Indian Motorcycle Racing, the reigning four-time American Flat Track Manufacturer’s Champion, announced its 2021 race team and privateer contingency program. Reigning Mission SuperTwins Champion Briar Bauman, along with Progressive AFT Champion Jared Mees (feature picture above), will return to the track and battle for yet another championship as the 2021 Indian Wrecking Crew. In…
Webb Ends Roczen’s Streak in Orlando
The seventh round of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series held its first open-air race of the season inside Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. Race fans, seated in restricted-attendance pod-style seating, braved morning rains to witness the retro-track layout that commemorated the last time the series visited the venue…
Ford, Chevy Split Daytona Duels; Front Row in Jeopardy
Ford dominated the first race and Chevy caught the draft right in the second—but it’s the fate of the the two front row starters that will be remembered from last night’s NASCAR Daytona Duels. Polesitter on speed, Alex Bowman’s #48 Chevy may be swapped for a back-up car and the…
Chevy Sweeps Daytona Front Row
For the ninth consecutive season, a Chevrolet has topped the leaderboard and will lead the field to the green in the Daytona 500. In his debut in the former Jimmie Johnson No. 48 Ally Camaro ZL1 1LE, Alex Bowman claimed the pole position with a lap of 47.056 seconds, at…
Good for Angelle, She’s Still Got It
Vance & Hines announced today that the NHRA’s winningest female, Angelle Sampey, will ride one of the company’s new four-valve Suzuki-powered race bikes—with the WAR Hayabusa body—sponsored by food producer Mission Foods, in the 2021 NHRA Camping World series. Good for Angelle! She won a race for V&H last season…
Reed/Gladstone have V&H V-Twin EBR on Order!
Things move just as quickly behind the scenes as they do on track in the world of NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle (PSM) racing. It was just this past Tuesday that the change in the NHRA rulebook allowing (or requiring) the Harley-Davidson motor to be rebadged as the VH160VT—or Vance &…
Bostick putting Monster 4V Suzuki into Mullaney Chassis
When NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Chris Bostick put his Kosman “Gucci” chassis up for sale (last fall?), it meant one of two things: A) He was going to take the seat on the purple Matt Smith Racing (MSR) EBR he rode a lap on at the SGMP Man Cup…
Roczen and Nichols on a Roll in Indy
Team Honda HRC’s Ken Roczen backed up his Round 4 450SX Class win with a dominating victory at the second Indianapolis round, Round 5 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross inside Lucas Oil Stadium. Opening round winner GASGAS Factory Racing’s Justin Barcia held off defending champion Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Eli…
Determined Roczen Rebounds at Indy
Having come back from a few career-threatening injuries, rebounding is what Team Honda HRC’s Ken Roczen does best. Last week’s heart-breaking loss at Houston wasn’t as dramatic as a serious injury, but Roczen was just as determined to put that disappointment behind him as the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series…
THROWBACK: Huge Crowd Witnesses Rockingham Opener
This article covers the 2011 MIRock Superbike Series opener at Rockingham Dragway. Enjoy! A large, Grudge-hungry crowd flocked down from North Carolina’s Sand Hills to Steve Earwood’s Rockingham Dragway for the March 19-20 Mickey Thompson Performance Tires MIRock Superbike Series Honda/Suzuki of Sanford Spring Bike Open. They witnessed sunburned, Northeast…