AMA Road Racing From Laguna Seca Will Not Be Televised Or Online
AMA Pro Racing has confirmed that round four of the AMA Pro Road Racing series from the FIM Superbike World Championship, Geico Motorcycle U.S. Round at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca will not be available for live broadcast on FansChoice.tv or post-race viewing.
AMA Pro Racing engaged in good faith negotiations with the event’s rights holder (Dorna -TS), but, ultimately, was unable to reach an agreement in the best interest of all parties involved.
Unfortunately, AMA Pro Road Racing will also not be able to broadcast the Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Series races during the Red Bull Indianapolis GP from Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which is run in conjunction with MotoGP.
[At least two regular AMA Superbike competitors, Larry Pegram and Chris Ulrich, have declared they intend to skip the AMA round at Laguna Seca and instead compete in the World Superbike series instead. This would allow sponsors for both teams to get much broader exposure, especially to a world audience. The Michael Jordan Motorsports team did a similar tactic at this round last year, when AMA announced the round would not be televised. -TS]
Through FansChoice.tv, AMA Pro Racing has broadcast each previous round of the 2014 AMA Pro Road Racing and AMA Pro Flat Track seasons and the races have been viewed by hundreds of thousands of fans. With its investment in FansChoice.tv, AMA Pro Racing has plans to broadcast additional races this season live in high definition for fans free of charge.
FansChoice.tv will resume broadcasting of AMA Pro Racing content the weekend of July, 19 with events from Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and Grays Harbor Raceway. For more information, please visit FansChoice.tv.
Troy's been riding motorcycles and writing about them since 2006, getting his start at Rider Magazine. From there, he moved to Sport Rider Magazine before finally landing at Motorcycle.com in 2011. A lifelong gearhead who didn't fully immerse himself in motorcycles until his teenage years, Troy's interests have always been in technology, performance, and going fast. Naturally, racing was the perfect avenue to combine all three. Troy has been racing nearly as long as he's been riding and has competed at the AMA national level. He's also won multiple club races throughout the country, culminating in a Utah Sport Bike Association championship in 2011. He has been invited as a guest instructor for the Yamaha Champions Riding School, and when he's not out riding, he's either wrenching on bikes or watching MotoGP.
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