Fong Victorious In COTA Race 2 As Superbike Title Chase Tightens Heading To NJMP Finale; Lee Sweeps Superbike Cup. 

AUSTIN, TX – Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong delivered a masterful performance at Circuit of The Americas on Sunday, claiming victory in Quad Lock Superbike Race 2. Fong’s result closes the championship gap to 26 points behind standings leader Sean Dylan Kelly as MotoAmerica heads to its season-ending triple-header weekend at New Jersey Motorsports Park on September 25–27.
 
Sunday’s action also featured another commanding performance by Andrew Lee (Real Steel Honda), who captured the Superbike Cup win in Race 2 after officially securing his fourth career MotoAmerica championship during Saturday’s Race 1.

Quad Lock Superbike: Fong Battles To Victory In Texas
 
Following Saturday’s podium finish, Bobby Fong displayed speed from early stages, but navigated most of the race behind the wheel of Wrench Motorcycles’ Cameron Petersen who led nine laps of the 12-lap contest. Petersen set the overall fastest lap of the race on lap three with a 2:08.060 (96.311 mph average speed), and created a lead to the field of over two seconds, but Fong worked methodically to reduce the gap, finding himself in the lead with two laps to go, beating Petersen to the line by a second (+1.006s).

Championship leader Sean Dylan Kelly (OrangeCat Racing) earned a crucial podium result in third (+6.332s), extending his season point total while minimizing the damage from Fong’s victory. Saturday’s Race 1 winner Cameron Beaubier (Warhorse HSBK Ducati FLo4Law), who made an incredible return to racing this weekend, crossed fourth (+6.412s) after a race-long battle with SDK. JD Beach (Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing) rebounded from an early DNF on Saturday to complete the top five.

Title contender Mathew Scholtz (Strack Racing), who suffered a DNF in Saturday’s opening race, finished outside the points in 17th after encountering trouble with his shift linkage on lap nine.

With 75 total points remaining up for grabs across the final triple-header weekend at New Jersey Motorsports Park (Sept. 25–27), the Quad Lock Superbike title chase remains unresolved: Sean Dylan Kelly leads the standings with 279 points. Bobby Fong sits second with 253 points (26 points off the lead). Mathew Scholtz holds third with 233 points (46 points back). JD Beach ranks fourth with 230 points (49 points back). Cameron Petersen rounds out the top five with 185 points, mathematically outside the championship title, but well within the mix to disrupt the odds with his consistent pace.

Superbike Cup: Lee Sweeps COTA Weekend
 
In the Superbike Cup class, Andrew Lee capped off a dominant weekend in Texas. After securing the 2026 Superbike Cup Championship title with a class victory on Saturday, Lee completed the weekend sweep by finishing 13th overall in the Superbike field to take Sunday’s Superbike Cup Race 2, putting an exclamation point on Lee’s champion status.
 
Joining Lee on the Superbike Cup Race 2 podium were Carl Soltisz (Super Carl Racing 57 Rider Development) in second (14th overall) and Christopher Durbin (Durbin Racing) in third (15th overall).
 
In the Superbike Cup standings, the crowned champ, Lee, sits atop the table with 380 points, followed by Deion Campbell (BPR Racing Yamaha, 244 points), Soltisz (239 points), and Danilo Lewis (Team Brazil, 191 points).

Quad Lock Superbike Race 2 Results

1. Bobby Fong (Yamaha)

2. Cameron Petersen (Ducati)

3. Sean Dylan Kelly (BMW)

4. Cameron Beaubier (Ducati)

5. JD Beach (Yamaha)

6. PJ Jacobsen (Ducati)

7. Jayson Uribe (BMW)

8. Benjamin Smith (Ducati)

9. Hayden Gillim (Honda)

10. Tyler Scott (Suzuki)

Superbike Cup Race 2 Results

1. Andrew Lee (Honda)

2. Carl Soltisz (Honda)

3. Christopher Durbin (BMW)

The following quote is from Quad Lock Race 1 Winner Bobby Fong: “Our strategy worked this weekend. It was good. We had a really good strategy we haven’t really done since I’ve been on the team, and it worked. I knew I had a little pace at the end. I just kept chipping away, slowly but surely. I was trying to hit my marks. A few times I was out there and I was overcharging the corners and having some big moments. I’m like, ‘Man, I better back this thing down.’ I saw Cameron coming back to me, so I had another lunge at the end. Hell of a race. It was great. My Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha, on rails as always. Looking forward to New Jersey and just keep the ball rolling.”

The following quote is from Superbike Cup Race 2 Winner Andrew Lee: “You know, I think that it’s been a challenge a little bit with the heat this weekend. I’m a little bit further away from those superbike guys than I think we should be. So, it leaves a little bit on the table, but I think ultimately, you know, we get the job done, and that’s what really matters. I think as a rider, you’re always gonna want a little bit more. So, in New Jersey, we got three more races. So, try to close that gap and put in a solid performance.”

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More, from another press release issued by MotoAmerica:

Binder, Gillim, And Kornbau Take Their 2026 Titles At Circuit Of The Americas. Gouker Extends Lead In Talent Cup Ahead Of Final Round At NJMP.

AUSTIN, TX — Circuit of The Americas delivered three of the four 2026 MotoAmerica feature class championships on hand Sunday. Darryn Binder’s Race 2 win clinched the Supersport title with a round to spare, Hayden Gillim’s runner-up finish secured his second career Mission King Of The Baggers Championship, and BPR Racing Yamaha’s Bryce Kornbau denied his own teammate in a last-lap battle to claim the Mission Super Hooligan National Championship. Only the Talent Cup title remains unresolved, with Nathan Gouker carrying an 18-point lead over Kensei Matsudaira into the season-ending round in New Jersey.

• Supersport

Darryn Binder needed no drama in Race 2, checking out early for a flag-to-flag win while his closest championship rival could only manage seventh — a result that clinched the 2026 Supersport Championship for Binder with one round remaining on the schedule. The victory was his tenth of the season and 13th podium, completing a weekend sweep for the South African at COTA.

With Binder gone up front, the real fight was for the remaining podium spots, where Harrison Voight (+3.440s), Joshua Hayes (+3.830s), Kayla Yaakov (+3.988s), and Mikey Lou Sanchez battled behind the runaway leader. Sanchez’s day nearly ended before it began — an ignition issue on the warm-up lap forced him to pit and start from the back of the grid. The 16-year-old Texan wasted no time working through the field on his home circuit, already up to eighth by the end of lap one after starting P26.

As the laps wound down, the lead group swapped positions repeatedly, with Voight and Hayes both running as high as second and Sanchez and Yaakov never far behind with Binder still over four seconds up the road.

At the white flag, Voight held second over Sanchez, with Hayes fourth and Yaakov fifth — the group covered by less than a second. Sanchez found a run through the Esses on the final lap and slipped past Voight down the back straight to cross the line second, with Voight recovering from a wiggle through the stadium section to hold third.

For Sanchez however, the result did not stand. Post-race technical inspection by FIMNA Stewards in Parc Fermé found Sanchez’s machine underweight, and his ensuing disqualification promoted Hayes to third — the BPR Racing Yamaha rider also turning the race’s fastest lap, a 2:13.047. Josh Herrin, Binder’s closest championship rival (+15.105s) finished seventh, ending his championship bid.

The following quote is from Race 2 winner Darryn Binder: “Really happy. This morning I felt like I had the pace to try and get away. I got to the front as quick as I could and put my head down, opened up a little gap and just tried to manage it. I got my mom and dad here this weekend as well as my wife. To get the championship done with them here is extra special for me. I can’t thank the team enough. Everyone, Celtic, Economy Lube, Warhorse, HSBK. Thank you, guys, so much for everything this year. It’s been a real treat. Made racing fun again for me, so thank you, guys.”

• Mission King Of The Baggers

Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Bradley Smith won the battle in Race 2, but Hayden Gillim’s (+4.717s) runner-up finish on his J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian won the war for the championship. With only 50 points remaining across the final two races at New Jersey Motorsports Park, Gillim’s 54-point lead over Smith is more than the field can make up — clinching his second career Mission King Of The Baggers Championship and making him the first rider to win a title for two different manufacturers in the class.

SDI Racing’s Tyler O’Hara (+10.292s) rounded out the podium in third — his first podium of the season — with James Rispoli (+12.898s) fourth. Gillim’s closest championship rival on paper, teammate Troy Herfoss (+24.628s), ran with the leaders early but slid wide at Turn 16, a mistake that dropped him to fifth. Two-time and defending champion Kyle Wyman and Saturday’s third-place finisher, Rocco Landers, both went down and did not finish.

Gillim grabbed the early lead, with Smith and Herfoss forming up behind him. By the end of lap one, though, it was clear Smith had more in the tank than he’d shown a day earlier — he moved past Gillim and immediately began stretching a gap that grew past four seconds by the finish. Gillim held second the rest of the way, while O’Hara capitalized on the Wyman and Landers crashes to claim the final podium spot.

The following quote is from 2026 Mission King Of The Baggers Champion Hayden Gillim: “I just can’t thank the whole J&P Cycles, Motul, Vance & Hines guys enough. We didn’t get the bikes until late and got one test in before the season started, and we came out winning. To be able to finish it early is pretty special, especially against the guys that we’re racing against. Obviously, I want to win the championship right here in the middle, but Bradley — no matter if I was going for a championship or not — I think Bradley had me today. I can’t thank these guys enough. This is our second championship together, and my first one for Indian. Pretty pumped. It just shows how much work these guys put in and how good I can ride a motorcycle. I don’t like to toot my horn sometimes, but I feel like I can do a little bit right now. I can’t thank Terry and Steve and Byron and Mike — everybody enough. Man, it’s just incredible.”

The following quote is from Mission King Of The Baggers Race 2 winner Bradley Smith: “First of all, huge shout-out to our sponsors, because I always forget — Dynojet, Rockford, K&N filters, Harley-Davidson. Second big shout-out, Vance & Hines, for the tremendous job — not only what they did at the end of last year, but when they got this product they stepped it up a level. They forced us to be better. They beat us, but we’re a hell of a lot further forward than we were this time last year. So big credit to all those guys over there — you deserve that number-one plate, enjoy it. That was awesome. To finish this way, winning out the race — I knew I could put Hayden under pressure because I knew he’d be thinking about the championship, so I stuck it in 13s for a little bit longer, got the brakes, and brought it home safe. We learned from yesterday — we made the bike a little more favorable for the hot conditions. I’m stoked. What a weekend. Going home happy.”

• Talent Cup

Sam Drane snapped a long dryspell in his first premier-class Talent Cup win of the year, out-dueling points leader Nathan Gouker (+0.131) in a back-and-forth battle to take Race 2 at Circuit Of The Americas.

Gouker, starting from pole, jumped into the lead as the field sorted out positions through the opening laps. He began stretching a full-second gap over the chasing pack, which included Jake Paige in second and Sam Drane in third. Kensei Matsudaira (Team Roberts) ran fourth, with Sawyer Lafayette (Sawyer Lafayette Racing) fifth and Derek Sanchez (Real Steel Honda) sixth at the end of lap one. Gouker appeared to have broken clear of the group by 0.916 seconds while Drane moved past Paige for second.

In the closing laps, Drane clawed back the deficit and made the a move with four laps to go. Both riders dipped into new lap-record territory, with Gouker eventually setting the new benchmark at 2:26.001. 

Gouker reclaimed the point with two laps remaining and looked set to hold on, but couldn’t find the drive out of Turn 11 on the final lap — Drane pounced before the braking zone at Turn 12 and held him off through The Stadium Section for his first win and sixth podium.

Despite missing out on the race win, Gouker’s second-place finish stretches his championship lead over Matsudaira to 18 points with one round to go. Drane’s win moves him into third overall, 79 points back, as the series heads to the season finale in New Jersey — the only title still up for grabs.

The following quote is from Talent Cup Race 2 Winner Sam Drane: “That was a tough race. I got a good start but then got stuffed into turn one and I was back in fifth. The front two got away and I had to really work hard. Nathan had a really big gap on me. He’s riding awesome all weekend. He’s the man to beat every weekend, so it feels good. I couldn’t do it without my whole Estenson Blue Cru Monster Energy Yamaha team and everybody at home. My mom and dad, everybody in the team who helps me. It’s awesome.”

• Mission Super Hooligan National Championship

Championship Sunday lived up to its billing, as BPR Racing Yamaha’s Bryce Kornbau out-braked his own teammate, Andy DiBrino (+1.608), in the closing laps to win Race 2 and the 2026 title by five points. Edge Racing’s Jason Waters (+5.625) claimed his first career podium in third.

DiBrino jumped from pole into the early lead, with Gus Rodio and Kornbau in tow — all three keenly aware the championship was on the line. The trio pulled clear of the field before Rodio made a small mistake that dropped him to seventh; he later crashed, remounted, and salvaged ninth (+35.419).

Up front, DiBrino led every lap but the one that mattered. Kornbau, who never let his teammate out of sight, set up a run onto the back straight off Turn 11. The two Yamahas ran side-by-side — each rider glancing over at the other before the drag race to Turn 12 — with DiBrino defending the inside line as long as he could. Kornbau came from the outside under braking, forcing him wide and sailing through to the win and the championship.

Rodio’s early misstep opened the door for Jason Waters and Rodio’s own teammate, Ben Gloddy (+5.662), to move into third and fourth. The two waged their own battle for the final podium spot, with Waters coming out ahead by just 0.037 seconds for his first career MotoAmerica podium. Saddlemen Race Development’s Jake Lewis (+14.154) was fifth, while ARCH Motorcycle Racing’s Michael Gilbert (+16.393) brought the bespoke machine home sixth in a strong fill-in ride to close out the team’s season. James Rispoli and Jeremy McWilliams were the race’s only DNFs.

The following quote is from 2026 Mission Super Hooligan National Champion and Race 2 winner Bryce Kornbau: “I saw him look back on the first or second lap and I’m like, ‘Yup, I’m right here.’ Just from that moment on, I’m like, ‘How am I going to do this?’ I could tell he put in some good laps to try and break me, and I just maintained my pace and didn’t make mistakes. He dipped us back down into the 14s again. I’m like, even trying to pass him is not going to be easy. I could tell halfway through the race he started checking up a little bit — probably wanted to see if I was going to poke at him, but I was comfortable where I was at, and I decided to take my chances on the last lap to make that pass. I think we both went way, way too deep at the end of the back straight, and I was able to get it turned a little quicker and bring it home to the line. I can’t thank everybody enough — my wife, Savannah, for supporting me through all this, and my whole BPR Racing family. Hats off to Andy — he’s made me race harder than I have in a long time. I know it’s bittersweet for both of us, but I know this will help push both of us, and the team, forward. I’m just really happy with all of it.”

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