Two-time Daytona 200 Winner Brandon Paasch and local racer Parrish Traweek discuss racing and motorcycles at the 2024 AMA Supermoto Nationals. Photo by Joellen Brown
By T.C. Brown
Brandon Paasch rides professionally for Factory Vision Wheel, M4, Ecstar Suzuki in the Motoamerica Superbike Class. Some of his previous accomplishments include winning the 2021 and 2022 Daytona 200, finishing third in the 2020 Motoamerica SuperSport championship, 2019 British Moto3 champion, 2016 KTM RC Cup Championship, and he was the first American to race in the MotoGP Moto3 World. He also has the motorcycle track record at the Musselman Honda Circuit Track in Tucson for the Supermoto Asphalt Open Pro Class set previously.
He participated in, and decisively won, the 2024 AMA Supermoto Nationals Asphalt Open Pro Class. This event was held in Tucson the weekend of October 19th and 20th at the Musselman Honda Circuit Track in Tucson. He met local rider and racer Parrish Traweek at the event. He was asked to come visit the town of San Manuel. He accepted the invite.
Brandon ended up spending a couple of days in the area. He was a guest at the Mammoth-San Manuel High School where he talked with staff and students about his racing career and Red Ribbon Month. He took a flight on a private plane out of the San Manuel Airport and toured the skies around the Tri-Community. Brandon also toured JWJ Cycles in San Manuel.
He enjoyed seeing the vast selection of motorcycles on display. It was fun for him to see a KTM RC Cup bike similar to one that he rode to the RC Cup Championship in 2016. When asked about his motivation for success his response was humble. “I am a guy who likes to ride motorcycles.” To say, “He rides them well!” would be an understatement. Parrish offered him an open invitation to come back and do some desert riding when his busy schedule allows.
