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From Warhorse HSBK Racing...
Celtic Racing and Warhorse HSBK Racing are proud to announce their return to the MotoAmerica Supersport grid in 2025 under the banner Celtic/Economy Lube & Tire by Warhorse HSBK Ducati.
Headed by Team Manager Barry Gilsenan, the squad fields a strong two-rider lineup featuring #45 Cameron Peterson and #272 Wristin Grigg, marking Celtic Racing’s comeback to MotoAmerica after a five-year hiatus.
Petersen showcased his prowess in the premier Superbike class in 2024 with multiple victories, including a nail-biting triumph at Road America where he edged out his competition by just 0.004 seconds in challenging wet conditions. Although injuries hindered his ability to contend for the championship, Petersen demonstrated resilience, concluding the season in sixth place overall with 110 points. Now fully recovered, he is shifting his focus to the 2025 Supersport season and aims to build a competitive pace and achieve consistency to secure another championship for Ducati in MotoAmerica.
“I’m excited to get the chance to race for the 2025 MotoAmerica Supersport title with the Celtic/Economy Lube & Tire Powered by Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati,” Petersen said. “The Panigale V2 has won two of the last three Supersport titles and it looks like a ton of fun to ride. I can’t wait to get started and the season can’t come quick enough.”
Grigg, meanwhile, made an impressive 2024 debut in the MotoAmerica Supersport Series, earning several strong finishes, including an 11th place at Mid-Ohio and a personal best ninth at New Jersey. Grigg’s rookie year also featured two expert National Titles at Daytona, highlighted by his AMA 600 Title, which underscored his adaptability and potential on road courses. With his 2024 performances fueling his motivation, Grigg is determined to refine his racecraft and rise through the ranks in the coming season. Leveraging Warhorse HSBK Racing’s Ducati expertise – as recent winners of the Supersport Championship (2022 & 2023) and the Daytona 200 (2023 & 2024) – as well as the proven support of Grigg Electric and Economy Lube & Tire, the team aims to contend for podiums with a push for the 2025 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship.
The MotoAmerica Supersport class has secured a new title sponsor, Motovation to bring in the 2025 season. Motovation is an industry leader in custom motorcycle builds and accessories for the last two decades. Their rich history in the motorsports world serves as the perfect profile to highlight one of the premier racing classes in the MotoAmerica Championship series.
Words from the Press Release
“Our involvement with MotoAmerica racing began many years ago with a grassroots approach to the sport,” said Nate Seyer, owner and CEO of Motovation. “We started out supporting riders who needed help getting their bikes ready for such a high level of competition. Over the years, we have been fortunate enough to involve ourselves with a wide spectrum of teams and riders competing across the different MotoAmerica classes. We are proud to have the opportunity to make an even bigger difference to a sport we all love.”
“We’re thrilled to announce Motovation as the title sponsor for the MotoAmerica Supersport Championship,” said MotoAmerica COO Chuck Aksland. “Motovation has been a valuable supporter of teams and riders over the years, and we’re excited to see them step into this prominent role. The Supersport class is one of the most competitive and prestigious in our series, with up to six manufacturers battling for victories. Last season’s title chase came down to the wire, and we’re expecting another thrilling year of competition.”
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The following is from Harley-Davidson…
Harley-Davidson renews its support of motorcycle racing competitors during the 2025 season with cash contingency programs totaling more than $582,000. These funds will be available for qualified H-D racers competing in select classes in the MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Road Racing Championship and the Progressive American Flat Track and AdventureTrackers™ series.
The Harley-Davidson® Factory Racing team competes in the MotoAmerica Mission Foods King Of The Baggers road racing series in 2025 aboard race-prepared Harley-Davidson® Road Glide® motorcycles powered by modified Screamin’ Eagle® Milwaukee-Eight 131 Performance Crate Engines. In addition, privateer teams racing Harley-Davidson motorcycles in the King Of The Baggers series can benefit from racing contingency and available racing parts for purchase.
Mission Foods King Of The Baggers
The Mission Foods King Of The Baggers series offers exciting competition between American V-twin touring motorcycles prepared for competition and equipped with stock frames and a fairing/windscreen and saddlebags. The 2025 King Of The Baggers series features 14 races over seven doubleheader weekends held in conjunction with the MotoAmerica Superbike series. The series opens on the high banks of Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, March 6-8. Harley-Davidson will offer a $234,500 cash contingency program for qualified Harley-Davidson racers competing in the Mission Foods King Of The Baggers series, with a contingency payout from first to 10th place and a $35,000 championship bonus. Terms and conditions apply; please email “contingencyracing@harley-davidson.com” for full details, eligibility requirements, and deadlines.
Mission Foods Super Hooligan National Championship
Harley-Davidson will offer contingency opportunities for racers competing in the Mission Foods Super Hooligan National Championship Brought To You By Roland Sands Design. The road racing series features 750cc-and-up, high-bar, race-prepared street bikes. Held in conjunction with the MotoAmerica Superbike series, the 2025 Super Hooligan National Championship includes 10 races over five doubleheader weekends, beginning with two races at Daytona International Speedway on March 6-8. Harley-Davidson will offer a $123,000 cash contingency program for qualified Harley-Davidson racers competing in the Mission Foods Super Hooligan National Championship, with a contingency payout from first to 10th place and a $20,000 championship bonus. Terms and conditions apply; please email “contingencyracing@harley-davidson.com” for full details, eligibility requirements, and deadlines.
Progressive American Flat Track
Harley-Davidson will offer contingency opportunities for racers competing on Harley-Davidson XG750R motorcycles in the premier Mission Foods SuperTwins class on the 16-event 2025 Progressive American Flat Track series, the most prestigious and competitive form of dirt track motorcycle racing in the world. Harley-Davidson has committed $185,600 in contingency funds for qualified SuperTwins riders. Harley-Davidson contingency will pay first to 10th place and a $20,000 championship bonus. The season opens March 6-7 with the Daytona Short Track doubleheader at Daytona International Speedway. Terms and conditions apply; please email “contingencyracing@harley-davidson.com” for full details, eligibility requirements, and deadlines.
AFT AdventureTrackers™
Harley-Davidson will offer contingency opportunities for racers competing on eligible Harley-Davidson Pan America models in the new AFT AdventureTrackers™ series, a professional class for adventure touring motorcycles with engine displacements over 1000cc. Basic rules center on production-based race bikes that remain as close to street stock as is feasible. The class will feature multiple brands that have a similar power-to-weight ratio competing in one of the fastest-growing segments of the motorcycle market. Harley-Davidson has committed $38,750 in contingency funds for qualified AdventureTrackers™ class riders. Payouts will be awarded for 1st through 5th place in each race, with a championship bonus of $10,000. After a successful single-race debut in 2024, the AdventureTracker series will expand in 2025 to include four events held in conjunction with the Progressive American Flat Track series, three at Sturgis, South Dakota, August 4-10 and at Peoria, Illinois, on August 10. Terms and conditions apply; please email “contingencyracing@harley-davidson.com” for full details, eligibility requirements, and deadlines.
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The following is from Yamaha…
Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. (YMUS) is pleased to announce Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s formidable two-pronged title threat in the 2025 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship with returning three-time premier class champion Jake Gagne and new recruit Bobby Fong. The championship-winning program looks to add a fifth title aboard the Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha YZF-R1s as they head into the sixth season as YMUS’ official Superbike team.
Gagne returns in 2025 back to full fitness and is looking to make a comeback after a tough 2024 season with arm issues. Entering his sixth season with the team, he has enjoyed a lot of success aboard the YZF-R1 during his tenure, including three successive titles in 2021-2023, an impressive tally of 41 race victories, and multiple track records. Gagne currently sits fourth on the all-time AMA Superbike win list and looks to add more to the tally in 2025 in his efforts to reclaim the crown.
Fong joins the team for 2025 and is eager to get the season started with Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing. In addition to the 2019 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship, the talented rider from Stockton, California, has multiple victories across the support class categories, as well as five in Superbike. Last year, he was a contender in the hotly contested title fight and advanced to the championship lead after his double victory at Brainerd International Raceway, ultimately finishing the season third overall with two wins and a total of eight podiums aboard the Aussie Dave Racing/Wrench Motorcycles YZF-R1.
Attack Performance, one of the sport’s leading manufacturers of high-performance components and services for modern sportbikes, has carried on the winning tradition of the Yamaha R1 since the partnership began with YMUS in 2020. As the official Superbike team, the program has enjoyed a resounding success with four titles and 63 victories in the premier class. Progressive Insurance also returns for 2025 to support the championship-winning program. The team would like to thank its partners for their continued support: Progressive, Yamaha Financial Services, Yamalube, Akrapovic, Braking, TrackDaz, Podium Club at Atessa, Suter, OZ, DID, NGK-NTK, Zero Gravity, and Full Spectrum.
The 2025 MotoAmerica Superbike season gets underway at the Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds, Alabama, on April 4-6.
Tom Halverson – Yamaha Racing Assistant Department Manager for YMUS
“Yamaha Racing is excited to get back in the fight for the Superbike Championship with our racing partner Attack Performance. After a tough 2024 season with arm problems, Jake Gagne will be back to fight for his fourth MotoAmerica Superbike Championship on the Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha team. He will be joined by Bobby Fong, who had a very impressive 2024 Superbike season finishing the season third in points on his ADR/Wrench Motorcycles YZF-R1.
“Not one to rest on his laurels, team owner Richard Stanboli and his crew have been very focused on making performance gains to make sure Jake and Bobby have the best possible chance for success in this highly technical and competitive premier class.”
Richard Stanboli – Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing Team Manager
“We watched Bobby last year on the Yamaha Superbike and he was determined to go to the front every race, and never gave up. We have known him for a long time and I personally worked with him in the past. Bobby is a very positive rider with a lot of potential, and I think he will fit well under our awning.
“We are glad to have Jake return, fully fit and ready to ride. We have been working on some upgrades and will test vigorously to make sure the riders and machines are competitive. We are also working with the WorldSBK team closely to make sure we leave nothing on the table. We look forward to our first event at Barber Motorsports Park.”
Jake Gagne – Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing #32
“I’m really excited to get back racing in 2025! After a rough 2024, I’m lucky to work with such an awesome team. We’re going to work hard and get back in the fight.”
Bobby Fong – Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing #50
“It’s a dream come true to join the Attack Yamaha team. I’ve been waiting for an opportunity like this my whole life, to have a factory ride in Superbike, so I’m really looking forward to the season and to do a good job for Yamaha. We’re putting in the work, on and off the bike, and I’m just excited to get going next year with these R1s.”
Former MotoAmerica racer Rossi Moor inked a new deal for 2025 that will see him compete in the FIM Moto2 Junior Cup in 2025. He will join Révész Racing, whose owner is Bálint Révész, , who considers the young rider one of the biggest up-and-coming talents of the moto racing world.
Moor said “I am very happy to have shown in the last two races of the FIM JuniorGP Moto2 in 2024 that I deserve a place in the team and I would like to thank the whole MMR team for the trust they have shown me for the future. My preparation program for the next season starts already next week and I am very lucky that it will all happen in Spain, where I currently live with my family and manager. I would also like to thank John and Chris Ulrich for giving me the opportunity to continue my career on the road to MotoGP. I would also like to thank Mr. Révész, Mr. Bálint and Stefano Favaro, who worked very hard to make this all happen and supported me in my racing career. Last but not least, I thank my father, my younger brother, and all members of the management.”
The MotoAmerica Superbike Championship has announced the 2025 season schedule. The 2025 season will feature 20 races in the superbike class and will also welcome the return of Virginia International Raceway. MotoAmerica will kick off again at bike week for the Daytona 200.
A new class has landed in the MotoAmerica championship. The MotoAmerica Talent Cup will officially replace Junior Cup in 2025. The goal of the Talent Cup class is to provide a avenue of competition to pave a road to MotoGp for young talented riders emerging out of the United States. The Talent Cup will be held at five of the MotoAmerica Superbike rounds – Barber Motorsports Park, Road America, VIRginia International Raceway, Circuit of The Americas and New Jersey Motorsports Park.
“Next year is shaping up to be the best yet,” said MotoAmerica COO Chuck Aksland. “We’ve got some new things coming and it’s all exciting stuff. The MotoAmerica Talent Cup will get started and we know that’s going to create some great racing while also giving our young riders a fresh start with a new class. We’re also looking forward to returning to VIRginia International Raceway. VIR was always a popular round and the teams, riders and fans have been wanting us to return there. Our series will be action-packed with 106 races in eight classes held over the course of the year at the best racetracks in the country. We are already getting excited to get the 2025 season started.”
Following the announcement that Tarran Mackenzie will miss this weekend’s World Superbike Round at Most. Reigning MotoAmerica King of the Baggers and Stock 1000 champion Hayden Gillim will fill in as a replacement for the Englishman this weekend at Most. The Englishman suffered a nasty crash at turn 7 at Donington Park in superbike race 1 which rendered him unconscious briefly. Per medical protocol he was not able to continue racing that weekend.
Gillim has reportedly made the trip after some hurdles associated with his passport. Action for the next World Superbike Round at Most Kicks off this Friday at 4:20 a.m. (Eastern time).
MotoAmerica made its sixth regular season stop at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The series featured the Superbike, Supersport, Stock 1000, King of the Baggers and Super Hooligan classes.
Superbike
The clash of the titans in the Steel Commander Superbike Class continued at Laguna Seca as the fight for the time spot saw yet another change in championship leader. Josh Herrin took the lead in the championship after a P2 finish in Race 1 and a win in Race 2. Herrin said, “That was a super awesome weekend at Laguna Seca. It’s extra special because we have the Ducati Rider Experience (DRE) event here tomorrow, and it’s huge to go into that with a win. We did the same last year at COTA in Texas before the DRE there, and you feel a lot more welcome when you win!
I’m super happy to get this win and the championship lead. I had my family and the DeNaples family here, and I had two-time World Champion John Kocinski here helping me all weekend, so I’m pumped. We’re going to keep this ball rolling at Mid-Ohio.”
Supersport
Matt Scholtz and PJ Jacobsen continue to emerge as the dominant competitors in the MotoAmerica Supersport class. While Matt Scholtz still holds the lead ahead of PJ Jacobsen by 18 points after Laguna. Jacobsen cut 10 points off of Scholtz early season dominance as the riders head into the mid season break. With 6 races to go there are 150 points still up for grabs in the Supersport class so the championship is far from being decided.
Jacobsen had the following comments after the race weekend, “This racing thing, when two riders have the pace and they’re so similar with each other, you got to find a lot of spots that that person, you can overtake them.”
“So yesterday when I overtook him in turn six, I felt like that was a good pass and that was a weak point for him. I feel like when you sit behind somebody for so long, you end up studying them. You sit there and study, and study, and study. No offense to (Mathew) Scholtz, but last year he had a massive highside in that corner and he almost lost it again this year. So, I kind of knew that he was a bit weak there. Going over that rise, I just knew I had more pace sitting behind him and it was going to allow me to go into (turn) 10 with a more aggressive move. So, that’s what I ended up doing after studying like that. So, I’m not dumb. I feel like I made the pass in the right section that I had to, after watching him the whole race.
Stock 1000
Hayden Gillim secured the win on day one taking away the advantage Jayson Uribe gained starting from pole but on day 2 the story was different. Ashton Yates emerged as the beneficiary of mistakes made by both Gillim and Uribe in race two which allowed him to make a move earl and secure the lead for the rest of the race. Yates isn’t completely statistically eliminated from a run at the championship but with 50 points left up for grabbed the path to a title will be a difficult one. Gillim holds a 29 point lead over Yates and second place sitting Uribe holds a 22 point lead over Yates in third. There are two races left on the stock1000 calendar for 2024 and they wont take place until the closing weekend of the season at New Jersey Motorsports Park in September.
Gillim finishes the weekend gaining a 1 point advantage over Uribe on the weekend to bring his lead to 7 points as the Stock 100 class heads into it’s final round for the season finale round in September.
King of the Baggers
Hayden Gillim put himself back in the championship race after a few unfortunate outings in the KOTB class that made his repeat championship hopes seem out of grasps. After returning to the top of the podium today he said, “Whenever we get on any bike, it’s all or nothing,” said Gillim. “That’s why we’re on these things. That’s why we’re on the teams that we’re on. Nobody is coming out here to just show up. Everybody is coming out here to win. That’s how we are, too. That’s why not winning or not even being able to really fight for the win yesterday was so frustrating for me. Now we’re getting back to where we should have been at the beginning of the season. I’m able to actually fight and be there with these guys. It’s been challenging.
We’ve had some ups and downs. It’s good. This is the first time I’ve had to fight for the win. I’m really happy about it. This is the first time I’ve had to battle and actually take a win from somebody. At Brainerd, I was feeling really good and was able to kind of get away. It’s nice to have those wins, but these are a lot of fun. I’m really happy. The whole team is just working their butts off trying everything they can possibly do on the off weekends. I’m really grateful to be here and to be able to ride multiple classes and to be at the front in most of the classes I’m in. It’s going really good. I got some sleep last night, so I’m a little happier today.”
Super Hooligans
Cory West brings home a win for Harley Davidson cutting the deficit to Tyler O’Hara the current championship leader who rides for Indian. Cory commented on the victory on Sunday, “Yesterday getting second, that one stung, West said. “It was a little bit of a mistake on my part coming out of the front straightaway. We made a little change to the bike this morning that made it feel a lot better. This is my first time ever starting on pole position, and I just wanted to make the most of it. Put my head down, got a good start, and just had clear track and tried to get into a rhythm. I have a tendency to look back a lot, and I just told myself, just don’t look back. Hammered out a few laps. Looked at my lap timer once and saw 28.9 and was just like, ‘Hell yeah, let’s just keep this going.’ Was clicking off low 29’s consistent. Couldn’t help myself. About four or five laps in, I took a little peek back out of turn four and there was nobody there.”
MotoAmerica heads into the mid season break with the next round at Mid-Ohio one month away.
The MotoAmerica championship finished its second race weekend of the month at Brainerd International Raceway after a competitive outing at Road America just 2 weeks ago. Here’s how the field panned out.
Superbikes
Bobby Fong came out swinging at Brainerd securing both race wins for Wrench Motorcycles. Fong left the weekend on top of the standing in the Steel Commander Superbike Class. After a heated exchange on track with Josh Herrin who finished in second in both races Fong was able to pull away and build a gape that Herrin wouldn’t be able to recover from in Race 2. Fong said “It sounds good, but we’re not going to get ahead of ourselves,” Fong said when told he was leading the championship. “We’re only four rounds into this thing. We’ve got a lot of races left. Honestly, first thing is I want to wish my dad Happy Father’s Day. He doesn’t go to many rounds, but I want to wish him Happy Father’s Day. We’re on a good streak right now. We’re going to just play it safe and just maximize points each weekend.
I would have never thought I would even be in this position last year or even leading up to the season. The goal is just to get on some podiums and see what we can do. But now we’re in this thing, and we’ve just got to be smart. We’re not going to get ahead of ourselves. Going into this race, we made some changes this morning and I told my data guy, ‘Nick, we need to smooth this bike out.’ On the warmup lap out there, I’m like, ‘I think we smoothed it out too much.’ We took a lot of torque away. At first when I had some grip, I’m like, ‘this thing is slow,’ but once the tire started going away it played in my favor for sure. You just kind of roll it around like a 600. It was slippery out there. So, what we did with the electronics definitely helped out there. Kudos to the team. Congrats to these guys. They’re keeping me honest. I always go good here, and the Ridge is a different story. We’re just going to keep going and try to keep this lead.”
Scholtz Continues Dominance in Supersport
Scholtz continued his stroke of dominance in the Supersport class with Strack Racing. Scholtz won both Supersport races at Brainerd, solidifying his place atop the class standings. He said, “Yesterday we felt great…Made a couple changes for the practice this morning. We went backwards, and then we went to yesterday’s settings for this race. It was just strange that I was only kind of stuck in the high 33s whereas yesterday I could do 33.3, 33.4 and didn’t feel like I was riding at the absolute limit. Today, if I tried to push more, I was running wide, missing the corners, tucking the front. So, I just have to go back and look at the data and figure out what I was doing differently.
Definitely the first couple laps I thought that I would be gapping them, and PJ (Jacobsen) kept me honest. He definitely picked it up. I know that he’s coming. It’s good to see Corey (Alexander) up here, one of the two taller guys. So, that’s cool. Overall, happy to be taking the double. The team have been working really, really well, and just thank you to all the guys that have been supporting me. HJC, 4SR leathers, Alpinestars, the Strack Racing Company, everyone that makes this possible for me. Thank you.”
Uribe Gets First MotoAmerica Wins After Gillim Crash
Orange Cat’s Jason Uribe capitalized on an early race error by Hayden Gillim which resulted in Gillim crashing out of the race on lap 3. Uribe seized the opportunity to secure his first win in his MotoAmerica career. Uribe had to fight past a charging Ashton Yates who took the lead after Gillim’s crash. Howevere, Uribe was determined and stayed poised on the task ahead. Uribe made the move on the final lap where he was able to overtake Yates and take off for the win.
Landers Leads Repeat Podiums in Twins Cup
Rocco Landers Secured a double win in the Twins cup this weekend. The podium was the same for race 1 and race 2 with Landers taking P1 followed by Alessandro Di Mario and Rossi Moor in P2 and P3 respectively. Landers said, “I kind of got it a little bit deep and if I had snatched the brakes I would have gone down. I assumed he might see me and kind of get out of the way at that point, but the kid is a fighter. Made me work for that one way harder than any race this season so far. But it’s cool to race these guys. They’re always super-fast. Rossi and I kind of got to get our elbows out there a little bit, especially Rossi, though he’s a little bit down on power. Hopefully, we’ll be able to find some things for COTA. Got to give a huge shout out to my uncle Ken. He’s in the hospital right now. He was watching the race. My thoughts go out to him currently. But it was a good race for me. I had a lot of fun.”
Gillim Finds Redemption After Stock 1000 Crash
After winning race 1 in stock 100 and king of the baggers Hyden Gillim thought his Sunday was geting off to a great start. However, that soon was thwarted by an early crash in stock 1000 race 2 that saw him DNF. However, Gillim had one more opportunity to race and in King of the Baggers race 2 he came back and won both races in addition to the King of the Baggers Challenge this weekend. He said, “I was a little nervous after crashing in the Stock race earlier,” Gillim said. “I didn’t want to repeat that. But, no, I was pushing as much as I felt comfortable. I knew if I could get into the corners pretty good and get out of them pretty good, it would be hard to pass. Everybody stepped it up from yesterday. If you could look at this morning, I was third and I wasn’t happy about it. I didn’t go any faster, but everybody else did. It’s an awesome weekend after Road America. Road America was a rough one.”
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From Vesrah Racing…
Hayden Gillim triumphant at the 101st running of the Loudon Classic on his Vesrah / Real Steel GSX-R750.
At the 101st running of the Loudon Classic presented by NEMRR held Saturday June 8th at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire Hayden Gillim was able to capture the win and the $55,000 share of the purse that came with the victory. Running the same Vesrah Suzuki GSX-R750 that he used earlier this year to get a podium in the Daytona 200, Gillim qualified on the front row in third place with a 1:10.899 lap time.
At the start of the race, which was delayed allowing the track to dry from rain showers, Hayden initially slipped back to 4th place but quickly recovered back to 3rd place. As the 25-lap race went on Gillim was able to move into 2nd place on lap 15 and set out after the leader. On lap 21 Hayden was able to pass for the lead and never relinquished it finishing 1.513 seconds ahead of 2nd place. Gillim also turned the fastest lap of the race at a 1:10.711 which was faster than his qualifying time.
This effort was proudly supported by Vesrah, Steel Commander Corp. Comstock Energy LLC, Maxima Racing Oils, Fast Line Track Days, KTech suspension, Skip at Orient Express, Dunlop, GB Racing and REB Graphics.
Hayden Gillim – Rider #95: “A last minute decision to go do the 101st Loudon Classic turned into a great weekend. I talked Mark into loading up the Vesrah race bike from the Daytona 200 and driving up to New Hampshire. Having never been to the track before I didn’t really have any expectations. A top 5 for me would’ve been amazing. After qualifying I felt I had pace for the podium and was happy with that. After a bit of a comeback and help from some lapped traffic I managed to snag the top spot away from some fast competition.
Thanks to Mark, Vesrah, Steel Commander, Comstock Energy, Dunlop, and everyone else that made this weekend a huge success!””
Mark Junge – Team Principal: “I had mixed emotions coming back to Loudon as the last time I was here back in 1998 as a rider I had a big crash and broke my leg – For Hayden to come away with the win was a great outcome. We did this race without our normal crew as it was just Hayden and I and I have to thank several friends who pitched in when needed.”