Yamaha Champions Riding School
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Yamaha Champions Riding School is a motorcycle training program based at Miller Motorsports Park
in Tooele, Utah
. It is the evolution of Freddie Spencer's
defunct High Performance Riding School. The program is led by Nick Ienatsch, former racer and author known for writing an article titled "The Pace".
The school is based on Ienatsch's book Performance Riding Techniques and will occasionally feature guest instructors such as Yamaha sponsored MotoGP, World Superbike and AMA
racers such as Colin Edwards
, James Toseland
, Josh Hayes
and Ben Spies
. In 2011 the Las Vegas based schools will be shared with the Graves Yamaha AMA Race Team. Motorcycle riding students will also learn how an AMA factory race team operates and what goes into racing at a professional level. Students also have the opportunities to tour team trucks and meet other members of the race team.
Miller Motorsports Park
Miller Motorsports Park is an auto, motorcycle, bicycle and kart racing facility located in the unincorporated Erda area just outside Tooele, Utah.- The Track :...
in Tooele, Utah
Tooele, Utah
Tooele is a city in Tooele County in the U.S. state of Utah. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 22,502 at the 2000 census, and 30,708 as of the 2009 estimates. It is the county seat of Tooele County...
. It is the evolution of Freddie Spencer's
Freddie Spencer
Freddie Spencer , known by the nickname Fast Freddie, is an American former World Champion motorcycle racer. Spencer is regarded as one of the greatest motorcycle racers of the early 1980s.-Biography:...
defunct High Performance Riding School. The program is led by Nick Ienatsch, former racer and author known for writing an article titled "The Pace".
The school is based on Ienatsch's book Performance Riding Techniques and will occasionally feature guest instructors such as Yamaha sponsored MotoGP, World Superbike and AMA
American Motorcyclist Association
The American Motorcyclist Association is an American not-for-profit organization of more than 300,000 motorcyclists that organizes numerous motorcycling activities and campaigns for motorcyclists' legal rights...
racers such as Colin Edwards
Colin Edwards
Colin Edwards II nicknamed the Texas Tornado is an American professional motorcycle racer. He is a two time World Superbike champion and has competed in MotoGP since 2003, now riding for the Yamaha Tech 3 team in the 2011 season.-Early years:At the age of three, his Australian father, Colin...
, James Toseland
James Toseland
James Michael Toseland is a former English motorcycle racer. Toseland was the World Superbike Champion on a Ten Kate Honda, who also won the Superbike World Championship on a Ducati. He is one of only two men, the other being Troy Corser, to have won the Superbike World Championship for two...
, Josh Hayes
Josh Hayes
Joshua Kurt "Josh" Hayes is a professional motorcycle roadracer who turned pro in 1996. He currently races in the AMA Superbike series on a Graves Yamaha YZF-R1...
and Ben Spies
Ben Spies
Ben Spies , also known as "Elbowz" due to his riding style where his elbows protrude outward, is a professional motorcycle road racer who turned pro in 2000...
. In 2011 the Las Vegas based schools will be shared with the Graves Yamaha AMA Race Team. Motorcycle riding students will also learn how an AMA factory race team operates and what goes into racing at a professional level. Students also have the opportunities to tour team trucks and meet other members of the race team.