MiniGP: Three Americans Advance To Final Day Of MotoMini World Series

MiniGP: Three Americans Advance To Final Day Of MotoMini World Series

© 2025, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. By Michael Gougis.

Three of five U.S. racers made it through qualifying day at the 2025 FIM MotoMini World Series and will get to compete during the final day of racing on Thursday at the kart track at Circuit de Valencia Ricardo Tormo.

 

Kensei Matsudaira (87) was quickest in the first 190cc qualifying session. Photo by Michael Gougis.

 

Kensei Matsudaira made it into Thursday’s races in the 190cc class, while Jase Dill and Zaal Farhand made the cut in the 160cc class. Matsudaira and Dill made it into the final day on the strength of their qualifying times, while Farhand had to do it the hard way, winning his qualifying race. Australian Jake Paige, who made his MotoAmerica debut in the Talent Cup races at New Jersey Motorsports Park, also qualified for Thursday’s races in the 190cc class. Paige was ninth in the overall standings, his 42.908 lap 1.010 seconds off the pace set by the fastest qualifier, Shengbo Sun, who ripped off a 41.898 in qualifying, the only rider in the 41-second bracket. Matsudaira was 10th with a 42.968. In the 160cc class, Dill was fourth overall with a 44.092, only 0.295 seconds off of class leader Witold Kupczynski, who set the pace with a lap of 43.797.

 

Jase Dill (58). Photo by Michael Gougis.

 

Jake Paige (62). Photo by Michael Gougis.

 

Americans Ulysses Weyrauch and Lambert Su (who qualified for the finals by racing in the Northeast Asia series) were eliminated in the series of qualifying sessions and races held on Wednesday. Weyrauch finished fifth in his final qualifying heat race, and Su was taken out by another rider while holding down third in his final qualifying race.

 

Ulysses Weyrauch (88). Photo by Michael Gougis.

 

Lambert Su (39). Photo by Michael Gougis.

 

Canadian Eaton Reardon advanced to the final day of 160cc competition with a lap of 44.811, making him the first Canadian to make it to the finals in three years of participating in the World Series.

 

Thursday’s schedule includes two races for the 160cc class and the 190cc class in the morning. After the lunch break, the 23 riders who scored the most points in the morning 160cc races will compete in a 19-lap 160cc Super Final, and the 18 riders who scored the most points in the morning 190cc races will face off in a 20-lap 190cc Super Final.

 

160 Combined qualification

 

160 qualifying race 1

 

160 qualifying race 2

 

190 Combined qualification

 

190 Qualifying Race 1

 

190 qualifying Race 2

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