Minnesotan Justin Miest will make his 2024 Stock 1000 debut next weekend, June 14-15, at his home track of Brainerd International Raceway and going into this podcast we honestly didn't know much more about him than that. We knew he was fifth in the Stock 1000 race at Road America last year, but that was about it. Miest changed all that in this week's Off Track With Carruthers And Bice as we delved into his racing career, his working life and his new company. Support the show...
Jun 08, 2024•32 min•Ep 284•Transcript available on Metacast Frenchman Loris Baz is back in his happy place. He's in the MotoAmerica paddock and racing a Ducati Panigale V4 R with his friends and crew on the Warhorse HSBK Ducati Racing team. And those friends include his teammate Josh Herrin. Baz and Herrin are an unlikely pair on the surface. Dig a bit deeper and they are the same. We chatted with Baz about life with Herrin, his return to MotoAmerica and much more on this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. Support the show...
May 30, 2024•34 min•Ep 283•Transcript available on Metacast There's a good chance we won't see much of Michael Gilbert in the MotoAmerica Championship in 2024 as he and his brother have taken over the running of the family business. That being said, he has leathers, a helmet and a Honda Fireblade at his disposal just in case. And there's also the fact that Laguna Seca Raceway is only a five-or six-hour drive north from Gilbert's Southern California home. In the meantime, Gilbert is going racing in the World Endurance Championship roun...
May 24, 2024•41 min•Ep 282•Transcript available on Metacast Geoff May has been around the racing game for a long time. As a racer. This time around, May will come at it from a different direction as he makes his team-owner debut at Barber Motorsports Park, May 17-19, as the man behind the GMR/Jones Honda effort that will field Gabriel Da Silva in the MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Championship. We caught up with May this week to get some background on the new team while also chatting about some stuff from the past on this week's episode of Off Track With Ca...
May 14, 2024•41 min•Ep 281•Transcript available on Metacast It's not how you start, it's how you finish. Jaret Nassaney is definitely hoping that's the case as he heads to Barber Motorsports Park, May 17-19, with zero points in the bank after a difficult opening Supersport round at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. We chatted with Nassaney about his rough start, his interesting second career, the inner workings of Altus Motorsports, and more on this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers and Bice. Support the show...
May 10, 2024•35 min•Ep 280•Transcript available on Metacast 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
May 03, 2024•41 min•Ep 279•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Suppo...
Apr 25, 2024•36 min•Ep 278•Transcript available on Metacast 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
Apr 19, 2024•36 min•Ep 277•Transcript available on Metacast 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 t...
Apr 05, 2024•43 min•Ep 276•Transcript available on Metacast 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....
Mar 28, 2024•46 min•Ep 275•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Fireblad...
Mar 23, 2024•47 min•Ep 274•Transcript available on Metacast 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-plac...
Mar 16, 2024•46 min•Ep 273•Transcript available on Metacast 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 sh...
Mar 07, 2024•30 min•Ep 272•Transcript available on Metacast 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 
