Big weekend at Barber for MotoAmerica’s roadracing program! After the Daytona 200, and COTA GP “prologues” three classes will begin their 2025 MotoAmerica Championship campaigns this weekend at Barber Motorsports Park. The Superbike, Motovation Supersport and Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. classes are all starting their seasons at Barber Motorsports Park on the outskirts of Birmingham, Alabama.
SC-Project Twins Cup and Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul, will be holding their second rounds at Barber, having already started their seasons at Daytona International Speedway and Circuit of The Americas. Meanwhile the Stock 1000 class will join the flying circus at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, May 2-4.
The big story line at Barber is a full field of 30 entries in the Supersport class. At the head of the class is defending champ Mathew Scholtz and his brand-spanking-new Strack Racing Yamaha YZF-R9, with the much-ballyhooed new bike a major talking point of the off-season as it takes over from the YZF-R6. But he can’t rest on his laurels with the likes of four-time AMA Superbike Champion Josh Hayes — the winningest rider in AMA road racing history — are in the stacked Supersports field. Hayes will campaign the entire season on one of nine Yamaha YZF-R9s entered with his effort backed by the BPR Racing Yamaha squad.
Fan-favorite Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. series features a field of 12 with an international flair as it will feature two riders from Brazil and one from Canada joining nine Americans. Last year’s BTR Champion Mikayla Moore won’t be returning to the series in 2025, but the 2024 series runner-up will be in the lineup – Camille Conrad. The Californian had four podium finishes in a season dominated by Moore and should be one of the favorites for a title run in 2025.
The Brazilian contingent is two strong with Karina Simoes and Tati Paze set to make their series debut. Team Canada, meanwhile, consists of Lucy Blondel in her second year of competing in the series.
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