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34 years after riders school. 30 years from my pro debut. Back at Daytona for one more run.
The story
It started on a borrowed bike. It’s going back to where my pro career began. This is how a kid from Oswego, Indiana got from there to here, and why 2027 is the year I’m doing it again.
In 1993 I took a WERA riders school at Indianapolis Raceway Park on a borrowed Yamaha FZR600. That’s where the 34 years begin.
Then I bought a Honda CBR600F2 for $500 — a bike I was told couldn’t be rebuilt. I raced it for two seasons in WERA.
My pro debut was the Daytona 200 in March 1997, on a Suzuki GSX-R750. I qualified 75th and finished 38th.
Thirty years later, I’m going back.
27 became my number. In 1999 I landed my first manufacturer support — Yamaha, with Firehawk Motorsports — and finished third overall in the GLRRA series. I won GLRRA class championships along the way.
The 1999 finale at Grattan: Monte Nichols and I traded the lead until the last straightaway, and I beat him to the line by about half a bike length.
From 2001 to 2003 I raced AMA Superbike on a Suzuki GSX-R750, including 42nd in the 2001 Daytona 200 and 19th in race two at Mid-Ohio that year.
In WERA National Endurance, my team won its class in 2003 and finished third overall. In 2004, back on a Yamaha R6, we took the National Endurance class championship.
That same year I organized the Cherokee Challenge, an extreme-sports festival in Cherokee, North Carolina, built to teach kids, teens and adults about the dangers of drug and alcohol use.
Kawasaki ZX-6RR in 2005 and 2006. An R6 in 2007. In 2008, on a Suzuki GSX-R1000, I finished 15th in the AMA Superstock 1000 championship and ran two AMA Superbike weekends — 13th and 15th at VIR, 15th and 16th at Mid-Ohio.
That year Four Feathers Racing teamed up with Indianapolis Motor Speedway to promote the first Red Bull Indianapolis GP — a fan ticket drawing and IMS hats handed out at Mid-Ohio, VIR and Road Atlanta — and I carried the IMS logo on the bike. The campaign was my design. From many rows back on the grid, I ran ahead of Miguel Duhamel for a few laps.
In 2009 I designed a benefit for Riley Children’s Hospital. In 2010 I was leading a pack into the Keyhole at Mid-Ohio.
“As long as I’m physically able and mentally enjoy it, I’m going to do it.”Scotty Van Hawk to the Journal Gazette, 2009
After 2011 I stepped away from riding to raise my kids while running the team, Four Feathers Racing VIP Inc.
In 2021 the same incident that took my hearing also wrecked my right knee. I had to relearn how to ride. That knee was only just fixed: its ninth surgery was one of three orthopedic surgeries in the last year, along with my left elbow (its first surgery) and my right hand (its third). More than 100 bone fractures over my career.
Even off the bike, the team stayed involved at Indy. In 2012 Four Feathers Racing partnered with GP Tech on its MotoGP CRT wild card entry at the Indianapolis GP, documenting the build at indygpwildcard.com. In 2013 Four Feathers was listed among the supporters of GP Tech’s Moto2 wild card there (2012, 2013).
In August 2026 I co-rode to 2nd in the Superbike class at the N2RA 6 Hours of VIR. The comeback is real.
1993 → 1997 → 2027. Same number. Same fire.
By the numbers
Career timeline
Every article behind this timeline is in Press & history.
WERA riders school at Indianapolis Raceway Park on a borrowed Yamaha FZR600.
A Honda CBR600F2 bought for $500 after being told it couldn’t be rebuilt. Two seasons of racing in WERA.
Daytona 200, #124, Suzuki GSX-R750. Qualified 75th, finished 38th (Cycle News, Mar 19, 1997). Also GLRRA Round 5 at Mid-Ohio, July 16–17, as #27.
Yamaha support with Firehawk Motorsports. Third overall in the GLRRA series, plus GLRRA class championships. Watch the GLRRA99 Bike Racers episodes.
Suzuki GSX-R750. 42nd at the 2001 Daytona 200 (AP, Mar 12, 2001); 19th in race two at Mid-Ohio, 2001 (Roadracing World).
With Firehawk, finished third overall in the WERA National Endurance six-hour at Grattan on a Yamaha R6 (Roadracing World, Jul 19, 2003).
WERA National Endurance class championship on a Yamaha R6. Class title confirmed by Roadracing World, Oct 15, 2004. Organized the Cherokee Challenge extreme-sports festival, August 27–29, Cherokee, North Carolina.
Kawasaki ZX-6RR seasons in 2005 and 2006. AMA results: Road America 2005, Mid-Ohio 2006.
Raced an R6 and tested an R1. Racing as Van Hawk. AMA results: Barber, VIR.
15th in the AMA Superstock 1000 championship. AMA Superbike: 13th and 15th at VIR; 15th and 16th at Mid-Ohio. Teamed up with Indianapolis Motor Speedway to promote the first Red Bull Indianapolis GP (Roadracing World, Aug 6, 2008).
Designed a benefit for Riley Children’s Hospital, with signed number plates from the day. Toyota Trucks joined the team that year (Roadracing World, Feb 16, 2009), and Steve Rapp took the 4FR R6 to 12th in the Daytona 200 (Mar 8, 2009). Read the Warsaw Times-Union profile.
Leading a pack into the Keyhole at Mid-Ohio. Four Feathers Racing also fielded Josh Day at Mid-Ohio in Daytona Sportbike (Roadracing World, Jul 17, 2010) and held a Riley Children’s Hospital fundraiser in Warsaw on July 22 (Jul 23, 2010).
Then I stepped away to raise my kids and run the team. Scotty talked about the season on Speed Talk and ESPN Radio’s Track Talk in March 2011.
Four Feathers Racing partnered with GP Tech on its MotoGP CRT wild card entry at the Indianapolis GP and documented the build at indygpwildcard.com (Roadracing World, Aug 19, 2012).
Special guest for the third graders at Culver Elementary, May 25.
Four Feathers listed among the supporters of GP Tech’s Moto2 wild card at the Indianapolis GP (Roadracing World, Jul 2, 2013).
The same incident that took my hearing also wrecked my right knee. Had to relearn how to ride.
Co-rode to 2nd in the Superbike class in August.
The Daytona 200 first, then the MotoAmerica Superbike Cup. My last eligible pro year.
Press & history
Articles, race results and video about Scotty and Four Feathers Racing, grouped by year with the newest year first. Every link was opened and checked. Each line says only what that page says.
Lines that start with “Team release” are releases from the team that Roadracing World ran. Cycle News pages open in its page-by-page archive viewer. Results are as the series printed them, so spellings of the name vary.
GP Tech runs a Moto2 wild card at the Indianapolis round with James Rispoli; Four Feathers is on its 2013 supporter list.
GP Tech secures a wild card grid spot in the MotoGP class at Indianapolis; its backer list includes Four Feathers Racing.
As a special partnership with Four Feathers Racing, indygpwildcard.com is launched covering the GP Tech MotoGP CRT wild card project.
Scotty is the guest on Speed Talk Live (FM100) to talk about the 2011 season, his knee recovery and running the Toyota and Lucas Oil backed AMA Pro team.
Scotty is invited back on ESPN Radio’s Track Talk to discuss the team and the Daytona opener, and to announce his return to American Superbike racing in 2011.
The 4FR rig delivers new bicycle helmets to third graders at Culver Elementary in Culver, Indiana, as part of the team’s helmet safety program.
The entry list shows Four Feathers Racing entering a BMW S1000RR, #27, with Eric Haugo in round 5 and Scotty Van Hawk in round 6.
Team release: 4FR race machines in a special Toyota-truck livery are the focal point of Toyota’s Chicago Auto Show display, Feb 10–21, with four Van Hawk appearances at Toyota Live.
2009 AMA Pro SuperSport East champion Josh Day is previewed on his Four Feathers Racing Yamaha at Auto Club Speedway.
Team release: Four Feathers Racing signs Dominic Jones for the rest of the AMA Pro Daytona Sportbike series; he debuts at Road Atlanta with 12th and 19th.
Josh Day returns to AMA Daytona Sportbike at Mid-Ohio riding for Four Feathers Racing, with help from team partner Moto Liberty; Scotty Van Hawk is quoted as team principal.
Team release: 4FR organizes a Riley Children’s Hospital fundraiser at a Toyota NASCAR celebration in Warsaw, Indiana, on July 22.
Josh Day rides the Toyota Lucas Oil Yamaha for Four Feathers Racing at VIR.
The 27 Group Inc, operating as Four Feathers Racing, will field Scotty Van Hawk on the #27 4FR Woodson Motorsports/Toyota Trucks entry in American Superbike and Daytona Sportbike for the whole season.
Scotty Van Hawk crashes his American Superbike in Wednesday practice and suffers a knee injury that keeps him out of Daytona; Steve Rapp tries his Four Feathers Racing R6.
Team release: Steve Rapp, filling in for Scotty Van Hawk, scores 12th in the Daytona 200 for the 4FR team, its best Daytona 200 finish.
Four Feathers Racing will field Steve Rapp on the #27 4FR Greeneracres.org/Toyota Trucks R6 at Auto Club Speedway.
After knee surgery, Scotty Van Hawk sits out Infineon; Four Feathers Racing fields Ryan Elleby, Bobby Fong and Mark Crozier.
Four Feathers Racing (Josh Day, Bryce Prince, Scotty Van Hawk), Yamaha R6, takes the GT1 provisional pole at Heartland Park Topeka, 1:41.848.
Team release: Scotty Van Hawk is invited to be a “Secret Reader” at Culver Elementary School in Culver, Indiana, which hosts a Four Feathers Racing helmet safety program every spring.
Local profile of Scotty Van Hawk. He is quoted on motorcycles being the first thing to race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Scotty Van Hawk (Yamaha R6) is listed 29th, four laps down, in the Daytona 200.
Scotty Van Hawk (Suzuki GSX-R1000) is listed 15th, a minute down, in Saturday’s AMA Superbike race after multiple red flags.
Team release: Four Feathers Racing has teamed up with Indianapolis Motor Speedway to promote the Red Bull Indianapolis GP on September 14.
Scotty L Van Hawk, Suzuki GSX-R1000, #27: 15th in race 1 (race 2: 16th, PDF).
Scotty L Van Hawk, Suzuki GSX-R1000: 13th in race 1 (race 2: 15th, PDF).
Scotty Van Hawk (Suzuki GSX-R1000) is listed 18th in the AMA Superstock race at Mid-Ohio.
Scotty Van Hawk is listed 17th in the Road Atlanta Superstock race and 14th in the Superstock standings with 109 points.
Final 2008 AMA Superstock standings: Scotty L Van Hawk 15th, 109 points.
#127 Scotty L Van Hawk of Warsaw, Indiana is entered on a Honda CBR600RR.
#127 Scotty L Van Hawk, Yamaha YZF-R6: 31st in the Formula Xtreme race.
#127 Scotty L Van Hawk, Yamaha YZF-R6: 24th in the Formula Xtreme race, +21.577.
#127 Scotty L Van Hawk, Warsaw, Indiana, Kawasaki ZX-6RR: 29th in the Supersport race.
#127 Scotty L Vanscoik, Warsaw, Indiana, Kawasaki ZX-6RR: 16th in the Formula Xtreme race.
#127 Scotty L Vanscoik, Kawasaki ZX-6RR: listed 31st in the Formula Xtreme race.
#127 Scotty L Vanscoik, Kawasaki ZX-6RR: 25th in the Supersport race, +1:34.036.
Scotty VanScoik, Jean Paul Tache, Chris Normand and Jason Temme ride the CherokeeChallenge.net Yamaha R6 to the Mediumweight Superstock win.
CherokeeChallenge.net (Scotty VanScoik and Chris Normand), Yamaha R6, finishes 6th overall with 130 laps.
CherokeeChallenge.net, Yamaha 600, number 271: 4th overall and 1st in its class, 195 laps.
Scotty VanScoik, J.P. Tache and Chris Normand take the CherokeeChallenge.net Yamaha R6 to third overall and the Mediumweight Superstock win.
CherokeeChallenge.net (Scotty VanScoik, Steve Steinman and George Gentle) finishes 8th overall, second in Mediumweight Superstock, 41 seconds behind the class winner.
CherokeeChallenge.net: 8th overall and 2nd in class, 220 laps.
CherokeeChallenge.net: 2nd overall and 1st in class, 131 laps.
Scotty Van Scoik, JP Tache and Chris Normand finish second overall and win the Mediumweight Superstock class on the CherokeeChallenge.net Yamaha R6.
Four Feathers Racing (Scotty Van Scoik, Chris Normand and Matt Lynn), Yamaha R6, is third in the Mediumweight Supersport race at Road Atlanta and first in the class championship.
Season finale: CherokeeChallenge.net finishes 7th overall and 3rd in class, 132 laps.
Final WERA National Endurance standings list Four Feathers Racing/CherokeeChallenge.net first in Middleweight Superstock and fourth overall. Opens in Cycle News’ archive viewer.
Firehawk’s Scotty Van Scoik and J.P. Tache finish third overall on a Mediumweight Superstock Yamaha R6.
AMA Road Race Grand Championships at Mid-Ohio: Scotty Van Scoik takes the lead early in the Supersport final, then crashes out. Opens in Cycle News’ archive viewer.
Number 27, Scotty Van Scoik of Oswego, Indiana: listed 1st in B Superbike Expert (Yamaha 600) and 3rd in two other classes.
Scott Van Scoik (Suzuki GSX-R750) is listed 51st in AMA Superbike qualifying at Barber, 1:35.052.
Scotty Van Scoik (Suzuki) is classified 29th, one lap down, in the Barber AMA Supersport race.
Scotty Van Scoik (GSX-R750) is listed 65th of 70 in Daytona Superstock qualifying, 2:03.199.
Scotty Van Scoik (Suzuki GSX-R750) is listed 51st in AMA Superbike qualifying at Brainerd, 1:50.990.
Scotty Van Scoik (Suzuki) is listed 42nd in AMA Superbike qualifying at Mid-Ohio, 1:36.075.
Scotty Van Scoik finishes 42nd on a Suzuki GSX-R750 in the Daytona 200.
Scotty Van Scoik of Oswego, Indiana is entered on a Yamaha R1 and a Suzuki GSX-R750 with Firehawk Motorsports.
Scotty Van Scoik (Suzuki GSX-R750) is listed 19th in AMA Superbike race two at Mid-Ohio.
Scotty Vanscoik (Suzuki) is listed 36th in AMA Superbike qualifying at VIR, on a 750cc Supersport-class bike.
The AMA’s 2002 number list includes Scott Van Scoik at number 71.
Scotty Van Scoik of Warsaw, Indiana is entered on a Yamaha R1 and a Yamaha 600 for Firehawk Motorsports, race number 127.
The Great Lakes Road Racing Association 1999 season TV production, in eight episodes. Scotty raced GLRRA in 1999 as #27.
Ep. 1 27:50 Ep. 2 28:38 Ep. 3 28:48 Ep. 4 28:49 Ep. 5 28:42 Ep. 6 28:49 Ep. 7 28:49 Ep. 8 28:49
Daytona 200 AMA Superbike results; Scotty Vanscoik is listed 38th on a Suzuki. Opens in Cycle News’ archive viewer.
Gallery
New photos land here when we start testing.
The 2027 plan
Last eligible pro year. Four Feathers Racing, #, in blue and orange.
Saturday, March 13, 2027 — the 85th running, at Daytona International Speedway. Race weekend is March 11–13.
Dates from Daytona International Speedway and MotoAmerica.Then the MotoAmerica Superbike Cup. Rounds, bike and details will be announced here.
Testing starts first — photos and updates to follow.Join the run
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2027 team partner: Fuel Clothing. Fuel is with me again, as always. They were part of our 2008 Indianapolis GP promotion too (Roadracing World, Aug 6, 2008).
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