Yamaha Champions Riding School

Yamaha Champions Riding School is a motorcycle training program based at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, New Jersey.[1][2] It is the evolution of the now-defunct Freddie Spencer High Performance Riding School and spent its first four years at Miller Motorsports Park.[3] The program is led by Nick Ienatsch. Former AMA racer Ken Hill has also been a lead instructor since the school's founding.[4]

The school is based on Ienatsch's book Sport Riding Techniques and has occasionally had guest instructors such as Yamaha sponsored MotoGP, World Superbike and AMA racers such as Colin Edwards, James Toseland, Josh Hayes and Ben Spies.[5] World Superbike and AMA Superbike Champion Scott Russell has also been a frequent guest instructor.[6]

The school's close partnership with Yamaha-US puts students on R6s, and also exposes them to Yamaha teams who occasionally test during the schools. These tests allow students to get a first-hand glimpse at the machinery and processes of the best roadracing teams in the country.[7]

A Yamaha Champions Riding School facility also exists at Utah Motorsports Campus (previously named Miller Motorsports Park), near Salt Lake City, Utah.[8]

The school's 2016 instructor line-up included MotoAmerica racers J. D. Beach, Cameron Beaubier, and Garrett Gerloff.[9]

References
  1. "Motorcycle school: Check your ego at the door". Toronto Star. May 22, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  2. Johnson, Davey G. (February 19, 2016). "Year of the Goose, Part 5 - Track Education at Yamaha Champions Riding School". Car and Driver. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  3. Waheed, Adam (June 2010). "Yamaha Champions Riding School". MotorcycleUSA. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  4. "Meet the Staff". Yamaha Champions Riding School. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  5. Bayly, Neale (August 2010). "Neale Bayly visits the Yamaha Champions Riding School at Miller Motorsports Park". SpeedTV. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
  6. "Mr. Daytona Returns to Action at Yamaha Champions Riding School". Cycle World. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  7. "Yamaha Champions Riding School to Share Two Dates with Graves Yamaha at Las Vegas Motor Speedway". Motorcyclist. November 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  8. "Yamaha Champions Riding School Teaches Motorcycling On The Track". Forbes. March 5, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  9. "MotoAmerica Stars to Guest Instruct at Yamaha Champions Riding School". Cycle World. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

Further reading
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.