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Colorado's Premier road racer, riding his Colorado Powersports, AST Sports Science, Suzuki GSXR 1000.
Ricky Orlando brings over 22 years of motorcycle competition with him to the Colorado Powersports Race Team. He began in 1975 doing local races in Florida before he moved to Colorado in 1976. From 1976 to 1982 he campaigned the local Mountain Roadracing Association circuit, gaining the #1 Championship in 1982 From 1983 to 1988 Ricky not only raced locally, but also traveled the national and international race circuits In that time he had numerous top ten finishes at the prestigious Daytona 200 and earned the honor of being voted the "Top Privateer"(non-factory sponsored) rider in the country His racing also took him to the Suzuka 8-hour World Championship in Japan several times and to the Trans-Atlantic Match Races in England. As a racer with the MRA, he earned at least one class championship every year from 1986-1998.
The 1994 through 1997 seasons were a continuation of Ricky's success
During this time span, Ricky accumulated five more class championships with the MRA, a number of top fifteen finishes at the Daytona 200 and Macau Grand Prix and three top ten finishes in AMA 750 Supersport. He finished the 1997 MRA season with a number 3 plate and dominated the Heavyweight Supersport class, winning seven of ten races.
In 1998, Ricky campaigned a new Muzzy Raptor Superbike. The season began
with an impressive 15th place finish at the Daytona 200. During the season, Ricky attended a number of AMA Superbike Series national events, Formula USA and World Superbike at Laguna Seca. With Formula USA, Ricky had 5th and 8th place finishes. In World
Superbike. he
brought home a respectable 13th place finish. With the MRA, Ricky ended up in 2nd place
in Heavyweight Superbike winning five of ten races and was again among the top five
in "Race of the Rockies". Ricky is the only racer in the country to finish the season with
championship points in 4 different series: MRA, Formula USA, AMA Superbike, and World
Superbike
In 1999, aboard a Team Green ZX-9, Ricky rode to a 9th place finish in the Formula Xtreme class at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Locally he ended the season in 2nd place in Open Superbike and 5th place in the premier class, "Race of the Rockies"
He had a very successful 2000 race season, finishing
2nd in Open Superbike and 3rd in the "Race of the Rockies", the premier class of Colorado roadracing. At the AMA
national level a 13th place finish in the Daytona 200, 12th place at Laguna Seca in the Formula Xtreme event At Pikes Peak National, Ricky finished 11th He also competed at Daytona
during the Formula USA in March, finishing 12th and 13th.
2001 was a fantasy year for Ricky as the wins were plentiful, earning him the #1 plate
in Colorado. He also earned class championships in Race of the Rockies, Open Superbike. and Open Supersport. He took the Open Supersport Championship with 10 of 10
wins
A new track record topped off the 2001 MRA race season. He also finished in the top 15 at Daytona and Pikes Peak in the AMA Superbike and Formula Extreme Classes
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