Kerry is your main point of contact with Cyclesmith Track Days.  She handles orders as well as a lot of the daily operations at the track.  Born into a motorcycle racing family, Kerry brings a wealth of experience both on and off track to Cyclesmith.  She has raced both vintage and modern bikes on tracks around the U.S, Canada, and as far as Phillip Island, Australia.  She has also volunteered countless hours to the USCRA racing club.  Her priority is to make sure your experience riding with Cyclesmith is a great one, from start to finish.

Paul is both a highly experienced expert roadracer and a professional educator.  He is dedicated to creating a safe riding environment and all the tools needed for our customers to have a great experience on the track and in the classroom.  Paul won his first expert championship in 2006 on 125GP machinery and after a 10 year break from racing, he is back on the box again with  Middleweight Formula 40 championships in 2021 and 2023, along with many top 3 season finishes across 4 classes.  He brings his drive for success to every aspect of Cyclesmith Track Days.

Anthony been riding motorcycles since he was 22 years old and has been hooked ever since. He enjoys all aspects of motorcycles from riding to wrenching. He has owned various types of motorcycles from small displacement single cylinders, inline 4 600’s, small and large displacement V-twins, parallel twins, and inline 4-liter bikes. Every bike has its own unique experience. 

Advice: Hard to pinpoint one particular piece of advice but Paul’s advice on entry speed with braking less longer or Kris’s knowledge of how to break down a track are the ones that stand out the most.

I started riding motorcycles in college. I got my first bike, a 1993 Kawasaki Ninja EX500, in May of 2009. I rode around all that summer and got connected with a local bike night. At bike night I was introduced to track days in May of 2010 at Loudon Motor Speedway. Bike night also introduced me into the world of dual sport motorcycles and eventually riding dual sports/dirtbikes on the ice in the winter. Present motorcycle stable includes a 2018 Kawasaki Ninja 400 track bike, a 2018 Husqvarna FE350 for off road/ice, and a 2021 Yamaha Tenere 700.

Advice: You control your own pace. Don’t let others in your riding group put you in a situation over your head.

Gino is awesome and his bio is coming soon!

For over 40 years I have been a commuter, tourer, off-road rider, track day instructor, road racer, drag racer, and plain old street rider (my wife and daughter also ride). I am the author of two books, “Riding in the Zone” and “Motorcycling the Right Way”. My writing can be seen previously in Motorcyclist Magazine and in Motorcycle Consumer News (before print died). I was lead instructor for Tony’s Track Days for 24 years, and currently operate “Riding in the Zone” Non-Sportbike Track and Street Training. I am a 20-year MSF RiderCoach, veteran road racer, and off-road rider. I am an experienced off-road rider and amateur championship-winning road racer, starting in 1986.

Advice: Look where you want to go, not where you’re afraid to go.

My love for two wheels started when I lost a bet. As a result, I needed to get on the back of a motorcycle with my dad.  I started riding my own bike not long after that in 2007 and I was introduced to track days almost immediately.   It was not uncommon for me to ride my motorcycle to a track day, and then ride home.  After a few of those long and tiring night rides home, you too, would soon get a track dedicated bike!  There also might have been some friendly coercion from my coach, teammate, and husband, Josh.  After many years of track days, touring,  and commuting I thought it was time to learn a new set of riding skills and kicked off my race career in 2018.

Advice: Get yourself the most protective gear over the least expensive.

My love for riding started at the age of 14, with my first bike being a Kawasaki KX125. After turning 16 years old, I tearfully sold this bike for a car. My parents were not fans of motorcycles so I wasn’t able to get back on two wheels until college when I was technically “out of the house”. It wasn’t long before I attended my first track day and I was instantly hooked! I remember thinking to myself – “This has been here my whole life and I’m only finding out about it now!” What a perfect opportunity to a true feel for my bike, go ridiculously fast, and maybe learn a thing or two along the way 🙂

Advice: “Go to a track day.”

I’ve been riding motorcycles since 2009 and got into trackdays at the very first TTD Thompson trackday in 2014. I learned more in that first trackday than my first 5 years of riding on the street by myself so I was hooked. I loved the TTD environment and structure and it became my benchmark when I branched out to ride with other organizations in other regions.

Advice: Look farther ahead so you give yourself more time to process the conditions in front of you. 

I bought my first bike the day I turned 18 (Suzuki Katana 600) and I haven’t looked back! I spent a lot of time street riding in college – kind of clueless, but racked up some miles.  In 2005, I moved to Tucson and made a switch from street to dirt riding. I entered the world of Arizona trail riding on a CRF450. A buddy of mine talked me into a weekend with the California Superbike School at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a great experience. I went home and picked up a well set-up 2005 R6 track bike and have tried to hit every track weekend I could since.  I was a bit bummed when I finally did move back to New England – I didn’t think track riding could get better than what I had in a nice, sunny part of the country. Then I found Tony’s! I started in blue group – did some PI with Paul and worked at it, progressed to black group to start the 2018 season. I was so excited to join Tony’s family in 2021.

Advice: I am going to cheat and list two – both from Tony’s instructors during PI and both helped me break through plateaus. For dissecting a track – make the fast corners fast, let the slow corners be slow. For becoming more precise and tightening it up around apexes – be patient.

Jimmy is awesome and his bio is coming soon!

I started riding with TTD as a customer in August of 2004 and quickly realized that I had found “my people”. The camaraderie, positivity and welcoming atmosphere has always been there and always will thanks to everyone that’s a part of the TTD Family.

Anyway, two years after I started, I found racing and instructing and loved every minute. 2024 will mark 20 years with TTD and here’s to another 20+.

Advice: Always be open to learning. There’s always something more – something you didn’t know, a skill to be honed even further… Above all, have fun, but don’t stop developing as a rider.

I started riding dirt bikes 45 years ago, progressed to street bikes in the early 80’s and never looked back. My first track experience was in 1993 at Donningon Park in England and I started riding with TTD in 2008 before joining the staff in 2011. I raced with USCRA for 3 years winning 2 class championships in 2018. Many of the staff became good friends and so this was the perfect opportunity to hang out more while continuing to learn and pass on my experience to others.

Advice: Be smooth and keep your head up!

I bought my first motorcycle in May of 2016, just a day after completing the MSF class. After almost a year of street riding I decided to try the track with TTD in April of 2017. I was immediately hooked and was doing as many days as I possibly could. In 2018, I was at every TTD event and in August I went to NHMS for the first time to get my race license. I started working with TTD in 2019 as well. I joined the ranks of the experts at Loudon in 2020.

Advice: Plan ahead and don’t let the rider in front of you dictate what you do.

Ron is awesome and his bio is coming soon!

Once I started riding a motorcycle I really haven’t looked back.  Initially, my riding was 100% on the street.  Realizing that I wanted to learn to be a better rider and to do so in a safer environment led me to track days with TTD.  Continuing to ride with TTD and seeing my pace pick up led me to try my hand at roadracing with the LRRS series.  I dabbled in roadracing off and on for a while and also picked up a dirtbike to continue my riding education in the woods.  After taking a break from riding track days I realized that the sport of motorcycling is just as much, if not more, about the people you meet and the experiences shared among them.  This realization brought me back to the track day world and the opportunity to control ride for TTD.  I look forward to meeting more people and sharing the world of motorcycling with them.

Advice: Utilize the staff to help you work towards whatever your personal goals are. And, life away from the track is difficult enough so enjoy when you are at the track. 

In 1984, I bought my first street bike and have been an avid rider ever since. I caught the racing bug after a California Superbike School at Loudon and raced most of the ‘90s. I was fortunate to be able to race with LRRS, CMRA, and the WERA National Endurance Series.  2010 is the first year I can recall attending a Tony’s event and have been coming back ever since. I’ve had the opportunity to ride with many track day organizations and feel TTD has found a great recipe for fun and safe events, the passion of the staff is infectious, and the sense of community in the paddock is second to none.  After 10+ years as a customer of TTD, I’m excited to start a new chapter as a staff member of the organization and helping the community meet their track day goals.

Advice:

I started riding dirtbikes at 14 and got my 1st street bike at 16. Over the years, I’ve enjoyed sportbikes, cruisers, sport touring, and standards. Regardless of what type of bike I was riding, twisty roads have always been my favorite. I thought I was a pretty skilled rider and decided it would be fun to try a track day. I quickly found out I wasn’t as good as I thought and had much to learn. I became addicted to learning and improving my skills, and spent the next several years doing every track day I could.

Advice: For me, learning to have the patience to finish the turn, give the bike direction, and start adding throttle once I can start taking away lean angel really boosted my confidence on corner exit.