Rick Hobbs has had a long and highly successful career as a crew chief in the AMA paddock, but he's now taking a different career path as MotoAmerica's Race Director. With a calm demeanor, Hobbs has not only the experience that a life spent in the paddock provides, but he also has the makeup that will make him a success in his new position. We sat down with Hobbs for this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice to talk about his new position and how it relates to a ca...
May 20, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 134
For at least another week, we can call Sean Dylan Kelly "Mr. Perfect" and that's not because of his perfectly coiffed hair or his bulging triceps. He's "Mr. Perfect" right now because he won the opening two races of the 2021 MotoAmerica Supersport Series at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta a few weeks ago. We caught up to Kelly this week to discuss his rapid start to the season, his close loss in the Daytona 200, his biceps, and his burning desire to race in the World ...
May 15, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 133
Believe it or not, going into the 2021 season, Jake Gagne had never won a HONOS Superbike race. But that all changed now last weekend when the former MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Champion went out and got the monkey off his back in the series opener in Georgia. After earning pole position with a new lap record at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Gagne put his DNF from race one behind him and went out and dominated race two, ending a winless drought that dated back to 2015. We caught up with the man...
May 08, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 132
As the 2021 HONOS Superbike Championship begins at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, our intrepid podcasters Paul and Sean checked in with Fresh N' Lean Attack Performance Yamaha rider Josh Herrin on this episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. Herrin regaled the boys with tales about his career, insights about his training program, and his prediction on how many race wins it will take to win the Superbike title. Be sure to watch/listen to this one because it's chock-full of goodne...
Apr 30, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 131
Despite being a consistent top-five finisher in last year's MotoAmerica Supersport Championship, Xavier "The X-Man" Zayat came close to not having a ride for 2021. That situation has been remedied, at least for the opening round at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, and Zayat is optimistic that he will be able to finish the season. Zayat has been a MotoAmerica regular since 2015, racing in various classes beginning way back with the KTM RC Cup. Always fast, Zayat's career hasn&ap...
Apr 24, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 130
Loris Baz has raced all over the world in nearly every road racing championship since 2008 and he's still only 28 years old. In a few shorts weeks, Baz will be able to add the 2021 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship to his resume when the Frenchman makes his debut at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta in the opening round. Armed with a Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York Ducati Panigale V4 R, Baz will start his rookie season in the series as one of the favorites to take the title. We caught up ...
Apr 17, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 129
Frankie Garcia is sort of a Swiss Army Knife of a racer. He's capable of many jobs when it comes to racing motorcycles. Last year, Garcia rode a Roland Sands Design Indian to third place in the inaugural MotoAmerica King of the Baggers event at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. He enjoyed the experience and Sands and Indian were happy enough to give Garcia the green light to compete in the three-round 2021 MotoAmerica King of the Baggers Series. We caught up with Garcia for this week's ...
Apr 10, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 128
Richie Escalante had an incredible season in 2020, the Mexico City resident dominating the MotoAmerica Supersport Championship with 13 victories on his HONOS-backed Kawasaki. And it doesn’t look like success has gone to Escalante’s head as he showed up at this week’s Dunlop Preseason Test in shape and very, very fast as he led all eight of the Supersport sessions at Circuit of the Americas. We caught up with Escalante for a video version of Off-Track With Carruthers And Bice and we chatted about...
Apr 03, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 127
Sam Verderico had an "atrocious" 2020 season brought about mainly from the hand and shoulder injuries he suffered in a big crash at New Jersey Motorsports Park in 2019. But with a new year comes new hope and the MotoAmerica Superbike rider is confident of turning things around after a solid off-season of training and recovery. We caught up with the Washingtonian, who will embark on the 2021 season at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta in a little over a month, to talk about his season past,...
Mar 25, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 126
A MotoAmerica Superbike part-timer for the most part, Jayson Uribe is going all in for the 2021 MotoAmerica Superbike Series with a full-time ride on David Anthony's FLY Racing ADR Motorsports team. Uribe will be armed with a Suzuki GSX-R1000 that he's been testing and racing in California in preparation for the season. We caught up with Uribe for this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice to chat about the coming season and also Uribe's second career as a fire...
Mar 18, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 125
Ashton Yates has been racing in the MotoAmerica Series since it began in 2015 with the 21-year-old racing in almost every class in the series - from the now-defunct KTM RC Cup all the way to Superbike. This episode marks Yates' second appearance on Off Track With Carruthers And Bice, and we caught up with the Georgian to talk about the coming season and his racing family as he embarks on a Stock 1000 title run on the new Honda CBR1000R-RR Fireblade SP. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/a...
Mar 13, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 124
It's a family affair in the Hunter Dunham Racing team with dad spinning wrenches, mom balancing the books and Hunter racing the team's Yamaha YZF-R1 in the MotoAmerica Stock 1000 and Superbike Cup classes. Dunham had an up-and-down season in the Stock 1000 class last year, but still managed to finish 10th in the championship. We dragged Dunham away from his duties at American Supercamp for this episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice to chat about his 2020 MotoAmerica year and th...
Mar 06, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 123
A MotoAmerica racer since 2017 in the KTM RC Cup, Toby Khamsouk and his family are fixtures in the MotoAmerica paddock. The 18-year-old Khamsouk had his best season to date in 2020, with the Californian's debut year in the Twins Cup Series a resounding success. Khamsouk rode his Robem Engineering Suzuki to fifth in the championship - just one point out of fourth. His best finishes were a pair of fourths as he gets closer to a first-ever podium in the series. Khamsouk will be back with his R...
Feb 27, 2021•34 min
Sixteen-year-old Alexis "Super Lex" Olivera had a rough go of it in her debut season of MotoAmerica Junior Cup racing. The Floridian was adjusting to life in the MotoAmerica paddock when she suffered two broken ankles in a crash at the Ridge Motorsports Park in Washington State. The injuries ended her season and forced her into a difficult rehab. But Olivera is back on her feet and hoping to return to the MotoAmerica Series at some point in 2021. We caught up with her on this week&apos...
Feb 20, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 121
Mathew Scholtz was having a hell of a season on his Westby Racing Yamaha YZF-R1. Right up until the point when he wasn't. It all went horribly wrong at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when Scholtz and Cameron Beaubier crashed and Beaubier's bike struck Scholtz' leg. The result was surgery, the end of the South African's season and a lot of off-season rehab. But that was then and this is now and Scholtz has recovered and is ready to get down to the business of competing for the Mo...
Feb 13, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 120
Jake Lewis will be back in the MotoAmerica paddock in 2021 after sitting out the majority of the 2020 series. Lewis is set to headline the Altus Motorsports team, racing a Suzuki GSX-R1000 in both Stock 1000 and the Superbike Cup in the HONOS Superbike class. We spoke to the Kentuckian for this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice to discuss everything from Lewis' job as a UPS driver to the coming season of MotoAmerica racing. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/85jake...
Feb 06, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 119
Jeff Purk is the racing dentist. That's right. A dentist. When he's not blazing around racetracks as a regular in the MotoAmerica Series, Purk is a practicing dentist in Iowa. We caught up with "the racing dentist" this week for our 118th episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice to see what it takes to do two completely different things - dentistry and motorcycle racing. Support the show
Jan 30, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 118
The highs and the lows for PJ Jacobsen in 2020 were definitely more on the low end of the scale. After winning the opening round of the MotoAmerica Stock 100 Series at Road America 1, Jacobsen had a frightening crash when he had to jump off his Ducati at speed when it caught fire during morning warmup for round two. The result were serious burns to Jacobsen's lower body. The New Yorker tried to come back at Road Atlanta, but the injuries were too severe for him to continue. So just like tha...
Jan 23, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 117
2017 MotoAmerica Superstock 600 Champion Jason Aguilar finished on the Supersport podium three times in 2020 en route to fourth in the championship. This week, Aguilar announced that six years of racing a 600 are behind him as the Californian made the it public that he was going Superbike racing in 2021. Aguilar will race a RiderzLaw-backed Yamaha YZF-R1 in the 2021 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship and we caught up with him to talk about his plans and aspirations in this episode of Off Track W...
Jan 16, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 116
Richard Stanboli's Attack Performance team took over the official Yamaha Superbike team for the 2020 MotoAmerica HONOS Superbike Championship and they hit the ground running with Cameron Beaubier riding the team's Yamaha YZF-R1 to his first MotoAmerica Superbike title while his teammate Jake Gagne ended the series in second. Those familiar with Stanboli and his previous teams weren't totally surprised, but a one-two in his first season with the team was impressive. We caught up wi...
Jan 09, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 115
Not many can say they are "living their best life" in 2020, but Garrett Gerloff most certainly is. The Texan ended up 11th in his debut season of World Superbike racing, scoring three podiums near the end of the season - including a second-place finish in Portugal. If that wasn't enough, Gerloff got the call to go ride Valentino Rossi's Yamaha M1 for a day at the Valencia circuit in Spain when Rossi tested positive for COVID-19. And he made the best of that with an impressive...
Jan 02, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 114
A three-time AMA 750 Supersport Champion, 1992 AMA Superbike Champion, 1993 World Superbike Champion, a two-time 500cc Grand Prix podium finisher, Suzuka 8 Hour winner... oh and five-time Daytona 200 winner, Scott Russell had a hell of a career. Now a competitive cyclist, we caught up with Mr. Daytona for this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice to talk about the past, the present and the future. Twitter: https://twitter.com/scott4russell Instagram: https://www.instagram.co...
Dec 26, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 113
Keith McCarty, Motorsports Racing Division Manager for Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., is retiring from his position after 44 years. He joined Carruthers and Bice on this episode of Off Track to talk about his incredible career in which he worked with legendary racers from Bob "Hurricane" Hannah to Josh "Hurricane" Hayes. We also asked him about his love of road racing and the important part he played in developing riders like Garrett Gerloff and Cameron Beaubier into champ...
Dec 19, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 112
2008 AMA Formula Xtreme Champion and a five-time AMA Superbike race winner, Jake Zemke had a stellar racing career that lasted for some 18 seasons. And the always-smiling Zemke is still in the MotoAmerica paddock as the manager of several current racers and the manager, rider coach and confidant of five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier. We caught up with Zemke for this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice to discuss his career and his relationship with Be...
Dec 12, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 110
Bradley Ward's debut 2020 MotoAmerica Superbike season ended early with a horrific crash at New Jersey Motorsports Park that left him with a broken leg, wrist and other injuries. But the big Brit is undeterred and is working to get himself back to full fitness so he can be on the grid when the 2021 HONOS Superbike Series gets rolling again. Ward chatted with us in this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice about his season, his crash and his recovery. Instagram: https://...
Dec 05, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 110
Prior to Joan Mir winning the MotoGP World Championship a few weeks ago in Spain, the last premier class World Champion to capture the crown on a Suzuki was Kenny Roberts Jr. in 2000. Roberts Jr. joined his father Kenny Roberts in becoming the only father/son duo to win 500cc World Championships. We caught up with Roberts Jr. for this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers and Bice to discuss his championship-winning year, what it's like to grow up as Kenny Roberts Jr., and myriad...
Nov 28, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 109
Josh Hayes is a busy man at the MotoAmerica races with the four-time AMA Superbike Champion watching over several riders, including Bobby Fong and Cameron Petersen, in their quest for stardom as their rider coach. If you watch him during the race weekends, he spends his time trackside and bouncing back and forth between his riders as he imparts his words of wisdom. In this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers and Bice, we were able to delve into some of that wisdom in our conversatio...
Nov 21, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 108
If you want to learn a lot from a couple of guys who know very little, then you will enjoy this episode of Off Track With Carruthers and Bice as they go it alone. The topics range from Garrett Gerloff to Josh Herrin to Cameron Beaubier to Mathew Scholtz to MotoGP to World Superbike and back to where it all belongs - MotoAmerica. So give this one a listen. If you like it, thank Carruthers. If you hate it, email Bice. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motoamerica/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/M...
Nov 14, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 107
Cameron Petersen had quite a season in the 2020 MotoAmerica Series, winning eight Stock 1000 races en route to taking his first MotoAmerica Championship. If that wasn't enough, he also got engaged to his long-time girlfriend, Nina, in the days leading up to the Road America round. Now he finds himself as hot property for a MotoAmerica Superbike ride in 2021. We broke up Petersen's online video game with Cameron Beaubier to chat about 2020 and his hopes for 2021. Instagram: https://www....
Nov 07, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 105
The voice probably sounds familiar and that's because Rob Buydos has announced nearly every form of motorcycle racing on the planet - from motocross to road racing to pit bikes to motorcycle shows and more. But he's not a guest on this week's Off Track with Carruthers and Bice because of his announcing prowess. He's our guest because he's the man behind the Drag Specialties King of the Baggers event that just took place in conjunction with the the MotoAmerica Series fina...
Oct 30, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 105
