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Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Kyle Wyman set the fastest time in Saturday’s wet MotoAmerica Mission King of the Baggers practice at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Teammate Bradley Smith was second, followed by J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian’s Hayden Gillim, Big Diehl x Harley-Davidson Factory Racing’s James Rispoli and SDI Racing’s Tyler O’Hara.
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BPR Racing Yamaha’s Josh Hayes set the fastest time in Saturday’s rain-hit MotoAmerica Supersport practice at New Jersey Motorsports Park. MP13 Racing/One Cure Racing’s Joseph LiMandri Jr. was second, followed by Rodio Racing’s Gus Rodio, BPR Racing Yamaha’s Brenden Ketelsen and Rahal Ducati Moto with Desnuda Organic Tequila’s Josh Herrin.
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Jeremy Alcoba won Saturday’s red-flagged FIM Supersport World Championship Race One at Cremona Circuit in Italy. Riding his Kawasaki ZX-6R 636, the Spaniard won the 13-lap race by 0.568 second.
Albert Arenas was the runner-up on his AS BLU CRU Yamaha YZF-R9, just 0.120 second ahead of third-place finisher Filippo Farioli, who rode his VFT Racing Yamaha YZF-R9.
Former MotoAmerica Supersport regular Valentin Debise crossed the finish line 4th on his Eastroc Evan Bros ZXMOTO 820RR.
Albert Arenas leads the championship with 331 points, 77 ahead of Valentin Debise who has 254 points. Jaume Masia is third with 219 points.
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More, from a press release issued by WSBK:
MAIDEN SUCCESSES: Alcoba takes first WorldSSP win ahead of Arenas and Farioli with a first-time podium. With the Championship leader’s P2 and Debise’s P4, the title will likely go to Estoril.
After a surprise FIM Supersport World Championship result on Friday, Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) showed that his pace was no fluke, outgunning the Championship leader Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) and Filippo Farioli (VFT Racing) for his first-ever WorldSSP win. Arenas made it 15 podiums in his rookie season in the class, while Farioli earned his maiden podium at home. Now leading by 77 points, Arenas has a slim chance to win the title in Race 2 at Cremona. The Spaniard will be crowned WorldSSP Riders’ Champion if he wins in Race 2 and Debise doesn’t score any points.
AN EARLY RED FLAG
Filippo Farioli (VFT Racing) was the first rider through Turn 1, and while he lost P1 later in the opening sector to Arenas, the Italian hung in early on, determined to give the #75 problems. As the lead trio of Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team), Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) and Filippo Farioli (VFT Racing) led the field into Lap 2, behind them, Roberto Garcia (GMT94 Yamaha) and Simon Jespersen (EAB Racing Team) crashed on Turn 7, sending gravel onto the track and causing a red flag stoppage.
ALCOBA GETS HIS FIRST
The grid reset to its original configuration before the two laps, except Garcia had to start from the back of the grid after he couldn’t leave the pit lane in time. Alcoba was taking no prisoners after the restart, cutting across the nose of the #75 to take the lead at Turn 11 of Lap 2. The #52 is determined to race for a seat after it was announced that Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) will ride with WorldSPB’s David Salvador (Team ProDina Kawasaki XCI) with the Kawasaki WorldSSP Team next season. The #52 stretched his legs and climbed to around half a second clear of the Championship leader, but with five laps to go, the #75 had closed in to within a quarter of a second. Three laps later, Alcoba maintained control of the race, and while Farioli opened the back straight in P2, Arenas showed he’s taking no prisoners in this title fight as he pulled alongside the #7 in a narrow gap of track just inches between Farioli and the trackside grass. The #75 braked later and stole P2 in the final sector. The result marks Alcoba’s first World Championship win since Moto3 Junior at Valencia in 2019.
DAMAGE CONTROL FROM DEBISE IN P4
Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) was riding in P4 on Lap 5 when he lost the front exiting Turn 2, sending him to the gravel for another frustrating DNF this season. The Turk’s misfortune benefitted ZXMOTO’s Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing), who took P4 and methodically cut away at Farioli’s gap to narrowly miss the podium by just over a hundredth. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) benefitted from fighting ahead of him to claw his way up the order from his P9 grid start. While he finished in P5, the three-time Cremona podium man will start from pole position in Race 2. Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing) had a proud ride at home, following the Brit up the order to take P6 from a P10 starting spot.
CASADEI CLIMBS UP FROM P17 AT HOME
Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) lost three positions over the shortened 13-lap race to finish P7. He held off Italian rider Mattia Casadei (D34G WorldSSP Racing Team), who took his second-best result of the season with P8, finishing less than a quarter of a second behind Masia. Dominique Aegerter (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) made it two Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 636 bikes in the top ten with a P9 result. The Swiss rider’s second top-ten of the season outpaced Aldi Mahendra (AS BLU CRU Racing Team), who climbed up from a P19 grid start to seal the top-ten positions.
CRASHERS AT CREMONA
After the restart, Oli Bayliss (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) crashed out on Turn 4 of Lap 1. A lap later, Jespersen suffered a tech issue at Turn 8, ending his race. Zaccone crashed out from P6 at Turn 10 on Lap 7 as he was beginning to fight with Booth-Amos for P5. At Turn 10, moments later, Lucas Mahias (GMT94 Yamaha) saw gravel at Turn 3 as his Saturday ended early.
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Rahal Ducati Moto with XPEL’s PJ Jacobsen set the fastest time in Saturday’s rain-stricken MotoAmerica Superbike practice at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz was second, followed by Warhorse HSBK Ducati FLo4Law’s Benjamin Smith, Warhorse HSBK Ducati FLo4Law’s Cameron Beaubier and Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong.
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Iker Lecuona took pole position during World Superbike Superpole qualifying Saturday at Cremona Circuit, in Italy. Riding his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R, Lecuona recorded a lap time of 1:27.253, which was not only good enough to top the 22-rider field and secure pole position it also eclipsed the All-Time Lap Record Alberto Surra set, 1:27.666, during Free Practice Three (FP3) this morning.
His teammate, Nicolo Bulega qualified second with a 1:27.297.
Alberto Surra did a 1:27.437 on his Motocorsa Racing Ducati Panigale V4R to earn the third and final spot on the front row.
Row two starters include ELF Marc VDS Racing’s Sam Lowes (1:27.627), Barni Spark Racing’s Yari Montella (1:27.723), and Team Goeleven’s Lorenzo Baldassarri (1:27.791).
American Garrett Gerloff qualified 8th with a 1:27.963 on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
Danilo Petrucci finished 19th with a time of 1:28.932 on his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR and Loris Baz qualified 21st with a time of 1:29.034 on his MGM Optical Express Racing Ducati Panigale V4R.
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More, from a press release issued by WSBK:
SUPERPOLE BATTLE: Lecuona fends off late Bulega challenge for Cremona pole as Surra claims third. The two factory Ducati riders finished 1-2 in Superpole at Cremona while rookie Surra battled for pole.
Iker Lecuona (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) claimed a stunning pole position at the Cremona Circuit in the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship ahead of teammate Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati), with just 0.044s separating the pair. It’s Lecuona’s first pole in four years as he denied ‘Bulegas’, while rookie Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing) claimed third place at the EICMA Italian Round.
THE FIRST RUN
The first laps were disrupted due to a yellow flag at Turn 10 due to a crash for Jake Dixon (Honda HRC), but Lecuona was ahead of the #96’s fall. He immediately set a new lap record with a 1’27.639s, although didn’t improve on his second lap. Bulega set a 1’27.912s to slot into a provisional P2 but his lap was deleted for track limits, which promoted Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) into second and Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven) into third. Surra, who was fastest in FP3, was setting red sectors but found yellow flags at Turn 13 after Mattia Rato (Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) crashed.
LECUONA BEATS BULEGA, SURRA STARS
On the first lap of his second stint, Surra re-took the lap record with a 1’27.437s to claim provisional pole position, but it was beaten by Bulega who set a 1’27.297s before Lecuona usurped his teammate with a 1’27.253s to claim P1 for his first pole since Barcelona 2022, and his second in WorldSBK. It also ended Bulega’s pole streak, who will start second, and it’s the first time in WorldSBK the #11 has been outqualified by a teammate. Surra will go from third, equalling his career-best Superpole result.
DRAMATIC ENDING FOR SAM LOWES
Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) goes from fourth place despite a late crash at Turn 13 after setting a 1’27.627s, with Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) securing a second row start with fifth place. The #5 was 0.470s off Lecuona’s pole time, but lines up alongside his rival in the Championship. Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven) will go from sixth place with a 1’27.791s; the top six were all under last year’s pole time.
INSIDE THE TOP TEN
Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) will line up from seventh after he lapped 0.642s down on Lecuona, while Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) was P8 – as he was across Friday’s two sessions – with a 1’27.963s. Miguel Oliveira (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) set a 1’28.001s to claim ninth, although he had been running as high as fourth at the start of the second stint. Tommy Bridewell (Superbike Advocates) completed the top ten, just over nine tenths off the pole time.
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Alberto Surra led FIM Superbike World Championship Free Practice 3 (FP3) Saturday morning at Cremona Circuit, in Italy. Riding his Motocorsa Racing Ducati Panigale V4R on spec Pirelli tires, the Italian rider covered the 2.34-mile (3.77 km) track in 1:27.666 to lead the field of 22 riders.
Iker Lecuona was second-best with a 1:27.695 on his Aruba.It Racing – Ducati Panigale V4R.
Jake Dixon was third with a 1:27.937 on his Honda HRC CBR1000RR-R SP.
American Garrett Gerloff was 13th with a time of 1:28.454 on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
Danilo Petrucci was 20th on his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR with a lap time of 1:29.254.
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Gray Skies And A Four-Way Fight: MotoAmerica Opens Season Finale At New Jersey.
Storm Forces Superbike Qualifying Cancellation As Kelly Starts Race 1 From Row Four; Binder And Gillim Set The Pace In Supersport And Baggers, Gouker Impresses In Twins Cup Debut.
Millville, NJ (Sept. 25, 2026) – The 2026 MotoAmerica season finale got underway at New Jersey Motorsports Park (NJMP) under cool, overcast skies, with temperatures stuck in the low 60s and rain in the forecast that could soak much of the weekend.
Six classes hit the 2.25-mile Thunderbolt Circuit for practice and qualifying on Friday, setting the stage for a final showdown that will crown champions in Quad Lock Superbike and settle final standings across five other title fights.
The season’s defining championship battle wasted no time making its presence felt. Wrench Motorcycles’ Cameron Petersen threw down the gauntlet in Friday morning’s Free Practice, ripping off a 1:21.166 to top the field ahead of Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong (+0.515) and Warhorse HSBK Ducati Flo4Law’s Cameron Beaubier (+0.535). Points leader OrangeCat Racing’s Sean Dylan Kelly settled for fourth, with Real Steel Honda’s Hayden Gillim rounding out a stacked top five on a track already threatening to shuffle the deck for the title fight.
With a nor’easter bearing down on New Jersey for the back half of the weekend, MotoAmerica officials have scrapped Saturday’s Timed Qualifying session for the Superbike class entirely, setting the Race 1 grid directly from Friday’s Timed Practice instead. The schedule shakeup didn’t stop there: originally slated to run Race 1 on Saturday and close out the triple-header with Races 2 and 3 on Sunday, the Superbike class will now run both Race 1 and Race 2 on Saturday, pushing only Race 3 to Sunday — the day forecast to bear the brunt of the storm.
It’s a significant reshuffling of the road to a championship, compressing two-thirds of the title-deciding points into a single day and leaving the decisive final race to play out under what could be the wettest conditions of the weekend.
In Timed Practice, the top ten finished the session separated by less than a second, with Beaubier making the most of Friday’s consequential 40-minute session with a 1:20.209 to take the top spot a day early.
Fong followed the six-time and defending Superbike champion by a mere 0.085 seconds, setting his Yamaha in prime position to attack the championship in the wet at the final round.
South African Petersen rounded out the front row in third (+0.346 seconds), primed to play the spoiler across the weekend’s three Superbike races that will decide the championship.
Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s JD Beach (+0.637 seconds) came fourth and Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz fifth (+0.644 seconds). Real Steel Honda’s Hayden Gillim showed solid speed rounding out the second row in P6 (+0.830 seconds) with Beaubier’s teammate Benjamin Smith behind him turning the exact same lap time in P7 (+0.830 seconds). OrangeCat Racing’s Jayson Uribe was 0.830 second behind in eighth and Rahal Ducati Moto with XPEL’s PJ Jacobsen in ninth.
The real headline, though, belongs to Kelly: only tenth fastest (+0.984) when it mattered most, the championship leader will now be forced to carve his way forward from the fourth row in Race 1, with zero chances left to erase it before the lights go out on a weekend that will decide his fate against Fong, Scholtz and Beach.
While the Superbike title chase dominated the headlines, Superbike Cup competitors ran alongside the premier class Friday, with the grid for their own competition being set within the overall Superbike order. Real Steel Honda’s Andrew Lee, who wrapped up his fourth career MotoAmerica title at COTA, was the fastest Cup rider on the day with a 1:22.330, good for 14th overall in the Superbike field — but he barely had room to breathe.
Right behind him was a familiar face making an unfamiliar move: BPR Racing Yamaha’s Bryce Kornbau, fresh off clinching the Mission Super Hooligan National Championship at COTA, is turning his attention to Superbike Cup for the season finale and immediately made his presence felt, trailing Lee by just 0.011 seconds to line up 15th overall. Team Brazil’s Danilo Lewis rounded out the top three Cup riders in 16th overall, just over a second off the pace.
Behind that group, the real battle is for silver — BPR Racing Yamaha’s Deion Campbell and Super Carl Racing 57 Rider Development’s Carl Soltisz enter the weekend separated by just five points, and neither has shown any sign of settling for second without a fight.
The Supersport field delivered an early surprise Friday morning, with Rodio Racing’s Gus Rodio slicing through Practice 1 at his home track for the fastest time of the session at 1:23.037, just ahead of BPR Racing Yamaha’s Josh Hayes and Rahal Ducati Moto with Desnuda Organic Tequila’s Josh Herrin. Newly-crowned champion Celtic/Economy Lube + Tire/Warhorse Ducati’s Darryn Binder, meanwhile, spent the morning lurking in eighth — content, it seemed, to let others show their hand first.
The 2026 Supersport Champion made his intentions clear the moment it counted. The South African exploded to the top of Qualifying 1 with a 1:22.372 on a gap of 0.497 seconds that left no doubt about who’s still the class of the field.
Hayes held on for second, with Herrin third (+0.557 seconds) and Rahal Ducati Moto with Droplight’s Kayla Yaakov fourth (+0.559) as they battled down to the wire for the final two spots on the front row.
Strack Racing Yamaha’s Blake Davis was fifth (+0.673 seconds), with the New Jersey-native Rodio sixth and M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Rossi Moor turning heads in seventh for his Supersport debut.
There was no mystery about who owned Friday in the Baggers class. J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian’s Hayden Gillim was untouchable in both sessions, topping Practice 1 with a 1:22.827 before backing it up with a 1:22.124 for a new lap record in Qualifying 1 — a dominant showing from a rider who’s already sealed the championship but clearly isn’t ready to ease off the throttle.
Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Kyle Wyman shadowed him by 0.234 seconds in Q2.
The battle for the runner-up spot in the standings, though, took an unexpected twist. Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Bradley Smith clocked the third-fastest time (+0.963 seconds) in Qualifying 1, while Gillim’s own teammate, Troy Herfoss — locked in a tight fight with Smith and trailing by just three points — failed to post a qualifying time at all, an ominous wrinkle heading into a weekend where every point matters.
SDI Racing’s Tyler O’Hara and Big Diehl x Harley-Davidson Factory Racing’s James Rispoli rounded out the top five in Q1.
There’s a fitting symmetry to Quarterley Racing’s Nathan Gouker sealing his championship at the exact track where he’ll spend the weekend riding like there’s still one to win. The soon-to-be 2026 champion set the tone from the opening session Friday, topping the morning’s Practice 1 before turning up the heat in Qualifying 1 with a blistering 1:29.854 — nearly three-tenths clear of his closest pursuer. It’s the kind of performance that suggests Gouker has no intention of coasting into his coronation; if anything, the pressure’s off and the throttle’s wide open.
Behind him, the real drama is just getting started. Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane qualified second (+0.282 seconds) and will spend the weekend trying to hold off Team Hammer’s Jake Paige for the final podium spot in the season standings — a task made trickier by the fact that Paige, who didn’t even record a lap in Friday morning’s Practice 1, roared back to qualify third (+1.430 seconds) by the afternoon.
Right on two Australian’s heels was Real Steel Honda’s Derek Sanchez King in fourth (+1.528 seconds) riding in front of a home-state crowd and looking every bit like a rider chasing his first podium of the year with extra motivation on his side.
Already-crowned champion or not, Robem Engineering’s Hank Vossberg showed up Friday looking every bit like a rider with something left to prove. Vossberg topped both sessions on the day, capping it with a 1:24.113 in Qualifying 1 for a new lap record and a reaffirmation of exactly why he wrapped up the title weeks ago.
Karns/TST Industries Racing’s Kevin Olmedo and teammate Isaac Woodworth rounded out the top three, keeping the Karns/TST squad squarely in the mix as the season winds down. Unfortunately, both riders would go down in the session with Woodworth walking away under his own power and Olmedo regrettably being declared unfit for the remainder of the weekend.
The real intrigue, though, came from an unexpected corner of the paddock. M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Matthew Chapin and Bodie Paige — both locked in a tight scrap for second in the final standings — qualified fifth and sixth, respectively, keeping their championship math alive heading into race day. But it was Talent Cup’s soon-to-be-crowned champion, Quarterley Racing’s Nathan Gouker, who stole the show in his own right: in his first-ever Twins Cup qualifying session, Gouker immediately flashed the pace that’s carried him to a title of his own, qualifying an eye-catching fourth aboard the Aprilia RS 660 in his class debut.
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J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian’s Hayden Gillim was fastest in Friday’s MotoAmerica King of the Baggers provisional pole session at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Kyle Wyman was second, followed by teammate Bradley Smith, Indian’s Rocco Landers and Big Diehl x Harley-Davidson Factory Racing’s James Rispoli.
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Quarterley Racing’s Nathan Gouker set the fastest time in Friday’s MotoAmerica Talent Cup provisional pole session at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane was second, followed by Team Hammer’s Jake Paige, Real Steel Honda’s Derek Sanchez King and Rikard Racing’s Rikard Herb.
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Warhorse HSBK Ducati FLo4Law’s Cameron Beaubier set the fastest time in Friday’s MotoAmerica Superbike timed practice at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong was second, followed by Wrench Motorcycles’ Cameron Petersen, Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s JD Beach and Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz.
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Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Kyle Wyman set the fastest time in Saturday’s wet MotoAmerica Mission King of the Baggers practice at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Teammate Bradley Smith was second, followed by J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian’s Hayden Gillim, Big Diehl x Harley-Davidson Factory Racing’s James Rispoli and SDI Racing’s Tyler O’Hara.
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BPR Racing Yamaha’s Josh Hayes set the fastest time in Saturday’s rain-hit MotoAmerica Supersport practice at New Jersey Motorsports Park. MP13 Racing/One Cure Racing’s Joseph LiMandri Jr. was second, followed by Rodio Racing’s Gus Rodio, BPR Racing Yamaha’s Brenden Ketelsen and Rahal Ducati Moto with Desnuda Organic Tequila’s Josh Herrin.
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Jeremy Alcoba won Saturday’s red-flagged FIM Supersport World Championship Race One at Cremona Circuit in Italy. Riding his Kawasaki ZX-6R 636, the Spaniard won the 13-lap race by 0.568 second.
Albert Arenas was the runner-up on his AS BLU CRU Yamaha YZF-R9, just 0.120 second ahead of third-place finisher Filippo Farioli, who rode his VFT Racing Yamaha YZF-R9.
Former MotoAmerica Supersport regular Valentin Debise crossed the finish line 4th on his Eastroc Evan Bros ZXMOTO 820RR.
Albert Arenas leads the championship with 331 points, 77 ahead of Valentin Debise who has 254 points. Jaume Masia is third with 219 points.
WSSP RACE 1
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More, from a press release issued by WSBK:
MAIDEN SUCCESSES: Alcoba takes first WorldSSP win ahead of Arenas and Farioli with a first-time podium. With the Championship leader’s P2 and Debise’s P4, the title will likely go to Estoril.
After a surprise FIM Supersport World Championship result on Friday, Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) showed that his pace was no fluke, outgunning the Championship leader Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) and Filippo Farioli (VFT Racing) for his first-ever WorldSSP win. Arenas made it 15 podiums in his rookie season in the class, while Farioli earned his maiden podium at home. Now leading by 77 points, Arenas has a slim chance to win the title in Race 2 at Cremona. The Spaniard will be crowned WorldSSP Riders’ Champion if he wins in Race 2 and Debise doesn’t score any points.
AN EARLY RED FLAG
Filippo Farioli (VFT Racing) was the first rider through Turn 1, and while he lost P1 later in the opening sector to Arenas, the Italian hung in early on, determined to give the #75 problems. As the lead trio of Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team), Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) and Filippo Farioli (VFT Racing) led the field into Lap 2, behind them, Roberto Garcia (GMT94 Yamaha) and Simon Jespersen (EAB Racing Team) crashed on Turn 7, sending gravel onto the track and causing a red flag stoppage.
ALCOBA GETS HIS FIRST
The grid reset to its original configuration before the two laps, except Garcia had to start from the back of the grid after he couldn’t leave the pit lane in time. Alcoba was taking no prisoners after the restart, cutting across the nose of the #75 to take the lead at Turn 11 of Lap 2. The #52 is determined to race for a seat after it was announced that Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) will ride with WorldSPB’s David Salvador (Team ProDina Kawasaki XCI) with the Kawasaki WorldSSP Team next season. The #52 stretched his legs and climbed to around half a second clear of the Championship leader, but with five laps to go, the #75 had closed in to within a quarter of a second. Three laps later, Alcoba maintained control of the race, and while Farioli opened the back straight in P2, Arenas showed he’s taking no prisoners in this title fight as he pulled alongside the #7 in a narrow gap of track just inches between Farioli and the trackside grass. The #75 braked later and stole P2 in the final sector. The result marks Alcoba’s first World Championship win since Moto3 Junior at Valencia in 2019.
DAMAGE CONTROL FROM DEBISE IN P4
Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) was riding in P4 on Lap 5 when he lost the front exiting Turn 2, sending him to the gravel for another frustrating DNF this season. The Turk’s misfortune benefitted ZXMOTO’s Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing), who took P4 and methodically cut away at Farioli’s gap to narrowly miss the podium by just over a hundredth. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) benefitted from fighting ahead of him to claw his way up the order from his P9 grid start. While he finished in P5, the three-time Cremona podium man will start from pole position in Race 2. Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing) had a proud ride at home, following the Brit up the order to take P6 from a P10 starting spot.
CASADEI CLIMBS UP FROM P17 AT HOME
Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) lost three positions over the shortened 13-lap race to finish P7. He held off Italian rider Mattia Casadei (D34G WorldSSP Racing Team), who took his second-best result of the season with P8, finishing less than a quarter of a second behind Masia. Dominique Aegerter (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) made it two Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 636 bikes in the top ten with a P9 result. The Swiss rider’s second top-ten of the season outpaced Aldi Mahendra (AS BLU CRU Racing Team), who climbed up from a P19 grid start to seal the top-ten positions.
CRASHERS AT CREMONA
After the restart, Oli Bayliss (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) crashed out on Turn 4 of Lap 1. A lap later, Jespersen suffered a tech issue at Turn 8, ending his race. Zaccone crashed out from P6 at Turn 10 on Lap 7 as he was beginning to fight with Booth-Amos for P5. At Turn 10, moments later, Lucas Mahias (GMT94 Yamaha) saw gravel at Turn 3 as his Saturday ended early.
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Fastest lap: Tom Booth-Amos (Triumph), 1’31.822s – new lap record
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Rahal Ducati Moto with XPEL’s PJ Jacobsen set the fastest time in Saturday’s rain-stricken MotoAmerica Superbike practice at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz was second, followed by Warhorse HSBK Ducati FLo4Law’s Benjamin Smith, Warhorse HSBK Ducati FLo4Law’s Cameron Beaubier and Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong.
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Iker Lecuona took pole position during World Superbike Superpole qualifying Saturday at Cremona Circuit, in Italy. Riding his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R, Lecuona recorded a lap time of 1:27.253, which was not only good enough to top the 22-rider field and secure pole position it also eclipsed the All-Time Lap Record Alberto Surra set, 1:27.666, during Free Practice Three (FP3) this morning.
His teammate, Nicolo Bulega qualified second with a 1:27.297.
Alberto Surra did a 1:27.437 on his Motocorsa Racing Ducati Panigale V4R to earn the third and final spot on the front row.
Row two starters include ELF Marc VDS Racing’s Sam Lowes (1:27.627), Barni Spark Racing’s Yari Montella (1:27.723), and Team Goeleven’s Lorenzo Baldassarri (1:27.791).
American Garrett Gerloff qualified 8th with a 1:27.963 on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
Danilo Petrucci finished 19th with a time of 1:28.932 on his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR and Loris Baz qualified 21st with a time of 1:29.034 on his MGM Optical Express Racing Ducati Panigale V4R.
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More, from a press release issued by WSBK:
SUPERPOLE BATTLE: Lecuona fends off late Bulega challenge for Cremona pole as Surra claims third. The two factory Ducati riders finished 1-2 in Superpole at Cremona while rookie Surra battled for pole.
Iker Lecuona (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) claimed a stunning pole position at the Cremona Circuit in the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship ahead of teammate Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati), with just 0.044s separating the pair. It’s Lecuona’s first pole in four years as he denied ‘Bulegas’, while rookie Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing) claimed third place at the EICMA Italian Round.
THE FIRST RUN
The first laps were disrupted due to a yellow flag at Turn 10 due to a crash for Jake Dixon (Honda HRC), but Lecuona was ahead of the #96’s fall. He immediately set a new lap record with a 1’27.639s, although didn’t improve on his second lap. Bulega set a 1’27.912s to slot into a provisional P2 but his lap was deleted for track limits, which promoted Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) into second and Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven) into third. Surra, who was fastest in FP3, was setting red sectors but found yellow flags at Turn 13 after Mattia Rato (Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) crashed.
LECUONA BEATS BULEGA, SURRA STARS
On the first lap of his second stint, Surra re-took the lap record with a 1’27.437s to claim provisional pole position, but it was beaten by Bulega who set a 1’27.297s before Lecuona usurped his teammate with a 1’27.253s to claim P1 for his first pole since Barcelona 2022, and his second in WorldSBK. It also ended Bulega’s pole streak, who will start second, and it’s the first time in WorldSBK the #11 has been outqualified by a teammate. Surra will go from third, equalling his career-best Superpole result.
DRAMATIC ENDING FOR SAM LOWES
Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) goes from fourth place despite a late crash at Turn 13 after setting a 1’27.627s, with Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) securing a second row start with fifth place. The #5 was 0.470s off Lecuona’s pole time, but lines up alongside his rival in the Championship. Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven) will go from sixth place with a 1’27.791s; the top six were all under last year’s pole time.
INSIDE THE TOP TEN
Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) will line up from seventh after he lapped 0.642s down on Lecuona, while Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) was P8 – as he was across Friday’s two sessions – with a 1’27.963s. Miguel Oliveira (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) set a 1’28.001s to claim ninth, although he had been running as high as fourth at the start of the second stint. Tommy Bridewell (Superbike Advocates) completed the top ten, just over nine tenths off the pole time.
The top six from WorldSBK Superpole, full results here:
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Alberto Surra led FIM Superbike World Championship Free Practice 3 (FP3) Saturday morning at Cremona Circuit, in Italy. Riding his Motocorsa Racing Ducati Panigale V4R on spec Pirelli tires, the Italian rider covered the 2.34-mile (3.77 km) track in 1:27.666 to lead the field of 22 riders.
Iker Lecuona was second-best with a 1:27.695 on his Aruba.It Racing – Ducati Panigale V4R.
Jake Dixon was third with a 1:27.937 on his Honda HRC CBR1000RR-R SP.
American Garrett Gerloff was 13th with a time of 1:28.454 on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
Danilo Petrucci was 20th on his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR with a lap time of 1:29.254.
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Gray Skies And A Four-Way Fight: MotoAmerica Opens Season Finale At New Jersey.
Storm Forces Superbike Qualifying Cancellation As Kelly Starts Race 1 From Row Four; Binder And Gillim Set The Pace In Supersport And Baggers, Gouker Impresses In Twins Cup Debut.
Millville, NJ (Sept. 25, 2026) – The 2026 MotoAmerica season finale got underway at New Jersey Motorsports Park (NJMP) under cool, overcast skies, with temperatures stuck in the low 60s and rain in the forecast that could soak much of the weekend.
Six classes hit the 2.25-mile Thunderbolt Circuit for practice and qualifying on Friday, setting the stage for a final showdown that will crown champions in Quad Lock Superbike and settle final standings across five other title fights.
The season’s defining championship battle wasted no time making its presence felt. Wrench Motorcycles’ Cameron Petersen threw down the gauntlet in Friday morning’s Free Practice, ripping off a 1:21.166 to top the field ahead of Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong (+0.515) and Warhorse HSBK Ducati Flo4Law’s Cameron Beaubier (+0.535). Points leader OrangeCat Racing’s Sean Dylan Kelly settled for fourth, with Real Steel Honda’s Hayden Gillim rounding out a stacked top five on a track already threatening to shuffle the deck for the title fight.
With a nor’easter bearing down on New Jersey for the back half of the weekend, MotoAmerica officials have scrapped Saturday’s Timed Qualifying session for the Superbike class entirely, setting the Race 1 grid directly from Friday’s Timed Practice instead. The schedule shakeup didn’t stop there: originally slated to run Race 1 on Saturday and close out the triple-header with Races 2 and 3 on Sunday, the Superbike class will now run both Race 1 and Race 2 on Saturday, pushing only Race 3 to Sunday — the day forecast to bear the brunt of the storm.
It’s a significant reshuffling of the road to a championship, compressing two-thirds of the title-deciding points into a single day and leaving the decisive final race to play out under what could be the wettest conditions of the weekend.
In Timed Practice, the top ten finished the session separated by less than a second, with Beaubier making the most of Friday’s consequential 40-minute session with a 1:20.209 to take the top spot a day early.
Fong followed the six-time and defending Superbike champion by a mere 0.085 seconds, setting his Yamaha in prime position to attack the championship in the wet at the final round.
South African Petersen rounded out the front row in third (+0.346 seconds), primed to play the spoiler across the weekend’s three Superbike races that will decide the championship.
Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s JD Beach (+0.637 seconds) came fourth and Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz fifth (+0.644 seconds). Real Steel Honda’s Hayden Gillim showed solid speed rounding out the second row in P6 (+0.830 seconds) with Beaubier’s teammate Benjamin Smith behind him turning the exact same lap time in P7 (+0.830 seconds). OrangeCat Racing’s Jayson Uribe was 0.830 second behind in eighth and Rahal Ducati Moto with XPEL’s PJ Jacobsen in ninth.
The real headline, though, belongs to Kelly: only tenth fastest (+0.984) when it mattered most, the championship leader will now be forced to carve his way forward from the fourth row in Race 1, with zero chances left to erase it before the lights go out on a weekend that will decide his fate against Fong, Scholtz and Beach.
While the Superbike title chase dominated the headlines, Superbike Cup competitors ran alongside the premier class Friday, with the grid for their own competition being set within the overall Superbike order. Real Steel Honda’s Andrew Lee, who wrapped up his fourth career MotoAmerica title at COTA, was the fastest Cup rider on the day with a 1:22.330, good for 14th overall in the Superbike field — but he barely had room to breathe.
Right behind him was a familiar face making an unfamiliar move: BPR Racing Yamaha’s Bryce Kornbau, fresh off clinching the Mission Super Hooligan National Championship at COTA, is turning his attention to Superbike Cup for the season finale and immediately made his presence felt, trailing Lee by just 0.011 seconds to line up 15th overall. Team Brazil’s Danilo Lewis rounded out the top three Cup riders in 16th overall, just over a second off the pace.
Behind that group, the real battle is for silver — BPR Racing Yamaha’s Deion Campbell and Super Carl Racing 57 Rider Development’s Carl Soltisz enter the weekend separated by just five points, and neither has shown any sign of settling for second without a fight.
The Supersport field delivered an early surprise Friday morning, with Rodio Racing’s Gus Rodio slicing through Practice 1 at his home track for the fastest time of the session at 1:23.037, just ahead of BPR Racing Yamaha’s Josh Hayes and Rahal Ducati Moto with Desnuda Organic Tequila’s Josh Herrin. Newly-crowned champion Celtic/Economy Lube + Tire/Warhorse Ducati’s Darryn Binder, meanwhile, spent the morning lurking in eighth — content, it seemed, to let others show their hand first.
The 2026 Supersport Champion made his intentions clear the moment it counted. The South African exploded to the top of Qualifying 1 with a 1:22.372 on a gap of 0.497 seconds that left no doubt about who’s still the class of the field.
Hayes held on for second, with Herrin third (+0.557 seconds) and Rahal Ducati Moto with Droplight’s Kayla Yaakov fourth (+0.559) as they battled down to the wire for the final two spots on the front row.
Strack Racing Yamaha’s Blake Davis was fifth (+0.673 seconds), with the New Jersey-native Rodio sixth and M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Rossi Moor turning heads in seventh for his Supersport debut.
There was no mystery about who owned Friday in the Baggers class. J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian’s Hayden Gillim was untouchable in both sessions, topping Practice 1 with a 1:22.827 before backing it up with a 1:22.124 for a new lap record in Qualifying 1 — a dominant showing from a rider who’s already sealed the championship but clearly isn’t ready to ease off the throttle.
Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Kyle Wyman shadowed him by 0.234 seconds in Q2.
The battle for the runner-up spot in the standings, though, took an unexpected twist. Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Bradley Smith clocked the third-fastest time (+0.963 seconds) in Qualifying 1, while Gillim’s own teammate, Troy Herfoss — locked in a tight fight with Smith and trailing by just three points — failed to post a qualifying time at all, an ominous wrinkle heading into a weekend where every point matters.
SDI Racing’s Tyler O’Hara and Big Diehl x Harley-Davidson Factory Racing’s James Rispoli rounded out the top five in Q1.
There’s a fitting symmetry to Quarterley Racing’s Nathan Gouker sealing his championship at the exact track where he’ll spend the weekend riding like there’s still one to win. The soon-to-be 2026 champion set the tone from the opening session Friday, topping the morning’s Practice 1 before turning up the heat in Qualifying 1 with a blistering 1:29.854 — nearly three-tenths clear of his closest pursuer. It’s the kind of performance that suggests Gouker has no intention of coasting into his coronation; if anything, the pressure’s off and the throttle’s wide open.
Behind him, the real drama is just getting started. Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane qualified second (+0.282 seconds) and will spend the weekend trying to hold off Team Hammer’s Jake Paige for the final podium spot in the season standings — a task made trickier by the fact that Paige, who didn’t even record a lap in Friday morning’s Practice 1, roared back to qualify third (+1.430 seconds) by the afternoon.
Right on two Australian’s heels was Real Steel Honda’s Derek Sanchez King in fourth (+1.528 seconds) riding in front of a home-state crowd and looking every bit like a rider chasing his first podium of the year with extra motivation on his side.
Already-crowned champion or not, Robem Engineering’s Hank Vossberg showed up Friday looking every bit like a rider with something left to prove. Vossberg topped both sessions on the day, capping it with a 1:24.113 in Qualifying 1 for a new lap record and a reaffirmation of exactly why he wrapped up the title weeks ago.
Karns/TST Industries Racing’s Kevin Olmedo and teammate Isaac Woodworth rounded out the top three, keeping the Karns/TST squad squarely in the mix as the season winds down. Unfortunately, both riders would go down in the session with Woodworth walking away under his own power and Olmedo regrettably being declared unfit for the remainder of the weekend.
The real intrigue, though, came from an unexpected corner of the paddock. M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Matthew Chapin and Bodie Paige — both locked in a tight scrap for second in the final standings — qualified fifth and sixth, respectively, keeping their championship math alive heading into race day. But it was Talent Cup’s soon-to-be-crowned champion, Quarterley Racing’s Nathan Gouker, who stole the show in his own right: in his first-ever Twins Cup qualifying session, Gouker immediately flashed the pace that’s carried him to a title of his own, qualifying an eye-catching fourth aboard the Aprilia RS 660 in his class debut.
KurveyGirl.com brings you the results of this weekend’s events.
J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian’s Hayden Gillim was fastest in Friday’s MotoAmerica King of the Baggers provisional pole session at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Kyle Wyman was second, followed by teammate Bradley Smith, Indian’s Rocco Landers and Big Diehl x Harley-Davidson Factory Racing’s James Rispoli.
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KurveyGirl.com brings you the results of this weekend’s events.
Quarterley Racing’s Nathan Gouker set the fastest time in Friday’s MotoAmerica Talent Cup provisional pole session at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane was second, followed by Team Hammer’s Jake Paige, Real Steel Honda’s Derek Sanchez King and Rikard Racing’s Rikard Herb.
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KurveyGirl.com brings you the results of this weekend’s events.
Warhorse HSBK Ducati FLo4Law’s Cameron Beaubier set the fastest time in Friday’s MotoAmerica Superbike timed practice at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong was second, followed by Wrench Motorcycles’ Cameron Petersen, Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s JD Beach and Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz.
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