Fourth Annual “Rainey’s Ride To The Races” Set For Laguna Seca On July 12

Ride With The Legends On The Monterey Peninsula Before Enjoying
A Weekend Full Of MotoAmerica Action

IRVINE, CA – May 8, 2024 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – If you want the opportunity to spend a day riding motorcycles and hanging out at the racetrack with racers who have won 32 AMA National Championships and eight World Championships, then you should move “Rainey’s Ride To The Races” to the top of your bucket list.

Riders gathered at the Moto Talbott Motorcycle Museum last year ready to start “Rainey’s Ride To The Races” on the Monterey Peninsula. The fourth annual ride will take place on Friday, July 12, prior to the start of MotoAmerica’s on-track action at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

MotoAmerica, North America’s premier motorcycle road racing series, is excited to announce that the fourth annual “Rainey’s Ride To The Races” will again take place on the Monterey Peninsula on July 12 in conjunction with the sixth round of the MotoAmerica Steel Commander Superbike Championship at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. And this year’s ride boasts even more racing legends than the previous year’s.

This year’s ride includes the following legends:

• Four-time World Champion Eddie Lawson
• Three-time AMA Grand National Champion and 1988 AMA Superbike Champion Bubba Shobert
• Seven-time Supercross and Motocross National Champion Rick Johnson
• Nine-time AMA Grand National Champion Scott Parker
• Three-time AMA Superbike Champion Doug Chandler
• 1991 AMA Superbike Champion Thomas Stevens
• 1996 AMA Superbike Champion Miguel Duhamel
• Three-time AMA Superbike and 2009 World Superbike Champion Ben Spies

Rainey’s Ride To The Races will be held on Friday, July 12, opening day of the sixth round of the MotoAmerica Championship, and will again benefit the Roadracing World Action Fund, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes motorcycle racing safety with the facilitation of soft barrier systems at racing events.

“I’m really proud of what ‘Rainey’s Ride To The Races’ has become,” said MotoAmerica President and three-time World Champion Wayne Rainey. “We’ve raised nearly $325,000 since we started the ride three years ago, and that money has gone to a worthy cause – acquiring soft barrier systems we use at our races for improved rider safety. We’ve always had good support from legends in the sport and this year’s event will showcase even more motorcycle racing heroes – Eddie Lawson, Bubba Shobert, Rick Johnson,…