[6] Joshua Siegel, investor and CCS club racer, is a financial sponsor and majority owner of Yamaha Champions Riding School.
Minority owners include individuals from YCRS’s executive leadership: Nick Lenatsch, Chris Peris, Limore Shur, and Keith Culver.
Racers like Bradley Smith, Colin Edwards, James Toseland, Josh Hayes, Roger Lee Hayden, and Ben Spies[12] have all taught at the school.
While instructor-driven van laps demonstrate and explain a few techniques, much of the day is spent on the race track, putting the classroom lessons to work.
[7] Topics covered on the first day include how speed relates to radius, braking, and cornering technique and the mental approaches of the best riders in the world.
ChampGrad has a 2:1 student-to-instructor ratio and offers data analysis, extra film laps, two-up rides, drills, and more time spent on the motorcycles.
[9] In August 2021, Yamaha Champions Riding School expanded their program selection with an inexpensive, online version of the two-day ChampSchool class.
"Champ U: The Core Curriculum" is an online-only school featuring 40 videos and quizzes, 30 drills, and forum access for direct communication with instructors and other students.