Farrah “Bandit” Landers is an American motorcycle road racer from Halltown, Missouri, who in 2026 became the sole female competitor in the MotoAmerica Talent Cup — a distinction she earned by actually going out and getting fast enough to be there.

EARLY YEARS

Born January 7, 2009, in Halltown, Missouri [1], Landers grew up in a household where motorcycles were not a hobby but a way of life. Her father, Stoney Landers, is a motorcycle racer, and her older brother Rocco Landers has become a multi-time MotoAmerica champion [2]. The nickname “Bandit” was given to her at birth [1], and it has stuck through every series she has entered since. She started racing on Blata pocket bikes when she was little — partly because she was small enough that a pocket bike made sense [1]. That early start on small, quick machines set the foundation for everything that followed. The sport was never something she discovered; it was simply where she came from.

OTHER INTERESTS

Away from the track, Landers has trained in martial arts and kickboxing [1] — disciplines that reward the same combination of discipline, timing, and physical precision that road racing demands.

EARLY SUCCESS

Landers competed in the MotoAmerica Mini Cup in 2021 [1], making an early appearance on a national platform that few riders her age reach. Her path from there was not a straight line — MotoAmerica describes her as having had several on-and-off years of racing before she committed more fully to the sport [1]. Those gap years did not seem to slow her down much. In 2024, she enrolled in the California Vintage Motorcycle Association’s New Racer School at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway and then went out and won on her very first day racing a big bike, taking class victories in both the Amateur 500 Supersport race and the Femwalla Ultra Lightweight race [3]. In 2025, she was back at Chuckwalla, logging club racing laps and building the kind of track-specific knowledge that doesn’t show up in a results sheet [1].

For 2026, Landers joined Jones Honda as part of a two-rider MotoAmerica Talent Cup effort, campaigning the #17 Krämer APX-350 MA [4]. Her father, Stoney, took on the role of crew chief, and her younger brother Diesel stepped in as mechanic [2] — making the whole operation something of a Landers family enterprise. She made her Talent Cup debut at Circuit of The Americas, finishing 10th in Race 1 of the season-opening doubleheader [5]. “I love racing motorcycles so much,” she said in April 2026. “I’m so grateful to the whole Jones Honda race team, and having my dad as my crew chief and my little brother Diesel as my mechanic is the biggest bonus.” [2]

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

• 2024: Won the Amateur 500 Supersport class race and the Femwalla Ultra Lightweight class race at CVMA, Chuckwalla — both on her first day racing a big bike, following completion of the New Racer School [3].
• 2026: Made her MotoAmerica Talent Cup debut at Circuit of The Americas with Jones Honda, finishing 10th in Race 1 of the season-opening doubleheader [5].
• 2026: Was the sole female competitor in the MotoAmerica Talent Cup field [6].

INSPIRATIONS

Landers’s listed racing heroes are Nicky Hayden and Anthony Gobert [1] — two riders known for raw speed and an instinct for the unconventional, which says something about the kind of racer she is aiming to become.

REPUTATION

MotoAmerica has noted her Southern California road-racing and flat-track background as part of what she brought into the 2026 Talent Cup [6]. When the 2026 season got underway, she was the only woman in the Talent Cup field [6] — a fact worth noting not because it is unusual for motorsport, but because the Talent Cup is a development series designed to produce future professional racers, and she earned her place in it through the same process as everyone else on the grid. After Round 7 at Circuit of The Americas in September 2026, she was listed 12th in the Talent Cup standings with 70 points [7].

FUTURE GOALS/PLANS

Landers has stated plainly that she hopes to follow in the footsteps of her brother Rocco [1], whose trajectory through MotoAmerica’s development pipeline ended in multiple championships. In April 2026 she put it more simply: “I’m going to keep learning and improving!” [4]

References:

[1] MotoAmerica – Bandit Landers rider profile
[2] Cycle News – Jones Honda Returns to MotoAmerica for 2026
[3] Road Racing World – CVMA: Prince Wins Feature 1000 Shootout at Chuckwalla
[4] MotoAmerica – Keeping Up with the Joneses: Yates and Landers Form Two-Rider Jones Honda Race Team for 2026
[5] MotoAmerica – Talent Cup Doubleheader Signals Start of High-Octane Championship Season
[6] MotoAmerica – MotoAmerica Talent Cup Launches 2026 Season at Circuit of The Americas Alongside MotoGP
[7] MCNews.com.au – Sam Drane COTA 2026 Talent Cup Results