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AMA Land Speed Grand Championship scheduled for August

Iconic event slated to return to Bonneville Speedway PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- The AMA Land Speed Grand Championship returns to the Bonneville Speedway near Wendover, Utah, on Aug. 25-30, offering ambitious competitors a shot at setting world records and capturing AMA National No. 1 plates. Also known as the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials, the event features both American and international amateur land speed racing competitors vying for Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme records. The AMA is the FIM National Federation for the United States. "The AMA Land Speed Grand Championship is renowned for producing both exciting racing and new world records," said…
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COOLBETH & KLOCK WERKS SCORE PODIUM IN FIRST COMBINED EFFORT

(Mitchell, SD) April 2018 – Kenny Coolbeth Jr., Nila Racing, and Columbia Avionics stepped up to the podium with a second-place finish during Sunday’s rain-delayed race at Dixie Speedway in Atlanta. Joined by new sponsor Klock Werks, of Mitchell, SD, it was a near-perfect outing for the #2 rider as he led the pole Saturday. After qualifying first in challenging slick conditions, Coolbeth took the second spot from challengers Jeffrey Carver Jr. and Jarod Vanderkooi. Sunday’s runner-up result, combined with his Daytona TT eighth-place ride, moves Coolbeth into second in the early-season point standings. Even after his announcement that this…
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S&S Cycle Supports American Flat Track’s NBCSN Broadcasts in Addition to Posting Contingency Offerings

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 11, 2018) – Following a season of significant success, where support of the Indian Motorcycle Wrecking Crew helped garner a 1-2-3 season finish in AFT’s premier class in 2017, S&S Cycle has pledged additional backing to American Flat Track and its 2018 championship series. As the legendary V-Twin performance company celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2018, S&S has not only renewed its partnership with the Indian Wrecking Crew and reigning champion Jared Mees (who won the AFT season-opener at Daytona as well as round number two in Atlanta on April 7), but will back American Flat…
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Andrea Dovizioso Finishes Sixth in the Argentina GP at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit, with Jorge Lorenzo Fifteenth

The Argentina GP got off to a difficult start today as changeable weather conditions at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit forced the Race Direction to delay the start after all the riders had lined up on the grid, and the distance to cover was reduced to 24 laps as a result. Andrea Dovizioso, who was starting from row 3, crossed the line at the end of the opening lap in seventh place, and then moved up to fifth by the mid-point. The Ducati Team’s Italian rider was then passed by the two Yamaha men and by Marquez but, thanks…
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Moto2 Argentina GP Race

NINTH PLACE FOR BAGNAIA IN TERMAS DE RIO HONDO Started from the 15th box on the grid, the young rider of the Sky Racing Team VR46 hits the Top10 after a complicated weekend. Close to the points from Luca Marini. Termas de Rio Hondo (Argentina), April 8, 2018 - Francesco Bagnaia closes the weekend of the GP of Argentina in ninth place and defends the third position in the Championship with 32 points. Sixteenth, really close to the points area, Luca Marini. Uncertain conditions and tricky tarmac also at the start of the intermediate class race with Francesco Bagnaia started…
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Moto3 Argentina GP Race

CRASH AFTER A GREAT RECOVERY FOR DENNIS FOGGIA AT RIO HONDO   Started from the 14th box of the grid, the young rider of the Sky Racing Team VR46 crashes a few laps from the checkered flag when he was fighting for fifth position. Nicolò Bulega was forced to retire. Termas de Rio Hondo (Argentina), April 8, 2018 - A race of the uncertain weather has just ended in Rio Hondo for the Sky Racing Team VR46. On a tricky asphalt, Dennis Foggia crashed three laps from the finishing line when he was fighting for the fifth place. Nicolò Bulega…
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Mees Strikes Again at Atlanta Short Track

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 8, 2018) – The action leading up to Saturday night’s scheduled American Flat Track Main Event at the Harley-Davidson Atlanta Short Track presented by Hellbender Harley-Davidson pointed squarely to a wild, unpredictable affair with any of a dozen riders in with a realistic shot at the win. Instead, Mother Nature swept through with a storm system before that anticipated battle could be waged, pushing the remainder of the racing activities back a day at Dixie Speedway. And when racing did resume on Sunday afternoon, it was reigning AFT Twins presented by Vance & Hines champion Jared…
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MotoAmerica 2018 Preseason Interview with Paul Carruthers, Communications Manager

Spring is here, and racing is in the air. MotoAmerica, the nation’s premier motorcycle road racing organization, returns for its 4th season. Helmed by racing legend Wayne Rainey, 3-time World Grand Prix champion, MotoAmerica is returning the sport to its former glory days of the 1960s-1990s. With race weekends spanning the country (3 of which run here in the South), the season kicks off at Road Atlanta with great fanfare, including exhibitions by Tony Hawk & Friends, the infamous American Motor Drome Company “Wall of Death,” a Kid’s Zone, and the “Caffeine & Kickstands” custom bike show. I talked with…
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Lloyd Brothers Motorsports Ducati and Stevie Bonsey Target American Flat Track Glory

  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 5, 2018) - Lloyd Brothers Motorsports has announced it will field three-time AFT race winner Stevie Bonsey aboard a liquid-cooled Ducati Testastretta 821 in select American Flat Track events this season. The Dillard Family Racing/Lloyd Brothers Motorsports Ducati squad will be gunning for victory in a full ten races in 2018, starting with the next event on the calendar – this weekend’s Harley-Davidson Atlanta Short Track presented by Hellbender Harley-Davidson at Dixie Speedway on April 7. The team will then head to the Arizona Mile, the Sacramento Mile, both Springfield Miles, the Red Mile, and…
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Last Chance for Discounted Tickets to MotoAmerica/Road Atlanta

Ticket Prices go up on April 11 COSTA MESA, CA (April 4, 2018) – If you plan on attending the opening round of the 2018 MotoAmerica Series, the Suzuki Championship at Road Atlanta, April 13-15, and you want to save some money on tickets, now is the time to act. Discounted tickets will stop being discounted at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11, so that’s your last time to save as much as 15 percent. Ticket prices are as follows prior to the April 11 deadline: 3-day ticket $69 (will go to $80); 2-day ticket $59 (will go to $70);…
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K&N Named Official Performance Filter of American Flat Track

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 30, 2018) – American Flat Track (AFT) is proud to announce that K&N has been named the series’ Official Performance Filter for the upcoming season. K&N has been designing high-flow, high-performance motorcycle air filters for nearly five decades. A long-time fixture at the front of the world's premier dirt track motorcycle racing series, this newly-announced official partner status is a natural evolution of K&N’s extensive involvement in the sport. As part of that partnership, K&N will award a $500 Holeshot bounty to the rider grabbing the holeshot of each AFT Twins Main Event throughout the 2018…
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2018 AMA Speedway National Championship Series kicks off in April

Aaron Fox, Steve Lucero appointed as AMA rider representative, series referee PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- The AMA Speedway National Championship Series is set to return for another exciting season in 2018, with five rounds scheduled between April and September. The series will determine who takes home an AMA National No. 1 plate. The season opens with a qualifying event at Perris Raceway in Perris, Calif., on April 21. The series will return to several popular venues and has added a new venue -- Big Time Speedway in Rancho Cordova, Calif. "The AMA Speedway National Championship Series is back for another year…
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AMA Pro Flat Track Rookie Class of ’79 and Friends To Raffle 2018 Indian Scout Bobber to Raise Money to Aid and Support Injured Flat Track Racers

Non-Profit Charity to Sell Raffle Tickets Online and at All 2018 AFT Races – Winner Announced at End-of-Year Awards Banquet SPRINGFIELD, IL (March 28, 2018) – AMA Pro Flat Track Rookie Class of ’79 and Friends, a non-profit charity created to aid injured flat track racers, today announced the raffle of a 2018 Indian Scout Bobber in Thunder Black Smoke with ABS. Class of ’79 will sell raffle tickets at every American Flat Track race in 2018 and online at www.amaft79.com. All proceeds raised from the raffle will be used by the charity to aid and support injured flat track…
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Melandri and Davies Finish Friday’s Practice Sessions at Buriram

Melandri and Davies finish Friday's practice sessions at Buriram in 4th and 5th position respectively but very close to the top A month after the opening round in Australia, which resulted in a double win, the Aruba.it Racing - Ducati team resumed action at Buriram (Thailand) for the second round of the 2018 WorldSBK Championship. Friday's free-practice sessions, which were held in more favorable weather conditions compared with the past - with about 30 degrees in the atmosphere - resulted in a close fight at the top of the timesheets, with five riders within a tenth of a second. Marco…
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2018 DAYTONA TT a Huge Success, with Record Crowds and FansChoice.tv Viewership

  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 22, 2018) – The numbers are in, and it’s a fact: The 2018 Harley-Davidson TT presented by Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys at DAYTONA on March 15 was a major success, with record-breaking crowds and the biggest-ever audience for a FansChoice.tv flat track live-stream broadcast. Not only did the 2018 DAYTONA TT attract the largest crowd ever for a flat track race during Bike Week, the FansChoice.tv broadcast that evening recorded its biggest-ever audience for a flat track race, with nearly 44,000 viewers streaming a total of more than 50,000 hours, a 53-percent increase over 2017.…
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Riello UPS and Ducati Corse in MotoGP: a Record Partnership

As well as the massive visibility guaranteed by the presence of the brand logo on the front fairing and the rear of the red bikes from Borgo Panigale, the riders’ leathers and team gear, the partnership between Riello UPS and Ducati has added value represented by the unprecedented and unparalleled emotional involvement that over the years has spread amongst the employees of Riello UPS and clients. Distributors, fitters, dealers and even end-users of Riello UPS products are by now totally familiar with the Ducati-Riello UPS pairing, which valorizes the image of Italian technology throughout the world. This appreciation, which is…
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