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Originally run under the AMA Superbike Championship name, the inaugural Superbike race was held at Mid-Ohio in 1983 and won by Steve Wise. This weekend's Permco MotoAmerica Superbikes at Mid-Ohio (Aug. 16-18) marks the 33rd running of the event featuring the 48th and 49th all-time Superbike races at the legendary track. As Superbike racing returns to Mid-Ohio for the first time in 10 years, it's a perfect time to look back on the history professional motorcycle road racing at the track: 

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IRVINE, CA (August 13, 2024) – The last time the AMA Superbike Championship raced at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, a baby-faced, 24-year-old named Josh Herrin was struggling his way through a miserable Moto2 World Championship campaign and wishing he was at Mid-Ohio. That was 2014. This is now. And Herrin arrives at Mid-Ohio as the leader of the 2024 MotoAmerica Steel Commander Superbike Championship in the series’ return to the Buckeye State after a 10-year hiatus.

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With MotoAmerica set to bring AMA Superbike racing back to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, August 16-18, we’re taking a closer look at past Superbike races at the iconic racetrack in Lexington, Ohio.

It took Monster Energy/Graves/Yamaha’s Josh Hayes virtually all of the 2013 AMA Superbike Championship to gain back the points lost in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway. At Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Hayes finally took over the lead in the championship after the first of two races – by just a single point over Yoshimura Suzuki’s Martin Cardenas.

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2024 Permco AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days Presented by Yamaha Celebrated AMA's Centennial in Record-Breaking Fashion

PICKERINGTON, Ohio — Tens of thousands of motorcyclists from around the country and the world gathered at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, July 26-28 for 2024 Permco AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days presented by Yamaha — one of the largest single-weekend events in all of motorcycling, including North America’s largest motorcycle swap meet.

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With MotoAmerica set to bring AMA Superbike racing back to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, August 16-18, we’re taking a closer look at past Superbike races at the iconic racetrack in Lexington, Ohio.

Josh Hayes had it all his way at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in July of 2012. Not only did Hayes and his Monster Energy Graves Yamaha YZF-R1 win both of the two AMA Superbike races, but he also tied a record in the process.

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For the first time in 10 years, Superbike racing returns to Mid-Ohio Aug. 16-18

LEXINGTON, Ohio (July 31, 2024) - Permco has been announced as the title sponsor of the MotoAmerica Championship event at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Aug. 16-18. The race weekend will feature the first Superbike racing action at the legendary road course in North Central Ohio since 2014 and will be called Permco MotoAmerica Superbikes at Mid-Ohio. 

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Quinn Wentzel and Mark Murphy emerge as best off-road racers during the AMA Vintage Grand Championship in Lexington, Ohio.

PICKERINGTON, Ohio — For three days, a large collection of racers from across the country competed for the titles of AMA Vintage Grand Champion and AMA Vintage Senior Grand Champion at 2024 Permco AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days presented by Yamaha.

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PICKERINGTON, Ohio — The American Motorcyclist Association was honored in the United States Capitol as it celebrates a century of protecting the rights of motorcyclists and promoting the motorcycle lifestyle.

The Co-Chairs of the Congressional Motorcycle Caucus, Reps. Tim Walberg (R-MI), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), and Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) — in addition to Reps. Tracey Mann (R-KS), Carol Miller (R-WV) and Warren Davidson (R-OH) — introduced H. Res. 1391 in the House of Representatives honoring the anniversary.