Aruba.it Racing Ducati’s Alvaro Bautista overcame a three-grid-position penalty incurred during Superpole qualifying to win World Superbike Race One Saturday at TT Circuit Assen, in The Netherlands.
Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea was the runner-up, 3.1 seconds behind Bautista after 21 laps.
Pata Yamaha Prometeon rider Toprak Razgatlioglu finished right behind Rea in third.
American Garrett Gerloff finished 12th — and the second BMW rider – on his Bonovo Action M 1000 RR.
More, from a press release issued by Dorna WorldSBK Press Office:
Bautista takes sixth race win of 2023 despite grid penalty
Despite having been demoted to fourth on the grid, Alvaro Bautista took the win in Race 1, finishing 3.148s ahead of Rea.
Alvaro Bautista (1) overcame a three-grid-position penalty to win Race One. Photo courtesy Dorna.
P1 | Alvaro Bautista | Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
“Today wasn’t as easy as people may think after yesterday’s practices. Because of the penalty, I started from the second row, and it was important to not lose a lot of positions at the start of the race and not be in the mix group taking some risks with other riders. I could make a good start and recover some positions. At the beginning, I fought a bit with Lowes, then when I was behind Toprak and Jonathan, I just was watching the track condition because today was a bit different from yesterday, so I had to understand how much I can push with this temperature and the wind was also different. After a few laps, I started to understand the track and I started to feel that I could push harder than the pace we had. I got to the lead and increased the pace by two tenths or something like that. Jonathan was there. I was surprised because in the practice he didn’t have this pace, but in the race he could stay with me. With six or five laps to go, I saw the gap was increasing a little bit, so I tried to make another push and get some advantage and, it worked. I’m so happy to win again.”
Having started Race 1 from pole position following Bautista’s penalty, Jonathan Rea (65) eventually took second. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Third place went to Toprak Razgatlioglu (54) as the Turkish rider finished 3.891s behind the race winner. Teammate Andrea Locatelli finished just outside the top three, 6.214s behind Razgatlioglu. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Rookie Dominique Aegerter (77) completed Race 1’s top six, claiming his best WorldSBK result. Photo courtesy Dorna.
WorldSBK Race 1 Report
There was no shortage of thrilling action in the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship at the iconic TT Circuit Assen in Race 1 during the Pirelli Dutch Round as Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) claimed a hard-fought victory in the Netherlands. He overcame his rivals and a three-place grid drop to fight his way from fourth place on the grid to finish ahead of Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) in the 21-lap race.
Bautista was given a three-place grid drop for the Race 1 grid for slow riding on the racing line in the Tissot Superpole session, which dropped him from pole position to fourth place. He was into the top three from the start before chasing down Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK) in second place. Razgatlioglu looked to close down Rea to put a bike between him and Bautista but the reigning Champion overtook Razgatlioglu at the chicane on Lap 5 to move into second place, before moving into the lead on Lap 9 when he overtook Rea at Turn 6 to move into the lead. Although Rea tried to keep the pressure on Bautista, the Spanish rider pulled a gap on the six-time Champion with the trio setting into their respective positions.
Fourth place went to a charging Andrea Locatelli (Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK) after he moved up the order. He had been running in seventh place, behind Lowes, Scott Redding (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) and Axel Bassani (Motocorsa Racing) but, as the laps progressed, he made his way up the order. Locatelli made a move on Lowes at Turn 5 on Lap 15 before following that up two laps later by overtaking Redding. He closed the gap to Bassani and overtook him on the last lap to claim fourth spot; continuing his record of not finishing outside the top five in 2023 and at the TT Circuit Assen. Bassani was fifth at the end of the race, ahead of Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team), who passed Lowes and Redding in the closing stages, in sixth.
WorldSBK action resumes on Sunday from 09:00 (Local Time) with the Warm-Up, followed by Tissot Superpole Race at 11:00 and Race 2 at 14:00.
Orange Cat Racing BMW rider Ezra Beaubier will start the MotoAmerica Stock 1000 races at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta from pole position.
Beaubier, the younger brother of five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier, was fastest in Qualifying One (Q1) on Friday afternoon, and when overnight rain left the Georgia circuit wet for Qualifying Two (Q2) on Saturday morning, Ezra Beaubier’s lap time of 1:26.933 held up to earn him pole position.
Beaubier will be joined on the front row by Geoff May Racing Honda’s Geoff May (1:26.962) and Disrupt Racing Suzuki’s Hayden Gillim (1:27.144).
D.A.M. Fast Racing Yamaha rider Jonathan McCroskey was fastest of the five riders who ventured out in wet Q2 but ended up 31st based on the quicker times from Q1.
Altus Motorsports Kawasaki rider Alessandro Di Mario, age 14, will start the MotoAmerica Junior Cup races at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta from pole position.
Di Mario was quickest in Qualifying One (Q1) on Friday afternoon, and when overnight rain left the 2.5-mile circuit wet for Qualifying Two (Q2) on Saturday morning, Di Mario’s lap time of 1:42.231 held up to earn him pole position.
Di Mario will be joined on the front row by Bicknese Racing Kawasaki’s Hayden Bicknese (1:42.543) and Bad Boys Racing Kawasaki’s Avery Dreher (1:42.589).
Orlando Road Racing Academy Kawasaki’s Isaac Woodworth was fastest of the eight riders who ventured out in wet Q2 but will start 16th based on the quicker times from Q1.
Defending Champion Katsuyuki Nakasuga rode his Yamaha Factory Racing Team YZF-R1 to victory in JSB1000 (a.k.a. Japanese Superbike) Race One Saturday at the Suzuka Circuit, in Japan.
Nakasuga won the 14-lap race by 1.9 seconds over his teammate Yuki Okamoto.
Teppei Nagoe finished third, 4.4 seconds behind Nakasuga, on his SDG Honda Racing CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP.
The race had 44 entries and ran in dry conditions.
Alvaro Bautista, the defending Superbike World Champion, took pole position during World Superbike Superpole qualifying Saturday at TT Circuit Assen, in The Netherlands.
Riding his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R, the Spaniard lapped the flowing circuit in 1:33.542, just surpassing Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea, who did a 1:33.569.
Qualifying third was Toprak Razgatlioglu, who turned a 1:33.661 on his Pata Yamaha Prometeon YZF-R1.
American Garrett Gerloff ended up 17th with a best lap time of 1:34.690 on his Bonovo Action BMW M 1000 RR.
Nicolo Bulega, riding his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V2, earned pole position during World Supersport qualifying at TT Circuit Assen, in The Netherlands.
Bulega turned a best lap time of 1:36.900, eclipsing Dominique Aegerter’s All-Time Lap Record of 1:36.906 from 2022.
Former MotoAmerica regular Valentin Debise qualified fourth on his GMT94 Yamaha YZF-R6.
Rookie Remy Gardner, riding his GYTR GRT Yamaha YZF-R1, was quickest in wet World Superbike Free Practice Three Saturday morning at TT Circuit Assen, in The Netherlands.
Defending World Champion Alvaro Bautista was second-best on his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R.
Pata Yamaha Prometeon rider Toprak Razgatlioglu was third in the session.
American Garrett Gerloff did not record a lap time on his Bonovo Action BMW M 1000 RR.
Roadracing World started this exclusive special feature recognizing the most promising young road racers as an answer to pessimists who claimed North America had no new, up-and-coming young racers. This edition of the Roadracing World Young Gun Awards marks the 27th consecutive year of showcasing what is actually an abundance of new talent.
Roadracing World Young Guns have won:
FIM MotoGP and FIM Superbike races and World Championships;
MotoAmerica and AMA Pro races and Championships, including 12 MotoAmerica/AMA Pro Superbike Championships;
A KTM RC Cup World Final race;
The Daytona 200 (12 times);
WERA National Endurance Championships and WERA National Challenge Championships;
ASRA/Formula USA Grand National and CCS National Championships;
USGPRU National Championships;
Many regional and local titles.
The competition has continually become more intense as more — and younger — racers with higher levels of accomplishments are nominated, and the level of achievement required to make the grade keeps getting tougher.
We’ve spent the last several months accepting nominations and evaluating road racers between the ages of 10 and 18 (as of the start of the 2023 season) who have, at a minimum, won Expert-level road races and/or Championships or had outstanding results as an Amateur/Novice. Most of the riders included here have done far more than the minimum.
The young riders recognized here are the most promising young road racers in North America. All have earned the title of Roadracing World Young Gun.
We will feature one Young Gun per day, presenting them in alphabetical order.
First road race: 2019, Rosamond, California, UMRA, 65cc Grand Prix, 1st place.
Current racebikes: Aprilia RS 250 SP2.
Current tuner/mechanic: JJ Matters/Suspension Matters.
Primary race series: CIV Aprilia Sport Production Championship Series.
Top sponsors: Atlas Speed Factory, Fresh N Lean, KYT Helmets, Mithos USA, Dunlop Tires, ASV Inventions, TechSpec Tank Grips, Suspension Matters, Yoshimura R&D, Maxima Racing Oils, Bickle Racing, Produkte Designs, RJR Motorsports, Alpinestars, VNM Sport, Galfer USA, and APX AXN Motorsports Solutions.
Recent racing accomplishments: 2022 season, placed 2nd in North America Talent Cup (6 wins, 11 total podiums), placed 3rd in MotoAmerica 190 Mini Cup (3 wins, 4 total podiums in 4 starts); 2021 season, won MotoAmerica Mini Cup 190cc Championship (5 wins, 7 total podiums), finished 2nd in MotoAmerica Mini Cup 160cc Championship (1 win, 5 total podiums), finished 14th in the World MiniGP in Valencia, Spain; 2020 season, won Mini 80 WERA West Sportsman Championship (2 wins, 6 total podiums), finished 2nd in MotoAmerica Mini Cup 190cc Championship (3 podium finishes), placed 3rd in MotoAmerica Mini Cup 160cc Championship (1 podium finish).
2023 racing goals: Finish in the top 10 in CIV Junior Championship, earn a spot in Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup.
Racing career goal: To make it to MotoGP World Championship
Racing hero: Josh Herrin.
Favorite track: Barber.
Favorite hobby: Video gaming.
If I wasn’t racing I would be…: A journeyman lineman.
Some of the riders who have graduated from Roadracing World Young Guns and gone on to racing success in National or International series include:
2017 MotoAmerica Superstock 600 Champion Jason Aguilar (R.I.P.);
2013 AMA Pro SuperSport East Champion and 2022 MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Champion Corey Alexander;
AMA Pro Daytona SportBike race winner Tommy Aquino (R.I.P.);
2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Champion, two-time MotoAmerica Supersport Champion, and AFT SuperTwins race winner J.D. Beach;
MotoAmerica Twins Cup race winner Jackson Blackmon;
former Canadian Sport Bike Champion Tomas Casas;
three-time Canadian Sport Bike Champion and 2014 Canadian Superbike Champion Jodi Christie;
former AMA Pro SuperSport East Champion and MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 race winner Josh Day;
2011 Daytona 200 winner Jason DiSalvo;
2014 AMA Pro SuperSport Championship runner-up and current MotoAmerica team owner Dustin Dominguez;
2018 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Champion, 2019 MotoAmerica Twins Cup Champion, and 2021 Canadian Superbike Champion Alex Dumas;
four-time Pikes Peak International Hill Climb race winner and former motorcycle track record holder Carlin Dunne (R.I.P.);
Canadian Superbike race winner Bodhi Edie;
two-time AMA Pro Daytona SportBike Champion, two-time AMA Pro XR1200/Harley-Davidson Champion and four-time Daytona 200 winner Danny Eslick;
2019 MotoAmerica Supersport Champion and MotoAmerica Superbike race winner Bobby Fong;
2010 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Champion, 2014 AMA Pro Daytona SportBike Champion, 2015 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North America Superstock 1000 Champion, and two-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Jake Gagne;
two-time MotoAmerica Supersport Champion and World Superbike podium finisher Garrett Gerloff;
2017 MotoAmerica Superstock 600 Championship runner-up Michael Gilbert;
2014 AMA Pro SuperSport Champion, 2018 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship runner-up, and 2022 MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Championship runner-up Hayden Gillim;
2002 AMA Superbike Champion and 2006 FIM MotoGP World Champion Nicky Hayden (R.I.P.);
2007 AMA Pro 600cc Supersport Champion, 2014 AMA Pro Superbike Championship runner-up, and 2017 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship runner-up Roger Hayden;
eight-time AMA Pro Superbike race winner and two-time AMA Supersport Champion Tommy Hayden;
2013 AMA Pro Superbike Champion, 2016 MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Champion, 2022 MotoAmerica Supersport Champion, and two-time Daytona 200 winner Josh Herrin;
MotoAmerica Supersport front-runner Teagg Hobbs;
AMA Pro Superstock race winner Jake Holden;
2011 British Superbike Championship runner-up and former MotoGP and World Superbike regular John Hopkins;
2015 Supersport World Championship runner-up, 2019 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship runner-up, and MotoAmerica Superbike podium finisher Patrick “P.J.” Jacobsen;
2021 MotoAmerica Supersport Champion and current Moto2 World Championship competitor Sean Dylan Kelly;
Canadian Superbike race winner Kevin Lacombe;
two-time MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Champion Andrew Lee;
2021 MotoAmerica Stock 1000 and Superbike Cup Champion Jake Lewis;
MotoAmerica Supersport race winner Sam Lochoff;
MotoAmerica Superstock 600 race winner Nick McFadden;
AMA Pro SuperSport race winner and MotoAmerica Supersport race winner Stefano Mesa;
Elena Myers, the first and only woman to win AMA Pro Supersport races;
AMA Pro XR1200 race winner, multi-time Loudon Classic winner, and two-time BRL Champion Shane Narbonne;
2012 Canadian Superbike Championship runner-up Andrew Nelson;
2016 MotoAmerica KTM RC Cup Champion, 2019 British Motostar (Moto3) Champion, MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher, and two-time Daytona 200 winner Brandon Paasch;
2012 Daytona 200 winner and 2010 AMA Pro Supersport West Champion Joey Pascarella;
2016 MotoAmerica Superstock 600 Champion, MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher, and current powersports dealership owner Bryce Prince;
AMA Pro and Canadian National race winner and multi-time N2/WERA National Endurance Champion Chris Peris;
two-time AMA Pro SuperSport National Champion, British Supersport podium finisher, 2020 AFT Production Twins Champion, and MotoAmerica King Of The Baggers race winner James Rispoli;
2015 MotoAmerica Superstock 600 Champion, MotoAmerica Supersport race winner, and Moto2 World Championship race winner Joe Roberts;
former Red Bull AMA U.S. Rookies Cup Champion and former FIM Moto2 European Championship competitor Benny Solis, Jr.;
three-time AMA Pro Superbike Champion, 2009 Superbike World Champion, MotoGP race winner, and AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Ben Spies;
multi-time AMA Pro race winner and four-time overall WERA National Endurance Champion Chris Ulrich;
MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher and former World Superbike competitor Jayson Uribe;
2017 MotoAmerica KTM RC Cup Championship runner-up, 2018 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Championship runner-up, and MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher Cory Ventura;
Canadian Superbike race winner Alex Welsh;
former AMA Pro Superbike Rookie of the Year, Chinese Superbike Championship race winner and MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher Cory West;
MotoAmerica Junior Cup and Superbike Cup race winner Ashton Yates;
and two-time AMA Pro Superbike Championship runner-up Blake Young.
Defending World Champion Alvaro Bautista, riding his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R, was quickest in World Superbike Free Practice Two (FP2) Friday afternoon at TT Circuit Assen with a lap time of 1:34.316.
Factory Kawasaki teammates Alex Lowes and Jonathan Rea were second and third, respectively, on their Ninja ZX-10RR Superbikes.
American Garrett Gerloff finished the session ninth overall and the second-best BMW rider on his Bonovo Action BMW M 1000 RR.
Alvaro Bautista was fastest on the opening day of the Pirelli Dutch Round. The reigning World Champion set a strong pace in both sessions, and had two tenths in his pocket.
“It has been I think a positive day for us, especially because from the beginning, I had a really good feedback with the bike. Normally at this track, especially in the morning, in the past I struggled a little bit with the contact feeling with the tyres. But today from the first lap, I felt quite good. I felt quite confident. For sure, especially on the rear, the grip was not fantastic. That’s true that I was using the hard compound in the morning in front, but the feeling was not too bad. Then in the afternoon, we tried the one in the front that is the tyre that normally is the tyre I like most. At this track, it helps me to have more confidence in the front.
“The feeling was good with the bike, so we decide to not touch anything to improve the rear grip because also, the lap time was not too bad and especially the pace was quite strong. I think it was a positive day. I’m happy with the feeling with the bike. We have to see tomorrow the weather condition because seems like it will be a bit different from today. Maybe we’ll have some rain. Let’s see what will happen tomorrow.”
Michael van der Mark (60). Photo courtesy Dorna.
Local hero Michael van der Mark was sixth on the opening day of his home round finishing 0.595s behind Bautista.
P6 | Michael van der Mark | ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team
“I think at the end, we finished quite good. In FP1, I didn’t like the feeling with the bike and wasn’t really enjoying it; I felt fast but I wasn’t. In FP2, we changed quite a lot on the bike and I immediately felt better with more confidence. I started on used tyres and was doing the same lap times as this morning, then we put a different rear tyre in and was quite happy with it. I was having more fun, therefore riding smoother and that’s what you have to do at this circuit. Honestly, I’d like a dry track; I think we could do really well. In the wet, it’s always tricky.”
Toprak Razgatlioglu (54). Photo courtesy Dorna.
After a minor electronics problem in FP1, Toprak Razgatlioglu was out on track in FP2 finishing in tenth place in the combined classification.
WorldSBK Friday Report
The 2023 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship is well underway and back in action at the Pirelli Ditch Round and the TT Circuit Assen in the Netherlands. It’s shaping up to be a belting weekend and with a myriad of protagonists, there remains one rider to be beaten. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) was on top by nearly a quarter of a second going into Saturday, but don’t discount his rivals just yet.
Alex Lowes (22). Photo courtesy Dorna.
Like in FP1, it was Alvaro Bautista who topped the running in the afternoon and his pace was quite simply relentless. 22 laps with multiple in the low-to-mid 1’34s, the reigning World Champion was in fine form as he placed Ducati on the top step. First Kawasaki on the timesheets was Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK), with the #22 getting to grips with the Assen track like in many years previous with a front row last year and his only career pole coming back in 2018. Teammate Jonathan Rea was the last rider to improve his overall time and took third in the session and overall.
Dominique Aegerter (77). Photo courtesy Dorna.
Once again, the Independent riders were in mighty form and it was the GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team who were fourth and fifth and therefore best Yamahas. Double WorldSSP Champion Dominique Aegerter was fourth and set the second-highest amount of laps throughout the session, whilst it was teammate Remy Gardner in fifth place, having been third in the morning session.
Remy Gardner (87). Photo courtesy Dorna.
WorldSBK action resumes on Saturday with FP3 from 09:00 (Local Time), followed by Tissot Superpole at 11:10 and Race 1 at 14:00.
Factory Harley-Davidson rider Kyle Wyman topped MotoAmerica Mission King Of The Baggers Qualifying One (Q1) with another new lap record time Friday at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.
Riding his Screamin’ Eagle Road Glide, Wyman turned a lap time of 1:30.941, shaving 0.7 second from the 1:31.669 he did in Free Practice One (FP1) Friday morning. Both lap times eclipsed his previous All-Time and Race Lap Record of 1:31.789 set in 2022.
Tyler O’Hara, the defending King Of The Baggers Champion, was a close second in Q1 with a 1:31.092 on his Progressive/Mission Foods Indian Challenger.
Bobby Fong claimed the third and final spot on the provisional front row with a 1:31.590 on his Sac Mile/SDI Racing Roland Sands Design Indian Challenger.
Aruba.it Racing Ducati’s Alvaro Bautista overcame a three-grid-position penalty incurred during Superpole qualifying to win World Superbike Race One Saturday at TT Circuit Assen, in The Netherlands.
Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea was the runner-up, 3.1 seconds behind Bautista after 21 laps.
Pata Yamaha Prometeon rider Toprak Razgatlioglu finished right behind Rea in third.
American Garrett Gerloff finished 12th — and the second BMW rider – on his Bonovo Action M 1000 RR.
More, from a press release issued by Dorna WorldSBK Press Office:
Bautista takes sixth race win of 2023 despite grid penalty
Despite having been demoted to fourth on the grid, Alvaro Bautista took the win in Race 1, finishing 3.148s ahead of Rea.
Alvaro Bautista (1) overcame a three-grid-position penalty to win Race One. Photo courtesy Dorna.
P1 | Alvaro Bautista | Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
“Today wasn’t as easy as people may think after yesterday’s practices. Because of the penalty, I started from the second row, and it was important to not lose a lot of positions at the start of the race and not be in the mix group taking some risks with other riders. I could make a good start and recover some positions. At the beginning, I fought a bit with Lowes, then when I was behind Toprak and Jonathan, I just was watching the track condition because today was a bit different from yesterday, so I had to understand how much I can push with this temperature and the wind was also different. After a few laps, I started to understand the track and I started to feel that I could push harder than the pace we had. I got to the lead and increased the pace by two tenths or something like that. Jonathan was there. I was surprised because in the practice he didn’t have this pace, but in the race he could stay with me. With six or five laps to go, I saw the gap was increasing a little bit, so I tried to make another push and get some advantage and, it worked. I’m so happy to win again.”
Having started Race 1 from pole position following Bautista’s penalty, Jonathan Rea (65) eventually took second. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Third place went to Toprak Razgatlioglu (54) as the Turkish rider finished 3.891s behind the race winner. Teammate Andrea Locatelli finished just outside the top three, 6.214s behind Razgatlioglu. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Rookie Dominique Aegerter (77) completed Race 1’s top six, claiming his best WorldSBK result. Photo courtesy Dorna.
WorldSBK Race 1 Report
There was no shortage of thrilling action in the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship at the iconic TT Circuit Assen in Race 1 during the Pirelli Dutch Round as Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) claimed a hard-fought victory in the Netherlands. He overcame his rivals and a three-place grid drop to fight his way from fourth place on the grid to finish ahead of Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) in the 21-lap race.
Bautista was given a three-place grid drop for the Race 1 grid for slow riding on the racing line in the Tissot Superpole session, which dropped him from pole position to fourth place. He was into the top three from the start before chasing down Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK) in second place. Razgatlioglu looked to close down Rea to put a bike between him and Bautista but the reigning Champion overtook Razgatlioglu at the chicane on Lap 5 to move into second place, before moving into the lead on Lap 9 when he overtook Rea at Turn 6 to move into the lead. Although Rea tried to keep the pressure on Bautista, the Spanish rider pulled a gap on the six-time Champion with the trio setting into their respective positions.
Fourth place went to a charging Andrea Locatelli (Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK) after he moved up the order. He had been running in seventh place, behind Lowes, Scott Redding (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) and Axel Bassani (Motocorsa Racing) but, as the laps progressed, he made his way up the order. Locatelli made a move on Lowes at Turn 5 on Lap 15 before following that up two laps later by overtaking Redding. He closed the gap to Bassani and overtook him on the last lap to claim fourth spot; continuing his record of not finishing outside the top five in 2023 and at the TT Circuit Assen. Bassani was fifth at the end of the race, ahead of Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team), who passed Lowes and Redding in the closing stages, in sixth.
WorldSBK action resumes on Sunday from 09:00 (Local Time) with the Warm-Up, followed by Tissot Superpole Race at 11:00 and Race 2 at 14:00.
Orange Cat Racing BMW rider Ezra Beaubier will start the MotoAmerica Stock 1000 races at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta from pole position.
Beaubier, the younger brother of five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier, was fastest in Qualifying One (Q1) on Friday afternoon, and when overnight rain left the Georgia circuit wet for Qualifying Two (Q2) on Saturday morning, Ezra Beaubier’s lap time of 1:26.933 held up to earn him pole position.
Beaubier will be joined on the front row by Geoff May Racing Honda’s Geoff May (1:26.962) and Disrupt Racing Suzuki’s Hayden Gillim (1:27.144).
D.A.M. Fast Racing Yamaha rider Jonathan McCroskey was fastest of the five riders who ventured out in wet Q2 but ended up 31st based on the quicker times from Q1.
Alessandro Di Mario (70). Photo by Brian J. Nelson.
Altus Motorsports Kawasaki rider Alessandro Di Mario, age 14, will start the MotoAmerica Junior Cup races at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta from pole position.
Di Mario was quickest in Qualifying One (Q1) on Friday afternoon, and when overnight rain left the 2.5-mile circuit wet for Qualifying Two (Q2) on Saturday morning, Di Mario’s lap time of 1:42.231 held up to earn him pole position.
Di Mario will be joined on the front row by Bicknese Racing Kawasaki’s Hayden Bicknese (1:42.543) and Bad Boys Racing Kawasaki’s Avery Dreher (1:42.589).
Orlando Road Racing Academy Kawasaki’s Isaac Woodworth was fastest of the eight riders who ventured out in wet Q2 but will start 16th based on the quicker times from Q1.
Katsuyuki Nakasuga (1) leads his Yamaha Factory Racing teammate Yuki Okamoto (3) at Suzuka. Photo by Kohei Hirota.
Defending Champion Katsuyuki Nakasuga rode his Yamaha Factory Racing Team YZF-R1 to victory in JSB1000 (a.k.a. Japanese Superbike) Race One Saturday at the Suzuka Circuit, in Japan.
Nakasuga won the 14-lap race by 1.9 seconds over his teammate Yuki Okamoto.
Teppei Nagoe finished third, 4.4 seconds behind Nakasuga, on his SDG Honda Racing CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP.
The race had 44 entries and ran in dry conditions.
Alvaro Bautista, the defending Superbike World Champion, took pole position during World Superbike Superpole qualifying Saturday at TT Circuit Assen, in The Netherlands.
Riding his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R, the Spaniard lapped the flowing circuit in 1:33.542, just surpassing Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea, who did a 1:33.569.
Qualifying third was Toprak Razgatlioglu, who turned a 1:33.661 on his Pata Yamaha Prometeon YZF-R1.
American Garrett Gerloff ended up 17th with a best lap time of 1:34.690 on his Bonovo Action BMW M 1000 RR.
Nicolo Bulega, riding his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V2, earned pole position during World Supersport qualifying at TT Circuit Assen, in The Netherlands.
Bulega turned a best lap time of 1:36.900, eclipsing Dominique Aegerter’s All-Time Lap Record of 1:36.906 from 2022.
Former MotoAmerica regular Valentin Debise qualified fourth on his GMT94 Yamaha YZF-R6.
Rookie Remy Gardner, riding his GYTR GRT Yamaha YZF-R1, was quickest in wet World Superbike Free Practice Three Saturday morning at TT Circuit Assen, in The Netherlands.
Defending World Champion Alvaro Bautista was second-best on his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R.
Pata Yamaha Prometeon rider Toprak Razgatlioglu was third in the session.
American Garrett Gerloff did not record a lap time on his Bonovo Action BMW M 1000 RR.
Jesse James Shedden (99). Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy Jesse James Shedden Racing.
Roadracing World started this exclusive special feature recognizing the most promising young road racers as an answer to pessimists who claimed North America had no new, up-and-coming young racers. This edition of the Roadracing World Young Gun Awards marks the 27th consecutive year of showcasing what is actually an abundance of new talent.
Roadracing World Young Guns have won:
FIM MotoGP and FIM Superbike races and World Championships;
MotoAmerica and AMA Pro races and Championships, including 12 MotoAmerica/AMA Pro Superbike Championships;
A KTM RC Cup World Final race;
The Daytona 200 (12 times);
WERA National Endurance Championships and WERA National Challenge Championships;
ASRA/Formula USA Grand National and CCS National Championships;
USGPRU National Championships;
Many regional and local titles.
The competition has continually become more intense as more — and younger — racers with higher levels of accomplishments are nominated, and the level of achievement required to make the grade keeps getting tougher.
We’ve spent the last several months accepting nominations and evaluating road racers between the ages of 10 and 18 (as of the start of the 2023 season) who have, at a minimum, won Expert-level road races and/or Championships or had outstanding results as an Amateur/Novice. Most of the riders included here have done far more than the minimum.
The young riders recognized here are the most promising young road racers in North America. All have earned the title of Roadracing World Young Gun.
We will feature one Young Gun per day, presenting them in alphabetical order.
First road race: 2019, Rosamond, California, UMRA, 65cc Grand Prix, 1st place.
Current racebikes: Aprilia RS 250 SP2.
Current tuner/mechanic: JJ Matters/Suspension Matters.
Primary race series: CIV Aprilia Sport Production Championship Series.
Top sponsors: Atlas Speed Factory, Fresh N Lean, KYT Helmets, Mithos USA, Dunlop Tires, ASV Inventions, TechSpec Tank Grips, Suspension Matters, Yoshimura R&D, Maxima Racing Oils, Bickle Racing, Produkte Designs, RJR Motorsports, Alpinestars, VNM Sport, Galfer USA, and APX AXN Motorsports Solutions.
Recent racing accomplishments: 2022 season, placed 2nd in North America Talent Cup (6 wins, 11 total podiums), placed 3rd in MotoAmerica 190 Mini Cup (3 wins, 4 total podiums in 4 starts); 2021 season, won MotoAmerica Mini Cup 190cc Championship (5 wins, 7 total podiums), finished 2nd in MotoAmerica Mini Cup 160cc Championship (1 win, 5 total podiums), finished 14th in the World MiniGP in Valencia, Spain; 2020 season, won Mini 80 WERA West Sportsman Championship (2 wins, 6 total podiums), finished 2nd in MotoAmerica Mini Cup 190cc Championship (3 podium finishes), placed 3rd in MotoAmerica Mini Cup 160cc Championship (1 podium finish).
2023 racing goals: Finish in the top 10 in CIV Junior Championship, earn a spot in Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup.
Racing career goal: To make it to MotoGP World Championship
Racing hero: Josh Herrin.
Favorite track: Barber.
Favorite hobby: Video gaming.
If I wasn’t racing I would be…: A journeyman lineman.
Some of the riders who have graduated from Roadracing World Young Guns and gone on to racing success in National or International series include:
2017 MotoAmerica Superstock 600 Champion Jason Aguilar (R.I.P.);
2013 AMA Pro SuperSport East Champion and 2022 MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Champion Corey Alexander;
AMA Pro Daytona SportBike race winner Tommy Aquino (R.I.P.);
2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Champion, two-time MotoAmerica Supersport Champion, and AFT SuperTwins race winner J.D. Beach;
MotoAmerica Twins Cup race winner Jackson Blackmon;
former Canadian Sport Bike Champion Tomas Casas;
three-time Canadian Sport Bike Champion and 2014 Canadian Superbike Champion Jodi Christie;
former AMA Pro SuperSport East Champion and MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 race winner Josh Day;
2011 Daytona 200 winner Jason DiSalvo;
2014 AMA Pro SuperSport Championship runner-up and current MotoAmerica team owner Dustin Dominguez;
2018 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Champion, 2019 MotoAmerica Twins Cup Champion, and 2021 Canadian Superbike Champion Alex Dumas;
four-time Pikes Peak International Hill Climb race winner and former motorcycle track record holder Carlin Dunne (R.I.P.);
Canadian Superbike race winner Bodhi Edie;
two-time AMA Pro Daytona SportBike Champion, two-time AMA Pro XR1200/Harley-Davidson Champion and four-time Daytona 200 winner Danny Eslick;
2019 MotoAmerica Supersport Champion and MotoAmerica Superbike race winner Bobby Fong;
2010 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Champion, 2014 AMA Pro Daytona SportBike Champion, 2015 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North America Superstock 1000 Champion, and two-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Jake Gagne;
two-time MotoAmerica Supersport Champion and World Superbike podium finisher Garrett Gerloff;
2017 MotoAmerica Superstock 600 Championship runner-up Michael Gilbert;
2014 AMA Pro SuperSport Champion, 2018 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship runner-up, and 2022 MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Championship runner-up Hayden Gillim;
2002 AMA Superbike Champion and 2006 FIM MotoGP World Champion Nicky Hayden (R.I.P.);
2007 AMA Pro 600cc Supersport Champion, 2014 AMA Pro Superbike Championship runner-up, and 2017 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship runner-up Roger Hayden;
eight-time AMA Pro Superbike race winner and two-time AMA Supersport Champion Tommy Hayden;
2013 AMA Pro Superbike Champion, 2016 MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Champion, 2022 MotoAmerica Supersport Champion, and two-time Daytona 200 winner Josh Herrin;
MotoAmerica Supersport front-runner Teagg Hobbs;
AMA Pro Superstock race winner Jake Holden;
2011 British Superbike Championship runner-up and former MotoGP and World Superbike regular John Hopkins;
2015 Supersport World Championship runner-up, 2019 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship runner-up, and MotoAmerica Superbike podium finisher Patrick “P.J.” Jacobsen;
2021 MotoAmerica Supersport Champion and current Moto2 World Championship competitor Sean Dylan Kelly;
Canadian Superbike race winner Kevin Lacombe;
two-time MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Champion Andrew Lee;
2021 MotoAmerica Stock 1000 and Superbike Cup Champion Jake Lewis;
MotoAmerica Supersport race winner Sam Lochoff;
MotoAmerica Superstock 600 race winner Nick McFadden;
AMA Pro SuperSport race winner and MotoAmerica Supersport race winner Stefano Mesa;
Elena Myers, the first and only woman to win AMA Pro Supersport races;
AMA Pro XR1200 race winner, multi-time Loudon Classic winner, and two-time BRL Champion Shane Narbonne;
2012 Canadian Superbike Championship runner-up Andrew Nelson;
2016 MotoAmerica KTM RC Cup Champion, 2019 British Motostar (Moto3) Champion, MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher, and two-time Daytona 200 winner Brandon Paasch;
2012 Daytona 200 winner and 2010 AMA Pro Supersport West Champion Joey Pascarella;
2016 MotoAmerica Superstock 600 Champion, MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher, and current powersports dealership owner Bryce Prince;
AMA Pro and Canadian National race winner and multi-time N2/WERA National Endurance Champion Chris Peris;
two-time AMA Pro SuperSport National Champion, British Supersport podium finisher, 2020 AFT Production Twins Champion, and MotoAmerica King Of The Baggers race winner James Rispoli;
2015 MotoAmerica Superstock 600 Champion, MotoAmerica Supersport race winner, and Moto2 World Championship race winner Joe Roberts;
former Red Bull AMA U.S. Rookies Cup Champion and former FIM Moto2 European Championship competitor Benny Solis, Jr.;
three-time AMA Pro Superbike Champion, 2009 Superbike World Champion, MotoGP race winner, and AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Ben Spies;
multi-time AMA Pro race winner and four-time overall WERA National Endurance Champion Chris Ulrich;
MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher and former World Superbike competitor Jayson Uribe;
2017 MotoAmerica KTM RC Cup Championship runner-up, 2018 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Championship runner-up, and MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher Cory Ventura;
Canadian Superbike race winner Alex Welsh;
former AMA Pro Superbike Rookie of the Year, Chinese Superbike Championship race winner and MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher Cory West;
MotoAmerica Junior Cup and Superbike Cup race winner Ashton Yates;
and two-time AMA Pro Superbike Championship runner-up Blake Young.
Defending World Champion Alvaro Bautista, riding his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R, was quickest in World Superbike Free Practice Two (FP2) Friday afternoon at TT Circuit Assen with a lap time of 1:34.316.
Factory Kawasaki teammates Alex Lowes and Jonathan Rea were second and third, respectively, on their Ninja ZX-10RR Superbikes.
American Garrett Gerloff finished the session ninth overall and the second-best BMW rider on his Bonovo Action BMW M 1000 RR.
Alvaro Bautista was fastest on the opening day of the Pirelli Dutch Round. The reigning World Champion set a strong pace in both sessions, and had two tenths in his pocket.
“It has been I think a positive day for us, especially because from the beginning, I had a really good feedback with the bike. Normally at this track, especially in the morning, in the past I struggled a little bit with the contact feeling with the tyres. But today from the first lap, I felt quite good. I felt quite confident. For sure, especially on the rear, the grip was not fantastic. That’s true that I was using the hard compound in the morning in front, but the feeling was not too bad. Then in the afternoon, we tried the one in the front that is the tyre that normally is the tyre I like most. At this track, it helps me to have more confidence in the front.
“The feeling was good with the bike, so we decide to not touch anything to improve the rear grip because also, the lap time was not too bad and especially the pace was quite strong. I think it was a positive day. I’m happy with the feeling with the bike. We have to see tomorrow the weather condition because seems like it will be a bit different from today. Maybe we’ll have some rain. Let’s see what will happen tomorrow.”
Michael van der Mark (60). Photo courtesy Dorna.
Local hero Michael van der Mark was sixth on the opening day of his home round finishing 0.595s behind Bautista.
P6 | Michael van der Mark | ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team
“I think at the end, we finished quite good. In FP1, I didn’t like the feeling with the bike and wasn’t really enjoying it; I felt fast but I wasn’t. In FP2, we changed quite a lot on the bike and I immediately felt better with more confidence. I started on used tyres and was doing the same lap times as this morning, then we put a different rear tyre in and was quite happy with it. I was having more fun, therefore riding smoother and that’s what you have to do at this circuit. Honestly, I’d like a dry track; I think we could do really well. In the wet, it’s always tricky.”
Toprak Razgatlioglu (54). Photo courtesy Dorna.
After a minor electronics problem in FP1, Toprak Razgatlioglu was out on track in FP2 finishing in tenth place in the combined classification.
WorldSBK Friday Report
The 2023 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship is well underway and back in action at the Pirelli Ditch Round and the TT Circuit Assen in the Netherlands. It’s shaping up to be a belting weekend and with a myriad of protagonists, there remains one rider to be beaten. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) was on top by nearly a quarter of a second going into Saturday, but don’t discount his rivals just yet.
Alex Lowes (22). Photo courtesy Dorna.
Like in FP1, it was Alvaro Bautista who topped the running in the afternoon and his pace was quite simply relentless. 22 laps with multiple in the low-to-mid 1’34s, the reigning World Champion was in fine form as he placed Ducati on the top step. First Kawasaki on the timesheets was Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK), with the #22 getting to grips with the Assen track like in many years previous with a front row last year and his only career pole coming back in 2018. Teammate Jonathan Rea was the last rider to improve his overall time and took third in the session and overall.
Dominique Aegerter (77). Photo courtesy Dorna.
Once again, the Independent riders were in mighty form and it was the GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team who were fourth and fifth and therefore best Yamahas. Double WorldSSP Champion Dominique Aegerter was fourth and set the second-highest amount of laps throughout the session, whilst it was teammate Remy Gardner in fifth place, having been third in the morning session.
Remy Gardner (87). Photo courtesy Dorna.
WorldSBK action resumes on Saturday with FP3 from 09:00 (Local Time), followed by Tissot Superpole at 11:10 and Race 1 at 14:00.
Kyle Wyman (33), as seen at Daytona in 2023. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.
Factory Harley-Davidson rider Kyle Wyman topped MotoAmerica Mission King Of The Baggers Qualifying One (Q1) with another new lap record time Friday at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.
Riding his Screamin’ Eagle Road Glide, Wyman turned a lap time of 1:30.941, shaving 0.7 second from the 1:31.669 he did in Free Practice One (FP1) Friday morning. Both lap times eclipsed his previous All-Time and Race Lap Record of 1:31.789 set in 2022.
Tyler O’Hara, the defending King Of The Baggers Champion, was a close second in Q1 with a 1:31.092 on his Progressive/Mission Foods Indian Challenger.
Bobby Fong claimed the third and final spot on the provisional front row with a 1:31.590 on his Sac Mile/SDI Racing Roland Sands Design Indian Challenger.
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