Here’s all the happenings from Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia, of the packed MotoAmerica weekend of Superbike, Supersport, Mission King Of The Baggers, Stock 1000 and the Super Hooligan National Championship.
Photos by Brian J Nelson
Sunday Races
Superbike Race 2
Beaubier Ties Hayes With His 89th Career Victory
Cameron Beaubier is now tied with Josh Hayes atop the all-time win list across all AMA road race classes, with the five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion racing to his 89th career victory on Sunday at Road Atlanta. The win was his third of the young season and his 68th career AMA Superbike victory.
Beaubier and his Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW M 1000 RR nailed the holeshot and wasted little time gapping the field, ending his weekend with two victories – one in the rain on Saturday, and today’s race in the dry.
“Today being able to win with a little gap there felt awesome,” Beaubier said. “It seems like this place brings good racing, good battles. It’s hard to get away from people here in the past compared to other tracks. So, I was pretty happy with being able to run away a little bit at the beginning. I was looking at the timesheets and I knew Bob (Fong) had really good pace on used stuff every dry session we did. He showed it there. Towards the end of the race, he was bringing that gap down. Truthfully, I was in management mode a little bit, but when I tried to start going again, the gap wasn’t opening. If anything, it was staying the same or coming back down. So, hats off to Bob. Hats off to Josh [Herrin]. They ran really good. It’s going to be a long, tough season. I’d say especially yesterday that race felt so good for me, getting the first win on the BMW in the wet, especially after the struggles we’ve had on the thing the last couple years in the wet. So, overall, amazing weekend. Awesome to have my wife and kid here, running amok in the pits. It’s been a fun weekend.”
The man who came closest to matching Beaubier was Bobby Fong, with the Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing rider clawing into Beaubier’s lead mid-race and keeping the pressure on to the finish, where he eventually ended up 2.3 seconds behind at the completion of 19 laps.
Fong was safe in second, with some 10 seconds in hand over Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Josh Herrin, who matched his third-place finish from Saturday. Fong, meanwhile, was 11th in the rain on Saturday after crashing and remounting.
“It’s cool to get on the podium,” Fong said. “It would be nice to get my teammate up here. Two Yamahas would be nice. But battling with these two guys, I think it’s going to be a long year. It’s going to be a lot of fighting with (Josh) Herrin and Cam (Beaubier), and I’m sure Jake (Gagne) is going to be up there along with them four guys. It’s cool to get some points. I’ve always done pretty well here over the years even though I definitely dislike this place as well. But we’re going to keep the ball rolling. I definitely made a step in the wet from last year. I’m definitely happy about at least yesterday, our forward momentum in the wet. We’re just going to do some work from here to Road America, and then we got possibly some concessions on the Yamaha. Hopefully, it will pay off a little bit at Road America. But I’m happy with the team, honestly. On a Sunday leaving to the airport, it’s a nice feeling knowing that you had a decent Sunday. There’s no worse feeling going to the airport and you had a sh*** weekend. It’s nice to put the Progressive Yamaha up here.”
Vision Wheel M4 Ecstar Suzuki’s Sean Dylan Kelly was fourth, some three seconds behind Herrin and another three seconds ahead of Fong’s teammate Jake Gagne. Gagne, who finished a close second to Beaubier in the rain on Saturday, had his hands full in the closing laps with Kelly’s teammate Richie Escalante.
“I don’t want to be finishing third, but leaving the second race way, way better off than we were last year makes me happy,” Herrin said. “I want to do better and want to get closer to Cam and Bobby, but you got to take what you get sometimes and be happy with it. I almost threw it away there in the chicane. I was really frustrated with myself but luckily was able to put it back on track and pull back away from SDK (Sean Dylan Kelly). I think the team and I both… I think they expected a little bit more this weekend, but this has never been a track that I just went well at without really trying super hard. So, it’s not just one of those tracks that comes easy to me on this bike. So, for me, I was just wanting to survive the first two rounds and to leave here with as many points as we have, and especially to climb back and get two podium finishes in the rain now after two years of a lot of struggling in the rain feels super good. I know that we have that in our back pocket now, so I’m not going to be stressing out if there’s bad weather coming in the forecast. I’m just excited to keep going for the rest of the season. I think the only track that I kind of have a question mark in my head for this bike is VIR, but every other track we seem to roll good at. I’m excited to keep going. Got a lot on my mind this coming month because the twins are due in about a month. It’s getting pretty stressful. But try to go back and put in as much work as we can and be ready for Road America.”
Escalante ended up just 0.197 of a second behind Gagne at the finish line.
A day after earning his career-best Superbike finish of fifth, Flo4LAW/SBU Racing’s Benjamin Smith raced to seventh on Sunday, holding off the fast-closing twosome of Hondas ridden by Jones Honda’s Ashton Yates and Real Steel Honda’s Hayden Gillim. Yates and Gillim came up a bit short and finished eighth and ninth, respectively.
Tenth place went to Real Steel Honda’s JD Beach, who in the process kept his perfect Superbike Cup record intact with a fourth straight victory.
With two rounds and four races in the books, Beaubier leads Gagne by 23 points, 95-72. Herrin is third with 59 points, three more than Fong. Kelly rounds out the top five with 52 points.
Superbike Race 2 Results
- Cameron Beaubier (BMW) 26:56.947
- Bobby Fong (Yamaha) 26:59.306
- Josh Herrin (Ducati) 27:09.674
- Sean Dylan Kelly (Suzuki) 27:12.631
- Jake Gagne (Yamaha) 27:15.809
- Richie Escalante (Suzuki) 27:16.006
- Benjamin Smith (Yamaha) 27:37.253
- Ashton Yates (Honda) 27:38.014
- Hayden Gillim (Honda) 27:38.515
- JD Beach (Honda) 27:53.997
Supersport Race 2
Scholtz Wins Supersport
Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz wasn’t overly pleased with his fifth-place finish in the rain on Saturday at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, but he more than made up for it on Sunday with a resounding Motovation Supersport victory.
For Scholtz, the defending MotoAmerica Motovation Supersport Champion, it was his second victory of the season and his 10th career Supersport win.
Rahal Ducati Moto w/XPEL’s PJ Jacobsen rebounded from a poor start to finish second to his championship rival. Early in the race, it looked as though Jacobsen would give back a horde of points to Scholtz, who was streaking away at the front. But Jacobsen kept fighting until eventually passing Scholtz’s teammate Blake Davis to take over second, keeping his points loss to Scholtz down to five points after gaining 11 on Scholtz on Saturday.
Jacobsen leads Scholtz by eight points, 85-77, after four races. In finishing second, Jacobsen kept his podium-in-every-race streak alive with his fourth successive podium.
Davis earned his second podium of the season with his third-place finish, 1.2 seconds behind Jacobsen.
Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott was a fighting fourth, crossing the line just ahead of Celtic/Economy Lube+Tire/Warhorse HSBK Ducati’s Cameron Petersen.
Altus Motorsports’ Jake Lewis was sixth, a day after finishing a close second to Jacobsen. BPR Racing Yamaha’s Josh Hayes was seventh, a second ahead of Altus Motorsports’ Torin Collins.
Rahal Ducati Moto w/Xpel’s Kayla Yaakov and ADR Motorsports’ David Anthony rounded out the top 10.
“I actually don’t know what happened there,” Scholtz said of Saturday’s result. “We were so far off with the setup. In the full wet conditions, I felt really confident. In the dry, I kind of felt that we had the pace that we should win. But those mixed conditions on the wet tires getting to full lean angle, something was just happening there with the setup. We hadn’t figured that out yet. Obviously, it’s a brand-new bike. So those were just one of the conditions that we had never tested in. So, kind of learned a hell of a lot yesterday. It was a painful lesson after breaking the record during qualifying two, looking forward to the race and coming in fifth place. I think we were 9.8 seconds back, so we got absolutely smashed. Made a couple changes overnight. Today, I had some pretty decent pace going. It sounds like there was a hell of a lot of trouble back in the pack, so that suited me well. Got off to a pretty decent lead early on. I think PJ [Jacobsen] kept it consistent at 3.3 seconds for two laps. So, I kind of started worrying slightly there. I managed to put down a 28.1 about halfway through and opened it up half a second. Then it was smooth sailing from that point on.”
Supersport Race 2 Results
- Mathew Scholtz (Yamaha) 26:36.308
- PJ Jacobsen (Ducati) 26:40.439
- Blake Davis (Yamaha) 26:41.701
- Tyler Scott (Suzuki) 26:53.960
- Cameron Petersen (Ducati) 26:54.346
- Jake Lewis (Yamaha) 26:56.281
- Joshua Hayes (Yamaha) 27:04.329
- Torin Collins (Suzuki) 27:05.397
- Kayla Yaakov (Ducati) 27:06.318
- David Anthony (Suzuki) 27:26.452
Stock 1000 Race 2
Uribe’s Turn
Orange Cat Racing’s Jayson Uribe turned the tables on his teammate Andrew Lee with a victory in Sunday’s Stock 1000 race a day after Lee won Saturday’s wet race at Road Atlanta.
The two bright orange BMW M 1000 RRs flew in formation out front of the pack from the get-go, with Uribe leading for the duration. Lee kept him honest throughout, coming up two seconds short at the finish. Lee had beaten Uribe by just 0.009 of a second in race one with a pass on the last lap in the final corner on the last lap.
“Honestly, I just can’t thank my whole team, my whole crew enough,” Uribe said. “My family is out here. I’ve got this beautiful BMW provided by Alpha Racing, Orange Cat supported. Thanks everybody for all the help. Honestly, I was just trying to ride my own race. I was trying to look at my lap timer and just be smooth, be consistent. I knew I was going to have at least somebody behind me, so I just tried to minimize mistakes and just ride smart. Just happy to bring it home.”
With the pair splitting wins in what is the opening round of the Stock 1000 Championship, the Orange Cat duo is tied at the top of the championship point standings with 45 points apiece.
Jones Honda’s Ashton Yates finished third for the second straight day, 6.3 seconds behind and some three seconds ahead of Real Steel Honda’s JD Beach, who matched his fourth-place finish from Saturday’s race.
BPR Racing’s Bryce Kornbau rounded out the top five on his Yamaha YZF-R1.
Stock 1000 Race 2 Results
- Jayson Uribe (BMW) 17:19.026
- Andrew Lee (BMW) 17:21.032
- Ashton Yates (Honda) 17:25.337
- JD Beach (Honda) 17:28.181
- Bryce Kornbau (Yamaha) 17:37.818
- Jason Waters (BMW) 17:39.084
- Eziah Davis (Yamaha) 17:45.820
- Taylor Knapp (BMW) 17:46.151
- Rocco Landers (Suzuki) 17:47.473
- Christopher Durbin (BMW) 17:51.177
King Of The Baggers Race 2
Wyman’s 21st
Kyle Wyman is far and away the winningest rider in the short history of the Mission King Of The Baggers Championship, and the Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing rider added to his win list on a sunny Sunday at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta with victory number 21.
The win was also Wyman’s third out of the four races held thus far in 2025, with yesterday’s second-place finish the only blip in his season to date.
On Sunday, Wyman started from pole position but butchered a start in a way he wasn’t sure he’d ever done before. He apparently forgot to put the bike in gear and was fortunate to not have been run over.
“You’re supposed to put the bike in gear in order to start the race,” Wyman said. “I have to literally watch the video back, because there’s no way I just didn’t even try to. I must have gone for it and maybe it didn’t go, but it would be a first for me in my entire career. I’m just so happy and fortunate that it’s a small grid. You can’t have an issue like that on the grid, especially on the front row. I’ve seen some really, really terrifying incidents. Kyle Ohnsorg missed me, and I’m thankful for that. Then I had to miss him and Rocco [Landers] coming up the hill in turn one when they skittled. That was a gnarly way to start the day. But it worked out in my favor. The first red flag was a definite gift for me. The second one I didn’t feel like was a gift at the time because I had a clear track. I really wanted to continue those seven laps. But we went back and put the bike in gear again, get another good start, and put my head down. Really happy with the pace. I think I saw a couple 29.2s throughout that. It feels good. It’s been a little while since I’ve had a win like this in the class. The end of last season was a little bit more of a struggle for me, even though we did win a couple. Daytona is Daytona but it kind of feels like Laguna or Ohio last year is really the last performance that I’m proud of. I’m happy with this one today. For sure good for the points championship. We’re in a really good spot. I don’t think I’ve ever had this big of a points lead in this class. Just keep our head down. Let’s keep working.”
Not so fortunate was TAB Performance Racing’s Kyle Ohnsorg, who crashed seconds later when his Indian Challenger locked up. From there it got ugly with RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson’s Rocco Landers couldn’t avoid the crashed Indian and he crashed as well. Wyman, meanwhile, also had to find a way through the carnage, and the race was quickly red flagged.
The second attempt at running the race was red flagged when Troy Herfoss’ Indian sent a smokescreen down the back straight, leaving oil in its path.
The third time was the charm, with Wyman getting the holeshot and never looking back. He was chased for the duration by Frenchman Loris Baz, who won Saturday’s race on his S&S/Indian Motorcycle Challenger. Baz kept Wyman honest throughout but came up 1.7 seconds short.
Brit Bradley Smith was third, earning the second podium finish of his four-race-old Baggers career. He was some six seconds behind Baz and just .090 of a second ahead of his Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing teammate James Rispoli, with RevZilla/Motul/Harley-Davidson’s Hayden Gillim a shadow fifth.
King of the Baggers Race 2 Results
- Kyle Wyman (H-D) 8:59.678
- Loris Baz (Indian) 9:01.475
- Bradley Smith (H-D) 9:07.142
- James Rispoli (H-D) 9:07.249
- Hayden Gillim (H-D) 9:07.339
- Cory West (H-D) 9:14.518
- Max Flinders (H-D) 9:31.661
Super Hooligan Race 2
Lewis Again!
Saddlemen Race Development’s Jake Lewis looked over his shoulder on the second lap and no one was near, which is a rarity in the Mission Super Hooligan National Championship class.
Part of the reason for Lewis’ big early lead was a bit of melee in the turn 10 A/B chicane with defending series champion Cory West having a bike issue between the left and the right handers, and that led to a chain reaction that caused issues for James Rispoli and Hayden Schultz, who ended up crashing. Rispoli and his KWR Harley-Davidson would work their way back into a battle for second before bike issues knocked him out of the final results.
“Honestly it was kind of boring,” Lewis said. “All the Hooligan races so far this year have been so exciting to watch and been a last-lap scrap. I didn’t even hear anyone into 10 on the first lap. I looked back on the second lap and already saw I had a huge gap. Unfortunately, it looked like a couple of them went down. I think that’s what happens. I’ve been the pace setter all weekend. When I’m pushing the pace like that and they know I’m going to go like hell on the first lap, they’re trying like hell to stay with me. I’m just going to keep riding like I’m doing and just try to keep pushing the pace. I think now I’ll take over the points lead. It feels good. We’ll have a month and a half break before the Ridge. That’s one of my strongest tracks as well. A big thank you to the whole Saddlemen Race Development team. They’ve been working nonstop on this Pan America, and it’s showing. I’m riding at a good level. So, it’s going to be tough, I feel, for the competition to catch up. We’ve just got to keep our foot down.”
There was no catching Lewis after all the action in the chicane, as the Kentuckian maintained his cushion to score his second Hooligan race win of the weekend. Saturday’s win was by just .174 of a second over West, today’s win was a comfortable 4.5 seconds.
Second place went to KWR Harley-Davidson’s Cody Wyman, who was 3.9 seconds clear of his brother and teammate, Travis Wyman.
Edge Racing’s Jason Waters raced his Triumph 765RS to fourth with Giaccmoto Yamaha Racing’s Dominic Doyle rounding out the top five on his Yamaha MT-09 SP.
Super Hooligan Race 2 Results
- Jake Lewis (H-D) 9:04.328
- Cody Wyman (H-D) 9:08.830
- Travis Wyman (H-D) 9:12.742
- Jason Waters (Triumph) 9:17.976
- Dominic Doyle (Yamaha) 9:18.118
- Hunter Dunham (Yamaha) 9:18.428
- Hawk Mazzotta (Yamaha) 9:31.779
- Nate Kern (BMW) 9:34.862
- Matthew Patacca (Yamaha) 9:36.370
- Andrew Weyh (Ducati) 9:48.627
Saturday Races
Superbike Race 1
Beaubier Masters The Rain
Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Cameron Beaubier turned in a masterful wet-weather riding performance in Saturday’s MotoAmerica Superbike race at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, with the five-time champion putting in the fastest two laps of the race on the final two laps to thwart the efforts of Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne.
The win was Beaubier’s 10th MotoAmerica Superbike win at Road Atlanta and the 67th Superbike win of his career. It was also his first wet-weather race win on the BMW M 1000 RR.
Beaubier led every bit of the race, but not without pressure. Gagne latched on to the back of Beaubier and didn’t let go, trailing the BMW for all 15 laps. Gagne and his Yamaha YZF-R1 were quicker on the first part of the 2.54-mile track, but Beaubier had him covered on the rest, making it difficult for Gagne to get close enough to attempt a pass.
Those two cleared off at the front, leaving Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Josh Herrin to finish third, some 12 seconds behind. Herrin rode mostly alone, but a mistake allowed Vision Wheel M4 Ecstar Suzuki’s Sean Dylan Kelly to close in and almost beat the defending MotoAmerica Superbike Champion.
At the finish line it was Herrin by just 0.147 of a second over Kelly.
“I was just trying to stay focused on every part of the track,” Beaubier said. “Like Jake [Gagne] said, there are some corners out there that will just catch you. You feel like you’ll go through the same as you did the lap before, and your front tire will push right out from under you. Down into turn three, I knifed the front a couple times in the sighting lap session and also in the race. Then, where I fell over in the sighting lap session, there a couple times I had the front kind of push around a little bit. So, I definitely had my spots where I felt like I could roll around pretty good, and then other spots where I had to be really careful. I saw zero on my board, and then I started looking at Jake’s pit board. I saw our gap growing and I felt pretty comfortable at that pace. I knew Jake wasn’t going anywhere. So, I didn’t try to ride over my head. I just tried to stay in my lane. I figured something happened towards the end, but I felt like just with how sketchy the track is, it would be pretty tough to make any passes. I feel like we could hardly go any faster than we were going. I’m stoked just to get a good rain race under my belt on this bike, a good win. This is my first rain race win on the BMW. We’ve had some tough days on this thing in the wet, so that felt really good to feel good on the bike.”
Flo4LAW/SBU Racing’s Benjamin Smith put in an impressive ride to a Superbike career best finish of fifth. Smith battled with and beat Vision Wheel M4 Ecstar Suzuki’s Richie Escalante by 1.1 seconds.
The Real Steel Honda pairing of Hayden Gillim and JD Beach ended up seventh and eighth, respectively. Aftercare Scheibe Racing’s Danilo Lewis and Jones Honda’s Ashton Yates rounded out the top 10.
Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong ended up 11th after crashing out of third place and remounting to score five valuable points.
The top four finishers were mounted on four different makes of motorcycle: BMW, Yamaha, Ducati and Suzuki.
After three races in the 2025 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship, Beaubier leads Jake Gagne by nine points, 70-61. Herrin is third, 27 points behind Beaubier and four points ahead of Kelly. Fong rounds out the top five in the title chase, three points adrift of Kelly.
Beach, meanwhile, keeps his unbeaten streak alive in the MotoAmerica Superbike Cup, with three wins on his Stock 1000-spec Honda CBR1000 RR Fireblade SP.
The second of two Superbike races at Road Atlanta will take place on Sunday at 3:12 p.m.
Superbike Race 1 Results
- Cameron Beaubier (BMW) 24:23.041
- Jake Gagne (Yamaha) 24:24.874
- Josh Herrin (Ducati) 24:35.120
- Sean Dylan Kelly (Suzuki) 24:35.267
- Benjamin Smith (Yamaha) 24:46.125
- Richie Escalante (Suzuki) 24:47.238
- Hayden Gillim (Honda) 25:08.552
- JD Beach (Honda) 25:15.047
- Danilo Lewis (BMW) 25:36.143
- Ashton Yates (Honda) 25:40.872
King Of The Baggers Race 1
Baz Gets His First KOTB Win
It’s not often that someone can spot Kyle Wyman a lead in a Mission King Of The Baggers race and not only catch him but beat him. Frenchman Loris Baz, however, did just that on a rainy Saturday at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta in what was his first outing on his S&S/Indian Motorcycle-backed Indian Challenger in wet conditions, and just his third race in the class.
In winning his first Mission King Of The Baggers race, Baz became the 10th different racer to taste victory in the fifth year of the V-twin class.
Just when it appeared as though Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Wyman had this one locked up, Baz started to push forward, moving into second after passing his teammate Troy Herfoss, and gaining ground quickly as the laps wore down. Baz didn’t get to the back of the Harley until the very last lap, and he made it count, drafting past Wyman on the back straight, taking the lead into 10-A, and holding a tight line through the final set of corners to score the win by just 0.199 of a second.
Third place went to 2024 Mission King Of The Baggers Champion Herfoss, who admitted to just having a bad day. Herfoss was some three seconds adrift of Baz and Wyman and the Australian only just beat RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson’s Hayden Gillim by 0.126 of a second.
Herfoss’ teammate Tyler O’Hara was fifth, well clear of Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Bradley Smith
TAB Performance Racing’s Kyle Ohnsorg, SDI Racing replacement rider Brandon Paasch, Saddlemen Racing’s Cory West, and Lyndall Brakes/M3’s Max Flinders rounded out the top 10.
After three races, Wyman leads the championship by 26 points over Herfoss, 70-44. Baz is now third in the title chase, three points adrift of Herfoss.
“Well, it went from just trying to survive to seeing I was catching [gaining ground],” Baz said. “But at the same time, so many moments. I almost crashed 25 times in that race. I had big moments with the rear, but I feel like I was controlling the rear, playing with that limit. But my main concern was the front. On those three first laps before the race [a practice session], I had a really bad feeling on the front. I was not expecting to fight for the win in that race. But then we restarted, and I could see that everyone was a little bit struggling. Even if I had a lot of problems on the lean angle on the front, I kind of found some lines and I was able to just brake hard straight, not lean the bike too much, and change a little bit my lines. It took me a little bit of time to overtake Troy [Herfoss], because with that bad feeling and the moments I was having, I didn’t want to take him out. It was sketchy, but after two laps I saw that I was catching Kyle [Wyman] in a lot of places. So, I went from trying to secure second place to accepting the risk of trying to catch him. I knew that I was on the limit, but I think everyone was. I was pretty happy. I knew I had no chance to overtake him anywhere, unless on the straight into 10A. Then I had a big moment in the exit of 10B, but that was the third or fourth time in that race, so I was expecting that. I’m super happy. It doesn’t matter the class. When you never rode a bike in the wet and you go first time, it’s just a matter of how good your crew is to guess setup for you. So, big thanks to them. They did a great job to guess the right setup for me. Obviously, I’m much bigger than those guys, than Tyler [O’Hara] and Troy [Herfoss], so you can’t copy and paste the setup. I’m happy. I’m proud of what we are doing inside the team and all the people involved. It’s a massive challenge. First time riding a bike with no TC in the wet, it’s been 15 years. It’s something I love, but we have to remember how to do it. So, I’m happy.”
King of the Baggers Race 1 Results
- Loris Baz (Indian) 11:58.644
- Kyle Wyman (H-D) 11:58.843
- Troy Herfoss (Indian) 12:01.650
- Hayden Gillim (H-D) 12:01.776
- Tyler O’Hara (Indian) 12:03.524
- Bradley Smith (H-D) 12:13.654
- Kyle Ohnsorg (Indian) 12:17.388
- Brandon Paasch (Indian) 12:26.639
- Cory West (H-D) 12:31.637
- Max Flinders (H-D) 12:32.372
Supersport Race 1
Jacobsen’s Last-Lap Stunner
For all practical purposes, Altus Motorsports’ Jake Lewis led the entire Motovation Supersport race on Saturday afternoon at Road Atlanta with the Yamaha YZF-R9-mounted Kentuckian in control despite the challenge of being on rain tires on a track that was drying quickly. But just like that, Rahal Ducati Moto w/Xpel’s PJ Jacobsen, who like Lewis and the rest of the field was fighting the challenge of racing on badly worn rain tires, passed Lewis on the back straight and held him off through the final set of corners to snatch victory on the last lap.
At the finish line, it was Jacobsen winning the 13th MotoAmerica Supersport race of his career by just 0.371 of a second over Lewis, who was disappointed to come up short in Supersport, it was hard to be anything but pleased with his day as he’d earlier won the Mission Super Hooligan National Championship race.
Vision Wheel M4 Ecstar Suzuki’s Tyler Scott was third, barely beating Celtic/Economy Lube+Tire/Warhorse HSBK Ducati’s Cameron Petersen, with the South African crossing the line just 0.055 behind Scott.
Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz was fifth and it cost him the lead in the Motovation Supersport Championship as he slipped 13 points behind Jacobsen after three races, 65-52. Lewis is now in a tie for third in the championship with BPR Racing Yamaha’s Josh Hayes, who was ninth today after an off-track excursion proved to be costly.
Scholtz started the race from pole position after breaking Garrett Gerloff’s Supersport lap record from 2017 with his 1:27.746 in Q2.
Sixth place went to Rahal Ducati Moto w/XPEL’s Kayla Yaakov with Vision Wheel M4 Ecstar Suzuki’s Max Van, Strack Racing’s Blake Davis, Hayes, and MP13 Racing’s Aiden Sneed rounding out the top 10.
“With racing, I feel like I’ve been in positions where someone else is in front of me the whole time,” Jacobsen said. “Then you’re just studying them the whole race. Jake [Lewis] looked back at me a few times in the back straightaway, one or two times shaking his head. I wanted to give him a go at some point, but it was good. He rode really, really great. The whole thing with that race was trying to manage the tire as well, because it felt like ice after four laps and the track just started drying out so fast. So, it was definitely like slicks by probably the fourth lap. It was a difficult race and I was managing it with the throttle control. There were certain points in that race that I wanted to ask for a bit more throttle and try to have more goes at Jake, but I was sitting there basically like a yo-yo the whole time. It was managing the tire for both of us, because there were parts where he slowed up a little bit too and then re-attack. So, I thought it was a really great race. I thought that he really deserved the win today but, unfortunately, I had to heartbreak him there at the end.”
Supersport Race 1 Results
- PJ Jacobsen (Ducati) 22:44.736
- Jake Lewis (Yamaha) 22:45.107
- Tyler Scott (Suzuki) 22:53.027
- Cameron Petersen (Ducati) 22:53.268
- Mathew Scholtz (Yamaha) 22:54.153
- Kayla Yaakov (Ducati) 23:07.157
- Max VanDenBrouck (Suzuki) 23:09.048
- Blake Davis (Yamaha) 23:10.294
- Joshua Hayes (Yamaha) 23:27.186
- Aiden Sneed (MV Agusta) 23:29.080
Stock 1000 Race 1
Lee By 0.009 Of A Second
It’s often said that the rider you want to beat the most is your teammate. Andrew Lee followed that line of thinking to a tee on Saturday with a last-lap, last-corner pass on his Orange Cat Racing teammate Jayson Uribe that earned him victory in the first Stock 1000 race of the season—by 0.009 of a second.
Uribe led the entire race until the final lap. Polesitter Lee never led a lap… until the final lap. And it ended with a photo-finish.
The win was two-time class champion Lee’s first since his victory at Barber Motorsports Park in 2019, and the 12th of his career. He was understandably emotional.
A distant third place went to Jones Honda’s Ashton Yates, with the Georgian getting the better of Real Steel Honda’s JD Beach, who ended up fourth in his first-ever Stock 1000 race. Yates was some two seconds clear of Beach at the finish line with the pair running in a Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP formation for most of the race.
BPR Racing’s Deion Campbell was fifth after emerging from a battle with The Bike Experience USA’s Eziah Davis, and Edge Racing’s Josh Waters.
Durbin Racing’s Christopher Durbin, RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki’s Stock 1000 rookie Rocco Landers, and Corrientes Racing Team/MPR Motorsport’s Emanuel Nicolás Aguilar rounded out the top 10.
The race was red flagged almost immediately when Bryce Kornbau and Taylor Knapp crashed through the esses in separate incidents.
“I have no idea, honestly,” Lee said when asked how he managed the last-lap pass. “Jayson [Uribe] was riding such a good race. There was a moment I had over [turn] five that kind of put me in a spot where I didn’t think I could make it. I just kind of tried to hit my marks and I got a good draft off of him. I sent a little bit of a Hail Mary. It worked out. I didn’t want to do anything too risky the first race of the year. I really can’t thank my team enough. Orange Cat and Alpha BMW have really put a bike underneath me that we can go out there and win races. It was almost like I was never going to do it again, so it’s nice to be back. It just kind of validates all the work I’ve put in and the time off. Sitting on the couch watching people I want to be racing. Orange Cat took a risk taking me back onto the grid. I’m happy that I could put them on top of the box.”
Stock 1000 Race 1 Results
- Andrew Lee (BMW) 11:31.479
- Jayson Uribe (BMW) 11:31.488
- Ashton Yates (Honda) 11:35.848
- JD Beach (Honda) 11:37.706
- Deion Campbell (Yamaha) 11:51.037
- Eziah Davis (Yamaha) 11:51.466
- Jason Waters (BMW) 11:52.137
- Christopher Durbin (BMW) 11:52.234
- Rocco Landers (Suzuki) 11:54.472
- Emanuel Nicolas Aguilar (Honda) 11:56.881
Super Hooligan Race 1
Lewis Over West
Saddlemen Race Development’s Jake Lewis managed to hold back his teammate Cory West through the final set of corners to win Saturday’s Mission Super Hooligan National Championship race at Road Atlanta.
Margin of victory? Just 0.174 of a second in the red-flat interrupted and shortened five-lap race.
Lewis and West managed to get to the front and gap the field after the red flag that was brought about by ARCH Racing’s Corey Alexander, with the New Yorker crashing in the final corner.
Once they were free from the pack, the pair battled to the finish with Lewis doing most of the leading in the early laps. It was West, however, who ended up in front on the last lap. Teammate or no teammate, Lewis wasn’t in the mood for second place, and he made the move on West on the back straight on the final lap. Once he was in front, Lewis blocked any passing opportunity West might have had to take his second race of the three-race-old season.
With the win, Lewis moves to second in the title chase and trails West by four points, 61-57.
A lonely third place went to KWR Harley-Davidson’s Cody Wyman, who was almost five seconds behind the Lewis/West battle and seven seconds ahead of Giaccomoto Yamaha Racing’s Dominic Doyle. Doyle, meanwhile, was just 0.407 of a second ahead of fifth-placed Travis Wyman on the third Saddlemen Race Development Harley-Davidson Pan America.
“I don’t know if it was the right strategy or not,” Lewis said. “I did try to split. With two to go, it popped out of gear between five and six a couple times. I looked back and Cory [West] was right there, and then he drafted me into [turn] 10. I was like, ‘I don’t really know what to do, honestly.’ But I just sat behind him onto the long straightaway, because that was my only shot at going down into 10. I know we’re teammates, but that was a hell of a battle. Going down into there, I was like, I’m either going to make this stick or end up in the gravel trap. It was a little bit sketchy getting in there, but when I flipped it back right, I just hugged it real tight and tried to squirt out of there and then block him into the last turn, and it just worked out perfect. A big hats off to my whole Saddlemen Race Development team.”
Super Hooligan Race 1 Results
- Jake Lewis (H-D) 7:29.765
- Cory West (H-D) 7:29.939
- Cody Wyman (H-D) 7:34.534
- Dominic Doyle (Yamaha) 7:41.521
- Travis Wyman (H-D) 7:41.928
- Andy DiBrino (Triumph) 7:42.651
- Hunter Dunham (Yamaha) 7:43.906
- Jason Waters (Triumph) 7:44.212
- Hawk Mazzotta (Yamaha) 7:59.647
- Nate Kern (BMW) 8:00.180
Saturday Qualifying 2
Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Cameron Beaubier earned pole position Saturday morning for this weekend’s two Superbike races at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta with the five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion bettering his lap time after earning provisional pole on Friday afternoon.
Beaubier’s best this morning was a 1:23.763, and that was 0.392 of a second better than Friday’s best. Still, Beaubier was a tick off Jake Gagne’s lap record from 2022 of 1:23.407.
“I’ve always enjoyed this place,” Beaubier said. “We normally come here for the first round of the season, so it’s a little different getting Barber out of the way and then coming here. I kinda like it. It’s been a track that’s always suited my style, the fast flip flops, and the flowy last section. We’re just enjoying our time. We made a little bike change overnight, and I feel like it really helped me in the fast flip-flop section. I know Sean [Dylan Kelly] was really fast there yesterday and so was Bobby [Fong]. So far so good.”
Rain is forecasted for this afternoon’s race, which would mean that no one would have practiced or qualified in wet conditions.
“We’ll put our rain setting in that we’ve been working on, especially after Barber,” Beaubier said. “I feel a lot more comfortable in the rain after Barber. We really haven’t had that much wet time on this bike over the last couple of seasons. I feel like we will be ready for any weather conditions, but definitely hoping it stays dry because I feel like we have pretty good pace right now.
Orange Cat Racing’s Andrew Lee will start this weekend’s two Stock 1000 races after earning pole position in this morning’s Q2 session. It was the first time since 2019 that Lee had earned a pole position.
“I think the last time I was on pole was 2019 at Barber Motorsports Park, which was the last round for me at the time,” Lee said. “It’s been a long time. Round one for the season, and to be on pole, first race round of the year with the Orange Cat team. I’m ecstatic.
“The biggest thing with the team is they are open. They want to do whatever it takes to get me comfortable on the bike. They work hard. They put a bike under me that maybe nobody else could ride, but I can ride it and I’m comfortable on it and I’m able to make do.”
Superbike Q2 Results
- Cameron Beaubier (BMW) 1:23.763
- Bobby Fong (Yamaha) 1:24.038
- Sean Dylan Kelly (Suzuki) 1:24.731
- Josh Herrin (Ducati) 1:24.789
- Richie Escalante (Suzuki) 1:25.075
- Jake Gagne (Yamaha) 1:25.144
- Benjamin Smith (Yamaha) 1:25.868
- Hayden Gillim (Honda) 1:25.892
- Ashton Yates (Honda) 1:26.074
- JD Beach (Honda) 1:27.263
Supersport Q2 Results
- Mathew Scholtz (Yamaha) 1:27.746
- PJ Jacobsen (Ducati) 1:28.165
- Joshua Hayes (Yamaha) 1:28.823
- Tyler Scott (Suzuki) 1:28.836
- Jake Lewis (Yamaha) 1:29.135
- Blake Davis (Yamaha) 1:29.185
- Corey Alexander (Ducati) 1:29.269
- Kayla Yaakov (Ducati) 1:29.446
- Teagg Hobbs (Yamaha) 1:29.567
- Torin Collins (Suzuki) 1:30.136
Stock 1000 Q2 Results
- Andrew Lee (BMW) 1:26.003
- Ashton Yates (Honda) 1:26.260
- Jayson Uribe (BMW) 1:26.394
- Bryce Kornbau (Yamaha) 1:27.634
- Taylor Knapp (BMW) 1:28.073
- Rocco Landers (Suzuki) 1:28.225
- Eziah Davis (Yamaha) 1:28.492
- Alex Arango (BMW) 1:29.987
- Emanuel Nicolas Aguilar (Honda) 1:29.988
- Christopher Durbin (BMW) 1:30.112
King of the Baggers Q2 Results
- Kyle Wyman (H-D) 1:29.152
- Troy Herfoss (Indian) 1:29.330
- Tyler O’Hara (Indian) 1:29.696
- Bradley Smith (H-D) 1:29.814
- James Rispoli (H-D) 1:29.996
- Loris Baz (Indian) 1:30.076
- Hayden Gillim (H-D) 1:30.450
- Kyle Ohnsorg (Indian) 1:30.613
- Rocco Landers (H-D) 1:31.337
- Cory West (H-D) 1:31.728
Super Hooligan Q2 Results
- Hayden Schultz (H-D) 1:31.322
- James Rispoli (H-D) 1:31.908
- Jason Waters (Triumph) 1:32.168
- Travis Wyman (H-D) 1:32.841
- Andy DiBrino (Triumph) 1:33.022
- Hunter Dunham (Yamaha) 1:33.051
- Dominic Doyle (Yamaha) 1:33.060
- Cody Wyman (H-D) 1:33.085
- Hawk Mazzotta (Yamaha) 1:36.518
- Josh Baird (Triumph) 1:36.703
Friday Qualifying
Superbike Qualifying 1
Beaubier On Top On Fast Friday At Road Atlanta
Cameron Beaubier likes Road Atlanta. And why wouldn’t he? After all, the five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion has won nine Superbike races at the facility.
On Friday afternoon, Beaubier showed his Road Atlanta speed with a lap of 1:24.155 that earned him provisional pole position for this weekend’s two Superbike races.
Beaubier, who leads the championship points standings after one round and two races, led a tightly knit group of four who were just a second off his best lap on the Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW M 1000 RR.
That foursome was led by Vision Wheel M4 Ecstar’s Sean Dylan Kelly with the Floridian just 0.289 of a second behind Beaubier and some three-tenths ahead of Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong. The final rider on the same second as Beaubier was defending series champion Josh Herrin, with the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati rider fourth fastest with a best of 1:24.986.
Fong’s teammate Jake Gagne was next with the three-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion fifth fastest and some six-tenths ahead of Real Steel Honda’s Hayden Gillim and his Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP.
Vision Wheel M4 Ecstar Suzuki’s Richie Escalante, BPR Racing Yamaha’s Bryce Kornbau, Jones Honda’s Ashton Yates and Real Steel Honda’s JD Beach rounded out the top 10 qualifiers on Friday.
“I’ve got a lot of laps at this place, and I really enjoy this place,” Beaubier said. “Up, down, the fast sections. It fits my style. Everyone else is going fast, too. All these guys are going fast. SDK [Sean Dylan Kelly] was fast, Josh [Herrin] went fast this morning, and this afternoon. We’ve got some work to do, and we’ll keep our head down and keep working, and we’ll be ready when it comes to three o’clock tomorrow.”
Superbike Q1 Results
- Cameron Beaubier (BMW) 1:24.155
- Sean Dylan Kelly (Suzuki) 1:24.444
- Bobby Fong (Yamaha) 1:24.724
- Josh Herrin (Ducati) 1:24.986
- Jake Gagne (Yamaha) 1:25.281
- Hayden Gillim (Honda) 1:25.863
- Richie Escalante (Suzuki) 1:26.162
- Bryce Kornbau (Yamaha) 1:27.122
- Ashton Yates (Honda) 1:27.179
- JD Beach (Honda) 1:27.601
Supersport Qualifying 1
Déjà Vu
Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz, the defending Motovation Supersport Champion, earned provisional pole position on a lightning-delayed Friday Qualifying 1 session with his 1:29.313 topping Rahal Ducati Moto w/Xpel’s PJ Jacobsen by 0.361 of a second in a replay of their 2024 season battles.
Those two were the only riders to get into the 1:29s and that put them ahead of Scholtz’ teammate Blake Davis, with the youngster ending up 0.873 of a second off Scholtz’s best.
Barber race-two winner Josh Hayes was fourth fastest to lead the provisional second row on his BPR Racing Yamaha YZF-R9. He led Vision Wheel M4 Ecstar Suzuki’s Tyler Scott.
Celtic/Economy Lube+Tire/Warhorse HSBK Ducati’s Cameron Petersen, Altus Motorsports’ Jake Lewis, Rahal Ducati Moto w/Xpel’s Kayla Yaakov and BPR Racing’s Teagg Hobbs rounded out the top 10.
Supersport Q1 Results
- Mathew Scholtz (Yamaha) 1:29.313
- PJ Jacobsen (Ducati) 1:29.674
- Blake Davis (Yamaha) 1:30.186
- Joshua Hayes (Yamaha) 1:30.822
- Tyler Scott (Suzuki) 1:30.863
- Cameron Petersen (Ducati) 1:30.870
- Jake Lewis (Yamaha) 1:31.029
- Kayla Yaakov (Ducati) 1:31.509
- Teagg Hobbs (Yamaha) 1:31.727
- David Anthony (Suzuki) 1:31.758
Stock 1000 Qualifying 1
Yates!
Homeboy Ashton Yates earned provisional pole for the weekend’s two Stock 1000 races with his best lap of 1:26.313 on his Jones Honda CBR1000RR-R SP besting Orange Cat Racing’s Jayson Uribe by just 0.179 of a second.
Uribe’s Orange Cat Racing teammate Andrew Lee filled the provisional front row with his 1:27.050 on his BMW M 1000 RR.
Real Steel Honda’s JD Beach ended up fourth fastest with his best lap of 1:27.601 coming from Superbike Q1. BPR Racing Yamaha’s Bryce Kornbau rounded out the top five.
RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki’s Rocco Landers was sixth fastest in what is his debut in the Stock 1000 class.
Stock 1000 Q1 Results
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- Ashton Yates (Honda) 1:26.313
- Jayson Uribe (BMW) 1:26.492
- Andrew Lee (BMW) 1:27.050
- Bryce Kornbau (Yamaha) 1:28.133
- Rocco Landers (Suzuki) 1:28.245
- Eziah Davis (Yamaha) 1:28.984
- Taylor Knapp (BMW) 1:29.369
- Christopher Durbin (BMW) 1:29.758
- Alex Arango (BMW) 1:30.656
- Emanuel Nicolas Aguilar (Honda) 1:31.173
King Of The Baggers Qualifying 1
Wyman, Baz, Herfoss
Friday’s Q1 Mission King Of The Baggers session was red-flagged with some six minutes remaining due to oil being dropped on the racetrack in the 10A-10B chicane. When action resumed after the cleanup, it was Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Kyle Wyman on provisional pole after edging S&S/Indian Motorcycle’s Loris Baz by a scant 0.012 of a second.
Wyman’s best lap was a 1:29.592, with Baz’s best a 1:29.604. Those two were the only in the class to circulate in the 1:29s.
Mission King Of The Baggers Champion Troy Herfoss completed the provisional front row in third, 0.597 of a second behind Wyman. The Australian led a horde of riders on the same second, led by TAB Performance Racing’s Kyle Ohnsorg in fourth.
The others on the same second were S&S/Indian Motorcycle’s Tyler O’Hara, Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Bradley Smith, Saddlemen Race Development’s Jake Lewis, Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s James Rispoli, and the pair of RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidsons ridden by Hayden Gillim and Rocco Landers, who crashed out of the session when he hit the oiled portion of the racetrack.
King Of The Baggers Q1 Results
- Kyle Wyman (H-D) 1:29.592
- Loris Baz (Indian) 1:29.604
- Troy Herfoss (Indian) 1:30.189
- Kyle Ohnsorg (Indian) 1:30.334
- Tyler O’Hara (Indian) 1:30.347
- Bradley Smith (H-D) 1:30.367
- Jake Lewis (H-D) 1:30.625
- James Rispoli (H-D) 1:30.808
- Hayden Gillim (H-D) 1:31.048
- Rocco Landers (H-D) 1:31.091
Super Hooligan Qualifying 1
Teammates At The Top
Saddlemen Race Development’s Jake Lewis and defending class champion Cory West led the way on Friday in the first qualifying session for the two Mission Super Hooligan National Championship races.
Lewis led his teammate West by just 0.290 of a second with the pair of Harley-Davidson Pan Americas the only two to lap in the 1:30s. Lewis’ 1:30.395 was a new lap record for the class.
KWR Harley-Davidson’s Cody Wyman ended the session third, 0.834 of a second behind Lewis and ahead of his brother Travis, who was on the third Saddlemen Harley.
KWR Harley-Davidson’s Hayden Schultz ended the day fifth, ahead of the first of the non-Harleys—Giaccmoto Yamaha Racing’s Dominic Doyle.
Super Hooligan Q1 Results
- Jake Lewis (H-D) 1:30.395
- Cory West (H-D) 1:30.685
- Cody Wyman (H-D) 1:31.229
- Travis Wyman (H-D) 1:31.803
- Hayden Schultz (H-D) 1:31.908
- Dominic Doyle (Yamaha) 1:31.983
- James Rispoli (H-D) 1:32.072
- Jason Waters (Triumph) 1:32.860
- Hunter Dunham (Yamaha) 1:32.940
- Andy DiBrino (Triumph) 1:33.417
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