MotoAmerica Off Track with Carruthers and Bice

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 coming season. We caught up with Herrin from his Murrieta, California, to talk about the seasons past and the year ahead on this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice.

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 Panigale V2s on track at a MotoAmerica event for the first time in the opening practice session for the Daytona 200. We got the chance to chat with Rahal for this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice.

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.

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 Gillim just wins the championship and he's happier for me than he is for himself." We caught up with Flinders to chat about the season past and the season ahead on this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice.

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's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice.

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 the factory Harley-Davidson team with both riders fulfilling childhood dreams of racing for the Motor Company. We caught up with Rispoli for this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice to chat about the years past and the season ahead.

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 past season he defended that title but now it's on to bigger things as he moves up to Supersport. We talked to the talented youngster on this week's Off Track With Carruthers And Bice podcast to learn more about his rapid ascension and a goal of being MotoAmerica Superbike Champion.

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 And Bice.

Ben Spies is a three-time AMA Superbike Champion, the 2009 World Superbike Champion and now the team principal for the Rahal Ducati Moto team that will make its debut in the Daytona 200 in March. Spies is about to be a busy man, but he's excited at the opportunity to work with IndyCar legend Bobby Rahal and his son Graham and the challenge of putting together a MotoAmerica team from the ground up. We got the chance to catch up with Spies from his home in Texas for this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice to talk about the new team and much more.

Joe LaMandri Jr. is an up-and-coming MotoAmerica rider who made his Supersport debut earlier this year as a fill-in rider for the injured Michael Gilbert. We chatted with the native New Yorker on the eve of his home race at New Jersey Motorsports Park to discuss the move up in class and more on this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice.