Screamin’ Eagle Harley-Davidson rider Kyle Wyman lowered his own lap record again and claimed pole position in MotoAmerica Mission King Of The Baggers (KOTB) Qualifying Two (Q2) Saturday morning at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.
Wyman did a lap time of 1:30.427 in Q2, improving on the lap record of 1:30.941 he set in Q1 on Friday, which had eclipsed his All-Time and Race Lap Record of 1:31.789 from 2022.
Also earning spots on the KOTB front row were Progressive/Mission Foods Indian’s defending Champion Tyler O’Hara (1:31.092) and Vance & Hines/Mission Harley-Davidson’s Hayden Gillim (1:31.366).
Progressive Fresh N Lean Yamaha rider Jake Gagne, the two-time and defending Champion, will start the MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike races at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta from pole position.
Gagne was fastest in Qualifying One (Q1) on Friday afternoon, and when overnight rain left the 2.5-mile circuit with damp patches during Qualifying Two (Q2) on Saturday morning, Gagne’s lap time of 1:23.453 held up to earn him pole position.
Gagne will share the front row with Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW’s Cameron Beaubier (1:24.381) and Gagne’s teammate Cameron Petersen (1:24.542).
Westby Racing Yamaha’s Mathew Scholtz came close to improving his lap time in Q2 but his 1:24.666 from Q1 was good enough for fourth on the grid. Scholtz will line up next to Beaubier’s teammate PJ Jacobsen (1:24.972) and Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC rider Josh Herrin (1:24.999), who improved his best lap time in Q2.
Lining up on row three of the grid will be Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki teammates Richie Escalante (1:25.512) and Toni Elias (1:25.785) along with Corey Alexander (1:25.900) on a third Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW.
Aruba.it Racing Ducati rider Nicolo Bulega rode his Panigale V2 to victory in World Supersport Race One Saturday at TT Circuit Assen, in The Netherlands.
Marcel Schrotter was the runner-up, 4.017 seconds back, on his MV Agusta F3 RR 800.
Glenn Van Straalen got third, just 0.107 second behind Schrotter, on his EAB Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R6.
Former MotoAmerica regular Valentin Debise was fourth, just 0.107 second behind Van Straalen, on his GMT94 Racing Yamaha.
Stefano Manzi rounded out the top five finishers on his Ten Kate Racing Yamaha.
Rodio Racing – Powered by Robem Engineering Aprilia rider Rocco Landers will start the MotoAmerica REV’IT! Twins Cup races at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta from pole position.
Landers, age 18, was fastest in Qualifying One (Q1) on Friday afternoon, and when overnight rain left the Georgia circuit damp-but-drying for Qualifying Two (Q2) on Saturday morning, Landers’ lap time of 1:31.907 (an new All-Time Lap Record) held up to earn him pole position.
Landers will start on the front row alongside Optimum Performance Motorsports Aprilia’s Jody Barry (1:32.857) and N2/BobbleHeadMoto Yamaha’s defending class Champion Blake Davis (1:33.213).
Landers was also the fastest in Q2’s mixed conditions with a 1:35.795.
Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki rider Tyler Scott will start the MotoAmerica Supersport races at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta from pole position.
Scott, age 17, was fastest in Qualifying One (Q1) on Friday afternoon, and when overnight rain left the Georgia circuit damp-but-drying for Qualifying Two (Q2) on Saturday morning, Scott’s lap time of 1:28.977 held up to earn him pole position.
Scott will share the front row with Tytlers Cycle Racing Kawasaki’s Stefano Mesa (1:29.503) and Michael Gilbert Racing Suzuki’s Michael Gilbert (1:29.630).
Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC rider Xavi Fores, who is racing at Road Atlanta for the first time since 2004, was fastest of the 10 riders who tested the mixed conditions in Q2 but ended up fifth based on the quicker times from Q1.
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.
Screamin’ Eagle Harley-Davidson rider Kyle Wyman lowered his own lap record again and claimed pole position in MotoAmerica Mission King Of The Baggers (KOTB) Qualifying Two (Q2) Saturday morning at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.
Wyman did a lap time of 1:30.427 in Q2, improving on the lap record of 1:30.941 he set in Q1 on Friday, which had eclipsed his All-Time and Race Lap Record of 1:31.789 from 2022.
Also earning spots on the KOTB front row were Progressive/Mission Foods Indian’s defending Champion Tyler O’Hara (1:31.092) and Vance & Hines/Mission Harley-Davidson’s Hayden Gillim (1:31.366).
Jake Gagne (1). Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy MotoAmerica.
Progressive Fresh N Lean Yamaha rider Jake Gagne, the two-time and defending Champion, will start the MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike races at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta from pole position.
Gagne was fastest in Qualifying One (Q1) on Friday afternoon, and when overnight rain left the 2.5-mile circuit with damp patches during Qualifying Two (Q2) on Saturday morning, Gagne’s lap time of 1:23.453 held up to earn him pole position.
Gagne will share the front row with Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW’s Cameron Beaubier (1:24.381) and Gagne’s teammate Cameron Petersen (1:24.542).
Westby Racing Yamaha’s Mathew Scholtz came close to improving his lap time in Q2 but his 1:24.666 from Q1 was good enough for fourth on the grid. Scholtz will line up next to Beaubier’s teammate PJ Jacobsen (1:24.972) and Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC rider Josh Herrin (1:24.999), who improved his best lap time in Q2.
Lining up on row three of the grid will be Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki teammates Richie Escalante (1:25.512) and Toni Elias (1:25.785) along with Corey Alexander (1:25.900) on a third Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW.
Aruba.it Racing Ducati rider Nicolo Bulega rode his Panigale V2 to victory in World Supersport Race One Saturday at TT Circuit Assen, in The Netherlands.
Marcel Schrotter was the runner-up, 4.017 seconds back, on his MV Agusta F3 RR 800.
Glenn Van Straalen got third, just 0.107 second behind Schrotter, on his EAB Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R6.
Former MotoAmerica regular Valentin Debise was fourth, just 0.107 second behind Van Straalen, on his GMT94 Racing Yamaha.
Stefano Manzi rounded out the top five finishers on his Ten Kate Racing Yamaha.
Rocco Landers (97). Photo from earlier this season at Road Atlanta by Sara Chappell Photos.
Rodio Racing – Powered by Robem Engineering Aprilia rider Rocco Landers will start the MotoAmerica REV’IT! Twins Cup races at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta from pole position.
Landers, age 18, was fastest in Qualifying One (Q1) on Friday afternoon, and when overnight rain left the Georgia circuit damp-but-drying for Qualifying Two (Q2) on Saturday morning, Landers’ lap time of 1:31.907 (an new All-Time Lap Record) held up to earn him pole position.
Landers will start on the front row alongside Optimum Performance Motorsports Aprilia’s Jody Barry (1:32.857) and N2/BobbleHeadMoto Yamaha’s defending class Champion Blake Davis (1:33.213).
Landers was also the fastest in Q2’s mixed conditions with a 1:35.795.
Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki rider Tyler Scott will start the MotoAmerica Supersport races at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta from pole position.
Scott, age 17, was fastest in Qualifying One (Q1) on Friday afternoon, and when overnight rain left the Georgia circuit damp-but-drying for Qualifying Two (Q2) on Saturday morning, Scott’s lap time of 1:28.977 held up to earn him pole position.
Scott will share the front row with Tytlers Cycle Racing Kawasaki’s Stefano Mesa (1:29.503) and Michael Gilbert Racing Suzuki’s Michael Gilbert (1:29.630).
Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC rider Xavi Fores, who is racing at Road Atlanta for the first time since 2004, was fastest of the 10 riders who tested the mixed conditions in Q2 but ended up fifth based on the quicker times from Q1.
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.
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Additional functions – we provide users the option to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and many other functions.
Browser and assistive technology compatibility
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Notes, comments, and feedback
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to
