MotoGP

MotoGP hits wall, won’t return to Laguna Seca in 2014

MotoGP, the most prestigious international motorcycle racing series, won’t return to California in 2014 after a nine-year tenure at Mazda Raceway Lagua Seca. According to a report on the Monterey County Herald website and confirmed by racetrack officials, the hugely popular event held as the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix, will stop after a mutual agreement with Laguna Seca and the MotoGP parent company, Dorna Sports. The absence of the MotoGP on the Monterey Peninsula means the global series in 2014 will have only two stops in the United States — in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Austin, Texas. “There is, frankly, not enough of everything to go around for three world championships in the United States,” Gill Campbell, general manager of

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MotoGP: Fast, furious, fantastic at Laguna Seca (video)

MotoGP is motorcycle racing’s most prestigious circuit. It’s still early in the 2013 season, but the series’ annual stop at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca — the halfway point of the season — is just around the next corner. In fact, hospitality and VIP suites tickets are now available for the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix, featuring the MotoGP World Championship, scheduled July 19-21, at the famed the Monterey Peninsula facility. What’s MotoGP all about? Friend Mike Kahn, owner of the Sacramento internet consulting firm Frog Stone Media, www.frogstonemedia.com, attended the event in 2012 and made the video below. Riders representing Yamaha, Honda and Ducati, among other manufacturers, will be among the international field this year negotiating the undulating, 11-turn, circuit 

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MotoGP fans can save money with new Corkscrew Passport app available at Laguna Seca

When the country's most prestigious motorcycle racing event returns to Mazda Raceway Laguna this weekend fans with hearty appetites and a wont to save money will be fortunate. The Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix, featuring the MotoGP World Championship, scheduled July 27-29, is the first of the three remaining motorsports events this season at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, Calif. in with attendance can utilize the aptly named Corkscrew Passport application. Available as a free download on iTunes, several restaurants on the Monterey Peninsula are offering dining discounts during the three events. The new app allows users to make reservations at participating partner restaurants, get directions and post to the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca fan wall. “Our fans come

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