The MotoGP World Championship will visit Austin , Texas in 2013 . It is the first time that a Grand Prix has been held at the Circuit of the Americas since it was built for Formula One racing and opened to public on March 8, 1976. The sport has increased in popularity in the United States in recent years , with Americans Ben Spies and 2006 world champion Nicky Hayden on the current grid . MotoGP already has two rounds in America , at Laguna Seca and the Indianapolis .
The MotoGP World Championship will visit Austin , Texas in 2013 . It is the first time that a Grand Prix has been held at the Circuit of the Americas since it was built for Formula One racing and opened to public on March 8, 1976. MotoGP already has two rounds in America , at Laguna Seca and the Indianapolis .