AMA Pro Flat Track Bonuses to Be Had in Newly-Announced Triumph Motorcycles Racing Partners Purchase Program

Triumph Motorcycles announced this week a new contingency program aimed at anyone that races the British marques in selected racing series for the 2016 season. AMA Pro Flat Track alone pays $5K for a win, $3K for 2nd-place and $2K for a 3rd-place finish in a main event. Some of the other series that Triumph will also be paying contingencies include road racing series MotoAmerica, CCS and WERA.

In the shot above, Jake Shoemaker's #55 Bonneville Performance/Castrol/Triumph-sponsored Triumph Bonnevilles sit in the team's pit area prior to the running of the legendary Indy Mile during round 7 of the 2015 AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Championship Harley-Davidson GNC1 presented by Vance & Hines series at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on July 11.

With the Latus Motorsports team pulling out of the AMA Pro Flat Track series for the 2016 season and Brandon Robinson hooking up with the Kennedy Racing team for this season, this will leave the Bonneville Performance Triumph team again as the lone representative of the British bikes, unless someone else should come along with this new racing contingency program. The release didn't say anything about whether the BP team will be able to take advantage of this new payout system, but would be a nice bonus for them if it were especially with as many years as the Bill Gately-headed team has spent in putting these awesome machines on the track.

Check out the full release below to see all of the info involved with this just-released contingency program from Triumph Motorcycles.

Triumph Motorcycles reveals 2016 Racing Partners Purchase Program and performance bonus fund

Sent on behalf of Triumph Motorcycles ATLANTA (March 3, 2016) - Triumph Motorcycles America is pleased to announce the return of the Triumph Racing Partners Purchase Program, offering teams and riders the ability to purchase motorcycles and parts at a reduced price for participation in any national amateur or professionally sanctioned race series. The Triumph Racing Partners Purchase Program offers model year 2015 or prior Triumph Daytona 675s for $7,500 and Triumph Daytona 675Rs for $10,000. Triumph parts can also be purchased at a reduced cost of 50% off retail pricing. In addition to the Triumph Daytona 675s, other model year 2015 and prior Triumph motorcycles used for racing can be purchased for 25% off MSRP. All motorcycles must be purchased from Triumph warehouse stock while supplies last.   Additionally, Triumph is excited to offer a Performance Bonus Fund for the top performing Triumph racers. Racers accepted into the Triumph Racing Partners Purchase Program and competing in MotoAmerica, AMA Pro Flat Track, AMA, WERA, CCS, ASRA, AHRMA (excluding Thruxton Cup) and other national amateur race series will be eligible to receive the following contingency bonuses. Road Racing Bonuses   MotoAmerica Amateur National Series 1st $10,000 1st $125 2nd $3,000 2nd $75 3rd $1,500 3rd $50 Pole Position $1,000     Race Start $400       AMA Pro Flat Track Bonuses   1st $5,000 2nd $3,000 3rd $2,000 Main Top 5 Finish $500 Dash for Cash Qualifier $500 Dash for Cash Win $1,000 Fast Qualifier $500 Heat Race Win $500   Also, Triumph is announcing a "Race for Free" opportunity. All competitors eligible for the Triumph Racing Partners Purchase Program, and competing in any Amateur National Road Racing series, will receive reimbursement of their race entries with the purchase of a new model year 2015 or prior Triumph Daytona 675 and 675R used in competition during the 2016 season.   Triumph will also be extending its support to the growing Thruxton Cup series, with at least $25,000 in annual support anticipated. Complete details will be announced soon, but it will include a hospitality lounge at all event, a championship prize fund, legendary road racers participating at select events, amongst other features for Thruxton Cup competitors.   To be considered for Triumph's Racing Partner Purchase Program and Performance Bonus Fund, please apply through the below link. Triumph and identity requirements, as well as other stipulations to participate, are outlined on the online application form. Racing Partners Purchase Program Application About Triumph   Triumph Motorcycles is the British premium, lifestyle brand, which produces a wide range of distinctive, cool, and authentic Modern Classic, Adventure, Sport, Cruiser and Touring motorcycles. Also the oldest continually produced motorcycle brand, the first Triumph was manufactured in 1902. The company's global headquarters are located in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England, solely owned by Bloor Holdings Ltd. Triumph Motorcycles America Ltd., its North American subsidiary, is based in Atlanta, Ga., and is home to the motorcycle industry's first 24/7 Customer Support team.   To see the full range of Triumph motorcycles, visit www.TriumphMotorcycles.com.   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TriumphNorthAmerica   Twitter: https://twitter.com/triumphamerica   Instagram: https://instagram.com/triumphamerica   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TriumphNorthAmerica

For additional information contact:   AMA Pro Racing Communications, (386) 492-1014, communications@amaproracing.com

AMA Flat Track: Mikey Martin #91 Bonneville Performance Triumph Knoxville Half-Mile Report

Round 10 of the 2012 AMA Pro Flat Track Harley-Davidson Insurance Grand National Championship presented by Motorcycle-Superstore.com season saw '11 AMA Pro Singles Champion Mikey Martin representing the #91 Bonneville Performance Triumph/Wiseco/Safety Kleen/Spectro Oils-sponsored team in a grand way in just his first season as a rookie Expert and with his new team.

After initially making his first AMA Grand National event at the Sacramento Mile in a Twins Series event, Martin and team have been coming together and proving what a great combination they are on The Rolling Thunder Show circuit.  At the Lucas Oil Indy Mile (pictured above on August 18 rolling out for final qualifying with the help of AMA Pro Flat Track's Kevin Snyder), Martin pulled-off a great win in his semi to make the 18-rider main in front of a packed house with some European fans courtesy of the 5th Annual Red Bull Indy MotoGP going on down the road a few miles at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

At Knoxville last weekend, Martin set an impressive 7th-fastest time in qualifying out of the 40 riders on-hand that took a time in the combined sessions at the Sprint Car Capital of the World.  He then backed that super effort up with a great 3rd-place finish in his heat behind 2-Time and defending AMA Grand National Champion Jake Johnson on the #1 Zanotti Racing XR750, and Brandon Robinson on the #44 Werner-Springsteen Kawasaki, and in the process getting his direct ticket to the National main.

The Californian then proceeded to fight the good fight, getting a great start in the 25-lap red flag-delayed event, only to struggle with his restart, but still held on tough for an eventual 11th-place finish and his third straight Twins Series main event finish. 

Bravo to Mikey and the hard-working crew of the Bill Gately-helmed Bonneville Performance Triumph team for turning the corner this year and making what is obviously steady progress on their efforts with the factory-backed British parallel twin mounts.  These guys have been really getting closer all season and to see them get some steady results in terms of making mains on a regular basis and winning their first qualifying race together (and first for the team since former rider Shawn Baer #32 won his semi to make the 2010 Lucas Oil Indy Mile) at Indy in August shows that the progress is happening and they are gelling as a team is great to see for these guys. 

Congrats to Mikey Martin and the Bonneville Performance Triumph team for another solid effort last weekend and we'll be looking for some more solid results as they swing into the Springfield Mile II rescheduled event set for this Sunday, September 16.

And you can check out Mikey and the team's press release below to help get you ready for the fast and furious action that will be hitting the Illinois State Fairgrounds mile oval in just over 36 hours.



Press release courtesy of the Bonneville Performance Triumph AMA Pro Flat Track team and Mikey Martin #91, the 2011 AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com Pro Singles Champion

Hi Everyone,

 

This race report is from the Knoxville Half-Mile in Knoxville, Iowa at the famous Knoxville Raceway.  It was originally scheduled as round 13 but due to the double-header at Springfield getting rained out it became round 11. 

 

The rescheduled date for Springfield will be September 15^th for the Short Track and the 16^th for the Mile. That is where I will be heading this weekend.

I did well here last year in the Pro Singles and had some confidence going in.   I started the day out good in the practice session by qualifying fifth.  We made a few changes on the bike but not much.  I felt like I did some fast laps in qualifying and ended up seventh overall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mikey Martin on the #91 Bonneville Performance Triumph is shown in action at the Knoxville Half-Mile on September 8.  Photo by Dave Hoenig/Flat Trak Fotos.com courtesy of Mikey Martin and the Bonneville Performance Triumph team.

 

In my heat race I got a great start, I nailed my first hole-shot, I lead the first lap then I got passed by number 1 Jake Johnson.  I hung with him for the majority of the race til I spun just a little coming out of turn two and let a rider get by me.  Had I held the second place, that would have been my first Dash-For-Cash.  I ended up third and that is a direct transfer to the main, it was my best heat race finish this year and my first Half-Mile main event on the Triumph.

In the main event I was on the second row in the third position, I got another great start and I was running sixth for about three or four laps when there was a red flag thrown for a rider that fell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jake Johnson #1 took the early lead in the 25-lap National main at Knoxville, initially leading Jared Mees #9, eventual event-winner Kenny Coolbeth, Jr. #2 and Mikey Martin #91 on the Bonneville Performance Triumph.  Photo by Dave Hoenig/Flat Trak Fotos.com and courtesy of Mikey Martin and the Bonneville Performance Triumph team.

They lined us back up in the staggered restart. I was lined up where no one has rode or started all night so it was slick. I got a horrible start, I was in fourteenth for half the race, a few riders broke and I made a few passes and ended up eleventh. I was very happy about my performance, I was just upset about the restart.

Mikey Martin 91 / Bonneville Performance – Factory Triumph Racing

Thanks to our great sponsors:

AC Racing, Acerbis, All Balls, Alpinestars, Andrews Brothers Racing, Arlen Ness, Applied Coatings, Arai Helmets, Barnett, Crank Works Inc., Bonneville Performance, CV4, D&D Exhaust, Eddie Adkins, EBC Brakes, Full Spectrum Power, K&N Filters, Kibblewhite Precision Machining, Lightshoe, Mayberry Construction, Millennium Technologies, Mike Cougle, Motion Pro, MTFX Graphics, Paint by Smokey, PMP Sprockets, Pro Plates, R-3 Powersports, RK Chain, R&S Erection, Saddlemen, Safety Kleen, San Joaquin Chrome, San Joaquin Steel, Spectro Oils, Spider Grips, SPY Optics, SHY, Triumph Motorcycles, Vortex, VC Graphix, Web Cams, Wiseco Pistons, Woody Kyle Racing, Works Connection

AMA Flat Track: Mikey Martin #91 Round 10 Lucas Oil Indy Mile Report

Round 10 of the 2012 AMA Pro Flat Track Harley-Davidson Insurance Grand National Championship presented by Motorcycle-Superstore.com season saw the series hit the infamous Lucas Oil Indy Mile and along the way a fresh, new face made it onto the podium after winning semi race #2 on the evening.

2011 AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com Pro Singles Champion Mikey Martin was rewarded for his winning efforts in the Pro Singles Series after the end of the '11 season with an offer to ride the work-in-progress Triumph 955-based mount for the Bonneville Performance Triumph AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Twins Series team.  After parting ways with second-year rider Shawn Baer, Martin was enlisted to help the team get to the next step in the ultra-competitive Rolling Thunder Show.

With a rough start to the first three events of the 2012 Twins Series Championship at the Springfield Mile I, Lima Half-Mile and Hagerstown Half-Mile, the team headed to round 7 of the season at the Sacramento Mile where Martin and team celebrated a solid and hard-earned 9th-place finish in the National main, Martin's first top-10 as an Expert-ranked rider for the '12 season.

When the Twins Series reconvened at round 10 of the season at the Lucas Oil Indy Mile on August 18, Martin and the team had made some major strides when the day was over.  Winning semi #2 at Indy made for Martin's first podium appearance as and Expert rider and showed the packed house on-hand that he and the Triumph factory-backed team were indeed making steps to move forward and upward in the run at the front in the greatest racing series on wheels in the world.

Being interviewed above by AMA Pro Flat Track announcer Barry Boone, the California-based rider beams after leading defending Springfield Mile I winner Willie McCoy home with fellow rookie Mikey Avila also filling out the field for the National main with a solid 3rd-place result.

Although their night ended early with a broken chain and a resulting 17th-place finish at Indy, Martin and the team have a lot to look forward to with the remaining five events on the schedule for the Twins Series this season and look to be in the mix as the series winds down over the course of the next two months.

Next up is the Springfield Short Track round 11 at the Multipurpose Arena on the Illinois State Fairgrounds next Saturday, September 1 and then it's on to the Springfield Mile II on Sunday, September 2 for the next Twins Series event of the season.

You can read Mikey's full report below and a big congrats to him and the team for making the next big leap in the Rolling Thunder Show.  Great job!


Press release courtesy of 2011 AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstores.com Pro Singles Champion Mikey Martin #91 & the Bonneville Performance Triumph AMA Pro Flat Track team.

The race weekend started out at the D&D Performance Enterprises' sponsored Night Before the Indy Mile Race Party at Southside Harley-Davidson on Friday August 17, 2012. Fans were able to meet AMA Pro Harley-Davidson Insurance Grand National Flat Track racers Kenny Coolbeth, Dan Ingram, Nicole Cheza, Willy McCoy, and AMA Factory Triumph-Bonneville Performances' Mikey Martin.

 

http://www.danddexhaust.com/news/2012/08/great_times_dd.htm

 

A big thanks to SouthSide H-D and D&D for the invite. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey everyone,

Here is my race report from last weekend at the world famous Indy Mile, in Indianapolis, Indiana.  Since it was during the Indiana State Fair there were a lot of people and the stands were packed full.   I was very excited coming into this race because I felt good physically and mentally and had a lot of confidence from the previous race at the Sacramento Mile where I got a ninth place finish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After winning semi #2 at the Lucas Oil Indy Mile on August 18, Mikey Martin #91 celebrates on the podium alongside his Bonneville Performance Triumph while AMA Pro Flat Track announcer Barry Boone talks to the crowd about Martin's great win in front of the packed house at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.  Photo by Dave Hoenig/Flat Trak Fotos.com courtesy of Mikey Martin & the Bonneville Performance Triumph team.

 

 

The Triumph worked great in practice and the first qualifying session went great too, I qualified fifth.  Before the second qualifying session we made some adjustments to my bike to see if we could get the setup even better, but the track started getting dried off and slippery, and I ended up qualifying tenth overall.

In the heat race I qualified on the front row, I got a great start.  I was in third for a lap then I slipped off the groove and fell back to eleventh place, I made a pass every lap and ended up fifth, one spot out of a direct transfer to the main, which meant I had to go to a semi. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jake Johnson leads the National main on his #1 Zanotti Racing XR750 with Mikey Martin #91 on the Bonneville Performance Triumph slotting in behind early in the 25-lap race at the Lucas Oil Indy Mile on August 18.  Photo by Michael Boston courtesy of Mikey Martin & the Bonneville Performance Triumph team.

 

 

In my semi I got the hole-shot and led every lap.  I was battling with Willy McCoy the whole race and drafted him for the semi win.  This was my first time on the podium with the Triumph.

In the main I got a great start from the back row, I was in second for a few laps behind Jake Johnson, when I got bumped off the groove and fell back to eighth.   I was passing a few riders down the back straight away on lap four and then my chain broke exiting turn four.  I knew where everyone was at, so I was able to go high and allow everyone to pass before I crossed back down to the inside of the track and into the pits without causing a red flag restart.

Obviously I was saddened because I felt that I was going to better my previous ninth place.

Come by the pits and say hi.

 

The next race is the Springfield Short Track September 1^st and the Mile on the 2^nd, at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Illinois.

Mikey Martin 91 / Bonneville Performance – Factory Triumph Racing

Thanks to our great sponsors:

AC Racing, Acerbis, All Balls, Alpinestars, Andrews Brothers Racing, Arlen Ness, Applied Coatings, Arai Helmets, Barnett, Crank Works Inc., Bonneville Performance, CV4, D&D Exhaust, Eddie Adkins, EBC Brakes, Full Spectrum Power, K&N Filters, Kibblewhite Precision Machining, Lightshoe, Mayberry Construction, Millennium Technologies, Mike Cougle, Motion Pro, MTFX Graphics, Paint by Smokey, PMP Sprockets, Pro Plates, R-3 Powersports, RK Chain, R&S Erection, Saddlemen, Safety Kleen, San Joaquin Chrome, San Joaquin Steel, Spectro Oils, Spider Grips, SPY Optics, SHY, Triumph Motorcycles, Vortex, VC Graphix, Web Cams, Wiseco Pistons, Woody Kyle Racing, Works Connection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMA Flat Track: Mikey Martin National #91 Bonneville Performance Triumph Grabs 9th-place Spot at the Sacramento Mile

One of the team members works on getting the pit area readied in the Bonneville Performance Triumph pits during round 4 of the 2012 AMA Pro Flat Track Harley-Davidson Insurance Grand National Championship presented by Motorcycle-Superstore.com season at the Springfield Mile I on May 27.  Team patriarch and head-man-in-charge Bill Gately can be seen in the left side of the shot hawking the team's street tracker-versions of the parallel twin machines.

Mikey Martin, the team's new rider and 2011 AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com Pro Singles Champion, pulled out a great 9th-place finish at round 7 of the season at the Sacramento Mile on July 28.  Having struggled throughout the earlier rounds in the Twins Series events, Double M put the big twin into the National main event for his first time ever in his rookie year as an Expert-ranked rider, after coming home in the 4th-place spot in his heat race at the Cal Expo Fairgrounds in California.

Martin was in a deeply-stacked heat that saw eventual event-winner Bryan Smith, former rookie of the year Stevie Bonsey and 2-Time Singles Champion Henry Wiles finish ahead of him to secure their spots in the National main.  Mikey finished just .886 seconds behind heat winner Smith to secure his spot in the 25-lap main event.

Mikey ended the evening on the left coast after finishing in the 9th-place spot, 9.164 seconds behind Bryan Smith, and scored his first points of the season in the Expert class in his first National main event of the 2012 AMA Pro Flat Harley-Davidson Insurance Grand National Championship presented by Motorcycle-Superstore.com season.  He rode the #91 Bonneville Performance Triumph/Wiseco/Safety Kleen/Eddie Atkins-sponsored parallel twin to a great run that will surely see him and the team moving forward as the season continues.

Congrats to Mikey for his great run, we knew you guys would get that big twin headed in the right direction!

You can read the full press release below from Mikey and the Bonneville Performance Triumph team.

Press release courtesy of Mikey Martin National #91, 2011 AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com Pro Singles Champion & Bonneville Performance Triumph AMA Pro Flat Track team.


Mikey Martin Puts Bonneville Performance Triumph in the National Main at the Sacramento Mile and Brings Home Solid 9th-place finish.


Hey everyone,

Here is my race report from Cal Expo in Sacramento, CA.

I was going into this race feeling confident in front of my hometown crowd as I only live 35 miles away.  Last year as a Pro I did a "clean sweep" meaning, I set the fastest qualifying time, won the fastest heat, and won the main event.  I wanted this to be the day that I make my first main event on the Triumph.

The temperature was up to 98 degrees on Saturday and the grandstands were packed full of spectators.  I had friends, family and neighbors there rooting me on.

In the first qualifying session I qualified fourth and in the second qualifying session I qualified fourth which meant I qualified fourth overall and earned a front row start for the heat race.

Mikey Martin #91 shows his form on the Bonneville Performance Triumph during round 7 of the 2012 AMA Pro Flat Track Harley-Davidson Insurance Grand National Championship presented by Motorcycle-Superstore.com season at the Cal Expo Fairgrounds hosted Sacramento Mile on July 28.  Photo courtesy of Mikey Martin/Bonneville Performance by Dave Hoenig/Flat Trak Fotos.com.


There was a long intermission so we set up an autograph signing.  I was a little shocked when Frank Gillespie (former National #76 in the early-mid '70s), a former Triumph icon came over and asked for my autograph.  He mentioned to me that I was his new hero and traded a picture of him for my autograph.

Near the end of the opening ceremony two Marine Helicopters did a "fly by" over the track, I was thrilled when the pilots showed up to meet and take pictures with the Bonneville Performance Team.

In the heat race I was on the front row in a really stacked heat . I got a good start, was in second about half the race.  I was battling with Steve Bonsey and Bryan Smith.  I lost third position when Henry Wiles passed me on the last lap.  I ended up in the fourth position this meant a direct transfer to the main event.

Mikey Martin on the #91 Bonneville Performance Triumph took home a hard-earned 9th-place finish at the Sacramento Mile on July 28.  Photo courtesy of Mikey Martin/Bonneville Performance by Amanda Jones/Revved Up Photography.


My bike was working well.  We made some changes to the suspension setup for the main and put on a new tire.

In the main event I started on the second row.  I got a good start and was in seventh until the halfway point.  I kept spinning up coming out of turn 2 and Jeffery Carver got past me coming out.  The white flag came out and I was in eighth up until this point when I slipped off the grove in turn 3 and let another rider get by me.  I finished the race in the 9th-place position, which was my first top-10 finish this year.  I was extremely happy for our team.

<sup>Mikey Martin 91 / Bonneville Performance – Factory Triumph Racing

I would like to give a special thanks to everyone at Triumph Motorcycles and Bonneville Performance.

Thanks to our great sponsors:

AC Racing, Acerbis, All Balls, Alpinestars, Andrews Brothers Racing, Applied Coatings, Arai Helmets, Barnett, Crank Works Inc., CV4, Durelle Racing Suspension, D&D Exhaust, Eddie Adkins, EBC Brakes, K&N Filters, Kibblewhite Precision Machining, Lightshoe, Mayberry Construction, Millennium Technologies, Mike Cougle, Motion Pro, MTFX Graphics, PMP Sprockets, Pro Plates, R-3 Powersports, RK Chain, R&S Erection, Saddlemen, Safety Kleen, San Joaquin Chrome, San Joaquin Steel, Spectro Oils, Spider Grips, SPY Optics, SHY, Triumph Motorcycles, Vortex, VC Graphix, Web Cams, Wiseco Pistons, Woody Kyle Racing, Works Connection</sup>

AMA Flat Track: Bonneville Performance Triumph Makes it Official, Will Have Factory Support for 2012 Expert Twins Series

Bill Gately looks over his team's pit area at the Springfield Mile II round of the 2011 AMA Pro Flat Track Harley-Davidson Insurance Grand National Championship Series on September 4, while the team's techs get rider Shawn Baer's mounts ready to roll for round 16.  The #32 Bonneville Performance/Wiseco Pistons/GBR/Eckhart Roofing-sponsored Triumph 855-based mounts are immaculately prepared by the Florida-based team, and are easily some of the finest looking machines in the pit area.

With new signee, '11 AMA Pro Singles Champion Mikey Martin joining the team along with the Triumph factory lending support to the Bonneville Performance Triumph squad, the team should be able to step up in making some Expert Twins Series main events and in getting over the mechanical failure hump that has plagued the team in the '10-'11 seasons, where they only were able to qualify for four main events.  Baer had one of his best rides in his two years with the team at the 2010 Lucas Oil Indy Mile in winning his semi to qualify for the National main event in front of the MotoGP weekend crowd.

With Triumph having been out of any official factory participation in the AMA Grand National Championship Series for over three decades, it will be good to see a second factory-supported team at the big tracks in the 2012 season.  Triumph has a long history of involvement in American flat track racing, with big name riders such as Gary Nixon, Gene Romero, Gary Scott and Mike Kidd, among others.  Maybe one day Mikey Martin's name will get to be bunched in with that list of former AMA Grand National Champions.


You can read the official press release below, courtesy of the Bonneville Performance Triumph flat track team, and we wish them the best of luck for the 2012 season!
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Press Release courtesy of the Bonneville Performance Triumph AMA Flat Track team



The flat track phenom who raced his way to the 2011 AMA Pro Singles championship, Mikey Martin, is on his way to the Grand National circuit in 2012 as part of the Bonneville Performance Triumph factory team.

Martin starts his rookie season in the Expert Twins class as part of the team put together by Bill Gately, who has been racing and perfecting the big British bike for several years.  “What drew us to Mikey is that he’s a talented, aggressive rider who’s also smart,” Gately said.

"He only wants to ride in front, and that’s the kind of guy you're looking for.  He’s already a champion.  Plus, he has a great personality and knows how to present himself off the track as well as on."

Despite his youth, Martin has a long pedigree in racing – and connections to Triumph. His father was a racer and currently is an AMA flat track promoter.

His grandfather was a Triumph dealer who sponsored a number of riders in the late 60s and early 70s.

“Joining the Bonneville Performance team and becoming the factory rider for Triumph is a huge honor, and the perfect fit for me,” said Martin.  “Bill Gately has built an incredible machine.  They've had their hand on every part of this bike and there’s nothing they haven't improved.

"Their level of commitment and dedication is impressive.  I'm excited to be on the bike and looking forward to a great season.”

Bonneville Performance launches the 2012 campaign as the factory team for Triumph.  “Triumph is returning to its racing heritage,” Gately said.  “Clearly the brand is committed again to racing and we're proud to be working closely with them.”
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You can see what Bonneville Performance has to offer here, specializing in all-things Triumph:

http://bonnevilleperformance.com/bonneville_performance_800gt.htm
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And the great lads across the pond at Sideburn Magazine posted this info from the Bonneville Performance flat track team:

http://sideburnmag.blogspot.com/2011/12/triumph-factory-flat-track-team.html

And they also posted these team testing photos taken by AMA Pro Flat Track official photographer, Dave Hoenig:

http://sideburnmag.blogspot.com/2011/12/triumph-team-test-photos.html

Poppa Wheelie has these great photos from the season-ending round at Pomona of the Bonneville Performance Triumph team:

http://pwheelie.blogspot.com/index.html#2371156191112669459
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AMA Flat Track: Bonneville Performance Triumph Team to Get Backing From Triumph Factory for '12 AMA Grand National Twins Series, '11 Pro Singles Champ Mikey Martin to Ride

The Bonneville Performance/GBR/Wiseco Pistons/GBR-sponsored Triumphs of National #32 Shawn Baer sit under the team's pop-up during round 16 of the 2011 AMA Pro Flat Track Harley-Davidson Insurance Grand National Championship Series at the Illinois State Fairgrounds mile oval on September 4.  The Bill Gately/Bonneville Performance team, based out of Port Orange, FL. has struggled to make the mains in AMA Flat Track Grand National events, only able to do so in 10 events over the course of the last two seasons, but have turned some heads when they have put the sparkling blue and white machine into the show.

Going up against the long-standing Harley-Davidson XR750 in the series, the onslaught of the Kawasakis hitting the track the last two years, and factor in the great run that the Lloyd Brothers Motorsports team has had with Joe Kopp in '10 and Brad Baker in '11 with the Ducati, and you have a very deep field of top-level competition to race with in order to make a National main event in the 21st Century.

They may have just gotten another foot up on the competition for the 2012 season, though, with the announcement last night from 2011 AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com Pro Singles Champion Mikey Martin that he will be the team's rider in the 2012 Twins Series events, and that the Triumph factory will be providing support to the team for next year as well. 

Tyler Porter and his Fight For Dirt Track.com site broke the news last night via Twitter and Facebook that Martin will be the team's rider and the Triumph factory will be stepping back into the AMA Grand National Championship for the first time in over 35 years.

Bonneville Performance is a company that specializes in all things Triumph-'old and new' as their website states-to set up your machine with, and offers a number of Mikuni, Wiseco and other after-market goodies to make your machine a street tracker special.  Their street tracker displays at the Nationals are absolutely pristine.  The team has campaigned Shawn Baer the last two seasons on the circuit, and Mick Kirkness #87 rode the machine this year at the season-finale at Pomona, albeit failing to make the main event.

This is great news for AMA Flat Track fans as the combination of factory support, Bonneville Performance's pristine machine set-up abilities, and Pro Singles Champ Martin onboard will help to propel this marque back onto the grid on a regular basis in The Rolling Thunder Show.  The 2012 AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Championship Series season just got a lot brighter! 
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AMA Pro Flat Track announcer Barry Boone reads off the list of sponsors for the fans while Lake Odessa Half-Mile AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com Pro Singles winner Mikey Martin gets set to chug some water after a runaway win at round 11 of the 2011 AMA Pro Flat Track Harley-Davidson Insurance Grand National Championship season.  The #91Y Weirbach Racing/General Engineering/Barnett Clutches/Spectro-sponsored Honda CRF450R-mounted rider took the win by 4.322 seconds over runner-up Conner Anderson, for his second of three wins on the season.  Martin went on to clinch the 2011 AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com Pro Singles Championship at the last round of the season at Pomona on October 15.

With Martin moving up to the Expert ranks after the season was over last month, he will be wearing the #91 for the upcoming season, and with a white number plate and a set of black letters on them.  And he will be sporting that nice new number plate on the front of the Bonneville Performance Triumph for the 2012 AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Championship Twins Series events.  As previously mentioned, Tyler Porter and Martin both broke the news last night via Twitter and Facebook.

Showing up last weekend at Oglethorpe Speedway in Savannah, GA. for the SEMDTRA flat track half-mile race riding the Bonneville Triumph, Martin sported #91 Expert number plate, and finished 5th in his first outing on the bike behind in the Pro Twins class behind winner Kenny Coolbeth, Jeffrey Carver, Corey Texter and Shawn Baer (ironically the rider he will be replacing) in his first race against an Expert field of riders.  Not a bad way to end his first time riding the machine in competition against a former 3-Time AMA Grand National Twins Champion (Coolbeth) and 2010 Pro Singles Champion Carver.
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Shawn Baer is shown on the #32 Bonneville Performance/Wiseco Pistons/GBR/Eckhart Roofing-sponsored Triumph just prior to rolling out for the semi #2 race at the Springfield Mile II event on September 4, 2011, where the Pennsylvania resident finished in the 7th spot, .424 seconds out of making the National main event for the day.  The 2011 AMA Pro Flat Track Harley-Davidson Insurance Grand National Championship Series season was a rough year for Baer, only managing to make five of the eleven Twins events on the year, with a best-finish of 14th at the Springfield Mile I round in May.

It looks like Shawn will be out of this ride for the 2012 AMA Grand National Championship Series, with Mikey Martin taking over the reigns.  Baer is to be lauded, however, in his help in developing the Triumph into a National main event semi-regular, something that hasn't been seen in several decades on a half-mile or mile event.

One of his best runs in his two years with the team was at the 2010 Lucas Oil Indy Mile, where he won his semi race over Jethro Halbert and Luke Gough.  Using every bit of track available that hot August night, Baer took the win by just .077 seconds after eight long laps over runner-up Halbert on his Halbert Racing XR.  It was a great show of not only what Shawn can do on the track, but a great show for the Triumph in running against the fast XRs on the mile circuits and able to pull one out.
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Thanks to Tyler Porter and his super site, Fight For Dirt Track.com for this great news about the factory Triumph coming back to AMA Pro Flat Track to help out the Bonneville Performance Triumph team for the 2012 AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Twins Series Championship.  You can read more over at Tyler's site here:

http://www.fightfordirttrack.com/

And you can check out the great stuff that Bonneville Performance offers for the Triumph brand here, including their online catalog:

http://www.bonnevilleperformance.com/flattracker.htm
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Bonneville Performance Triumph Review From AMA Flat Track Lucas Oil Indy Mile--and a Big Thanks to Brett at Triumph Flat Track.com

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Shawn Baer's Bonneville Performance Triumphs sit in the pit area at the Lucas Oil Indy Mile round of the AMA Pro Flat Track K&N Filters Grand National Championship Series. Shawn ran with the best of them at Indy and pulled off the team's first GNC win by winning his semi to qualify for his third GNC Twins event this year. Shawn can be just seen out of the pic on the right signing and talking with the fans on Saturday evening after practice and qualifying.
Shawn and the team qualified in the 11th spot overall for the evening out of the 48 of 50 riders that were entered that took qualifying times.
In winning his semi,this was the first race in the big leagues by a Triumph in what my memory proves to be at least 30 years, especially if you don't include the Ascot TT/Castle Rock TT wins by '75 AMA Grand National Champion Gary Scott back in the day. Great show by Shawn and the team and we look forward to seeing them put it in the field at the Springfield Mile on Sunday!
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A big thanks to Brett Noble who runs the super site TriumphFlatTrack.com for posting some of my shots from the Lucas Oil Indy Mile round 12 of the AMA Pro Flat Track K&N Filters presented by Motorcycle Superstore.com Series. Brett runs the best site on the net for Triumph fans that is a fine mix of the old and the new from the British marque featuring race and street tracker coverage that is second to none.

Shawn Baer and the Bonneville Performance Triumph team will also be running the Springfield Mile on Sunday and looking to put it into their fourth Twins event of the season. We wish them the best of luck and we will be on hand to take some more shots of this up and coming team!

You can check out the links below that Brett has put up on his site including Bonneville Perf's official race report from the legendary Indy Mile. Their official site is also linked below for those of you that are looking for performance parts and gear for your (or your friend's) Triumph.
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Here's Brett's post on Shawn Baer's semi win at the Lucas Oil Indy Mile last Saturday over on his great site TriumphFlatTrack.com:

http://www.triumphflattrack.com/2010/08/bonneville-performance-wins-indy-mile.html
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And here is a race report from the Bonneville Performance Triumph team also posted over at TriumphFlatTrack.com:

http://www.triumphflattrack.com/2010/09/bonneville-performance-indy-race-report.html
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And last but definitely not least, thanks go to Brett Noble again at TriumphFlatTrack.com for posting a few of my shots and link to my story about Shawn's Indy semi win as well as my race report for the Lucas Oil Indy Mile. Thanks again and hats and helmets off to Brett for not only posting some of my shots but for maintaining a very fine site:

http://www.triumphflattrack.com/2010/09/stus-shots-r-us-photos.html
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Here is Bonneville Performance's official site on the web. If you need or are interested in fixing up a new or old Triumph, these are the guys to go to. Check them out here:

http://www.bonnevilleperformance.com/bonneville_performance_800gt.htm
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Shawn Baer and Bonneville Performance Team at Lima

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The Bonneville Performance Triumph flat track team's bikes sit in the pits at Lima in between the practice/qualifying sessions and the evening's main event. Team lead Bill Gately and rider Shawn Baer lead this entry this year into AMA Flat Track action and have now put the team into the last two Expert twins nationals finals (Springfield Mile and Lima.) This is another great entry into the Expert twins class that showcases a different formula to compete with the long and all conquering Harley XR750s. With some work look for the team to get this great looking bike dialed in and move further up in the standings.
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One of the newer teams to contest the AMA Pro Flat Track/K&N Filters sponsored by MotorcycleSuperstore.com series is the Bonneville Performance Triumph team campaigned by National #32 Shawn Baer and team head honcho Bill Gately. Missing the field at Prescott Valley in May by placing 8th in the semi, the team has put it in the finals at both the Springfield Mile and at Lima last week. Unfortunately, mechanicals have sidelined the team early in both finals, but look for them to come back strong as ever and work their way up in the standings with hard work--and some luck thrown in, as well.

Brett Noble over at TriumphFlatTrack.com has a race report filed by team lead Bill Gately here that gives some insight into the team's hard work and efforts. Check it out:

http://www.triumphflattrack.com/2010/06/bonneville-performance-lima-race-report.html

And here as well:

http://www.triumphflattrack.com/2010/06/2-in-row.html
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Also, thanks again to Brett for posting some more of my shots over at his super site. While at Lima last weekend I took some shots of the Bonneville Performance team and Brett was kind enough to put them up and showcase them on his great site. Check those out here and keep an eye on the #32 team as the try to contend against the deep competition in the series this year:

http://www.triumphflattrack.com/2010/07/shawn-baer-photos-from-mike-stu-stuhler.html
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