More from a press release issued by Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha:
Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing Scores Double Podium Finish at Mid-Ohio. Jake Gagne finishes second, Bobby Fong charges to third to extend championship lead.
Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing delivered another strong performance in MotoAmerica Superbike Race 2 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. Jake Gagne returned to the podium with a second-place finish, while teammate Bobby Fong made a heroic charge to finish third, extending his championship lead to 17 points with two rounds remaining.
Gagne got a great start from the front row, slotting into the runner-up spot behind his teammate. In the multi-rider fight at the front he was shuffled back to third on Lap 3 and then to fourth on the following lap. On Lap 6 he started to lose some ground on the leaders, but would advance to the runner-up spot after the riders ahead went off track. The three-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion continued to run a strong pace in the runner-up spot when the red flag was drawn with five laps remaining. With two-thirds of the race distance completed, the race was called with Gagne earning his seventh podium finish of the season. He heads to the penultimate round maintaining a strong fourth-place in the championship standings.
Fong also got another great start from the front row of the grid and grabbed the holeshot. In the opening laps, the Californian was part of a four-rider battle and was running second on Lap 4. Three laps later, contact with the rider behind him forced both off track, but Fong kept it on two wheels. The series points leader regrouped and put in an impressive charge to third two laps before the red flag was drawn. His strong recovery earned Fong his 11th podium finish of the season and extended his championship lead to 17 points.
Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing returns to action in four weeks’ time at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, for the penultimate round of the championship, September 12–14.
Richard Stanboli – Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing Team Manager:
“It was an interesting race. After getting pushed off track, Bobby did a great job recovering to third before the red flag, and Jake did a commendable job to secure second. The Yamaha R1 has been such an awesome platform that has responded well to our continued development. We have more ideas than time to implement them. We look forward to pushing hard at the remaining two events.”
Bobby Fong – Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing #50:
“It was great to end the weekend with two Yamahas on the box. It was a solid points run here as we felt good on the bike all weekend. I am looking forward to COTA in a month.”
Jake Gagne – Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing #32:
“I managed better today with a second-place finish. I’m happy I improved my pace and got off to a better start. I’m looking forward to keeping the momentum rolling at COTA.”
2025 MotoAmerica Superbike Results
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More from a press release issued by Suzuki Motor USA :
Suzuki riders deliver strong results in Superbike, Supersport, and Stock 1000 competition at Mid-Ohio.
Suzuki Motor USA continued to rack up top fives, including yet another Superbike podium, as the 2025 MotoAmerica season continued at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.
Race Highlights:
- Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki
- Superbike
- Sean Dylan Kelly scored his second consecutive runner-up finish in Saturday’s Superbike contest
- Richie Escalante collected sixth- and eighth-place results
- Supersport
- Tyler Scott picked up a pair of top fives following two tough battles
- Max VanDenBrouck picked up 13th and 11th place results on the weekend
- Superbike
- RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines
- Stock 1000
- Rocco Landers continued to show improvement on the GSX-R1000 but was robbed of a chance to score his best result yet
- Stock 1000
At last, Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Sean Dylan Kelly followed up his first podium finish of the season with another in his very next attempt aboard the GSX-R1000R. After closing out the VIR weekend with a runner-up finish two weeks ago, SDK collected another second by winning out in a four-rider fight for the position on Saturday at Mid-Ohio. He ran as high as third on Sunday before fading back to seventh with tire issues in the red flag-shortened contest. Kelly has now finished fourth or better on nine occasions in 2025.
SDK said, “The fact that we finished on the podium again, back-to-back, is pretty unbelievable considering how long it took me to get on the podium this season. The whole team has been working super hard. I think that we obviously have a whole lot to work on, but I’m super pumped to be on the podium again.”
Teammate Richie Escalante put together another solid weekend on the Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R1000R. The Mexican racer finished eighth on Saturday and then improved on Sunday, charging his way to sixth before the race was halted and called complete early.
“It was a more difficult weekend,” Escalante said. “After being on the podium, I was expecting to be more competitive here, but for some reason I could not get the same comfort level with the bike and the track like at previous races. We tried our best and got decent results and more points, but we will keep working to get back to where we want to be. It starts at a test here tomorrow.”
Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott twice scrapped it out for fourth position after qualifying in that same position aboard the next-generation GSX-R750. On Saturday, Scott was narrowly pipped for the spot, finishing fifth by a scant 0.013 seconds at the stripe. He got his revenge on Sunday, successfully executing a late-race maneuver to claim fourth by 0.214 seconds. The finishes were Scott’s seventh and eighth top fives of the 2025 season.
Scott said, “Our bike was good, and we had a decent weekend with fifth and fourth. We got better every session, I felt, and we improved the most when we figured some things out with my riding in certain sections. On Sunday, I made a pass for fourth and that stuck. Overall, we did the best we could and ran near the front throughout the weekend.”
Max VanDenBrouck registered a consistent weekend in Supersport action as well. Max Van qualified 13th on the Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R750 and then proceeded to finish in that same position on Saturday. He improved on Sunday, picking up a couple positions by finishing in 11th.
“It was a solid weekend for us,” VanDenBrouck said. “I got off to a good start and was seventh on the first day. In Q2, I had a tire issue that cost us about six positions, but we were ready for the race. In the first one, I didn’t get the best start but was able to get 13th, and we improved a couple positions on Sunday. I felt like I learned a lot so far this season, but I am really looking forward to the next few days when we can test. I think we can really make some more progress.”
RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki’s Rocco Landers came away from Mid-Ohio with an eighth-place finish in Saturday’s Stock 1000 contest. He was in position to not only eclipse that but potentially score his best finish aboard the GSX-R1000 yet on Sunday, engaged in a three-way battle for fourth position on the last lap. Unfortunately, a mistake by another rider in that fight left Landers nowhere to go, resulting in a bitterly disappointing DNF.
“This was one of the rougher weekends because I got taken out twice, once in this class.” Said Landers. “The results when we really needed them won’t show it, but we made steady progress and our lap times were really good. We’ll take our eighth place and go on to COTA. We keep getting the bike better and I keep learning how to ride it faster.”
The 2025 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Road Racing Championship will next head to its penultimate round on September 12-14 at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
Please visit SuzukiCycles.com/Racing/road-racing for more team news.
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More from a press release issued by Real Steel Honda :
Top finishes for Real Steel Honda at Mid-Ohio with their Honda CBR-1000 RR-R SP Fireblades.
Real Steel Honda Racing Lexington, OH August 19, 2025: MotoAmerica Superbikes at Mid-Ohio event held August 15 – 17, 2025, at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
JD Beach took the first Superbike podium for the team with 3rd place in Superbike Race 1 after winning Stock 1000 race 1. Hayden Gillim scored 2 top five finishes in the Superbike races having his best weekend of the season on the Honda CBR 1000 RR-R SP Fireblade.
JD again was able to qualify on pole for the Stock 1000 race and that time placed him 8th on the grid for the Superbike races. Hayden qualified 6th for the Superbike races. In Stock 1000 race 1 JD got the holeshot, pulled a 1.2 second lead on the first lap and finished with a 3.9 second margin over 2nd place. In Superbike JD had a strong run getting into 4th place on lap 1 and moving forward on the final lap to finish on the podium in 3rd place while Hayden ran in 6th place for most of the race moving up to 5th at the end.
On Sunday JD unfortunately suffered a technical issue resulting in a DNS for the second Stock 1000 race. JD remains in 2nd place in the Stock 1000 championship but is now 26 points back from the championship leader. In Superbike race 2 Hayden got as high up as 3rd place but dropped back to 4th place when the race then prematurely ended due to a red flag situation while JD was able to finish right behind in 5th place and as first in the Superbike cup. In the Superbike championship standings JD remains in 7th place and Hayden is right behind in 8th place while JD continues to lead the Superbike cup championship with 350 points.
Real Steel Honda Racing is proudly supported by American Honda, HRC, Progressive Insurance, Pro Honda Oils. Southern Honda Powersports, Steel Commander Corp, Idemitsu, Comstock Energy LLC, Vesrah, K-Tech suspension, Orient Express, Dunlop, Akrapovic Exhaust Systems, CRC Body Work, Vortex, Evol Technology and REB Graphics.
Hayden Gillim – Rider #69:
“This weekend at Mid-Ohio was amazing. I felt like the bike was working really well right out of the truck. We were able to stay in the top 5 all weekend long on the time sheets. Saturday, we chose the wrong front tire for the race which cost me a bit of confidence in the front end, but I was still able to come away with 5th place right on the battle for the podium. Sunday, we came away with a 4th place after getting passed two laps before the race ending red flag. My best weekend of the season and looking forward to building off of it. Congrats to the whole team on a great weekend with JD getting a win in Stock 1000 and a podium in Superbike on Saturday. We are ready for COTA.”
JD Beach – Rider #95:
“After the weekend we had at VIR, I couldn’t wait to get to Mid-Ohio. It’s a track I’ve always liked and I’m really glad MotoAmerica is going back there. The fans are always great.
We started the weekend off with great pace on Friday. The Honda CBR-1000 RR-R SP was working great. We barely made small clicker changes during the day, but I was gelling great with the bike. Ending the day with Pole. That had to be my first Pole in dry condition since probably 2018.
Saturday was a day I won’t forget for a long time. Leading every lap in the Stock class and pulling a bigger lead every lap was simply amazing. We were able to get within a point of the lead of the class. After getting off the bike it was a great turn around for Superbike. I got a great start and ran a great race. I was feeling great on the bike and could put it exactly where I wanted. With a bit of luck, we were able to put the Stock 1000 Honda on a Superbike podium! It was such an amazing feeling.
Sunday, the luck ran out a bit. We had some bike issues for the Stock race. The whole team worked so hard, but we missed the race. It was a bit of a heart breaker. You have to take the highs with the lows though. But we were able to get the bike fixed for the Superbike race. I felt great in the race and came away with another Top 5.
We will regroup and be ready for COTA .”
Jerry Nickell – Team Principal:
“It was a foundational weekend for the team as we delivered Honda’s first Superbike podium in 16 years, extremely proud of Hayden, JD, Mark and the entire team’s efforts in achieving this goal over the weekend. While we had an unfortunate circumstance on Sunday with our Stock1000 bike, it was still a great weekend for the continued development of our Superbike program with Hayden. I look forward to having JD back setting the pace in Stock at COTA and fighting for the championship. Really super excited for the final two rounds as we continue with the success of our MotoAmerica program and our continued partnership with American Honda and HRC.”
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More from a press release issued by Orange Cat Racing :
OrangeCat Racing’s Lee, Uribe finish 1-2 in Sunday’s MotoAmerica Stock 1000 race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Two-time class champ Lee heads into season finale with 26-point lead.
The OrangeCat Racing duo of Andrew Lee and Jayson Uribe started off the Aug. 15-17 MotoAmerica Stock 1000 round at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course strong and ended it on as high a note as they could have. The pair qualified third and fourth, finished Saturday’s race in second and third place, then capped off the weekend with a 1-2 finish in Sunday’s contest.
Uribe had an excellent start to the Stock 1000 Class’ first time racing at Mid-Ohio, as he finished Friday morning practice as the second-fastest rider in the session. Lee was sixth-fastest. The duo also performed very well in the Friday afternoon Qualifying 1 session, as Uribe and Lee ended it having provisionally qualified third and fifth, respectively. Qualifying wrapped up Saturday morning with Uribe and Lee having qualified third and fourth for the weekend’s two Stock 1000 races. Both riders were less than 0.4 seconds off the pole-setting time.
Uribe and Lee both moved up the running order quickly after Race 1 got underway and were running in second and third place at the end of Lap 1. Unfortunately, neither rider was able to match the pace of the race leader, and Uribe and Lee finished the race in second and third place, respectively.
The team had both riders back at the front of the field in Sunday’s Race 2. The race was stopped after one lap due to an on-track incident, and Uribe led the first three laps of the restarted race. Lee caught up to his teammate and passed him for the lead on Lap 4. Lee went on to take the win over Uribe by a narrow margin of 0.228 seconds.
Due to one of the other Stock 1000 championship contenders being forced to retire from Sunday’s race due to technical difficulties, Lee left Mid-Ohio with a 26-point lead in the Stock 1000 points standings. Uribe is currently third in the class standings and just three points behind second place.
The last MotoAmerica Stock 1000 round of 2025 takes place Sept. 12-14 at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
Andrew Lee / No. 14:
“I’d say the weekend started out a little bit tough. I was still learning the track and didn’t come up to speed super quick. We had some setup issues, but the team worked so hard to give me a motorcycle I could win with. I didn’t get a good start in Saturday’s race and didn’t have a chance to chase down the race leader. In today’s race, I had another not-so-good start but fought my way through it and made a pass on my teammate for the lead. I just tried to keep my head in the game from there, and we came away with a victory today.”
Jayson Uribe / No. 36:
“Overall, it was a successful weekend for the whole team. We were able to overcome some adversity yesterday when I had a little tipoff, and the team worked hard to give us an incredible package to ride all weekend. Race 2 was a little bit more successful for us than Race 1. At the end of the day, I want to win – that’s what I’m here for. But if I can’t do it clean, especially with my teammate, there’s no point in taking us both out. As long as we’re doing the right things, I think the team is headed in the right direction.”
OrangeCat Racing’s promotional and technical partners for the 2025 MotoAmerica season include Motoworks Chicago, Ohlins USA, and alpha Racing.
Jayson Uribe’s personal sponsors for the 2025 MotoAmerica season include Dainese, Arai Helmets, CT Racing, Code 3 Consultations, San Jose BMW, and BSP Racing.
Andrew Lee’s personal sponsors for the 2025 MotoAmerica season include CT Racing, KYT, Luxvoni, Aliv World Wide, KD.51CD, Coolbreeze Heating and Air, JP43 Training and Barrett Racing.
To learn more about OrangeCat Racing, visit the team’s website at http://orangecatracing.com and follow the team on Instagram at @orangecatracing.