FIM MiniCup USA/Ohvale USA Set For Five-Round Series In Southern California
Series At Apex Motorsports Park To Include Qualifying Round For MotoAmerica Mission Mini Cup By Motul National Final
The FIM MiniCup USA & Official “Road To MotoGP” program is proud to announce its partnership with Ohvale USA at Apex Motorsports Park in Perris, California, for the 2025 season. This collaboration ensures a premier racing experience for young riders at one of the most exciting venues in the country. Based directly in the heart of the beautiful Southern California scenery.
Travelers flying in can take advantage of our “Arrive and Race” rental packages, with race-ready bikes available in 110cc, 160cc, and 190cc models.
Whether you’re a seasoned racer or new to the sport, this program makes it easier, more affordable and more time-efficient than ever to participate in this thrilling world-class championship series. Not forgetting, the best of the best from both the 160cc & 190cc classes will get the opportunity to gauge their skills and go up against the World’s Best during the F.I.M. World MiniGP Final hosted in Valencia, Spain, during the MotoGP Premier Final (November 10-16).
The following classes will be held at each round:
Stock 50 (6-8 years old)
Stock 110 (8-12 years old)
GP 110 (8-12 years old) GP 160 (9-14 years old)
GP 190 (11-16 years old)
Street GP (12 years and up).
About MotoAmerica
MotoAmerica is North America’s premier motorcycle road racing series. Established in 2014, MotoAmerica is home to the AMA Superbike Championship as well as additional classes including Supersport, Stock 1000, Twins Cup, Junior Cup, and King Of The Baggers. MotoAmerica is an affiliate of KRAVE Group LLC, a partnership including three-time 500cc World Champion, two-time AMA Superbike Champion, and AMA Hall of Famer Wayne Rainey; ex-racer and former manager of Team Roberts Chuck Aksland; motorsports marketing executive Terry Karges; and businessman Richard Varner. For more information, please visit www.MotoAmerica.com and follow MotoAmerica on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube. To watch all things MotoAmerica, subscribe to MotoAmerica’s live streaming and video on demand service, MotoAmerica Live+
Fabiano Sterlacchini spent nearly two decades helping develop the technology of the all-dominant Ducati Desmosedici Grand Prix racebikes. KTM poached him from Ducati in 2021, but negotiations to retain him fell apart in the middle of 2024. Having lost its technical director, Romano Albesiano, to Honda, Aprilia swooped in to sign the free agent. This means Aprilia will go into 2025 with a factory rider lineup of a pair of race-winning Ducati expats – World Champion Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi – and with a technical director who played a key role in developing the machines they rode to victories and the title.
MotoGP World Champion Jorge Martin testing his new Aprilia RS-GP in Barcelona. Note the revised ducting riveted into place on the fairing lower. Photo by Michael Gougis.
After starting to settle in to his new digs, Sterlacchini met briefly with members of the motosports media corps after the first post-season test concluded in Barcelona. He was forthcoming about the task ahead and spoke about what he knew and had learned, as well as what he didn’t yet know. Jumping in and making accurate, insightful assessments into something as complicated as a factory MotoGP effort after a few hours – Sterlacchini said that was something beyond the capabilities of a mere human.
“Personally, I don’t think that is possible. You don’t need a person who is good, you need God to in a short time understand everything,” he said. “To be honest, in some aspects, it’s starting to become a bit more clear, less blurred, picture. But as I said, it is absolutely premature to draw any conclusions at the moment.”
One of the RS-GP machines used by Jorge Martin at the Barcelona test. Note the substantial duct directing air from the fairing’s trailing edge back into the center of the bike. Also note the custom seat and tank cushions for Martin. Photo by Michael Gougis.
Sterlacchini said it wasn’t enough to simply focus on the RS-GP, but on the way that the team goes about doing its business on race weekend as well. In the past two seasons, the Aprilia MotoGP racebike has shown that under the right circumstances it is as fast – or faster than – anything else on the track. But the RS-GP’s performance, and the performance of its riders, has been dramatically inconsistent, and the team has been plagued by mechanical failures as well. Miguel Oliveira, who is leaving the satellite Aprilia Trackhouse Racing team to join Pramac Yamaha, said in a recent public appearance that his RS-GP suffered a short circuit in the CPU during practice in Indonesia that cut all traction control systems on the bike, throwing him to the ground and leaving him with a broken wrist.
“You have to reach the perfection of all the systems, no? It doesn’t mean that you have to improve just the bike, but also in the way you are leading the rider to perform in the proper way during the weekend. Like you are aligning the planets,” Sterlacchini said. “So you have to understand what the plan is for the engine brake, then the traction control, then the way you are using the bike in some corners, making the pick-up – this is a sort of process. Clearly the performance of the Aprilia is quite good. Obviously, it is not enough. All of us are here for just one position (to win), no? So we keep working to try to arrive to the spot.”
Getting to know everyone in the racing department, know what they do, and understand how they work together is not the accomplishment of a day or a week, he said.
“I think a reasonable time would be four to eight months. This doesn’t mean we didn’t start to work until that moment. But until the meantime, to have an overall quite clear picture, that is the window of time,” Sterlacchini said.
“The difficulty of our job in general, as a company, not just my job, because I am a piece of the puzzle, is not that you have a new rider, he’s a rookie, not a rookie, it’s the fact that you are challenging 18 other people in the world. It’s a big challenge. It’s the ultimate level, no? You have to optimize (everything).
Marco Bezzecchi (72). Photo by Michael Gougis.
“I think the fact that we have Jorge (Martin) that is coming from the world-title bike – and he’s a world-title rider – is a big opportunity, no? Because we have a reference. We can understand clearly more where we have to concentrate the most. He’s a mixture between a Champion and a leader. It’s astonishing the way he is approaching the job. It’s really good.”
Finally, Sterlacchini reminded reporters that it’s not just about how the bike is built, but how it is set up. The best bike in the world will lose, every time, if the suspension settings are off, the team has chosen the wrong tires, etc. MotoGP machines are incredibly complicated interactions of hydraulic, electronic, mechanical and aerodynamic systems, and setting all of them up to find the optimal interaction between them is a challenge in its own right.
“At the end, there are pro and cons between the (Aprilia RS-GP and the Ducati) project Martin rode this season. The bike has been developed, for sure, but the settings have been developed over several years. So I think it is premature to say an aspect is good in Ducati rather than Aprilia. And to be honest, I think we never have to look in the past, but we have to analyze in the present what we need in the future. So that is the mission.”
MotoGP’s total contribution to our Racing for Valencia recovery fund can now be confirmed as €1.6 million ($1,688,253.46). The figure comes from fundraising initiatives both at the Motul Solidarity Grand Prix of Barcelona and online, donations made to our campaign, and a final figure of €1 million ($1,055,158.41) added to the total by MotoGP rights holder Dorna Sports.
Thanks to the commitment of MotoGP fans, the on-site and online auctions of memorabilia and experiences raised more than €300,000 ($316,547.52) – all made possible by the generosity of the riders, teams and partners who donated items to each auction.
The teams, via their association IRTA, also contributed a sizeable €100,000 ($105,515.84) standalone donation to our Caixabank fund, and the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce donated €50,000 ($52,757.92) – getting us even closer to our impressive total.
Across ticket sales, t shirts, and more, every fan onsite at the sold-out Solidarity GP or watching around the world each made their own contribution, enabling MotoGP rights holder Dorna Sports to do the same.
Dorna was the promoter of the Solidarity GP as a commitment to delivering a fitting conclusion to a history-making season – for the riders, teams, personnel, our partners and the millions of fans looking forward to the event.
The fans who were able to join us on-site more than matched that commitment as we sold out maximum capacity, and the collective effort from the paddock, the circuit and all our partners made it a weekend to remember. The event was also named Best GP of 2024, rewarding the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for their hard work behind the scenes.
In lieu of simply donating the profit generated by ticket sales as part of the investment made in staging the event, Dorna has decided to increase its contribution in recognition of this collective effort and donate a full €1 million ($1,055,158.41) to the funds raised for Valencia.
The money from all our MotoGP initiatives will now go towards the recovery of the towns closest to the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste and Chiva. They are the communities who would usually receive the positive economic impact of hosting the season finale, and those who host us year on year. Dorna Sports CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta visited the two towns as the final donation is announced.
MotoGP makes a positive impact wherever we race, whenever we race, and places a high value on our role in communities in which we’re present.
To all those who joined us #RacingforValencia during the Solidarity GP, from the riders and teams putting on the show to the fans watching around the world or in the stands, the circuit staff behind the scenes, our paddock and partner personnel, and everyone in between: thank you for being part of it.
Bobby Fong is replacing Cameron Petersen on the Attack Yamaha team.
Fong won two MotoAmerica Superbike races in 2024 and had a total of eight podium finishes on a Wrench Yamaha fielded by David Anthony’s team. Fong ended up third in season points, behind Champion Josh Herrin on a Ducati and Cameron Beaubier on a BMW. Fong has a career total of five MotoAmerica Superbike race wins, taking three wins in 2020 on a Team Hammer Suzuki.
Bobby Fong in the winner’s circle at Brainerd after winning a MotoAmerica Superbike race in 2024. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.
Fong has recently been seen testing with teammate Jake Gagne on the Podium Club at Attesa racetrack in Casa Grande, Arizona, located south of Phoenix at 6870 S. Bianco Road. The track is 2.32-miles long with 15 turns.
MotoAmerica is hosting an official pre-season team test at the track on February 22-23, 2025.
We Are The Champions: Junior Cup Champion Matthew Chapin
Seemingly every year someone comes out of the woodwork in the MotoAmerica series opener and it’s usually in the Junior Cup class. Sometimes they have staying power and sometimes they fade away. This year’s opening round surprise at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta was a diminutive 16-year-old named Matthew Chapin, from Damascus, Maryland. And there doesn’t appear to be any fade in this one.
Chapin made his Junior Cup debut in the final two rounds of the 2023 season at Pittsburgh International Race Complex and New Jersey Motorsports Park with a best finish of sixth. So, nothing that would make your head turn. Thus, the surprise when he raced to victory in the first of two races in the opening round at Road Atlanta. And the bigger surprise when Chapin raced his way to the 2024 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Championship. Turns out, we weren’t alone in being surprised.
“I knew it was possible, but I was pretty doubtful that it would actually happen,” Chapin said of taking the title. “It was my first year doing a full MotoAmerica season. It just didn’t feel like it was right there for the taking. I went into the season thinking more about top 10 finishes and top fives. I really didn’t expect to win the first race of the season or anything like that.”
After winning on Saturday, the two riders on either side of Chapin in the press conference (Ryan Wolfe and Yandel Medina) were openly hoping for Sunday rain. Chapin, the smallest of the three, shook his head. He wanted no part of the rain. Sure enough, rain came as expected and Chapin went from winning on Saturday to finishing seventh on Sunday. But there was no panic from Chapin’s side.
“Honestly, I was super pumped at finishing seventh because I had like no rain experience going into this season, so to get a top 10 in MotoAmerica, in the rain, it felt great.”
What followed were two mediocre (for him) finishes of fifth and sixth in round two at Barber Motorsports Park. Then everything changed. Chapin went on a charge, winning six of the last eight races to take the title by a whopping 81 points.
So, what changed? Was it a growing level of confidence? Experience?
“It was good mixture of both,” Chapin said. “The experience helped a lot, but I think the change for me was just my confidence going into the race weekends. Also, I was frustrated with myself because I knew I had the pace at Barber, but I just couldn’t put it together.”
Matthew Chapin (95) leads Junior Cup series runner-up Yandel Medina (39), Jayden Fernandez (13) and Ryan Wolfe (66) at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.
Wise beyond his years, Chapin showed what other champions in Junior Cup had shown before him: an uncanny ability to be in the right place at the right time to win races from a pack of six to eight other riders. You can call it luck if it happens once or twice, but when it happens in six of eight races it’s a skill set that separates you from the others.
“It’s just learning when you need to be patient and when you have the pace to get away,” Chapin said. “If the guys in front of you have more pace than you, then I want to be leading the race. During Road America, race two in the dry, I felt that I could control the pace more and just have everybody behind me vs. race one at Road America. In race one, I realized that if I was patient enough, I could keep drafting up to them on every single straightaway and I didn’t have to make any moves or anything. I could just sit there and not worry about crashing or anything like that.”
Pace and patience. He used them both in the two races and won both.
Chapin recently turned 17 and is a junior in a public high school, but not many who walk the halls with him know of his accomplishments.
“Only really my close friends know what I do,” Chapin said. “I don’t really put myself out there like that in front of all the other kids because I honestly don’t care. I don’t need to brag about it, if that makes sense.”
Well, there is that one teacher.
“My math teacher is a big motocross guy, so he knows the MotoAmerica series and all that, so he knew who I was when I went into this class and that was really cool,” Chapin said.
Chapin first threw his leg over a motorcycle when he was three years old and that turned into the start of a racing career. When he was 10, Chapin made the move from dirt to road racing via the New Jersey MiniGP series. Next up was the North America Talent Cup and then a stint in CCS and WERA in 2023 before he made his MotoAmerica debut at PittRace at the end of the season.
It was at PittRace in 2023 that the Chapins decided to commit to a full season of MotoAmerica in 2024.
“It was for sure during Pittsburgh that we realized that this was what we wanted to be doing in 2024,” Chapin said. “In the first practice, I was third and then in qualifying one I was like seventh. In qualifying two, I was pulling out of the pits, and I got tangled up with another rider on his fast lap. I don’t really know what happened, I just remember that he hit the back of me and I was all the way on the left of the track as far as I could go. I think it was just one of those things where he couldn’t’ see me and that kinda screwed my qualifying two. But I knew I had the pace to be with the front guys because I had like the third fastest lap of the race. That was a huge confidence builder for me – just knowing that I had the lap times to be up there. I just needed to put my weekend together.”
In addition to showing that he had the speed and consistency to win the title this year, Chapin also showed that he was riding well within his skill set as he only crashed once.
“The only crash I had was in qualifying two at Mid-Ohio,” he said. “I don’t even really know what happened. I just tucked the front, and it was gone.”
So, what’s next for Chapin?
The view most of the Junior Cup class saw of Matthew Chapin for the majority of the 2024 MotoAmerica season. Photo by Brian J. Nelson
“I can’t mention any teams or anything like that, but I will say that we are in the negotiation process for Twins Cup next year,” Chapin said. “We’re trying to figure it out. There are two or three teams that are giving me offers and we will take whatever the best one is.”
Although it’s a bit surprising that Chapin isn’t going to jump into the new 2025 Parts Unlimited Talent Cup, you can tell he’s thought things through and is doing what he thinks is best for his career.
“I’m getting a little bit older,” Chapin said. “I just turned 17 and my family kinda sees it (Talent Cup) as a step in the wrong direction if that makes sense. I’m getting kinda old to go to Spain and all that to race Moto3 and do all that stuff on the (Honda) NSFs and all that. We just thought the better option was to step up to bigger bikes and see where the path takes us.
“I kinda want to head in the World Superbike direction a little bit. I think all of this just happens as time goes on. Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t be unhappy with being a MotoAmerica rider, but my biggest goal is to make it to World Superbike.”
2025 provides another opportunity for federations and unions from around the world to become part of the FIM MiniGP World Series. The first global program in motorsport aimed at creating grassroots equality, it is designed to standardize MiniGP competitions from around the world under the same umbrella.
There are two classes: 160cc and 190cc. Applications to run a 190cc Series may only be made by those who have already run a 160cc Series.
There are three types of Series: – FIM MiniGP National Series: organized by or through one FMN (national federation)
– FIM MiniGP Regional Series: organized by or through various FMNs – FIM MiniGP Continental Series: organized by or through a CONU
Each Series must comprise five events and a total minimum of 10 races per category.
Applications should be made by national federations or CONUs (Continental Unions) and are open until the 28th of February 2025.
Once the application period closes in February, the FIM will select the Cups that will form the 2025 FIM MiniGP World Series and inform the competitions whose applications to add a 190cc Series have been accepted.
Series that have already been included in previous FIM MiniGP World Series do not need to reapply, but all Series must adhere to the 2025 conditions.They must also send their calendar to the FIM and Dorna Sports a minimum of three months before their first event.
The 2025 guide provides a comprehensive look at the regulations, conditions, equipment, technical requirements and next steps for each FMN/CONU, promoter or interested party looking to apply to become part of the FIM MiniGP World Series.
About the FIM MiniGP World Series
The FIM MiniGP World Series began in 2021 and is designed as the first step on the Road to MotoGP™. There are three types of competition in the FIM MiniGP World Series: FIM MiniGP National Cup, organised by or through one FMN (national federation); FIM MiniGP Regional Cup, organised by or through various FMNs; FIM MiniGP Continental Cup, organised by or through a CONU (continental union). There are two classes Series can run: the 160cc class and the 190cc class. The latter debuted in 2023 for Series that have already run a 160cc competition. Riders are aged between 10 and 14 for the 160cc class and between 12 and 16 for the 190cc class. Each Series but must have a minimum of five events comprising 10 races and the top riders in each Series will then be invited to the World Final. The FIM MiniGP World Final sees the top riders from each Series compete over two days in Valencia ahead of the MotoGP™ season finale. As part of the Road to MotoGP™, there are opportunities up for grabs for riders to move up and further their careers.About the Road to MotoGP™
For more than two decades, Dorna Sports has invested in opening the doors to motorcycle racing, creating the Road to MotoGP™. Comprising initiatives all over the world providing millions of young riders the opportunity to excel, the Road to MotoGP™ is unrivalled in motorsport – opening doors, increasing access and racing towards global equality.
The FIM MiniGP World Series is the first step on the Road to MotoGP™, in collaboration with the FIM and motorcycle federations and unions around the world. It’s the first global initiative in motorsport aimed at creating grassroots equality.
It was a memorable evening for the thousands of enthusiasts who gathered in Hall 29 of Bologna Fiere for the 2024 edition of “Campioni in Festa”: an event that for three seasons now has become a fixture of Ducati’s best sporting moment ever.
“Campioni in Festa” is a unique event, which was created with the aim of sharing the passion for this fantastic sport with the territory, the fans, the Ducati Official Club enthusiasts and, more generally, with all motorcycling lovers. An opportunity that Ducati seizes from a privileged position, being able to count on a combination of technicians and riders with few equals in the world of motorsport: the show’s programme this year saw 14 top level riders and over 20 World Titles take to the stage.
The celebratory event, free for the public, was preceded by an exclusive party for Ducati employees only, an opportunity to share and celebrate together a year of great results. The public segment of the show event got underway with a concert by the Ducati Band, a musical group formed over 20 years ago in the Company on the initiative of some employees including the current Technical Director of Ducati Corse Davide Barana in the role of guitarist, who warmed up the atmosphere with a performance full of rock & roll energy. Afterwards, the Italian comedian Paolo Cevoli provided moments of light-heartedness and laughter with his show, engaging the audience with his unmistakable style.
The evening was hosted by Barbara Pedrotti, who dictated the pace of the show, calling onto the stage all the main protagonists of the 2024 season, starting obviously with the CEO of Ducati, Claudio Domenicali , who underlined once again during his speech the effectiveness of the “Ducati System”, a special way of doing things characteristic of the Bologna-based Company, which has proven to be successful both in racing and in series production.
The first “Campione in Festa” to take to the stage was Alessandro Lupino, winner of the Italian MX1 Title aboard the Desmo450 MX prototype, which made its debut this season kicking off Ducati’s new chapter in Motocross. Lupino was accompanied on stage by nine-time MX World Champion Tony Cairoli, Ducati Corse Off-Road Technical Director Davide Perni and Ducati Corse Off-Road General Manager Paolo Ciabatti . Ciabatti’s speech represented the moment of transition between satisfaction for the results achieved in the first season and a look to the future and the challenges of the 2025 MX World Championship, which will also be faced thanks to the talent of the new riders Jeremy Seewer and Mattia Guadagnini, presented to the Ducati family on this occasion.
The spotlight then shifted to Ducati’s successes in the World Championships for production-derived motorcycles: WorldSBK and WorldSSP. On stage were SBK Project Management Responsible Marco Zambenedetti, along with Daniele Casolari (Team Owner Aruba.it Racing Ducati), Serafino Foti (Team Manager Aruba.it Racing Ducati) and above all the riders Álvaro Bautista, Nicolò Bulega and Adrián Huertas . Bulega and Bautista, who finished second and third respectively in the WorldSBK general classification, were cheered by the crowd, as well as the new WorldSSP Champion Huertas, who had the opportunity to thank everyone for the support received throughout the entire season to reach the final goal of victory.
The section dedicated to MotoGP opened with an invitation onto the stage for Nadia Padovani (Team Principal Gresini Racing), Alessio Salucci (Team Principal VR46 Racing Team), and the riders Marco Bezzecchi, Fabio Di Giannantonio and Michele Pirro (Ducati Official Test Rider). Immediately afterwards, the top management of Ducati Corse Mauro Grassilli, Davide Barana and Davide Tardozzi gathered in front of the audience, with Barbara Pedrotti who invited the Ducati Corse General Manager Luigi Dall’Igna to join them for a speech which included an emotional mutual thanks with Paolo Campinoti, Team Principal of Pramac Racing, with whom a twenty-year working relationship will end at the end of the year, culminating with the victory of the 2023 World Teams’ Title and the 2024 World Riders’ Title.
Finally, the highlight of the show arrived with the “Fantastic Four” Ducati riders, dominators of the MotoGP World Championship with 19 wins out of 20 total races, which ignited the enthusiasm of the crowd. The reigning World Champion Jorge Martín, Italian idol Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia with Marc Márquez and Enea Bastianini threw themselves into the mix, exchanging questions and points of view with each other, and receiving the warm tribute of the public for a season in which they took the Desmosedici GP to an unimaginable level.
On stage, all the main protagonists of the 2024 season. Photo courtesy Ducati.
The evening ended with a massive collective applause, symbol of the pride and passion that unite the Ducatista community. The 2024 edition of “Campioni in Festa” once again celebrated the excellence and the aggregator spirit of Ducati, confirming itself to be an unmissable event for all motorsport enthusiasts.
Also taking part in the celebration of this extraordinary racing season was LEGO®, with which Ducati recently presented the new Lego® Technic™ Panigale V4 S set. For the occasion, LEGO®exhibited a 1:2 scale model of the Panigale V4S made entirely of bricks, unveiled shortly before the show by the “Fantastic Four”. In addition, all the party participants were able to contribute to the creation of a shared work, reconstructing the logo of the Borgo Panigale company with LEGO®bricks.
The “Campioni in Festa” event, of which a video-recap is available on YouTube, was organized by Ducati with the support of the Municipality of Bologna and the collaboration of Motor Valley and BolognaFiere.
American Sonya Lloyd has signed with Team Trasimeno to race the full 2025 World Women’s Circuit Racing series.
Lloyd competed in the season finale at Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto as a wildcard and said at the time that she wanted to race the entire 2025 season, which is scheduled for six rounds and 12 races across Europe and the U.K.
Lloyd competed in the 2023 Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. series and in the 2024 Twins Cup series with MotoAmerica.
Altus Motorsports, a leader in professional and amateur road and off-road racing, is excited to announce our foray into American Flat Track racing.
Altus Motorsports, in partnership with MD Racing, has signed rookie Maclain Drucker to race in the AFT Singles class for 2025.
We have been watching Maclain’s progress and have really been impressed by how far he has come. We took note with his pace during his AFT Singles debut in the last round at Lake Ozark. With our additional help, we think that Maclain will have a great rookie year in the AFT Singles class for 2025.
Altus Motorsports is a multi-line dealership in Southwest Oklahoma, operating since 1998. The main store is in Altus, Oklahoma, with a sister store, Lawton Motorsports, in Lawton, Oklahoma. Not just a retail store boasting over 27,000 square feet, Altus Motorsports has a strong online store presence as well. Altus Motorsports also fields a successful professional road race team as well as the Yamaha Amateur MX Team. www.altusmotorsports.com
MD Racing is a motorcycle performance shop in Moline, Illinois, right on the Iowa/Illinois border in northwest Illinois. While MD Racing is most noted for engine building and dyno tuning, they are well accomplished in racebike prep and suspension. www.mdracingstp.com
Maclain Drucker is an 18-year-old Senior in High School, a CNC Machining Apprentice and a professional motorcycle racer. https://www.facebook.com/maclaindruckerracing
Instagram: maclaindrucker24
The 2025 MiniCup schedule for Southern Callifornia.
FIM MiniCup USA/Ohvale USA Set For Five-Round Series In Southern California
Series At Apex Motorsports Park To Include Qualifying Round For MotoAmerica Mission Mini Cup By Motul National Final
The FIM MiniCup USA & Official “Road To MotoGP” program is proud to announce its partnership with Ohvale USA at Apex Motorsports Park in Perris, California, for the 2025 season. This collaboration ensures a premier racing experience for young riders at one of the most exciting venues in the country. Based directly in the heart of the beautiful Southern California scenery.
Travelers flying in can take advantage of our “Arrive and Race” rental packages, with race-ready bikes available in 110cc, 160cc, and 190cc models.
Whether you’re a seasoned racer or new to the sport, this program makes it easier, more affordable and more time-efficient than ever to participate in this thrilling world-class championship series. Not forgetting, the best of the best from both the 160cc & 190cc classes will get the opportunity to gauge their skills and go up against the World’s Best during the F.I.M. World MiniGP Final hosted in Valencia, Spain, during the MotoGP Premier Final (November 10-16).
The following classes will be held at each round:
Stock 50 (6-8 years old)
Stock 110 (8-12 years old)
GP 110 (8-12 years old) GP 160 (9-14 years old)
GP 190 (11-16 years old)
Street GP (12 years and up).
About MotoAmerica
MotoAmerica is North America’s premier motorcycle road racing series. Established in 2014, MotoAmerica is home to the AMA Superbike Championship as well as additional classes including Supersport, Stock 1000, Twins Cup, Junior Cup, and King Of The Baggers. MotoAmerica is an affiliate of KRAVE Group LLC, a partnership including three-time 500cc World Champion, two-time AMA Superbike Champion, and AMA Hall of Famer Wayne Rainey; ex-racer and former manager of Team Roberts Chuck Aksland; motorsports marketing executive Terry Karges; and businessman Richard Varner. For more information, please visit www.MotoAmerica.com and follow MotoAmerica on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube. To watch all things MotoAmerica, subscribe to MotoAmerica’s live streaming and video on demand service, MotoAmerica Live+
Fabiano Sterlacchini meets the media at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya after the first post-season test as the new Technical Director of Aprilia Racing. Photo by Michael Gougis.
Fabiano Sterlacchini spent nearly two decades helping develop the technology of the all-dominant Ducati Desmosedici Grand Prix racebikes. KTM poached him from Ducati in 2021, but negotiations to retain him fell apart in the middle of 2024. Having lost its technical director, Romano Albesiano, to Honda, Aprilia swooped in to sign the free agent. This means Aprilia will go into 2025 with a factory rider lineup of a pair of race-winning Ducati expats – World Champion Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi – and with a technical director who played a key role in developing the machines they rode to victories and the title.
MotoGP World Champion Jorge Martin testing his new Aprilia RS-GP in Barcelona. Note the revised ducting riveted into place on the fairing lower. Photo by Michael Gougis.
After starting to settle in to his new digs, Sterlacchini met briefly with members of the motosports media corps after the first post-season test concluded in Barcelona. He was forthcoming about the task ahead and spoke about what he knew and had learned, as well as what he didn’t yet know. Jumping in and making accurate, insightful assessments into something as complicated as a factory MotoGP effort after a few hours – Sterlacchini said that was something beyond the capabilities of a mere human.
“Personally, I don’t think that is possible. You don’t need a person who is good, you need God to in a short time understand everything,” he said. “To be honest, in some aspects, it’s starting to become a bit more clear, less blurred, picture. But as I said, it is absolutely premature to draw any conclusions at the moment.”
One of the RS-GP machines used by Jorge Martin at the Barcelona test. Note the substantial duct directing air from the fairing’s trailing edge back into the center of the bike. Also note the custom seat and tank cushions for Martin. Photo by Michael Gougis.
Sterlacchini said it wasn’t enough to simply focus on the RS-GP, but on the way that the team goes about doing its business on race weekend as well. In the past two seasons, the Aprilia MotoGP racebike has shown that under the right circumstances it is as fast – or faster than – anything else on the track. But the RS-GP’s performance, and the performance of its riders, has been dramatically inconsistent, and the team has been plagued by mechanical failures as well. Miguel Oliveira, who is leaving the satellite Aprilia Trackhouse Racing team to join Pramac Yamaha, said in a recent public appearance that his RS-GP suffered a short circuit in the CPU during practice in Indonesia that cut all traction control systems on the bike, throwing him to the ground and leaving him with a broken wrist.
“You have to reach the perfection of all the systems, no? It doesn’t mean that you have to improve just the bike, but also in the way you are leading the rider to perform in the proper way during the weekend. Like you are aligning the planets,” Sterlacchini said. “So you have to understand what the plan is for the engine brake, then the traction control, then the way you are using the bike in some corners, making the pick-up – this is a sort of process. Clearly the performance of the Aprilia is quite good. Obviously, it is not enough. All of us are here for just one position (to win), no? So we keep working to try to arrive to the spot.”
Getting to know everyone in the racing department, know what they do, and understand how they work together is not the accomplishment of a day or a week, he said.
“I think a reasonable time would be four to eight months. This doesn’t mean we didn’t start to work until that moment. But until the meantime, to have an overall quite clear picture, that is the window of time,” Sterlacchini said.
“The difficulty of our job in general, as a company, not just my job, because I am a piece of the puzzle, is not that you have a new rider, he’s a rookie, not a rookie, it’s the fact that you are challenging 18 other people in the world. It’s a big challenge. It’s the ultimate level, no? You have to optimize (everything).
Marco Bezzecchi (72). Photo by Michael Gougis.
“I think the fact that we have Jorge (Martin) that is coming from the world-title bike – and he’s a world-title rider – is a big opportunity, no? Because we have a reference. We can understand clearly more where we have to concentrate the most. He’s a mixture between a Champion and a leader. It’s astonishing the way he is approaching the job. It’s really good.”
Finally, Sterlacchini reminded reporters that it’s not just about how the bike is built, but how it is set up. The best bike in the world will lose, every time, if the suspension settings are off, the team has chosen the wrong tires, etc. MotoGP machines are incredibly complicated interactions of hydraulic, electronic, mechanical and aerodynamic systems, and setting all of them up to find the optimal interaction between them is a challenge in its own right.
“At the end, there are pro and cons between the (Aprilia RS-GP and the Ducati) project Martin rode this season. The bike has been developed, for sure, but the settings have been developed over several years. So I think it is premature to say an aspect is good in Ducati rather than Aprilia. And to be honest, I think we never have to look in the past, but we have to analyze in the present what we need in the future. So that is the mission.”
Enea Bastianini (23), Marc Marquez (93), Jorge Martin (89) and Francesco Bagnaia (1) head into Turn One of the Sprint race in Barcelona. Photos by Michael Gougis.
MotoGP’s total contribution to our Racing for Valencia recovery fund can now be confirmed as €1.6 million ($1,688,253.46). The figure comes from fundraising initiatives both at the Motul Solidarity Grand Prix of Barcelona and online, donations made to our campaign, and a final figure of €1 million ($1,055,158.41) added to the total by MotoGP rights holder Dorna Sports.
Thanks to the commitment of MotoGP fans, the on-site and online auctions of memorabilia and experiences raised more than €300,000 ($316,547.52) – all made possible by the generosity of the riders, teams and partners who donated items to each auction.
The teams, via their association IRTA, also contributed a sizeable €100,000 ($105,515.84) standalone donation to our Caixabank fund, and the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce donated €50,000 ($52,757.92) – getting us even closer to our impressive total.
Across ticket sales, t shirts, and more, every fan onsite at the sold-out Solidarity GP or watching around the world each made their own contribution, enabling MotoGP rights holder Dorna Sports to do the same.
Dorna was the promoter of the Solidarity GP as a commitment to delivering a fitting conclusion to a history-making season – for the riders, teams, personnel, our partners and the millions of fans looking forward to the event.
The fans who were able to join us on-site more than matched that commitment as we sold out maximum capacity, and the collective effort from the paddock, the circuit and all our partners made it a weekend to remember. The event was also named Best GP of 2024, rewarding the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for their hard work behind the scenes.
In lieu of simply donating the profit generated by ticket sales as part of the investment made in staging the event, Dorna has decided to increase its contribution in recognition of this collective effort and donate a full €1 million ($1,055,158.41) to the funds raised for Valencia.
The money from all our MotoGP initiatives will now go towards the recovery of the towns closest to the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste and Chiva. They are the communities who would usually receive the positive economic impact of hosting the season finale, and those who host us year on year. Dorna Sports CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta visited the two towns as the final donation is announced.
MotoGP makes a positive impact wherever we race, whenever we race, and places a high value on our role in communities in which we’re present.
To all those who joined us #RacingforValencia during the Solidarity GP, from the riders and teams putting on the show to the fans watching around the world or in the stands, the circuit staff behind the scenes, our paddock and partner personnel, and everyone in between: thank you for being part of it.
Bobby Fong (50) leads Cameron Petersen (45), Josh Herrin, and Loris Baz on his way to winning a MotoAmerica Superbike race at Brainerd. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.
Bobby Fong is replacing Cameron Petersen on the Attack Yamaha team.
Fong won two MotoAmerica Superbike races in 2024 and had a total of eight podium finishes on a Wrench Yamaha fielded by David Anthony’s team. Fong ended up third in season points, behind Champion Josh Herrin on a Ducati and Cameron Beaubier on a BMW. Fong has a career total of five MotoAmerica Superbike race wins, taking three wins in 2020 on a Team Hammer Suzuki.
Bobby Fong in the winner’s circle at Brainerd after winning a MotoAmerica Superbike race in 2024. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.
Fong has recently been seen testing with teammate Jake Gagne on the Podium Club at Attesa racetrack in Casa Grande, Arizona, located south of Phoenix at 6870 S. Bianco Road. The track is 2.32-miles long with 15 turns.
MotoAmerica is hosting an official pre-season team test at the track on February 22-23, 2025.
Matthew Chapin won seven of 12 races to win the 2024 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Championship by 81 points. Photo by Brian J. Nelson
We Are The Champions: Junior Cup Champion Matthew Chapin
Seemingly every year someone comes out of the woodwork in the MotoAmerica series opener and it’s usually in the Junior Cup class. Sometimes they have staying power and sometimes they fade away. This year’s opening round surprise at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta was a diminutive 16-year-old named Matthew Chapin, from Damascus, Maryland. And there doesn’t appear to be any fade in this one.
Chapin made his Junior Cup debut in the final two rounds of the 2023 season at Pittsburgh International Race Complex and New Jersey Motorsports Park with a best finish of sixth. So, nothing that would make your head turn. Thus, the surprise when he raced to victory in the first of two races in the opening round at Road Atlanta. And the bigger surprise when Chapin raced his way to the 2024 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Championship. Turns out, we weren’t alone in being surprised.
“I knew it was possible, but I was pretty doubtful that it would actually happen,” Chapin said of taking the title. “It was my first year doing a full MotoAmerica season. It just didn’t feel like it was right there for the taking. I went into the season thinking more about top 10 finishes and top fives. I really didn’t expect to win the first race of the season or anything like that.”
After winning on Saturday, the two riders on either side of Chapin in the press conference (Ryan Wolfe and Yandel Medina) were openly hoping for Sunday rain. Chapin, the smallest of the three, shook his head. He wanted no part of the rain. Sure enough, rain came as expected and Chapin went from winning on Saturday to finishing seventh on Sunday. But there was no panic from Chapin’s side.
“Honestly, I was super pumped at finishing seventh because I had like no rain experience going into this season, so to get a top 10 in MotoAmerica, in the rain, it felt great.”
What followed were two mediocre (for him) finishes of fifth and sixth in round two at Barber Motorsports Park. Then everything changed. Chapin went on a charge, winning six of the last eight races to take the title by a whopping 81 points.
So, what changed? Was it a growing level of confidence? Experience?
“It was good mixture of both,” Chapin said. “The experience helped a lot, but I think the change for me was just my confidence going into the race weekends. Also, I was frustrated with myself because I knew I had the pace at Barber, but I just couldn’t put it together.”
Matthew Chapin (95) leads Junior Cup series runner-up Yandel Medina (39), Jayden Fernandez (13) and Ryan Wolfe (66) at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.
Wise beyond his years, Chapin showed what other champions in Junior Cup had shown before him: an uncanny ability to be in the right place at the right time to win races from a pack of six to eight other riders. You can call it luck if it happens once or twice, but when it happens in six of eight races it’s a skill set that separates you from the others.
“It’s just learning when you need to be patient and when you have the pace to get away,” Chapin said. “If the guys in front of you have more pace than you, then I want to be leading the race. During Road America, race two in the dry, I felt that I could control the pace more and just have everybody behind me vs. race one at Road America. In race one, I realized that if I was patient enough, I could keep drafting up to them on every single straightaway and I didn’t have to make any moves or anything. I could just sit there and not worry about crashing or anything like that.”
Pace and patience. He used them both in the two races and won both.
Chapin recently turned 17 and is a junior in a public high school, but not many who walk the halls with him know of his accomplishments.
“Only really my close friends know what I do,” Chapin said. “I don’t really put myself out there like that in front of all the other kids because I honestly don’t care. I don’t need to brag about it, if that makes sense.”
Well, there is that one teacher.
“My math teacher is a big motocross guy, so he knows the MotoAmerica series and all that, so he knew who I was when I went into this class and that was really cool,” Chapin said.
Chapin first threw his leg over a motorcycle when he was three years old and that turned into the start of a racing career. When he was 10, Chapin made the move from dirt to road racing via the New Jersey MiniGP series. Next up was the North America Talent Cup and then a stint in CCS and WERA in 2023 before he made his MotoAmerica debut at PittRace at the end of the season.
It was at PittRace in 2023 that the Chapins decided to commit to a full season of MotoAmerica in 2024.
“It was for sure during Pittsburgh that we realized that this was what we wanted to be doing in 2024,” Chapin said. “In the first practice, I was third and then in qualifying one I was like seventh. In qualifying two, I was pulling out of the pits, and I got tangled up with another rider on his fast lap. I don’t really know what happened, I just remember that he hit the back of me and I was all the way on the left of the track as far as I could go. I think it was just one of those things where he couldn’t’ see me and that kinda screwed my qualifying two. But I knew I had the pace to be with the front guys because I had like the third fastest lap of the race. That was a huge confidence builder for me – just knowing that I had the lap times to be up there. I just needed to put my weekend together.”
In addition to showing that he had the speed and consistency to win the title this year, Chapin also showed that he was riding well within his skill set as he only crashed once.
“The only crash I had was in qualifying two at Mid-Ohio,” he said. “I don’t even really know what happened. I just tucked the front, and it was gone.”
So, what’s next for Chapin?
The view most of the Junior Cup class saw of Matthew Chapin for the majority of the 2024 MotoAmerica season. Photo by Brian J. Nelson
“I can’t mention any teams or anything like that, but I will say that we are in the negotiation process for Twins Cup next year,” Chapin said. “We’re trying to figure it out. There are two or three teams that are giving me offers and we will take whatever the best one is.”
Although it’s a bit surprising that Chapin isn’t going to jump into the new 2025 Parts Unlimited Talent Cup, you can tell he’s thought things through and is doing what he thinks is best for his career.
“I’m getting a little bit older,” Chapin said. “I just turned 17 and my family kinda sees it (Talent Cup) as a step in the wrong direction if that makes sense. I’m getting kinda old to go to Spain and all that to race Moto3 and do all that stuff on the (Honda) NSFs and all that. We just thought the better option was to step up to bigger bikes and see where the path takes us.
“I kinda want to head in the World Superbike direction a little bit. I think all of this just happens as time goes on. Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t be unhappy with being a MotoAmerica rider, but my biggest goal is to make it to World Superbike.”
2024 FIM MiniGP World Series MotorLand Aragon (ESP). Photo courtesy Lukasz Swiderek/PSP
2025 provides another opportunity for federations and unions from around the world to become part of the FIM MiniGP World Series. The first global program in motorsport aimed at creating grassroots equality, it is designed to standardize MiniGP competitions from around the world under the same umbrella.
There are two classes: 160cc and 190cc. Applications to run a 190cc Series may only be made by those who have already run a 160cc Series.
There are three types of Series: – FIM MiniGP National Series: organized by or through one FMN (national federation)
– FIM MiniGP Regional Series: organized by or through various FMNs – FIM MiniGP Continental Series: organized by or through a CONU
Each Series must comprise five events and a total minimum of 10 races per category.
Applications should be made by national federations or CONUs (Continental Unions) and are open until the 28th of February 2025.
Once the application period closes in February, the FIM will select the Cups that will form the 2025 FIM MiniGP World Series and inform the competitions whose applications to add a 190cc Series have been accepted.
Series that have already been included in previous FIM MiniGP World Series do not need to reapply, but all Series must adhere to the 2025 conditions.They must also send their calendar to the FIM and Dorna Sports a minimum of three months before their first event.
The 2025 guide provides a comprehensive look at the regulations, conditions, equipment, technical requirements and next steps for each FMN/CONU, promoter or interested party looking to apply to become part of the FIM MiniGP World Series.
About the FIM MiniGP World Series
The FIM MiniGP World Series began in 2021 and is designed as the first step on the Road to MotoGP™. There are three types of competition in the FIM MiniGP World Series: FIM MiniGP National Cup, organised by or through one FMN (national federation); FIM MiniGP Regional Cup, organised by or through various FMNs; FIM MiniGP Continental Cup, organised by or through a CONU (continental union). There are two classes Series can run: the 160cc class and the 190cc class. The latter debuted in 2023 for Series that have already run a 160cc competition. Riders are aged between 10 and 14 for the 160cc class and between 12 and 16 for the 190cc class. Each Series but must have a minimum of five events comprising 10 races and the top riders in each Series will then be invited to the World Final. The FIM MiniGP World Final sees the top riders from each Series compete over two days in Valencia ahead of the MotoGP™ season finale. As part of the Road to MotoGP™, there are opportunities up for grabs for riders to move up and further their careers.About the Road to MotoGP™
For more than two decades, Dorna Sports has invested in opening the doors to motorcycle racing, creating the Road to MotoGP™. Comprising initiatives all over the world providing millions of young riders the opportunity to excel, the Road to MotoGP™ is unrivalled in motorsport – opening doors, increasing access and racing towards global equality.
The FIM MiniGP World Series is the first step on the Road to MotoGP™, in collaboration with the FIM and motorcycle federations and unions around the world. It’s the first global initiative in motorsport aimed at creating grassroots equality.
From left to right: Marc Marquez, Jorge Martin, Enea Bastianini and Francesco Bagnaia. Photo courtesy Ducati
It was a memorable evening for the thousands of enthusiasts who gathered in Hall 29 of Bologna Fiere for the 2024 edition of “Campioni in Festa”: an event that for three seasons now has become a fixture of Ducati’s best sporting moment ever.
“Campioni in Festa” is a unique event, which was created with the aim of sharing the passion for this fantastic sport with the territory, the fans, the Ducati Official Club enthusiasts and, more generally, with all motorcycling lovers. An opportunity that Ducati seizes from a privileged position, being able to count on a combination of technicians and riders with few equals in the world of motorsport: the show’s programme this year saw 14 top level riders and over 20 World Titles take to the stage.
The celebratory event, free for the public, was preceded by an exclusive party for Ducati employees only, an opportunity to share and celebrate together a year of great results. The public segment of the show event got underway with a concert by the Ducati Band, a musical group formed over 20 years ago in the Company on the initiative of some employees including the current Technical Director of Ducati Corse Davide Barana in the role of guitarist, who warmed up the atmosphere with a performance full of rock & roll energy. Afterwards, the Italian comedian Paolo Cevoli provided moments of light-heartedness and laughter with his show, engaging the audience with his unmistakable style.
The evening was hosted by Barbara Pedrotti, who dictated the pace of the show, calling onto the stage all the main protagonists of the 2024 season, starting obviously with the CEO of Ducati, Claudio Domenicali , who underlined once again during his speech the effectiveness of the “Ducati System”, a special way of doing things characteristic of the Bologna-based Company, which has proven to be successful both in racing and in series production.
The first “Campione in Festa” to take to the stage was Alessandro Lupino, winner of the Italian MX1 Title aboard the Desmo450 MX prototype, which made its debut this season kicking off Ducati’s new chapter in Motocross. Lupino was accompanied on stage by nine-time MX World Champion Tony Cairoli, Ducati Corse Off-Road Technical Director Davide Perni and Ducati Corse Off-Road General Manager Paolo Ciabatti . Ciabatti’s speech represented the moment of transition between satisfaction for the results achieved in the first season and a look to the future and the challenges of the 2025 MX World Championship, which will also be faced thanks to the talent of the new riders Jeremy Seewer and Mattia Guadagnini, presented to the Ducati family on this occasion.
The spotlight then shifted to Ducati’s successes in the World Championships for production-derived motorcycles: WorldSBK and WorldSSP. On stage were SBK Project Management Responsible Marco Zambenedetti, along with Daniele Casolari (Team Owner Aruba.it Racing Ducati), Serafino Foti (Team Manager Aruba.it Racing Ducati) and above all the riders Álvaro Bautista, Nicolò Bulega and Adrián Huertas . Bulega and Bautista, who finished second and third respectively in the WorldSBK general classification, were cheered by the crowd, as well as the new WorldSSP Champion Huertas, who had the opportunity to thank everyone for the support received throughout the entire season to reach the final goal of victory.
The section dedicated to MotoGP opened with an invitation onto the stage for Nadia Padovani (Team Principal Gresini Racing), Alessio Salucci (Team Principal VR46 Racing Team), and the riders Marco Bezzecchi, Fabio Di Giannantonio and Michele Pirro (Ducati Official Test Rider). Immediately afterwards, the top management of Ducati Corse Mauro Grassilli, Davide Barana and Davide Tardozzi gathered in front of the audience, with Barbara Pedrotti who invited the Ducati Corse General Manager Luigi Dall’Igna to join them for a speech which included an emotional mutual thanks with Paolo Campinoti, Team Principal of Pramac Racing, with whom a twenty-year working relationship will end at the end of the year, culminating with the victory of the 2023 World Teams’ Title and the 2024 World Riders’ Title.
Finally, the highlight of the show arrived with the “Fantastic Four” Ducati riders, dominators of the MotoGP World Championship with 19 wins out of 20 total races, which ignited the enthusiasm of the crowd. The reigning World Champion Jorge Martín, Italian idol Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia with Marc Márquez and Enea Bastianini threw themselves into the mix, exchanging questions and points of view with each other, and receiving the warm tribute of the public for a season in which they took the Desmosedici GP to an unimaginable level.
On stage, all the main protagonists of the 2024 season. Photo courtesy Ducati.
The evening ended with a massive collective applause, symbol of the pride and passion that unite the Ducatista community. The 2024 edition of “Campioni in Festa” once again celebrated the excellence and the aggregator spirit of Ducati, confirming itself to be an unmissable event for all motorsport enthusiasts.
Also taking part in the celebration of this extraordinary racing season was LEGO®, with which Ducati recently presented the new Lego® Technic™ Panigale V4 S set. For the occasion, LEGO®exhibited a 1:2 scale model of the Panigale V4S made entirely of bricks, unveiled shortly before the show by the “Fantastic Four”. In addition, all the party participants were able to contribute to the creation of a shared work, reconstructing the logo of the Borgo Panigale company with LEGO®bricks.
The “Campioni in Festa” event, of which a video-recap is available on YouTube, was organized by Ducati with the support of the Municipality of Bologna and the collaboration of Motor Valley and BolognaFiere.
Sonya Lloyd (32) in WorldWCR action at Jerez. Photo by Michael Gougis.
American Sonya Lloyd has signed with Team Trasimeno to race the full 2025 World Women’s Circuit Racing series.
Lloyd competed in the season finale at Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto as a wildcard and said at the time that she wanted to race the entire 2025 season, which is scheduled for six rounds and 12 races across Europe and the U.K.
Lloyd competed in the 2023 Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. series and in the 2024 Twins Cup series with MotoAmerica.
Maclain Drucker is racing in AFT Singles in 2025. Altus photo.
Altus Motorsports, a leader in professional and amateur road and off-road racing, is excited to announce our foray into American Flat Track racing.
Altus Motorsports, in partnership with MD Racing, has signed rookie Maclain Drucker to race in the AFT Singles class for 2025.
We have been watching Maclain’s progress and have really been impressed by how far he has come. We took note with his pace during his AFT Singles debut in the last round at Lake Ozark. With our additional help, we think that Maclain will have a great rookie year in the AFT Singles class for 2025.
Altus Motorsports is a multi-line dealership in Southwest Oklahoma, operating since 1998. The main store is in Altus, Oklahoma, with a sister store, Lawton Motorsports, in Lawton, Oklahoma. Not just a retail store boasting over 27,000 square feet, Altus Motorsports has a strong online store presence as well. Altus Motorsports also fields a successful professional road race team as well as the Yamaha Amateur MX Team. www.altusmotorsports.com
MD Racing is a motorcycle performance shop in Moline, Illinois, right on the Iowa/Illinois border in northwest Illinois. While MD Racing is most noted for engine building and dyno tuning, they are well accomplished in racebike prep and suspension. www.mdracingstp.com
Maclain Drucker is an 18-year-old Senior in High School, a CNC Machining Apprentice and a professional motorcycle racer. https://www.facebook.com/maclaindruckerracing
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ADHD Friendly Mode: this mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
Blindness Mode: this mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.
Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Additional UI, design, and readability adjustments
Font adjustments – users, can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more.
Color adjustments – users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds, with over seven different coloring options.
Animations – person with epilepsy can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.
Content highlighting – users can choose to emphasize important elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight focused or hovered elements only.
Audio muting – users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly.
Cognitive disorders – we utilize a search engine that is linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.
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
