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Locatelli and Rea Back in the Sunday Fight in Challenging Czech Weekend for Pata Maxus Yamaha

May 19, 2025 Michael Le Pard

Locatelli and Rea Back in the Sunday Fight in Challenging Czech Weekend for Pata Maxus Yamaha Andrea Locatelli led Pata Maxus Yamaha across the line with two top-nine finishes at Autodrom Most in the […]

Challenging Opening Day for GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team at Autodrom Most

May 17, 2025 Michael Le Pard

The GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team faced a tough start to Round 5 of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship at Autodrom Most, Czech Republic. Free Practice 1 began at 10:35 local time in damp […]

Challenging Spanish Grand Prix for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP

March 17, 2025 Michael Le Pard

The Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP team has endured a seriously muddy second round of the 2025 MXGP World Championship, with Maxime Renaux faring best for the squad, securing 10th overall. Calvin Vlaanderen impressed in […]

WorldSBK: Podium at challenging season opener

February 23, 2025 Michael Le Pard

Phillip Island. The first races of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) are in the books. The Australian Phillip Island season opener turned out to be a rollercoaster of emotions for BMW Motorrad Motorsport and […]

MotoGP arrived at fastest most scenic and challenging Grand Prix circuits on calendar

October 20, 2024 Michael Le Pard

The eagerly anticipated trip to Phillip Island and Australia’s southern coastline came with the customary difficulties of the spring climate in Victoria state. Wind, cold temperatures and rain showers created inconsistent and tricky conditions at […]

Attempt to grind out positive results at challenging WorldSBK Aragon

September 30, 2024 Michael Le Pard

Locatelli Salvages P9 Race 2 Finish in Challenging Sunday for Pata Prometeon Yamaha Pata Prometeon Yamaha and its riders Andrea Locatelli and Jonathan Rea gave their maximum in an attempt to grind out positive results […]

Uddevalla race track proved difficult and challenging the MXGP top five

August 12, 2024 Michael Le Pard

Consistent Results for Elzinga and Reisulis at Swedish Grand Prix Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2’s Rick Elzinga and Karlis Reisulis have placed eighth and ninth respectively at the MXGP of Sweden. For both riders, mid-pack […]

Challenging First Stop of MXGP of West Nusa Tenggara Double-Header

June 30, 2024 Michael Le Pard

Elzinga Ninth at Challenging First Stop of Indonesian Double-Header Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2’s Rick Elzinga delivered consistent race results for ninth overall at the MXGP of West Nusa Tenggara despite not feeling 100%. The […]

Challenging and fast course at Cedar City Utah for sixth round of WORCS

May 23, 2024 Michael Le Pard

Cedar City, UT Round Six May 18th, 2024 DeMartile on Top in Cedar City Cedar City, Utah played host to the sixth round of the WORCS series. A challenging and fast course awaited the […]

GNCC Crawfordsville challenging wet rutted with exposed roots and stumps

May 2, 2024 Michael Le Pard

Crawfordsville, IN Round Six April 27th, 2024 Solid Racing for Beta at the Hoosier GNCC The Hoosier GNCC was the sixth stop on the calendar for the teams. Out in Crawfordville, Indiana, the race day […]

TT Circuit Assen review: Challenging weather conditions with low temperatures

April 25, 2024 Michael Le Pard

The third round of the 2024 FIM Superbike World Championship took place at the iconic TT Circuit Assen this past weekend. Riders were faced with some of the most challenging weather conditions with low temperatures […]

Top Five Positions in EMX Championship Standings After Challenging Second Round

April 14, 2024 Michael Le Pard

Faure and Van Erp Maintain Top Five Positions in EMX Championship Standings After Challenging Second Round MJC Yamaha Official EMX125’s Mano Faure now lies fourth in the championship standings after placing ninth overall at round […]

Challenging MXGP Spain weekend despite good results

March 24, 2024 Michael Le Pard

Vlaanderen Shines with Impressive Sixth in Spain Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s Calvin Vlaanderen finished sixth overall at the second round of the FIM Motocross World Championship in Madrid, Spain. Lining up for his second […]

Enduring and challenging night of racing at Round 6 of 2024 AMA Supercross Championship

February 11, 2024 Michael Le Pard

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing remains in the title hunt after enduring a challenging night of racing at Round 6 of the 2024 AMA Supercross Championship, with 450SX riders Chase Sexton and Aaron Plessinger […]

Late race mishap demotion leads to challenging night of racing at 2024 AMA Supercross Championship San Diego

January 21, 2024 Michael Le Pard

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing endured a challenging night of racing at Round 3 of the 2024 AMA Supercross Championship in San Diego, California, with RJ Hampshire taking a sixth-place result in the 250SX West division, while Malcolm Stewart and Christian […]

Extensive and challenging stage seven of 2024 Dakar Rally Results

January 14, 2024 Michael Le Pard

Luciano Benavides, thoroughly rejuvenated following the rest day, battled through the extensive and challenging stage seven of the 2024 Dakar Rally to secure the second-fastest time. Maintaining his eighth-place position in the provisional overall rankings, […]

Bouncing back in style from challenging stage seven at Africa Eco Race

January 11, 2024 Michael Le Pard

Pol Tarrés Tops 2024 Africa Eco Race Timesheets for Second Time Bouncing back in style from a challenging stage seven at the Africa Eco Race, Ténéré Yamaha Rally Team’s Pol Tarrés charged hard to win […]

HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING COMPLETE CHALLENGING STAGE ONE AT DAKAR 2024

January 6, 2024 Michael Le Pard

Husqvarna Factory Racing got the 2024 Dakar Rally underway with reigning World Rally-Raid Champion Luciano Benavides safely completing stage one. The first true special stage of the event presented hundreds of kilometres of rocky, volcanic […]

2023 Rallye du Maroc – Stage 1 really long and challenging stage

October 14, 2023 Michael Le Pard

FIM World Rally-Raid Championship leader Luciano Benavides has made a strong start to his Rallye du Maroc campaign by posting the fourth quickest time on stage one of the event. The Husqvarna Factory Racing rider […]

Remy Gardner fought until the end with challenging WorldSBK race

September 30, 2023 Michael Le Pard

A Strong Race One in Portimão Earns Gardner Sixth Remy Gardner produced a strong Race 1 to finish sixth at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, while Dominique Aegerter battled for points to cross the line […]

Inspiration Friday: BMW ADV-X 2023 Adventure Tour

September 8, 2023 Michael Le Pard

BMW Motorrad Canada announces ADV-X, a week-long adventure motorcycle tour set in British Columbia! 1880km of the most breathtaking scenery Canada has to offer. Welcome to week #258 of our Inspiration Friday: BMW ADV-X 2023 […]

Italian city of Imola was a real scorcher in extremely challenging conditions for BMW

July 16, 2023 Michael Le Pard

Imola. Round seven of the 2023 FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) in the Italian city of Imola was a real scorcher. In extremely challenging conditions, the BMW Motorrad Motorsport teams and riders continued the positive […]

Challenging Opening Day in Misano WorldSBK

June 2, 2023 Michael Le Pard

Challenging Opening Day in Misano for Aegerter and Gardner The GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team riders returned to action on 2nd June at the Misano World Circuit ‘Marco Simoncelli’, Italy, with Aegerter 8th and Gardner […]

Things got substantially more challenging at AMA Supercross Denver

May 14, 2023 Michael Le Pard

After capturing a big win at the previous round of the AMA Supercross Series in Denver, Colo., RJ Hampshire and the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Team came into the final round of the season […]

Challenging WorldSBK start for BMW Motorrad Motorsport at Phillip Island

February 26, 2023 Michael Le Pard

Phillip Island. After a short but busy winter break, BMW Motorrad Motorsport kicked off the 2023 FIM Superbike World Championship with the new BMW M 1000 RR at Phillip Island, Australia. The ROKiT BMW Motorrad […]

Challenging Stage 5 for X-raid Yamaha Supported Team in Dakar Rally

January 7, 2023 Michael Le Pard

Annett Fischer and Annie Seel led the way for the X-raid developed Yamaha YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype crews by finishing in 16th position as the dunes took their toll on the T3 Lightweight Prototypes during the […]

CHALLENGING AUSTRALIAN MOTOGP AS 2022 SEASON NEARS A CONCLUSION

October 16, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing came through 27 demanding laps of the Phillip Island circuit with championship points as Brad Binder battled brilliantly to classify 10th and Miguel Oliveira sped back to 12th for round […]

Challenging wild card weekend WorldSBK at Algarve International Circuit

October 10, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Positive Weekend at Portimao for Gagne and Attack Performance Yamaha Attack Performance Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne continued to make progress during a challenging wild card weekend and finished in the points today in WorldSBK Race […]

Challenging MotoAmerica Superbike Race 2 at the New Jersey Motorsports Park

September 12, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Fresh N Lean Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne returned to the podium with a third-place finish in a challenging MotoAmerica Superbike Race 2 at the New Jersey Motorsports Park. The reigning champion kept it on […]

Challenging weekend in Wampum Pennsylvania

August 22, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Fresh N Lean Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne dominated today’s second MotoAmerica Superbike race at the Pittsburgh International Race Complex, notching his 10th victory of the season to reclaim the championship lead. Cameron Petersen took […]

Challenging first day at MotoAmerica PittRace

August 20, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Danilo Petrucci and Ducati on Course For the Podium in Pittsburgh The Medallia MotoAmerica Superbike points leader second on day one at PittRace Sunnyvale, Calif., August 19, 2022 – Danilo Petrucci (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati […]

MotoGP Mugello extremely challenging track conditions and set-up

May 29, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – May 28. Joan Mir: 17th – 1’48.732 (Q1) Alex Rins: 21st – 1’50.266 (Q1) Team Suzuki Ecstar’s riders will start the Italian GP at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello from […]

Overcame adversity during challenging Tunisia Desert Challenge third stage

April 24, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Ténéré World Raid Team Show Fighting Spirit in Stage 3 at the TDC The Yamaha Ténéré World Raid Team battled hard and overcame adversity during a challenging third stage at the Tunisia Desert Challenge. Alessandro […]

2nd day of action at Pertamina Mandalika circuit proved challenging

March 19, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – March 19. Alex Rins: 8th – 1’31.582 (+ 0.515) Joan Mir: 18th – 1’31.875 (Q1) The second day of action at the Pertamina Mandalika circuit proved challenging for Team Suzuki […]

Challenging night of racing in Detroit 450sx AMA Supercross Championship

March 13, 2022 Michael Le Pard

DETROIT, Mich. – It was a challenging night of racing in Detroit for Round 10 of the AMA Supercross Championship but Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Marvin Musquin minimized the mistakes to come away unscathed and just […]

Breakthrough ride on challenging Daytona Supercross track

March 9, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – March 8. Justin Bogle: RM-Z450 – 11th Brandon Hartranft: RM-Z450 – 17th Darek Drake: RM-Z250 – 19th Justin Bogle had a breakthrough ride, showing speed on the challenging Daytona Supercross […]

Challenging conditions at U.S. Bank Stadium Minneapolis for AMA Supercross 450SX

February 21, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Eli Tomac made a heroic chargeback from last to sixth last night at the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His championship performance salvaged points to retain his lead in […]

Progressive Insurance athletes tackled an especially challenging track

February 16, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – February 15. Brandon Hartranft: RM-Z450 – 15th. Justin Bogle: RM-Z450 – 17th. Adam Enticknap: RM-Z450 – 22nd. All three Twisted Tea Suzuki Presented by Progressive Insurance athletes tackled an especially […]

Thoroughly challenging Dakar Rally Stage Five

January 7, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Delivering his breakout performance at the 2022 Dakar Rally, Monster Energy Yamaha Rally Team’s Ross Branch has charged to a second-place finish on a thoroughly challenging stage five, placing just two seconds adrift of the […]

Frustratingly challenging opening stage at 2021 Rallye du Maroc

October 9, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Monster Energy Yamaha Rally Team’s Adrien Van Beveren, Andrew Short, and Ross Branch have all safely completed a challenging opening stage at the 2021 Rallye du Maroc. With Adrien Van Beveren enjoying a strong, trouble-free […]

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Trio Shifts Focus to Next Round after Challenging Day in Turkey

September 9, 2021 Michael Le Pard

The Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP team salvaged as many points as possible at the ninth round of the FIM Motocross World Championship in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, after a turbulent day in the office. Jeremy Seewer […]

Solid results in the challenging conditions Fox Raceway

September 6, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing’s Justin Cooper rebounded from a tough first moto to finish second in Moto 2 and kept his podium streak rolling with a third overall finish at yesterday’s Lucas Oil Pro […]

Challenging night at New York Short Track Progressive American Flat Track

August 16, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Estenson Racing’s Dallas Daniels headlined a second consecutive successful Progressive American Flat Track outing for the team at last night’s New York Short Track II, returning to the podium and reclaiming the AFT Singles championship […]

Battling through challenging third stage at the Silk Way Rally

July 4, 2021 Michael Le Pard

The Monster Energy Yamaha Rally Team has battled through a challenging third stage at the Silk Way Rally with Adrien Van Beveren faring best and placing seventh overall. Finishing close behind in eleventh was Andrew […]

Daytona International Speedway is known for being one of the most challenging supercross tracks

March 8, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing’s Justin Cooper overcame challenges to finish just shy of the podium Saturday night at Round 2 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross 250SX West Championship in Daytona Beach, Florida. Jarrett […]

Dakar Rally Most challenging day as many competitors fell foul of the tricky-to-navigate terrain

January 8, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Pablo Quintanilla and Luciano Benavides have successfully reached the finish of stage five of the 2021 Dakar Rally, claiming 10th and 13th place results respectively. On what riders are describing […]

Top-10 Finish to Challenging Spanish Grand Prix for Seewer & Paulin

October 12, 2020 Michael Le Pard

MXGP’s new one-day format presented its challenges at the 12th round of the series with the event taking place at an unfamiliar track in Madrid, Spain. Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s Jeremy Seewer and Gautier […]

Slick Challenging day of racing at AMA National Enduro Series in Ohio

August 3, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Team’s Craig DeLong continues his podium streak in the NE Pro2 class with a third-place finish at Sunday’s Little Raccoon National, Round 4 of the AMA National Enduro Series in […]

MotoGP Challenging times for Danilo Petrucci and Andrea Dovizioso at Andalusia Grand Prix

July 26, 2020 Michael Le Pard

The two Ducati Team riders were back in action today at Jerez Circuit for the last two free practice sessions and the qualifying of the Andalusia Grand Prix.After ending as sixth fastest this morning in […]

Challenging Latvian Grand Prix for Van Horebeek & Febvre

May 15, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Hot and sunny conditions played host to a grueling seventh round of the FIM Motocross World Championship in Kegums, Latvia, where Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jeremy Van Horebeek banked sixth overall. Following his impressive […]