Racing in the dog days of summer is often a time when the grids are a little lighter, as vacation travel plans compete for weekend recreation time for track bound families. However, with rainy forecasts impacting a near record 15 weekends in a row in New England there was a pent-up demand for sunny track time and round 5 of the NEMRR series at New Hampshire Motor Speedway provided the perfect outlet. For the first time in 2025 there was a 100% chance of sun, fun and great racing and the riders fully embraced the opportunity.
The Super Street Class, NEMRR’s gateway to road racing that allows track day prepared machines and riders the opportunity to take part in a race weekend, had a record 26 entries this weekend! In the Unlimited division Mark Roberto and Eric Simpson traded wins on Saturday and Sunday, and in the Lighweight Division Jason Feinberg and Micheal Tower each took a race win. Simpson ran the fastest lap times of the weekend, with his quickest laps being not only good enough to win Super Street but would also have him at the front of the “next step” Novice division.
In the Novice division, three riders stood out from the crowd. The Novice division is the entry level racing class at NEMRR. Racers stay in the Novice class until they rdemonstrate the abilty to run times better than a designated “bump out” threshold, which varies in accordance with motorcycle size. Two riders in the larger displacement divisions, Randy Morrissette and Christopher O’Shea, took wins over the race weekend and flat-out crushed the 1:23 bump out time for the Novice division as they ran times all the way down into the 1:19 range. In addition Nate Lamontagne was able to run times in the 1:19 range on his lightweight bike – dominating in his class wins and guaranteeing a bump in to the Amateur division. Congratulations to all!
Joseph Townsend continued his impressive 2025 Amamteur campaign on his Yamaha R6. In addition to carding wins in multiple Middleweight and Heavyweight classes on both Saturday and Sunday, Townsend worked past fellow Amateur standout Rui Almeida on lap three of the Amateur Seacoast Sport Cycle Dash for cash and pulled away to victory by a comfortable 5 second margin at the checkered flag.
In the expert ranks, three riders had standout weekends. First up was Eli Block who set a track record on his KTM Supermoto bike. Eli ran an impressive 1:13.799 lap on his motard, a time that would be competitive in many the Middleweight division races! Block battled with fellow Motard standout Adam Muscaro in his race wins.
2025 has been a breakout year for Adam Guyer, who has been dominating the Lightwieght classes on his Aprilia RS660 all season long. In addition to scoring 5 wins over the weekend, Guyer put on an impressive performance in the Seacoast Sport Cycle Dash for Cash. On his Lightwieght legal motorcycle Guyer finished 2nd in the Middleweight Grand Prix Division and a 3rd place finish overall….an impressive performance in a class dominated by 4 cylinder 600cc machinery. Veteran Eric Wood led all expert racers over the weekend, scoring victories in 6 classes across the Middleweight, Heavyweight and Unlmited displacement division including a wire to wire victory in the featured Dash for Cash. Wood, who often rides a Ducati V2, ran all of his races on his Dunlop-shod Yamaha R6. “This bike is so much fun to ride – it turns left when I simply look left, and that makes it a great weapon for New Hampshire Motor Speedway” Wood noted from the Dash for Cash podium.
The final round of the Northeast Motorcycle Road Racing Series will hold the final round of the 2025 season on August 23-24 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Nearly every championship is up for grabs at this final round will be a double points event. For more information please visit www.nemrr.com