Episode One introduces MotoAmerica Superbike Championship contenders Loris Baz, Bobby Fong, Jake Gagne, Josh Herrin, Cam Petersen, Mathew Scholtz, and Kyle Wyman and follows them through the season’s exciting first weekend at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. Who’ll emerge at the top heading into Round Two?
In Episode 2 of Inside MotoAmerica: Pressure To Rise, we visit the Westby Racing race shop in Georgia and spend some time with team manager Chuck Giacchetto while also checking in on South African turned Georgian Mathew Scholtz, who leads the HONOS Superbike Championship going into Road America. The spotlight is on round two at VIRginia International Raceway with Scheibe Racing and their new rider Hector Barbera discovering American road racing; Cam Petersen, Loris Baz, and Josh Herrin getting into a heated battle; and Jake Gagne winning both races in Virginia. Plus, we check in with Hunter Dunham, his crew chief Melissa Paris, and Melissa's husband four-time Superbike champ Josh Hayes.
In Episode 3 of Inside MotoAmerica: Pressure To Rise, the HONOS Superbike riders and teams reflect on the first third of the season as the plot begins to thicken in the Championship. Fresh N' Lean Attack Performance Yamaha rider Jake Gagne has the early-season momentum, and the target is now squarely on his back as the other riders fight to turn the tide.
In Episode 4 of Inside MotoAmerica: Pressure To Rise, the HONOS Superbike riders race in the Pacific Northwest, and right in the middle of an historic heat wave. Ridge Motorsports Park in Shelton, Washington, gave the riders all they could handle, and they stepped up to the challenge admirably.
In Episode 5 of "Inside MotoAmerica: Pressure To Rise," the HONOS Superbike riders compete at the iconic WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and wonder how many more races Jake Gagne will have everything his way with his gaudy winning streak. Also, while on the West Coast, we pay a visit to Attack Performance, which is the home of Gagne's and teammate Josh Herrin's Fresh N' Lean Attack Performance Yamaha team.
Episode 6 of "Inside MotoAmerica: Pressure To Rise" focuses on AMA Superbikes' first visit to Brainerd International Raceway after nearly 20 years away. We're in the home stretch of the HONOS Superbike Championship, which means the pressure to rise is approaching a boiling point and the riders are definitely feeling it.
In Episode 7 of "Inside MotoAmerica: Pressure To Rise," the MotoAmerica circus heads back east to Pitt Race as the HONOS Superbike riders enter the home stretch of the 2021 Championship. The target is squarely on Jake Gagne. Can he keep his winning streak alive? Can he clinch the championship early? Can ANYONE beat him? Watch this episode as the pressure to rise is higher than ever.
In Episode 8 of "Inside MotoAmerica: Pressure To Rise", the HONOS Superbike riders travel to the Garden State and New Jersey Motorsports Park where a lot of championships have been decided in the past. Jake Gagne is on the cusp of not only winning the title but also setting a new record for most Superbike victories in a single season as the pressure continues to build.
Episode 9 of "Inside MotoAmerica: Pressure To Rise" focuses on the final round of the HONOS Superbike season at Barber Motorsports, where the weather played a critical factor in the outcome and placed even more pressure on the riders than usual.
In the final episode of Inside MotoAmerica for the 2020 season, we pick the top 10 MotoAmerica moments of the year; talk to all four partners in The KRAVE Group, which runs MotoAmerica; and bid a fond farewell to five-time Superbike Champ Cameron Beaubier.
On the Season 2 Premiere of “Pressure To Rise,” the Medallia Superbike riders face pressure from overseas as former MotoGP race winner Danilo Petrucci starts the season with two wins at COTA aboard his Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC Panigale V4 R. Petrucci’s familiarity with the Texas track played in his favor, and it left last year’s Superbike Champion Jake Gagne to deal with bike problems while the rest of the frontrunners fought hard to match The Handyman’s torrid pace.
In episode two of "Pressure To Rise," Danilo Petrucci has the hot hand coming into Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta after his double win at COTA. But Road Atlanta is all-new to the former MotoGP rider, so the other riders were looking to bounce back. And "bounce" some of them did with more adversity adding to the pressure. Meanwhile, a Medallia Superbike rider on hiatus gets back in the show, and makes the most of the opportunity. One thing is for certain, you never know what's going to happen next.
Three rounds into the 2022 Medallia Superbike Championship, and the pressure to rise is already at a boiling point. The Superbikes at Virginia event was jam-packed with action, excitement, and more than its fair share of controversy. The "Pressure To Rise" production crew captured it all, and it is documented in episode three of the season-long series. Go behind the scenes now and find out what happened.
Just three rounds into the 2022 MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike season, and the pressure to rise was already at a boiling point. And then came round four at Road America. A four-mile track. 180 mile an hour Superbikes. And throw some changeable weather into the mix, too. You want to talk about "pressure"? Watch Episode Four of "Pressure To Rise".
Pressure makes diamonds, and it also makes for great racing in the MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike series. Episode five of "Pressure to Rise" presents the Ridge Motorsports Park round of the championship. Temperatures were hot and so were tempers in the Pacific Northwest as the riders squared off in a battle that began even before the racing did. Go behind pit wall and inside the helmets of some of the world's best motorcycle road racers, and find out about everything that went down at Ridge.
In Episode Six of "Pressure To Rise," the Medallia Superbike riders are just past the halfway point of the season, and WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca's famed Corkscrew served up an interesting plot twist for a couple of the riders in the series. The intensity of the battles on track were matched by intensity in the teams and within their pit boxes as the Championship picture begins to take shape. The laps are winding down, and the pressure to rise is cranking up. Watch what took place at the GEICO Motorcycle MotoAmerica Speedfest at Monterey.
There are 10 rounds in the 2022 Medallia Superbike Championship. 10 rounds and 20 races. At the seventh round, and in the 14th race, all hell literally broke loose. Defending Medallia Superbike Champion Jake Gagne crashed spectacularly and handed the victory and the points lead to number-one contender Danilo Petrucci. Rather than continuing the winning streak to which we've all grown accustomed, Gagne sent his Yamaha Superbike into a parts-flinging cartwheel of chaos. And that's not all that happened up in Brainerd. Episode 7 chronicles the Superbikes at Minnesota event in a way that will have you mesmerized. Watch the entire episode.
After all the drama of Medallia Superbike round seven at Brainerd International Raceway, the pressure to rise increased even more for the riders when they got to Pittsburgh International Race Complex for round eight. In Episode 8 of "Pressure To Rise," Pitt Race is in the spotlight, and the 2022 MotoAmerica Championship continues to show that it is MotoAmerica's best season yet. It's coming down to crunch time, but the fight for the title is far from over and every point counts from here on out.
In Episode 9 of "Pressure To Rise", it's the penultimate round of the Medallia Superbike Championship, and the battle lines are clearly drawn between Jake Gagne and Danilo Petrucci, Yamaha and Ducati, and Fresh N Lean Progressive Yamaha Racing and Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC. The main protagonists took to the track at New Jersey Motorsports Park, and Mother Nature tossed some inclement weather into the mix just to increase the pressure even more.
In Episode 10 of "Pressure To Rise", it all came down to Barber Motorsports in Birmingham, Alabama. One more round of the 2022 Medallia Superbike Championship and two races to determine whether reigning champ Jake Gagne would go back-to-back and successfully defend his title or former MotoGP race winner Danilo Petrucci would give Ducati its first AMA Superbike Championship since 1994. It was the perfect ending to MotoAmerica best season yet, so watch this final episode of PTR season two.
With everything that happened at round one of the 2023 MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike Championship, we don't know how they managed to fit it all into Episode 1 of "Pressure To Rise." But somehow, they did, and it's a season premiere that you just have to see.
Episode 2 of "Pressure To Rise" brings all the action and drama from MotoAmerica Superbikes at Barber Motorsports Park where the new Dunlop tires were put to the ultimate test on Barber's aggressive race surface, which is already a handful for the Medallia Superbike riders who muscle their 200-plus-horsepower fire-breathers around the tight and twisty Alabama road course.
The teams and riders always circle the date on the calendar for the Road America round of the MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike season, and the weekend definitely did not disappoint. Whether you were in Wisconsin or at home on your couch, we guarantee that "Pressure To Rise" 2023, Episode 3 will give you a unique and intimate look at everything that happened at "America's National Park of Speed." Watch it now.
Former World Champion Toni Elias forged a renewed career for himself in MotoAmerica. With Wayne Rainey as his idol and the American Dream as his destiny, the Spaniard won the 2017 MotoAmerica Championship and thrilled his many fans through race after race. He announced his retirement at Road America, and his competitors talked about it. Also, a freshly paved track at Ridge Motorsports Park delivered low lap times and high trap speeds for the Medallia Superbike riders, along with the intensity and drama that defines MotoAmerica's premier race class. And, as always, "Pressure To Rise" was there to capture all the emotions.
The teams and riders in the Medallia Superbike series circle the calendar every year for the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca round. The MotoAmerica Superbike Speedfest at Monterey is always a special event because the track delivers the action and excitement like no other...especially after it's been recently repaved. In Episode 5 of "Pressure To Rise," watch how things panned out for MotoAmerica's premier Superbike road racers at the world-famous home of the Corkscrew.
In Episode 6 of "Pressure To Rise", the Medallia Superbike riders are in Minnesota for the MotoAmerica Superbikes at Brainerd event. Brainerd International Raceway is a tough track to tame, and it leaves a lasting impression on many of the riders while also presenting season-changing implications. It's a turning point in the 2023 Medallia Superbike Championship for many of the teams and riders, which is good for some and not so good for others.
Take every possible emotion that a human being can experience and pack it into one MotoAmerica race weekend. That pretty much sums up MotoAmerica Superbikes at Pittsburgh, and Episode 7 of "Pressure To Rise" captured it all. You'll see the unbridled joy of a rider, crew chief, and team making history; the satisfaction of a rider reaching another milestone, the challenge of competing in a three-race weekend, the anguish of being so close and yet so far away; and the absolute agony of a season ending early due to injury. It's all summed up in Episode 7, and you odn't want to miss one second of it.
In Episode 8 of "Pressure To Rise,” we get a behind-the-scenes look at the Pitt Race and Circuit of The Americas rounds of the 2023 MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike Championship. So much happened at the two rounds. including Cameron Beaubier's crash and unfortunate injury, Bobby Fong's breakthrough pole position, and Jake Gagne's title threepeat in Pittsburgh, followed by the intense heat in Texas that didn't deter the riders from delivering heroic performances like Richie Escalante's quest for a first career Superbike podium, JD Beach's return to road racing excellence, and Stefano Mesa getting his first shot on a Superbike.
"Pressure To Rise" Episode 9 chronicles a tough round for the Medallia Superbike riders who raced at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, during a triple-digit heat wave. Despite the adversity, Richie Escalante achieved a career milestone. And then. it was on to New Jersey Motorsports Park for the final race weekend of the season, but with the added challenge of Tropical Storm Ophelia deciding to pay a visit and make track conditions extra-challenging for MotoAmerica's premier riders.
Episode 10 of “Pressure To Rise” wraps up the 2023 Medallia Superbike Championship with a look back at one of MotoAmerica’s best seasons ever. Watch as the riders and teams give their unique insights, and go inside the helmets, the pit boxes, and the minds of the people who live in the pressure-cooker of one of the world’s toughest motorsports series.