Roughly a year ago, the 2020 WorldSBK Championship kicked off at Philip Island in Australia. That weekend, PATA YAMAHA WorldSBK Official Team member Michael van der Mark raced to four-four finishes atop his YZF-R1, and used the opening round scores as a springboard to an eventual fifth in the final...

Two hours removed from winning his ninth race of the 2017 FIM Superbike World Championship, two-time and defending Champion Jonathan Rea was not only in good spirits, but in something of a reflective frame of mind."World Superbike is still close to the heart of the American people," offered the 30...