The lead investors behind North America’s foremost motorsports news and information source RACER announced that they have acquired MAVTV and will rename the TV network – that’s available on 350 million devices – RACER to create the most followed and diverse motorsports media platform in North America.
“We have been partners for many years and over time the parties realized this made complete sense,” said RACER Chairman of the Board Chris Dyson. “The combination makes RACER the central multi-media motorsports hub for fans and provides brands with the most comprehensive array of marketing solutions to activate their involvement in the sport and its adjacent sectors.”
CJ Olivares, president of MAVTV and former executive of FUEL TV, Street League Skateboarding and World Surf League, will continue overseeing the network’s expansion and will lead the brand transition of the network.
The combination will provide the Irvine-based RACER brand with a substantial additional base of operations in another of the United States’ motorsports and automotive centers, Indianapolis, where MAVTV is located. The company expects no changes to staffing or operations, ensuring continuity in operations and production.
“This is an exciting day for motorsports media,” said Olivares. “We are deeply grateful to the Lucas family and Lucas Oil Products, whose support and vision shaped MAVTV into the success it is today. Now, under the RACER banner, we will redefine the way content for motorsports and its adjacent sectors is delivered and experienced, and establish the largest, most comprehensive motorsports media platform in North America.”
The TV network and recently launched APP will combine to broadcast 300+ live races in 2025, along with race highlight shows, racing talk shows and additional racing programming, car collecting auction and build shows, automotive documentaries and lifestyle series, which aligns with RACER’s expansion into the motorsports adjacent sectors of performance automotive, car culture, car collecting and off-road.
“Since we completed our capital raise last September, our business, our content offering, our marketing solutions and our team have evolved rapidly. Additional signals of our change and our future are literally days away, and we can’t wait to share those with the marketplace, as well,” added RACER founder and Chief Executive Officer Paul Pfanner. “This acquisition fortifies two of the four strategic pillars we’re pursuing as a brand, pillars we call ‘follow’ and ‘market’, which relate to amassing the largest motorsports following in North America – the most important motorsports and automotive market in the world – and offering our partners, customers and brands the tools they need to succeed.”
The rebrand from MAVTV to RACER will take place progressively over the next few months, allowing for the necessary television logistics and operational steps to be executed seamlessly. However, some branding elements, such as logos and digital assets, will change immediately to reflect the new brand identity. This approach ensures no disruption for viewers, partners, and stakeholders while delivering an enhanced motorsports media experience.
“What started as grassroots grew into something much bigger: a home for motorsports fans, car lovers, gear heads, people like us who live and breathe the culture. The network’s expansion and evolution over the years will always be one of our greatest success stories and a reflection of our love for motorsports and its people,” said Morgan Lucas, CEO of Lucas Oil, who added that Lucas Oil remains deeply committed to motorsports, continuing to support drivers, teams and racing series through sponsorships, technical partnerships and unmatched product research and development. “We take immense pride in what MAVTV has become, and we are excited for RACER to lead the network into its next chapter, building on its strong foundation to elevate the standard of motorsports broadcasting for fans everywhere.”
About Racer Media & Marketing
Founded in 1992, RACER is the premier motorsports media brand in North America, delivering industry-leading content across multiple platforms, including the newly-launched RACER Creator Network and RACER Podcasts along with motorsport culture-defining touchstones RACER.com and RACER magazine. The company also operates a strategic consulting, branding and marketing agency – RACER Studio – and produces live streamed events. Its clients have included BMW, Dodge SRT, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Mazda, Porsche, Toyota, IMSA, IndyCar, Laguna Seca, SCCA, Trans-Am, Monster Energy, American Legion, Lime Rock Park, Piloti and many others.
About MAVTV (Now RACER Network)
RACER Network, formerly MAVTV, is the premier motorsports broadcast and digital platform dedicated exclusively to delivering the most comprehensive motorsports and automotive enthusiast content across cable TV, FAST channels and streaming. With a passion for the culture at its core, RACER Network offers an unparalleled lineup of live racing, documentary series, news and analysis, and car culture shows high-quality original programming to millions of fans worldwide.
About Lucas Oil
For more than 35 years, Lucas Oil has set the world standard in superior engine oils, additives, appearance and lubricant products – powering lifestyles across the automotive, trucking, marine, outdoor, motorsports, industrial and home product worlds. The hard-charging American brand’s commitment to bring the ultimate in performance solutions impacts every customer and partner equally – from jointly-engineered oil for racing teams like Richard Childress Racing (RCR), Monster Jam®, sports teams like the Dallas Cowboys and Indianapolis Colts, to additives that deliver unrivaled fuel economy, power and extended engine life to an everyday driver.
Based in Indianapolis, the company’s rapidly expanding global footprint is highlighted by cutting-edge research and development operations, evolving retail channels and high-tech manufacturing. More than 300 premium products make up the largest variety of shelf products of any oil company in the United States with a distribution network across 48 different countries and big-name retailers that include Advance Auto Parts, Amazon, AutoZone, O’Reilly Auto Parts, NAPA, Walmart, Home Depot, Harbor Freight, Rural King, Tractor Supply and more.
Hamilton, ON – April 7, 2025 – Every race of the Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship’s two feature pro categories will be broadcast nationwide again in 2025, with TSN and its French-language affiliate RDS confirming 36 episodes for this upcoming race season.
Each network will air 18 episodes covering both the GP Bikes Pro Superbike class and newly rebranded Pro Supersport class, bringing all the action across four rounds and nine races for each of the two main pro categories.
Episodes will be produced separately for TSN and RDS, bringing dedicated French-language broadcasting for viewers in Quebec, a partnership that was launched with great success in 2024. However, RDS will now expand its coverage to include the Pro Supersport category, having only followed the feature Superbike class last season.
TSN will continue with the same broadcasting duo for 2025, as Marshall Ferguson (a notable voice of CFL football on TSN) again hosts the English-language episodes alongside longtime CSBK commentator Colin Fraser.
The broadcast duo for RDS will be confirmed at a later date, with the search still underway for Francophone announcers. All 36 broadcasts will be produced behind the scenes by CSBK senior editor Cameron McFadyen and will feature bilingual pit lane reporting from Sarah Said.
The Canadian Superbike Championship began its partnership with TSN (The Sports Network) in 1995, an affiliate of ESPN and considered to be Canada’s premier sports broadcasting service. The series expanded its coverage to include dedicated Francophone broadcasting on RDS (Réseau des Sports) in 2024. Both networks are primarily owned and operated by Bell Media.
The 2025 Bridgestone CSBK season will feature two of the most anticipated championship battles in years, with reigning Canada Cup winner Ben Young moving to Honda to defend his Superbike crown against the new-look BMW duo of Alex Dumas and Sam Guerin, while Sebastien Tremblay aims for a third Supersport championship against a loaded field of middleweight challengers.
Both classes will kick off their four-round, nine-race campaign on May 16-18 at historic Shannonville Motorsport Park, just an hour west of Kingston, Ontario.
Loudon, New Hampshire – The United States Classic Racing Association (USCRA), the oldest vintage motorcycle road racing organization in the U.S., has announced their 2025 season, featuring a full schedule including five road racing events, and the historic Tower Hill Climb.
USCRA 2025 Schedule:
May 31- June 1: The United States Vintage Grand Prix- Thompson Motor Speedway, Thompson, Connecticut
The USCRA returns to Thompson Speedway for a weekend full of the finest and fastest in vintage racing.
June 17: The Tower Hill Climb- Downtown Weirs Beach, Laconia, New Hampshire
The USCRA is back on the hill again this year, celebrating the 102th Annual Laconia Motorcycle Week®. The event, held on the site of the original hill climb dating back to 1916, features a collection of exquisite and unique vintage machines as they compete against the clock to determine who will be “King” or “Queen of the Hill” in 2025.
June 21/22: – 2025 FIM North America Vintage Road Racing Championships – New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire
The USCRA closes out Bike Week on June 21/22 with two days of vintage and modern motorcycle and sidecar racing action.
July 12/13: The Belknap Cup- Canaan Motor Club, Canaan, New Hampshire
August 9/10: – Canaan TT- Canaan Motor Club, Canaan, New Hampshire
September 1: – Granite State Championships- New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire
More information on all scheduled events can be found at www.race-uscra.com.
About the United States Classic Racing Association (USCRA) www.race-uscra.com
The USCRA is the oldest vintage motorcycle road racing organization in the United States and includes over 400 active members. The club promotes four general types of events: Road racing on both proprietary built road race circuits and real roads courses (Gunstock® and the Streets of Laconia®), as well as Observed Trials, and Pewter Run® touring events held on open public roads. All USCRA events are sanctioned by the American Motorcycle Association (AMA) https://americanmotorcyclist.com/
The statement “needs no introduction” is somewhat overused. But in the case of this week’s guest on Off Track With Carruthers And Bice, it’s accurate. Three-time AMA Grand National Champion and three-time 500cc GP World Champion Kenny Roberts truly needs no introduction. We were fortunate enough to catch up with Roberts at Circuit of The Americas with the legend in Texas for MotoGP and, more importantly, the road-racing debut of his Team Roberts’ protégé Kody Kopp in MotoAmerica’s new Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul series. Roberts is all-in on the new class that is designed to find the next American MotoGP racer, and we chatted with the “King” about that and so much more.
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Friends of Laguna Seca announced today that Mel Harder has been named president and general manager of WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
Harder brings three decades of motorsports experience to his new role after most recently serving as team manager at Chip Ganassi Racing. His previous positions include senior vice president and general manager of Circuit of The Americas and senior vice president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Harder’s experience provides him with an extensive background in hosting international, world-class events and facility management.
“Our board and team are very enthusiastic about having Mel join us and his background makes him uniquely qualified to strengthen our efforts at WeatherTech Raceway and Laguna Seca Recreation Area,” said Lauri Eberhart, CEO of Friends of Laguna Seca. “His insight and operational expertise will play a pivotal role in facilitating our long-term commitment to the local and motorsports communities, our partners and dedicated fans, and our efforts to revitalize Laguna Seca for generations to come.”
In his new role, Harder will collaborate closely with Eberhart and the entire Raceway team to implement Friends’ business model designed to enhance operational performance and develop new experiences and services for guests, motorsports series, and partners.
“The vision of Friends of Laguna Seca fuels the passion and energy needed to drive this venue forward, and I’m thrilled to bring my experience and enthusiasm for the world of motorsports to help lead the team,” Harder said. “I look forward to collaborating with our partners and the entire community to create unforgettable experiences as we continue the legacy of WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca as a world-class entertainment destination.”
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca located in Monterey, California is operated and managed by Friends of Laguna Seca, a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to the revitalization and modernization of WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and the Laguna Seca Recreation Area. Find out more at www.friendsoflagunaseca.org.
Erlanger, KY – GP Motorsales is making its debut as a title sponsor in MotoAmerica, partnering with Yelton Racing for the 2025 Stock 1000 Championship. With a passion for motorsports and a commitment to supporting up-and-coming talent, GP Motorsales is proud to be a key part of Dylan Yelton’s move into the highly competitive 1000cc category.
After two seasons in the MotoAmerica Supersport Championship (2023-2024), Yelton is ready for a new challenge aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1. With GP Motorsales behind him, he is eager to gain experience, adapt to the new machine, and prove himself in the demanding Stock 1000 class.
“I’m looking forward to adapting to the R1,” said Yelton. “It’s a big step up from Supersport, but I’m excited to take on the challenge, keep improving, and see what we can achieve this season.”
The 2025 campaign is made possible by the support of GP Motorsales and a dedicated group of sponsors, including L&S Automotive, Apex Construction Solutions, Revolt Auto Paint, Cherokee Custom Coatings, Kind of a Big Dill, FastLine Trackdays, KYT Americas, Bison Track, Feral Designs, Schuerman Fitness, Vortex Racing, Cartersville Trucks, Dream Wraps, and Spiegler Performance Parts. Their commitment has been instrumental in making this season a reality.
As GP Motorsales steps into the MotoAmerica scene, its partnership with Yelton Racing highlights a shared drive for growth, competition, and excellence in the sport. Fans can follow this exciting journey as Yelton takes on one of the toughest classes in the championship, determined to make his mark.
For updates, follow Dylan Yelton on social media and stay tuned for race results, behind-the-scenes action, and exclusive content.
Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne ended a winless drought of 350 days on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park, and he did so in dominant fashion with a runaway victory in an Alabama rainstorm.
The three-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion’s previous race victory was a year ago in April when he won race two at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. Following his lone 2024 victory, Gagne suffered with carpal tunnel syndrome, which eventually led to him ending his season to forget early.
But Gagne showed that he’s back on form this weekend in Alabama, winning Sunday’s wet race two after finishing third in a dry race one Saturday.
On Sunday, there was no stopping Gagne. He jumped into the lead in turn one and was never headed, leading by as much as 13 seconds before backing off in the closing stages on a treacherous racetrack. At the finish line, Gagne had a comfortable 6.7 seconds in hand.
Saturday’s race-winner Cameron Beaubier finished second on the Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW M1000 RR, with the five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion crossing the line just a tick over a second ahead of Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Josh Herrin.
Herrin improved from his fifth-place finish on Saturday to a fighting third on Sunday, right on Beaubier’s tail and five seconds ahead of fourth-place finisher Sean Dylan Kelly. Kelly had a productive first weekend on the Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki, with a pair of fourth-place finishes.
Gagne’s teammate Bobby Fong was in the fight for second when he started to drop back with severe vision issues prompted by a fogged-up faceshield. Fong blindly rode to a fifth-place finish a day after finishing second to Beaubier.
Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante was sixth, a day after crashing out of Saturday’s race. Escalante was well back of Fong and five seconds clear of Real Steel Honda’s JD Beach at the completion of the 15-lap race. With his seventh-place finish, Beach again claimed top honors in the Superbike Cup, which is a race within a race for Stock 1000-spec motorcycles.
Beach’s teammate Hayden Gillim had a tipover, remounted, and finished eighth.
Edge Racing’s Jason Waters and Thrashed Bike Racing’s Max Flinders rounded out the top 10.
Notable non-finishers included Jones Honda’s Ashton Yates and FLO4LAW/SBU Racing’s Benjamin Smith, with both riders crashing out in separate incidents.
Race two featured four different manufacturers in the top four: Yamaha, BMW, Ducati and Suzuki.
After the opening round of the 2025 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship, Beaubier leads Gagne by four points, 45-41. Fong is third on 31 points, four ahead of Herrin. Kelly is fifth with 27 points, just one behind Herrin, as the series heads to Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta for round two, May 2-4.
Jake Gagne – Winner
“I just want to be fighting with these guys – Cam, Josh, Bobby. I think they’re going to be the guys. Obviously, defending champ Josh (Herrin), and Cam (Beaubier) is hungry. He hasn’t had enough Superbike championships, I guess. I just want to be in the fight. Yesterday I was actually really happy with that ride. It felt a little better than I thought in the race, just to be kind of staying with those guys for a little while. I was kind of excited for the rain today, but even like you said, watching that Supersport race, the track was really gnarly, especially on the Superbike. It’s so easy to hydroplane. On the warmup lap, I was just really hoping we all could be patient and not see anything bad happen, because it really was gnarly. Like I said, this Yamaha just works so well in the wet. I’ve been on it for so many years. We’ve had a lot of rain races, so it just feels like we got a good setup that we can take anywhere in the wet. Of course, you never know what’s going to happen. Guys like Cam and Josh and Bob (Fong) could throw down at any time, even in the rain, even in tricky conditions. I’m just happy that mainly we kept it on two wheels. Once I got into the lead, having clear track in front of you is so helpful. When you’re looking at splashes and you can’t see where the puddles are, you’re worried about hydroplaning. I don’t even remember how I got into the lead, the first or second lap. Then kind of put my head down. The bike just was working really good. I’m happy to leave with two podiums. I’m psyched with that, honestly.”
Cameron Beaubier – Second Place
“Win yesterday, second today. To be honest with you, I’m just happy today is over with. I haven’t had nerves like that going into a race… You always have a little bit, but nerves from actually just the track surface. That warmup lap, I saw how much standing water there was and watched the end of Supersport. I was like, ‘Damn, this is going to be a long race.’ Luckily, everyone was safe out there and we got it done. This guy (Gagne) put on a clinic and rode away from us. I couldn’t even see him five laps into the race. Hats off to him. Hats off to Josh (Herrin). Like I said, glad today is over with. I think Josh and Bob (Fong) riding around in front of me, I felt like helped my confidence. I was able to start finding my groove and rolling around the track. There at the beginning, I would go into the fast chicane on the back straightaway, and I was hydroplaning, and I had no idea what was going on. I noticed they started going a little bit inside that, and I was hitting the puddle that I couldn’t really see on the line you would hit in the dry. I tidied up some things. Saw Josh hydroplane big time in front of me a couple times on the short chute from Charlotte’s Web to Museum. That was a little scary. After that, Josh got messed up a little bit with some lap traffic. I darted to the inside, and I was able to put four or five laps together there at the end. Felt pretty good. I was able to open up a little gap and brought it home in second.”
Josh Herrin – Third Place
“We come into this event knowing it’s going to be difficult for us, and obviously I come into it hoping that the bike feels good. But for some reason, if it only happens at one track, I’m totally okay with it, but this just happens to be that track for us. No matter what we do, we know exactly what the problem is, and we just cannot figure a way to fix it. So, yesterday we just gambled for the race to try something completely different. It was a little bit worse, but the result went probably the same. Fourth, fifth, sixth… Somewhere in that spot. Then I woke up this morning and came to the track just praying that you guys were going to cancel the race because I just suck so bad in the rain on this bike. The guys just made a change today. All of a sudden, I went out the first lap and felt super good. Dragged my knee for the first time in my life in the rain and just had tons of confidence. But then in the race, I still felt good. I was super happy with the bike, but I didn’t have that confidence I had this morning. I came to the podium and Mick from Dunlop said my tire for some reason had seven pounds more pressure in the rear than the other guys, so I don’t know what happened there. If it was a mistake. I was fighting it super hard in the straight up and down areas. I think just that tensing me up so much when I would hit those puddles, it just made me ride a little bit more tense than I wanted. I was having a little bit more momentum in corners than I wanted because of that. So, to walk out of here with a podium in the rain is like winning a championship. It just feels amazing. Last year if you added up the points we lost in the rain, I can guarantee it was probably 50-something points. This is a huge breakthrough for us for the year. Just excited for the rest of the season now.”
Supersport: 50 Is Nifty For Hayes
Josh Hayes came into the 2025 MotoAmerica season with 88 victories across all classes, making him the winningest racer in AMA history. On Friday, Hayes turned 50. Today, he added to the Hayes legacy by winning the 89th race of his career in a rainstorm at Barber Motorsports Park. And all this after sitting out last year’s championship.
Hayes and his BPR Racing Yamaha YZF-R9 didn’t have the pace in Saturday’s dry race, with the four-time AMA Superbike Champion finishing 10th. On a rainy Sunday in Alabama, Hayes definitely had pace. He shot ahead at the start and though he was never headed, he was most definitely hounded from behind. Initially, the challenge came from Rahal Ducati Moto w/XPEL’s Corey Alexander, then Saturday’s race-one winner Mathew Scholtz took up the cause and was all over the back of Hayes. With four laps to go, Scholtz crashed, leaving Alexander’s Rahal Ducati Moto w/XPEL teammate PJ Jacobsen to take on the challenge of trying to beat Hayes.
Jacobsen waited for a miscue that didn’t come, and the victory went to Hayes by just .789 of a second over the New Yorker. Scholtz, meanwhile, remounted to finish third on his Strack Racing Yamaha YZF-R9.
Scholtz’s teammate Blake Davis was fourth and right on Scholtz’s tailsection. Davis had been in a battle with Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott, with Scott crashing right in front of Davis, who was forced to take evasive action. Davis rode on to fourth with Scott remounting to finish ninth.
Fifth place went to Scott’s teammate Max Van, who was well clear of Altus Motorsports’ Jake Lewis. Jacobsen’s teammate Kayla Yaakov was on Lewis’ tail in seventh.
BPR Racing Yamaha’s Teagg Hobbs ended up eighth with Scott ninth. Altus Motorsports’ Jaret Nassaney rounded out the top 10.
With round one complete, Scholtz leads Jacobsen by one point, 41-40, with Hayes third on 31 points.
“I won the last National I rode in the rain in 2023 at New Jersey,” Hayes said. “My expectations were not this today. Somebody asked me and I’m like, ‘Supersport in the rain right now is so stacked.’ We’ve seen what Mat (Scholtz) can do. We’ve seen what PJ (Jacobsen) can do in the rain. Blake Davis has really grown in the rain. Kayla (Yaakov). There’s so many people that have shown great speed in the rain. I just tried to be smart. They had some moments, and I really tried to learn as much as I could this morning and in that warm-up lap that we had. I committed to what my lines were going to be, and I pretty much stuck to them the whole race. I said, okay, when Mat (Scholtz) caught me. ‘If he’s got the speed to go, I’m going to do what I can to learn from him and hang on, but if he goes… If I finish here in this area, I’m in pretty good shape.’ His (Scholtz) confidence has been incredible to watch him. I just feel lucky to be a part of the success of the R9 program right from the beginning. What an incredible weekend. I watched these two guys battle last year, and with any stroke of luck they’re going to have to deal with me more than in the rain this year, and that’s our goal and our hope. I’m looking forward to some more racing.”
SC-Project Twins Cup – Di Mario’s Turn
Sunday’s SC-Project Twins Cup race was red-flagged on the seventh of 10 laps, and the only thing that was a certainty was that Alessandro Di Mario was the winner. The rest was as clear as mud, and it took a while to sort it all out.
When it was all said and done, it was Giaccmoto Yamaha Racing’s Dominic Doyle taking second with Karns/TST Motorsports’ Levi Badie finishing third in the rain-lashed race two. Weyh Racing’s Andrew Weyh was a career-best fourth with Moto-Ace Racing’s Zachary Foster fifth.
Di Mario was one of the few who didn’t crash in the race. With Di Mario out front, Doyle was battling with Speeddemon Racing’s Logan Cunnison until Cunnison crashed out. That left Doyle to fight it out for second with Karns/TST Industries’ Isaac Woodworth. Then Woodworth crashed.
Shortly thereafter, it was RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki’s Matthew Chapin’s turn to crash out of fifth place. Chapin remounted only to crash again on the same lap when his throttle stuck wide open going into turn one.
With five laps to go, Doyle crashed out of second place, but a red flag was thrown, and the South African was credited with second place behind Di Mario.
In total, there were six DNFs and six non-starters in Sunday’s race two.
After two rounds of the SC-Project Twins Cup Championship, Di Mario leads Chapin by 19 points, 85-66. Doyle is third with 52 points, five ahead of Saturday’s race winner Avery Dreher.
“I just got flashbacks from last year,” Di Mario said. “In race one last year, it was in the rain, and I crashed, and then I won on Sunday in the dry. So, this year was split. I kinda lost in the dry and then won in the wet. I wasn’t really expecting it. Earlier I was just like, ‘I’m gonna go out there and win.’ I was so pissed about yesterday. I had a big moment in the big esses. I’m really happy, but I can’t really enjoy it right now. I have to go put my other helmet on and go race Talent Cup.”
Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul – Vossberg’s Rain Dance
Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Hank Vossberg won the first Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul race of his promising young career on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park, taking full advantage of the mistakes of others to earn victory in the wet race that was red-flagged on the eighth lap.
Vossberg rode a near-perfect race, topping Jones Honda’s Julian Correa, who was second, 7.6 seconds behind Vossberg and a little less than a second ahead of Saturday’s race winner Alessandro Di Mario. Di Mario ran off track on the fourth lap, which basically took him out of contention for another victory.
Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane was fourth after starting from the back of the grid after he missed the sighting lap following his crash in the track familiarization session that was held just prior to the race. Drane’s Australian countryman Bodie Paige, meanwhile, had a big crash on the fifth lap of the race that ended his day.
Envy Powered by Warhorse’s Derek Sanchez rounded out the top five.
Di Mario now has a 21-point lead in the Talent Cup Championship over Drane, 86-65. Vossberg and Correa are tied for third with 54 points, one ahead of Paige. The collective age of the Talent Cup podium at Barber Motorsports Park was 46 years old – four years younger than Mr. Hayes.
More, from a news release issued by Luca Allen Racing:
Lucca Allen (311). Photo courtesy Luca Allen Racing.
Lucca Allen’s first weekend competing stateside is in the books, the talented British teenager overcoming the discomfort from a recurring shoulder injury, inclement weather in addition to limited testing and the fact he had never raced on Dunlop tyres to score points in only second race in the MotoAmerica Supersport Championship.
Working closely with his new team – CW Moto – Allen took it all in his stride, improving in every session before ensuring his place on the grid for the opening races of the season at Barber Motorsports Park.
A Saturday race retirement, due to an old injury, only motivated Lucca further and with rain falling overnight what can only be described as a heroic Sunday followed.
Taking full advantage of the wet weather, Lucca made another incredible start in Race Two, passing several riders into turn one, before steadily improving lap by lap to move into contention for the points.
Lapping considerably faster than those behind he was soon running inside the top fifteen, crossing the line to finish fourteenth after a challenging race in more ways than one. By doing so Lucca becomes the first full time British rider to score MotoAmerica Supersport points and becomes the youngest full time European rider to achieve points on their debut weekend in the series.
The #311 will now return to the UK where he will undergo extensive physio in preparation for round two of the 2025 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship which takes place at Road Atlanta in a couple of weeks.
Lucca Allen: “FP1 was all about getting used to the bike and the track and for me to try riding on Dunlop tyres for the first time. It was a big learning curve as we went directly into the first qualifying session on Friday afternoon which was something also new for me and something I will need to get my head around as the season goes on. I improved my lap times a lot from Free Practice and then on Saturday morning in Q2 I made another big step. Unfortunately, during second qualifying my shoulder started to play up and I had to go to medical to get it checked. I tried to ride in race one, but it was just too much strain on my shoulder, and I retired the bike rather than risk a crash. I had damaged the shoulder in a previous crash in the UK and so I was a bit frustrated that it flared up again. There’s a lot of work to do rehabilitation wise when I get home but the team and I have already made a plan to ensure I am fully fit for Atlanta. Race two on Sunday was wet after a torrential downpour through the night. We did everything we could trackside with the medical team and with Ethan (the team’s physio) and I was able to ride. I started P25 on the grid and made it into the points, crossing the line P14 in what was my first time riding the bike in the rain and riding on Dunlop tyres in the rain. To score points in my first ever MotoAmerica race feels so good, even more so given the circumstances and I owe Chris and Sara at CW Moto a huge thank you. The work they put in was incredible. They really are second to none and I am so proud that I get to race my first season in the USA with them. I want to also thank my sponsors, my family and my manager for making this season possible Let’s go again at Round 2 in Atlanta in a couple of weeks.”
More, from a news release issued by Robem Engineering:
Alessandro Di Mario (1). Photo by Sara Chappell.
In the first three MotoAmerica Twins Cup races of 2025, Robem Engineering rider Alessandro Di Mario missed out on his first win this year by a combined margin of 0.164 seconds. Though a tire wear issue caused him to endure one of those fractions-of-a-second runner-up finishes on Saturday at Barber Motorsports Park, Di Mario was the unquestionable top rider in the Twins Cup in wet conditions Sunday. The defending Twins Cup champion scored a commanding victory, as well as claimed his second-consecutive Twins Cup pole position on Saturday by more than 1.7 seconds.
And due to another frontrunning rider finishing lower than Di Mario in Race 1 and not finishing Race 2, Di Mario left the April 4-6 event with a 19-point lead in the class standings.
Di Mario’s stellar one-lap pace was evident from the first on-track session of the weekend. In Friday morning Practice 1, Di Mario’s best lap time was 2.550 seconds faster than the rest of the field. That trend continued Friday afternoon in Qualifying 1, where Di Mario was on provisional pole position by a margin of 1.765 seconds. Conditions in Saturday morning’s Qualifying 2 did not allow Di Mario to improve on his best lap time from Qualifying 1, but he still clinched his second pole position of the 2025 season.
In Saturday afternoon’s Race 1, Di Mario got a good start and quickly built a sizable lead over the rest of the field. Unfortunately, he began to struggle with pace in the latter stages of the race and was overtaken on the last lap. He missed out on the victory by 0.058 seconds, but held on to notch his third runner-up result of the year.
It was in Sunday’s Race 2 that Di Mario moved up one step on the podium. The very wet track conditions – that only got worse as the race went on – necessitated a short track familiarization session for the whole Twins Cup field. When the delayed race got underway, Di Mario immediately seized the race lead. As the rest of the field struggled on the rain-soaked track, Di Mario built a sizable lead and was declared the winner when the race was red flagged and called final with four laps remaining.
The Robem Engineering team will be back in action for the next Twins Cup round, which takes place June 27-29 at The Ridge Motorsports Park in Shelton, Wash.
“I was very bummed out about losing in Race 1 on the last lap because of really bad tire wear, but I was able to come back and win my first race in the wet today. I’m looking forward to the next races, and I’m happy to leave with the championship lead.”
Robem Engineering’s technical partners for the 2025 season include Accossato, Aprilia Racing, Blud Lubricants, Bitubo Suspension, Bonamici, Essex Parts, Millennium Technologies, Motovation, NGK, NTK, Piaggio North America, Sara Chappell Photos, SC Project and Sprint Filters.
More, from a news release issued by Ducati Media House:
Josh Herrin (1) leads Cameron Beaubier (6) and Sean Dylan Kelly (40) at Barber Motorsports Park. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.
Josh Herrin (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati) relied on his skill and experience to secure a podium finish in race two of the opening round of the 2025 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama.
In torrential conditions that saw many top-seeded riders crash out, Herrin kept his cool and his Ducati Panigale V4 R pointed in the right direction, earning his first full wet weather podium on the V4 R in third place behind winner Jake Gagne and Cameron Beaubier.
The podium made up for what Herrin described as a challenging race, in which he secured fifth place behind the winner, Beaubier, in completely dry conditions.
Thus, Herrin leaves his first race as the number one plate holder for Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati, securing a credible fourth place overall in the championship standings. It’s still very early in the season as Herrin strives to become the first Ducati rider in AMA/MotoAmerica Superbike history to defend the championship title in 2025.
2025 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship After Round One
P1 – Cameron Beaubier, 45
P1 – Jake Gagne, 41
P3 – Bobby Fong, 31
P4 – Josh Herrin (Ducati) 27
P5 – Sean Dylan Kelly, 26
Josh Herrin (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati–#1)
“We knew coming to Barber that the dry conditions were going to be hard, so in the rain, we tried something completely different,” Herrin said after race two. “If we didn’t, we’d have been fifth or sixth place, so it was worth it to roll the dice.
“Race one on Saturday was a difficult one for us. The rain came on Sunday morning, and I was super nervous, but we tried something in the warm-up that just clicked.
“Everything felt like in the past when I’d won races in the wet. Going into the race I was high on the confidence scale, but Jake (Gagne) pulled away early and I was with Cam (Beaubier). We had some issues with some lapped riders, and I was trying as hard as possible to make up the gap. I even did the fastest lap of the race on the last lap.
“But the main thing is the bike and I made it home in one piece and I had fun. It’s been a long time since I’d had fun in the wet—we just needed to find the right set-up for my riding style on the Panigale V4 R. All in all, it was a good weekend and we’re ready for my home track of Road Atlanta in just under a month’s time.”
Round two of the 2025 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship is scheduled for May 2-4 at one of America’s favorite racetracks, Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia.
More, from a news release issued by Aprilia:
Alessandro Di Mario. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.
After coming oh-so-close to capturing his first win of the 2025 MotoAmerica Twins Cup in the class’ first three races, Aprilia RS 660 rider and defending Twins Cup champion Alessandro Di Mario finally clinched it Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park. Though a tire issue caused him to miss out on a win in Saturday’s race at the April 4-6 event by fractions of a second, Di Mario shined as other riders were struggling with the soggy conditions Sunday and left Barber with a 19-point lead in the class standings.
Di Mario was in dominant form in Friday morning practice. His best lap time of 1:30.011 was more than 2.5 seconds faster than the rest of the field. Speeddemon Racing’s Logan Cunnison was the third fastest rider in the session, missing out on going 1-2 with Di Mario by a mere 0.029 seconds. The other Aprilia rider who finished the session in the top 10 was Brown Town Racing’s Chase Brown, who was fifth-fastest.
The first of two qualifying sessions took place Friday afternoon, and Di Mario and Cunnison ended that session at the top of the time sheets. Di Mario improved his best lap time by almost one second, and Cunnison had closed his gap to Di Mario’s one-lap pace to about 1.7 seconds. Ghetto Custom’s Chris Parrish finished Qualifying 1 as the seventh-fastest rider, and Brown was tenth-fastest. Qualifying 2 took place Saturday morning, and track conditions did not allow most of the frontrunning riders to improve on their Qualifying 1 lap times. Di Mario therefore scored his second pole position of the 2025 Twins Cup season. Cunnision ended up qualifying second, Parrish seventh and Brown 10th.
In Saturday afternoon’s Race 1, Di Mario’s late race struggles with pace allowed him to get edged out for the victory but also saw five Aprilia riders finish in the Top 10. Di Mario led the first 13 laps of the 14-lap contest, but he began losing pace with about four laps to go and was beaten to the victory by 0.058 seconds. Cunnision was in a race-long battle for the last step on the podium and was bested to the finish line by 0.048 seconds by another rider. Other Aprilia riders who finished in the top 10 include Brown in fifth, Weyh Racing’s Andrew Weyh in eighth and Duffy Racing’s Tyler Duffy in 10th.
Sunday’s Race 2 featured a delayed start due to wet conditions. After a brief track familiarization period for the riders, Di Mario got the holeshot when racing got underway and led every lap before a red flag period ended the already-shortened race four laps early. Cunnison was running as high as second place before suffering two crashes that resulted in him finishing 17th. Two other Aprilia riders finished in the top five, including Weyh in fourth and Moto-Ace Racing’s Zachery Foster in fifth. Brown finished in eighth place, and Team JBR’s Josef Bittner was 10th.
Due to the points leader at the beginning of the weekend not finishing Race 2, Di Mario assumed the championship lead thanks to the combined 45 points he amassed from both races.
The next Twins Cup races are slated to take place June 27-29 at The Ridge Motorsports Park in Shelton, Wash. Of the 34 athletes registered to compete in Twins Cup at the Barber round, 13 were slated to be racing Aprilia RS 660’s.
Alessandro Di Mario / Robem Engineering Aprilia
“I was very bummed out about losing in Race 1 on the last lap because of really bad tire wear, but I was able to come back and win my first race in the wet today. I’m looking forward to the next races, and I’m happy to leave with the championship lead.”
Hank Vossberg won a red-flagged Parts Unlimited Talent Cup Race Two in the wet on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park. Julian Correa finished second and Alessandro Di Mario third, with Sam Drane in fourth, ahead of Derek Sanchez and Ian Fraley.
Hank Vossberg (31) and Sam Drane (59) in Talent Cup competition at Barber Motorsports Park. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.
Jake Gagne won a wet Superbike Race Two on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park. Gagne took the lead on Lap Two and led Race One winner Cameron Beaubier by nearly seven seconds after 15 laps. Josh Herrin finished third, ahead of Sean Dylan Kelly, Bobby Fong and Richie Escalante.
MAVTV is the home of World Superbike television broadcasts for the U.S. Photo courtesy WorldSBK.com
The lead investors behind North America’s foremost motorsports news and information source RACER announced that they have acquired MAVTV and will rename the TV network – that’s available on 350 million devices – RACER to create the most followed and diverse motorsports media platform in North America.
“We have been partners for many years and over time the parties realized this made complete sense,” said RACER Chairman of the Board Chris Dyson. “The combination makes RACER the central multi-media motorsports hub for fans and provides brands with the most comprehensive array of marketing solutions to activate their involvement in the sport and its adjacent sectors.”
CJ Olivares, president of MAVTV and former executive of FUEL TV, Street League Skateboarding and World Surf League, will continue overseeing the network’s expansion and will lead the brand transition of the network.
The combination will provide the Irvine-based RACER brand with a substantial additional base of operations in another of the United States’ motorsports and automotive centers, Indianapolis, where MAVTV is located. The company expects no changes to staffing or operations, ensuring continuity in operations and production.
“This is an exciting day for motorsports media,” said Olivares. “We are deeply grateful to the Lucas family and Lucas Oil Products, whose support and vision shaped MAVTV into the success it is today. Now, under the RACER banner, we will redefine the way content for motorsports and its adjacent sectors is delivered and experienced, and establish the largest, most comprehensive motorsports media platform in North America.”
The TV network and recently launched APP will combine to broadcast 300+ live races in 2025, along with race highlight shows, racing talk shows and additional racing programming, car collecting auction and build shows, automotive documentaries and lifestyle series, which aligns with RACER’s expansion into the motorsports adjacent sectors of performance automotive, car culture, car collecting and off-road.
“Since we completed our capital raise last September, our business, our content offering, our marketing solutions and our team have evolved rapidly. Additional signals of our change and our future are literally days away, and we can’t wait to share those with the marketplace, as well,” added RACER founder and Chief Executive Officer Paul Pfanner. “This acquisition fortifies two of the four strategic pillars we’re pursuing as a brand, pillars we call ‘follow’ and ‘market’, which relate to amassing the largest motorsports following in North America – the most important motorsports and automotive market in the world – and offering our partners, customers and brands the tools they need to succeed.”
The rebrand from MAVTV to RACER will take place progressively over the next few months, allowing for the necessary television logistics and operational steps to be executed seamlessly. However, some branding elements, such as logos and digital assets, will change immediately to reflect the new brand identity. This approach ensures no disruption for viewers, partners, and stakeholders while delivering an enhanced motorsports media experience.
“What started as grassroots grew into something much bigger: a home for motorsports fans, car lovers, gear heads, people like us who live and breathe the culture. The network’s expansion and evolution over the years will always be one of our greatest success stories and a reflection of our love for motorsports and its people,” said Morgan Lucas, CEO of Lucas Oil, who added that Lucas Oil remains deeply committed to motorsports, continuing to support drivers, teams and racing series through sponsorships, technical partnerships and unmatched product research and development. “We take immense pride in what MAVTV has become, and we are excited for RACER to lead the network into its next chapter, building on its strong foundation to elevate the standard of motorsports broadcasting for fans everywhere.”
About Racer Media & Marketing
Founded in 1992, RACER is the premier motorsports media brand in North America, delivering industry-leading content across multiple platforms, including the newly-launched RACER Creator Network and RACER Podcasts along with motorsport culture-defining touchstones RACER.com and RACER magazine. The company also operates a strategic consulting, branding and marketing agency – RACER Studio – and produces live streamed events. Its clients have included BMW, Dodge SRT, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Mazda, Porsche, Toyota, IMSA, IndyCar, Laguna Seca, SCCA, Trans-Am, Monster Energy, American Legion, Lime Rock Park, Piloti and many others.
About MAVTV (Now RACER Network)
RACER Network, formerly MAVTV, is the premier motorsports broadcast and digital platform dedicated exclusively to delivering the most comprehensive motorsports and automotive enthusiast content across cable TV, FAST channels and streaming. With a passion for the culture at its core, RACER Network offers an unparalleled lineup of live racing, documentary series, news and analysis, and car culture shows high-quality original programming to millions of fans worldwide.
About Lucas Oil
For more than 35 years, Lucas Oil has set the world standard in superior engine oils, additives, appearance and lubricant products – powering lifestyles across the automotive, trucking, marine, outdoor, motorsports, industrial and home product worlds. The hard-charging American brand’s commitment to bring the ultimate in performance solutions impacts every customer and partner equally – from jointly-engineered oil for racing teams like Richard Childress Racing (RCR), Monster Jam®, sports teams like the Dallas Cowboys and Indianapolis Colts, to additives that deliver unrivaled fuel economy, power and extended engine life to an everyday driver.
Based in Indianapolis, the company’s rapidly expanding global footprint is highlighted by cutting-edge research and development operations, evolving retail channels and high-tech manufacturing. More than 300 premium products make up the largest variety of shelf products of any oil company in the United States with a distribution network across 48 different countries and big-name retailers that include Advance Auto Parts, Amazon, AutoZone, O’Reilly Auto Parts, NAPA, Walmart, Home Depot, Harbor Freight, Rural King, Tractor Supply and more.
TSN and RDS CSBK pit lane reporter Sarah Said interviews Superbike champion Ben Young at the final round of the 2024 season. Photo courtesy Rob O'Brien / CSBK.
Hamilton, ON – April 7, 2025 – Every race of the Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship’s two feature pro categories will be broadcast nationwide again in 2025, with TSN and its French-language affiliate RDS confirming 36 episodes for this upcoming race season.
Each network will air 18 episodes covering both the GP Bikes Pro Superbike class and newly rebranded Pro Supersport class, bringing all the action across four rounds and nine races for each of the two main pro categories.
Episodes will be produced separately for TSN and RDS, bringing dedicated French-language broadcasting for viewers in Quebec, a partnership that was launched with great success in 2024. However, RDS will now expand its coverage to include the Pro Supersport category, having only followed the feature Superbike class last season.
TSN will continue with the same broadcasting duo for 2025, as Marshall Ferguson (a notable voice of CFL football on TSN) again hosts the English-language episodes alongside longtime CSBK commentator Colin Fraser.
The broadcast duo for RDS will be confirmed at a later date, with the search still underway for Francophone announcers. All 36 broadcasts will be produced behind the scenes by CSBK senior editor Cameron McFadyen and will feature bilingual pit lane reporting from Sarah Said.
The Canadian Superbike Championship began its partnership with TSN (The Sports Network) in 1995, an affiliate of ESPN and considered to be Canada’s premier sports broadcasting service. The series expanded its coverage to include dedicated Francophone broadcasting on RDS (Réseau des Sports) in 2024. Both networks are primarily owned and operated by Bell Media.
The 2025 Bridgestone CSBK season will feature two of the most anticipated championship battles in years, with reigning Canada Cup winner Ben Young moving to Honda to defend his Superbike crown against the new-look BMW duo of Alex Dumas and Sam Guerin, while Sebastien Tremblay aims for a third Supersport championship against a loaded field of middleweight challengers.
Both classes will kick off their four-round, nine-race campaign on May 16-18 at historic Shannonville Motorsport Park, just an hour west of Kingston, Ontario.
USCRA sidecar team Brian & Rachel Woods (#296). Photo courtesy Scott Hussey.
Loudon, New Hampshire – The United States Classic Racing Association (USCRA), the oldest vintage motorcycle road racing organization in the U.S., has announced their 2025 season, featuring a full schedule including five road racing events, and the historic Tower Hill Climb.
USCRA 2025 Schedule:
May 31- June 1: The United States Vintage Grand Prix- Thompson Motor Speedway, Thompson, Connecticut
The USCRA returns to Thompson Speedway for a weekend full of the finest and fastest in vintage racing.
June 17: The Tower Hill Climb- Downtown Weirs Beach, Laconia, New Hampshire
The USCRA is back on the hill again this year, celebrating the 102th Annual Laconia Motorcycle Week®. The event, held on the site of the original hill climb dating back to 1916, features a collection of exquisite and unique vintage machines as they compete against the clock to determine who will be “King” or “Queen of the Hill” in 2025.
June 21/22: – 2025 FIM North America Vintage Road Racing Championships – New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire
The USCRA closes out Bike Week on June 21/22 with two days of vintage and modern motorcycle and sidecar racing action.
July 12/13: The Belknap Cup- Canaan Motor Club, Canaan, New Hampshire
August 9/10: – Canaan TT- Canaan Motor Club, Canaan, New Hampshire
September 1: – Granite State Championships- New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire
More information on all scheduled events can be found at www.race-uscra.com.
About the United States Classic Racing Association (USCRA) www.race-uscra.com
The USCRA is the oldest vintage motorcycle road racing organization in the United States and includes over 400 active members. The club promotes four general types of events: Road racing on both proprietary built road race circuits and real roads courses (Gunstock® and the Streets of Laconia®), as well as Observed Trials, and Pewter Run® touring events held on open public roads. All USCRA events are sanctioned by the American Motorcycle Association (AMA) https://americanmotorcyclist.com/
The statement “needs no introduction” is somewhat overused. But in the case of this week’s guest on Off Track With Carruthers And Bice, it’s accurate. Three-time AMA Grand National Champion and three-time 500cc GP World Champion Kenny Roberts truly needs no introduction. We were fortunate enough to catch up with Roberts at Circuit of The Americas with the legend in Texas for MotoGP and, more importantly, the road-racing debut of his Team Roberts’ protégé Kody Kopp in MotoAmerica’s new Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul series. Roberts is all-in on the new class that is designed to find the next American MotoGP racer, and we chatted with the “King” about that and so much more.
From left to right, Cameron Beaubier, Josh Herrin and Bobby Fong. Photo courtesy MotoAmerica.
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Mel Harder has been named president and general manager of WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Photo courtesy WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
Friends of Laguna Seca announced today that Mel Harder has been named president and general manager of WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
Harder brings three decades of motorsports experience to his new role after most recently serving as team manager at Chip Ganassi Racing. His previous positions include senior vice president and general manager of Circuit of The Americas and senior vice president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Harder’s experience provides him with an extensive background in hosting international, world-class events and facility management.
“Our board and team are very enthusiastic about having Mel join us and his background makes him uniquely qualified to strengthen our efforts at WeatherTech Raceway and Laguna Seca Recreation Area,” said Lauri Eberhart, CEO of Friends of Laguna Seca. “His insight and operational expertise will play a pivotal role in facilitating our long-term commitment to the local and motorsports communities, our partners and dedicated fans, and our efforts to revitalize Laguna Seca for generations to come.”
In his new role, Harder will collaborate closely with Eberhart and the entire Raceway team to implement Friends’ business model designed to enhance operational performance and develop new experiences and services for guests, motorsports series, and partners.
“The vision of Friends of Laguna Seca fuels the passion and energy needed to drive this venue forward, and I’m thrilled to bring my experience and enthusiasm for the world of motorsports to help lead the team,” Harder said. “I look forward to collaborating with our partners and the entire community to create unforgettable experiences as we continue the legacy of WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca as a world-class entertainment destination.”
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca located in Monterey, California is operated and managed by Friends of Laguna Seca, a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to the revitalization and modernization of WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and the Laguna Seca Recreation Area. Find out more at www.friendsoflagunaseca.org.
Dylan Yelton will race the 2025 Stock 1000 Championship aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1 with GP Motorsales as a title sponsor. Photo courtesy Dylan Yelton.
Erlanger, KY – GP Motorsales is making its debut as a title sponsor in MotoAmerica, partnering with Yelton Racing for the 2025 Stock 1000 Championship. With a passion for motorsports and a commitment to supporting up-and-coming talent, GP Motorsales is proud to be a key part of Dylan Yelton’s move into the highly competitive 1000cc category.
After two seasons in the MotoAmerica Supersport Championship (2023-2024), Yelton is ready for a new challenge aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1. With GP Motorsales behind him, he is eager to gain experience, adapt to the new machine, and prove himself in the demanding Stock 1000 class.
“I’m looking forward to adapting to the R1,” said Yelton. “It’s a big step up from Supersport, but I’m excited to take on the challenge, keep improving, and see what we can achieve this season.”
The 2025 campaign is made possible by the support of GP Motorsales and a dedicated group of sponsors, including L&S Automotive, Apex Construction Solutions, Revolt Auto Paint, Cherokee Custom Coatings, Kind of a Big Dill, FastLine Trackdays, KYT Americas, Bison Track, Feral Designs, Schuerman Fitness, Vortex Racing, Cartersville Trucks, Dream Wraps, and Spiegler Performance Parts. Their commitment has been instrumental in making this season a reality.
As GP Motorsales steps into the MotoAmerica scene, its partnership with Yelton Racing highlights a shared drive for growth, competition, and excellence in the sport. Fans can follow this exciting journey as Yelton takes on one of the toughest classes in the championship, determined to make his mark.
For updates, follow Dylan Yelton on social media and stay tuned for race results, behind-the-scenes action, and exclusive content.
Start of MotoAmerica Superbike Race Two at a soaking wet Barber Motorsports Park. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.
Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne ended a winless drought of 350 days on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park, and he did so in dominant fashion with a runaway victory in an Alabama rainstorm.
The three-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion’s previous race victory was a year ago in April when he won race two at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. Following his lone 2024 victory, Gagne suffered with carpal tunnel syndrome, which eventually led to him ending his season to forget early.
But Gagne showed that he’s back on form this weekend in Alabama, winning Sunday’s wet race two after finishing third in a dry race one Saturday.
On Sunday, there was no stopping Gagne. He jumped into the lead in turn one and was never headed, leading by as much as 13 seconds before backing off in the closing stages on a treacherous racetrack. At the finish line, Gagne had a comfortable 6.7 seconds in hand.
Saturday’s race-winner Cameron Beaubier finished second on the Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW M1000 RR, with the five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion crossing the line just a tick over a second ahead of Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Josh Herrin.
Herrin improved from his fifth-place finish on Saturday to a fighting third on Sunday, right on Beaubier’s tail and five seconds ahead of fourth-place finisher Sean Dylan Kelly. Kelly had a productive first weekend on the Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki, with a pair of fourth-place finishes.
Gagne’s teammate Bobby Fong was in the fight for second when he started to drop back with severe vision issues prompted by a fogged-up faceshield. Fong blindly rode to a fifth-place finish a day after finishing second to Beaubier.
Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante was sixth, a day after crashing out of Saturday’s race. Escalante was well back of Fong and five seconds clear of Real Steel Honda’s JD Beach at the completion of the 15-lap race. With his seventh-place finish, Beach again claimed top honors in the Superbike Cup, which is a race within a race for Stock 1000-spec motorcycles.
Beach’s teammate Hayden Gillim had a tipover, remounted, and finished eighth.
Edge Racing’s Jason Waters and Thrashed Bike Racing’s Max Flinders rounded out the top 10.
Notable non-finishers included Jones Honda’s Ashton Yates and FLO4LAW/SBU Racing’s Benjamin Smith, with both riders crashing out in separate incidents.
Race two featured four different manufacturers in the top four: Yamaha, BMW, Ducati and Suzuki.
After the opening round of the 2025 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship, Beaubier leads Gagne by four points, 45-41. Fong is third on 31 points, four ahead of Herrin. Kelly is fifth with 27 points, just one behind Herrin, as the series heads to Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta for round two, May 2-4.
Jake Gagne – Winner
“I just want to be fighting with these guys – Cam, Josh, Bobby. I think they’re going to be the guys. Obviously, defending champ Josh (Herrin), and Cam (Beaubier) is hungry. He hasn’t had enough Superbike championships, I guess. I just want to be in the fight. Yesterday I was actually really happy with that ride. It felt a little better than I thought in the race, just to be kind of staying with those guys for a little while. I was kind of excited for the rain today, but even like you said, watching that Supersport race, the track was really gnarly, especially on the Superbike. It’s so easy to hydroplane. On the warmup lap, I was just really hoping we all could be patient and not see anything bad happen, because it really was gnarly. Like I said, this Yamaha just works so well in the wet. I’ve been on it for so many years. We’ve had a lot of rain races, so it just feels like we got a good setup that we can take anywhere in the wet. Of course, you never know what’s going to happen. Guys like Cam and Josh and Bob (Fong) could throw down at any time, even in the rain, even in tricky conditions. I’m just happy that mainly we kept it on two wheels. Once I got into the lead, having clear track in front of you is so helpful. When you’re looking at splashes and you can’t see where the puddles are, you’re worried about hydroplaning. I don’t even remember how I got into the lead, the first or second lap. Then kind of put my head down. The bike just was working really good. I’m happy to leave with two podiums. I’m psyched with that, honestly.”
Cameron Beaubier – Second Place
“Win yesterday, second today. To be honest with you, I’m just happy today is over with. I haven’t had nerves like that going into a race… You always have a little bit, but nerves from actually just the track surface. That warmup lap, I saw how much standing water there was and watched the end of Supersport. I was like, ‘Damn, this is going to be a long race.’ Luckily, everyone was safe out there and we got it done. This guy (Gagne) put on a clinic and rode away from us. I couldn’t even see him five laps into the race. Hats off to him. Hats off to Josh (Herrin). Like I said, glad today is over with. I think Josh and Bob (Fong) riding around in front of me, I felt like helped my confidence. I was able to start finding my groove and rolling around the track. There at the beginning, I would go into the fast chicane on the back straightaway, and I was hydroplaning, and I had no idea what was going on. I noticed they started going a little bit inside that, and I was hitting the puddle that I couldn’t really see on the line you would hit in the dry. I tidied up some things. Saw Josh hydroplane big time in front of me a couple times on the short chute from Charlotte’s Web to Museum. That was a little scary. After that, Josh got messed up a little bit with some lap traffic. I darted to the inside, and I was able to put four or five laps together there at the end. Felt pretty good. I was able to open up a little gap and brought it home in second.”
Josh Herrin – Third Place
“We come into this event knowing it’s going to be difficult for us, and obviously I come into it hoping that the bike feels good. But for some reason, if it only happens at one track, I’m totally okay with it, but this just happens to be that track for us. No matter what we do, we know exactly what the problem is, and we just cannot figure a way to fix it. So, yesterday we just gambled for the race to try something completely different. It was a little bit worse, but the result went probably the same. Fourth, fifth, sixth… Somewhere in that spot. Then I woke up this morning and came to the track just praying that you guys were going to cancel the race because I just suck so bad in the rain on this bike. The guys just made a change today. All of a sudden, I went out the first lap and felt super good. Dragged my knee for the first time in my life in the rain and just had tons of confidence. But then in the race, I still felt good. I was super happy with the bike, but I didn’t have that confidence I had this morning. I came to the podium and Mick from Dunlop said my tire for some reason had seven pounds more pressure in the rear than the other guys, so I don’t know what happened there. If it was a mistake. I was fighting it super hard in the straight up and down areas. I think just that tensing me up so much when I would hit those puddles, it just made me ride a little bit more tense than I wanted. I was having a little bit more momentum in corners than I wanted because of that. So, to walk out of here with a podium in the rain is like winning a championship. It just feels amazing. Last year if you added up the points we lost in the rain, I can guarantee it was probably 50-something points. This is a huge breakthrough for us for the year. Just excited for the rest of the season now.”
Supersport: 50 Is Nifty For Hayes
Josh Hayes came into the 2025 MotoAmerica season with 88 victories across all classes, making him the winningest racer in AMA history. On Friday, Hayes turned 50. Today, he added to the Hayes legacy by winning the 89th race of his career in a rainstorm at Barber Motorsports Park. And all this after sitting out last year’s championship.
Hayes and his BPR Racing Yamaha YZF-R9 didn’t have the pace in Saturday’s dry race, with the four-time AMA Superbike Champion finishing 10th. On a rainy Sunday in Alabama, Hayes definitely had pace. He shot ahead at the start and though he was never headed, he was most definitely hounded from behind. Initially, the challenge came from Rahal Ducati Moto w/XPEL’s Corey Alexander, then Saturday’s race-one winner Mathew Scholtz took up the cause and was all over the back of Hayes. With four laps to go, Scholtz crashed, leaving Alexander’s Rahal Ducati Moto w/XPEL teammate PJ Jacobsen to take on the challenge of trying to beat Hayes.
Jacobsen waited for a miscue that didn’t come, and the victory went to Hayes by just .789 of a second over the New Yorker. Scholtz, meanwhile, remounted to finish third on his Strack Racing Yamaha YZF-R9.
Scholtz’s teammate Blake Davis was fourth and right on Scholtz’s tailsection. Davis had been in a battle with Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott, with Scott crashing right in front of Davis, who was forced to take evasive action. Davis rode on to fourth with Scott remounting to finish ninth.
Fifth place went to Scott’s teammate Max Van, who was well clear of Altus Motorsports’ Jake Lewis. Jacobsen’s teammate Kayla Yaakov was on Lewis’ tail in seventh.
BPR Racing Yamaha’s Teagg Hobbs ended up eighth with Scott ninth. Altus Motorsports’ Jaret Nassaney rounded out the top 10.
With round one complete, Scholtz leads Jacobsen by one point, 41-40, with Hayes third on 31 points.
“I won the last National I rode in the rain in 2023 at New Jersey,” Hayes said. “My expectations were not this today. Somebody asked me and I’m like, ‘Supersport in the rain right now is so stacked.’ We’ve seen what Mat (Scholtz) can do. We’ve seen what PJ (Jacobsen) can do in the rain. Blake Davis has really grown in the rain. Kayla (Yaakov). There’s so many people that have shown great speed in the rain. I just tried to be smart. They had some moments, and I really tried to learn as much as I could this morning and in that warm-up lap that we had. I committed to what my lines were going to be, and I pretty much stuck to them the whole race. I said, okay, when Mat (Scholtz) caught me. ‘If he’s got the speed to go, I’m going to do what I can to learn from him and hang on, but if he goes… If I finish here in this area, I’m in pretty good shape.’ His (Scholtz) confidence has been incredible to watch him. I just feel lucky to be a part of the success of the R9 program right from the beginning. What an incredible weekend. I watched these two guys battle last year, and with any stroke of luck they’re going to have to deal with me more than in the rain this year, and that’s our goal and our hope. I’m looking forward to some more racing.”
SC-Project Twins Cup – Di Mario’s Turn
Sunday’s SC-Project Twins Cup race was red-flagged on the seventh of 10 laps, and the only thing that was a certainty was that Alessandro Di Mario was the winner. The rest was as clear as mud, and it took a while to sort it all out.
When it was all said and done, it was Giaccmoto Yamaha Racing’s Dominic Doyle taking second with Karns/TST Motorsports’ Levi Badie finishing third in the rain-lashed race two. Weyh Racing’s Andrew Weyh was a career-best fourth with Moto-Ace Racing’s Zachary Foster fifth.
Di Mario was one of the few who didn’t crash in the race. With Di Mario out front, Doyle was battling with Speeddemon Racing’s Logan Cunnison until Cunnison crashed out. That left Doyle to fight it out for second with Karns/TST Industries’ Isaac Woodworth. Then Woodworth crashed.
Shortly thereafter, it was RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki’s Matthew Chapin’s turn to crash out of fifth place. Chapin remounted only to crash again on the same lap when his throttle stuck wide open going into turn one.
With five laps to go, Doyle crashed out of second place, but a red flag was thrown, and the South African was credited with second place behind Di Mario.
In total, there were six DNFs and six non-starters in Sunday’s race two.
After two rounds of the SC-Project Twins Cup Championship, Di Mario leads Chapin by 19 points, 85-66. Doyle is third with 52 points, five ahead of Saturday’s race winner Avery Dreher.
“I just got flashbacks from last year,” Di Mario said. “In race one last year, it was in the rain, and I crashed, and then I won on Sunday in the dry. So, this year was split. I kinda lost in the dry and then won in the wet. I wasn’t really expecting it. Earlier I was just like, ‘I’m gonna go out there and win.’ I was so pissed about yesterday. I had a big moment in the big esses. I’m really happy, but I can’t really enjoy it right now. I have to go put my other helmet on and go race Talent Cup.”
Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul – Vossberg’s Rain Dance
Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Hank Vossberg won the first Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul race of his promising young career on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park, taking full advantage of the mistakes of others to earn victory in the wet race that was red-flagged on the eighth lap.
Vossberg rode a near-perfect race, topping Jones Honda’s Julian Correa, who was second, 7.6 seconds behind Vossberg and a little less than a second ahead of Saturday’s race winner Alessandro Di Mario. Di Mario ran off track on the fourth lap, which basically took him out of contention for another victory.
Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane was fourth after starting from the back of the grid after he missed the sighting lap following his crash in the track familiarization session that was held just prior to the race. Drane’s Australian countryman Bodie Paige, meanwhile, had a big crash on the fifth lap of the race that ended his day.
Envy Powered by Warhorse’s Derek Sanchez rounded out the top five.
Di Mario now has a 21-point lead in the Talent Cup Championship over Drane, 86-65. Vossberg and Correa are tied for third with 54 points, one ahead of Paige. The collective age of the Talent Cup podium at Barber Motorsports Park was 46 years old – four years younger than Mr. Hayes.
More, from a news release issued by Luca Allen Racing:
Lucca Allen (311). Photo courtesy Luca Allen Racing.
Lucca Allen’s first weekend competing stateside is in the books, the talented British teenager overcoming the discomfort from a recurring shoulder injury, inclement weather in addition to limited testing and the fact he had never raced on Dunlop tyres to score points in only second race in the MotoAmerica Supersport Championship.
Working closely with his new team – CW Moto – Allen took it all in his stride, improving in every session before ensuring his place on the grid for the opening races of the season at Barber Motorsports Park.
A Saturday race retirement, due to an old injury, only motivated Lucca further and with rain falling overnight what can only be described as a heroic Sunday followed.
Taking full advantage of the wet weather, Lucca made another incredible start in Race Two, passing several riders into turn one, before steadily improving lap by lap to move into contention for the points.
Lapping considerably faster than those behind he was soon running inside the top fifteen, crossing the line to finish fourteenth after a challenging race in more ways than one. By doing so Lucca becomes the first full time British rider to score MotoAmerica Supersport points and becomes the youngest full time European rider to achieve points on their debut weekend in the series.
The #311 will now return to the UK where he will undergo extensive physio in preparation for round two of the 2025 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship which takes place at Road Atlanta in a couple of weeks.
Lucca Allen: “FP1 was all about getting used to the bike and the track and for me to try riding on Dunlop tyres for the first time. It was a big learning curve as we went directly into the first qualifying session on Friday afternoon which was something also new for me and something I will need to get my head around as the season goes on. I improved my lap times a lot from Free Practice and then on Saturday morning in Q2 I made another big step. Unfortunately, during second qualifying my shoulder started to play up and I had to go to medical to get it checked. I tried to ride in race one, but it was just too much strain on my shoulder, and I retired the bike rather than risk a crash. I had damaged the shoulder in a previous crash in the UK and so I was a bit frustrated that it flared up again. There’s a lot of work to do rehabilitation wise when I get home but the team and I have already made a plan to ensure I am fully fit for Atlanta. Race two on Sunday was wet after a torrential downpour through the night. We did everything we could trackside with the medical team and with Ethan (the team’s physio) and I was able to ride. I started P25 on the grid and made it into the points, crossing the line P14 in what was my first time riding the bike in the rain and riding on Dunlop tyres in the rain. To score points in my first ever MotoAmerica race feels so good, even more so given the circumstances and I owe Chris and Sara at CW Moto a huge thank you. The work they put in was incredible. They really are second to none and I am so proud that I get to race my first season in the USA with them. I want to also thank my sponsors, my family and my manager for making this season possible Let’s go again at Round 2 in Atlanta in a couple of weeks.”
More, from a news release issued by Robem Engineering:
Alessandro Di Mario (1). Photo by Sara Chappell.
In the first three MotoAmerica Twins Cup races of 2025, Robem Engineering rider Alessandro Di Mario missed out on his first win this year by a combined margin of 0.164 seconds. Though a tire wear issue caused him to endure one of those fractions-of-a-second runner-up finishes on Saturday at Barber Motorsports Park, Di Mario was the unquestionable top rider in the Twins Cup in wet conditions Sunday. The defending Twins Cup champion scored a commanding victory, as well as claimed his second-consecutive Twins Cup pole position on Saturday by more than 1.7 seconds.
And due to another frontrunning rider finishing lower than Di Mario in Race 1 and not finishing Race 2, Di Mario left the April 4-6 event with a 19-point lead in the class standings.
Di Mario’s stellar one-lap pace was evident from the first on-track session of the weekend. In Friday morning Practice 1, Di Mario’s best lap time was 2.550 seconds faster than the rest of the field. That trend continued Friday afternoon in Qualifying 1, where Di Mario was on provisional pole position by a margin of 1.765 seconds. Conditions in Saturday morning’s Qualifying 2 did not allow Di Mario to improve on his best lap time from Qualifying 1, but he still clinched his second pole position of the 2025 season.
In Saturday afternoon’s Race 1, Di Mario got a good start and quickly built a sizable lead over the rest of the field. Unfortunately, he began to struggle with pace in the latter stages of the race and was overtaken on the last lap. He missed out on the victory by 0.058 seconds, but held on to notch his third runner-up result of the year.
It was in Sunday’s Race 2 that Di Mario moved up one step on the podium. The very wet track conditions – that only got worse as the race went on – necessitated a short track familiarization session for the whole Twins Cup field. When the delayed race got underway, Di Mario immediately seized the race lead. As the rest of the field struggled on the rain-soaked track, Di Mario built a sizable lead and was declared the winner when the race was red flagged and called final with four laps remaining.
The Robem Engineering team will be back in action for the next Twins Cup round, which takes place June 27-29 at The Ridge Motorsports Park in Shelton, Wash.
“I was very bummed out about losing in Race 1 on the last lap because of really bad tire wear, but I was able to come back and win my first race in the wet today. I’m looking forward to the next races, and I’m happy to leave with the championship lead.”
Robem Engineering’s technical partners for the 2025 season include Accossato, Aprilia Racing, Blud Lubricants, Bitubo Suspension, Bonamici, Essex Parts, Millennium Technologies, Motovation, NGK, NTK, Piaggio North America, Sara Chappell Photos, SC Project and Sprint Filters.
More, from a news release issued by Ducati Media House:
Josh Herrin (1) leads Cameron Beaubier (6) and Sean Dylan Kelly (40) at Barber Motorsports Park. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.
Josh Herrin (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati) relied on his skill and experience to secure a podium finish in race two of the opening round of the 2025 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama.
In torrential conditions that saw many top-seeded riders crash out, Herrin kept his cool and his Ducati Panigale V4 R pointed in the right direction, earning his first full wet weather podium on the V4 R in third place behind winner Jake Gagne and Cameron Beaubier.
The podium made up for what Herrin described as a challenging race, in which he secured fifth place behind the winner, Beaubier, in completely dry conditions.
Thus, Herrin leaves his first race as the number one plate holder for Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati, securing a credible fourth place overall in the championship standings. It’s still very early in the season as Herrin strives to become the first Ducati rider in AMA/MotoAmerica Superbike history to defend the championship title in 2025.
2025 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship After Round One
P1 – Cameron Beaubier, 45
P1 – Jake Gagne, 41
P3 – Bobby Fong, 31
P4 – Josh Herrin (Ducati) 27
P5 – Sean Dylan Kelly, 26
Josh Herrin (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati–#1)
“We knew coming to Barber that the dry conditions were going to be hard, so in the rain, we tried something completely different,” Herrin said after race two. “If we didn’t, we’d have been fifth or sixth place, so it was worth it to roll the dice.
“Race one on Saturday was a difficult one for us. The rain came on Sunday morning, and I was super nervous, but we tried something in the warm-up that just clicked.
“Everything felt like in the past when I’d won races in the wet. Going into the race I was high on the confidence scale, but Jake (Gagne) pulled away early and I was with Cam (Beaubier). We had some issues with some lapped riders, and I was trying as hard as possible to make up the gap. I even did the fastest lap of the race on the last lap.
“But the main thing is the bike and I made it home in one piece and I had fun. It’s been a long time since I’d had fun in the wet—we just needed to find the right set-up for my riding style on the Panigale V4 R. All in all, it was a good weekend and we’re ready for my home track of Road Atlanta in just under a month’s time.”
Round two of the 2025 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship is scheduled for May 2-4 at one of America’s favorite racetracks, Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia.
More, from a news release issued by Aprilia:
Alessandro Di Mario. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.
After coming oh-so-close to capturing his first win of the 2025 MotoAmerica Twins Cup in the class’ first three races, Aprilia RS 660 rider and defending Twins Cup champion Alessandro Di Mario finally clinched it Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park. Though a tire issue caused him to miss out on a win in Saturday’s race at the April 4-6 event by fractions of a second, Di Mario shined as other riders were struggling with the soggy conditions Sunday and left Barber with a 19-point lead in the class standings.
Di Mario was in dominant form in Friday morning practice. His best lap time of 1:30.011 was more than 2.5 seconds faster than the rest of the field. Speeddemon Racing’s Logan Cunnison was the third fastest rider in the session, missing out on going 1-2 with Di Mario by a mere 0.029 seconds. The other Aprilia rider who finished the session in the top 10 was Brown Town Racing’s Chase Brown, who was fifth-fastest.
The first of two qualifying sessions took place Friday afternoon, and Di Mario and Cunnison ended that session at the top of the time sheets. Di Mario improved his best lap time by almost one second, and Cunnison had closed his gap to Di Mario’s one-lap pace to about 1.7 seconds. Ghetto Custom’s Chris Parrish finished Qualifying 1 as the seventh-fastest rider, and Brown was tenth-fastest. Qualifying 2 took place Saturday morning, and track conditions did not allow most of the frontrunning riders to improve on their Qualifying 1 lap times. Di Mario therefore scored his second pole position of the 2025 Twins Cup season. Cunnision ended up qualifying second, Parrish seventh and Brown 10th.
In Saturday afternoon’s Race 1, Di Mario’s late race struggles with pace allowed him to get edged out for the victory but also saw five Aprilia riders finish in the Top 10. Di Mario led the first 13 laps of the 14-lap contest, but he began losing pace with about four laps to go and was beaten to the victory by 0.058 seconds. Cunnision was in a race-long battle for the last step on the podium and was bested to the finish line by 0.048 seconds by another rider. Other Aprilia riders who finished in the top 10 include Brown in fifth, Weyh Racing’s Andrew Weyh in eighth and Duffy Racing’s Tyler Duffy in 10th.
Sunday’s Race 2 featured a delayed start due to wet conditions. After a brief track familiarization period for the riders, Di Mario got the holeshot when racing got underway and led every lap before a red flag period ended the already-shortened race four laps early. Cunnison was running as high as second place before suffering two crashes that resulted in him finishing 17th. Two other Aprilia riders finished in the top five, including Weyh in fourth and Moto-Ace Racing’s Zachery Foster in fifth. Brown finished in eighth place, and Team JBR’s Josef Bittner was 10th.
Due to the points leader at the beginning of the weekend not finishing Race 2, Di Mario assumed the championship lead thanks to the combined 45 points he amassed from both races.
The next Twins Cup races are slated to take place June 27-29 at The Ridge Motorsports Park in Shelton, Wash. Of the 34 athletes registered to compete in Twins Cup at the Barber round, 13 were slated to be racing Aprilia RS 660’s.
Alessandro Di Mario / Robem Engineering Aprilia
“I was very bummed out about losing in Race 1 on the last lap because of really bad tire wear, but I was able to come back and win my first race in the wet today. I’m looking forward to the next races, and I’m happy to leave with the championship lead.”
Hank Vossberg won a red-flagged Parts Unlimited Talent Cup Race Two in the wet on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park. Julian Correa finished second and Alessandro Di Mario third, with Sam Drane in fourth, ahead of Derek Sanchez and Ian Fraley.
Hank Vossberg (31) and Sam Drane (59) in Talent Cup competition at Barber Motorsports Park. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.
Jake Gagne won a wet Superbike Race Two on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park. Gagne took the lead on Lap Two and led Race One winner Cameron Beaubier by nearly seven seconds after 15 laps. Josh Herrin finished third, ahead of Sean Dylan Kelly, Bobby Fong and Richie Escalante.
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