Tyler Scott Wins The Loudon Classic For The Third Time!
M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott won the Loudon Classic on a Suzuki GSX-R750 for the third time, earning another $40,000 on top of the combined $150,000 he won in the 2025, 2024, and 2023 Classics, winning twice and finishing second once. The race was red-flagged early on and restarted, and was shortened from a planned 25 laps to 20 laps, paying Scott $2,000 per completed lap. The winner’s $40,000 purse was reduced from the $60,000 Scott won last year, with the money redistributed to other classes run as part of the weekend.
Scott raced his personal practice bike because his M4 ECSTAR Suzuki team racebike was already prepped for the MotoAmerica National the following weekend, and he made things harder for himself by crashing that practice bike during a shakedown run a few days before the Loudon Classic. “What a great weekend ending up back on top of the box for the 103rd Loudon Classic. It was a more stressful weekend from years past with the conditions and lack of resources due to a testing crash a few days before, and I can’t thank everyone involved enough–especially my dad and Davey Loikits for working hard to get the bike fixed on such short notice. The weekend started out rough but when the rain started the sun shone on our program,” said Scott afterwards. “It was good and we were able to win for the second year in a row.”
Brandon Paasch races an M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R1000 Superbike in MotoAmerica events, but finished second in the Classic on a borrowed, third-hand Suzuki GSX-R750 that needed a lot of work to be race worthy, and earned $25,000. “Picked up this 750 on Monday in absolute shambles and earned every bit of my paycheck this week. From last week thinking I wasn’t racing, to spending an entire week of grinding to even make the grid, to finishing 2nd in the 103rd Loudon Classic by 0.3 of a second. We’ll take it,” Paasch said. “Massive thank you to everyone who was able to help make this happen: Mike Skowronek at Triple Strong Racing for spending an entire day going over this thing with me so I had something safe to race, Dunlop for the tires, Phillip Bailey and Harley Brumgard for coming out last minute to help keep the bike and me on track, Reese Briody for the last-minute number plates, Shiloh Salopek for un-f**king my electronics, Tino Pietri for a can of 93 octane pump gas for practice and everyone else who played a part in making it happen. We made out good in the results, made some money, and got out of there safe.”
Eli Block was third after leading when the track was wettest and made $12,500 on an Aprilia 660 in the race, which started wet, dried out a bit, then finished in mixed conditions.
Joseph Lemandri Jr. was fourth on a Yamaha YZF-R9 followed by Eric Wood and Ben Gloddy on YZF-R6 Yamahas. Dominic Doyle was eighth on a Liberty Yamaha Racing YZF-R9 ahead of Adam Guyer and Asher Rubright.
Of the 40 riders entered, 25 started the race in wet conditions.
Note: Contrary to what we reported in error earlier, Block (who has moved to Florida) did not qualify for a local rider bonus of $5,000 in addition to the regular purse money. The bonus money went to the following riders:
Loudon Classic Local Rider Bonuses:
1st – Eric Wood $5,000
2nd – Ben Gloddy $2,500
3rd – Adam Guyer $1,250
4th – Asher Rubright $750
5th – Jacob Crossman $500
Scroll down for complete purse payout list and official results. Note: The make of bike listed in the results sometimes may not be accurate, with Block riding an Aprilia 660 (not a KTM 790 Duke as shown in the results) being an example.
The Loudon Classic podium, winner Tyler Scott with second-place Brandon Paasch (left) and third-place Eli Block (right). Race organizer John Grush’s grandkids Hunter (8) and Addison (5) Schultz joined the podium activities. Photo by Sam Draiss.
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Gus Rodio Wins The Pro Streetfighter Race
Gus Rodio won the Pro Streetfighter race held in conjunction with the Loudon Classic, riding a Rodio Racing V2 Ducati Streetfighter built to MotoAmerica Super Hooligans specifications. His teammate Ben Gloddy finished second, 5.188 seconds behind and Robertino Pietri finished third on a Super Hooligan-spec Yamaha MT-09, 5.691 seconds behind Rodio. Teagg Hobbs finished fourth with Adam Guyer fifth, both on Ducatis. The race ran in the dry.
Streetfighters Local Rider Bonuses:
1st – Ben Gloddy $5,000
2nd – Adam Guyer $2,500
3rd – Jacob Crossman $1,250
4th – Semir Fazlic $750
5th – Michael Lee $500
Block Wins in Pro 500 Superbike
Eli Block won the Pro 500 Superbike race by 1.955 seconds over Matthew Sweeney and 1.966 seconds ahead of third-place Thomas Hynes V.
Nathan Bettencourt was fourth but turned the quickest lap of the race at 1:17.899 and Ryne Snooks was fifth. The race was declared wet.
Logan Cunnison Wins Pro Thunderbike Race
Logan Cunnison won the Pro Thunderbike race by 12.035 seconds from Eli Block. Trase Boudreau finished third, 18.853 seconds behind Cunnison and 0.5-second ahead of Adam Guyer. Brett Guyer finished fifth.
Total Purse Payouts:
2026-103rd-Loudon-Classic-Purse-BreakdownLocal Rider Bonuses:
Loudon Classic:
1st – Eric Wood $5,000
2nd – Ben Gloddy $2,500
3rd – Adam Guyer $1,250
4th – Asher Rubright $750
5th – Jacob Crossman $500
Streetfighters:
1st – Ben Gloddy $5,000
2nd – Adam Guyer $2,500
3rd – Jacob Crossman $1,250
4th – Semir Fazlic $750
5th – Michael Lee $500
