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2023 AMA GNCC Season Set to Begin in South Carolina

GNCC Round 1 scheduled Feb. 18-19 at Big Buck February 17, 2023 By Keaton Maisano The AMA Grand National Cross Country Series presented by Specialized revs up its 2023 season Feb. 18-19 with Round 1 in South Carolina. The Racing Fuels Big Buck event will include professional ATV riders competing Saturday and the professional motorcycling

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Webb Wins Dramatic Tampa Round

Cooper Webb collects first 450SX win of year, Hunter Lawrence continues hot start in 250SX class February 13, 2023 By Keaton Maisano With warm Florida weather and plenty of rain filling Raymond James Stadium on Saturday, the AMA Supercross title race heated up as a third rider — Red Bull KTM’s Cooper Webb — collected

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Hall of Famer Spotlight: Bessie Stringfield

Photo and information from the collection of Ann Ferrar February 13, 2023 By Keaton Maisano For Black History Month, February’s Hall of Famer Spotlight is Bessie Stringfield, an impactful motorcyclist who helped break down barriers for both women and Black riders. Born in 1911, Stringfield used the 1930s and ’40s to take eight long-distance, solo

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Saddlebags and Paperbacks

AMA-chartered motorcycle club spreads stuttering awareness through Nina’s Ride February 7, 2023 By Joe Perfecto On a Saturday morning in mid-October, some rather uncommon delivery vehicles rumbled through Sacramento-area neighborhoods, bearing cargo bound for some equally uncommon destinations. Leaving from the Capital City Motorcycle Club’s clubhouse and covering nearly 100 miles, three motorcyclists traveled to

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2023 KTM Street Range Gets New Splash of Colors

Three bike models receive reimagined looks for 2023 February 7, 2023 By Keaton Maisano KTM has spiced up a selection of its Duke motorcycles, offering new graphics and colors that aim to give the bikes a “ready to race” spirit. The KTM 200 Duke, KTM 390 Duke and KTM RC 390 models make up the

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Tomac Returns to Top Spot in Houston

Eli Tomac claims third win of year, Hunter Lawrence wins 250SX East opener February 6, 2023 By Keaton Maisano With early-season momentum hanging in the balance, Eli Tomac outlasted Chase Sexton on Saturday to win his third-of-four events in the 2023 AMA Supercross season. While Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Tomac returned to his familiar

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Sexton, Kitchen Find Breakthroughs in AMA Supercross Triple Crown Event

Chase Sexton, Levi Kitchen win Anaheim 2 pro classes while Daxton Bennick claims best amateur January 31, 2023 By Keaton Maisano In a return to Anaheim for the first Triple Crown event of the season, the AMA Supercross podiums looked a bit different than they did a month ago for the season opener at Angel

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Bosch: Tech Forward

Checking in with Bosch and its advanced Forward Collision Warning System technology January 25, 2023 By Michael Sayre NOTE: This story first appeared in the December 2022 issue of American Motorcyclist It is an unfortunate fact of our two-wheeled life that many motorcyclists involved in crashes — almost a third of them, in fact —

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Tomac, Lawrence Light the Torches Again at San Diego Round

Eli Tomac and Jett Lawrence go two-for-two to open the 2023 AMA Supercross season January 23, 2023 By Keaton Maisano The long layoff due to Round 2’s postponement did not cool off Eli Tomac or Jett Lawrence as the riders defended their opening round performances with main event wins at the San Diego round of

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Postponed AMA Supercross Round 2 Rescheduled for Feb. 18

Event previously postponed due to adverse weather   January 11, 2023 By Keaton Maisano Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship Round 2 — scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 14, in Oakland, Calif. — has been postponed due to severe weather affecting Northern California. Feld Motor Sports worked with the site of the event, RingCentral Coliseum, to reschedule

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