Motul announced as Event Main Sponsor for the Spanish, Portuguese and Argentinean Rounds
The Championship Title Sponsor will headline the 2021 Spanish, Portuguese and Argentinean Rounds.
Dorna WSBK Organization (DWO) is delighted to announce Motul as the Event Main Sponsor for the Spanish Round held from the 24th to the 26th of September at the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, the Motul Portuguese Round taking place at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve from the 1st to 3rd October and the Argentinean Round held at the Circuito San Juan Villicum from the 15th to 17th of October. The Spanish and Portuguese circuits are popular events on the calendar, whilst the Argentinean circuit will host the first non-European round of the season. The Championship arrives with just one points separating first and second, meaning the three rounds bring high importance for the title race, promising to be exciting events.
Founded in 1853, Motul is specialised in the formulation, production, and distribution of high-tech engine lubricants, with the French company reaching out worldwide with a presence in over 160 countries. The company is well known for the quality of its products, innovation capacity and involvement in the field of competition. Motul has a long history in motorsport and has been the Championship’s Title Sponsor since 2016 and this year, is also supporting both Team HRC and MV Agusta Corse Clienti. Motul is always innovating to push the boundaries of performance, a shared attribute that also defines the Championship.
With Motul’s philosophy of using competition as a living laboratory for new products, WorldSBK is the perfect partner for the French company to demonstrate the quality of its 300V Factory Line and MC CARE product ranges and thus to set a top-quality product from racing directly to the customer. This Event Main Sponsor agreement enhances the historic partnership between the world’s fastest production-based Championship and the iconic French company.
As well as sharing their experience with fans at the Motul Action Box in the paddock, Motul will ensure stunning hospitality and a remarkable experience to all WorldSBK guests attending the Spanish, Portuguese and Argentinean Rounds.
500 Premier Showdown to be Main Event at Barber Vintage Festival
(Elora, Tennessee) – A season-long championship battle will be decided during the main event at the 2021 Barber Vintage Festival.
For 2021 the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA) 2021 Vintage Cup featured class has been 500 Premier, sponsored by NYC Norton (nycnorton.com), and Roadracing World (roadracingworld.com). This class highlights big-bore Gran Prix race bikes from one of the Golden Ages of road racing.
The final two rounds of the 2021 Vintage Cup series will be run at the Barber Vintage MotoFest on October 8 and 9 with the Saturday race to be included as part of lunchtime special activities.
“This second annual Vintage Cup has seen some seriously exciting racing this year, culminating in a massive shootout at Barber,” said Arthur Kowitz, 2021 Chairman of the AHRMA Board of Trustees. “The lunchtime events at Barber Vintage Festival have always been reserved for phenomenal exhibition races and given how close the Vintage Cup Championship is this year, we’re putting it front-and-center.”
With two rounds left in the Vintage Cup series, Andrew Mauk, from Milwaukee, WI leads Tim Joyce, from Laurel Hill, FL by 171 points. However, while Mauk has earned more points during the season and finished more races, Joyce enters the final two rounds with more individual race wins. Mauk will need to beat Joyce in both Vintage Cup races to be held at the Barber Vintage Festival to secure the championship.
“In what will be my penultimate thoughts about the 2021 500 Premier Vintage Cup championship I couldn’t be a happier sponsor,” said Kenny Cummings. “This series has taken on a massive life of its own with incredible turnout all year and now we are down to the wire in a championship run between two of the heaviest hitters in AHRMA.”
Special 2021 Vintage Cup trophies were awarded to the 500 Premier class winners at select events including Roebling Road, Heartland Motorsports Park, New Jersey Motorsports Park, and Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca. The final special trophy will be presented to either Mauk or Joyce at Barber Motorsports Park.
About AHRMA:
The American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association Ltd. is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to restoring and competing on classic motorcycles. With about 4000 members, AHRMA is the largest vintage racing group in North America and one of the biggest in the world. The association has grown steadily over the years, reflecting the increasing interest in classic bikes.
More, from a press release issued by Eurosport Events:
YOSHIMURA SERT MOTUL VICTORY AT RECORD-BREAKING BOL D’OR
Yoshimura SERT Motul (1) won the Bol d’Or 24-Hour race in France. Photo courtesy Team Suzuki Press Office.
The factory Suzuki team – the reigning champion and winner of the 2019 edition of the Bol d’Or – won a brilliant victory ahead of Yamaha-mounted Moto Ain and the amazing Kawasaki-mounted Superstock team BMRT 3D Maxxess Nevers.
Yoshimura SERT Motul led the race for 615 of the 704 laps completed. This year’s edition, the 84th, broke the previous record of 698 laps completed in 2018.
Gregg Black, Xavier Simeon and Sylvain Guintoli fended off the favourites in the early laps but rapidly took control of the race. YART–Yamaha Official EWC Team and Webike SRC Kawasaki France Trickstar were in a position to challenge them and win. But, like all the other factory teams, they didn’t cross the finish line.
In second place 19 laps behind the leader, Moto Ain got on the podium in their very first season in the EWC class thanks to Randy de Puniet, Robin Mulhauser and Roberto Rolfo. They ran a flawless race with only a minor crash towards the end.
BMRT 3D Maxxess Nevers’ exploit
Third at the finish, four laps behind Moto Ain, BMRT 3D Maxxess Nevers wrote their name in history. It is rare to find a Superstock team on the podium of a 24-hour race. The last time a Superstock team was on the podium of an FIM EWC race was at the 2014 Bol d’Or. In the saddle of their Kawasaki, Anthony Loiseau, Jonathan Hardt and Julien Pilot led the Superstock class practically throughout the race. BMRT 3D Maxxess Nevers stayed in the lead for 621 of the 681 laps completed in this category.
BMRT 3D Maxxess Nevers’ feat was also rewarded with the 2021 FIM Superstock World Cup win – the team’s first World Cup win – even before the final race at Most.
The podium of the 84th Bol d’Or was also noteworthy for its diversity. It featured three manufacturers, Suzuki, Yamaha and Kawasaki, and three tyre manufacturers – Bridgestone, Dunlop and Michelin.
As if to prove that Superstock bikes hold up well against the official EWC machines, two other Superstock teams finished in the Top 5. RAC41 ChromeBurner were fourth and the only Honda past the finish line. No Limits Motor Team (Suzuki) were in 5th place.
New FIM EWC hierarchy
VRD Igol Experiences finished 6th overall. Florian Alt, Florian Marino and Nico Terol had been in the Top 5 in the early stages of the race before crashing out. The independent Yamaha team won the points for the 3rd-ranked team in the FIM EWC. This puts them in second place in the standings behind Yoshimura SERT Motul, the new leader on the eve of the season finale at Most.
The Superstock Bol d’Or
11 of the 20 machines past the finish line were Superstocks. OG Motorsport by Sarazin and Falcon Racing finished a noteworthy 7th and 8th, ahead of two EWC teams, Motobox Kremer Racing and Maco Racing Team.
British Superstock team ADSS97 who were competing in their first FIM EWC race finished 11th.
What with the heat at the start and the rain during the night, the 84th Bol d’Or was one of the toughest in the race’s history for both the riders and the bikes. After 24 hours of racing on the Paul Ricard circuit, 20 machines crossed the finish line.
Crashes during the night and engine failure affected many teams including the favourites. The lead players in the early stages who later vanished from the rankings were Webike SRC Kawasaki France Trickstar, BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team, F.C.C. TSR Honda France, YART–Yamaha Official EWC Team and ERC Endurance-Ducati.
Teams who withdrew because of engine failure included Bolliger Team Switzerland and Wójcik Racing Team. 3ART Best of Bike quit the race with a blocked gearbox after a crash. Team 18 Sapeurs-Pompiers CMS Motostore were affected by a mechanical issue when they were in the running for the Superstock podium. Another high-profile Superstock, National Motos Honda, withdrew because of an oil leak following crashes. Team 33 Louit April Moto attempted to continue racing with two riders after Luca Vitali was injured but were forced to throw in the towel.
The 2021 Bol d’Or also marked the return of the public for the first time since end-2019. 48,000 spectators were at the Paul Ricard circuit this weekend.
Next FIM EWC race: the final at Most in the Czech Republic on 9 October.
MotoAmerica HONOS Superbike Championship Point Standings (after 20 of 20 races):
Gagne, 445 points, clinched Championship
Scholtz, 357
Petersen, 264
Baz, 238
Fong, 207
Herrin, 200
Barbera, 157
Jake Lewis, 131
Kyle Wyman, 111
Alexander, 83
Travis Wyman, 83
Toni Elias, 76
Gilbert, 56
Anthony, 52
Yates, 52
Danilo Lewis, 41
Jayson Uribe, 39
Lee, 30
Bradley Ward, 28
Farris, 28
MotoAmerica Superbike Cup Championship Point Standings (after 20 of 20 races):
Jake Lewis, 397 points, clinched Championship
Travis Wyman, 290
Alexander, 267
Gilbert, 210
Danilo Lewis, 182
Farris, 181
Yates, 145
Lee, 145
Coffey, 103
Giannotto, 99
More, from a press release issued by MotoAmerica:
Scholtz, Gagne Split Wins In MotoAmerica Superbike Finale At Barber
Jake Gagne Ends His Record-Setting Season With Another Record
Mathew Scholtz (11) leads Cameron Petersen (45), Loris Baz (45), and Jake Gagne (32) in Race Two. Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy MotoAmerica.
BIRMINGHAM, AL (September 19, 2021) – Despite a weekend at Barber Motorsports Park that featured horrendous weather and difficult racing conditions, the 2021 MotoAmerica Superbike Series ended as it should have with Jake Gagne winning a record 17th race to put an exclamation point on a season like no other.
Gagne, who earlier in the season set a record with 13 straight wins, didn’t win his record-extending 17th race in a row in Saturday’s race one, and he didn’t win it in race two on Sunday morning, but he did take that 17th victory in the season finale on Sunday afternoon at Barber Motorsports Park.
How’s this for a season? Twenty starts, 17 victories, 18 podiums and 445 championship points. That was Gagne’s year with the Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha team as they simply scorched the competition in putting together a season that is unprecedented in AMA Superbike history.
The cherry on top is that Gagne’s victory in race three at Barber – the 17th of his season and career – on Sunday put him into a tie with Nicky Hayden for eighth on the all-time AMA Superbike win list.
“What a way to finish the year,” Gagne said after win number 17. “Yesterday was chaos. We all threw it down, but I couldn’t get it back up in time. The race earlier today, we weren’t too happy with it. We had some issues and we sorted it out and we were ready to go out there and try to win this thing in race three. Hats off to this team. It’s been an incredible year. Seventeen wins is unbelievable, especially against a field this deep and talented, these amazing teams. These guys are world-class riders. We did our work. We focused on what we needed to focus on and cranked out laps. I gave it my all every single lap of every single race, and it worked out most of the time. I feel blessed and I’m just lucky to have such a great crew, such an amazing motorcycle. I’ve had more fun than ever racing motorcycles, so life is good. It’s going to be nice to have a little break here, but we’ll be back to work and ready to keep fighting with these guys next year. It’s going to be hard to beat that year. Nothing but hard work to come and we’ll just keep chipping away.”
Westby Racing’s Mathew Scholtz had his best weekend of the year, despite crashing out of the lead but remounting to finish second in Saturday’s Mother Nature race. Scholtz made up for his Saturday miscue with his fourth career Superbike victory on Sunday morning (in a race that was stopped a few laps early when a deer ran across the wet track in front of Scholtz) and followed that up with a second-place finish behind Gagne in race three – another wet race – on Sunday afternoon.
“Yeah, I don’t even know what happened yesterday,” Scholtz half-joked after erasing that race from his memory banks with a win in race two. “I’m just trying to forget about that and just concentrate on what we do now. Pulled a pretty decent gap in the first couple laps. I definitely took some pretty decent risks in the more fast-speed corners, which I think definitely helped me open up the big gap. I tried to charge. At the halfway point, I had a couple decent front-end pushes, front-end wobbles. Also tucked the front in corner five. So, I kind of just chilled out, watched the board, and just tried to hold the six- or seven-second gap. I think with five laps to go, I was coming over the corner of 14, 15 there and a deer jumped out. I didn’t really think too much of it then, then I saw that the red flag came out and I kind of knew that I had won it there. Just a big thank you to the Westby crew. Yesterday was a difficult time for us. Kind of thinking with a 11-second gap, one and a half laps to go, I kind of screwed up big time there. It’s always good to bring home a decent result afterwards.”
Jake Gagne (32) leads Cameron Petersen (45) and Loris Baz (76) at Barber Motorsports Park. Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy MotoAmerica.
Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York’s Loris Baz was also on the podium in both races on Sunday with a second-place finish in race two in the morning and a third in race three on Sunday afternoon. Baz doesn’t like to do things the easy way and his third-place finish came after a crash early in the race with an impressive fight back through the pack to follow.
“The start was not too bad,” Baz said after the final race of the season. “I actually got into P2 really early and Jake (Gagne) was pushing hard. I had a moment going into turn six or seven, then Cam (Petersen) crashed. It was a bit of a mess. Jake already had a two-second lead on the first lap. So, I tried just to get a feeling on the bike. I was struggling a little bit, then I found a pace. I had a lack of rear grip, so I started to push on the front and then I just lost it into turn five. I managed to pick up the bike pretty early and restart it. I had an error message on the bike, and I could not turn it off. I had to reset the bike. So, I restart almost half a lap trying to reset all the buttons that I have on the bike. All the guys came through and finally the bike started to work again. When I went to neutral, it went into restart again. So, I just put my head down. I saw 13 or 15 seconds to the podium. I said, ‘Let’s do it.’ It would be bad to do another crash. I would have normally not cared, but I wanted to finish the season with a podium at least. I managed to get back pretty fast. So, it’s not what we wanted. I really wanted to finish the season a little bit better, but I gave everything I had. Big thanks to the team, all the guys, all the fans that stood in the rain, and MotoAmerica for this great season. It’s been nice to discover a new championship. Congrats to Jake (Gagne) for kicking our asses all season. He finished the same way that he started the season.”
With Scholtz, Baz and Gagne owning the podium in both races on Sunday, Saturday’s first-time winner Cameron Petersen was fourth in race two on the M4 ECSTAR Suzuki, then crashed in race three, remounted and finished fifth, giving him a 1-4-5 weekend tally.
Jones Honda’s Ashton Yates came close to giving Honda a podium on his CBR1000RR-R in race three, but the Georgian gave up the spot late in the race to the flying Baz. Still, Yates had his best Superbike weekend ever with two fourths and a sixth.
Panera Bread Ducati’s Kyle Wyman ended his season with a sixth in race three to go with a seventh in race two, the New Yorker finishing well clear of HONOS HVMC Racing’s Corey Alexander in race three.
M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Bobby Fong had a rough weekend and he ended it with two eighth-place finishes on Sunday. Altus Motorsports’ Jake Lewis wrapped up the Superbike Cup on Sunday and picked up his $25,000 check after finishing ninth in race three. Earlier in the day, Lewis had put his Stock 1000-spec GSXR-1000 into fifth.
Gagne’s Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha teammate Josh Herrin erred by fitting slick tires to his Yamaha YZF-R1 in race two and eventually pulled out of the race. On Sunday afternoon, with rain tires fitted, Herrin ended up 10th.
More, from a press release issued by Yamaha:
Gagne Completes MotoAmerica Superbike Season with Record-Breaking 17th Victory
Jake Gagne (32). Photo courtesy Yamaha.
Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne finished his stellar 2021 season on a high note with a record-breaking 17th MotoAmerica Superbike win in today’s Race 3 at the Barber Motorsports Park. It was a much better day two for the newly crowned champ, who finished third earlier this morning in the second race of the tripleheader. Josh Herrin was all in for the win and went with slick tires in the mixed conditions in Race 2. Unfortunately, he was unable to finish, but he rebounded to close out the season with another top-10 finish in the challenging conditions in Race 3.
Gagne got a great start from the fourth row of the grid in Race 2 and made his way to within reach of the podium on the opening lap. He patiently waited in fourth as the two riders ahead battled for second and then made his move to third at the beginning of Lap 6 as they lapped his teammate. Gagne kept second in sight, but with five laps to go, the race was red-flagged due to a deer crossing the track. With the required percentage of the race completed, it was called, and he returned to the podium in third.
After two bizarre races, Gagne returned to dominant form in the final race of the season. He claimed the lead early and set a blistering pace to quickly build a comfortable gap up front and cross the line with a 12-second margin of victory. It was a fitting end to a landmark season for the 29-year old who, in addition to claiming his first title in the premier class a weekend early, added several record-breaking accolades to his resume. He broke five lap records out of nine venues and led a phenomenal 244 laps. Gagne also broke the record for most consecutive wins with 16 and then for the most race wins in a season with today’s 17th victory, which also puts him in a tie with Nicky Hayden on the AMA Superbike all-time win list.
Looking for that first win of the season, Herrin rolled the dice in the morning race and put on slick tires in hopes that the track would continue to dry. Unfortunately, it did not dry as quickly as it has done in previous years, and Herrin was lapped by the lead group just after the start of Lap 6. He kept pushing and was starting to drop his times as the track dried out, but unfortunately, it started to rain again, and he ultimately withdrew from the race.
In Race 3, Herrin rebounded with a great start from the fourth row of the grid and made his way to fifth on the opening lap. He was riding comfortably in fifth but unfortunately went off track on Lap 6 and rejoined in eighth. The Californian quickly recovered a position but also found himself in a multi-rider battle and jockeyed for position. He was seventh until the penultimate lap but unfortunately went off track again and was shuffled to 10th. Herrin rode it home to score his second top-10 finish on a difficult weekend in Leeds, Alabama.
Richard Stanboli – Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha Racing Team Manager
“We were able to finish the season properly today with a win and a new record of most wins in a single season. Race 2 did not go as we expected and a setting based on yesterday’s heavy rain ultimately was not the ideal setup, and Jake had a hard time staying with the leaders in the very light rain from this morning. Learning from that, we made adjustments, and Jake once again ran away from the rest of the field for yet another flag-to-flag race victory.
“Our 2021 championship season is another success to add to our 2020 championship results. It has been an amazing experience! We can’t thank the staff at Yamaha enough for giving us the opportunity and the trust in what is now two of our best seasons in Superbike racing.”
Jake Gagne – Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha Racing
“What a year! I’m so happy for what we’ve accomplished, and to finish it off with a win is amazing! Again thanks to the whole team. We’ve got such a great crew, and everybody works so hard. I had a lot of fun riding in the wet, and this Attack R1 was on rails again. It was good to get a win in the wet after that crazy day yesterday. Man, what a way to finish the year!”
Josh Herrin – Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha Racing
“It was a tough weekend and definitely not your normal race weekend at Barber Motorsports Park. I really wanted that win and had nothing to lose, so after going out on the sighting lap, I saw the dry line forming and switched to slicks. Unfortunately, the track didn’t dry out like it normally does, and it didn’t work out. I got a good start in Race 3, but I was struggling to find my comfort zone and finished 10th. It’s not how I wanted to end the season, but we gave everything that we had and look to come back stronger next year.”
More, from a press release issued by Ducati:
Ducati Rounds Out 2021 MotoAmerica Season on the Podium
Sunnyvale, Calif., September 19, 2021 – The Barber Motorsports Park round of MotoAmerica 2021 was held in torrential conditions, with Ducati duo Loris Baz and Kyle Wyman fighting the elements to get home safely.
Baz suffered a massive crash on Friday and was uncertain on his participation for this weekend, but the gritty Frenchman came away with three podiums in third, second and third, despite crashing in two of the three races and the nation’s best struggled to get to the finish.
Wyman, in the final Ducati ride of his MotoAmerica career, failed to finish race one’s drenching but came back for seventh in race two and sixth in race three.
Baz ends the 2021 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship in fourth place behind champion Jake Gagne, with Wyman signing off in ninth, marking the first time in nearly two decades two Ducatis have finished in the top 10 in AMA Superbike competition.
Loris Baz (76). Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy Ducati.
Loris Baz (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York – Ducati #76)
“It’s been a crazy weekend after a massive crash on Friday,” Baz said. “I was 90 percent sure on Friday I was not going to be racing this weekend and I started last because I missed Q1 and was in third, crashed again and started ninth with a completely broke bike—broke handlebars, everything—and got a podium in P3. This morning was a bit easier. The pain was less and I went P2, but it’s not a condition I like, when it’s drying. I had better hopes for this weekend and this afternoon but Jake (Gagne) pulled a gap straight away on lap one and I couldn’t, crashed again and finished third. But three podiums to finish the season with two crashes in the races and three over the three days. I want to thank the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York team, all my mechanics, all the guys on the team who got me out on the track. Also, team managers Bobby and Lewis because they wanted me to go home and rest and I was the one who told them I wanted to race. They didn’t need t o do that. I am really proud to race for this team, and we ended the season with three podiums. Thanks to all the Ducati fans and we’ll see what the future brings.”
Kyle Wyman (33). Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy Ducati.
Kyle Wyman (One Cure Ducati – Ducati #33)
“Today went better than Saturday,” said Wyman. “We finished in seventh and sixth place. We ran up there pretty close to the front in the beginning but we struggled in finding the confidence in the bike that we had yesterday. Definitely it was a grueling weekend, being three rain races. It’s a lot on the equipment and the riders. We grounded through and finished up pretty well. I want to say a huge thank you to my team and everything they have done for this year. It’s been a trying season after coming back from injury and trying to get the results. I can’t thank the sponsors enough—Ducati Richmond, our Ducati dealer partner north of the border—they have been a huge supporter through these three years with Ducati and while this is my last day on the Ducati I am super thankful to the Ducatisti and Ducati North America, everyone who has supported this effort in bringing the Panigale V4 R to America to race against the country’s best. I also want to thank the KW Army, who rallied around this effort and helped me get this program off the ground. Every one of the members played a huge role in that. I look forward to what the future holds, but I’ll look back on a lot of fun memories with this platform and the results we had. Thanks to everyone.”
More, from a press release issued by Westby Racing:
Westby Racing’s Mathew Scholtz Finishes Strong With A Win And A Runner-Up Finish In MotoAmerica Superbike At Barber
Mathew Scholtz (11). Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy Westby Racing.
Birmingham, AL – September 19, 2021 – On the final day of the 2021 MotoAmerica Championship, Mathew Scholtz and the Westby Racing team put a crescendo on their season with a Superbike victory in race two on Sunday morning at rainy Barber Motorsports Park, followed by a runner-up finish in race three on Sunday afternoon.
The win and the second-place finish were the 15th and 16th podium results out of 20 races this season, making 2021 Westby Racing’s most successful Superbike season yet.
In Sunday’s first of two races, Mathew got to the front quickly and built a gap of more than seven seconds. At that point, a deer decided to get in on the action, and it ran across the track ahead of Mathew, which resulted in Race Control stopping the race and declaring Mathew the winner.
After the victory, Mathew said, “I pulled a pretty decent gap in the first couple of laps, and I took some pretty decent risks in the more fast-speed corners, which, I think, definitely helped me open up the big gap. I tried to charge. At the halfway point, I had a couple decent front-end pushes, front-end wobbles. I also tucked the front in corner five. So, I kind of just chilled out, watched the board, and tried to hold the six- or seven-second gap. I think, with five laps to go, I was coming over the corner of 14, 15 there, and a deer jumped out onto the track. I didn’t really think too much of it then, but I saw that the red flag came out, and I knew that I had won it there. Just a big thank you to the Westby crew. Now, we’ll wait and see what the weather does and come out swinging in the third race.”
After Sunday’s second race, in which Mathew finished second for the ninth time this season, he said, “I think 2021 has been a fair season for me. Last year, it was also going pretty well and then, unfortunately, at Indianapolis, I had a bad crash, and it almost ended things for me. But luckily, I’m back here riding again. Like I was saying earlier, I had kind of gotten through the halfway point of the season, and we just started chasing setup and going down the wrong rabbit hole. Some things changed for the last three or four rounds. We’ve been getting stronger and stronger. So, it’s always good to end the season off like we have. Now, it gives us confidence heading into 2022. I’m going to be back with the Westby squad. I’ve been here for five years, going on six years now. They’re all family to me. So, I couldn’t be happier. I get paid to race motorbikes in one of the best championships. I’m here racing against some the world’s best guys and giving it to them sometimes, and sometimes they give it back to me. So, it’s always great. I’m just looking forward to coming back in this championship and hopefully challenging Jake next year. We’ll come out swinging next year. We know what sort of lap times we need to do, where we need to do better. So, we’ll work on that during the off-season. I won’t be going home (to South Africa), which kind of sucks, but that gives us some more testing time.”
Ed Sullivan, Westby Racing Crew Chief said, “It’s nice to finish the season off on a high with the win in race two. Even though all of the races were wet this weekend, the track surface was different for each race. We seemed to get it right this morning, and the Attack guys got it right in the afternoon. Mathew was really strong all weekend, in the wet or dry, and he carried on his form from the past few rounds. 2022 starts now, though. We are preparing our testing program and are working on the areas that we believe we need to improve. All of us are looking forward to COTA 2022!”
Chuck Giacchetto, Westby Racing Team Manager, added, “I’m grateful to everyone who made it possible for us to finish second in the 2021 Superbike Championship. A very special thanks to Tryg Westby, who makes it possible every single day. I’m sad to have the season end, but I’m very much looking forward to 2022.”
And so, that concludes the 2021 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship for Westby Racing. Mathew and the team will start working towards the 2022 season with the goal to move up one position in the final point standings next year, which is 2022 MotoAmerica Superbike Champion.
2021 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship Final Standings
MotoAmerica SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup Championship Point Standings (after 18 of 18 races):
Scott, 390 points, clinched Championship
Gloddy, 346
Rodio, 218
Kohlstaedt, 212
Cody Wyman, 186
Davis, 135
VanDenBrouck, 133
Yaakov, 117
Max Toth, 109
LiMandri, 99
More, from a press release issued by KTM Factory Racing:
RISING STAR TYLER SCOTT IS CROWNED 2021 MOTOAMERICA JUNIOR CUP CHAMPION
Round 9 – MotoAmerica Junior Cup Championship
Tyler Scott (70). Photo courtesy KTM Factory Racing.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Fifteen-year-old Tyler Scott wrapped up the 2021 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Championship over the weekend together with an impressive 1-1 sweep at the Barber Motorsports Park season finale. The KTM Supported rider was officially crowned on Saturday following a title-clinching victory aboard his Scott Powersports KTM RC 390 R, and he didn’t stop there as he charged his way to another dominant performance at the final race on Sunday.
Entering the weekend with a 30-point lead in the Junior Cup Championship, Scott knew he only needed to finish race one within five points of the second-place rider and the title was his. The Pennsylvanian did just that, earning a championship-winning victory with one race to spare in the series. On Sunday, the newly crowned champion went to battle once again with his closest championship competitor and he came away with another close victory to round out the season with a positive 1-1 sweep in Alabama.
After spending the past two seasons primarily in Europe where he competed in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and then the European Talent Cup in Spain, Scott has had an incredible rookie season in the MotoAmerica Series earning 11 career victories, as well as four podium finishes, in 18 total races.
Tyler Scott: “It feels really great to win the championship in my first year in the Junior Cup. We’ve been pretty consistent with our finishes this season; we have 11 race-wins and definitely very consistent throughout the whole season. I felt really good on the bike and it handled great all season, I think it’s an amazing bike for the series.”
Chris Fillmore, Racing Manager: “We’re super happy for Tyler and his team. For him to take his experiences learned in Red Bull Rookies Cup and bring it over to MotoAmerica, hop on the KTM RC 390 R and win 11 races this year is something really special and it’s definitely deserving of a championship. I just want to thank Tyler, his dad and his team for doing such a great job representing. He for sure has a bright future in racing.”
For more information on the MotoAmerica Series and to view full results and championship standings, visit their website at www.motoamerica.com.
MotoAmerica Supersport Championship Point Standings (after 18 of 18 races):
Kelly, 390 points
Richie Escalante, 315
Lochoff, 215
Rocco Landers, 182
Mesa, 175
Smith, 168
Olmedo, 102
Soltisz, 93
Doyle, 88
Nassaney, 84
More, from a press release issued by MotoAmerica:
Da Silva’s First Win Comes In Supersport Season Finale In Alabama
Gabriel Da Silva Takes First Career Win At Barber Motorsports Park
BIRMINGHAM, AL (September 19, 2021) – The 2021 MotoAmerica Series came to a close on a rainy day at the Barber Motorsports Park with a surprise victor in the final Supersport race of the season – Gabriel Da Silva.
Da Silva went head-to-head with newly crowned Supersport Champion Sean Dylan Kelly and came out on top with Kelly crashing out of their battle on the final lap of the race that was held in a downpour. Kelly, who will move to the Moto2 World Championship next year, was able to remount and finish second.
The win was 17-year-old Da Silva’s first in the MotoAmerica Series with his best prior result a sixth-place finish.
Supersport: Da Silva’s Surprise
Gabriel Da Silva (93) beat Supersport Champion Sean Dylan Kelly (40) in Sunday’s Supersport race at Barber Motorsports Park for his first-career MotoAmerica victory. Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy MotoAmerica.
The final Supersport race of the year will be one that GP Racing Yamaha rider Gabriel Da Silva will never forget. The 17-year-old, who started racing in the MotoAmerica Series at VIR earlier this year, won his first-ever MotoAmerica race, and he did it against the toughest competition in the class. Da Silva went toe-to-toe with 2021 class champion Sean Dylan Kelly, and Kelly crashed, handing the lead to Da Silva.
Kelly was unhurt and so was his M4 ECSTAR Suzuki. He was able to rejoin the race in second place, but he was too far back to catch Da Silva, and he crossed the finish line nearly 16 seconds after Da Silva. Third place went to Kelly’s teammate Sam Lochoff, who recorded the sixth podium of his rookie season.
“I knew the race was going to be good for us because the rain is an equalizer,” Da Silva said. “I had good pace here in the rain and the wet. Throughout yesterday’s race, we had a little bit of bad luck with P4 after the red flag, but I was able to come back today. Fought hard to catch up there. I knew it was a long race, so I was trying to take it a little easy. Eventually caught up to Sean, and I was able to make the move. I knew he was going to try something in the last few laps, so I was trying to be smart about it. We were spinning out and hydroplaning. But it was definitely a lot of fun. I knew I could do it, but it was something else to actually do it and put it on the box. Really happy and really grateful to be here.”
SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup: Scott’s 11th
Tyler Scott (70) leads Ben Gloddy (72) and the rest of the field during the SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup race, which was held in a rainstorm at Barber Motorsports Park. Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy MotoAmerica.
On Saturday, Scott Powersports/KTM rider Tyler Scott clinched the 2021 SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup Championship, but he wasn’t done winning races for the season. In Sunday’s race two, Scott notched his 11th victory of the season and sixth win in a row, and he did it over his closest rival. Landers Racing Kawasaki’s Ben Gloddy was second on Sunday, and he ended up 44 points behind Scott. Third place went to Veloce Racing’s David Kohlstaedt.
All three riders did a great job handling the rain that fell throughout the seven-lap event.
“The track honestly wasn’t as bad as I was anticipating on the start,” commented Scott. “Yesterday, I wrapped up the championship, so today there was no stress. Me and Ben were locked into the championship, so I knew today he was going to be pushing even harder because if we crashed, it’s not like we’d be losing the championship. So, I knew everyone that was in the battle yesterday would be trying 110% today. It was a great race.”
Twins Cup: De Keyrel Does It Again
Kaleb De Keyrel (center) beat runner-up Jody Barry (left) and third-place finisher Hayden Schultz (right) to win the Twins Cup race at Barber. Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy MotoAmerica.
Robem Engineering Aprilia rider Kaleb De Keyrel capped off his Twins Cup championship season by winning the final race of the season. He successfully held off all challengers, which included the rain-soaked Barber racecourse that presented a formidable challenge from start to finish. Second place went to Righteous Racing Aprilia rider Jody Barry, who notched his fifth podium of the season. Hayden Schultz race his brand-new Yamaha YZF-R7 to third, and in doing so, he clinched second place in the class championship.
“On the last lap, my pit board still said plus zero, so I was like, ‘This is going to get interesting real quick.’ I was like, ‘I’m going to have to still push, obviously.’ I knew somebody was right there on the lap before because I could hear their engine. Then on the last lap going into Charlotte’s Webb, I couldn’t really hear anybody. So, I was like, “All right, just be smooth, calm, and keep it on two wheels.’ Then I got a little sketchy with a lapper over the bridge. I went around the outside of him and he was pushing me into the white paint. I was like, ‘Please don’t move over anymore.’ The paint is obviously super slippery, as we saw in the Superbike race yesterday. You touch that stuff, and you’re going down. It’s pretty slick. I felt the track conditions were a little bit better after the track crew brushed off the water a little bit. When we were doing our warmup lap, there was quite a bit of water on the back straightaway coming out of the museum corner. I was hydroplaning, and I was like, ‘I guess watch it right there in the race.’ After we went back out, I didn’t really have any issues with that. It was super nerve-racking that they made us restart because, obviously, I was out front, and somebody had just crashed right in front of me. Then they made us restart the entire race. Overall, I think it was just amazing to end this awesome season with a win and for my team. They’ve been working super hard giving me a super competitive bike week in and week out. Just super happy to clinch this last victory for them and move onto next season and whatever that brings.”
Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race: Lukacs Stays Perfect
CJ Lukacs (77) kept her perfect win record intact in the Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. program with a victory over Kayla Theisler (52) and Trisha Dahl (44) on Sunday. Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy MotoAmerica.
The final race in the Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. Championship took place on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park, and California rider CJ Lukacs got the hat trick by winning all three races in the series. Despite the fully wet track conditions, Lukacs successfully piloted her Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 around the Barber Motorsports Park racecourse and took the checkered flag .823 of a second over Kayla Theisler, the converted sidecar racer recording her best finish of the three-race series. Trisha Dahl finished third and reached the podium for the third time in a row.
“I don’t think there are enough words to express what (this championship) means (to me), or even the amount that I’ve learned,” Lukacs said. “It’s beyond measure, obviously. It’s been a journey of a lifetime. To even have one win, and then another win, and then how I got this win, I’m beside myself.”
The MotoAmerica racing program Sunday afternoon at Barber Motorsports Park is currently on hold due to heavy rain and flooding on the racetrack.
The program was scheduled to start at 12:00 p.m. local time with the Royal Enfield BUILD. TRAIN. RACE. exhibition race, which was to be followed by SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup Race Two, Supersport Race Two, Twins Cup Race Two, and HONOS Superbike Race Two.
We will update this post as more information becomes available.
Update: The Supersport class is preparing to start Race Two at 1:10 p.m. local time.
Toprak Razgatlioglu (54) and Jonathan Rea (1) are battling for the 2021 FIM Superbike World Championship. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Motul announced as Event Main Sponsor for the Spanish, Portuguese and Argentinean Rounds
The Championship Title Sponsor will headline the 2021 Spanish, Portuguese and Argentinean Rounds.
Dorna WSBK Organization (DWO) is delighted to announce Motul as the Event Main Sponsor for the Spanish Round held from the 24th to the 26th of September at the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, the Motul Portuguese Round taking place at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve from the 1st to 3rd October and the Argentinean Round held at the Circuito San Juan Villicum from the 15th to 17th of October. The Spanish and Portuguese circuits are popular events on the calendar, whilst the Argentinean circuit will host the first non-European round of the season. The Championship arrives with just one points separating first and second, meaning the three rounds bring high importance for the title race, promising to be exciting events.
Founded in 1853, Motul is specialised in the formulation, production, and distribution of high-tech engine lubricants, with the French company reaching out worldwide with a presence in over 160 countries. The company is well known for the quality of its products, innovation capacity and involvement in the field of competition. Motul has a long history in motorsport and has been the Championship’s Title Sponsor since 2016 and this year, is also supporting both Team HRC and MV Agusta Corse Clienti. Motul is always innovating to push the boundaries of performance, a shared attribute that also defines the Championship.
With Motul’s philosophy of using competition as a living laboratory for new products, WorldSBK is the perfect partner for the French company to demonstrate the quality of its 300V Factory Line and MC CARE product ranges and thus to set a top-quality product from racing directly to the customer. This Event Main Sponsor agreement enhances the historic partnership between the world’s fastest production-based Championship and the iconic French company.
As well as sharing their experience with fans at the Motul Action Box in the paddock, Motul will ensure stunning hospitality and a remarkable experience to all WorldSBK guests attending the Spanish, Portuguese and Argentinean Rounds.
The AHRMA Vintage Cup Championship fight between Tim Joyce (309) and Andrew Mauk (x95) will be decided October 8-9 at Barber Motorsports Park. Photo courtesy AHRMA.
500 Premier Showdown to be Main Event at Barber Vintage Festival
(Elora, Tennessee) – A season-long championship battle will be decided during the main event at the 2021 Barber Vintage Festival.
For 2021 the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA) 2021 Vintage Cup featured class has been 500 Premier, sponsored by NYC Norton (nycnorton.com), and Roadracing World (roadracingworld.com). This class highlights big-bore Gran Prix race bikes from one of the Golden Ages of road racing.
The final two rounds of the 2021 Vintage Cup series will be run at the Barber Vintage MotoFest on October 8 and 9 with the Saturday race to be included as part of lunchtime special activities.
“This second annual Vintage Cup has seen some seriously exciting racing this year, culminating in a massive shootout at Barber,” said Arthur Kowitz, 2021 Chairman of the AHRMA Board of Trustees. “The lunchtime events at Barber Vintage Festival have always been reserved for phenomenal exhibition races and given how close the Vintage Cup Championship is this year, we’re putting it front-and-center.”
With two rounds left in the Vintage Cup series, Andrew Mauk, from Milwaukee, WI leads Tim Joyce, from Laurel Hill, FL by 171 points. However, while Mauk has earned more points during the season and finished more races, Joyce enters the final two rounds with more individual race wins. Mauk will need to beat Joyce in both Vintage Cup races to be held at the Barber Vintage Festival to secure the championship.
“In what will be my penultimate thoughts about the 2021 500 Premier Vintage Cup championship I couldn’t be a happier sponsor,” said Kenny Cummings. “This series has taken on a massive life of its own with incredible turnout all year and now we are down to the wire in a championship run between two of the heaviest hitters in AHRMA.”
Special 2021 Vintage Cup trophies were awarded to the 500 Premier class winners at select events including Roebling Road, Heartland Motorsports Park, New Jersey Motorsports Park, and Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca. The final special trophy will be presented to either Mauk or Joyce at Barber Motorsports Park.
About AHRMA:
The American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association Ltd. is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to restoring and competing on classic motorcycles. With about 4000 members, AHRMA is the largest vintage racing group in North America and one of the biggest in the world. The association has grown steadily over the years, reflecting the increasing interest in classic bikes.
Zach Schumacher (center) won the ASRA Superstock race over runner-up Tony Storniolo (left) and third-place finisher Tom Girard (right). Photo courtesy ASRA.
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More, from a press release issued by Eurosport Events:
YOSHIMURA SERT MOTUL VICTORY AT RECORD-BREAKING BOL D’OR
Yoshimura SERT Motul (1) won the Bol d’Or 24-Hour race in France. Photo courtesy Team Suzuki Press Office.
The factory Suzuki team – the reigning champion and winner of the 2019 edition of the Bol d’Or – won a brilliant victory ahead of Yamaha-mounted Moto Ain and the amazing Kawasaki-mounted Superstock team BMRT 3D Maxxess Nevers.
Yoshimura SERT Motul led the race for 615 of the 704 laps completed. This year’s edition, the 84th, broke the previous record of 698 laps completed in 2018.
Gregg Black, Xavier Simeon and Sylvain Guintoli fended off the favourites in the early laps but rapidly took control of the race. YART–Yamaha Official EWC Team and Webike SRC Kawasaki France Trickstar were in a position to challenge them and win. But, like all the other factory teams, they didn’t cross the finish line.
In second place 19 laps behind the leader, Moto Ain got on the podium in their very first season in the EWC class thanks to Randy de Puniet, Robin Mulhauser and Roberto Rolfo. They ran a flawless race with only a minor crash towards the end.
BMRT 3D Maxxess Nevers’ exploit
Third at the finish, four laps behind Moto Ain, BMRT 3D Maxxess Nevers wrote their name in history. It is rare to find a Superstock team on the podium of a 24-hour race. The last time a Superstock team was on the podium of an FIM EWC race was at the 2014 Bol d’Or. In the saddle of their Kawasaki, Anthony Loiseau, Jonathan Hardt and Julien Pilot led the Superstock class practically throughout the race. BMRT 3D Maxxess Nevers stayed in the lead for 621 of the 681 laps completed in this category.
BMRT 3D Maxxess Nevers’ feat was also rewarded with the 2021 FIM Superstock World Cup win – the team’s first World Cup win – even before the final race at Most.
The podium of the 84th Bol d’Or was also noteworthy for its diversity. It featured three manufacturers, Suzuki, Yamaha and Kawasaki, and three tyre manufacturers – Bridgestone, Dunlop and Michelin.
As if to prove that Superstock bikes hold up well against the official EWC machines, two other Superstock teams finished in the Top 5. RAC41 ChromeBurner were fourth and the only Honda past the finish line. No Limits Motor Team (Suzuki) were in 5th place.
New FIM EWC hierarchy
VRD Igol Experiences finished 6th overall. Florian Alt, Florian Marino and Nico Terol had been in the Top 5 in the early stages of the race before crashing out. The independent Yamaha team won the points for the 3rd-ranked team in the FIM EWC. This puts them in second place in the standings behind Yoshimura SERT Motul, the new leader on the eve of the season finale at Most.
The Superstock Bol d’Or
11 of the 20 machines past the finish line were Superstocks. OG Motorsport by Sarazin and Falcon Racing finished a noteworthy 7th and 8th, ahead of two EWC teams, Motobox Kremer Racing and Maco Racing Team.
British Superstock team ADSS97 who were competing in their first FIM EWC race finished 11th.
What with the heat at the start and the rain during the night, the 84th Bol d’Or was one of the toughest in the race’s history for both the riders and the bikes. After 24 hours of racing on the Paul Ricard circuit, 20 machines crossed the finish line.
Crashes during the night and engine failure affected many teams including the favourites. The lead players in the early stages who later vanished from the rankings were Webike SRC Kawasaki France Trickstar, BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team, F.C.C. TSR Honda France, YART–Yamaha Official EWC Team and ERC Endurance-Ducati.
Teams who withdrew because of engine failure included Bolliger Team Switzerland and Wójcik Racing Team. 3ART Best of Bike quit the race with a blocked gearbox after a crash. Team 18 Sapeurs-Pompiers CMS Motostore were affected by a mechanical issue when they were in the running for the Superstock podium. Another high-profile Superstock, National Motos Honda, withdrew because of an oil leak following crashes. Team 33 Louit April Moto attempted to continue racing with two riders after Luca Vitali was injured but were forced to throw in the towel.
The 2021 Bol d’Or also marked the return of the public for the first time since end-2019. 48,000 spectators were at the Paul Ricard circuit this weekend.
Next FIM EWC race: the final at Most in the Czech Republic on 9 October.
MotoAmerica HONOS Superbike Championship Point Standings (after 20 of 20 races):
Gagne, 445 points, clinched Championship
Scholtz, 357
Petersen, 264
Baz, 238
Fong, 207
Herrin, 200
Barbera, 157
Jake Lewis, 131
Kyle Wyman, 111
Alexander, 83
Travis Wyman, 83
Toni Elias, 76
Gilbert, 56
Anthony, 52
Yates, 52
Danilo Lewis, 41
Jayson Uribe, 39
Lee, 30
Bradley Ward, 28
Farris, 28
MotoAmerica Superbike Cup Championship Point Standings (after 20 of 20 races):
Jake Lewis, 397 points, clinched Championship
Travis Wyman, 290
Alexander, 267
Gilbert, 210
Danilo Lewis, 182
Farris, 181
Yates, 145
Lee, 145
Coffey, 103
Giannotto, 99
More, from a press release issued by MotoAmerica:
Scholtz, Gagne Split Wins In MotoAmerica Superbike Finale At Barber
Jake Gagne Ends His Record-Setting Season With Another Record
Mathew Scholtz (11) leads Cameron Petersen (45), Loris Baz (45), and Jake Gagne (32) in Race Two. Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy MotoAmerica.
BIRMINGHAM, AL (September 19, 2021) – Despite a weekend at Barber Motorsports Park that featured horrendous weather and difficult racing conditions, the 2021 MotoAmerica Superbike Series ended as it should have with Jake Gagne winning a record 17th race to put an exclamation point on a season like no other.
Gagne, who earlier in the season set a record with 13 straight wins, didn’t win his record-extending 17th race in a row in Saturday’s race one, and he didn’t win it in race two on Sunday morning, but he did take that 17th victory in the season finale on Sunday afternoon at Barber Motorsports Park.
How’s this for a season? Twenty starts, 17 victories, 18 podiums and 445 championship points. That was Gagne’s year with the Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha team as they simply scorched the competition in putting together a season that is unprecedented in AMA Superbike history.
The cherry on top is that Gagne’s victory in race three at Barber – the 17th of his season and career – on Sunday put him into a tie with Nicky Hayden for eighth on the all-time AMA Superbike win list.
“What a way to finish the year,” Gagne said after win number 17. “Yesterday was chaos. We all threw it down, but I couldn’t get it back up in time. The race earlier today, we weren’t too happy with it. We had some issues and we sorted it out and we were ready to go out there and try to win this thing in race three. Hats off to this team. It’s been an incredible year. Seventeen wins is unbelievable, especially against a field this deep and talented, these amazing teams. These guys are world-class riders. We did our work. We focused on what we needed to focus on and cranked out laps. I gave it my all every single lap of every single race, and it worked out most of the time. I feel blessed and I’m just lucky to have such a great crew, such an amazing motorcycle. I’ve had more fun than ever racing motorcycles, so life is good. It’s going to be nice to have a little break here, but we’ll be back to work and ready to keep fighting with these guys next year. It’s going to be hard to beat that year. Nothing but hard work to come and we’ll just keep chipping away.”
Westby Racing’s Mathew Scholtz had his best weekend of the year, despite crashing out of the lead but remounting to finish second in Saturday’s Mother Nature race. Scholtz made up for his Saturday miscue with his fourth career Superbike victory on Sunday morning (in a race that was stopped a few laps early when a deer ran across the wet track in front of Scholtz) and followed that up with a second-place finish behind Gagne in race three – another wet race – on Sunday afternoon.
“Yeah, I don’t even know what happened yesterday,” Scholtz half-joked after erasing that race from his memory banks with a win in race two. “I’m just trying to forget about that and just concentrate on what we do now. Pulled a pretty decent gap in the first couple laps. I definitely took some pretty decent risks in the more fast-speed corners, which I think definitely helped me open up the big gap. I tried to charge. At the halfway point, I had a couple decent front-end pushes, front-end wobbles. Also tucked the front in corner five. So, I kind of just chilled out, watched the board, and just tried to hold the six- or seven-second gap. I think with five laps to go, I was coming over the corner of 14, 15 there and a deer jumped out. I didn’t really think too much of it then, then I saw that the red flag came out and I kind of knew that I had won it there. Just a big thank you to the Westby crew. Yesterday was a difficult time for us. Kind of thinking with a 11-second gap, one and a half laps to go, I kind of screwed up big time there. It’s always good to bring home a decent result afterwards.”
Jake Gagne (32) leads Cameron Petersen (45) and Loris Baz (76) at Barber Motorsports Park. Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy MotoAmerica.
Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York’s Loris Baz was also on the podium in both races on Sunday with a second-place finish in race two in the morning and a third in race three on Sunday afternoon. Baz doesn’t like to do things the easy way and his third-place finish came after a crash early in the race with an impressive fight back through the pack to follow.
“The start was not too bad,” Baz said after the final race of the season. “I actually got into P2 really early and Jake (Gagne) was pushing hard. I had a moment going into turn six or seven, then Cam (Petersen) crashed. It was a bit of a mess. Jake already had a two-second lead on the first lap. So, I tried just to get a feeling on the bike. I was struggling a little bit, then I found a pace. I had a lack of rear grip, so I started to push on the front and then I just lost it into turn five. I managed to pick up the bike pretty early and restart it. I had an error message on the bike, and I could not turn it off. I had to reset the bike. So, I restart almost half a lap trying to reset all the buttons that I have on the bike. All the guys came through and finally the bike started to work again. When I went to neutral, it went into restart again. So, I just put my head down. I saw 13 or 15 seconds to the podium. I said, ‘Let’s do it.’ It would be bad to do another crash. I would have normally not cared, but I wanted to finish the season with a podium at least. I managed to get back pretty fast. So, it’s not what we wanted. I really wanted to finish the season a little bit better, but I gave everything I had. Big thanks to the team, all the guys, all the fans that stood in the rain, and MotoAmerica for this great season. It’s been nice to discover a new championship. Congrats to Jake (Gagne) for kicking our asses all season. He finished the same way that he started the season.”
With Scholtz, Baz and Gagne owning the podium in both races on Sunday, Saturday’s first-time winner Cameron Petersen was fourth in race two on the M4 ECSTAR Suzuki, then crashed in race three, remounted and finished fifth, giving him a 1-4-5 weekend tally.
Jones Honda’s Ashton Yates came close to giving Honda a podium on his CBR1000RR-R in race three, but the Georgian gave up the spot late in the race to the flying Baz. Still, Yates had his best Superbike weekend ever with two fourths and a sixth.
Panera Bread Ducati’s Kyle Wyman ended his season with a sixth in race three to go with a seventh in race two, the New Yorker finishing well clear of HONOS HVMC Racing’s Corey Alexander in race three.
M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Bobby Fong had a rough weekend and he ended it with two eighth-place finishes on Sunday. Altus Motorsports’ Jake Lewis wrapped up the Superbike Cup on Sunday and picked up his $25,000 check after finishing ninth in race three. Earlier in the day, Lewis had put his Stock 1000-spec GSXR-1000 into fifth.
Gagne’s Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha teammate Josh Herrin erred by fitting slick tires to his Yamaha YZF-R1 in race two and eventually pulled out of the race. On Sunday afternoon, with rain tires fitted, Herrin ended up 10th.
More, from a press release issued by Yamaha:
Gagne Completes MotoAmerica Superbike Season with Record-Breaking 17th Victory
Jake Gagne (32). Photo courtesy Yamaha.
Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne finished his stellar 2021 season on a high note with a record-breaking 17th MotoAmerica Superbike win in today’s Race 3 at the Barber Motorsports Park. It was a much better day two for the newly crowned champ, who finished third earlier this morning in the second race of the tripleheader. Josh Herrin was all in for the win and went with slick tires in the mixed conditions in Race 2. Unfortunately, he was unable to finish, but he rebounded to close out the season with another top-10 finish in the challenging conditions in Race 3.
Gagne got a great start from the fourth row of the grid in Race 2 and made his way to within reach of the podium on the opening lap. He patiently waited in fourth as the two riders ahead battled for second and then made his move to third at the beginning of Lap 6 as they lapped his teammate. Gagne kept second in sight, but with five laps to go, the race was red-flagged due to a deer crossing the track. With the required percentage of the race completed, it was called, and he returned to the podium in third.
After two bizarre races, Gagne returned to dominant form in the final race of the season. He claimed the lead early and set a blistering pace to quickly build a comfortable gap up front and cross the line with a 12-second margin of victory. It was a fitting end to a landmark season for the 29-year old who, in addition to claiming his first title in the premier class a weekend early, added several record-breaking accolades to his resume. He broke five lap records out of nine venues and led a phenomenal 244 laps. Gagne also broke the record for most consecutive wins with 16 and then for the most race wins in a season with today’s 17th victory, which also puts him in a tie with Nicky Hayden on the AMA Superbike all-time win list.
Looking for that first win of the season, Herrin rolled the dice in the morning race and put on slick tires in hopes that the track would continue to dry. Unfortunately, it did not dry as quickly as it has done in previous years, and Herrin was lapped by the lead group just after the start of Lap 6. He kept pushing and was starting to drop his times as the track dried out, but unfortunately, it started to rain again, and he ultimately withdrew from the race.
In Race 3, Herrin rebounded with a great start from the fourth row of the grid and made his way to fifth on the opening lap. He was riding comfortably in fifth but unfortunately went off track on Lap 6 and rejoined in eighth. The Californian quickly recovered a position but also found himself in a multi-rider battle and jockeyed for position. He was seventh until the penultimate lap but unfortunately went off track again and was shuffled to 10th. Herrin rode it home to score his second top-10 finish on a difficult weekend in Leeds, Alabama.
Richard Stanboli – Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha Racing Team Manager
“We were able to finish the season properly today with a win and a new record of most wins in a single season. Race 2 did not go as we expected and a setting based on yesterday’s heavy rain ultimately was not the ideal setup, and Jake had a hard time staying with the leaders in the very light rain from this morning. Learning from that, we made adjustments, and Jake once again ran away from the rest of the field for yet another flag-to-flag race victory.
“Our 2021 championship season is another success to add to our 2020 championship results. It has been an amazing experience! We can’t thank the staff at Yamaha enough for giving us the opportunity and the trust in what is now two of our best seasons in Superbike racing.”
Jake Gagne – Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha Racing
“What a year! I’m so happy for what we’ve accomplished, and to finish it off with a win is amazing! Again thanks to the whole team. We’ve got such a great crew, and everybody works so hard. I had a lot of fun riding in the wet, and this Attack R1 was on rails again. It was good to get a win in the wet after that crazy day yesterday. Man, what a way to finish the year!”
Josh Herrin – Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha Racing
“It was a tough weekend and definitely not your normal race weekend at Barber Motorsports Park. I really wanted that win and had nothing to lose, so after going out on the sighting lap, I saw the dry line forming and switched to slicks. Unfortunately, the track didn’t dry out like it normally does, and it didn’t work out. I got a good start in Race 3, but I was struggling to find my comfort zone and finished 10th. It’s not how I wanted to end the season, but we gave everything that we had and look to come back stronger next year.”
More, from a press release issued by Ducati:
Ducati Rounds Out 2021 MotoAmerica Season on the Podium
Sunnyvale, Calif., September 19, 2021 – The Barber Motorsports Park round of MotoAmerica 2021 was held in torrential conditions, with Ducati duo Loris Baz and Kyle Wyman fighting the elements to get home safely.
Baz suffered a massive crash on Friday and was uncertain on his participation for this weekend, but the gritty Frenchman came away with three podiums in third, second and third, despite crashing in two of the three races and the nation’s best struggled to get to the finish.
Wyman, in the final Ducati ride of his MotoAmerica career, failed to finish race one’s drenching but came back for seventh in race two and sixth in race three.
Baz ends the 2021 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship in fourth place behind champion Jake Gagne, with Wyman signing off in ninth, marking the first time in nearly two decades two Ducatis have finished in the top 10 in AMA Superbike competition.
Loris Baz (76). Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy Ducati.
Loris Baz (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York – Ducati #76)
“It’s been a crazy weekend after a massive crash on Friday,” Baz said. “I was 90 percent sure on Friday I was not going to be racing this weekend and I started last because I missed Q1 and was in third, crashed again and started ninth with a completely broke bike—broke handlebars, everything—and got a podium in P3. This morning was a bit easier. The pain was less and I went P2, but it’s not a condition I like, when it’s drying. I had better hopes for this weekend and this afternoon but Jake (Gagne) pulled a gap straight away on lap one and I couldn’t, crashed again and finished third. But three podiums to finish the season with two crashes in the races and three over the three days. I want to thank the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York team, all my mechanics, all the guys on the team who got me out on the track. Also, team managers Bobby and Lewis because they wanted me to go home and rest and I was the one who told them I wanted to race. They didn’t need t o do that. I am really proud to race for this team, and we ended the season with three podiums. Thanks to all the Ducati fans and we’ll see what the future brings.”
Kyle Wyman (33). Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy Ducati.
Kyle Wyman (One Cure Ducati – Ducati #33)
“Today went better than Saturday,” said Wyman. “We finished in seventh and sixth place. We ran up there pretty close to the front in the beginning but we struggled in finding the confidence in the bike that we had yesterday. Definitely it was a grueling weekend, being three rain races. It’s a lot on the equipment and the riders. We grounded through and finished up pretty well. I want to say a huge thank you to my team and everything they have done for this year. It’s been a trying season after coming back from injury and trying to get the results. I can’t thank the sponsors enough—Ducati Richmond, our Ducati dealer partner north of the border—they have been a huge supporter through these three years with Ducati and while this is my last day on the Ducati I am super thankful to the Ducatisti and Ducati North America, everyone who has supported this effort in bringing the Panigale V4 R to America to race against the country’s best. I also want to thank the KW Army, who rallied around this effort and helped me get this program off the ground. Every one of the members played a huge role in that. I look forward to what the future holds, but I’ll look back on a lot of fun memories with this platform and the results we had. Thanks to everyone.”
More, from a press release issued by Westby Racing:
Westby Racing’s Mathew Scholtz Finishes Strong With A Win And A Runner-Up Finish In MotoAmerica Superbike At Barber
Mathew Scholtz (11). Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy Westby Racing.
Birmingham, AL – September 19, 2021 – On the final day of the 2021 MotoAmerica Championship, Mathew Scholtz and the Westby Racing team put a crescendo on their season with a Superbike victory in race two on Sunday morning at rainy Barber Motorsports Park, followed by a runner-up finish in race three on Sunday afternoon.
The win and the second-place finish were the 15th and 16th podium results out of 20 races this season, making 2021 Westby Racing’s most successful Superbike season yet.
In Sunday’s first of two races, Mathew got to the front quickly and built a gap of more than seven seconds. At that point, a deer decided to get in on the action, and it ran across the track ahead of Mathew, which resulted in Race Control stopping the race and declaring Mathew the winner.
After the victory, Mathew said, “I pulled a pretty decent gap in the first couple of laps, and I took some pretty decent risks in the more fast-speed corners, which, I think, definitely helped me open up the big gap. I tried to charge. At the halfway point, I had a couple decent front-end pushes, front-end wobbles. I also tucked the front in corner five. So, I kind of just chilled out, watched the board, and tried to hold the six- or seven-second gap. I think, with five laps to go, I was coming over the corner of 14, 15 there, and a deer jumped out onto the track. I didn’t really think too much of it then, but I saw that the red flag came out, and I knew that I had won it there. Just a big thank you to the Westby crew. Now, we’ll wait and see what the weather does and come out swinging in the third race.”
After Sunday’s second race, in which Mathew finished second for the ninth time this season, he said, “I think 2021 has been a fair season for me. Last year, it was also going pretty well and then, unfortunately, at Indianapolis, I had a bad crash, and it almost ended things for me. But luckily, I’m back here riding again. Like I was saying earlier, I had kind of gotten through the halfway point of the season, and we just started chasing setup and going down the wrong rabbit hole. Some things changed for the last three or four rounds. We’ve been getting stronger and stronger. So, it’s always good to end the season off like we have. Now, it gives us confidence heading into 2022. I’m going to be back with the Westby squad. I’ve been here for five years, going on six years now. They’re all family to me. So, I couldn’t be happier. I get paid to race motorbikes in one of the best championships. I’m here racing against some the world’s best guys and giving it to them sometimes, and sometimes they give it back to me. So, it’s always great. I’m just looking forward to coming back in this championship and hopefully challenging Jake next year. We’ll come out swinging next year. We know what sort of lap times we need to do, where we need to do better. So, we’ll work on that during the off-season. I won’t be going home (to South Africa), which kind of sucks, but that gives us some more testing time.”
Ed Sullivan, Westby Racing Crew Chief said, “It’s nice to finish the season off on a high with the win in race two. Even though all of the races were wet this weekend, the track surface was different for each race. We seemed to get it right this morning, and the Attack guys got it right in the afternoon. Mathew was really strong all weekend, in the wet or dry, and he carried on his form from the past few rounds. 2022 starts now, though. We are preparing our testing program and are working on the areas that we believe we need to improve. All of us are looking forward to COTA 2022!”
Chuck Giacchetto, Westby Racing Team Manager, added, “I’m grateful to everyone who made it possible for us to finish second in the 2021 Superbike Championship. A very special thanks to Tryg Westby, who makes it possible every single day. I’m sad to have the season end, but I’m very much looking forward to 2022.”
And so, that concludes the 2021 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship for Westby Racing. Mathew and the team will start working towards the 2022 season with the goal to move up one position in the final point standings next year, which is 2022 MotoAmerica Superbike Champion.
2021 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship Final Standings
MotoAmerica SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup Championship Point Standings (after 18 of 18 races):
Scott, 390 points, clinched Championship
Gloddy, 346
Rodio, 218
Kohlstaedt, 212
Cody Wyman, 186
Davis, 135
VanDenBrouck, 133
Yaakov, 117
Max Toth, 109
LiMandri, 99
More, from a press release issued by KTM Factory Racing:
RISING STAR TYLER SCOTT IS CROWNED 2021 MOTOAMERICA JUNIOR CUP CHAMPION
Round 9 – MotoAmerica Junior Cup Championship
Tyler Scott (70). Photo courtesy KTM Factory Racing.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Fifteen-year-old Tyler Scott wrapped up the 2021 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Championship over the weekend together with an impressive 1-1 sweep at the Barber Motorsports Park season finale. The KTM Supported rider was officially crowned on Saturday following a title-clinching victory aboard his Scott Powersports KTM RC 390 R, and he didn’t stop there as he charged his way to another dominant performance at the final race on Sunday.
Entering the weekend with a 30-point lead in the Junior Cup Championship, Scott knew he only needed to finish race one within five points of the second-place rider and the title was his. The Pennsylvanian did just that, earning a championship-winning victory with one race to spare in the series. On Sunday, the newly crowned champion went to battle once again with his closest championship competitor and he came away with another close victory to round out the season with a positive 1-1 sweep in Alabama.
After spending the past two seasons primarily in Europe where he competed in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and then the European Talent Cup in Spain, Scott has had an incredible rookie season in the MotoAmerica Series earning 11 career victories, as well as four podium finishes, in 18 total races.
Tyler Scott: “It feels really great to win the championship in my first year in the Junior Cup. We’ve been pretty consistent with our finishes this season; we have 11 race-wins and definitely very consistent throughout the whole season. I felt really good on the bike and it handled great all season, I think it’s an amazing bike for the series.”
Chris Fillmore, Racing Manager: “We’re super happy for Tyler and his team. For him to take his experiences learned in Red Bull Rookies Cup and bring it over to MotoAmerica, hop on the KTM RC 390 R and win 11 races this year is something really special and it’s definitely deserving of a championship. I just want to thank Tyler, his dad and his team for doing such a great job representing. He for sure has a bright future in racing.”
For more information on the MotoAmerica Series and to view full results and championship standings, visit their website at www.motoamerica.com.
MotoAmerica Supersport Championship Point Standings (after 18 of 18 races):
Kelly, 390 points
Richie Escalante, 315
Lochoff, 215
Rocco Landers, 182
Mesa, 175
Smith, 168
Olmedo, 102
Soltisz, 93
Doyle, 88
Nassaney, 84
More, from a press release issued by MotoAmerica:
Da Silva’s First Win Comes In Supersport Season Finale In Alabama
Gabriel Da Silva Takes First Career Win At Barber Motorsports Park
BIRMINGHAM, AL (September 19, 2021) – The 2021 MotoAmerica Series came to a close on a rainy day at the Barber Motorsports Park with a surprise victor in the final Supersport race of the season – Gabriel Da Silva.
Da Silva went head-to-head with newly crowned Supersport Champion Sean Dylan Kelly and came out on top with Kelly crashing out of their battle on the final lap of the race that was held in a downpour. Kelly, who will move to the Moto2 World Championship next year, was able to remount and finish second.
The win was 17-year-old Da Silva’s first in the MotoAmerica Series with his best prior result a sixth-place finish.
Supersport: Da Silva’s Surprise
Gabriel Da Silva (93) beat Supersport Champion Sean Dylan Kelly (40) in Sunday’s Supersport race at Barber Motorsports Park for his first-career MotoAmerica victory. Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy MotoAmerica.
The final Supersport race of the year will be one that GP Racing Yamaha rider Gabriel Da Silva will never forget. The 17-year-old, who started racing in the MotoAmerica Series at VIR earlier this year, won his first-ever MotoAmerica race, and he did it against the toughest competition in the class. Da Silva went toe-to-toe with 2021 class champion Sean Dylan Kelly, and Kelly crashed, handing the lead to Da Silva.
Kelly was unhurt and so was his M4 ECSTAR Suzuki. He was able to rejoin the race in second place, but he was too far back to catch Da Silva, and he crossed the finish line nearly 16 seconds after Da Silva. Third place went to Kelly’s teammate Sam Lochoff, who recorded the sixth podium of his rookie season.
“I knew the race was going to be good for us because the rain is an equalizer,” Da Silva said. “I had good pace here in the rain and the wet. Throughout yesterday’s race, we had a little bit of bad luck with P4 after the red flag, but I was able to come back today. Fought hard to catch up there. I knew it was a long race, so I was trying to take it a little easy. Eventually caught up to Sean, and I was able to make the move. I knew he was going to try something in the last few laps, so I was trying to be smart about it. We were spinning out and hydroplaning. But it was definitely a lot of fun. I knew I could do it, but it was something else to actually do it and put it on the box. Really happy and really grateful to be here.”
SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup: Scott’s 11th
Tyler Scott (70) leads Ben Gloddy (72) and the rest of the field during the SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup race, which was held in a rainstorm at Barber Motorsports Park. Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy MotoAmerica.
On Saturday, Scott Powersports/KTM rider Tyler Scott clinched the 2021 SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup Championship, but he wasn’t done winning races for the season. In Sunday’s race two, Scott notched his 11th victory of the season and sixth win in a row, and he did it over his closest rival. Landers Racing Kawasaki’s Ben Gloddy was second on Sunday, and he ended up 44 points behind Scott. Third place went to Veloce Racing’s David Kohlstaedt.
All three riders did a great job handling the rain that fell throughout the seven-lap event.
“The track honestly wasn’t as bad as I was anticipating on the start,” commented Scott. “Yesterday, I wrapped up the championship, so today there was no stress. Me and Ben were locked into the championship, so I knew today he was going to be pushing even harder because if we crashed, it’s not like we’d be losing the championship. So, I knew everyone that was in the battle yesterday would be trying 110% today. It was a great race.”
Twins Cup: De Keyrel Does It Again
Kaleb De Keyrel (center) beat runner-up Jody Barry (left) and third-place finisher Hayden Schultz (right) to win the Twins Cup race at Barber. Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy MotoAmerica.
Robem Engineering Aprilia rider Kaleb De Keyrel capped off his Twins Cup championship season by winning the final race of the season. He successfully held off all challengers, which included the rain-soaked Barber racecourse that presented a formidable challenge from start to finish. Second place went to Righteous Racing Aprilia rider Jody Barry, who notched his fifth podium of the season. Hayden Schultz race his brand-new Yamaha YZF-R7 to third, and in doing so, he clinched second place in the class championship.
“On the last lap, my pit board still said plus zero, so I was like, ‘This is going to get interesting real quick.’ I was like, ‘I’m going to have to still push, obviously.’ I knew somebody was right there on the lap before because I could hear their engine. Then on the last lap going into Charlotte’s Webb, I couldn’t really hear anybody. So, I was like, “All right, just be smooth, calm, and keep it on two wheels.’ Then I got a little sketchy with a lapper over the bridge. I went around the outside of him and he was pushing me into the white paint. I was like, ‘Please don’t move over anymore.’ The paint is obviously super slippery, as we saw in the Superbike race yesterday. You touch that stuff, and you’re going down. It’s pretty slick. I felt the track conditions were a little bit better after the track crew brushed off the water a little bit. When we were doing our warmup lap, there was quite a bit of water on the back straightaway coming out of the museum corner. I was hydroplaning, and I was like, ‘I guess watch it right there in the race.’ After we went back out, I didn’t really have any issues with that. It was super nerve-racking that they made us restart because, obviously, I was out front, and somebody had just crashed right in front of me. Then they made us restart the entire race. Overall, I think it was just amazing to end this awesome season with a win and for my team. They’ve been working super hard giving me a super competitive bike week in and week out. Just super happy to clinch this last victory for them and move onto next season and whatever that brings.”
Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race: Lukacs Stays Perfect
CJ Lukacs (77) kept her perfect win record intact in the Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. program with a victory over Kayla Theisler (52) and Trisha Dahl (44) on Sunday. Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy MotoAmerica.
The final race in the Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. Championship took place on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park, and California rider CJ Lukacs got the hat trick by winning all three races in the series. Despite the fully wet track conditions, Lukacs successfully piloted her Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 around the Barber Motorsports Park racecourse and took the checkered flag .823 of a second over Kayla Theisler, the converted sidecar racer recording her best finish of the three-race series. Trisha Dahl finished third and reached the podium for the third time in a row.
“I don’t think there are enough words to express what (this championship) means (to me), or even the amount that I’ve learned,” Lukacs said. “It’s beyond measure, obviously. It’s been a journey of a lifetime. To even have one win, and then another win, and then how I got this win, I’m beside myself.”
The MotoAmerica racing program Sunday afternoon at Barber Motorsports Park is currently on hold due to heavy rain and flooding on the racetrack.
The program was scheduled to start at 12:00 p.m. local time with the Royal Enfield BUILD. TRAIN. RACE. exhibition race, which was to be followed by SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup Race Two, Supersport Race Two, Twins Cup Race Two, and HONOS Superbike Race Two.
We will update this post as more information becomes available.
Update: The Supersport class is preparing to start Race Two at 1:10 p.m. local time.
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