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We polled our fans, asking whether or not they wanted us to discuss MotoAmerica. You ask for it, so you are getting it. MotoAmerica Round 1 at Road Atlanta went down last weekend. There were more than few surprises throughout the weekend. So here's our Top 5 Stories to watch for the 2018 MotoAmerica season.

Up first is Hayden Gillim. He's moved over to Supersport from Superstock1000 and is challenging JD Beach already. Second on our list is Jamie Astudillo and her amazing performance in Junior Cup. Keep and eye out for her and all the rest of the young racers in the class. Third on the list is Garrett Gerloff and his long-awaited promotion to the Superbike class. His first weekend wasn't without issues, but he's already showing promise. In second place is Josh Herrin and his R1S race bike. You have to listen to hear all the shit that went down with that team and what an amazing job they did with what they had. And in the final #1 spot on this list is Mathew Scholtz, a promising talent from Superstock1000 that might just challenge Toni Elias for the Superbike title.

BeInSportsUSA MotoAmerica Playlist:
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BrotoGP went LIVE again. We finish off our 3 part series of the 2018 Argentina MotoGP round with everything that happened AFTER the race. Cal was salty AF. Marquez walked to Rossi's pit box with an entourage and got a ton of Uccio. Everyone on the planet lost their shit on social media, including Maverick who had to comment on every single Marquez post across the entirety of social media. Aleix and Pramac got into it, and Simeon jumped in the middle. There were plenty of harsh and uncomfortable interviews. And of course, after we cover all that we hit you, the live listeners, up for questions. Someone even asked for a random rant in there. Enjoy.

BrotoGP is back with Argentina Part 2, talking about the actual race this time. You were a little surprised when we cut short last episode without actually talking about the race. But here's another hour of all the drama resulting from Marquez's shenanigans.

Alternate Kev shows up for this episode and gives you the low down on the service Marquez did for everyone else on the grid. We start with a quick recap of last episode, ie everything that happened before the race. Then we get into Marquez's first penalty, a ride through for riding backwards on the track. Marquez's second penalty is up next, for pushing Aleix out of the way. We finally get to the Rossi incident, trying to cover every angle of it, even some new ones. We then talk about the battle for the race win between Cal, Zarco, and Rins. And finally we finish this one off with Marquez's 3rd penalty, the 30 seconds added to his race time. Alternate Kev disappears and we leave u hanging one more time.

To be continued...

What a weekend for MotoGP in Argentina! There is just too much to talk about and I have no idea how we are going to get through it all. The whole crazy weekend started with qualifying. Jack Miller had the cojones and skill to ride on slick tires through a river running across Turn 7 and 8, while everyone else was using rain tires. With that, we just knew the weekend wouldn't be "normal". We jump back to Aron Canet's stupid choices during practice, legit taking out another rider. Dorna shows their cards early here with no penalty. Then we get to the MotoGP grid. Miller ends up with a huge pole advantage, about 3 rows total. We thought things were going to settle down then. But no... Marquez stalls the bike, ignores the marshals, and rides backwards on the track. The race finally starts and Dani Pedrosa is an early victim of some hard racing. And that's just the first lap!!!

To be continued...

The first race of the year for MotoGP at Qatar did not disappoint. Qualifying was insane with the entire grid very close and an amazing recording breaking lap by Zarco. The race was amazing, with the field bunched up, tons of action every lap, and lots of surprises. And yet... everyone wants to talk about Simon Crafar!

Kev gets his (first) rant in early and we talk plenty about not-racing. Then we jump over to Zarco, his performance, and the rumors surrounding him. Marquez Boos come up which gets Kev heated again. Of course we talk about Dovi and how this outlier round might shape up his entire season. We bag on Lorenzo as much as possible and wonder who will replace him. And there's plenty to say about Rossi vs Mav at Yamaha. This episode finishes off with Kev a little drunk and us talking shit about anyone, but with love.

Its only 2 days before the 2018 MotoGP season kicks off at Qatar. So its time for us to do a "quick" season preview. This episode we run through all 12 GP teams and their 24 riders, giving you what we like, what we hate, what we expect, and what Kev is angry about.

The list order is completely made up based on Rob's performance expectations for each team and somewhat on how they did last year. Towards the end when talking about Factory teams, the list blurs together some. But thats how it goes when we are speculating about title performances. Kev and Ev aren't so hopeful about having an exciting head-to-head title battle this year. But this is racing - anything can happen.

Racing is officially back for the 2018 season with WorldSBK Round 1 at Phillip Island. Yes, we recorded a WSBK episode because A LOT of shit went down this weekend. #anyonebutrea came true for both races with Melandri taking the double. Kawi missed the setup and had a bunch of small problems that made it impossible for them to dominate. Rob gets a lot of air time talking about tires, as Pirelli screwed up big time with riders experiencing massive tire issues. He even goes over the WSBK rule changes and whether or not they did anything (yet). After all those WSBK shenanigans, we start talking about some riders that are important to us - Gagne, PJ, Hafizh, Pecco, and MM. Then we finish off with some listener comments and reactions to the races.

GP bikes were on track for the first time in Thailand and BrotoGP is back to full strength. This episode we bring all the racing chatter you want from the Chang test - and a bunch you didn't want - along with a little mention of the Sepang test. We were supposed to start this one on the new flurry of winglets, but Kev had something else in mind. We do still manage to get a little technical on winglets. Then we jump into what everyone has been asking about... the complaints and woes of Jorge, Mav, and Rossi. Duc is going well for everyone but Jorge. Mav can't figure anything out with the 2018 M1 chassis and wants an old one. And Rossi is mostly complaining about software. After all that, we cover the reason why Change was so packed - Hafizh Syahrin and Tech3. There's some talk about HRC. Then we finish this one off with listener questions again.

Kevin goes solo in this episode, completely raw and uncut. Rob is real sick and Ev & Dennis are missing, so Kev breaks almost all of the rules and records some controversy all by himself. We'll get to testing and racing later when the whole crew is back in force. Two major things happened in the past week or two that you want us to talk about - MotoE is coming to the GP championship and Grid Girls have been banned from the series that shall not be named (Formula1). But this isn't a one hour long monologue. There might actually be less agreeing in this episode than normal. Kev goes at this from every side, full on moto-journalist style.

We are only 2 weeks away from the first winter test of 2018, so the paddock is heating up. Bikes are being revealed, management is making moves, rumors are being started, and people are talking shit. so BrotoGP is gonna cover all of it. Here's what went down:

- Ducati's 2018 winter reveal
- Alberto Puig as the new head of HRC
- Factory collusion on rider salaries
- The rumor that Pecco Bagnaia is already signed to Pramac for 2019

Of course, we finish this one off with listener question - some thoughts about MotoAmerica, what happened to Redding's pet lamb, and a bunch more.