Geoff May's Quarter-Century In Racing
M
otoAmerica road racer
Geoff May competed at
what he says his final event at
Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta,
April 22-23. And what better
place and time to call it a ca
-
reer than at the exact racetrack
where he originally got his start
25 years ago?
May did it all in motorcycle
road racing. He was a privateer
racer at the beginning, and he
made his first AMA Pro Racing
start aboard a Ducati 748 in
2000 in the Pro Thunder Series
at Road Atlanta. He was quickly
noticed for his racecraft, talent
and ability to properly set up a
road racing motorcycle. Because
of that, he raced for factory-
supported teams, full-factory
efforts, a team owned by none
other than Michael Jordan, and
he even raced for a full-factory
effort in the FIM Superbike
World Championship.
He was named AMA Pro Rac
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ing Superbike Rookie of the Year
in 2003. He twice finished as
runner-up in AMA season cham-
pionships: Supersport in 2006
and Superstock in 2008.
Amassing a total of 38 podi-
ums as a racer—four in Super-
bike, seven in Supersport, 13
in Superstock and 14 in Stock
1000—May also tallied three
race victories, including two
wins in Superstock and a win in
Stock 1000.
He also did tire development
for Dunlop during his career be
-
cause of his analytical skills, and
also because he's raced virtually
every brand of motorcycle in
-
cluding Ducati, Suzuki, Yamaha,
Kawasaki, BMW, Buell and EBR.
In 2022, May raced a Vi-
sion Wheel/Discount Tire/
KWS Honda CBR1000RR-R SP
to fifth place in MotoAmerica
Stock 1000, and he scored four
podiums during the season. He
had a long-range plan to add two
young riders to his team, and he
would transition the team owner
while helping his riders achieve
the same level of success that
he reached.
Unfortunately, sponsorship
issues left him with a lack of
funding to enter his team in the
2023 MotoAmerica Champion
-
ship. Simultaneously, he was
presented with an opportunity
to become the Business Devel-
opment Manager at Princeton
Identity, a tech company in the
Atlanta area.
With the timing of those two
situations and the fact that he
had hit the quarter-century mark
as a motorcycle road racer,
May decided that it was time
to make the transition from the
MotoAmerica paddock to the
corporate world.
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VOLUME ISSUE APRIL , P29
Longtime road racer
Geoff May says he's
calling it a career.
