Best Pj Mathews Podcasts (2024)

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#301 Brandon Paasch 45:07

7h ago45:07

45:07

Brandon Paasch is hopeful that the Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki team has him back for a second full season in the MotoAmerica Superbike wars. Paasch was ninth in last year's title chase with a best result of fifth, a spot he earned twice in 2024. He also made some rookie mistakes and crashed a few times along the way. We caught up with the 23-year…

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#300 Kayla Yaakov 57:57

1h ago57:57

57:57

Welcome to our 300th episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice, and we can't think of a better guest to share the milestone episode with than Rahal Ducati Moto's Kayla Yaakov. When we started this podcast in 2018, Yaakov was 11 years old and now she's a top-level racer in the MotoAmerica Supersport Championship. Yaakov has moved up through the …

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#299 Kevin Schwantz 50:11

19d ago50:11

50:11

It's been more than three decades since Kevin Schwantz won the 500cc Grand Prix World Championship, and the man still remains one of the world's best-known and most-beloved motorcycle racers. He spends a lot of time fishing and enjoying the company of his two dogs these days, but he's still imparting heaping helpings of insight about going fast on …

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#298 Chuck Aksland 54:03

26d ago54:03

54:03

As one of the partners in the KRAVE Group, former road racer Chuck Aksland has served as Chief Operating Officer for MotoAmerica over the past 10 seasons. Every day brings more challenges and opportunities for Chuck as he works tirelessly to grow the series, including its video production, broadcast, and live streaming capabilities. He's also been …

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#297 Kyle Wyman 37:05

1M ago37:05

37:05

Harley-Davidson Factory Racing's Kyle Wyman leads the Mission King Of The Baggers Championship heading into this weekend's final round of the series at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Wyman leads S&S/Indian Motorcycle's Troy Herfoss by just two points with the two races at Wyman's home track of NJMP left to run. We caught up with the winningest King O…

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#296 Troy Herfoss 45:57

1M ago45:57

45:57

Australian Troy Herfoss will arrive at New Jersey Motorsports Park next week two points behind Kyle Wyman in their battle for the 2024 Mission King Of The Baggers Championship. Two points basically equals winner-take-all. For the umpteenth time this season, Herfoss will have to learn a new track in the first practice session, get up to speed, and r…

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#295 PJ Jacobsen 39:35

2M ago39:35

39:35

Rahal Ducati Moto's PJ Jacobsen rolls into this weekend's penultimate round of the MotoAmerica Supersport Championship trailing his season-long rival Mathew Scholtz by 25 points. To have any real chance of taking the title, Jacobsen probably needs to win all four of the remaining races, including this week's two races at Circuit of The America. We …

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#294 Mathew Scholtz 48:47

2M ago48:47

48:47

Strack Racing's Mathew Scholtz heads to Circuit of The Americas in Austin Texas, next week with a 25-point lead in the 2024 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship. Left without a ride when the Westby Racing Superbike team folded at the end of last season, Scholtz took a step back to race in the Supersport class. And it's worked to perfection. The Sout…

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#293 Tony Romo 1:01:19

2M ago1:01:19

1:01:19

If you want to learn more about the black art of motorcycle racing tires, then listening to his episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice is a must. The guys are joined this week by Dunlop Senior Race Technician Tony Romo, who does a great job of explaining Dunlop's role in the MotoAmerica paddock, why tires work, how they work and everything i…

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#292 Cameron Beaubier 29:57

3M ago29:57

29:57

This week's Off Track With Carruthers And Bice podcast features a chat with five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier between sessions at the Dunlop Official test day at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Thursday, the eve of the series' return to the iconic track for round seven of the MotoAmerica Championship, August 16-18. Beaubier ta…

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#291 Larry Pegram 59:54

3M ago59:54

59:54

Spend any time with Larry Pegram and there's one thing that's certain - you're gonna laugh. But in case you don't know, Pegram is no joke when it comes to racing a motorcycle. Any kind of motorcycle. Case in point: Pegram has won three AMA Superbike races and multiple AMA Grand National Flat Tracks. At the ripe young age of 51, Pegram recently race…

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#290 Richie Alexander 1:01:28

3M ago1:01:28

1:01:28

Richie Alexander has been round the racing block more than a few times and always with success. Let's see... the New Yorker raced, winning an AMA Supersport Championship in 1998, he was instrumental in bringing Michael Jordan into the AMA paddock as a team owner, he's managed teams with his nephew Corey Alexander as the rider, and he's currently pl…

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#289 Dr. Tom Bryan 54:32

3M ago54:32

54:32

If you race motorcycles in the MotoAmerica Championship, chances are you have Dr. Tom Bryan's phone number on speed dial. If you don't, you should. Bryan is basically our surgeon to the stars and his list of patients reads like a who's who of motorcycle racing. We caught up with Bryan for this week's Off Track With Carruthers And Bice to talk about…

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#288 Jayson Uribe 46:55

3M ago46:55

46:55

Intelligent and well-spoken, Jayson Uribe may be the perfect podcast guest. He's also pretty handy on a motorcycle. Oh, and he's also a fire fighter and an entrepreneur. We caught up with Uribe hot off his two second-place finishes in the Stock 1000 class at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and leading into a break for the Californian before the Sto…

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#287 Ben Spies 41:21

4M ago41:21

41:21

Ben Spies modestly calls himself the "team mascot" for the Rahal Ducati Moto team in the MotoAmerica Supersport Series but, with all self-deprecation aside, Spies plays a big role in the success of the newest team in the paddock. We caught up with Spies on the eve of the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca round of the championship to discuss the team'…

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#286 Manny Segura 42:05

4M ago42:05

42:05

Scoring points in the MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Championship isn’t an easy accomplishment these days. Case in point: Last year only 34 riders scored at least one point in the title chase and 64 of them tried at least once. If you’re a privateer racing well behind the likes of Hayden Gillim, you’re working towards earning those valuable championship po…

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#285 Jensen Beeler 48:49

4M ago48:49

48:49

Jensen Beeler is the CEO of Krämer Motorcycles USA so who better to pose questions to when it comes to the recent announcement that MotoAmerica will replace its Junior Cup class with the 2025 MotoAmerica Talent Cup, a single-make series featuring Kramer/s APX-350 MA race bikes? We asked and Beeler answered. Support the show…

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#284 Justin Miest 31:59

5M ago31:59

31:59

Minnesotan Justin Miest will make his 2024 Stock 1000 debut next weekend, June 14-15, at his home track of Brainerd International Raceway and going into this podcast we honestly didn't know much more about him than that. We knew he was fifth in the Stock 1000 race at Road America last year, but that was about it. Miest changed all that in this week…

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#283 Loris Baz 33:39

5M ago33:39

33:39

Frenchman Loris Baz is back in his happy place. He's in the MotoAmerica paddock and racing a Ducati Panigale V4 R with his friends and crew on the Warhorse HSBK Ducati Racing team. And those friends include his teammate Josh Herrin. Baz and Herrin are an unlikely pair on the surface. Dig a bit deeper and they are the same. We chatted with Baz about…

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#282 Michael Gilbert 41:08

5M ago41:08

41:08

There's a good chance we won't see much of Michael Gilbert in the MotoAmerica Championship in 2024 as he and his brother have taken over the running of the family business. That being said, he has leathers, a helmet and a Honda Fireblade at his disposal just in case. And there's also the fact that Laguna Seca Raceway is only a five-or six-hour driv…

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#281 Geoff May 40:39

6M ago40:39

40:39

Geoff May has been around the racing game for a long time. As a racer. This time around, May will come at it from a different direction as he makes his team-owner debut at Barber Motorsports Park, May 17-19, as the man behind the GMR/Jones Honda effort that will field Gabriel Da Silva in the MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Championship. We caught up with Ma…

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#280 Jaret Nassaney 34:57

6M ago34:57

34:57

It's not how you start, it's how you finish. Jaret Nassaney is definitely hoping that's the case as he heads to Barber Motorsports Park, May 17-19, with zero points in the bank after a difficult opening Supersport round at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. We chatted with Nassaney about his rough start, his interesting second career, the inner working…

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#279 Andrew Lee 41:02

6M ago41:02

41:02

Two-time MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Champion Andrew Lee will begin what he is hoping will be the start of a successful campaign to win a third title when the Stock 1000 Championship kicks off at Barber Motorsports Park, May 17-19. In the meantime, the ever-fit Lee has been keeping himself busy and track ready. We chatted with Lee about that and more on…

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#278 Nolan Lamkin 35:33

6M ago35:33

35:33

Last year, Nolan Lamkin won the MotoAmerica Superbike Cup Championship and finished fifth in the Stock 1000 title chase. This year, rider/team owner Lamkin go at it again and he began his defense of the Superbike Cup title win a win and a second place in the class within a class, while also finishing inside the top 10 in the second of two Steel Com…

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#277 Roger Hayden 36:02

7M ago36:02

36:02

With the Steel Commander Superbike Championship getting underway at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Paul and Sean are joined by former MotoAmerica Superbike race winner and current Live+ commentator Roger Hayden. The trio provides an in-depth rider-by-rider discussion and analysis of MotoAmerica's premier class, so be sure to check out this episode …

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#276 Travis Wyman 43:10

7M ago43:10

43:10

Travis Wyman has gotten used to wearing different team shirts, remembering to change his leathers for almost every session on track, and adapting to different motorcycles quickly over the course of a race weekend. This year, Wyman will be at it again, racing in three different classes - Stock 1000, Mission King Of The Baggers and Mission Super Hool…

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#275 Kyle Ohnsorg 46:11

8M ago46:11

46:11

MotoAmerica Mission King Of The Baggers racer Kyle Ohnsorg has landed his dream job. Armed with an engineering degree, Ohnsorg not only races an Indian Challenger, he also plays a major role n the development of the bikes raced by Tyler O'Hara and Troy Herfoss as an employee of Polaris, the parent company of Indian Motorcycles. Throw in the fact th…

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#274 Hayden Gillim 46:39

8M ago46:39

46:39

It was already a good time to be Hayden Gillim as he went into the off-season with not one but two championships in the 2023 MotoAmerica Championship - Mission King Of The Baggers and Stock 1000. With his RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Motorsports Harley-Davidson deal intact for 2024, Gillim announced this week that he will also have a promising prog…

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#273 Hawk Mazzotta 45:38

8M ago45:38

45:38

Hawk Mazzotta not only has cool name, but he's a cool dude. Raised on a cattle ranch in Northern California, Mazzotta rode motorcycles as a youngster more so for transportation on the family's land than for recreation. That finally changed with Mazziotta getting involved in the sport at a later than normal age, but with plenty of success. Today, th…

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#272 Niccoló Canepa 30:03

8M ago30:03

30:03

Niccoló Canepa is a two-time World Endurance Champion, a test rider for Yamaha, and a riding coach for Yamaha's World Superbike team. This week, Canepa has his race face on as he prepares to battle, along with his two World Endurance YART Yamaha teammates, in Daytona 200 for the first time. We caught up with Canepa this week at Daytona Internationa…

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#270 JD Beach 46:16

9M ago46:16

46:16

JD Beach is back as a full-time MotoAmerica Superbike racer for the 2024 season and he couldn't be happier. Armed with a Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW M 1000 RR, Beach is confident of being in the fight at the front of the Steel Commander Superbike pack when the series gets rolling at Road Atlanta in April, and he can't wait for the season to get starte…

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#269 Rocco Landers 41:31

9M ago41:31

41:31

Rocco Landers can breathe easy for the first time in his short but successful career as he will show up to Daytona International Speedway with a contract to race for one of the best teams in the paddock - Vance & Hines Motorsports. Landers, who at just 19 has 48 MotoAmerica wins (29 in Junior Cup, 15 in Twins Cup and four in Supersport) on his resu…

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#271 Peter Hickman 37:43

9M ago37:43

37:43

Peter Hickman is the all-time Isle of Man TT lap record holder at 136.358 mph. He's also won 13 TTs, putting him ninth all-time. And now he's coming to Daytona International Speedway to race in his first Daytona 200 on his PHR Performance Triumph. We caught up with the Brit during his pre-Daytona visit to Texas and the Colin Edwards Texas Tornado B…

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#268 Troy Herfoss 44:36

9M ago44:36

44:36

So, who is Troy Herfoss, you ask? The newest member of the Indian Motorcycle/Progressive/Mission Foods team is a three-time Australian Superbike Champion, an AMA Supermoto Champion (during Supermoto’s heyday) and an XGames silver medalist in Supermoto. And now he’s making a change. A big change. With his debut set to come in the Mission King Of The…

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#267 Alex Arango 31:09

9M ago31:09

31:09

Alex Arango may end up being the busiest man in the MotoAmerica paddock during the 2024 season. With a gaggle of as many as eight riders on his TopPro Motorsports team, including former MotoAmerica Supersport Champion Sean Dylan Kelly, Arango will also be joining Kelly on the team's BMW M 1000 RRs in the Steel Commander Superbike Championship. We c…

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#266 Jake Lewis 40:18

10M ago40:18

40:18

Jake Lewis will be busy doing what he loves most this coming MotoAmerica season... racing motorcycles and living life in the paddock. And he'll definitely be spinning a lot of laps with the Kentuckian set to grid up in three drastically different classes this season - Mission King Of The Baggers, Supersport and Super Hooligan National Championship.…

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#265 Xavi Forés 41:44

10M ago41:44

41:44

It doesn't happen often, but it does happen. There are times when a racer wins a championship and finds himself without a ride for the following year. It happens to the best of them, including Wayne Rainey who won a Superbike title for Kawasaki only to watch as the team disbanded for the following season. Well, Xavi Forés finds himself in the unenv…

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#264 Cameron Petersen 49:03

10M ago49:03

49:03

Cameron Petersen had a horrible 2023 season in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship with a badly injured wrist ruining his year. With surgery and rehab behind him, Petersen is ready for the 2024 Steel Commander Superbike series and his testing program starts next week in Arizona. We caught up with the South African for this week's Off Track With …

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#263 Ben Gloddy 27:23

10M ago27:23

27:23

To say that Ben Gloddy had a rough 2023 MotoAmerica season would be an understatement. As one of the favorites to challenge for the Twins Cup Championship, Gloddy's season unraveled before it really got started as a crash in the first race of the season at Daytona left him with severe injuries. It wasn't until the final round of the season at New J…

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#262 Josh Herrin 46:04

11M ago46:04

46:04

Josh Herrin has been around a long time and he's hopeful of being around a lot longer. Using his old teammate Josh Hayes for inspiration, Herrin says he would like to race for another 10 years. in 2023, Herrin finished second in the 2023 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship with two wins and 12 podiums on the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC Panigale …

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#261 Graham Rahal 47:14

11M ago47:14

47:14

Graham Rahal is the co-owner of the Rahal Ducati Moto team that will make its MotoAmerica debut in the Daytona 200 in March. At just 34 years old, Rahal is not only a six-time winner in IndyCar, but he's also a hugely successful business owner, including his ownership of Ducati Indianapolis and Ducati Cleveland. He's a die-hard motorcycle fanatic a…

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#260 Sean Dylan Kelly 57:02

11M ago57:02

57:02

MotoAmerica fans got good news this week with the announcement that 2021 MotoAmerica Supersport Champion Sean Dylan Kelly will return to the series in 2024. Even better news was the fact that Kelly will do so on a TopPro Racing BMW M 1000 RR in the premier Steel Commander Superbike Championship. We caught up with the Floridian this week for the Off…

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#259 Max Flinders 52:01

11M ago52:01

52:01

They say that timing is everything and that was definitely the case with Max Flinders earning his first career MotoAmerica podium finish in the very last race of the season at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Flinders finished third in the finale of the Mission King Of The Baggers Championship behind Kyle Wyman and Hayden Gillim and his popularity with…

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#258 Avery Dreher 31:28

12M ago31:28

31:28

Avery Dreher burst onto the scene in a big way in 2023. The 17 year old earned his first Junior Cup podium in style in the opening round with a win at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. From there he didn't look back, winning the next day and taking four wins out of the first five races of the season. Dreher wrapped up the title early, ending the year …

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#257 James Rispoli 40:04

1y ago40:04

40:04

Right now is a pretty good time to be James Rispoli. Rispoli finished second in the 2023 Mission King Of The Baggers Championship after being in the title fight to the bitter end in the season finale at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Although he finished runner-up to his Vance & Hines/Mission/Harley-Davidson teammate Hayden Gillim, Rispoli parlayed h…

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#256 Blake Davis 45:55

1y ago45:55

45:55

Seventeen-year-old Blake Davis isn't messing around. The Virginian started his MotoAmerica career as soon as he turned 14, making his debut at Road Atlanta with a ninth-place finish. Davis finished 10th in the 2020 Junior Cup Championship and was eighth in the 2021 title chase. But it mattered not. Although Davis didn't win a race and didn't win a …

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#255 Max Van 43:29

1y ago43:29

43:29

With three Junior Cup victories and multiple podium finishes on his resume, it's time for Max Van to make a move up in class and he will do exactly that with a jump to the MotoAmerica Supersport Championship in 2024. Max took time out of his job as sales manager for his father's company, SportbikeTrackGear.com, to chat with us about the past, the p…

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#254 Ben Spies 57:18

1y ago57:18

57:18

Ben Spies is a three-time AMA Superbike Champion, the 2009 World Superbike Champion and now the team principal for the Rahal Ducati Moto team that will make its debut in the Daytona 200 in March. Spies is about to be a busy man, but he's excited at the opportunity to work with IndyCar legend Bobby Rahal and his son Graham and the challenge of putti…

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#253 Joseph Limandri Jr 26:06

1y ago26:06

26:06

Joe LaMandri Jr. is an up-and-coming MotoAmerica rider who made his Supersport debut earlier this year as a fill-in rider for the injured Michael Gilbert. We chatted with the native New Yorker on the eve of his home race at New Jersey Motorsports Park to discuss the move up in class and more on this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And B…

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#252 Chuck Aksland 27:39

1y ago27:39

27:39

The 2024 MotoAmerica Championship will be here before we know it and we caught up with MotoAmerica COO Chuck Aksland, the man behind the schedule, to chat about the addition of Mid-Ohio and more on this episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice. Support the showBy MotoAmerica

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