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Several AMA teams are currently testing at different tracks – in much different weather conditions – around the United States.

American Honda’s Miguel Duhamel and Ben Bostrom and Erion Honda’s Jake Zemke, who are all Dunlop-sponsored, are wrapping up a two-day test today at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia, where it was 81 degrees Fahrenheit and partly cloudy at post time, according to weather.com.

American Honda plans on moving over to the Barber Motorsports Park facility for another two-day test starting Thursday, April 22. The weather forecast calls for temperatures of 80 degrees on Thursday and 86 degrees on Friday with a small chance for rain.

Meanwhile, Michelin is starting a two-day test today at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, involving Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin’s Eric Bostrom; Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki’s Steve Rapp, Vincent Haskovec and Chris Peris; Butler Machinery’s Robert Jensen; Arclight Suzuki’s Chris Ulrich and several privateers.

The Road America track is currently dry, but the ambient temperature at 12:30 p.m. local time was 42 degrees Fahrenheit, and with a 12 mph wind from the southeast the temperature feels like 36 degrees, according to weather.com.

A weather front is currently moving through Wisconsin and could affect the second day of the Michelin test, if not the end of today’s test session.

On Thursday, April 22, a combined Formula USA National/CCS Regional race event starts at Road America. Weather.com’s forecast calls for low temperatures in the low-to-mid 30s with highs in the mid-50s with a chance for rain on Saturday and Sunday.

The next AMA event starts April 30 – May 2 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California.


Update: At approximately 3:30 p.m. local time, Ducati Austin ended its day testing at Road America, telling sources at the scene that it was too cold to get anything accomplished on the track.