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 ot...
Feb 22, 2024•46 min•Ep 270•Transcript available on Metacast 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 hop...
Feb 17, 2024•42 min•Ep 269•Transcript available on Metacast 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 T...
Feb 15, 2024•38 min•Ep 271•Transcript available on Metacast 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 typ...
Feb 10, 2024•45 min•Ep 268•Transcript available on Metacast 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 W...
Feb 02, 2024•31 min•Ep 267•Transcript available on Metacast 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 a...
Jan 26, 2024•40 min•Ep 266•Transcript available on Metacast 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 m...
Jan 19, 2024•42 min•Ep 265•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Jan 12, 2024•49 min•Ep 264•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Jan 05, 2024•27 min•Ep 263•Transcript available on Metacast 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 ...
Dec 30, 2023•46 min•Ep 262•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Panig...
Dec 22, 2023•47 min•Ep 261•Transcript available on Metacast 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 sh...
Dec 16, 2023•57 min•Ep 260•Transcript available on Metacast They say that timing is everything and that was definitely the case with Max Flinders earning his first career MotoAmerica podium finish in the very last race of the season at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Flinders finished third in the finale of the Mission King Of The Baggers Championship behind Kyle Wyman and Hayden Gillim and his popularity within the paddock spilled over as it was as popular with his peers as it was with his fans. As Flinders says, "It's kinda cool when Hayden Gill...
Dec 01, 2023•52 min•Ep 259•Transcript available on Metacast Avery Dreher burst onto the scene in a big way in 2023. The 17 year old earned his first Junior Cup podium in style in the opening round with a win at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. From there he didn't look back, winning the next day and taking four wins out of the first five races of the season. Dreher wrapped up the title early, ending the year 43 points clear of his nearest competitor. We caught up with the Floridian to chat about his championship-winning season and more on this week&ap...
Nov 16, 2023•31 min•Ep 258•Transcript available on Metacast Right now is a pretty good time to be James Rispoli. Rispoli finished second in the 2023 Mission King Of The Baggers Championship after being in the title fight to the bitter end in the season finale at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Although he finished runner-up to his Vance & Hines/Mission/Harley-Davidson teammate Hayden Gillim, Rispoli parlayed his results from the 2023 season into the big prize - a seat on the Screamin' Eagle H-D factory team for 2024. Rispoli will join Kyle Wyman on...
Nov 10, 2023•40 min•Ep 257•Transcript available on Metacast Seventeen-year-old Blake Davis isn't messing around. The Virginian started his MotoAmerica career as soon as he turned 14, making his debut at Road Atlanta with a ninth-place finish. Davis finished 10th in the 2020 Junior Cup Championship and was eighth in the 2021 title chase. But it mattered not. Although Davis didn't win a race and didn't win a title, hanging around in Junior Cup wasn't in his plan so he jumped up to Twins Cup and won the title in his first attempt. This p...
Nov 03, 2023•46 min•Ep 256•Transcript available on Metacast With three Junior Cup victories and multiple podium finishes on his resume, it's time for Max Van to make a move up in class and he will do exactly that with a jump to the MotoAmerica Supersport Championship in 2024. Max took time out of his job as sales manager for his father's company, SportbikeTrackGear.com , to chat with us about the past, the present the future, his love of doing pushups, snowmobiling and his other off-track activities on this week's Off Track With Carruthers...
Oct 26, 2023•43 min•Ep 255•Transcript available on Metacast 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 
