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Mid-Ohio Memories, 1986: Merkel Wins, Leads Points Chase
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With MotoAmerica set to bring AMA Superbike racing back to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, August 16-18, we’re taking a closer look at past Superbike races at the iconic racetrack in Lexington, Ohio.

Team Honda’s Fred Merkel left Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with the points lead in both the AMA Superbike Championship and the Camel Pro Road Race Championship (which combined points from Formula One and Superbike races to crown a single AMA Road Race Champion) with his Superbike victory in the 1986 running of the Mid-Ohio National.

Mid-Ohio Memories, 1985: Bettencourt’s Surprise
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With MotoAmerica set to bring AMA Superbike racing back to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, August 16-18, we’re taking a closer look at past Superbike races at the iconic racetrack in Lexington, Ohio.

John Bettencourt ended a seven-year drought between AMA Superbike wins when he stormed to victory at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 1985. The victory was Bettencourt’s second career Superbike win, but his first since he won at Loudon in 1978.

Mid-Ohio Memories, 1984: Honda’s First Title
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In September of 1984, Fred Merkel accomplished what no other rider had thus far done. He gave Honda its first AMA Superbike Championship, and he did so at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in the ’84 series finale.

Merkel took the lead on the sixth lap of the 2.4-mile course and from there he was never headed, taking the first of what would be three straight AMA Superbike Championships.

2024 Permco AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days Tickets Now on Sale to AMA Members
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Registration for North America's largest motorcycle swap meet is also open to previous swap meet vendors

PICKERINGTON, Ohio — The American Motorcyclist Association is pleased to announce that tickets to the 2024 Permco AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days — which is set to run July 26-28 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio — are now available for purchase to AMA members.

Mid-Ohio Memories, 1983: The AMA Makes Its Mid-Ohio Debut
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With MotoAmerica set to bring AMA Superbike racing back to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, August 16-18, we’re taking a closer look at past Superbike races at the iconic racetrack in Lexington, Ohio. This is the first of those…

They say you never forget your first so Steve Wise must think fondly of Mid-Ohio Sport Car Course. After all, Wise not only won his first AMA Superbike race at the facility on May 21, 1983, it was also the first-ever AMA Superbike race held at the track in Lexington, Ohio.