Sunday Superbike Race Two
Race 2 began with immediate drama as Race 1 winner, Fong, suffered a poor start, dropping back to seventh position in the opening stages of the first lap. At the front, JD Beach (Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing) led Mathew Scholtz (Strack Racing), Sean Dylan Kelly (OrangeCat Racing), and Richie Escalante (M4 ECSTAR Suzuki). Meanwhile, further back in the pack, Hayden Gillim (Real Steel Honda) ran off track from 11th, and Benjamin Smith’s race ended early with a crash on Lap 4.
Fong quickly mounted a fierce recovery. By the end of Lap 5, he sliced past Baz into fifth, and on Lap 7, he made a decisive move on Escalante. At this stage of the 20-lap race, a tight trail of seven superbikes was separated by less than two seconds. Fong continued his march, overtaking championship leader SDK for third just as Scholtz slipped past Beach for the lead.
On Lap 8, Fong dispatched his teammate Beach to take second. With eight laps remaining, Scholtz held a narrow lead with Fong hounding his rear tire, while a gap of over 1.8 seconds opened to the battling trio of Beach, SDK, and Escalante. With just two laps to go, Fong capitalized on a misstep from Scholtz, gaining the lead. Fong held his lead and pushed on to cross the finish line 2.044 seconds ahead of Scholtz. SDK rounded out the podium in third, leading a frantic trio, where Escalante finished fourth (0.195 seconds behind SDK), and Beach (0.133 seconds from Escalante).
Superbike Cup Race Two
In the second Superbike Cup race, BPR Racing Yamaha’s Deion Campbell led Danilo Lewis (Team Brazil) and Andrew Lee (Real Steel Honda) by Lap 5. Lee steadily mounted a charge, and by Lap 16, he had fought his way into the lead of the Superbike Cup field.
The battle came down to an absolute photo finish on the final lap. In an incredibly tight dash to the stripe, Campbell managed to edge out championship leader Lee by a mere 0.015 seconds to claim the victory, with Lewis finishing third in class.
Quad Lock Superbike Race 2 Results
- Bobby Fong (Yamaha)
- Mathew Scholtz (Yamaha)
- Sean Dylan Kelly (BMW)
- Richie Escalante (Suzuki)
- JD Beach (Yamaha)
- Loris Baz (Ducati)
- PJ Jacobsen (Ducati)
- Cameron Petersen (Ducati)
- Jayson Uribe (BMW)
- Brandon Paasch (Suzuki)
Superbike Cup Race 2 Results
- Deion Campbell (Yamaha)
- Andrew Lee (Honda)
- Danilo Lewis (Honda)
Sunday Superbike Race Three
Race 3 initially saw Fong secure a much better start, but PJ Jacobsen (Rahal Ducati Moto with XPEL) made a stellar launch to jump into third behind Scholtz and SDK. On the front straight of Lap 2, Scholtz experienced a violent headshake and rattle, compressing the pack. On Lap 3, Kelly overtook Scholtz for the lead, and Jacobsen pushed past Scholtz on Lap 4 to claim second.
While Jacobsen nipped at the tire of SDK on Lap 7 of 20, Escalante suffered a high-speed crash into the air fence. The impact dislodged the safety barrier, forcing an immediate red flag to repair the fence.
Following seven laps of the initial 20-lap Race 3, which included another look at Fong, Scholtz and SDK, and now Jacobsen, Escalante suffered a high-speed crash into the air fence. The impact dislodged the safety barrier, forcing an immediate red flag to repair the fence.
The race was restarted at an abbreviated 11-lap distance. As the pack roared into Turn 1 on the restart, the holeshot went three-wide, resulting in a massive, multi-rider pile-up. Fong entered the corner from the inside, losing space and ultimately control, resulting in a chain reaction that had collected Cameron Petersen (Wrench Motorcycles), Scholtz, SDK, and Benjamin Smith (Warhorse HSBK Ducati Flo4Law). While Fong, Petersen, and Smith were forced to retire, both SDK and Scholtz remounted their damaged machines to rejoin the race. Scholtz was ultimately forced to pull over due to mechanical issues, while SDK rode a lap down to salvage a single championship point in 15th.
With five top riders out of the equation, Jacobsen inherited the lead ahead of Jayson Uribe (OrangeCat Racing) and Beach. As Jacobsen began to lose pace with seven laps to go, Uribe closed the gap. Behind them, Loris Baz made his late-race charge, passing Beach for third, continuing to catch the leading duo, as the top four riders were within two seconds.
Baz sliced past Uribe into second. At Turn 1 on the penultimate lap, Baz executed a daring lunge on Jacobsen to take the lead. Despite the pressure from Jacobsen on the final half-lap, Baz held off his fellow Ducati rider to take victory by just 0.155 seconds. Uribe crossed the line in third (+0.801) on his OrangeCat Racing BMW, securing a brilliant podium finish, and his first Superbike podium of his career.
Superbike Cup Race Three
The Superbike Cup class saw further high-stakes drama. Campbell crossed the finish line first among the Cup competitors, ninth overall, apparently securing his third Cup win of the weekend. Post-race technical scrutiny revealed that Campbell had passed under a yellow flag, resulting in a devastating four-position penalty.
The penalty demoted Campbell to 13th overall (sixth in class), handing the official Superbike Cup Race 3 victory to Lee, who was promoted to ninth overall. Lewis claimed second (10th overall), and Carl Soltisz (Super Carl Racing 57 Rider Development) took third (11th overall). The victory extends Lee’s commanding lead in the Superbike Cup Championship standings.
Quad Lock Superbike Race 3 Results
- Loris Baz (Ducati)
- PJ Jacobsen (Ducati)
- Jayson Uribe (BMW)
- JD Beach (Yamaha)
- Hayden Gillim (Honda)
- Brandon Paasch (Suzuki)
- Ashton Yates (Honda)
- Max Flinders (BMW)
- Andrew Lee (Honda)
- Danilo Lewis (Honda)
Superbike Cup Race 3 Results
- Andrew Lee (Honda)
- Danilo Lewis (Honda)
- Carl Soltisz (Honda)
Supersport Race Two
Josh Hayes (BPR Racing Yamaha) claimed the 90th win of his career at VIR today — a track where he’s tied with Mat Mladin for the all-time Superbike wins at seven victories. Now racing in Supersport, Hayes played the game perfectly and checked out immediately after the championship leaders struggled to make the correct tire decision in a wet-to-dry middleweight thriller.
Race 2 was pushed back due to inclement weather and lightning in the area. Riders were given a 10-minute wet-familiarization session to test the track on rain tires and gauge setup before the race — now declared wet and shortened to 14 laps from the scheduled 18.
With the weather clearing quickly and no further rain in the forecast, tire choice split the grid. Dry patches around the Virginia road course complicated the call: some riders opted for rain tires, others gambled on slicks, and most notably, the two championship front-runners missed their starting positions entirely.
Polesitter Darryn Binder (Celtic/Economy Lube + Tire/Warhorse) missed the sighting lap outright, while Josh Herrin (Rahal Ducati Moto with Desnuda Organic Tequila) left pit lane on rain tires with the rest of the field. But on his out lap, Herrin noticed most of the grid was playing the long game, fitting slicks in anticipation of a drying track. He made a last-second call to skip the grid, return to pit lane, and swap to slick rubber.
Binder’s miscue sent him to the back of the grid; Herrin’s forced him to start from pit lane and wait for the full field to pass before beginning his recovery.
The 51-year-old four-time Superbike champion checked out in the frantic opening laps and took the win by more than 26 seconds over a charging Binder.
Binder authored a remarkable comeback, slicing from 18th to second in 14 laps and salvaging crucial championship points over Herrin. He’d reached fourth by lap four; on that same lap, Herrin was still mired in 17th.
Hayes’ teammate, Brenden Ketelsen, capitalized on the chaotic start and rode a smart, measured race to finish third — holding off a charging Herrin in the closing laps to capture his first career MotoAmerica Supersport podium. Tyler Scott (M4 ECSTAR Suzuki) finished fourth, with Kayla Yaakov (Rahal Ducati Moto with Droplight) rounding out the top five.
Binder now leads Herrin by 33 points and has mathematically eliminated the rest of the field from title contention. Yaakov sits 129 points back with only 100 remaining this season — leaving the title fight to the two Ducati riders at the top of the standings.
Talent Cup Race Two
Talent Cup action mirrored Saturday’s result, with local favorite Nathan Gouker (Quarterley Racing) completing a dominant sweep of the weekend. The Lexington, North Carolina, native took Race 2 by five and a half seconds over Sam Drane (Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing). Championship leader Kensei Matsudaira (Team Roberts) finished third, 19 seconds back.
Despite a crash in morning warmups, Drane made a heroic effort on a clearly sore right leg. He stayed within reach of Gouker for the first four laps before losing touch, after which the gap only widened. Further back, a fierce battle erupted for the final podium spot. Matsudaira and Jake Paige (Team Hammer) swapped positions repeatedly before Matsudaira claimed third by just 0.206 seconds, leaving Paige in fourth.
The results tighten the Talent Cup championship picture heading into the season’s final two rounds. Gouker clawed back 18 points on Matsudaira over the weekend and now trails by just five. With 100 points remaining this season, Paige still holds a slim mathematical chance in third, 73 points behind.
Twins Cup Race Two
Hank Vossberg (Robem Engineering) closed out his Virginia weekend with a win in a red-flag-shortened Twins Cup Race 2. The first segment ran five laps, with Bodie Paige (M4 ECSTAR Suzuki) leading Vossberg in a tight five-rider group that also included Sam Drane (Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing) in third, Kevin Olmedo (Karns/TNT Industries Racing) fourth, and Paige’s teammate Matthew Chapin fifth.
The red flag came out after Paige crashed out of second position at Turn 3 and was slow to get up; he was able to exit the track under his own power but appeared visibly sore. His teammate, Chapin, had already gone down the lap before in a hard high-side, eliminating both riders from the race.
With the newly crowned 2026 Twins Cup Champion now clear at the front, Vossberg built a gap in the shortened, five-lap restart over a chase pack that included Drane, Olmedo, and Kensei Matsudaira (Team Roberts), the latter aboard an experimental Krämer GP2-790R. Matsudaira ran as high as third during the specially sanctioned test session, evaluating the machine’s compatibility for future Twins Cup competition, but was ultimately disqualified since the bike is still in testing and not yet homologated for MotoAmerica racing.
Vossberg and Drane broke away much as they had in Race 1, trading the lead down to the wire before Vossberg prevailed by 0.122 seconds over the Australian. Olmedo held on for third, his second podium of the season.
Superbike Race One
Bobby Fong battled scorching temperatures and slick track conditions to claim a commanding victory in Saturday’s Quad Lock Superbike Race 1 at VIRginia International Raceway. Riding his Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing machine, Fong continued a winning streak he started last year, now securing his third straight at VIR, having won both races in 2025.
In the first of the three races this weekend, Fong weathered a race-long challenge from Mathew Scholtz to win the abbreviated 10-lap sprint by 1.078 seconds. OrangeCat Racing’s Sean Dylan Kelly rounded out the podium in third, while setting the race’s fastest lap (1:25.128) along the way.
The afternoon’s drama began before an official lap was completed. On the opening lap Real Steel Honda’s Hayden Gillim suffered a high-speed crash which ended in the air fence, disabling a segment, bringing out an immediate red flag. While Gillim was unfortunately unable to rejoin for the restart, Benjamin Smith (Warhorse HSBK Ducati Flo4Law’s), who had qualified fourth, had separate opening-lap crash and saw his team pull off a heroic pit-lane repair effort that allowed him to restart from the back of the grid.
The race was restarted and shortened to 10 laps. Pole sitter Scholtz jumped out to the early lead on his Strack Racing Yamaha, setting the pace for the opening four laps. However, Fong, who had focused on race pace with used tires throughout the weekend, made his move on lap five, pushing past Scholtz and never looking back. Scholtz fought hard to stay close but ultimately had to settle for second, while SDK brought his OrangeCat Racing BMW home in third.
Richie Escalante delivered a strong ride to bring his M4 ECSTAR Suzuki home in fourth, just over four seconds behind Fong. Loris Baz (Warhorse HSBK Ducati Flo4Law) rounded out the top five, followed closely by Fong’s teammate JD Beach (Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing) in sixth. Rahal Ducati Moto with XPEL’s PJ Jacobsen, Wrench Motorcycles’ Cameron Petersen, and OrangeCat Racing’s Jayson Uribe finished seventh, eighth, and ninth, respectively, just ahead of the charging Smith who finished 10th.
The results of Race 1 tighten the Quad Lock Superbike Championship as SDK (233 points) now leads Scholtz (213 points) by 20 points, with Beach (195 points) 38 points back and Fong (187 points) 46 points behind the leader. 50 points are still up for grabs this weekend in Sunday’s double-header.
Superbike Cup Race One
In the Superbike Cup, Deion Campbell put on a display of grit and race management. Riding his BPR Racing Yamaha, Campbell finished 14th overall to take the top step on today’s Cup podium. Campbell engaged in a race-long duel, running alongside Superbike competitors while keeping a hard-charging pack of Hondas at bay.
In an incredibly tight Cup finish, Campbell crossed the line just 0.534 seconds ahead of championship leader Andrew Lee, who brought his Real Steel Honda home in 15th overall (second in Cup). Danilo Lewis completed the podium on his Team Brazil Honda, finishing 16th overall (third in Cup) and just 0.065 seconds behind Lee.
With this victory, Campbell improved the gap in the championship chase, though Andrew Lee continues to hold a commanding lead in the standings with 285 points to Campbell’s 192.
Quad Lock Superbike Race 1 Results
1. Bobby Fong (Yamaha)
2. Mathew Scholtz (Yamaha)
3. Sean Dylan Kelly (BMW)
4. Richie Escalante (Suzuki)
5. Loris Baz (Ducati)
6. JD Beach (Yamaha)
7. PJ Jacobsen (Ducati)
8. Cameron Petersen (Ducati)
9. Jayson Uribe (BMW)
10. Benjamin Smith (Ducati)
Superbike Cup Results
1. Deion Campbell (Yamaha)
2. Andrew Lee (Honda)
3. Danilo Lewis (Honda)
Supersport Race One
Darryn Binder (Celtic/Economy Lube + Tire/Warhorse) set the pace in Q2, dropping the field into the 1:26 range and claiming pole with a lap of 1:26.417. Josh Herrin (Rahal Ducati Moto with Desnuda Organic Tequila) qualified second, 0.433 seconds back, with teammate Kayla Yaakov (Rahal Ducati Moto with Droplight) rounding out the front row at 0.830 off the pace. Josh Hayes (BPR Racing Yamaha) qualified fourth.
Binder converted pole into his eighth win of the season, holding off a hard-charging Herrin in Race 1. The South African jumped into the lead at the start, with Yaakov running third, Alessandro Di Mario (Rahal Ducati Moto with Roller Die + Forming) fourth, and Hayes rounding out the top five. Di Mario surged forward and briefly led the race before settling back to fourth.
Binder controlled much of the opening laps, but the intensity picked up with eight laps remaining as four-time Superbike champion Hayes worked past Yaakov and Di Mario into third. Di Mario held firm in fourth as the lead group tightened into a quartet.
The number four ran nose-to-tail until Herrin slipped past Binder into Turn 1, dropping the points leader to third. The lead changed hands repeatedly among Herrin, Binder and Hayes, and with three laps to go, Binder took the inside line as the trio entered Turn 1 three-abreast and exited with the lead.
On the final lap, Herrin attempted a pass at Turn 14 but ran wide and conceded second to Hayes. Binder crossed the line first by half a second over Hayes, while Herrin rallied through the grass to salvage third — surrendering nine points to the championship leader in the process.
Twins Cup Race One
Hank Vossberg (Robem Engineering) once again topped Q2, setting a new Twins Cup lap record of 1:29.420 to claim pole for both Race 1 and Race 2. The championship leader was followed by Sam Drane (Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing) in second and Matthew Chapin (M4 ECSTAR Suzuki) in third.
Race 1 was a chaotic affair, with a series of first lap incidents drawing three separate red flags forcing four restarts.
When Race 1 finally got underway for good, points leader Vossberg looked to close out his championship bid as Chapin and Paige fought to keep their own title hopes alive. Chapin’s race and championship ended early when his Suzuki began smoking at the Turn 7 entrance; he did a masterful job of warning other riders and clearing the racing line quickly, but left the track understandably dejected as his championship hopes evaporated.
With Chapin out, the lead group ran Drane in front, Vossberg second and Paige third — meaning the points leader needed to pass Drane and hold off any challenge from behind to clinch the title. Vossberg did just that, riding to the win with Drane holding on for second and Paige rounding out the podium in third.
The 16-year-old Vossberg clinched the 2026 Twins Cup Championship, extending his season-long podium streak with his seventh win of the season. He looks to continue that dominance in Race 2 with considerably less pressure. Paige moves into second in the championship (-79 points), followed by his teammate Chapin in third (-88).
Talent Cup Race One
Nathan Gouker (Quarterley Racing) topped the combined Q2 sheets to claim pole for his home round, though it was his Q1 time from the previous day — a 1:35.646 — that stood as the fastest lap of the weekend after the field couldn’t match that early pace. Sam Drane (Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing) qualified second, with Nathan Bettencourt (Bettencourt Racing) completing the front row. Third-in-points Jake Paige (Team Hammer) lined up fourth, points leader Kensei Matsudaira (Team Roberts) fifth, and Derek Sanchez (Real Steel Honda) rounded out the second row of the grid.
Race 1 came down to a two-rider duel between Gouker and Drane that ended in a photo finish, with Gouker taking the win by a fraction of a second over the Australian teenager.
Gouker nearly jumped the start when the lights went out but held up just enough to avoid a penalty. The brief hesitation let Drane grab the early lead into Turn 1, and by lap three the pair had broken away, leading Matsudaira by more than three seconds in third.
Gouker and Drane traded the lead repeatedly, never separating by more than a few hundredths of a second. Behind them, points leader Matsudaira diced with Paige, Bettencourt and Sanchez in a four-rider battle for the final podium spot.
Drane led across the line for the white flag and appeared to give Gouker the position in Turn 1, hoping to draft back past him out of the final corner — a plan that didn’t pan out. The two drag-raced out of Turn 17, and Gouker held on to win by 0.034 seconds. Matsudaira crossed the line 14 seconds later to complete the podium.
Friday Superbike
Quad Lock Superbike riders opened Friday’s VIRginia festivities with Free Practice in the morning and a 40-minute Timed Practice session in the afternoon to set the fastest 21 riders into tomorrow’s Final Qualifying session. The morning session produced lap times in the low 1:25s before Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz set the pace in Timed Practice with a 1:24.764 — the only rider to crack into the 1:24s.
Behind the South African ran a train of 1:25s with OrangeCat Racing’s Sean Dylan Kelly (-0.340 seconds) in second.
Wrench Motorcycles’ Cameron Petersen (-0.351 seconds) rounding out the top three.
M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante logged a 1:25.382 to take fourth in the timed session ahead of Warhorse HSBK Ducati Flo4Law’s Benjamin Smith in fifth.
Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong was sixth fastest (-0.692 seconds), followed by teammate and third-in-points JD Beach in seventh (-0.710 seconds). Beach, however, turned only three laps before crashing and was unable to continue the session, missing valuable track time ahead of Final Qualifying.
Real Steel Honda’s Hayden Gillim was the remaining rider within a second of the leader. The Kentucky native sat 0.855 seconds off the pace at a 1:25.619.
Riders and teams will be doing their homework tonight before the grid is set in the short 15-minute Final Qualifying session prior to Race 1 of the triple-header weekend.
In Superbike Cup, BPR Racing Yamaha’s Deion Campbell set the fastest time of 1:27.249 to take the top Cup time on day one.
Supersport
Supersport Q1 saw Rahal Ducati Moto with Desnuda Organic Tequila’s Josh Herrin steal the top spot in a tightly contested session where the top nine were separated by under a second. The 36-year-old led the latter half of the session, securing the top spot with a 1:27.581.
Championship leader Darryn Binder spent the first laps of the session near the lower end of the top 10, but found speed after a mid-session trip to the pit box for adjustments, ending the session just 0.061 seconds behind Herrin. In third, Rahal Ducati Moto with Droplight’s Kayla Yaakov once again claimed the provisional front row ahead of tomorrow’s Q2 and was the last rider to stay in the 1:27s with the leaders.
The 1:28s define the second and third rows of the interim grid: M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott fourth with a 1:28.168, Rahal Ducati Moto with Roller Die + Forming’s Alessandro Di Mario fifth, and Josh Hayes (BPR Racing Yamaha) sixth. Hayes’ teammate Brenden Ketelsen holds seventh, with Aiden Sneed (3D Motorsports) eighth and Stefano Mesa (Altus Motorsports) ninth, 0.917 seconds behind the leader.
Tomorrow’s finalizing Q2 is scheduled for 10:10 a.m. (EDT) to set the starting order for Supersport Race 1 at 1:10 p.m. (EDT). The ultra-tight field will only get quicker from here as each team hunts for every tenth of a second of grid position.
Twins Cup
The twin-cylinder class pulled 44 total entrants at the Virginia circuit, though not all riders will make the final grid. Today’s practice and Q1 sessions were split into two groups — 19 riders in Group A and 25 in Group B — to keep track density at a safe level. The tightly contested Q2 slated for tomorrow will set the final grid for the weekend’s two races.
Hank Vossberg opened his VIRginia stay with the fastest lap in both Free Practice and Qualifying 1 to take the provisional pole, though not by much. The 16-year-old Robem Engineering rider turned in a 1:30.320, just ahead of Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane in second (-0.072 seconds) and M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Mathew Chapin (-0.394), completing the provisional front row.
Karns/TST Industries Racing’s Kevin Olmedo (-0.544 seconds) landed fourth, just ahead of third-in-championship-points M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Bodie Paige (-0.629 seconds) — the last rider to log a time in the 1:30s. Olmedo’s teammate Isaac Woodworth took sixth to round out the temporary second row.
In a notable debut performance, 15-year-old Cole Varnes (Varnes Racing) turned an impressive 1:32.442, rising out of Group B to land the 11th-fastest overall time across both groups.
Twins Cup Q2 is scheduled for tomorrow at 10:50 a.m. (EDT), with Vossberg already sitting just 0.2 seconds off the lap record of 1:30.082 set by Jody Barry in Q2 back in 2022. Twins Cup Race 1 goes off at 4:05 p.m. (EDT). Vossberg holds a commanding championship lead, but it’s a must-win weekend for Chapin and Paige, and every rider will be pushing the limits of themselves and their machines.
Talent Cup
Quarterly Racing’s Nathan Gouker wasted no time showing the Talent Cup class around his home track, topping today’s Free Practice and Qualifying 1 session at VIR. The Lexington, North Carolina teenager set a 1:35.646 on the 15th lap of the session to take the tentative pole, just 0.072 seconds ahead of Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane.
The two riders were the only ones able to dip into the 1:35s. Nathan Bettencourt (Bettencourt Racing) was third fastest, turning a 1:37.018 near the end of the session.
Championship leader Kensei Matsudaira (Team Roberts) finished the session fourth fastest after a crash in morning practice forced a feverish rebuild of his machine ahead of Q1. Watch for Matsudaira to come back stronger in Q2 tomorrow once his crew has had more time to sort out the damage from this morning’s incident.
