Ben Spies is a three-time AMA Superbike Champion, the 2009 World Superbike Champion and now the team principal for the Rahal Ducati Moto team that will make its debut in the Daytona 200 in March. Spies is about to be a busy man, but he's excited at the opportunity to work with IndyCar legend Bobby Rahal and his son Graham and the challenge of putting together a MotoAmerica team from the ground up. We got the chance to catch up with Spies from his home in Texas for this week's episode o...
Oct 20, 2023•57 min•Ep 254•Transcript available on Metacast Joe LaMandri Jr. is an up-and-coming MotoAmerica rider who made his Supersport debut earlier this year as a fill-in rider for the injured Michael Gilbert. We chatted with the native New Yorker on the eve of his home race at New Jersey Motorsports Park to discuss the move up in class and more on this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. Support the show
Oct 06, 2023•26 min•Ep 253•Transcript available on Metacast The 2024 MotoAmerica Championship will be here before we know it and we caught up with MotoAmerica COO Chuck Aksland, the man behind the schedule, to chat about the addition of Mid-Ohio and more on this episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. Support the show
Sep 28, 2023•28 min•Ep 252•Transcript available on Metacast Dallas Daniels recently finished second to nine-time AMA Grand National Champion Jared Mees in the 2023 AFT Mission Twins Championship. But this weekend, Daniels is back in the MotoAmerica Championship for the first time since 2019 as he's set to race in the REV'IT! Twins Cup class on an Estenson Racing Yamaha YZF-R7 at New Jersey Motorsports Park. We caught up with the former Junior Cup racer to talk about his season in flat track, his love of road racing, and all things motorcycles. ...
Sep 21, 2023•27 min•Ep 251•Transcript available on Metacast If you're a fan of MotoAmerica's behind-the-scenes show "Pressure To Rise" then you are unknowingly a fan of Steve Radley, the man behind the show. Radley is the Show Runner for Pressure To Rise, which means he's the man who locks himself in a dark room and doesn't come out until the show that portray's MotoAmerica in the best possible light is ready to air. We caught up with Radley for our 250th episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice to see find out how...
Sep 15, 2023•26 min•Ep 250•Transcript available on Metacast Hayden Gillim, Kyle Wyman and James Rispoli will enter this weekend's two Mission King Of The Baggers races at the Circuit of The Americas separated by just three points so we decided to chat with all three of them for this week's Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. Support the show
Sep 07, 2023•31 min•Ep 249•Transcript available on Metacast Stefano Mesa won his first MotoAmerica Supersport race of the year in race one at Pittsburgh International Race Complex a few weeks ago. The next day he followed up his victory with another podium finish - his sixth of the year - to end the weekend third in the championship and only 13 points out of second. This week the news broke that Mesa was foregoing the Supersport class after getting a once-in-a-lifetime chance to race a full-blown, race-winning BMW M 1000 RR Superbike vacated by the injur...
Sep 01, 2023•39 min•Ep 248•Transcript available on Metacast You might know him as “Mike On The Mic” on MotoAmerica Live+ or Michael Hill, the host of World Superbike’s The Paddock Show, but this week we’ve let him loose on the mic for the newest episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice to chat about MotoAmerica, World Superbike, the Americans racing abroad, and more. Support the show
Aug 25, 2023•30 min•Ep 247•Transcript available on Metacast JD Beach is back in the MotoAmerica paddock and will ride a Fresh N Lean Progressive Yamaha Racing YZF-R1 in the three Medallia Superbike races this weekend at Pittsburgh International Race Complex as a replacement rider for the injured Cameron Petersen. We caught up with Beach at Pitt Race to chat about his flat track season and his return to Superbike racing on this week’s episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. Support the show...
Aug 17, 2023•30 min•Ep 246•Transcript available on Metacast Last year, young Spencer Humphreys made a surprise visit to the podium after finishing third in the first of two MotoAmerica Junior Cup races at New Jersey Motorsports Park. We'd never seen him before, but he made an impression both on the track and off as he took to the post-race press conference like a seasoned pro. Well, Humphreys will be back in the MotoAmerica series at both the Pittsburgh International Race Complex and NJMP rounds with a move up to the REV'IT! Twins Cup class. We...
Aug 11, 2023•43 min•Ep 245•Transcript available on Metacast Josh Hayes won his first AMA road race in 1999 at Daytona International Speedway. Ten years later he won the first of four of his AMA Superbike titles. In 2014, he won the "last" of his Superbike Championships. Now this: On July 29, at the tender age of 48 years old, Hayes won the Supersport race at Brainerd International Raceway for a record-setting 87th career AMA road race victory. Listen to this week’s Off Track With Carruthers And Bice as they chat with Hayes about how it all star...
Aug 04, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast No matter what motorcycle Jake Lewis throws his leg over, he goes fast. Whether it's flying through the woods on a motocross bike, racing around in circles on a dirt tracker or road racing against the best MotoAmerica has to offer, Lewis has found success. In 2023, Lewis is learning something new: The art of going fast on a King Of The Baggers Harley-Davidson Road Glide. And that's not all. Lewis is also racing a Disrupt Racing Suzuki GSX-R750 in the MotoAmerica Supersport class. We ch...
Jul 27, 2023•29 min•Ep 243•Transcript available on Metacast Cory West has been around the racing block a few times. He's raced an EBR in AMA Superbike. He's raced in a Honda 600 in Spain for a guy named Kenny Roberts with current MotoAmerica Supersport points leader Xavi Fores as a teammate. He's raced flat track, two-stroke 250cc GP bikes back when that was a class in AMA racing and even the Pikes Peak Hillclimb. And the ever-smiling racer from Eureka Springs, Arkansas is still at it. Only now it's Mission King Of The Baggers on a Ha...
Jul 19, 2023•55 min•Ep 242•Transcript available on Metacast We're 11 races into a 20-race MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike Championship and things are tight at the top between Jake Gagne, Cameron Beaubier and Josh Herrin. There's been some surprises and some disappointments, but the season has been stellar and the second half is shaping up to be a thriller. What better time than now for Paul Carruthers and Sean Bice to chat with MotoAmerica Live+ analyst Roger Hayden about the season thus far and the races to come on this week's episode of O...
Jul 14, 2023•51 min•Ep 241•Transcript available on Metacast With three wins and five total podiums in the four rounds (eight races) held thus far in 2023, Cameron Beaubier and his Tytlers Cycle Racing team have a lot to be happy about. They've won races - even at tracks where most thought they would struggle - and sit second in the championship, 23 points behind Jake Gagne, as the series heads to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for round five. Beaubier couldn't be happier. He's racing in the championship he's won five times, he likes ...
Jun 30, 2023•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Northern Californian Bobby Fong will race any motorcycle. His dirt track roots taught him how to steer with the rear end, and it's fueled his versatility. Now, he's back in the Medallia Superbike Championship, and aboard Aussie Dave Anthony's Wrench Motorcycles Yamaha YZF-R1. On this episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice, Bobby explains how he divides his time between his "day job" with Dainese and his responsibilities as a road racer in Mission King of The Bagge...
Jun 23, 2023•25 min•Ep 239•Transcript available on Metacast If there's a week that Andy DiBrino circles on his MotoAmerica calendar of events, it's the one at Ridge Motorsports Park in Washington State. Although Portland International Raceway in Oregon is technically DiBrino's "home track," Ridge is a close second as it's just a two-and-a-half hour drive north from DiBrino's home in Tualatin, Oregon. This year's round at Ridge Motorsports Park will see DiBrino pulling double duty as he will race his KTM 890 Duke R ...
Jun 15, 2023•51 min•Ep 238•Transcript available on Metacast If you've ever wandered through the paddock at a MotoAmerica event, you may have seen certain riders either getting a post-session massage or using a variety of tools designed to get the brain up to speed prior to a heading out on track. The man responsible for all that is Ethan Chapluk of Southern Pride Performance. We caught up with Chapluk for this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice to talk about his background and his current work with several athletes of MotoAmer...
Jun 09, 2023•48 min•Ep 237•Transcript available on Metacast This week's podcast episode is a special one, and not just because we recorded it at Road America. Carruthers and Bice had the distinct pleasure of talking to motorcycle road racing legend Freddie Spencer, who is currently in charge of Royal Enfield's Build. Train. Race. program, which has its first round this weekend at Road America. Spencer is also Chairman of the Track Stewards in MotoGP, so we also discussed that important role. And, we couldn't let Spencer go without discussi...
Jun 01, 2023•35 min•Ep 236•Transcript available on Metacast We have something a little different for this week’s episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice as we’ve brought in MotoAmerica Operations Manager Niccole Cox and Race Director Rick Hobbs to discuss the "controversial" incidents at MotoAmerica’s Barber Motorsports Park round last weekend. We’ve seen and heard from the teams and riders involved and thought it appropriate to hear from those who made the decisions that have been criticized. Support the show...
May 26, 2023•54 min•Ep 235•Transcript available on Metacast Xavi Fores had a perfect beginning to his MotoAmerica Supersport season at Road Atlanta with victories in both races and a perfect 50-point tally at the top of the championship. This weekend, the Spaniard will do battle with America's best on an unfamiliar racetrack - Barber Motorsports Park, the site of what will be the first of the two "extended" Supersport races that will feature mandatory pit stops. Fores has plenty of experience on a variety of motorcycles on a variety of rac...
May 18, 2023•29 min•Ep 234•Transcript available on Metacast Gabriel Da Silva pulled off the surprise of the weekend in the 2021 MotoAmerica Championship finale when he won the Supersport race in a downpour at Barber Motorsports Park. Da Silva was the talk of the town after beating the man who had just won the Supersport title - Sean Dylan Kelly. But just as quickly as he arrived on the scene, Da Silva was gone and surprisingly not a part of the 2022 MotoAmerica season. Well, now he's back and will compete for the Stock 1000 Championship and the Supe...
May 09, 2023•43 min•Ep 233•Transcript available on Metacast The Mission Mini Cup By Motul series kicks off May 5-6 at Carolina Motorsports Park in South Carolina with some new classes and a new series manager, Cory Texter. A two-time AMA Production Twins Champion, Texter recently retired from racing and will be focusing his efforts on his new gig as Mini Cup series manager and the off-season flat track races he promotes via Cory Texter Productions. We caught up with Texter for this week's Off Track With Carruthers And Bice podcast to discuss his new...
Apr 25, 2023•43 min•Ep 232•Transcript available on Metacast Jake Gagne's defense of his MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike Championship begins today at Michelin Raceway Laguna Seca with the two-time champ hoping to make it three straight titles. We caught up with Gagne at Road Atlanta on the eve of the opening round to chat about that and more on this episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. Support the show
Apr 21, 2023•35 min•Ep 231•Transcript available on Metacast Benjamin Smith has been racing in the MotoAmerica Championship for seven years and his list of accomplishments includes winning the 2017 KTM RC Cup Championship. Next week, Smith will embark on his biggest challenge to date when he makes his Superbike debut in the 2023 MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike Championship season opener at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. We caught up with Smith for this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice to talk about his Superbike debut, MotoAmerica ...
Apr 13, 2023•48 min•Ep 230•Transcript available on Metacast Fortunately for the rest of us, Kevin Cameron has a passion for motorcycles and motorcycle racing because there's a good chance we'd know a lot less about the inner workings of motorcycles without him. Cameron has written books and regularly pens features and columns for Cycle World magazine that draw on his technical background from a lot more than just racing. And he does so in a way that allows even the most technically challenged among us to gain knowledge and understanding of the ...
Apr 06, 2023•57 min•Ep 229•Transcript available on Metacast This week's Off Track With Carruthers And Bice podcast takes a different twist with the pair enlisting the services of MotoAmerica Live+ analyst Roger Hayden to help break down the upcoming 2023 MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike Championship. With just a few weeks until the opening round of the series at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, three of the smartest (okay, one of the smartest) men in the paddock provide some insight into the coming season that we hope you find both entertaining and educ...
Mar 31, 2023•57 min•Ep 228•Transcript available on Metacast Fifth in last year's REV'IT! Twins Cup Championship, Hayden Schultz is hoping for more in 2023 and he's off to a good start after third- and fifth-place finishes in the opening round at Daytona International Speedway. In between Daytona and next month's round at Road Atlanta, Schultz will be back to work in his construction job that helps pay for the job he truly loves - racing motorcycles. We caught up with Schultz to talk about racing and life in this week's episode of...
Mar 23, 2023•52 min•Ep 227•Transcript available on Metacast Jackson Blackmon is coming off a successful opening round of the MotoAmerica REV'IT! Twins Cup series with second- and third-place finishes at Daytona International Speedway. In the first of the two races, Blackmon came from way back to finish second after taking evasive action early on to avoid the Dominic Doyle/Ben Gloddy crash. What makes Blackmon's Daytona even better is that it was his comeback race from his badly broken ankle suffered at Road America last year. We caught up with ...
Mar 16, 2023•46 min•Ep 226•Transcript available on Metacast If Brandon Paasch wins Saturday's 81st running of the Daytona 200, he will become the first rider in history to win the prestigious race in three successive years. Paasch, who is by no means short on confidence, knows you need a little luck to win the 200 but he also knows you need to be at the front to give yourself a chance. We chatted with Paasch about Daytona, his 2022 Stock 1000 season, his cockiness and much more on this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. Suppo...
Mar 08, 2023•37 min•Ep 225•Transcript available on Metacast 
