More Than a Race Weekend
What can sponsorship and VIP access change when racers, businesses and guests are given time to understand one another?
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Back on Track
When someone is seriously injured during a race weekend, most people in the paddock only see the beginning. The session stops, an ambulance moves, and people wait for news. Eventually, the schedule resumes. By the end of the weekend, the motorcycles are loaded and most people are headed home. For the injured rider and their
Keeping Joy Intact
In the Production motorcycle riders’ pit with my team during the endurance championship, where we finished second. Photographs by Thomas Maquevic Emilia Dobrev on taking racing seriously without giving up the part of it that still feels like hers. Emilia Dobrev does not spend much time trying to fit anyone’s idea of what a serious
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More Than a Suit
Paul and Nancy Olmedo, founders of EGL at Harris Hill Raceway, Texas – Photo Credit: Jason Farias How Paul and Nancy Olmedo built EGL from the kind of problem riders already know too well Before EGL became a business, it was a problem Paul and Nancy Olmedo were dealing with themselves. For Paul, the turning
Nellie Newth on friends, brownies, big right-handers, and going fast.
Photos by Dale baldwin photography & Mandy’s sport photography Nellie Newth is 8 years old, and she races mini motos like it’s the most normal thing in the world. She’s also already stacked up a list of wins that would make a lot of grown-ups blink. Nellie won 1st place in the AC40 Rookies FAB
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Jayson Uribe on the Basics That Still Hold Up at Speed
Jayson Uribe leads the pack through VIR in 2025, with the curb, spacing, and pressure all stacked into one frame. Photography by Brian J. Nelson. Jayson Uribe does not talk about speed like it lives somewhere mystical. He does not make it sound like a secret only a few riders are born with. He talks
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Tobias Gehrke on What the Camera Gets Wrong About Speed
Framing Part one – The dark foreground makes the subject stand out well. (Dennis Herzog Yamaha R7 Cup at Automotodrom Brno CZ) – Photo by Tobias Gehrke Tobias Gehrke is not chasing fake fast. He is chasing the small, honest details that show what riding at the limit really looks like. Tobias Gehrke is based
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316 Superbike Camp
316 Superbike Camp Day 1 Priorities: What Coaches Teach New Track Riders First Beginners show up with the same two things in their helmet. A head full of highlight reels and hands tight enough to bend the clip-ons. I’ve watched it over and over: the bike is fine, the tires are fine, the weather’s fine
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Kayla Yaakov on Patience, Pressure, and the Lap That Won’t Let Go
Photos courtesy of Rahal Ducati Moto Kayla Yaakov is a professional racer with MotoAmerica race wins and more than a dozen podium finishes, and she became the first female to win a MotoAmerica race. At this stage in her career, she’s been fighting at the sharp end of Supersport on a Ducati V2. What stands
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The Setup Trap: Dave Moss on Tires, Inputs, and Front Feel
Dave tuning a BMW S1000RR in the hot pit at Sonoma Raceway for an AFM racer and Carter’s at the Track Instructor Scott Wilson. Dave’s attention to detail and experience separate him from most tuners. He’s not just looking at suspension – he’s thinking ergonomics, tire pressures, and the other little stuff that actually moves
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