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The Cole family of Harley- Davidson dealerships has bought South Charleston ' s H-D of West Virginia ( formerly Dennis ' s H-D ) from long time 1974 founding owner Dennis DiFillipo . PSB reported that " The Cole Group owns and operates several dealerships in the mid-Atlantic region , including Black Sheep H-D in Huntington , WV , Cole H-D in Bluefield , WV , Black Bear H-D in Wytheville , VA , Black Wolf H-D in Bristol , VA , and Black Jack H-D in Florence , SC . H-D WV will continue to operate from its current location , however , there are plans to combine the Huntington and South Charleston locations into a one brand , new state-of-the-art facility ."

Progressive AFT says 2022 was a " season of record-breaking viewership numbers . The sport reached an all-time high of 3,377,919 total viewers , with 2,861,000 P02 + viewers tuning into the sport ' s debut season on FOX Sports alone . The 2022 season saw the series join forces with FOX Sports in a blockbuster new multi-year agreement , in addition to relaunching the popular FansChoice . tv livestreaming hub halfway through the year ." FOX Sports provided 150 hours of linear television coverage for the sport in 2022 .

Organizer Ruth Lemass ( SDL Exhibitions Ltd . in Dublin ) has announced the closure of the biennial Carole Nash Irish Motorbike and Scooter Show . The show had been due to make its post-Covid comeback in March 2023 , staging the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building affiliate round for Ireland - a competition that produced an Irish World Champion Custom Bike Builder with Don Cronin of Medaza Cycles fame . He won in 2013 with ' Rondine ' - a still much admired 1971 Moto Guzzi . " Over the 20 years of the show , we ' ve seen an amazing 300,000 motorcyclists come through our doors . We ' ve seen brands being launched to huge success , while we ' ve seen others reach an audience that they would otherwise never have met ," said Ruth .

MotoAmerica has announced an ambitious 14-race calendar for the Mission KOTB Championship in 2023 . Indeed , the overall MotoAmerica Championship schedule for 2023 features a record 100 races spread amongst its eight championship classes . The KOTB series will feature at Daytona and then at six of the nine MotoAmerica Championship weekends , with two races each weekend to make the 14 races . The MotoAmerica season kicks off as it did in 2022 with the Daytona 200 at Daytona International Speedway . The iconic race will again feature AMA / FIM North America Supersport-class machines with riders from around the world taking part in the race ' s 81st running . In addition to the 200 , there will be two races for the three other classes set to run on the high banks : REV ' IT ! Twins Cup , Mission King Of The Baggers , and Roland Sands Design ' s Super Hooligan National Championship . A few weeks after Daytona , MotoAmerica will return to Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta in Braselton , Georgia , for the opening round of the Medallia Superbike Championship , April 21-23 , and the first KOTB Championship round . There will be further KOTB series stops at Road America , Elkhart Lake , Wisconsin ( June 2-4 ), the annual highlight that is the WeatherTech

The Drag Specialties sponsored Bagger Racing League , Custom Dynamics presented ' Battle of the Baggers ' will return for a five-round championship series in 2023 . The season will start with a two-race doubleheader at the Pittsburgh International Raceway , PA , on May 6 and 7 , 2023 . It then moves on to another doubleheader at the Blackhawk Farms Raceway north of Rockford at South Beloit , IL , ( near the Wisconsin / Illinois border ) on July 15 and 16 . The series will conclude with a fifth championship round later in the year , at the world famous Willow Springs

Provisional 2023 KOTB Calendar

Raceway Laguna Seca ( July 7-9 ), the Brainerd International Raceway , Minnesota ( July 28-30 ), then the first ever standalone race weekend for MotoAmerica , including the KOTB series , at the Circuit of the Americas , Austin , TX , September 8-10 . The New Jersey Motorsports Park will play host to the final round of the 2023 MotoAmerica Championship , September 22-24 , with Medallia Superbike , Supersport , REV ' IT ! Twins Cup and Mission King Of The Baggers all seeing their championships come to a conclusion in New Jersey .

International Raceway at Rosamond , California , on the weekend of November 18-19 , 2023 . baggerracingleague . com

" The 2022 MotoAmerica Mission King Of The Baggers series came to a dramatic conclusion at New Jersey Motorsports Park ( September 12 , 2022 ) with the Mission Foods / S & S Cycle / Indian Challenger team ' s Tyler O ' Hara emerging from the Sunday afternoon rainstorm to clinch a championship delivering secondplace finish .

The 2022 GP class championship win was taken by Shane Narbonne on the Trask Performance Road Glide - giving the Phoenix , Arizona based performance and accessories specialist its second successive BRL series win .

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