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from SportBikes Inc Magazine April 2021

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WORLDSBK AND WORLDSSP 2021 CALENDAR UPDATE

The FIM and Dorna WSBK Organization announce a doubleheader start to the WorldSBK 2021 season with back-to-back rounds in Spain, then Portugal.

The 2021 WorldSBK season is slated to commence at Spain's MotorLand Aragón, May 21 through 23. It was announced today by the FIM and Dorna WSBK Organization that there will be race action the very next weekend in Portugal at Circuito Estoril for the Superbike and Supersport classes. This is only the fifth time in WorldSBK history that the season has started with back-to-back races, on sequential weekends. Also noteworthy, the Circuito Estoril hosted the 2020 Championship-deciding season finale.

The Circuito Estoril is located on the Portuguese Riviera, outside of Lisbon. The track measures 2.599 miles in distance with a total of 13 turns. Toprak Razgatlıoğlu set a lap record there in 2020 at the 2020 Estoril World SBK rounds with a lap time of 1:36.594.

JACK ROACH RECRUITED BY WESTBY RACING FOR MOTOAMERICA JUNIOR CUP CHAMPIONSHIP

Young British, by way of Canada, rider Jack Roach secures a ride with Team Westby for his sophomore MotoAmerica season.

Westby Racing has enlisted the talents of seventeen-year-old JR12 Racing rider, Jack Roach. Roach will pilot the #12 Westby Racing Yamaha YZF-R3 in the 2021 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Championship.

Born in the United Kingdom, and raised in British Columbia, Canada, Jack Roach started motorcycle road racing at the age of 14 in 2017. 2020 marked Jack’s MotoAmerica debut and his rookie season in the Junior Cup class where he learned the tracks and finished seventh in the Championship. At Barber Motorsports Park last September, he finished a season-high fourth in Junior Cup race one. “For 2021, we’ve decided to change up the Westby Racing Junior Cup program a little bit. We’ve joined forces with JR12 Racing as our technical partner and Jack Roach as our rider. The Westby Racing Yamaha R3 will be prepared and maintained by us at Westby Racing, but JR12 Racing will have its own presence in the MotoAmerica paddock with technical assistance from Westby Racing." - Chuck Giacchetto, Westby Racing Team Manager.

“I’m very grateful for the opportunity that Westby Racing has given me. The Yamaha R3 is a very competitive bike that has proven itself in the World Supersport Championship. So, my aim is to show that the R3 is as good, if not better, than the other competitors’ bikes in Junior Cup.” - #12 Jack Roach.

KYLE WYMAN, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FACTORY RIDER

Harley-Davidson enlists the talents of the 2019 Daytona 200 winner, Kyle Wyman for its 2021 MotoAmerica King of the Baggers campaign.

Kyle Wyman has signed on as the pilot of the Harley-Davidson Screamin' Factory Team for the 2021 King of the Baggers series. The Daytona winner will race onboard a Harley-Davidson Road Glide Special powered by a racemodified Screamin’ Eagle Milwaukee-Eight 131 Performance Crate Engine.

"I am very excited and honored to be the rider of the Harley-Davidson Screamin' Eagle Road Glide Special. To be a Factory rider for HarleyDavidson is something I've dreamed of since I was little, watching my hero Scott Parker win Grand National Championships on the Harley-Davidson XR750. I look forward to our first race at Road Atlanta and competing aboard this amazing machine." - Kyle Wyman

Harley-Davidson is also offering close to $30,000 cash in a contingency program for racers qualified Harley-Davidson racers that are participating in three race King of the Baggers series. The series is open to all qualified AMA license holders, with championship points being totaled at each round and a National Champion crowned at the end of the season.

AMERICAN SUPER TICKET OFFERS A DOUBLE HEADER WEEKEND OF MOTO-ACTION

April 30 through May 1 is going to be an exciting weekend of race action in the state of Georgia. MotoAmerica is staged to kick off their 2021 race season at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. Just a little bit up the road, the American Flat Track Yamaha Atlanta Super TT, the thrid round of the AFT 2021 season, will be in action at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. The American Super Ticket will provide race fans access to both the Saturday night (May 1) Progressive AFT Yamaha Atlanta Super TT and the two-day (May 1-2) MotoAmerica opener. Priced at $99.00, the American Super Ticket includes the following: · Progressive American Flat Track Tier 2 Premier General Admission Ticket (Saturday Only) · Premier Parking with Progressive American Flat Track at Atlanta Motor Speedway · Gates open at 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 1. · Two-Day General Admission for MotoAmerica at Michelin Road Atlanta (Saturday-Sunday) · Premier Parking with MotoAmerica at Michelin Road Atlanta.