MotoAmerica
| Motoamerica | |
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| Sport | Motorcycle sport |
| Jurisdiction | North America |
| Founded | c.2014 |
| Headquarters | Costa Mesa, California |
| President | Wayne Rainey |
| Official website | |
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MotoAmerica, the new home of the AMA Superbike Series, had its inaugural season of motorcycle road racing in 2015. The series, which is sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) and the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), featured five classes of road racing in its debut season - Superbike, Superstock 1000, Supersport, Superstock 600 and the spec-class KTM RC 390 Cup. And the series crowned its first champions in 2015, led by MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier. The other champions were Jake Gagne (Superstock 1000), JD Beach (Supersport), Joe Roberts (Superstock 600) and Gage McAllister (KTM RC 390 Cup).
The series consisted of nine rounds and 18 races in 2015 with the championship getting started at the Circuit of the Americas(COTA) in Austin, Texas and ending at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, New Jersey. MotoAmerica shared three rounds of its series with Dorna properties MotoGP (COTA and Indianapolis Motor Speedway) and the World Superbike (Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca).
MotoAmerica's primary goal is to reinvigorate motorcycle road racing in North America and ultimately send its riders to the top-level international championships - MotoGP and World Superbike. The series is run by the KRAVE Group, a partnership led by three-time 500cc World Champion Wayne Rainey. The other three partners are energy sector investor and CEO Richard Varner, former vice president of motorsport operations at COTA and former managing director of Team Roberts in MotoGP Chuck Aksland, and the executive director of the Petersen Automotive Museum Terry Karges.
2015 Race Schedule
- April 10-12 Circuit of the Americas – Austin, Texas
- April 17-19 Road Atlanta – Braselton, Georgia
- May 15-17 Virginia International Raceway – Alton, Virginia
- May 29-31 Road America – Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
- June 12-14 Barber Motorsports Park – Birmingham, Alabama
- June 26-28 Miller Motorsports Park - Toole, Utah
- July 17-19 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca – Monterey, California
- August 7-9 Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Indianapolis, Indiana
- Sept. 11-13 New Jersey Motorsports Park – Millville, New Jersey
2016 Race Schedule
- April 8-10 Circuit of the Americas — Austin, Texas (Superbike, Superstock 1000, and Supersport as MotoGP support races)
- April 15-17 Road Atlanta — Braselton, Georgia (Superbike, Superstock 1000, Supersport, Superstock 600, KTM RC 390 Cup)
- April 29-May 1 New Jersey Motorsports Park — Millville, New Jersey (Superbike, Superstock 1000, Supersport, Superstock 600, KTM RC 390 Cup)
- May 13-15 Virginia International Raceway — Danville, Virginia (Superbike, Superstock 1000, Supersport, Superstock 600, KTM RC 390 Cup)
- June 3-5 Road America — Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin (Superbike, Superstock 1000, Supersport, Superstock 600, KTM RC 390 Cup)
- June 10-12 Barber Motorsports Park — Birmingham, Alabama (Superbike, Superstock 1000, Supersport, Superstock 600, KTM RC 390 Cup)
- June 23-25 Utah Motorsports Campus — Tooele, Utah (Superbike, Superstock 1000, Supersport, Superstock 600, KTM RC 390 Cup)
- July 8-10 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca — Monterey, California (Superbike, Superstock 1000, Supersport, Superstock 600, KTM RC 390 Cup as WSBK support races)
- September 9-11 New Jersey Motorsports Park — Millville, New Jersey (Superbike, Superstock 1000, Supersport, Superstock 600, KTM RC 390 Cup)