaha on MotoGP pole in Qatar
Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) has taken the first MotoGP™ pole position of the 2019 season at the VisitQatar Grand Prix, a 1:53.546 enough to give him a little breathing space ahead of Andrea Dovizioso (Mission Winnow Ducati) and Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team), who join him on the front…