Attack Performance Progressive Insurance Yamaha’s Jake Gagne led the MotoAmerica Superbike warmup session at The Ridge Motorsports Park. Warhorse HSBK Ducati’s Josh Herrin was second, ahead of Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Sean Dylan Kelly. Teammate Richie Escalante was fourth, ahead of Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW’s Cameron Beaubier.
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Rahal Ducati Moto/Xpel’s PJ Jacobsen topped the MotoAmerica Supersport warmup session on Sunday at The Ridge Motorsports Park. Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz was second, ahead of Celtic/Economy Lube + Tire/Warhorse Ducati’s Cameron Petersen, Rahal Ducati’s Kayla Yaakov and Altus Motorsports’ Jake Lewis.
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Alessandro Di Mario once again was fastest in the MotoAmerica Twins Cup class, leading the Sunday warmup at The Ridge Motorsports Park. On a Robem Engineering Aprilia, Di Mario was 1.897 seconds clear of Matthew Chapin on the RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki and Avery Dreher on the Bad Boys Racing Aprilia. Sean Ungvarsky on the Koch Racing Suzuki was fourth and Hank Vossberg on another Robem Aprilia was fifth.
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Miranda Cain was fastest in the MotoAmerica Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. warmup on Sunday at The Ridge Motorsports Park, ahead of Kira Knebel and Shea MacGregor. Camille Conrad was fourth, ahead of Kate West.
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Marc Marquez won the MotoGP World Championship race Sunday at TT Assen Circuit, in the Netherlands. Riding his Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP25 on Michelin control tires, the six-time MotoGP World Champion won the 26-lap race by 0.635 second.
Marco Bezzecchi was the runner-up on his Aprilia Racing RS-GP25.
Two-time MotoGP World Champion and M. Marquez’s teammate, Francesco Bagnaia placed third.
Pedro Acosta crossed the finish line fourth on his Red Bull KTM Factory Racing RC16.
Maverick Viñales took fifth on his Red Bull KTM Tech3 RC16.
Marc Marquez leads the championship with 307 points, 68 ahead of Alex Marquez who has 239 points. Bagnaia is third with 181 points.
More from a press release issued by Dorna:
Marquez beats Bezzecchi to level Agostini in dramatic Dutch GP. The #93 claims his 68th MotoGP win by 0.6s as chief rival Alex Marquez crashes out in the Netherlands.
In an eventful Motul Grand Prix of the Netherlands that saw title-chasing Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) crash out, Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) fended off the fight from Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) to claim his 68th MotoGP victory by 0.6s. The #93 and #72 treated us to a fascinating Grand Prix at the front, as Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) was a couple of seconds away from the win in P3.
Opening laps
Bagnaia got a brilliant start from the middle of the front row and grabbed the holeshot into Turn 1 as Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) lost out. The polesitter was down to P4, Alex Marquez was P2 and Marc Marquez was P3 – before he wasn’t. The #93 carved his way past his chief title rival at Turn 1 on Lap 2 to sit behind teammate Pecco, and Bezzecchi then took P3 from Alex Marquez at the end of Lap 2.
Quartararo’s early Grand Prix pace was suffering. The Frenchman was down to P7 behind Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team), as Acosta became the latest rider to wrestle his way through on Alex Marquez. That meant on Lap 5 of 26, Bagnaia led from Marc Marquez and Bezzecchi, with Acosta, Alex Marquez and Morbidelli right in the hunt.
Drama as Alex Marquez crashes
The leader of the pack wasn’t Pecco at the end of Lap 5 though as Marc Marquez lunged up the inside of his teammate. Then, on Lap 6, drama. Alex Marquez and Acosta were rubbing shoulders and fairings on the exit of Turn 5 and heading up the back straight, Marquez was suddenly down. A puff of smoke from the Gresini star’s front tyre suggested something had happened with the front brake lever, but in any case, Alex Marquez’s Grand Prix was over – and it was later confirmed he’d unfortunately fractured his left hand.
Further back in the pack, the other BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP rider, Fermin Aldeguer, highsided out of contention at Turn 11, and that left Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) and Quartararo with nowhere to go. The latter was wide and down to P13, as Mir unfortunately also crashed.
The run to the flag
At the front, Marquez remained the at the front but on Lap 8, Bezzecchi made a move on Pecco to pounce up to P2. Now, Pecco had Acosta climbing all over the back of Pecco and sure enough, the KTM star moved into P3. And it was really closing up at the front because Maverick Viñales (Red Bull KTM Tech3) and Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) reeled themselves into the podium picture.
On Lap 13, Marc Marquez was putting the hammer down. A 1:32.273 was over two tenths quicker than Bezzecchi, but on the next lap, the Italian responded with a fastest lap of the Grand Prix. And on that same lap, Pecco passed Acosta to regain P3.
And now he was back in P3, Pecco set the fastest lap. Two tenths quicker than Marquez, less than half a tenth quicker than Bezzecchi. After threatening to break clear, Marquez didn’t look like he was going to be able to do so at this stage. The chasers were locked in, and that included Acosta. And again, Pecco slammed in another Grand Prix best lap, but he lost 0.3s on the next lap.
So where were we on Lap 20? Marquez led Bezzecchi by 0.2s, with Pecco 0.5s behind the Aprilia and Acosta 0.7s off the Ducati. It was as you were two laps later, as Bezzecchi continued to tag himself onto the rear tyre of Marquez.
Three to go. Bezzecchi remained 0.2s away and he just couldn’t quite get close enough to realistically make a lunge on the #93. Two to go. Bezzecchi was digging deep but Marquez wasn’t putting a wheel out of line, and Pecco was now 0.9s away from his compatriot. And the penultimate lap was where the gap stretched out to 0.7s – was that game over?
It looked that way. Bezzecchi couldn’t close in and Marquez had 0.7s to play with heading into the final sector. And powering his Ducati through the final chicane, Marquez clinched victory at Assen to draw level with MotoGP Legend Giacomo Agostini on 68 MotoGP wins. An unbelievable record as he continues to set the world alight in 2025.
Bezzecchi hands Aprilia a double podium weekend at Assen as the #72 pushes Marquez all the way at the Cathedral, with Bagnaia returning to the podium in P3 after a disappointing result on home turf seven days ago.
Your Dutch GP points scorers
Acosta didn’t quite have enough to cling onto the podium fight, but it was a great Grand Prix for the Spaniard and KTM in P4. Viñales handed the Austrian factory a double top five, with Di Giannantonio taking home P6 and Morbidelli finishing P7 after being handed a Long Lap penalty for shortcutting the final chicane while battling his teammate.
Raul Fernandez’s (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) P8 sees the Spaniard pick up his third consecutive top 10 of the season, as Enea Bastianini (Red Bull KTM Tech3) and Quartararo round out Assen’s top 10 – no the Sunday afternoon the polesitter would have wanted.
Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), Johann Zarco (CASTROL Honda LCR), Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP), Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) and Somkiat Chantra (IDEMITSU Honda LCR) claim the final points on offer, as the latter hands Thailand their first MotoGP point.
Thank you, Assen
It was a weekend to remember as the one and only TT Circuit Assen celebrated 100 years of racing, as we now get set to head to the Sachsenring for Round 11.
Diogo Moreira won the FIM Moto2 World Championship race Sunday at TT Assen Circuit, in the Netherlands. Riding his Italtrans Racing Team Kalex on Pirelli control tires, the Brazilian won the 22-lap race by 0.056 second.
Aron Canet was the runner-up on his Fantic Racing Lino Sonego Kalex.
Manuel Gonzalez was third on his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex.
Jake Dixon, piloting his ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Boscoscuro, finished fourth.
American Joe Roberts finished Sunday’s race 5th on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.
Manuel Gonzalez leads the championship with 159 points, 5 ahead of Aron Canet who has 154 points. Moreira is third with 128 points.
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More from a press release issued by Dorna:
Brazil’s Moreira beats Canet to claim debut Moto2 victory. A penultimate lap pass sees the #10 beat the Spaniard as Gonzalez battles his way to a P3 finish at Assen.
Brazil, you can celebrate a new Moto2 Grand Prix winner! It was coming, and it arrived at the Cathedral of Speed as Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) beat Aron Canet (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) by 0.056s in a fascinating fight, as championship leader Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) battles his way back to a P3 finish following a sluggish opening few laps.
Having bagged a first front row of his rookie campaign, Ivan Ortola (QJMOTOR – FRINSA – MSI) collected the holeshot, but polesitter Moreira pounced back to lead through turns three and four. Having fought off a fast-starting Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Ajo) on Lap 1, Canet forced his way to the front on Lap 2 to lead the Dutch GP. Meanwhile, Gonzalez was P9.
Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) completed his two Long Lap penalties by Lap 5, that dropped the Belgian to P14, as Ortola began to get a little beaten up by the chasing pack. Albert Arenas (ITALJET Gresini Moto2), Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing Team) and Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) were through to demote Ortola to P7.
Lap 7 saw Baltus’ Grand Prix end at Turn 1, while at the front, Canet and Moreira were 1.2s clear of Öncü, who in turn was 1.3s clear of Roberts as the American led a gaggle of riders that included Gonzalez, who was now past Dixon and starting to make up ground after a sticky start to his race. And on Lap 12 of 22, Gonzalez was into P3 after a tidy pass on Öncü at Turn 5. The gap to title rivals Canet and Moreira? Three seconds.
In the battle for the top four, Öncü’s race ended at the final chicane on Lap 14 to promote Dixon to P5, as Moreira continued to shadow Canet in the fight for the win. With three to go, Moreira remained right up the tailpipes of Canet’s Triumph-Kalex – where and when was a move coming? The change for the lead came on the penultimate lap at Turn 3. Canet was wide, Moreira went through, so was that the race-winning move?
Last lap time! Moreira led us onto it, but the duo were locked together. It was as you were coming into the final, jaw-dropping sector at Assen, and Canet wasn’t close enough. Moreira earned a debut Moto2 win to hand Brazil their first Moto2 win too – a massive moment for the #10.
Gonzalez did hold onto an important P3 ahead of Dixon, who collects a very solid and confidence-injecting P4 from P11 on the grid. Roberts fended off teammate Marcos Ramirez by 0.061s at the line as the American and Spaniard cross the line in P5 and P6, as both home heroes, Zonta van den Goorbergh (RW – Idrofoglia Racing GP) and Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo), pick up points in P12 and P14 respectively.
A historic day in Moto2! Moreira’s victory means the top three in the championship are split by 31 points, with Gonzalez leading Canet by five ahead of a date with the Sachsenring.
Jose Antonio Rueda won the FIM Moto3 World Championship race Sunday at TT Assen Circuit, in the Netherlands. Using his Pirelli-shod Red Bull KTM Ajo, the Championship point leader won the 19-lap race by just 0.144 second.
David Muñoz was the runner-up on his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP KTM.
Valentin Perrone was third, just 0.245 second behind Rueda on his Red Bull Tech3 KTM.
Alvaro Carpe, Rueda’s teammate, crossed the finish line fourth.
Angel Piqueras, riding his FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI KTM, got fifth, just 1.296 second behind race winner Rueda.
Jose Antonio Rueda leads the championship with 187 points, 69 ahead of Alvaro Carpe who has 118 points. Angel Piqueras is third with 117 points.
More from a press release issued by Dorna:
Rueda returns to winning ways in Assen thriller. Converting pole position, Rueda extends his Championship lead as a red flag denies a final chicane shootout for victory.
Keeping a cool head when it mattered most, Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) came out on top in a crazy Moto3 Grand Prix ahead of David Muñoz (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) and Valentin Perrone (Red Bull KTM Ajo) to extend his championship lead, as the Argentine flag returns to the rostrum for the first time in four years.
Grabbing the first holeshot on Sunday, Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) led teammate and Championship leader Rueda but there was drama behind for Guido Pini (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP), who stalled it on the grid from P7. Thankfully, everyone avoided him but the #94’s Dutch GP was done. Rueda had taken over in P1 from his teammate and then, on Lap 2, David Almansa (Leopard Racing) attempted a pass on the #99 at Turn 8 but collided with him; Carpe, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, lost momentum and dropped down to P15. Lap 4 and more contact, this time between Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia) and Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) at the final chicane, both losing places but staying in the victory chase.
Leading until Lap 9, Rueda relinquished it at Turn 12 to a hard-charging Quiles, the #28 forcing his way through and thus upsetting the polesitter’s rhythm with Ryusei Yamanaka (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) and Almansa – albeit briefly for the #22 – putting him back to P4. Fernandez was now pouncing too, ahead of his teammate and then Rueda and into the provisional podium places. A mistake at the end of Lap 11 dropped the #99 further back and he was now down in seventh place, just ahead of Valentin Perrone (Red Bull KTM Ajo).
Lap 15 and the gloves came off as Almansa briefly took P1, barging ahead of Quiles who repaid the favour at Turn 9; heading into Lap 16 at Turn 1, Carpe’s sensational comeback was nearing completion. P3 at Turn 1, he was in the lead at Turn 10 and after swapping paint with the #22 of Almansa, maintained the advantage. Likewise fighting back through, Furusato was eighth and Rueda in the provisional podium spots.
With three laps to go and having hustled his way back through the group, Quiles crashed at Turn 10 and for Almansa, he was shoved wide at Turn 15 by Perrone, sending him back to 13th place with two to go. Amongst the drama, Rueda and Carpe were back at the front and at the right time heading into the final lap, with Muñoz keeping his powder dry. At the end of the penultimate lap, a big crash for Furusato, Fernandez and Lunetta. The group fragmented, it was down to three at the front: Rueda vs Perrone vs Muñoz.
Into the final sector on the last lap, Muñoz snatched P2 at Turn 15 but due to the previous incident, a red flag was thrown. Results went back to the start of Lap 19, with Rueda declared the winner ahead of Muñoz and Perrone, the first podium of the #73’s career and indeed for Argentina since Mugello in 2021 with Gabriel Rodrigo.
Carpe came back to fourth ahead of Piqueras who salvaged fifth from 16th on the grid. Despite his off-track excursion on Lap 18, Almansa was sixth ahead of Ogden who was a season-best P7. Dennis Foggia (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team), Joel Kelso (LEVELUP-MTA) and teammate Marcos Uriarte claimed a career-first top ten.
SOUTHWICK, Mass. – Following its first break in action of the 2025 season, the Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, returned to the track for Race 5 of the summer campaign and Round 22 of the SMX World Championship regular season. A morning of cloud cover and mist gave way to sunny skies for the motos at the Crestview Construction Southwick National, where the sand track of The Wick 338 is legendary for challenging racers both physically and mentally. While the track pushed many riders to the limit, the series points leaders enjoyed their most dominant performances thus far as Honda HRC Progressive’s Jett Lawrence cruised to his fifth straight victory and Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Haiden Deegan rode to an emphatic fourth win in five races.
Jett Lawrence Leads Every Lap at Southwick for Fifth Consecutive Pro Motocross Championship Victory
Moto 1
The first moto of the afternoon kicked off with Lawrence leading the field to the Pro Motocross Holeshot, followed by his brother and teammate Hunter Lawrence and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Aaron Plessinger. The lead trio soon settled into their respective positions, with Jett Lawrence establishing a multi-second lead mere minutes into the moto.
As the race surpassed its halfway point the duo of Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jorge Prado, a back-to-back FIM Motocross World Champion, and Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Eli Tomac made their push to the front, with both riders making the pass on Plessinger to move into third and fourth, respectively. Prado and Tomac’s battle continued for third, until Prado pushed too hard in a corner and went down. That allowed Tomac to assume third while Prado remounted behind Plessinger in fifth.
Out front, Jett Lawrence enjoyed a quiet moto and completed a wire-to-wire performance with his largest winning margin of the season to that point at 13.7 seconds over Hunter Lawrence, with Tomac an additional five seconds behind in third. Plessinger held on for fourth, just ahead of Prado, who equaled his best moto result in fifth.
Moto 2
The deciding moto started the same way as Moto 1, with Jett Lawrence leading the way to sweep the Pro Motocross Holeshots ahead of Prado and Hunter Lawrence, who was quickly passed by Tomac. The clear track allowed Jett Lawrence to pull away and establish a three-second lead over Prado and Tomac, who settled into second and third, respectively.
As the moto neared its halfway point, Lawrence’s lead had grown to 8.5 seconds over Prado, who maintained a firm hold of second as Tomac started to lose ground and fall into the clutches of Hunter Lawrence from fourth. Lawrence appeared to be the faster rider and was easily able to slip past Tomac for third. The Australian’s momentum continued forward and carried him onto the rear fender of Prado. As he navigated lapped riders, Prado went down and lost multiple positions, reentering in sixth place. That allowed Hunter Lawrence to move into second and Tomac into third.
Leading the way, Jett Lawrence was in a class of his own and significantly bettered his winning margin from the opening moto to take the checkered flag 20.1 seconds ahead of his brother. Tomac followed in third, more than a half-minute behind Jett.
Overall
The most dominant performance of the season so far brought Jett Lawrence his landmark 20th career 450 Class victory, which ties him with former Pro Motocross Champion and AMA Hall of Famer James Stewart for seventh all time. It also marked the young Australian’s 15th career 1-1 result in 21 starts and was his third consecutive Southwick victory. Hunter Lawrence completed the Honda and sibling 1-2 for the second straight race (2-2), while Tomac captured his fourth podium in five races in third (3-3).
Jett Lawrence’s lead in the championship standings now sits at 38 points over Tomac with the halfway point of the season looming. With his second straight runner-up finish, Hunter Lawrence moved into third, 43 points behind his brother and just three points behind Tomac.
1st Place: Jett Lawrence, Honda HRC Progressive (1-1)
“I just got to keep focused on each race. You can’t look forward and start thinking about the championship because that can work against you. Just take each race as it comes. It was a great day and even better with Hunter [Lawrence] in second with a 2-2.”
2nd Place: Hunter Lawrence, Honda HRC Progressive (2-2)
“We’ve been working hard. Nothing too crazy. Just putting in the work and getting better, both in my riding and with the bike. To be honest, I’m getting sick of the number 18 [Jett Lawrence] on top so we’ll see if we can get one of these [wins] soon.”
3rd Place: Eli Tomac, Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing (3-3)
“It’s just Jett and Hunter [Lawrence] riding better [today]. They had an amazing flow on the track, and I just needed to be better out there. It wasn’t what I wanted to do today, but that’s how it goes sometimes. We’ll come back and try again next weekend.”
450 Class Overall Results (Moto Finish // Points)
450 Class Championship Standings (Race 5 of 11)
450SMX Regular Season Standings (Round 22 of 28)
Deegan Mirrors Effort in 250 Class, Goes Wire-to-Wire for Fourth Win.
Moto 1
The first moto got underway with Deegan at the head of the pack, quickly opening multiple bike lengths on the field coming to the Pro Motocross Holeshot while his Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing teammate Michael Mosiman gave chase from second, ahead of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Tom Vialle in third. As Deegan pulled away Vialle looked to pressure Mosiman for second, only to tip over, which dropped the Frenchman outside the top 10. Vialle’s misfortune allowed Triumph Factory Racing’s Mikkel Haarup to move into third briefly, but he was soon passed by Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Levi Kitchen.
Deegan soon stormed out to a margin of more than 15 seconds well before the halfway point of the moto, which left Mosiman and Kitchen to battle it out for second. The Kawasaki rider closed in on his Yamaha counterpart and the two engaged in a spirited fight. Mosiman withstood the pressure and inched away, but Kitchen was able to claw his way back to once again initiate a battle. The end result was the same, with Mosiman able to fend off the pressure. However, with two laps to go Kitchen made the pass after Mosiman’s pace slowed in the closing stages.
Out front, Deegan enjoyed his most dominant single moto of the season with a wire-to-wire effort that saw him finish 25.1 seconds ahead of Kitchen. Vialle was able to get by Mosiman on the final lap for third in an incredibly resilient effort. Haarup secured a best moto result in fifth.
Moto 2
The start of the final moto of the day was a duplication of Moto 1 as Deegan was well ahead of the field to sweep the Pro Motocross Holeshots, with Triumph Factory Racing’s Jalek Swoll in second and Kitchen in third, followed by Honda HRC Progressive’s Jo Shimoda and Vialle right behind. While this group of riders jockeyed for position, the clear track allowed Deegan to establish a two-second lead at the completion of the opening lap.
A spirited opening five minutes saw both Deegan and Kitchen pull away from the rest of the field as Swoll and Shimoda battled for third, with the Japanese rider able to secure the position. Not long after that, Vialle made the move on Swoll for fourth and looked to track down Shimoda for third. Meanwhile, Shimoda was charging forward and quickly caught and passed Kitchen for second just over 10 minutes into the moto. Kitchen then dropped back to Vialle, who surged into third. The top three went unchanged from then on.
While Deegan’s lead and control of the moto was never in doubt, Shimoda was able to keep him honest as the margin hovered just under 10 seconds over the second half. Deegan wrapped up his eighth moto win of the season by 8.9 seconds over Shimoda, with Vialle a distant third.
Overall
The fourth 1-1 outing of the season secured Deegan’s fourth win in five races and the 11th victory of his career. He became the first back-to-back Southwick winner in the 250 Class since Tyla Rattray during the 2010-2011 seasons. Vialle secured his second straight runner-up finish (3-3), while Kitchen finished third (2-4) for the fourth race in-a-row.
Deegan strengthened his grip on the championship lead even more and now has a 58-point lead over Shimoda, who finished fifth (10-2). Vialle gained two positions and is now third, 79 points out of the lead.
1st Place: Haiden Deegan, Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing (1-1)
“I really just came out and rode like I did. Nothing special to it today. I’ve been training hard and evidently I was pretty good in the sand today.”
2nd Place: Tom Vialle, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (3-3)
“After crashing [in Moto 1] and using so much energy I was pretty tired in the second moto. The track was really difficult at the end of the day. Third was all I had in the second moto. I’m happy with the result and I’m looking forward to next weekend.”
3rd Place: Levi Kitchen, Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki (2-4)
“I drank a lot of fluid before the final moto and ended up getting a stitch in my side about three laps in. I had to ride through that and recollect myself to finish strong. I’m obviously still working on things, but happy to be on the podium again.”
250 Class Overall Results (Moto Finishes // Points)
250 Class Championship Standings (Race 5 of 11)
250SMX Regular Season Standings (Round 22 of 28)
The 2025 Pro Motocross Championship will reach its halfway point next Saturday, July 5, with Round 23 of the SMX regular season, as Michigan’s legendary RedBud MX will host American motocross’ Independence Day tradition with the Honda RedBud National Presented by Dixxon Flannel. The sixth race of the summer will be showcased live on NBC Television Network with coverage of the second 450 Class moto at 12 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. ET. Comprehensive coverage will be shown in its entirety on Peacock, beginning with Race Day Live at 7 a.m. PT / 10 a.m. ET, followed by uninterrupted coverage of the motos at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET.
Warhorse HSBK Ducati’s Josh Herrin and Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW’s Cameron Beaubier bolted to the front of Saturday’s Superbike race and fought to the wire, with Herrin taking the win. After impressing in practice and qualifying, Real Steel Honda’s Hayden Gillim saw his chances for a good result in Saturday’s Superbike race destroyed in Turn One, as he and Jones Honda’s Ashton Yates collided on the run into the tight chicane right after the race start. Gillim, who qualified fifth, continued and recovered to seventh before retiring. Yates remounted, continued and finished 13th.
Attack Performance Progressive Insurance Yamaha’s Jake Gagne wasn’t able to convert pole position into leading any of the Superbike race, but he was happy enough with a competitive ride and a podium finish in the dry after a long struggle with injury. Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante qualified fourth and finished fifth.
Attack Yamaha’s Bobby Fong climbed from eighth on the grid to fourth.
Rahal Ducati Moto/Xpel’s PJ Jacobsen qualified second but never looked as though he was capable of challenging Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz for the Supersport win. Second place was good enough for Jacobsen to hang on to the Championship lead.
Alessandro Di Mario was nearly two seconds a lap faster than the rest of the Twins Cup field before he lobbed his Robem Engineering Aprilia into the gravel trap. Di Mario stayed on pole, and before the session was over, he had hustled back to the Celtic/Economy Lube + Tire/Warhorse HSBK Ducati pits and switched leathers, as he was making his debut in Supersport. Di Mario did not plan to ride Supersport but the team’s regular rider, Cameron Petersen, had shoulder difficulties and was not certain he could race. So since Di Mario rides in Talent Cup for Warhorse Ducati, he switched leathers, Warhorse pulled a set of Di Mario’s race numbers from the trailer, slapped them onto Petersen’s backup bike and Di Mario got his very first taste of a Supersport racebike. The whole arrangement was so last-minute that Di Mario missed the first practice session, so he rode only the two qualifying sessions. Di Mario’s first impression was that the Panigale V2 was actually smaller than his Aprilia RS660. The team didn’t intend to have Di Mario race in Supersport, so he finished his Supersport debut after the two qualifying sessions, taking 11th on combined times, right behind 89-time AMA Pro Race winner Josh Hayes. Di Mario then jumped back on his Twins Cup racebike and dominated Saturday’s race en route to the win.
Mallory Dobbs took advantage of a nine-week break in the Women’s World Circuit Racing Championship to return to the U.S. and compete at her home round. Dobbs lives just 30 minutes from The Ridge, so she pulled her Yamaha YZF-R7 and her Ducati Hypermotard out of the garage and raced them in the Twins Cup and Super Hooligan races. Even though she races an R7 in the WWCR series, those motorcycles are much, much more restricted in the modifications allowed, while the MotoAmerica bike is closer to Superbike-spec. The biggest difference, though, was adapting to Dunlop tires again after racing on Pirellis, she said. Dobbs DNF in Saturday’s Twins Cup Race and finished 12th in Super Hooligan.
More, from a news release issued by MotoAmerica:
Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Josh Herrin emerged from a race-long battle with Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Cameron Beaubier with his third straight MotoAmerica Superbike victory. The win on Saturday at Ridge Motorsports Park was Herrin’s third MotoAmerica Superbike win in a row, a career first for the defending series champion.
The win didn’t come easy as what initially was a three-rider battle between Herrin, Beaubier, and Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne, turned into a two-rider fight between the top two in the championship – Herrin and Beaubier.
Herrin did the majority of the leading and even gapped Beaubier by a second-and-a-half mid-race, but Beaubier fought back to take the lead on the 12th of 16 laps. The five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion held the lead for three laps before Herrin struck back, taking the lead on the 15th lap and holding off the determined Beaubier.
At the finish line, it was Herrin by .194 of a second over Beaubier. With the win came a five-point swing in what is shaping up to be a nail-biter of a championship as Herrin now leads Beaubier by three points.
The win was the 19th of Herrin’s career, and it puts him ninth on the all-time AMA Superbike win list.
Gagne, meanwhile, lost touch with the Herrin/Beaubier battle, with the pole-sitter finishing 2.4 seconds adrift in third place. The top three raced three different brands of motorcycles to the podium – Ducati, BMW and Yamaha.
Some three seconds behind Gagne came his teammate Bobby Fong with the Californian fending off the advances of Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante.
Escalante’s teammate Sean Dylan Kelly crossed the finish line some 13 seconds behind in sixth place. BPR Racing’s Bryce Kornbau was a lonely seventh. Ditto for eighth-placed JD Beach and his Stock 1000-spec Real Steel Honda CBR1000RR-R SP.
Edge Racing’s Jason Waters and Thrashed Bike Racing’s Max Flinders rounded out the top 10.
Notable among the non-finishers was Real Steel Honda’s Hayden Gillim, the Kentuckian involved in a bump and run with Ashton Yates in the first corner. Yates crashed and Gillim didn’t, but the melee put him well back in the pack. He went on a charge that saw him climb to seventh before a crash ended his day.
FLO4LAW/SBU Racing’s Benjamin Smith only completed a lap before a mechanical issue knocked him out of the race.
Superbike Race One
2. Cameron Beaubier (BMW)
3. Jake Gagne (Yamaha)
4. Bobby Fong (Yamaha)
5. Richie Escalante (Suzuki)
6. Sean Dylan Kelly (Suzuki)
7. Bryce Kornbau (Yamaha)
8. JD Beach (Honda)
9. Jason Waters (BMW)
10. Max Flinders (Yamaha)
Quotes
Jake Gagne – Third Place
“Just foreign territory up there going into turn one not behind a bunch of guys. Compared to how slow I’ve been this year, it’s just good to be up there and finish a few seconds off those guys, and at least that first half kind of be sniffing them. I don’t even remember what happened in turn one. I think we were in there in third. Josh (Herrin), I think, was leading it. Those guys got off to a really good start. It was just a lot for me to learn, to kind of try running with those guys, see what they were doing better, see where we stacked up. It had been a long time, besides the rain stuff, that I’ve ran even close to these guys. So, it’s just good to be up there. I think we can learn a lot and try to make some improvements for tomorrow and see if we can get a little closer. Everybody is going to step it up tomorrow. It’s tough, though. This track with these tires, that second half of the race it was greasy and slippery. That’s where those guys really kind of were able to take off. I’m happy enough to be on the podium. It’s been a long time.”
Cameron Beaubier – Second Place
“Honestly, just to be in the race for the win was a win in itself. Yesterday it was a pretty tough day. We were struggling pretty bad with the bike, mainly on the front end. The guys stayed really late last night kind of looking everything over. They had to rebuild me a bike after I threw it into the fence at Road America. So, a completely new bike. We had a couple things that we were struggling with that we don’t normally struggle with. Big thanks to those guys for working so hard and giving me a good bike that I could fight with today. We definitely have some stuff that we need to go back and improve to really put up a good fight with Josh (Herrin). I felt like I was there in the middle of the race. He started pulling on me a little bit. I went into this race, and I was like, ‘I need to get some points. I need to keep this thing on two wheels.’ I knew how fast Jake (Gagne) was going and Josh this weekend. That was the main target. When Josh started riding away from me, I was like, ‘let’s just be patient.’ Then he started coming back a little bit. I got a sniff and kept going. We had a little battle at the end, but I couldn’t get close enough. He was really good off all the short corners getting that thing hooked up onto the straights. I just wasn’t close enough to make any kind of move.”
Josh Herrin – Winner
“It was fun. Like you guys talked about there, in the middle of the race I saw a plus 1.1 and I think I let it get to my head a little bit. I honestly thought about it a little bit too much. I didn’t know if he (Cameron Beaubier) made a little mistake and I got that gap, or if I earned it. I kind of let off that little bit and you’re not supposed to do that. Just keep looking forward. I felt good. I honestly did get a little bit tired there. I haven’t been feeling great today, but I don’t know if that’s why or if it’s just this track is physical and I’m not there. I just gave it my all there the last three laps. Just held my breath and just went for it and tried to put as many good laps together as I could. I’m happy. The bike feels great. Today, even though we got the win, I feel like I disappointed myself a little bit by letting that lead go away. I know I can do it. I‘ve just got to grind it out a little bit better. The guy’s got a great bike underneath me. I think for sure this is the best bike on the grid and everybody knows it. I’m just trying to take advantage of it while I have it. Thank you to the whole Warhorse HSBK Racing team. I love coming to the Ridge. It’s been a good bike for the Ducati since I got on the Supersport bike. Happy to be up here. Never had three Superbike wins in a row in my life, so that feels good. We got the two for Palmer and Ava last weekend, and I left Griffin out, so I had to get one more at least. Happy to do that. It’s cool. To have three kids and be winning Superbike races – Rachel is obviously the one doing 90 percent of the work at home, but it’s mentally just insane. It’s cool to be able to be up here and to be getting wins with kids. It’s such a special feeling to do that.”
Still more, from a news release issued by MotoAmerica:
Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz went into Saturday’s Motovation Supersport race at Ridge Motorsports Park knowing it was go-time as he trailed championship leader PJ Jacobsen by 20 points. The South African responded in kind, dropping the hammer in the closing stages of the race to pull away from Jacobsen, who had inherited second place when Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott crashed out while chasing Scholtz with three laps to go.
Now that points gap is down to 15.
Although the battle at the front lacked for passes, it oozed suspense with Scholtz out front and Scott and Rahal Ducati Moto w/XPEL’s Jacobsen applying pressure from behind. With Jacobsen fading a bit in the latter stages, it was a two-man race that looked set to go the distance. However, with three laps to go, Scott crashed his Suzuki GSX-R750 in the chicane in a carbon copy of Scholtz’s crash that ruined his Q2 session earlier in the day.
Riding a Yamaha YZF-R9 with a set-up that was basically unknown to him since he’d crashed early in Q2 and didn’t get to test the team’s latest set-up, Scholtz nabbed the holeshot from pole position (earned in Friday’s Q1) but used patience while making sure the motorcycle was the way he needed it. Turns out it was good enough as Scholtz raced to his third victory of the season by 4.2 seconds over Jacobsen, who had resigned himself to third before Scott crashed his Suzuki.
A resilient Cameron Petersen’s mood turned from dismay to elation as he fought the pain of his injured shoulder to finish third on his Celtic/Economy Lube+Tire/Warhorse HSBK Ducati Panigale V2 for his second podium of the season.
In order to get on the podium, Petersen had to pull off a last-lap pass on Strack Racing’s Blake Davis, beating the teenager to the flag by .333 of a second.
Jacobsen’s teammate Kayla Yaakov was fifth with Scott remounting to finish sixth. Altus Motorsports’ Jake Lewis was hot on Scott’s heels and just ahead of BPR Racing Yamaha’s Teagg Hobbs, who came out on top of a race-long battle with his teammate Josh Hayes.
Corey Alexander finished 10th on the third of the Rahal Ducatis.
“I just didn’t feel good,” Scholtz said. “From Friday practice, I was pretty bummed with the pace. We made a few changes coming into qualifying two and I crashed in the third or fourth lap, so didn’t get to try any other changes. Damaged the forks. We had to change that. So, coming into this race now, we didn’t have the same set-up that we had yesterday or in qualifying two. We used some of qualifying two, some that we had on Friday afternoon. I wasn’t really sure how the bike would actually feel. So, the first couple laps I was just kind of feeling out the bike, feeling what it would do, and I didn’t feel good. At the halfway point I was sort of feeling a little bit better, hitting my marks more. But I could see that Tyler (Scott) was actually catching me. I think it was maybe four laps to go, I felt like I did a really good lap time, but I couldn’t see. The dashboard wasn’t working properly. So, I wasn’t sure if I was doing 42s or 43s or whatever, but it felt like I did something good. Then one lap turned to 1.5, so I thought he ran off or he crashed or something. So, I kind of chilled for the last three laps. Overall, I’m really happy with how things went. They worked so hard to get the bike ready for this race. It feels like I’m back up on the Superbike podium with Cam (Petersen) and PJ (Jacobsen). So that’s really cool. But overall, I’ve got a lot of things to try and look at and work on for the second race. To get back to a comfortable feeling. Through the middle of the corner, which is usually a strong point for me, I don’t feel confident. So, I’m really happy I managed to do this well with not feeling good there. So hopefully I can come out swinging and come out a little bit better for the second race.”
SC-Project Twins Cup – Di Mario By A Mile
Alessandro Di Mario destroyed the competition in Saturday’s SC-Project Twins Cup race at Ridge Motorsports Park with the Robem Engineering rider completely dominating the 12-lap race on his Aprilia RS 660.
The win wasn’t a surprise as the Kentuckian had plenty in hand all weekend, lapping two seconds quicker than the competition to take pole position for the two Twins Cup races.
After just five laps, Di Mario led by six seconds and it was a margin that continued to grow to the finish, with Aprilia rider crossing the finish line 12.4 seconds ahead of Karns/TST Industries Levi Badie, who came out the better in a fight with RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki’s Mathew Chapin by .214 of a second.
Fourth place went to Robem Engineering’s Hank Vossberg in his SC-Project Twins Cup debut. Vossberg was mostly alone, 8.9 seconds behind the battle for second and over 15 seconds ahead of fifth-placed Seth Dahmer.
Giaccmoto Yamaha Racing’s Dominic Doyle was in the battle for second until a mechanical issue slowed him. The South African managed to nurse his Yamaha home to sixth but was hit with a sanction after the race. Doyle’s computer was plugged into his bike for two minutes and 30 seconds too long after the team ignored officials’ instructions to remove the cable. Doyle will start his next race from the back of the grid.
“I had a big crash in qualifying so I can’t thank the team enough. Mike, Matt, Chad, just everybody that’s helped me put the bike back together. I wouldn’t be here without them, so I owe it to them. Thank you so much.”
Royal Enfield. Build.Train.Race. – First Of Three To Knebel
With two more races on the docket tomorrow, the women of Build.Train.Race. will have two more shots at trying to catch and beat Kira Knebel.
Knebel won Saturday’s Royal Enfield battle, topping Shea MacGregor by 7.5 seconds with pole-sitter Miranda Cain a shadow third and just .071 of a second behind MacGregor, who made a last-lap pass on Cain after a race-long battle.
The win was Knebel’s third on the season and it came after a practice crash left her with a badly battered motorcycle.
The top three were 26 seconds clear of fourth-placed Kate West, who in turn had 6.9 seconds on Camille Conrad.
“I couldn’t be here without the team,” Knebel said. “That was a very bad crash, and it’s incredible what they were able to pull off in the time that they were. My mechanic, Sean, I told him I had to win this for him because he flew out here early, rebuilt the entire thing, and it was ready for me to just button up once I got here. It’s so incredible what we’re able to do with the support that we have here with the team and all of the sponsors that help make this possible for us. Huge shout out to Royal Enfield and all of the other sponsors involved for getting us those extras and being able to make this happen for me and all the other women here. It’s really important to us to be able to do that. I appreciate all the people that are here watching us and everybody at home that is also helping make that happen.”
Mission Super Hooligan National Championship Powered By Harley Davidson – Weight No More
Saddlemen Race Development’s Jake Lewis shrugged off the mandated 38-pound weight-gain on his Harley-Davidson Pan America to win Saturday’s Mission Super Hooligan National Championship race with the Kentuckian leading every lap.
At the finish line, it was Lewis taking the victory over KWR Harley-Davidson’s James Rispoli (with his Pan America taking on an additional 24 pounds) by 1.9 seconds.
Third place went to Competition Werkes Racing’s Andy DiBrino and his Triumph 765 RS, with the Oregonian 2.9 seconds ahead of defending class champion Cory West. West had run off track while running second but was able to gather things up to finish fourth.
Rispoli’s KWR teammate Hayden Schultz rounded out the top five. ARCH Racing’s Corey Alexander was sixth, his best finish of the year thus far on the Keanu Reeves-owned 2S-R.
Jake Lewis took his Saddlemen Racing Development Harley-Davidson to the MotoAmerica Mission Super Hooligan race win on Saturday at The Ridge Motorsports Park. James Rispoli was second on the KWR Harley-Davidson, ahead of Andy DiBrino on the Competition Werkes Triumph. Saddlemen’s Cory West was fourth and KWR’s Hayden Schultz was fifth.
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Attack Performance Progressive Insurance Yamaha’s Jake Gagne led the MotoAmerica Superbike warmup session at The Ridge Motorsports Park. Warhorse HSBK Ducati’s Josh Herrin was second, ahead of Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Sean Dylan Kelly. Teammate Richie Escalante was fourth, ahead of Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW’s Cameron Beaubier.
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Rahal Ducati Moto/Xpel’s PJ Jacobsen topped the MotoAmerica Supersport warmup session on Sunday at The Ridge Motorsports Park. Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz was second, ahead of Celtic/Economy Lube + Tire/Warhorse Ducati’s Cameron Petersen, Rahal Ducati’s Kayla Yaakov and Altus Motorsports’ Jake Lewis.
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Alessandro Di Mario once again was fastest in the MotoAmerica Twins Cup class, leading the Sunday warmup at The Ridge Motorsports Park. On a Robem Engineering Aprilia, Di Mario was 1.897 seconds clear of Matthew Chapin on the RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki and Avery Dreher on the Bad Boys Racing Aprilia. Sean Ungvarsky on the Koch Racing Suzuki was fourth and Hank Vossberg on another Robem Aprilia was fifth.
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Miranda Cain was fastest in the MotoAmerica Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. warmup on Sunday at The Ridge Motorsports Park, ahead of Kira Knebel and Shea MacGregor. Camille Conrad was fourth, ahead of Kate West.
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Marc Marquez won the MotoGP World Championship race Sunday at TT Assen Circuit, in the Netherlands. Riding his Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP25 on Michelin control tires, the six-time MotoGP World Champion won the 26-lap race by 0.635 second.
Marco Bezzecchi was the runner-up on his Aprilia Racing RS-GP25.
Two-time MotoGP World Champion and M. Marquez’s teammate, Francesco Bagnaia placed third.
Pedro Acosta crossed the finish line fourth on his Red Bull KTM Factory Racing RC16.
Maverick Viñales took fifth on his Red Bull KTM Tech3 RC16.
Marc Marquez leads the championship with 307 points, 68 ahead of Alex Marquez who has 239 points. Bagnaia is third with 181 points.
More from a press release issued by Dorna:
Marquez beats Bezzecchi to level Agostini in dramatic Dutch GP. The #93 claims his 68th MotoGP win by 0.6s as chief rival Alex Marquez crashes out in the Netherlands.
In an eventful Motul Grand Prix of the Netherlands that saw title-chasing Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) crash out, Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) fended off the fight from Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) to claim his 68th MotoGP victory by 0.6s. The #93 and #72 treated us to a fascinating Grand Prix at the front, as Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) was a couple of seconds away from the win in P3.
Opening laps
Bagnaia got a brilliant start from the middle of the front row and grabbed the holeshot into Turn 1 as Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) lost out. The polesitter was down to P4, Alex Marquez was P2 and Marc Marquez was P3 – before he wasn’t. The #93 carved his way past his chief title rival at Turn 1 on Lap 2 to sit behind teammate Pecco, and Bezzecchi then took P3 from Alex Marquez at the end of Lap 2.
Quartararo’s early Grand Prix pace was suffering. The Frenchman was down to P7 behind Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team), as Acosta became the latest rider to wrestle his way through on Alex Marquez. That meant on Lap 5 of 26, Bagnaia led from Marc Marquez and Bezzecchi, with Acosta, Alex Marquez and Morbidelli right in the hunt.
Drama as Alex Marquez crashes
The leader of the pack wasn’t Pecco at the end of Lap 5 though as Marc Marquez lunged up the inside of his teammate. Then, on Lap 6, drama. Alex Marquez and Acosta were rubbing shoulders and fairings on the exit of Turn 5 and heading up the back straight, Marquez was suddenly down. A puff of smoke from the Gresini star’s front tyre suggested something had happened with the front brake lever, but in any case, Alex Marquez’s Grand Prix was over – and it was later confirmed he’d unfortunately fractured his left hand.
Further back in the pack, the other BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP rider, Fermin Aldeguer, highsided out of contention at Turn 11, and that left Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) and Quartararo with nowhere to go. The latter was wide and down to P13, as Mir unfortunately also crashed.
The run to the flag
At the front, Marquez remained the at the front but on Lap 8, Bezzecchi made a move on Pecco to pounce up to P2. Now, Pecco had Acosta climbing all over the back of Pecco and sure enough, the KTM star moved into P3. And it was really closing up at the front because Maverick Viñales (Red Bull KTM Tech3) and Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) reeled themselves into the podium picture.
On Lap 13, Marc Marquez was putting the hammer down. A 1:32.273 was over two tenths quicker than Bezzecchi, but on the next lap, the Italian responded with a fastest lap of the Grand Prix. And on that same lap, Pecco passed Acosta to regain P3.
And now he was back in P3, Pecco set the fastest lap. Two tenths quicker than Marquez, less than half a tenth quicker than Bezzecchi. After threatening to break clear, Marquez didn’t look like he was going to be able to do so at this stage. The chasers were locked in, and that included Acosta. And again, Pecco slammed in another Grand Prix best lap, but he lost 0.3s on the next lap.
So where were we on Lap 20? Marquez led Bezzecchi by 0.2s, with Pecco 0.5s behind the Aprilia and Acosta 0.7s off the Ducati. It was as you were two laps later, as Bezzecchi continued to tag himself onto the rear tyre of Marquez.
Three to go. Bezzecchi remained 0.2s away and he just couldn’t quite get close enough to realistically make a lunge on the #93. Two to go. Bezzecchi was digging deep but Marquez wasn’t putting a wheel out of line, and Pecco was now 0.9s away from his compatriot. And the penultimate lap was where the gap stretched out to 0.7s – was that game over?
It looked that way. Bezzecchi couldn’t close in and Marquez had 0.7s to play with heading into the final sector. And powering his Ducati through the final chicane, Marquez clinched victory at Assen to draw level with MotoGP Legend Giacomo Agostini on 68 MotoGP wins. An unbelievable record as he continues to set the world alight in 2025.
Bezzecchi hands Aprilia a double podium weekend at Assen as the #72 pushes Marquez all the way at the Cathedral, with Bagnaia returning to the podium in P3 after a disappointing result on home turf seven days ago.
Your Dutch GP points scorers
Acosta didn’t quite have enough to cling onto the podium fight, but it was a great Grand Prix for the Spaniard and KTM in P4. Viñales handed the Austrian factory a double top five, with Di Giannantonio taking home P6 and Morbidelli finishing P7 after being handed a Long Lap penalty for shortcutting the final chicane while battling his teammate.
Raul Fernandez’s (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) P8 sees the Spaniard pick up his third consecutive top 10 of the season, as Enea Bastianini (Red Bull KTM Tech3) and Quartararo round out Assen’s top 10 – no the Sunday afternoon the polesitter would have wanted.
Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), Johann Zarco (CASTROL Honda LCR), Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP), Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) and Somkiat Chantra (IDEMITSU Honda LCR) claim the final points on offer, as the latter hands Thailand their first MotoGP point.
Thank you, Assen
It was a weekend to remember as the one and only TT Circuit Assen celebrated 100 years of racing, as we now get set to head to the Sachsenring for Round 11.
Diogo Moreira won the FIM Moto2 World Championship race Sunday at TT Assen Circuit, in the Netherlands. Riding his Italtrans Racing Team Kalex on Pirelli control tires, the Brazilian won the 22-lap race by 0.056 second.
Aron Canet was the runner-up on his Fantic Racing Lino Sonego Kalex.
Manuel Gonzalez was third on his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex.
Jake Dixon, piloting his ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Boscoscuro, finished fourth.
American Joe Roberts finished Sunday’s race 5th on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.
Manuel Gonzalez leads the championship with 159 points, 5 ahead of Aron Canet who has 154 points. Moreira is third with 128 points.
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More from a press release issued by Dorna:
Brazil’s Moreira beats Canet to claim debut Moto2 victory. A penultimate lap pass sees the #10 beat the Spaniard as Gonzalez battles his way to a P3 finish at Assen.
Brazil, you can celebrate a new Moto2 Grand Prix winner! It was coming, and it arrived at the Cathedral of Speed as Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) beat Aron Canet (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) by 0.056s in a fascinating fight, as championship leader Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) battles his way back to a P3 finish following a sluggish opening few laps.
Having bagged a first front row of his rookie campaign, Ivan Ortola (QJMOTOR – FRINSA – MSI) collected the holeshot, but polesitter Moreira pounced back to lead through turns three and four. Having fought off a fast-starting Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Ajo) on Lap 1, Canet forced his way to the front on Lap 2 to lead the Dutch GP. Meanwhile, Gonzalez was P9.
Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) completed his two Long Lap penalties by Lap 5, that dropped the Belgian to P14, as Ortola began to get a little beaten up by the chasing pack. Albert Arenas (ITALJET Gresini Moto2), Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing Team) and Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) were through to demote Ortola to P7.
Lap 7 saw Baltus’ Grand Prix end at Turn 1, while at the front, Canet and Moreira were 1.2s clear of Öncü, who in turn was 1.3s clear of Roberts as the American led a gaggle of riders that included Gonzalez, who was now past Dixon and starting to make up ground after a sticky start to his race. And on Lap 12 of 22, Gonzalez was into P3 after a tidy pass on Öncü at Turn 5. The gap to title rivals Canet and Moreira? Three seconds.
In the battle for the top four, Öncü’s race ended at the final chicane on Lap 14 to promote Dixon to P5, as Moreira continued to shadow Canet in the fight for the win. With three to go, Moreira remained right up the tailpipes of Canet’s Triumph-Kalex – where and when was a move coming? The change for the lead came on the penultimate lap at Turn 3. Canet was wide, Moreira went through, so was that the race-winning move?
Last lap time! Moreira led us onto it, but the duo were locked together. It was as you were coming into the final, jaw-dropping sector at Assen, and Canet wasn’t close enough. Moreira earned a debut Moto2 win to hand Brazil their first Moto2 win too – a massive moment for the #10.
Gonzalez did hold onto an important P3 ahead of Dixon, who collects a very solid and confidence-injecting P4 from P11 on the grid. Roberts fended off teammate Marcos Ramirez by 0.061s at the line as the American and Spaniard cross the line in P5 and P6, as both home heroes, Zonta van den Goorbergh (RW – Idrofoglia Racing GP) and Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo), pick up points in P12 and P14 respectively.
A historic day in Moto2! Moreira’s victory means the top three in the championship are split by 31 points, with Gonzalez leading Canet by five ahead of a date with the Sachsenring.
Jose Antonio Rueda won the FIM Moto3 World Championship race Sunday at TT Assen Circuit, in the Netherlands. Using his Pirelli-shod Red Bull KTM Ajo, the Championship point leader won the 19-lap race by just 0.144 second.
David Muñoz was the runner-up on his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP KTM.
Valentin Perrone was third, just 0.245 second behind Rueda on his Red Bull Tech3 KTM.
Alvaro Carpe, Rueda’s teammate, crossed the finish line fourth.
Angel Piqueras, riding his FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI KTM, got fifth, just 1.296 second behind race winner Rueda.
Jose Antonio Rueda leads the championship with 187 points, 69 ahead of Alvaro Carpe who has 118 points. Angel Piqueras is third with 117 points.
More from a press release issued by Dorna:
Rueda returns to winning ways in Assen thriller. Converting pole position, Rueda extends his Championship lead as a red flag denies a final chicane shootout for victory.
Keeping a cool head when it mattered most, Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) came out on top in a crazy Moto3 Grand Prix ahead of David Muñoz (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) and Valentin Perrone (Red Bull KTM Ajo) to extend his championship lead, as the Argentine flag returns to the rostrum for the first time in four years.
Grabbing the first holeshot on Sunday, Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) led teammate and Championship leader Rueda but there was drama behind for Guido Pini (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP), who stalled it on the grid from P7. Thankfully, everyone avoided him but the #94’s Dutch GP was done. Rueda had taken over in P1 from his teammate and then, on Lap 2, David Almansa (Leopard Racing) attempted a pass on the #99 at Turn 8 but collided with him; Carpe, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, lost momentum and dropped down to P15. Lap 4 and more contact, this time between Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia) and Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) at the final chicane, both losing places but staying in the victory chase.
Leading until Lap 9, Rueda relinquished it at Turn 12 to a hard-charging Quiles, the #28 forcing his way through and thus upsetting the polesitter’s rhythm with Ryusei Yamanaka (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) and Almansa – albeit briefly for the #22 – putting him back to P4. Fernandez was now pouncing too, ahead of his teammate and then Rueda and into the provisional podium places. A mistake at the end of Lap 11 dropped the #99 further back and he was now down in seventh place, just ahead of Valentin Perrone (Red Bull KTM Ajo).
Lap 15 and the gloves came off as Almansa briefly took P1, barging ahead of Quiles who repaid the favour at Turn 9; heading into Lap 16 at Turn 1, Carpe’s sensational comeback was nearing completion. P3 at Turn 1, he was in the lead at Turn 10 and after swapping paint with the #22 of Almansa, maintained the advantage. Likewise fighting back through, Furusato was eighth and Rueda in the provisional podium spots.
With three laps to go and having hustled his way back through the group, Quiles crashed at Turn 10 and for Almansa, he was shoved wide at Turn 15 by Perrone, sending him back to 13th place with two to go. Amongst the drama, Rueda and Carpe were back at the front and at the right time heading into the final lap, with Muñoz keeping his powder dry. At the end of the penultimate lap, a big crash for Furusato, Fernandez and Lunetta. The group fragmented, it was down to three at the front: Rueda vs Perrone vs Muñoz.
Into the final sector on the last lap, Muñoz snatched P2 at Turn 15 but due to the previous incident, a red flag was thrown. Results went back to the start of Lap 19, with Rueda declared the winner ahead of Muñoz and Perrone, the first podium of the #73’s career and indeed for Argentina since Mugello in 2021 with Gabriel Rodrigo.
Carpe came back to fourth ahead of Piqueras who salvaged fifth from 16th on the grid. Despite his off-track excursion on Lap 18, Almansa was sixth ahead of Ogden who was a season-best P7. Dennis Foggia (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team), Joel Kelso (LEVELUP-MTA) and teammate Marcos Uriarte claimed a career-first top ten.
SOUTHWICK, Mass. – Following its first break in action of the 2025 season, the Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, returned to the track for Race 5 of the summer campaign and Round 22 of the SMX World Championship regular season. A morning of cloud cover and mist gave way to sunny skies for the motos at the Crestview Construction Southwick National, where the sand track of The Wick 338 is legendary for challenging racers both physically and mentally. While the track pushed many riders to the limit, the series points leaders enjoyed their most dominant performances thus far as Honda HRC Progressive’s Jett Lawrence cruised to his fifth straight victory and Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Haiden Deegan rode to an emphatic fourth win in five races.
Jett Lawrence Leads Every Lap at Southwick for Fifth Consecutive Pro Motocross Championship Victory
Moto 1
The first moto of the afternoon kicked off with Lawrence leading the field to the Pro Motocross Holeshot, followed by his brother and teammate Hunter Lawrence and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Aaron Plessinger. The lead trio soon settled into their respective positions, with Jett Lawrence establishing a multi-second lead mere minutes into the moto.
As the race surpassed its halfway point the duo of Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jorge Prado, a back-to-back FIM Motocross World Champion, and Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Eli Tomac made their push to the front, with both riders making the pass on Plessinger to move into third and fourth, respectively. Prado and Tomac’s battle continued for third, until Prado pushed too hard in a corner and went down. That allowed Tomac to assume third while Prado remounted behind Plessinger in fifth.
Out front, Jett Lawrence enjoyed a quiet moto and completed a wire-to-wire performance with his largest winning margin of the season to that point at 13.7 seconds over Hunter Lawrence, with Tomac an additional five seconds behind in third. Plessinger held on for fourth, just ahead of Prado, who equaled his best moto result in fifth.
Moto 2
The deciding moto started the same way as Moto 1, with Jett Lawrence leading the way to sweep the Pro Motocross Holeshots ahead of Prado and Hunter Lawrence, who was quickly passed by Tomac. The clear track allowed Jett Lawrence to pull away and establish a three-second lead over Prado and Tomac, who settled into second and third, respectively.
As the moto neared its halfway point, Lawrence’s lead had grown to 8.5 seconds over Prado, who maintained a firm hold of second as Tomac started to lose ground and fall into the clutches of Hunter Lawrence from fourth. Lawrence appeared to be the faster rider and was easily able to slip past Tomac for third. The Australian’s momentum continued forward and carried him onto the rear fender of Prado. As he navigated lapped riders, Prado went down and lost multiple positions, reentering in sixth place. That allowed Hunter Lawrence to move into second and Tomac into third.
Leading the way, Jett Lawrence was in a class of his own and significantly bettered his winning margin from the opening moto to take the checkered flag 20.1 seconds ahead of his brother. Tomac followed in third, more than a half-minute behind Jett.
Overall
The most dominant performance of the season so far brought Jett Lawrence his landmark 20th career 450 Class victory, which ties him with former Pro Motocross Champion and AMA Hall of Famer James Stewart for seventh all time. It also marked the young Australian’s 15th career 1-1 result in 21 starts and was his third consecutive Southwick victory. Hunter Lawrence completed the Honda and sibling 1-2 for the second straight race (2-2), while Tomac captured his fourth podium in five races in third (3-3).
Jett Lawrence’s lead in the championship standings now sits at 38 points over Tomac with the halfway point of the season looming. With his second straight runner-up finish, Hunter Lawrence moved into third, 43 points behind his brother and just three points behind Tomac.
1st Place: Jett Lawrence, Honda HRC Progressive (1-1)
“I just got to keep focused on each race. You can’t look forward and start thinking about the championship because that can work against you. Just take each race as it comes. It was a great day and even better with Hunter [Lawrence] in second with a 2-2.”
2nd Place: Hunter Lawrence, Honda HRC Progressive (2-2)
“We’ve been working hard. Nothing too crazy. Just putting in the work and getting better, both in my riding and with the bike. To be honest, I’m getting sick of the number 18 [Jett Lawrence] on top so we’ll see if we can get one of these [wins] soon.”
3rd Place: Eli Tomac, Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing (3-3)
“It’s just Jett and Hunter [Lawrence] riding better [today]. They had an amazing flow on the track, and I just needed to be better out there. It wasn’t what I wanted to do today, but that’s how it goes sometimes. We’ll come back and try again next weekend.”
450 Class Overall Results (Moto Finish // Points)
450 Class Championship Standings (Race 5 of 11)
450SMX Regular Season Standings (Round 22 of 28)
Deegan Mirrors Effort in 250 Class, Goes Wire-to-Wire for Fourth Win.
Moto 1
The first moto got underway with Deegan at the head of the pack, quickly opening multiple bike lengths on the field coming to the Pro Motocross Holeshot while his Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing teammate Michael Mosiman gave chase from second, ahead of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Tom Vialle in third. As Deegan pulled away Vialle looked to pressure Mosiman for second, only to tip over, which dropped the Frenchman outside the top 10. Vialle’s misfortune allowed Triumph Factory Racing’s Mikkel Haarup to move into third briefly, but he was soon passed by Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Levi Kitchen.
Deegan soon stormed out to a margin of more than 15 seconds well before the halfway point of the moto, which left Mosiman and Kitchen to battle it out for second. The Kawasaki rider closed in on his Yamaha counterpart and the two engaged in a spirited fight. Mosiman withstood the pressure and inched away, but Kitchen was able to claw his way back to once again initiate a battle. The end result was the same, with Mosiman able to fend off the pressure. However, with two laps to go Kitchen made the pass after Mosiman’s pace slowed in the closing stages.
Out front, Deegan enjoyed his most dominant single moto of the season with a wire-to-wire effort that saw him finish 25.1 seconds ahead of Kitchen. Vialle was able to get by Mosiman on the final lap for third in an incredibly resilient effort. Haarup secured a best moto result in fifth.
Moto 2
The start of the final moto of the day was a duplication of Moto 1 as Deegan was well ahead of the field to sweep the Pro Motocross Holeshots, with Triumph Factory Racing’s Jalek Swoll in second and Kitchen in third, followed by Honda HRC Progressive’s Jo Shimoda and Vialle right behind. While this group of riders jockeyed for position, the clear track allowed Deegan to establish a two-second lead at the completion of the opening lap.
A spirited opening five minutes saw both Deegan and Kitchen pull away from the rest of the field as Swoll and Shimoda battled for third, with the Japanese rider able to secure the position. Not long after that, Vialle made the move on Swoll for fourth and looked to track down Shimoda for third. Meanwhile, Shimoda was charging forward and quickly caught and passed Kitchen for second just over 10 minutes into the moto. Kitchen then dropped back to Vialle, who surged into third. The top three went unchanged from then on.
While Deegan’s lead and control of the moto was never in doubt, Shimoda was able to keep him honest as the margin hovered just under 10 seconds over the second half. Deegan wrapped up his eighth moto win of the season by 8.9 seconds over Shimoda, with Vialle a distant third.
Overall
The fourth 1-1 outing of the season secured Deegan’s fourth win in five races and the 11th victory of his career. He became the first back-to-back Southwick winner in the 250 Class since Tyla Rattray during the 2010-2011 seasons. Vialle secured his second straight runner-up finish (3-3), while Kitchen finished third (2-4) for the fourth race in-a-row.
Deegan strengthened his grip on the championship lead even more and now has a 58-point lead over Shimoda, who finished fifth (10-2). Vialle gained two positions and is now third, 79 points out of the lead.
1st Place: Haiden Deegan, Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing (1-1)
“I really just came out and rode like I did. Nothing special to it today. I’ve been training hard and evidently I was pretty good in the sand today.”
2nd Place: Tom Vialle, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (3-3)
“After crashing [in Moto 1] and using so much energy I was pretty tired in the second moto. The track was really difficult at the end of the day. Third was all I had in the second moto. I’m happy with the result and I’m looking forward to next weekend.”
3rd Place: Levi Kitchen, Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki (2-4)
“I drank a lot of fluid before the final moto and ended up getting a stitch in my side about three laps in. I had to ride through that and recollect myself to finish strong. I’m obviously still working on things, but happy to be on the podium again.”
250 Class Overall Results (Moto Finishes // Points)
250 Class Championship Standings (Race 5 of 11)
250SMX Regular Season Standings (Round 22 of 28)
The 2025 Pro Motocross Championship will reach its halfway point next Saturday, July 5, with Round 23 of the SMX regular season, as Michigan’s legendary RedBud MX will host American motocross’ Independence Day tradition with the Honda RedBud National Presented by Dixxon Flannel. The sixth race of the summer will be showcased live on NBC Television Network with coverage of the second 450 Class moto at 12 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. ET. Comprehensive coverage will be shown in its entirety on Peacock, beginning with Race Day Live at 7 a.m. PT / 10 a.m. ET, followed by uninterrupted coverage of the motos at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET.
Warhorse HSBK Ducati’s Josh Herrin and Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW’s Cameron Beaubier bolted to the front of Saturday’s Superbike race and fought to the wire, with Herrin taking the win. After impressing in practice and qualifying, Real Steel Honda’s Hayden Gillim saw his chances for a good result in Saturday’s Superbike race destroyed in Turn One, as he and Jones Honda’s Ashton Yates collided on the run into the tight chicane right after the race start. Gillim, who qualified fifth, continued and recovered to seventh before retiring. Yates remounted, continued and finished 13th.
Attack Performance Progressive Insurance Yamaha’s Jake Gagne wasn’t able to convert pole position into leading any of the Superbike race, but he was happy enough with a competitive ride and a podium finish in the dry after a long struggle with injury. Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante qualified fourth and finished fifth.
Attack Yamaha’s Bobby Fong climbed from eighth on the grid to fourth.
Rahal Ducati Moto/Xpel’s PJ Jacobsen qualified second but never looked as though he was capable of challenging Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz for the Supersport win. Second place was good enough for Jacobsen to hang on to the Championship lead.
Alessandro Di Mario was nearly two seconds a lap faster than the rest of the Twins Cup field before he lobbed his Robem Engineering Aprilia into the gravel trap. Di Mario stayed on pole, and before the session was over, he had hustled back to the Celtic/Economy Lube + Tire/Warhorse HSBK Ducati pits and switched leathers, as he was making his debut in Supersport. Di Mario did not plan to ride Supersport but the team’s regular rider, Cameron Petersen, had shoulder difficulties and was not certain he could race. So since Di Mario rides in Talent Cup for Warhorse Ducati, he switched leathers, Warhorse pulled a set of Di Mario’s race numbers from the trailer, slapped them onto Petersen’s backup bike and Di Mario got his very first taste of a Supersport racebike. The whole arrangement was so last-minute that Di Mario missed the first practice session, so he rode only the two qualifying sessions. Di Mario’s first impression was that the Panigale V2 was actually smaller than his Aprilia RS660. The team didn’t intend to have Di Mario race in Supersport, so he finished his Supersport debut after the two qualifying sessions, taking 11th on combined times, right behind 89-time AMA Pro Race winner Josh Hayes. Di Mario then jumped back on his Twins Cup racebike and dominated Saturday’s race en route to the win.
Mallory Dobbs took advantage of a nine-week break in the Women’s World Circuit Racing Championship to return to the U.S. and compete at her home round. Dobbs lives just 30 minutes from The Ridge, so she pulled her Yamaha YZF-R7 and her Ducati Hypermotard out of the garage and raced them in the Twins Cup and Super Hooligan races. Even though she races an R7 in the WWCR series, those motorcycles are much, much more restricted in the modifications allowed, while the MotoAmerica bike is closer to Superbike-spec. The biggest difference, though, was adapting to Dunlop tires again after racing on Pirellis, she said. Dobbs DNF in Saturday’s Twins Cup Race and finished 12th in Super Hooligan.
More, from a news release issued by MotoAmerica:
Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Josh Herrin emerged from a race-long battle with Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Cameron Beaubier with his third straight MotoAmerica Superbike victory. The win on Saturday at Ridge Motorsports Park was Herrin’s third MotoAmerica Superbike win in a row, a career first for the defending series champion.
The win didn’t come easy as what initially was a three-rider battle between Herrin, Beaubier, and Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne, turned into a two-rider fight between the top two in the championship – Herrin and Beaubier.
Herrin did the majority of the leading and even gapped Beaubier by a second-and-a-half mid-race, but Beaubier fought back to take the lead on the 12th of 16 laps. The five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion held the lead for three laps before Herrin struck back, taking the lead on the 15th lap and holding off the determined Beaubier.
At the finish line, it was Herrin by .194 of a second over Beaubier. With the win came a five-point swing in what is shaping up to be a nail-biter of a championship as Herrin now leads Beaubier by three points.
The win was the 19th of Herrin’s career, and it puts him ninth on the all-time AMA Superbike win list.
Gagne, meanwhile, lost touch with the Herrin/Beaubier battle, with the pole-sitter finishing 2.4 seconds adrift in third place. The top three raced three different brands of motorcycles to the podium – Ducati, BMW and Yamaha.
Some three seconds behind Gagne came his teammate Bobby Fong with the Californian fending off the advances of Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante.
Escalante’s teammate Sean Dylan Kelly crossed the finish line some 13 seconds behind in sixth place. BPR Racing’s Bryce Kornbau was a lonely seventh. Ditto for eighth-placed JD Beach and his Stock 1000-spec Real Steel Honda CBR1000RR-R SP.
Edge Racing’s Jason Waters and Thrashed Bike Racing’s Max Flinders rounded out the top 10.
Notable among the non-finishers was Real Steel Honda’s Hayden Gillim, the Kentuckian involved in a bump and run with Ashton Yates in the first corner. Yates crashed and Gillim didn’t, but the melee put him well back in the pack. He went on a charge that saw him climb to seventh before a crash ended his day.
FLO4LAW/SBU Racing’s Benjamin Smith only completed a lap before a mechanical issue knocked him out of the race.
Superbike Race One
2. Cameron Beaubier (BMW)
3. Jake Gagne (Yamaha)
4. Bobby Fong (Yamaha)
5. Richie Escalante (Suzuki)
6. Sean Dylan Kelly (Suzuki)
7. Bryce Kornbau (Yamaha)
8. JD Beach (Honda)
9. Jason Waters (BMW)
10. Max Flinders (Yamaha)
Quotes
Jake Gagne – Third Place
“Just foreign territory up there going into turn one not behind a bunch of guys. Compared to how slow I’ve been this year, it’s just good to be up there and finish a few seconds off those guys, and at least that first half kind of be sniffing them. I don’t even remember what happened in turn one. I think we were in there in third. Josh (Herrin), I think, was leading it. Those guys got off to a really good start. It was just a lot for me to learn, to kind of try running with those guys, see what they were doing better, see where we stacked up. It had been a long time, besides the rain stuff, that I’ve ran even close to these guys. So, it’s just good to be up there. I think we can learn a lot and try to make some improvements for tomorrow and see if we can get a little closer. Everybody is going to step it up tomorrow. It’s tough, though. This track with these tires, that second half of the race it was greasy and slippery. That’s where those guys really kind of were able to take off. I’m happy enough to be on the podium. It’s been a long time.”
Cameron Beaubier – Second Place
“Honestly, just to be in the race for the win was a win in itself. Yesterday it was a pretty tough day. We were struggling pretty bad with the bike, mainly on the front end. The guys stayed really late last night kind of looking everything over. They had to rebuild me a bike after I threw it into the fence at Road America. So, a completely new bike. We had a couple things that we were struggling with that we don’t normally struggle with. Big thanks to those guys for working so hard and giving me a good bike that I could fight with today. We definitely have some stuff that we need to go back and improve to really put up a good fight with Josh (Herrin). I felt like I was there in the middle of the race. He started pulling on me a little bit. I went into this race, and I was like, ‘I need to get some points. I need to keep this thing on two wheels.’ I knew how fast Jake (Gagne) was going and Josh this weekend. That was the main target. When Josh started riding away from me, I was like, ‘let’s just be patient.’ Then he started coming back a little bit. I got a sniff and kept going. We had a little battle at the end, but I couldn’t get close enough. He was really good off all the short corners getting that thing hooked up onto the straights. I just wasn’t close enough to make any kind of move.”
Josh Herrin – Winner
“It was fun. Like you guys talked about there, in the middle of the race I saw a plus 1.1 and I think I let it get to my head a little bit. I honestly thought about it a little bit too much. I didn’t know if he (Cameron Beaubier) made a little mistake and I got that gap, or if I earned it. I kind of let off that little bit and you’re not supposed to do that. Just keep looking forward. I felt good. I honestly did get a little bit tired there. I haven’t been feeling great today, but I don’t know if that’s why or if it’s just this track is physical and I’m not there. I just gave it my all there the last three laps. Just held my breath and just went for it and tried to put as many good laps together as I could. I’m happy. The bike feels great. Today, even though we got the win, I feel like I disappointed myself a little bit by letting that lead go away. I know I can do it. I‘ve just got to grind it out a little bit better. The guy’s got a great bike underneath me. I think for sure this is the best bike on the grid and everybody knows it. I’m just trying to take advantage of it while I have it. Thank you to the whole Warhorse HSBK Racing team. I love coming to the Ridge. It’s been a good bike for the Ducati since I got on the Supersport bike. Happy to be up here. Never had three Superbike wins in a row in my life, so that feels good. We got the two for Palmer and Ava last weekend, and I left Griffin out, so I had to get one more at least. Happy to do that. It’s cool. To have three kids and be winning Superbike races – Rachel is obviously the one doing 90 percent of the work at home, but it’s mentally just insane. It’s cool to be able to be up here and to be getting wins with kids. It’s such a special feeling to do that.”
Still more, from a news release issued by MotoAmerica:
Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz went into Saturday’s Motovation Supersport race at Ridge Motorsports Park knowing it was go-time as he trailed championship leader PJ Jacobsen by 20 points. The South African responded in kind, dropping the hammer in the closing stages of the race to pull away from Jacobsen, who had inherited second place when Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott crashed out while chasing Scholtz with three laps to go.
Now that points gap is down to 15.
Although the battle at the front lacked for passes, it oozed suspense with Scholtz out front and Scott and Rahal Ducati Moto w/XPEL’s Jacobsen applying pressure from behind. With Jacobsen fading a bit in the latter stages, it was a two-man race that looked set to go the distance. However, with three laps to go, Scott crashed his Suzuki GSX-R750 in the chicane in a carbon copy of Scholtz’s crash that ruined his Q2 session earlier in the day.
Riding a Yamaha YZF-R9 with a set-up that was basically unknown to him since he’d crashed early in Q2 and didn’t get to test the team’s latest set-up, Scholtz nabbed the holeshot from pole position (earned in Friday’s Q1) but used patience while making sure the motorcycle was the way he needed it. Turns out it was good enough as Scholtz raced to his third victory of the season by 4.2 seconds over Jacobsen, who had resigned himself to third before Scott crashed his Suzuki.
A resilient Cameron Petersen’s mood turned from dismay to elation as he fought the pain of his injured shoulder to finish third on his Celtic/Economy Lube+Tire/Warhorse HSBK Ducati Panigale V2 for his second podium of the season.
In order to get on the podium, Petersen had to pull off a last-lap pass on Strack Racing’s Blake Davis, beating the teenager to the flag by .333 of a second.
Jacobsen’s teammate Kayla Yaakov was fifth with Scott remounting to finish sixth. Altus Motorsports’ Jake Lewis was hot on Scott’s heels and just ahead of BPR Racing Yamaha’s Teagg Hobbs, who came out on top of a race-long battle with his teammate Josh Hayes.
Corey Alexander finished 10th on the third of the Rahal Ducatis.
“I just didn’t feel good,” Scholtz said. “From Friday practice, I was pretty bummed with the pace. We made a few changes coming into qualifying two and I crashed in the third or fourth lap, so didn’t get to try any other changes. Damaged the forks. We had to change that. So, coming into this race now, we didn’t have the same set-up that we had yesterday or in qualifying two. We used some of qualifying two, some that we had on Friday afternoon. I wasn’t really sure how the bike would actually feel. So, the first couple laps I was just kind of feeling out the bike, feeling what it would do, and I didn’t feel good. At the halfway point I was sort of feeling a little bit better, hitting my marks more. But I could see that Tyler (Scott) was actually catching me. I think it was maybe four laps to go, I felt like I did a really good lap time, but I couldn’t see. The dashboard wasn’t working properly. So, I wasn’t sure if I was doing 42s or 43s or whatever, but it felt like I did something good. Then one lap turned to 1.5, so I thought he ran off or he crashed or something. So, I kind of chilled for the last three laps. Overall, I’m really happy with how things went. They worked so hard to get the bike ready for this race. It feels like I’m back up on the Superbike podium with Cam (Petersen) and PJ (Jacobsen). So that’s really cool. But overall, I’ve got a lot of things to try and look at and work on for the second race. To get back to a comfortable feeling. Through the middle of the corner, which is usually a strong point for me, I don’t feel confident. So, I’m really happy I managed to do this well with not feeling good there. So hopefully I can come out swinging and come out a little bit better for the second race.”
SC-Project Twins Cup – Di Mario By A Mile
Alessandro Di Mario destroyed the competition in Saturday’s SC-Project Twins Cup race at Ridge Motorsports Park with the Robem Engineering rider completely dominating the 12-lap race on his Aprilia RS 660.
The win wasn’t a surprise as the Kentuckian had plenty in hand all weekend, lapping two seconds quicker than the competition to take pole position for the two Twins Cup races.
After just five laps, Di Mario led by six seconds and it was a margin that continued to grow to the finish, with Aprilia rider crossing the finish line 12.4 seconds ahead of Karns/TST Industries Levi Badie, who came out the better in a fight with RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki’s Mathew Chapin by .214 of a second.
Fourth place went to Robem Engineering’s Hank Vossberg in his SC-Project Twins Cup debut. Vossberg was mostly alone, 8.9 seconds behind the battle for second and over 15 seconds ahead of fifth-placed Seth Dahmer.
Giaccmoto Yamaha Racing’s Dominic Doyle was in the battle for second until a mechanical issue slowed him. The South African managed to nurse his Yamaha home to sixth but was hit with a sanction after the race. Doyle’s computer was plugged into his bike for two minutes and 30 seconds too long after the team ignored officials’ instructions to remove the cable. Doyle will start his next race from the back of the grid.
“I had a big crash in qualifying so I can’t thank the team enough. Mike, Matt, Chad, just everybody that’s helped me put the bike back together. I wouldn’t be here without them, so I owe it to them. Thank you so much.”
Royal Enfield. Build.Train.Race. – First Of Three To Knebel
With two more races on the docket tomorrow, the women of Build.Train.Race. will have two more shots at trying to catch and beat Kira Knebel.
Knebel won Saturday’s Royal Enfield battle, topping Shea MacGregor by 7.5 seconds with pole-sitter Miranda Cain a shadow third and just .071 of a second behind MacGregor, who made a last-lap pass on Cain after a race-long battle.
The win was Knebel’s third on the season and it came after a practice crash left her with a badly battered motorcycle.
The top three were 26 seconds clear of fourth-placed Kate West, who in turn had 6.9 seconds on Camille Conrad.
“I couldn’t be here without the team,” Knebel said. “That was a very bad crash, and it’s incredible what they were able to pull off in the time that they were. My mechanic, Sean, I told him I had to win this for him because he flew out here early, rebuilt the entire thing, and it was ready for me to just button up once I got here. It’s so incredible what we’re able to do with the support that we have here with the team and all of the sponsors that help make this possible for us. Huge shout out to Royal Enfield and all of the other sponsors involved for getting us those extras and being able to make this happen for me and all the other women here. It’s really important to us to be able to do that. I appreciate all the people that are here watching us and everybody at home that is also helping make that happen.”
Mission Super Hooligan National Championship Powered By Harley Davidson – Weight No More
Saddlemen Race Development’s Jake Lewis shrugged off the mandated 38-pound weight-gain on his Harley-Davidson Pan America to win Saturday’s Mission Super Hooligan National Championship race with the Kentuckian leading every lap.
At the finish line, it was Lewis taking the victory over KWR Harley-Davidson’s James Rispoli (with his Pan America taking on an additional 24 pounds) by 1.9 seconds.
Third place went to Competition Werkes Racing’s Andy DiBrino and his Triumph 765 RS, with the Oregonian 2.9 seconds ahead of defending class champion Cory West. West had run off track while running second but was able to gather things up to finish fourth.
Rispoli’s KWR teammate Hayden Schultz rounded out the top five. ARCH Racing’s Corey Alexander was sixth, his best finish of the year thus far on the Keanu Reeves-owned 2S-R.
Jake Lewis took his Saddlemen Racing Development Harley-Davidson to the MotoAmerica Mission Super Hooligan race win on Saturday at The Ridge Motorsports Park. James Rispoli was second on the KWR Harley-Davidson, ahead of Andy DiBrino on the Competition Werkes Triumph. Saddlemen’s Cory West was fourth and KWR’s Hayden Schultz was fifth.
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