MotoAmerica Off Track with Carruthers and Bice

Two-time MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Champion Andrew Lee will begin what he is hoping will be the start of a successful campaign to win a third title when the Stock 1000 Championship kicks off at Barber Motorsports Park, May 17-19. In the meantime, the ever-fit Lee has been keeping himself busy and track ready. We chatted with Lee about that and more on this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. Support the Show.

Last year, Nolan Lamkin won the MotoAmerica Superbike Cup Championship and finished fifth in the Stock 1000 title chase. This year, rider/team owner Lamkin go at it again and he began his defense of the Superbike Cup title win a win and a second place in the class within a class, while also finishing inside the top 10 in the second of two Steel Commander Superbike races. We caught up with Lamkin for this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice to talk about that and more. Support the Show.

With the Steel Commander Superbike Championship getting underway at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Paul and Sean are joined by former MotoAmerica Superbike race winner and current Live+ commentator Roger Hayden. The trio provides an in-depth rider-by-rider discussion and analysis of MotoAmerica's premier class, so be sure to check out this episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. Support the Show.

Travis Wyman has gotten used to wearing different team shirts, remembering to change his leathers for almost every session on track, and adapting to different motorcycles quickly over the course of a race weekend. This year, Wyman will be at it again, racing in three different classes - Stock 1000, Mission King Of The Baggers and Mission Super Hooligan National Championship - for two different teams. We chatted with Wyman for this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice about that and much more. Support the Show.

MotoAmerica Mission King Of The Baggers racer Kyle Ohnsorg has landed his dream job. Armed with an engineering degree, Ohnsorg not only races an Indian Challenger, he also plays a major role n the development of the bikes raced by Tyler O'Hara and Troy Herfoss as an employee of Polaris, the parent company of Indian Motorcycles. Throw in the fact that his engineer wife is also big part of his tight-knit RydFast Racing crew and you can see why the life-long Minnesotan is living his best life. We chatted with Ohnsorg this week about all that and more on the latest episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. Support the Show.

It was already a good time to be Hayden Gillim as he went into the off-season with not one but two championships in the 2023 MotoAmerica Championship - Mission King Of The Baggers and Stock 1000. With his RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Motorsports Harley-Davidson deal intact for 2024, Gillim announced this week that he will also have a promising program for Stock 1000 as he will defend his title on a Steel Commander/Comstock Energy/Southern Honda Powersports/American Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP. We chatted with Gillim to find out more about his new program while also talking about the season opener at Daytona. Support the Show.

Hawk Mazzotta not only has cool name, but he's a cool dude. Raised on a cattle ranch in Northern California, Mazzotta rode motorcycles as a youngster more so for transportation on the family's land than for recreation. That finally changed with Mazziotta getting involved in the sport at a later than normal age, but with plenty of success. Today, the Californian has revitalized his career in the Mission Super Hooligan National Championship and he's fresh off fifth- and seventh-place finishes in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway. When he's not at the racetrack, Mazzotta is teaching people - mostly children - to ride motorcycles via his Hawk Mazzotta Moto Camp. We chatted with Mazzotta for this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. Support the Show.

Niccoló Canepa is a two-time World Endurance Champion, a test rider for Yamaha, and a riding coach for Yamaha's World Superbike team. This week, Canepa has his race face on as he prepares to battle, along with his two World Endurance YART Yamaha teammates, in Daytona 200 for the first time. We caught up with Canepa this week at Daytona International Speedway for the newest Off Track With Carruthers And Bice podcast to talk about his three different careers in racing and more. Support the Show.

JD Beach is back as a full-time MotoAmerica Superbike racer for the 2024 season and he couldn't be happier. Armed with a Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW M 1000 RR, Beach is confident of being in the fight at the front of the Steel Commander Superbike pack when the series gets rolling at Road Atlanta in April, and he can't wait for the season to get started. We caught up with Beach from his rental house in Florida where he has been training with former flat track teammate Dallas Daniels and others to chat about the coming season, his new bike and much more on this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. Support the Show.

Rocco Landers can breathe easy for the first time in his short but successful career as he will show up to Daytona International Speedway with a contract to race for one of the best teams in the paddock - Vance & Hines Motorsports. Landers, who at just 19 has 48 MotoAmerica wins (29 in Junior Cup, 15 in Twins Cup and four in Supersport) on his resume, will make his debut in the Mission King Of The Baggers class on a RevZilla/Mission/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson at Daytona while also hoping to continue his previous success in the BellissiMoto Twins Cup Series on a new RevZilla/Mission/Vance & Hines Suzuki GSX-8R. We chatted with Landers on this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice to chat about all that and more. Support the Show.

Peter Hickman is the all-time Isle of Man TT lap record holder at 136.358 mph. He's also won 13 TTs, putting him ninth all-time. And now he's coming to Daytona International Speedway to race in his first Daytona 200 on his PHR Performance Triumph. We caught up with the Brit during his pre-Daytona visit to Texas and the Colin Edwards Texas Tornado Boot Camp to talk about his Daytona debut. For obvious reasons, we also couldn't resist finding out all we could about the Isle of Man TT for this week's Off Track With Carruthers And Bice Podcast. Support the Show.

So, who is Troy Herfoss, you ask? The newest member of the Indian Motorcycle/Progressive/Mission Foods team is a three-time Australian Superbike Champion, an AMA Supermoto Champion (during Supermoto’s heyday) and an XGames silver medalist in Supermoto. And now he’s making a change. A big change. With his debut set to come in the Mission King Of The Baggers races at Daytona, Herfoss will embark on a new journey. He will be racing in a new series, in a new country and on a completely different type of motorcycle than he’s ever raced before. We caught up with the Aussie to chat about all that and more as we close in on his debut at Daytona in March. Support the Show.

Alex Arango may end up being the busiest man in the MotoAmerica paddock during the 2024 season. With a gaggle of as many as eight riders on his TopPro Motorsports team, including former MotoAmerica Supersport Champion Sean Dylan Kelly, Arango will also be joining Kelly on the team's BMW M 1000 RRs in the Steel Commander Superbike Championship. We caught up with Arango from his dealership in Florida to talk about his plans for the team and much more on this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. Support the Show.

Jake Lewis will be busy doing what he loves most this coming MotoAmerica season... racing motorcycles and living life in the paddock. And he'll definitely be spinning a lot of laps with the Kentuckian set to grid up in three drastically different classes this season - Mission King Of The Baggers, Supersport and Super Hooligan National Championship. To be ready for the challenge his Altus Motorsports (Supersport) and Team Saddlemen teams (Baggers and Hooligan), Lewis has been busy training and to carry less weight on his big frame. We chatted with Lewis to talk about all of that and more on this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. Support the Show.

It doesn't happen often, but it does happen. There are times when a racer wins a championship and finds himself without a ride for the following year. It happens to the best of them, including Wayne Rainey who won a Superbike title for Kawasaki only to watch as the team disbanded for the following season. Well, Xavi Forés finds himself in the unenviable position of looking for a ride after winning the 2023 MotoAmerica Supersport title. We caught up with the Spaniard to talk about that and more on this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. Support the Show.

Cameron Petersen had a horrible 2023 season in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship with a badly injured wrist ruining his year. With surgery and rehab behind him, Petersen is ready for the 2024 Steel Commander Superbike series and his testing program starts next week in Arizona. We caught up with the South African for this week's Off Track With Carruthers And Bice podcast to discuss the injury, the season past and his excitement for getting back to the MotoAmerica paddock and back on his Yamaha YZF-R1 Superbike. Support the Show.

To say that Ben Gloddy had a rough 2023 MotoAmerica season would be an understatement. As one of the favorites to challenge for the Twins Cup Championship, Gloddy's season unraveled before it really got started as a crash in the first race of the season at Daytona left him with severe injuries. It wasn't until the final round of the season at New Jersey Motorsports Park that Gloddy returned to action and his results were impressive with fourth- and fifth-place finishes in the two races. We caught up wtih Gloddy this week to chat about the good and the bad of 2023 on this episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. Support the Show.

Josh Herrin has been around a long time and he's hopeful of being around a lot longer. Using his old teammate Josh Hayes for inspiration, Herrin says he would like to race for another 10 years. in 2023, Herrin finished second in the 2023 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship with two wins and 12 podiums on the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC Panigale V4 R and although he's not completely sure what his plans are for 2024, it's seemingly a lock that he will be on the same team for the coming season. We caught up with Herrin from his Murrieta, California, to talk about the seasons past and the year ahead on this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. Support the Show.

Graham Rahal is the co-owner of the Rahal Ducati Moto team that will make its MotoAmerica debut in the Daytona 200 in March. At just 34 years old, Rahal is not only a six-time winner in IndyCar, but he's also a hugely successful business owner, including his ownership of Ducati Indianapolis and Ducati Cleveland. He's a die-hard motorcycle fanatic and loves the Ducati brand. In 76 days, his new team of PJ Jacobsen, Corey Alexander and Kayla Yaakov will take their Rahal Ducati Moto Panigale V2s on track at a MotoAmerica event for the first time in the opening practice session for the Daytona 200. We got the chance to chat with Rahal for this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. Support the Show.

MotoAmerica fans got good news this week with the announcement that 2021 MotoAmerica Supersport Champion Sean Dylan Kelly will return to the series in 2024. Even better news was the fact that Kelly will do so on a TopPro Racing BMW M 1000 RR in the premier Steel Commander Superbike Championship. We caught up with the Floridian this week for the Off Track With Carruthers And Bice podcast to talk about his return to MotoAmerica after a two-year stint in the Moto2 World Championship. Support the Show.