Randy
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It's not just a man's world anymore. Each year, more and more females are hitting the tracks. Perhaps part of the reason is the inspiration from one of these ladies...
Melissa Paris - Series: AMA Pro - Daytona Sportbike - Her name is known in racing circles for 2 reasons -
1) She's pretty fast and is the top-finishing female in the history of the Daytona 200. She was credited with 21st in 2009. In 2010, she was running in the top 10 with 8 laps to go and crashed.
2) She's the wife of current AMA Superbike champion Josh Hayes
She'll be riding the HT Moto Yamaha R6 in the 2011 AMA Daytona Sportbike series
Jenny Tinmouth - Series: British Superbike Championship - This 32 year old female from the UK has a very impressive resume. She's ridden 2 strokes, 4 strokes, and even electric bikes. She was the champion of the 1st ever UK TTXGP (electric bikes) champion and 3rd in the world final, and she's the outright female lap record holder at the Isle of Mann TT.
For 2011, she'll be aboard the Splitlath Aprilia RSV in the British Superbike Series (first female in the Superbike class of the BSB series)
Elena Myers - Growing up on motorcycles, Elena is another one who has done it all. She's ridden flattrack, supermoto, motocross, and roadraced everything from 35cc pocketbikes up to AMA pro Supersport 600s. Back in 2009, I started a thread saying to watch out for her. Well, in 2010, Elena became the first female to ever win an AMA Pro road race. While at the Indy MotoGP race, she was promised a ride on the Rizla GSV-R MotoGP bike at the end of the season during the media day, but, it turns out a check was written that someone couldn't cash. Although the promise was made, they didn't hold true to their word and it never happened.
She had an up and down season in 2010 and will be again running in the AMA Supersport series in 2011 under the M4 Suzuki canopy and will be backed by a unique sponsorship from Suzuki promoting their social media effort through SuzukiScoopFans on Facebook.
Melissa Paris - Series: AMA Pro - Daytona Sportbike - Her name is known in racing circles for 2 reasons -
1) She's pretty fast and is the top-finishing female in the history of the Daytona 200. She was credited with 21st in 2009. In 2010, she was running in the top 10 with 8 laps to go and crashed.
2) She's the wife of current AMA Superbike champion Josh Hayes
She'll be riding the HT Moto Yamaha R6 in the 2011 AMA Daytona Sportbike series
Jenny Tinmouth - Series: British Superbike Championship - This 32 year old female from the UK has a very impressive resume. She's ridden 2 strokes, 4 strokes, and even electric bikes. She was the champion of the 1st ever UK TTXGP (electric bikes) champion and 3rd in the world final, and she's the outright female lap record holder at the Isle of Mann TT.
For 2011, she'll be aboard the Splitlath Aprilia RSV in the British Superbike Series (first female in the Superbike class of the BSB series)
Elena Myers - Growing up on motorcycles, Elena is another one who has done it all. She's ridden flattrack, supermoto, motocross, and roadraced everything from 35cc pocketbikes up to AMA pro Supersport 600s. Back in 2009, I started a thread saying to watch out for her. Well, in 2010, Elena became the first female to ever win an AMA Pro road race. While at the Indy MotoGP race, she was promised a ride on the Rizla GSV-R MotoGP bike at the end of the season during the media day, but, it turns out a check was written that someone couldn't cash. Although the promise was made, they didn't hold true to their word and it never happened.
She had an up and down season in 2010 and will be again running in the AMA Supersport series in 2011 under the M4 Suzuki canopy and will be backed by a unique sponsorship from Suzuki promoting their social media effort through SuzukiScoopFans on Facebook.
