MotoAmerica previews the upcoming weekend of racing for round seven at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.
Just Five Points Between Herrin And Fong As The Superbikes Head To Mid-Ohio
Josh Herrin Leads Bobby Fong By Five Points, Cameron Beaubier Lurks In Third As Series Ventures To Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
This is a press release / race preview from MotoAmerica…
Irvine, CA (August 13, 2025) – The championship points payout between first and second in the MotoAmerica Championship is five. The difference between Josh Herrin and Bobby Fong in the 2025 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship is five points. Bring on Mid-Ohio.
Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Herrin will arrive at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course this week leading Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong by five points. At this point in the season, that’s basically nothing.
Herrin got himself in this position with a crash on the second lap of the second race at VIRginia International Raceway two weeks ago. It was the first mistake he had made since his crash at the Barber Motorsports Park round over a year ago, but this one changed everything.
Going into race two at VIR, Herrin was coming off a third-place finish in race one behind race-winner Fong and Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Cameron Beaubier. When the points were tallied after Saturday’s race, Herrin led Beaubier by 27 points and Fong by 28.
What a difference a day makes.
With Fong racing off to his fourth win in a row while Herrin managed to score just two points with a 14th-place finish, the points lead was for all intents and purposes… gone. And Herrin also tossed a bone to Beaubier, who, with his close fourth-place finish, is now only 16 points behind Herrin and 11 behind Fong.
The winning in the Superbike class this year goes in streaks. Herrin won five in a row from race one at Road America to race one at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Currently, Fong is the man with the hot hand as he has won four in a row and will be going for five in a row this weekend at Mid-Ohio.
Beaubier, meanwhile, is still hunting his 90th career AMA road race victory – a mark that will make him the winningest rider in AMA road racing history. Beaubier won two Superbike races in a row way back in May at Road Atlanta but is winless ever since. However, with five MotoAmerica Superbike Championships in his pocket, Beaubier isn’t a racer you should give too many free passes to. Herrin’s crash has brought Beaubier right back into this title fight.
Fong’s teammate Jake Gagne is technically still in the conversation. He trails Herrin by 55 points and desperately needs some victories. The problem remains Gagne’s effort to get the strength back in his arms, but his battles of late show that things are improving.
Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante is coming off a dramatic third-place finish in race two at VIR in what was arguably his best Superbike ride to date. He narrowly missed out on second place to his teammate Sean Dylan Kelly, with the Floridian turning around what has been a horrible case of bad luck. Kelly’s fourth -and second-place finishes vaulted him to sixth in the title chase, but the two Suzuki men are too far behind to make any sort of title challenge. The duo can certainly mix things up, however.
Real Steel Honda’s JD Beach is one point behind Kelly in the Superbike Championship, but more important to his pocketbook is the 66 points he holds over Jason Waters in the battle for the MotoAmerica Superbike Cup, which pays $25,000 to the rider who finishes the highest on their Stock 1000-spec motorcycle.
Beach’s teammate Hayden Gillim, BPR Racing Yamaha’s Bryce Kornbau, and Aftercare Scheibe Racing’s Danilo Lewis round out the top 10.
Pre-Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Notes…
Last year’s Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course round of the MotoAmerica Championship marked a return to the facility in Lexington after a 10-year hiatus.
A year ago, Josh Herrin was perfect in the two Superbike races at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course as he beat Cameron Beaubier and JD Beach in race one before topping Sean Dylan Kelly and Beaubier in race two. The doubleheader sweep was a first for Herrin in the Superbike class, and he would carry that momentum to his second-career AMA Superbike Championship.
Cameron Beaubier earned pole position for last year’s two Superbike races at Mid-Ohio with his 1:23.904 in Friday’s Q1 session. That was as close as anyone came to breaking the Superbike lap record of 1:23.639 set way back in 2008 by Ben Spies, who is now the team principal for Rahal Ducati Moto.
Cameron Beaubier comes to Mid-Ohio with 89 AMA road race wins, one shy of taking the all-time lead, which puts him in a tie with Josh Hayes for all-time AMA road race wins across all classes. When Beaubier won three of the first four MotoAmerica Superbike races to start the season, it seemed like his 90th was just around the corner.
Bobby Fong comes to Mid-Ohio riding a four-race win streak, bringing his total of Superbike wins to nine. That mark ties him with 1993 500cc World Champion Kevin Schwantz and four-time AMA champion (1996 750cc Supersport, 2002 Supersport, and 2005 and 2008 Superstock) Aaron Yates for 21st on the all-time win list. Fong’s next victory will put him in a tie for 20th with Mike Baldwin.
Four riders have won MotoAmerica Superbike races in 2025–Josh Herrin (five), Bobby Fong (four), Cameron Beaubier (three), and Jake Gagne (one).
Australian Mat Mladin has more AMA Superbike wins at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course than any other racer. Mladin won 10 Superbike Nationals on the 2.4-mile road course, with his first victory coming in 2001 and his last coming in 2008. Mladin leads Josh Hayes in Superbike wins at the iconic track, 10-8.
The very first AMA Superbike race was held at Mid-Ohio in 1983, with motocrosser-turned-road-racer Steve Wise taking the win in the circuit’s debut.
MotoAmerica Goes To Mid-Ohio For Scholtz Vs. Jacobsen, Round Seven
The Supersport Title Battle Headlines An Action-Packed Weekend Of Racing At Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
This is a press release / race preview from MotoAmerica…
Irvine, CA (August 13, 2025) – Although both riders won races at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course a year ago, Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz came away with the most Supersport points. When he didn’t win, he finished second. Meanwhile, his championship rival, Rahal Ducati Moto’s PJ Jacobsen, won race one but finished fourth in race two. When the MotoAmerica series departed Ohio in 2024, Scholtz did so with a 25-point lead over Jacobsen with two rounds remaining.
Fast forward to 2025. Jacobsen has been exceptional when it comes to damage limitation on days when Scholtz is at his best. Case in point: The New Yorker has finished second in all six of Scholtz’ victories. That’s how you keep yourself in a title chase.
The pair comes to Mid-Ohio this year with just seven points separating them in the Motovation Supersport Championship, with Scholtz leading Jacobsen, 242-235. Scholtz has six wins to Jacobsen’s two victories, but Jacobsen has only been off the podium once—a fourth in race two at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Scholtz has two non-podium races on his scorecard—a fifth in race one at Road Atlanta and a fourth in race two at Road America.
Scholtz’s teenage teammate Blake Davis is on the outside looking in. The recent high-school graduate has won three races and is third in the title chase, albeit 56 points in arrears. Davis has seven total podiums and has shown he can win on any given weekend.
Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott is fourth in the championship and is coming off a difficult weekend at VIRginia International Raceway, as a pre-VIR testing crash left him bruised and beaten.
Celtic/Economy Lube+Tire/Warhorse HSBK Ducati’s Cameron Petersen finished a fighting third in race one at VIR but crashed out of the battle in race two. The South African is fifth in the championship, just one point behind Scott.
Mission King Of The Baggers – Back On Track
It’s been a month since the last time Mission King Of The Baggers turned a wheel in anger, but the big V-twins are back in business this weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
They come to Ohio with not much of a championship battle, but with the promise that, as always, the class will provide plenty of action and heated on-track scraps.
Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Kyle Wyman arrives at Mid-Ohio with a 76-point lead in the championship. Surprisingly, it’s not defending class champion Troy Herfoss who is the closest to Wyman. Instead, it’s his class rookie teammate Loris Baz who sits second, with the Frenchman impressive in his first year on a Bagger. S&S/Indian Motorcycle’s Baz has a win and three additional podiums.
Herfoss is third, 82 points behind Wyman and six behind Baz. Herfoss is one of three riders to win a race in 2024, joining Wyman and Baz. The Aussie is hoping to turn things around after spending a month at his Gold Coast home.
Herfoss’ teammate Tyler O’Hara is fourth, with RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson’s Rocco Landers fifth in the title chase.
Stock 1000 – Lee Over Beach
Real Steel Honda’s JD Beach is brimming with confidence after winning both Stock 1000 races at VIRginia International Raceway and vaulting himself into serious championship contention.
However, if Beach has championship aspirations, he will have to go through OrangeCat Racing’s Andrew Lee to get there. Lee, and his three victories in 2025, sits atop the standings with a 10-point lead over a red-hot Beach, 122-112.
Lee’s teammate Jayson Uribe could throw a monkey wrench into all of it. Uribe is third, 28 points behind Lee and 18 behind Beach. He is also just two points ahead of Jones Honda’s Ashton Yates.
Mission Super Hooligan National Championship – West Takes Over
Saddlemen Race Development’s Jake Lewis had everything going his way prior to the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca round of the Mission Super Hooligan National Championship Powered By Harley-Davidson. With four wins in the first five races, Lewis was in complete control of the point standings.
Then it all fell apart, with a big crash before racing even started at Laguna Seca that left him beat up and out of the weekend’s two races. Lewis could only watch as KWR Harley-Davidson’s James Rispoli won both races. More importantly for Lewis, his teammate Cory West was second in both.
And just like that, a cushy points lead had turned into a 16-point deficit, with defending class champion West now in front of Lewis, 139-123.
Now it all comes down to the final two races of the 2025 Super Hooligan Championship this weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
If Lewis were to win both with West second in both, the title would go to West by six points. But this is Hooligan racing, and there will be battles aplenty at the front of the pack with the likes of Rispoli, Travis Wyman, Cody Wyman, and others, all capable of being a spoiler and all hungry to finish their season with race wins.
Pre-Mid-Ohio Support Notes…
PJ Jacobsen and Mathew Scholtz split wins in the Supersport races last year at Mid-Ohio with Jacobsen beating Scholtz and Larry Pegram in race one and Scholtz topping Tyler Scott and Jake Lewis in race two.
Troy Herfoss won the first of two Mission King Of The Baggers races at Mid-Ohio last year, with Kyle Wyman second and Rocco Landers third. Wyman flipped the results in race two by winning over Herfoss and Landers.
Jake Lewis and Cory West won the two Mission Super Hooligan National Championship races last year. Lewis topped West and Hayden Schultz in race one with West beating Tyler O’Hara and Troy Herfoss in race two.
Kyle Wyman is far and away the winningest rider in the six-year history of the Mission King Of The Baggers series. Wyman has 23 victories in the class, while Troy Herfoss is second on the all-time win list with eight victories.
Rahal Ducati Moto’s PJ Jacobsen set a new Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Supersport lap record of 1:27.427 last year in Qualifying 1.
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