World Superbike Championship Returning to Laguna Seca in 2013

Dennis Chung
by Dennis Chung

Infront Motorsports announced a new agreement with Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca to host the World Superbike Championship from 2013-2015.

Laguna Seca hosted the series from 1995 to 2004, but from 2005 onward the Monterey, Calif., circuit hosted the MotoGP World Championship instead of WSBK. Starting next season however Laguna Seca will return to the schedule and replace Utah’s Miller Motorsports Park as the WSBK Championship’s only U.S. stop. Utah’s MMP hosted WSBK from 2008-2012.

“We are absolutely delighted to be returning to Laguna Seca for the U.S. Round for the first time since 2004,” says Paolo Flammini, chief executive officer of WSBK promoter Infront Motorsports. “Over the ten-year period in which we were last there, we witnessed an extraordinary growth in interest and in overall attendance and we are sure that this event will once again become one of the most prestigious on the calendar. The return of Laguna Seca to the Superbike World Championship, with its six competing manufacturers, will definitely be a boost to the championship’s growth in the U.S. market as California has a special tradition and offers significant opportunities for the motorcycle industry, sponsors and media.”

[Source: WSBK]

Dennis Chung
Dennis Chung

Dennis has been a part of the Motorcycle.com team since 2008, and through his tenure, has developed a firm grasp of industry trends, and a solid sense of what's to come. A bloodhound when it comes to tracking information on new motorcycles, if there's a new model on the horizon, you'll probably hear about it from him first.

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