AMA Pro Road Racing is the premiere superbike racing series in the United States. It is part of the AMA Pro Racing series which was sold to and is managed by the Daytona Motorsports Group. The AMA Pro Road Racing Championship was created in 1976 to provide playing field for professional racing teams and a means for motorcycle manufacturers to showcase their sport-performance, production based models.
In 2009, the Daytona Motorsports Group took over the operation of the sport from the AMA (American Motorcyclist Association). For 2012, the series will be visiting American road race tracks like: Daytona International Speedway, Road Atlanta, Infineon Raceway, Miller Motorsports Park, Road America, Barber Motorsports Park, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, New Jersey Motorsports Park, Homestead-Miami Speedway, and NOLA Motorsports Park.
The series consists of four classes:
AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike – 1000cc to 1200cc SuperBikes including: Aprilia RSV 1000 R/RSV4 R/RSV4 Factory, BMW S1000RR, Buell 1125R/1125RR, Ducati 1098R/1098S, EBR 1190RS, Honda CBR1000RR/CBR1000RR ABS, Kawasaki ZX-10, KTM RC8R, Suzuki GSX-R1000, Yamaha R1
AMA Pro GoPro Daytona SportBike – 600cc to 1125cc SportBikes including: Aprilia RSV1000R/RSV1000R Factory, Buell 1125R, Ducati 848, Honda CBR600RR/CBR600RR ABS, Kawasaki ZX-6R, KTM 990 Super Duke, Suzuki GSX-R600, Triumph Daytona 675/675R, Yamaha YZF-R6
AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport – 600cc to 1125cc SportBikes including: Aprilia RSV1000R/RSV1000R Factory, Buell 1125R, Ducati 848, Honda CBR600RR/CBR600RR ABS, Kawasaki ZX-6R, KTM 990 Super Duke, Suzuki GSX-R600, Triumph Daytona 675/675R, Yamaha YZF-R6
AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 – Spec class Harley-Davidson XR1200 motorcycles.
The most successful riders have included Doug Chandler, Scott Russell, Ben Spies, Miguel Duhamel and Mat Mladin, who holds several series records including six championships. Four non-Americans have won the title – Englishman Reg Pridmore, Australians Mat Mladin and Troy Corser, and Canadian Miguel Duhamel.