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Inside Info: 2020 Aprilia RS 600 and Tuono V4 Factory, 6 Inside Info: High Performance Still Lives In 2020
“Born To Race” Honda CBR1000RR-R, Kawasaki Z H2,
KTM Super Duke R and 890R Duke, and More... 6
More Cool Stuff In New Products 13
Historic Racebike Illustrations: Classic Race Engines VI 16
Intro: 2020 Ducati Panigale V2 Meets Euro5 and Is Still A Hot Rod 18
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 RACING
MotoGP At Motegi: Marquez Wins By Saving Gas 26
Motegi MotoGP Notes 28
MotoGP At Phillip Island: Marquez Is Last Man Standing 30
Phillip Island MotoGP Notes 33 38 MotoGP Finale At Valencia: Marquez vs. Quartararo Again
MotoGP At Sepang: Viñales Returns! 34
Sepang MotoGP Notes 37
MotoGP At Valencia: Marquez Wins Again In Amazing Season 38
Valencia MotoGP Notes 40
ASRA/CCS Race Of Champions At Daytona: Champions Crowned 42
WERA Grand National Finals at Barber: Titles Earned 49
World Superbike At Argentina And Qatar: Rea Rampant! 57

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Letters To The Editor 4
10 Years Ago 8
ASRA/CCS Newsletter 25 On The Front Cover:
Chris Ulrich rides the 2020 Ducati Panigale V2 at Jerez, Spain. The
Where’s Wyman 60 latest version of the easy-to-ride 955cc V-Twin meets Euro5 emis-
The Kids’ Page: Argee Cardenas 61 sions and is still a hot rod! See page 18.

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 LETTERS
spondent Neil Morrison is a calm,
ROADRACING WORLD & informed voice—why not make
him lead announcer? Why repeat
John Joss is a former MotoGP
track announcer (at Laguna Seca)

MOTORCYCLE riders’ first names endlessly? We and Roadracing World contributor…

To The Editor
T E C H N O L O G Y™
Problems With MotoGP
EDITOR and World Superbike TV
John D. Ulrich
Coverage
RACING EDITOR TV coverage on MotoGP and
Chris Ulrich World Superbike websites should
provide useful information and
ASSOCIATE EDITOR entertainment for enthusiasts (no
David Swarts others subscribe). It’s disappoint-
ing, “television for the sight im-
paired,” also called “radio.”
EDITOR AT LARGE
Michael Gougis Images: Excellent slo-mo.
But why show riders’ bums from
the tail camera, taking 1/3 of the
MOTOGP EDITOR
screen, little track? Then, endless
Mat Oxley
close-ups, showing little track or
vital corner-connecting lines, visi-
MOTOGP REPORTER ble only if the camera would pull
Neil Morrison back. We know what the riders look
like and who is on what machine.
WILD CARD EDITOR Similarly, they barely cover riders’
Sam Fleming view (front camera), to show us
lines, apexes and exits. Rating: C-.
RACER COLUMNIST Announcing: They tell us
Kyle Wyman what we see, in lame clichés (e.g.
“the gloves are off”—absurd;
“didn’t put a foot wrong”—they’re
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
wheels). Roadracing World corre-
& PHOTOGRAPHERS
Melissa Berkoff, Brian J. Nelson
Wayne Rainey Rides Again
know Valentino, Marc, Maverick, Editor.
Andrea. From SBK, regarding MV
Agusta:—it’s “Ah-goose-tah,” after MotoAmerica Returning
Count Agusta, not “Awe-gust –ah,” To Indianapolis
after the month. The Supersport
rider is De Rosa (“Duh Rows-ah”), Long time subscriber and rac-
not “Duh Rossa.” Why “the number er. I'm so grateful Moto America is
two position?” It’s “second!” Few coming back to Indy. I live close to
technology insights: carbon-fiber the speedway and attended every
forks/swingarms, brake disc ma- MotoGP race there. What a won-
terial, aero, instrumentation, fuel derful thing to hear motorcycle
consumption. A rider is not “cham- racing is back in IMS. Thank you
pion elect.” Championships come Wayne Rainey and all the people
from points won in races, not by who make up Moto America.
election. Rating: D-. And congratulations to Wayne
Amateurs-‘R’-Us, eh. A pity. on his recent ride on the YZF-R1. It
Why not competent replacements, brought a tear to my eye to see him
such as Jason Pridmore on Moto- ride again after a 26-year absence.
America (when you can find it)? You will always be my hero, Wayne!
Don’t waste your time comment-
ing politely to the (series) websites. Dave Bennett
Nothing changes. Bloomington, Indiana
John Joss
Mountain View, California
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ayne Rainey is riding on two wheels again,
26 years after he became a paraplegic in a
crash during a 500cc Grand Prix race at
Misano in 1993. Rainey’s return to motorcycle riding
started at Buttonwillow Raceway in Southern Cali-
fornia, aboard a modified Yamaha YZF-R1 equipped
with an air-shifter system and was documented in a
video that quickly went viral on social media.
It was a dress rehearsal for the annual Suzuka
Sound of Engine event at Suzuka Circuit, which in-
cludes Vintage motorcycle and car races as well as a
legend component, which gives motorcycle and car
racing fans a chance to see their racing heroes in ac-
B
tion on a short version of the course. The event also
includes interviews in front of the grandstands and
press conferences with the legends.
This year, World Champions Rainey, Eddie Law-
son, and Kenny Roberts, along with Takuma Aoki,
were the featured motorcycle legends, with Rainey
riding the Yamaha shipped in from California, fel-
low wheelchair pilot Aoki riding a Honda production
RC213V, Lawson riding another Honda, and Roberts
riding another Yamaha.
What was supposed to be a bracket race on the
last day of the three-day weekend with all four leg-
ends crossing the finish line at the same time turned
into a rout when Rainey dramatically lowered his lap
time, blasted down the straights at full speed and
crossed the line in first place.
C
“It was amazing for me,”
Rainey told Roadracing World, D
adding that Suzuka was the site of
one of his greatest 500cc GP wins.
“It brought back so much emotion
and memories from 26 years ago,
and the feeling of being on the (A) From left, Kenny Roberts, Eddie Lawson and Wayne
bike again. It was great and I had Rainey at the Suzuka Sound of Engine event. (B) Roberts,
a really good time.” RW Lawson, Takuma Aoki, and Rainey on pit lane. (C) Rain-
ey leads Aoki, Roberts and Lawson on a parade lap. (D)
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I N F O By David Swarts

New Motorcycles/
Manufacturer News
he 2020 Aprilia RS 660 features a

T new 658cc Parallel Twin engine with

a 270-degree crankshaft making a
claimed 100 horsepower in a 372-pound
(dry weight) package. The twin-cylinder
streetbike, first shown as a concept bike at
the 2018 EICMA show, is now going into
production. The RS 660 has a new alu-
minum frame and swingarm, and comes
with a six-axis Inertial Measurement Unit
(IMU), Ride-by-Wire (RbW) throttle system,
and five Riding Modes, and is wrapped in
what the company calls “advanced aero-
dynamic” bodywork. At the 2019 EICMA
show, Aprilia showed the production RS
660 and also displayed a Tuono 660 con-
cept, which is a naked version of the RS Three new streetbikes with advanced aero: (Above) The
660 with an engine retuned to ap-
proximately 95 horsepower for
twin-cylinder 2020 Aprilia RS 660 has a 270-degree firing
better all-around torque. order and makes a claimed 100 horspower. (Left) The 2020
The 2020 Aprilia RSV4 Aprilia Tuono V4 1100 Factory’s version of the 1078cc RSV4
1100 Factory comes with new engine has been retuned to make more torque. (Below)
Öhlins Smart EC 2.0 semi-ac- The 2020 Ducati Streetfighter V4 S is a naked version of the
tive suspension run by a con- 1103cc Panigale V4, making a claimed 208 horsepower.
trol module that is linked to
all the bike’s IMU, to better
monitor the overall action of
the motorcycle and to opti-
mize the suspension damping
to suit the current situation.
The Aprilia RSV4 1100 Factory
is powered by a 217-horsepow-
er, 65-degree, 1078cc V4 engine
(with a bore and stroke of 81mm
x 52.3mm) bolted into an alu-
minum chassis with bodywork
sporting aerodynamic winglets.
Aprilia’s Tuono V4 1100 Factory, a na- tent. “It is faster on the stopwatch, and this im-
ked version of the RSV4 1100 with a retuned, provement is greater the smaller the potential
175-horsepower version of the same V4 engine, of the rider, therefore higher for an amateur
also gets the Öhlins Smart EC 2.0 semi-active than for a professional rider,” Ducati claims.
suspension for 2020 plus new carbon-fiber The Panigale V4 gets a new front frame with
parts, including side panels, engine covers, revised stiffness to improve front-end feel, rid- to the same period of time in 2018. The tech-
and front fender. Manufacturer Suggested er confidence, and turn-in speed; engine elec- nological advancement had an important boost
Retail Prices (MSRPs) for 2020-model Aprilias tronics and RbW throttle settings have been with MotoE, a platform which will continue to
were not available at press time. updated with new torque delivery programs provide us with a unique element of competi-
Ducati introduced its 2020 Streetfighter and predictive control strategies; and upgrad- tive advantage for the next two years.”
V4 and V4 S during its Global Dealer Confer- ed aerodynamics with the “aerofoils” from the All 2020 Energica models come with a
ence held in Rimini, Italy. The machine is a na- Panigale V4 R. The 2020 Panigale V4, with new 21.5 kWh lithium-polymer battery pack—
ked version of the Panigale V4 with a (claimed) Showa suspension components, cast alumi- “the battery pack with the biggest capacity and
208-horsepower, 1103cc, 90-degree V4 engine num wheels, and a claimed dry weight of 386 power ever installed on a production electric
(with a bore and stroke of 81mm x 53.5mm); a pounds (175 kg), has a MSRP of $21,995. The motorcycle,” said Energica CTO Giampiero
claimed dry weight of 397 pounds (180 kg); full 2020 Panigale V4 S, with Öhlins Smart EC 2.0 Testoni—replacing the 13.4 kWh battery used
electronics; aerodynamic winglets (claimed to semi-active suspension components, forged on previous models. The new battery increases
produce 62 pounds of downforce at 168 mph); aluminum wheels, and a claimed dry weight of claimed torque output for all three models to
and a more relaxed riding position than a Pan- 384 pounds (174 kg), has a MSRP of $28,395. 155 lbs.-ft. for the Ego+ and Eva Ribelle and up
igale V4 thanks in part to one-piece tubular For the fans of traditional Ducati sport- to 144 lbs.-ft. for the Eva EsseEsse9+; weight
handlebars. MSRP for the Streetfighter V4 is bikes, the Italian manufacturer is also offering is decreased by 5% across the lineup; and rid-
$19,995 and MSRP for the Streetfighter V4 S is the Panigale V2 in 2020. For more on the Pan- ing range has been extended by as much 60%.
$23,995. Streetfighter V4 S buyers get Öhlins igale V2, please turn to page 18. According to Energica’s own testing, its 2020
Smart EC 2.0 semi-active suspension compo- Energica Motor Company CEO Livia electric motorcycles can travel as far as 248
nents (in place of the conventional Showa com- Cevolini says the electric motorcycle company miles riding in urban environments; 143 miles
ponents on the V4), forged aluminum wheels, is doing well. “The results of the first semes- in mixed-use riding; and 112 miles at highway
and a lower dry weight of 392 pounds (178 kg). ter of 2019 confirm Energica Motor Company speeds. All 2020 Energica models come with
The Panigale V4 has been updated for among the leaders in the EV market, with a 4.3-inch TFT color instrument panels, four
2020 to make it easier to ride and more consis- revenue growth of more than 57% compared Riding Modes, four Regeneration Maps, Trac-

6—Roadracing World, December 2019

tion Control, Cruise Control, long- version of the engine, making ing homologation special—the swingarm; a tubular aluminum
range connectivity through the a claimed 115 horsepower and street-legal, limited-production subframe; new chassis geometry
Energica Connected Ride app, and more than 70 lbs.-ft. of torque; 2021 CBR1000RR-R Fireblade with more rake, more trail, and a
fast-charging capability. Energica the Pan America is equipped with SP. During a media event, Honda longer wheelbase; new positioning
has not released pricing. a 1250cc version of the Revolu- called it “Born To Race.” High- of the inline four-cylinder engine;
Harley-Davidson’s all-new, tion Max claimed to produce over lights include an all-new, more MotoGP-inspired aerodynamic
liquid-cooled, dual-throttle-body, 145 horsepower and 90 lbs.-ft. of compact, and more powerful in- winglets to reduce front-end lift
60-degree V-Twin engine platform torque. Both come equipped with line four-cylinder engine featuring and increase braking stability
(called Revolution Max) powers Brembo radial-mount monoblock a new finger-follower valvetrain, while offering a low coefficient of
the new Bronx streetfighter and front brake calipers and Michelin lighter forged aluminum pistons, drag; Öhlins NPS front forks with
the Pan America adventure tour- tires. Pricing was not announced. lighter titanium connecting rods, Öhlins Smart EC tuning; Brembo
er. The Bronx comes with a 975cc Honda is producing a rac- and the same 81mm x 48.5mm Stylema front brake calipers; a
bore and stroke as the RC213V Brembo front brake master cyl-
MotoGP racebike. New IMU-based inder; 330mm (13.0-inch) front
engine electronics have five pow- brake discs; and the rear brake
er modes, three engine braking caliper from the Honda RC213V-S.
modes, nine traction control set- According to Honda, no significant
tings, three wheelie control set- parts carry over from the current
tings, Sport and Track ABS modes, CBR1000RR models. The new
and an electronic quickshifter. 2021 Honda CBR1000RR-R will
The CBR1000RR-R also comes be available in the United States
with a titanium Akrapovic muffler; beginning in June of 2020. Honda
a new frame with optimized rigid- will continue to market the current
ity; a new, longer, MotoGP-style CBR1000RR streetbike as well, be-
cause it still sells well in its class.
In addition, Honda has en-
hanced the styling, comfort, and
performance of its popular Reb-
el 300 (MSRP $4,499) and Rebel
500 (MSRP $6,199), which helped
make the company second in over-
(Above) New Energica electric motorcycles make more torque, weigh all cruiser sales nationwide. The
less, and have longer range due to a 21.5 kWh lithium-polymer battery. small-displacement cruisers now
A red Ego + and a MotoE racebike pose here. (Right) A Harley-Davidson come with an assist-slipper clutch
that reduces lever effort by 30%;
adventure bike powered by a 1250cc Revolution Max engine in action.
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 (Above) The Husqvarna Svartpilen
701 is a 693cc single-cylinder.
(Below) The 1769cc Indian V-Twin
PowerPlus engine makes a mass-
sive (claimed) 128 lbs.-ft. of torque.

(Above) Honda says the 2021 limited-production CBR1000RR-R is “Born

To Race” and its factory team target is the Superbike World Champi-
onship. (Right) The single-cylinder Honda Rebel 300 and twin-cylinder
Rebel 500 share a chassis and made Honda second in cruiser sales.

els in the front forks; a stiffer rear
shock spring to improve handling;
upgraded instruments that dis-
play gear position and fuel level;
a more supportive seat; and new
lights and turn signals. The Reb-
el 300 comes with a fuel-injected,
liquid-cooled 286cc single-cylin-
der engine, while the Rebel 500
has the same chassis powered
by a fuel-injected, liquid-cooled
471cc Parallel Twin.
Husqvarna’s 2020 street-
bike lineup includes the 701 Su-
permoto and 701 Enduro, which
share a liquid-cooled, fuel-inject-
ed 693cc single-cylinder engine
(with a bore and stroke of 105mm
x 80mm) bolted into a tubular
steel main frame. Both models
come with RbW throttle, lean-an-
gle-sensitive traction control, ride
modes, Bosch Cornering ABS, and
an electronic quickshifter. Husq-
varna will also continue to offer
updated versions of its Vitpilen
701 and Svartpilen 701, which
are also equipped with the same
693cc single-cylinder engine, and
its Vitpilen 401 and Svartpilen
401, which are powered by 373cc
single-cylinder engines and have
longer rear subframes to provide
more room for passengers.
Indian’s newest model is
the Challenger, offered in three
trims: Challenger (MSRP $21,999),
Challenger Dark Horse (MSRP
$27,499), and Challenger Limited
(MSRP $27,999). The Challeng-
er has the most powerful engine
the company has produced. The
liquid-cooled, fuel-injected, 60-de-
gree V-Twin PowerPlus engine
displaces 1769cc and produces a
claimed 122 horsepower at 5,500
rpm and an astounding 128 lbs.-ft.
of torque at 3,800 rpm! The engine
has four valves per cylinder actu-
ated by overhead camshafts with
hydraulic valve lash adjusters and
hydraulic camshaft chain tension-
ers for ease of maintenance. Com-
pression ratio is 11.0:1.
Kawasaki's new Z H2 is a
naked version of the Ninja H2 with
its DOHC, 998cc inline four-cylin-
der engine (with a bore and stroke
of 76mm x 55mm) and tubular
steel trellis-style main frame. A
new double-sided swingarm gives
the Z H2 the necessary rigidi-
ty with less weight than the sin-
gle-sided swingarm used on other
H2 models. For the Z H2, the su-
percharged engine's valve timing
has been altered and its exhaust
system revised to provide “optimal
low-mid-range torque... and all
out supercharged performance on

Ten Years Ago...

R
acing Editor Chris Ulrich
is knee-down on Taylor
Knapp's Buell 1125R Su-
perbike at Barber Motorsports Park
on the cover of the December 2009
issue of Roadracing World. Ulrich
had raced against the machine all
season long, so he wasn't surprised
to find that it was good—very good.
“It had the potential to finish in the
top five on a good day at the right
track,” Ulrich wrote. However, the
bike's ultimate potential would re-
main a mystery, as Harley-David-
son soon announced its decision to
2009
give private and satellite teams the
same engines as the ones raced by
the factory Yoshimura team and the
support to make them run proper-
ly. Racing Editor Ulrich tested one
in his Team Roadracingworld.com
GSX-R1000 at the AMA Superbike
race at Virginia International Race-
way and was impressed, saying, “I
could draft the other Suzuki Super-
bikes down the straights. I wasn't
getting pulled anyplace.”
Ulrich also tested the 2010 MV
Agusta Brutale 1090RR and 990R,
finding the oft-delayed lineup “de-
And a Club Racer Profile featured Warren
Spradlin, Jr., a Willow Springs rider who still
raced an RZ350 after losing a leg to diabetes.
Jorge Lorenzo won the MotoGP race in
Estoril, and Casey Stoner returned after a
health-related hiatus to win the MotoGP race
at Phillip Island. Noriyuki Haga and Michel
Fabrizio split the World Superbike wins at
Imola, and Haga and Spies split the victories
at Magny-Cours. Paul Allison and Dan Bi-
lansky clinched ASRA titles at Virginia Inter-
national Raceway. Robert Jensen won three
races at the special Michelin U.S. Motorcy-
cle Championship at Barber and pocketed
$14,000 in purse money and bonuses.

shut down it Buell subsidiary.
Yoshimura R&D announced
that it would offer engine lease
and support packages for 2009
and 2010 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Su-
perbikes raced in the 2010 AMA
Superbike class. The idea was to
livers a great balance of street com-
fort, track performance and pure
style.” Ben Spies said his sole con-
cern about moving to MotoGP with
Yamaha in 2010 was that the series
was dominated by former 250cc GP
riders, not Superbike competitors.
The Editor's Scrapbook featured John
Ulrich’s photo of Pat Hennen and Gary Nix-
on on Suzuki TR750 two-stroke 750cc racebikes racing Steve
Baker on a Yamaha 0W31 TZ750 variant during an AFM week-
end held at Ontario Motor Speedway in September, 1975! “At
the time, factory race teams often used club races to test and
get ready for AMA Nationals,” the caption read. RW

8—Roadracing World, December 2019

 2020 Ninja 1000SX sport tourer
with a new six-axis Bosch IMU, in-
cluding KTRC, KCMF, KIBS, KQS,
Riding Modes, Power Modes, and
electronic cruise control, adjust-
able via new 4.3-inch TFT color in-
strument panel with smartphone
connectivity. The remodeled Ninja
1000SX has new electronic throt-
tle valves (RbW throttle) for better
response from the 1,043cc inline
four-cylinder engine; new En-
gine Control Unit (ECU) tuning;
revised camshaft profi les; new
intake funnels (velocity stacks);
a reconfigured exhaust system;
a more comfortable seat; a new
windshield; and reshaped body-
work. MSRP is $12,399.
KTM has taken its 1290 Su-
per Duke R, which the compa-
ny refers to as the “Beast,” and
The Kawasaki Z H2 is a naked version of the supercharged 998cc Ninja “re-Beasted” it with a more pow-
H2, with Brembo brakes, Showa suspension, and IMU-based electron- er, less weight, a new chassis,
ics, including traction, launch, cornering ABS, and cruise control. new electronics, and new styling
for 2020. The 1301cc 75-degree
the top end,” according to Kawasa- ing Riding Modes, Power Modes, V-Twin (with a bore and stroke
ki. Like other H2 models, the Z H2 Kawasaki Cornering Management of 108mm x 71mm) is now light-
comes with Brembo monoblock Function (KCMF), Kawasaki TRac- er thanks to thinner engine cas-
front brake calipers, fully adjust- tion Control (KTRC), Kawasaki In- es and a new mounting method,
able Showa suspension, a slip/as- telligent anti-lock Braking System which also allows the swingarm
sist clutch, a TFT color instrument (KIBS), Kawasaki Launch Control pivot to be raised 5mm to improve
panel with smart phone connectiv- Mode (KLCM), Kawasaki Quick stability and anti-squat. New fuel
ity via RIDEOLOGY THE APP, and Shifter (KQS), and electronic injectors and 56mm throttle bod-
Pirelli Diablo Rosso III tires. It also cruise control. MSRP is $17,000. ies improve combustion, result-
has IMU-based electronics includ- Kawasaki has updated the ing in more torque and better
fuel economy, and the injectors
and airbox are fed by a new ram
air intake built into the headlight
housing. Gearbox changes are de-
signed to improve shifting.
The chassis of the new KTM
1290 Super Duke R features a
new trellis frame (using larger di-
ameter steel tubes with thinner
walls) providing three times more
torsional rigidity and reducing
weight by 4.4 pounds (2.0 kg); a
longer single-sided swingarm to
improve traction and feel; revised
geometry; upgraded WP APEX
suspension components; a lighter
aluminum and carbon compos-
ite subframe; new Brembo Style-
ma front brake calipers; lighter
wheels; and stickier Bridgestone
S22 tires. KTM has also updated
the bike with adjustable ergonom-
ics, an angle-adjustable 5.0-inch
TFT scratch-resistant instrumen-
tal panel, and refinements to elec-
tronic rider aids.
KTM has also announced a
new 2021 890 Duke R, a sportier
and edgier sibling to the 790 Duke
with more aggressive ergonom-
ics, upgraded brakes, and fully
adjustable WP APEX suspension.
For entry-level adventure touring
riders, KTM is now offering the
390 Adventure, which shares DNA
with both the 390 Duke and the
Roadracing World, December 2019—9

(Above) The 2020 KTM 1290 Super Duke R
V-Twin makes more power, weighs less and
has a new chassis, electronics, and styling.
(Above, Right) No specs have been released
for the 2020 KTM 890R Duke. (Below) The Su-
zuki V-STROM 1050 XT Adventure is a 1037cc
V-Twin with advanced IMU-based electronics.
790 Adventure. KTM also reported its ninth
consecutive year of growth and another year of
record sales in 2019.
Suzuki's V-STROM 1050, V-STROM
1050XT, and V-STROM 1050XT Adventure
have “bolder styling and updated technology”
for 2020. All three share a DOHC, 1037cc,
90-degree V-Twin engine (with a bore and
stroke of 100mm x 66mm), which makes a
claimed 106 horsepower (up from 99 horse-
power) thanks to new pistons with more com-
pression, more valve lift from the camshafts,
and larger (49mm vs. 45mm) throttle bodies
now electronically operated (a.k.a. RbW). All
three also come with updated traction con-
trol systems (with four different modes), a new
three-setting Drive Mode Selector, and Suzu-
ki’s Easy Start System. In addition, they get a
new full LCD instrument panel, with a mount-
ing bar above it and a new USB post beside it to
make it easier to mount and power accessories,
like GPS systems or smartphones; a new, ad-
justable windscreen; redesigned handguards
and mirrors; and a new height-adjustable seat.
The V-STROM 1050XT and V-STROM 1050XT
Adventure versions come with the IMU-based
Suzuki Intelligent Ride System (SIRS) which
includes an updated Motion Track Antilock &
Combined Brake System (which includes Hill
Hold Control and a Load Dependent Control
System), and Cruise Control. The V-STROM
1050XT Adventure also comes with quick-re-
lease aluminum side cases and heated hand
grips as standard features. MSRPs for the new
Suzuki V-STROM 1050 models are TBD.
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International
Racing News
Jorge Lorenzo announced his retirement be-
fore the final MotoGP race of 2019, but his 13th-
place finish gave Repsol Honda a sweep of the
Rider, Constructor, and Team Championships.
During the EICMA show in Milan, Honda
announced its 2020 World Championship rac-
ing plans, and Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez
stood on the stage along with his teammate
Jorge Lorenzo. But when Lorenzo arrived in
Valencia for the 2019 MotoGP season finale,
the Spaniard called a press conference and an-
nounced his retirement from MotoGP. “I always
thought there are four significant days in the
career of a rider: Your first race, your first win,
your first Championship, and then the day you
retire,” Lorenzo said to a room packed with rid-
ers, team representatives, and members of the
press. “Well, as you may imagine, I’m here to
tell you this day has arrived for me. I want to
announce this will be my last race in MotoGP,
and that at the end of this race I will retire from
professional racing.” During his 18-year World
Championship career—which began the day
he turned 15 years old—Lorenzo won 68 races,
finished on the podium 152 times, earned 69
pole positions, turned 37 fastest laps in races,
and won World Championships five times—
twice in 250cc Grand Prix and three times in
MotoGP. See more on page 41.
With Johann Zarco and the Red Bull
KTM factory team ending their relationship in
the middle of the 2019 season, KTM decided
to move South African rider Brad Binder up
to replace Zarco on the 2020 factory team in-
stead of having him ride with the Red Bull KTM
Tech3 satellite team, as previously announced.
The seat opened up on the Red Bull KTM
Tech3 seat will be filled by American Racing's
19-year-old Iker Lecuona, who had been slat-
ed to join the 2020 Red Bull KTM Ajo factory
Moto2 team. That Moto2 ride has now been as-
signed to Japanese rider Tetsuta Nagashima.
Meanwhile, with Red Bull KTM Tech3’s
Miguel Oliviera injured, the team asked
permission for Iker to ride Oliviera’s MotoGP
racebike for the 2019 season finale at Valen-
cia. American Racing agreed, and then got
permission from Team Hammer, (which has
American Sean Dylan Kelly under con-
tract to race on an M4 ECSTAR Suzuki
GSX-R600 in MotoAmerica Supersport
through 2020), to run Kelly as a wild card
entry at Valencia on what had been Iker’s
Moto2 racebike, with a KTM chassis. Kel-
ly qualified 27th at 1:36.130 and raced as
high as 24th but crashed two laps before the
finish. Kelly is likely to do more wild cards
with American Racing—which is switching to
Kalex chassis—in 2020 and may ride full-time
for American Racing in 2021.
American Garrett Gerloff, 24, is leaving
the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship
and joining the factory-backed GRT Yamaha
WorldSBK Junior Team for the 2020 FIM Su-
perbike World Championship. “I’m really look-
ing forward to representing America overseas,"
Gerloff said. "It’s something that I’ve always
dreamed of doing and something that I’ve been
preparing for, and I feel like I’m ready.”
The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup held
its selection event for the 2020 season in Oc-
tober at the Guadix Circuit, in Spain. Out of
109 riders from 37 different countries invited
to the tryout event, 11 new riders were selected
to join the series in 2020, including American
Rocco Landers, the 14-year-old who dominat-
ed the 2019 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Champi-
onship. “I was the last name called!” Landers
told Roadracing World. “They literally said, ‘…
and Rocco Landers.’ But it sounded like they
said it in slow motion. When I won my first
MotoAmerica race it was cool and winning the
Junior Cup Championship was really cool, but
going back to race in Europe next year is the
best feeling I’ve ever had.”
Josh Brookes won all three of the final
races of the 2019 British Superbike Champi-
onship held at Brands Hatch, but his Be Wiser
Ducati teammate Scott Redding won the 2019
Championship in his debut season in the se-
ries. “It is good to pay back everyone who has
supported me through all my years in GP and
my first year here in BSB,” Redding said. “A lot
of people doubted me to win the championship
in my first year. I knew deep inside I could do
it. Even though I broke my femur one month
before the first test of the year, I didn’t let it
hold me back. The BSB Championship has
been amazing. They’ve brought a lot of passion
back into racing, and I’ve had so much fun this
year on and off track.”
Riding a Fireplace Warehouse Racing
KTM, Brandon Paasch won British Motostar
(Moto3) Race One at the season-ending dou-
bleheader at Brands Hatch—clinching the
2019 British Motostar Championship, and be-
coming the first American to ever win a BSB
title. Paasch then celebrated his new title by
carrying the number one plate to victory in
Race Two the following day. “After the win in
Race Two at Donington, I knew I could push
it at Brands because that’s one of my favor-
ite tracks in the series,” Paasch said. "I was
determined to get the win for the champion-
ship. When I crossed the line and got it, I was
so happy that I could barely sit on the bike.

(Above) American Sean Dylan
Kelly (69) got family permission to
run Nicky Hayden’s number in his
Moto2 debut. (Below) Rocco Land-
ers made the MotoGP Rookies Cup.
(Top) Garrett Gerloff, seen here
with coach Josh Hayes, is racing
in World Superbike in 2020. Jake
Gagne (above) and Cameron
Beaubier (right) are riding for the
new Attack Yamaha team in 2020.
It was such an amazing feeling
to be a champion—the first U.S.
champion in BSB history!” Paasch
followed up with a wild-card ride
on a Honda-powered Kalex in the
FIM CEV Moto2 finale at Valencia,
qualifying 16th at 1:37.995 and
finishing 12th despite dislocating
a shoulder when he crashed in the
Sunday warm-up session.
Yamaha’s Katsuyuki Naka-
suga and Honda’s Takumi Taka-
hashi each won a race at the MFJ
All-Japan Superbike Champion-
ship finale held at Suzuka Circuit,
but Takahashi’s crash in Race
One cost him his lead in the points
and ultimately the Championship,
which Nakasuga won.
Troy Herfoss, Mike Jones,
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and Wayne Maxwell went into
the 2019 Australian Superbike
Championship finale at Sydney
Motorsport Park separated by 4.5
points. Jones, riding his Desmo-
sport Ducati 1299 Panigale Final
Edition, took a victory in Race One
over Herfoss with Maxwell finish-
ing third. In Race Two, Jones and
Herfoss constantly exchanged the
lead, including three times on the
last lap. Herfoss made a final pass
attempt, but ran wide and gave
Jones enough of a lead to take the
race win and the Championship.
Professional Racing
In The U.S.
Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A.
has signed a two-year deal with
Attack Performance to run Yama-
ha’s official MotoAmerica Super-
bike team in 2020-2021. Defend-
ing Champion Cameron Beaubier
will continue to race for the team
and will be joined by former World
Superbike rider and MotoAmerica
Superstock 1000 Champion Jake
Gagne. “I’m looking toward 2020!”
Beaubier. “There will be some
changes within our team, but we
will always have the same goal.
I am really excited to be working

(Above, Left) Scott Redding won the 2019 British Superbike Championship.
(Above, Right) American Brandon Paasch won the BSB (Moto3) MotoStar
Championship. (Below) From left, Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali, Ducati
VP Global Sales & After Sales Director Francesco Milicia, top North & South
America dealer Jeff Nash, and Ducati North America CEO Jason Chinnock.
with Attack Performance. The
guys at Yamaha, with the addition
of Richard Stanboli’s knowledge,
I feel confident will build a weapon
out of the 2020 R1.”
Gagne said, “It’s a dream
come true to be aboard the
championship-winning machine
and surrounded by such a huge
amount of experience and knowl-
edge. I’ve been fortunate to have
had my most successful racing
years aboard a Yamaha, so I feel
like I’m back at home.”
MotoAmerica will hold a
stand-alone race event at India-
napolis Motor Speedway August
Jon Glaefke,
Eric Wood And Crew @
Woodcraft Technologies
for the brilliantly engineered parts
priced right.
Tim Scholtz @ Motorex
Oils of Switzerland
for keeping the gears spinning
smoothly, the pistons pumping,
and the chains lubed.
Miles Frederick @
Street and Competition
for being trackside with what I need.
Mike Lukachy And Crew @
Sol Performance
for the sticky Pirelli's
Cory Neurer And Crew @
CT Racing
for even more of the sticky Pirelli's
USAG Tools
for the deep discount.
AJ Ammann @
Paradigm Cycles
for being always close by and
available with a lift when needed.
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21-23, 2020. The event will in- Dallas dealership. Nash rode a
clude all five classes of the Mo- Ducati 748 to win the 2000 AMA
toAmerica Championship series. Pro Thunder Championship.
MotoAmerica’s complete 2020
race schedule appears on page 66.
Milestones
Track Happenings
John Elvis Heard, son of
Roadracing World Advertising Sales
The Board of Directors of Director Natalie Ulrich Heard
Hulman & Company agreed to and Jason Heard, was born Octo-
ber 25, in Riverside, California.
sell the company and its asset—
including Indianapolis Motor RW
Speedway, the IndyCar racing se-
ries, and IMS Productions—to the
Penske Corporation. Current race
team owner and businessman
Roger Penske said, “It will be an
honor for Penske Corporation to
help lead these great institutions
forward into a new era.”
Industry News
During its Global Dealer
Conference held in Rimini, Italy,
Ducati presented an award for
Ducati Dealer of the Year for North
& South America for 2019 to for-
mer AMA Pro racer and champion Newborn John Elvis Heard with
Jeff Nash and his AMS Ducati first-time mom Natalie Ulrich Heard.
Marv Rosencrans @ Rocky
Mountain Kawasaki
2019 CVMA Formula 40 Lightweight &
MRA Formula Colorado Class Champion
would like to say thanks to the many fine companies
and individuals that help keep racing fun and
somewhat affordable these past 30 years.
for great work performed quickly.
Ricky Orlando
for the motivation, competition
as well the constructive criticism.
Brian Sharp And Crew @
Boulder Motorsports
Geoff Cesmat
for sound advice
KTM World
for the fast service and discounts
to keep me running up front.
John And Chris Ulrich
& The Whole Staff @
Roadracing World
for helping keep us safe and
protected year in and out with the
Airfence Action Fund as well keep-
Thank you all
ing us abreast as to how the rest of
l`]JgY\jY[af_Ogjd\k\gaf_&
All The Corner Workers,
Staff And Board With The
CVMA, MRA and AHRMA
and look forward to seeing you soon!
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_ ADJUSTABLE REARSETS FOR 2020 BMW S1000RR

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HIGH-PERFORMANCE COOLANT `
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FULL EXHAUST FOR 2020 BMW S1000RR `
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 BIKE INTRO
2020 Panigale V2 / Jerez, Spain
POWER
Without Drama
By Chris Ulrich
W
hen Ducati introduced
the 959 Panigale in 2016,
it offered plenty of per-
formance without any of the usual
drama of riding a fire-breathing
1000cc sportbike. After riding the
2020 Panigale V2—the new des-
ignation for Ducati’s fully faired
V-Twin sportbike—at Jerez for a
day, I’m still convinced that this
smaller-displacement Panigale
V-Twin is a great alternative to an
open-class sportbike.
With Ducati’s high-perfor-
mance Superbike platform mov-
ing to a V4 engine configuration,
company engineers gave the 959
a host of smart upgrades and the
new V2 designation. Ducati refers
to the V2 as another model in its
"Super-mid" heritage that dates
back to the 748, first released in
1994. The 748 and the succeeding
model, the 749, were potent weap-
ons competing on the racetrack
against 600cc inline four-cylin-
der machines, but the bike was
banned from the Supersport
World Championship when Ducati
added 99cc to create the 848 plat-
form for the 2008 model year.
A major change came in the
2012 model year, when Ducati
abandoned the tried-and-true tu-
bular-steel trellis chassis, build-
ing an aluminum monocoque
chassis for the 1199 Panigale.
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(Above) The 2020 Ducati Panigale V2 is based on the Panigale 959, but
with intake and exhaust system changes needed to meet Euro5 emis-
sion standards without losing performance. The exhaust box under
the engine holds the catalytic converter and provides the large volume
needed to maintain power. (Below, Right) Advanced Bosch IMU-based
electronics from the V4 line represent a significant upgrade for the V2.
Following the lead of its flagship
model, Ducati implemented the
monocoque chassis on the 899
Panigale for the 2013 model year.
The next evolution was the 955cc
959 Panigale.
In 26 years the Super-mid
line went from the displacement
of a true middleweight to the dis-
placement of a full-blown super-
bike. It’s amazing what a couple
hundred cubic centimeters do for
performance!
Which brings us to the 2020
model year and the new Euro5
emission standards. A key de-
sign challenge for this 959 update
was to meet the Euro5 standards
without losing performance. And
Ducati engineers have done that
with the V2. Ducati claims the
2020 upgraded V2 version of the of the Panigale V4 platform, al- exhaust system that looks similar
company’s 955cc V-Twin Su- though the bodywork on the V2 to the V4 exhaust were also fitted
perquadro engine—which has is 1.6 inches (40mm) narrower. to the V2. Both those changes can
a bore and stroke of 100mm x Like the bodywork on the V4, the be justified in terms of overall per-
68.5mm and a compression ratio V2’s upper fairing now has larg- formance, but also contributed to
of 12.5:1—puts out 155 bhp and er ram-air inlets with the head- an 11-pound increase in weight.
76.7 lbs-ft of torque. lights mounted inside the cutouts (More on the changes later.)
For 2020, Ducati brought for the ductwork, along with the Performance improvements
the styling and design of the same tailsection design. A new start at the leading edge of the
Panigale V2 in line with the look single-sided swingarm and a new upper fairing, where larger intake
scoops funnel more air through to a collector,
which merges the two intakes closer to the in-
lets. The air then travels through the center of
the frame, which also doubles as the airbox.
The direct path reduced pressure loss and al-
lowed engineers to improve overall combustion
efficiency.
Like the 959, the V2 has two fuel injectors
for each cylinder; a shower injector positioned
above each throttle body, and a lower injector
mounted below the throttle butterfly valve. But
the width of the spray cone produced by the
shower injector was increased by 15 degrees,
giving the upper injector wider coverage and
improving atomization as the air/fuel charge
develops in (and moves through) the throttle
bodies under high load. The lower injector
mounting angle has been increased by 10 de-
grees, and flow rate was increased in both in-
jectors. All the changes are designed to make
the air/fuel charge going into each cylinder's
combustion chamber more homogenous and
thus improve combustion efficiency, minimize
emissions, and maximize power.
At the other end of the combustion cycle,
(Above, Left) Upper and lower injectors flow more fuel and contribute to more efficient combus-
tion. (Above, Right) A new ram-air intake design for the V2 improves flow and increases airbox
pressure. (Below) Single-sided swingarm makes room for large-volume under-engine exhaust.
the spent gasses head out the exhaust valves
into a new exhaust system with a large, un-
der-slung muffler that also houses the catalyt-
ic converter and shares the look of the exhaust
system on the Panigale V4 models. Ducati en-
gineers have done a good job of designing and
building a functioning exhaust system that al-
lows the V2 to meet Euro5 emissions without
choking off performance or hanging a massive
exhaust canister off the side of the bike.
The V2 engineers kept the die-cast alu-
minum-monocoque chassis design, which uses
the engine as a stressed member and along
with a tubular-steel subframe makes up the
base of the chassis. While Ducati engineers
have gone to an aluminum twin-spar front
frame on the V4 platform, they have embraced
the monocoque chassis design for the smaller-
displacement V-Twin model. It comes down to
physics and dimensions. The monocoque de-
sign couldn’t keep up with the extreme forces
created by two 112mm pistons slamming up
and down at high rpm in the Panigale 1299
model. But the chassis design works when
combined with a 955cc engine—as I found out
during the 2016 intro of the 959—and Ducati
stuck with it.
Chassis rake remains 24 degrees, but
Ducati engineers slightly reduced trail by low-
ering the front end by 2mm and lengthening
the rear shock by 2mm. Those changes put
the weight bias at 52% front and 48% rear.
Showa Big Piston Front (BPF) forks are re-
tained at the front, while a Sachs shock han-
dles suspension duties at the rear. New on the
V2 is a die-cast, aluminum-alloy, single-sided
swingarm that adds 5mm to the overall wheel-
base, which is now 1,436mm (56.5 inches).
The design of the 5.50-inch, five-spoke, cast
aluminum-alloy wheel was changed to fit the
single-sided swingarm. The V2 still comes
fitted with Pirelli Diablo Rosso Corsa tires.
The handlebar and footpeg positions are
unchanged, but the V2 gets a reshaped seat
that has rounder edges and is 5mm thicker.
The seating area is also longer by 20mm to give
riders more room to move around on the bike.
The V2 has been fitted with Ducati’s latest
high-performance electronics system based on
a Bosch 6D (6-axis) Inertial Measurement Unit
(IMU). The electronics suite used
on the V2 is adapted from the V4
model line, so the V2 now has
three riding modes: Street, Sport,
and Race. Each mode allows full
horsepower to be reached, but
controls the rate of throttle open-
ing electronically through the Ride
by Wire (RbW) throttle. The Street
and Sport modes have what Duca-
ti calls “sporty” throttle response,
while the Race mode has direct
throttle response, which means
the rider gets the throttle opening
they want, when they ask for it.
The rider aids built into each
riding mode are ABS Cornering
EVO (ABS EVO), Ducati Traction Control EVO
2 (DTC EVO 2), Ducati Wheelie Control EVO
(DWC EVO), Ducati Quick Shift Up/Down EVO
(DQS EVO), and Ducati Engine Brake Control
EVO (EBC EVO).
Like the V4, the ABS EVO system used on
the V2 has three levels of intervention, using
Ducati’s terminology. Set-up 3 is for slick con-
ditions while riding on the open road. Set-up 2
disables rear wheel lift detection and enables
the rear slide-by-brake feature, which allows
the rider to back the bike in from 0-35 degrees of
lean. Set-up 1 is the least intrusive setting and
disables the cornering feature, and Ducati rec-
ommends that only expert riders use Set-up 1.
On corner entry, Ducati’s EBC EVO is one
of the most advanced systems available. It ad-
justs engine braking in real time by opening
the throttle plates based on gear, lean angle,
and crank speed to keep the bike tracking with
the wheels in line on corner entry. There are
three levels of engine braking available; Level
1 has the least force, Level 2 is in the middle,
and Level 3 offers the most braking force.
The DQS EVO system allows clutchless
up-shifts and downshifts and also shortens the
cut time above 9,000 rpm to reduce the likeli-
hood of abrupt shifts.
The DTC EVO 2 system got a significant
upgrade for its roll-out on the V2. It still offers
nine levels (1-8, plus off) of traction control,
but engineers have refined the system’s algo-
rithms to detect wheel-slip conditions before
the rear tire starts to slide, and then limits the
amount of slip to keep the spin oscillations
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 closer to the wheel target value for
each level of traction control. This
allows the system to react faster,
which means the power reduction
is less abrupt during a slide event.
DWC EVO is pretty straight-
forward; the system has five lev-
els (1-4, plus off) to help mitigate
wheelies during acceleration.
The new tech and chassis
upgrades come at a cost, and the
MSRP for the 2020 V2 has in-
creased to $16,495.
On The Track
I was impressed with the
959 Panigale when I first rode it
in 2016, and the new updates look
positive on paper. So I was excit-
ed to put the V2 to the test, and
headed to the Jerez De La Fron-
tera Circuit in the south of Spain
to check it out.
As usual for intro rides, the
day started with the V2 in Sport
mode, which means the throttle
was less aggressive and the rid-
er aid settings were conservative
for the DTC EVO 4, DWC EVO 2,
EBC 2, and ABS EVO 2 systems.
I felt the electronics were holding
me back within a few laps on the
track. My first overall impression
of the V2 was still good: The power
was linear and the chassis was ag-
ile. But I needed to turn down the
electronics to see what the V2 was
really capable of.
Once the warm-up ses-
sion was over, I spent the rest of
the day in Race mode. Changing
from Sport mode to Race mode is
done using a switch bank on the
left handlebar, and it is easy and
intuitive. However, I needed help
from the on-site Ducati engineers
to change the individual settings
within the Riding modes. This is Broad power and the ability to rev or lug the engine and still turn a good
something that I can usually do lap makes it easier to ride the Panigale V2 on the racetrack. Main head-
myself on most brands of motor- lights are positioned above the ram-air intakes, in the fairing cutout.
cycles, but I failed to quickly fig-
ure it out on the Ducati. Which the engine was solid with great a gear higher and lugging it, and
means it’s best to keep the manu- torque, creating strong power from having that choice really helps
al handy the first few times scroll- around 6,000 rpm and pulling un- with gear selection. The direct
ing through the dash. Anyway, my til hitting the rev-limiter at 11,500 throttle setting response is also
preferred settings for the day were rpm. In some cases, I found myself smoother when the bike is picked
DTC EVO 1, EBC EVO 2, DWC off, getting into the rev-limiter before I up off idle mid-corner.
and ABS EVO 1. expected to. The broad powerband I spent one session in Race
Back on the racetrack, allows revving the bike or running mode with the DWC EVO set on

Specifications: 2020 DUCATI PANIGALE V2

Engine Configuration: 90-degree, V-Twin, 4-stroke Ride Modes: 3 2nd: 93 mph
Engine Displacement: 955cc Power Modes: 3 1st: 71 mph
Engine Cooling: Liquid IMU: 6-Axis Bosch Engine Speed At 60 mph: 3,732 rpm
Compression Ratio: 12.5:1 Traction Control: Yes Frame Design (Material): Monocoque (Aluminum)
Combustion Chamber Design: Pentroof Slide Control: Yes Rake/Trail: 24.0 degrees/ 3.78 inches
Valves Per Cylinder: 4 Wheelie Control: Yes Measured Wheelbase: 56.5 inches (1,436mm)
Intake Valves Per Cylinder: 2 ABS: Yes Measured Swingarm Length: 21.0 inches (533mm)
Exhaust Valves Per Cylinder: 2 Racing ABS: Yes Seat Height: 33.1 inches (840mm)
Bore x Stroke: 100.0mm x 60.8mm Engine Brake Control: Yes Footpeg Height: 15.3 inches (390mm)
Connecting Rod Length (c-to-c): 112.45mm (4.42 inches) Lubrication System: Wet Sump Handlebar Height: 33.5 inches (850mm)
Connecting Rod Material: Steel Oil Capacity: 4.015 quarts (3.8 liters) Steering Stem to Seat Center: 26.6 inches (675mm)
Claimed Peak Horsepower: 155-bhp @ 10,500 rpm Fuel Capacity: 4.5 gallons (17 liters) Front Forks: Showa Cartridge, Inverted,Big Piston Front
Claimed Peak Torque: 79.21 lbs.-ft. @ 9,000 rpm Transmission Type: 6-speed, constant Mesh, Fork Tube Diameter: 43mm
Engine Redline: 11,500 rpm with Ducati Quick Shifter (DQS) Fork Adjustments:
Valve Angle (Included): 11.5 degrees Intake/13.1degrees Clutch Type: Wet, Multi-plate, Back-Torque-Limiting Rebound Damping: 6.5-turn Range
Exhaust (24.6degrees) Clutch Actuation System: Hydraulic Compression Damping: 8.5-turn Range
Combustion Chamber Volume: 42cc Clutch Spring Type: Coil Spring Preload: 15mm Range
Valvetrain Type: DOHC, Gear and Roller Chain, Number Of Clutch Springs: 3 Front Wheel Travel: 4.72 inches (120mm)
Desmodromic Rocker Arms, Shim Lash Adjustment Number Of Clutch Plates: 21 Rear Wheel Travel: 5.12 inches (130mm)
Valve Adjustment Interval: 14,912 miles (24,000 km) Drive Plates: 11 Rear Suspension Type: Sachs Single Shock with Linkage
Intake Valve Diameter (Material): 41.8mm (stainless steel) Driven Plates: 10 Rear Shock Adjustments:
Exhaust Valve Diameter (Material): 34 mm (stainless steel) Primary Drive: Gear (Straight Cut) Rebound Damping: 35-click Range
Intake Valve Stem Diameter: 7mm Primary Drive Gear Teeth (Ratio): 30/53 (1.76:1) Compression Damping: 3 Turn Range
Exhaust Valve Stem Diameter: 7mm Final Drive Sprocket Teeth (Ratio): 15/43 (2.86:1) Spring Preload: 15mm Range
Intake Valve Maximum Lift: 13.8mm Transmission Gear Teeth (Ratios): Front Brakes: 320mm (12.6-inch) Dual Discs,
Exhaust Valve Maximum Lift: 12.0mm 6th: 23/24 (0.95:1) 4-piston M4-P34 Brembo Calipers With Bosch ABS
Intake Valve Timing: 5th: 24/22 (1.09:1) Rear Brake: 245mm (9.64-inch) Disc,
Open BTDC: 16 degrees 4th: 25/20 (1.25:1) 2-piston Brembo Caliper With Bosch ABS
Closed ABDC: 56 degrees 3rd: 27/18 (1.5:1) Front Wheel: 3.50 x 17.0-inch Cast Aluminum Alloy
Duration: 252 degrees 2nd: 30/16 (1.875:1) Rear Wheel: 5.50 x 17.0-inch Cast Aluminum Alloy
Lobe Center: 110 degrees 1st: 37/15 (2.460:1) Front Tire: 120/70-ZR17 Pirelli Diablo Rosso Corsa Radial
Exhaust Valve Timing: Transmission Overall Ratios: Rear Tire: 180/60-ZR17 Pirelli Diablo Rosso Corsa Radial
Open BBDC: 63 degrees 6th: 4.78:1 Claimed Dry Weight: 388 pounds (176 kg)
Closed ATDC: 9 degrees 5th: 5.48:1 Claimed Wet Weight: 441 pounds (200 kg)
Duration: 252 degrees 4th: 6.92:1 Weight Distribution, Percent: 52.0F/48.0R
Lobe Center: 117 degrees 3rd: 7.55:1 GVWR: 816 pounds (370 kg)
Valve Timing Measurement Point: 1mm (lift) 2nd: 9.438:1 Overall Length: 80.9 inches (2,056 mm)
Fuel Delivery System: Mitsubishi EFI, Ride-By-Wire Throttle 1st: 12.38:1 Overall Width: 29.3 inches (745mm)
Throttle Body Venturi Size: Oval, Equivalent to 62mm Theoretical Speed In Gears At Redline: Overall Height: 43.9 inches (1,115mm)
Air Filter Type: Pleated Paper 6th: 185 mph Ground Clearance: 4.8 inches (122mm)
Exhaust System Type (Material): 2-1-2 (stainless steel) 5th: 161 mph Suggested Retail Price: $16,495 Ducati Red
Ignition System: Digital 4th: 128 mph
Rider Aids: 3rd: 117 mph

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Level 1, but that setting seemed to hold the
bike back on corner exit. It felt like the com-
bination of the wheelie control and traction
control—even at Level 1—limited the power
through the first half of the acceleration zone.
Any aggressive throttle application would cause
the ECU to limit the power on corner exit. This
would happen just after I got the V2 rotated
and started picking up the bike. I’d get the bike
rotated and pointed, whack the throttle open
as I was picking up the bike, and then the ECU
would roll back the throttle to get ahead of any
type of wheelie.
On corner entry and through the brak-
ing zone, the combination of 320mm rotors
and Brembo front brake calipers had plenty
of stopping power. Some of the braking force
was offset by the function of Ducati’s Race ABS
EVO system. It is better than most systems on
the market, but I was still able to feel the sys-
tem reduce pressure under heavy braking in a
straight line.
The addition of auto-blip to the V2 helped
with braking stability, but I had to increase the
amount of time between downshifts and wait
for the rpm to drop before the ECU would let
me actually complete a downshift. My normal
style is to grab one downshift immediately after
I go to the brakes, then go for the remaining
downshifts in quick succession as I approach
the corner. The V2 would let me grab the first
downshift, but then I’d have to push on the
shift lever multiple times before being allowed
to downshift, despite the rpm already dropping
more than needed for engine protection.
The new chassis settings reduce the
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The V2 chassis uses a monocoque front sec-
tion (incorporating the airbox) and a tubular-
steel rear section, both bolted to the engine.
amount of effort required to turn the bike, but
compared to the 959, the V2 gave away some
stability during braking and at the corner
apex. On the brakes, the chassis pitched onto
the front quicker than I prefer, forcing me to
slow my turn-in rate in heavy-braking corners.
The front end also had a tendency to close (or
tuck) a little when I was off the gas at the apex.
I tried adding a round of preload to the front
TH A N KS
For A Successful 2019!
during the day and it helped improve stability
under braking and at the apex, but then the V2
didn’t want to finish the corner. In hindsight,
I should have added pre-load to both ends to
make sure I kept the balance right.
At the rear, the V2 had good traction and
linear slide characteristics. Overall, the chas-
sis felt similar—and had the same characteris-
tics—as the original 959 model. But it needed a
few adjustments to be completely dialed-in for
my preferences and current weight!
Some of the change in the chassis per-
formance can also be attributed to the new
seating position on the motorcycle. Raising
the riding position by 5mm doesn’t sound like
much, but body position has a big effect on
handling. I liked the extra leg room, but the
position pushed more of my weight toward the
front of the bike and made it harder for me to
clamp the fuel tank with my outside thigh in
the braking zone. And that could have upset
the chassis balance a little.
As my speed picked up, what I needed
from the bike changed—and so did my impres-
sions. I wasn’t as impressed with V2 as I was
with the 959. It might be because of my expec-
tations were high or the fact that the reference
back then—the 1199 Panigale—was a beast
and the 959 acted as a friendly bike should.
The good news is that most of my complaints
about the chassis can be tuned out of the V2
with a couple of Allen wrenches, a shock span-
ner, and a little more track time. That said, the
V2 has a combination of high-tech, high-per-
formance, and rideability, which still makes it
a great option on street or the racetrack. RW
Matt &
Jesse
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Racing History
The Oldest Living World Champion: Cecil Sandford

Making History
Cecil Sandford made history
as the first rider to win a World
Championship riding an MV
Agusta. Now, at the age of 91, he
is motorcycling’s oldest-surviving
World Champion and still has
vivid memories of Grand Prix
racing in the 1950s.
By Mat Oxley
Photos by Chippy Wood
and Sandford Archives
(Above) Cecil Sandford (71) in 1956 on a DKW 250cc three-cylinder two-
stroke fitted with an example of "dustbin" fairings, later banned because
they were too dangerous in windy conditions. (Above, Right) Sandford
(left) with Les Graham, discussing the Earles front fork that most likely
caused Graham’s death at the 1953 Isle of Man TT. (Right) A delighted
Sandford poses in pit lane after winning his first Isle of Man TT in 1952 on
an MV DOHC Single, with sponsor Arthur Taylor (center) and MV Agus-
ta mechanic Arturo Magni (left). Photos courtesy Sandford archives.
Britain’s greatest riders of all time. for some dinner, came back and
And he won the race in which stood in the passenger queue to
Hailwood made his debut, at Oul- get on the boat. We’d been there
ton Park in April, 1957. for quite a while when my mum

O
n Wednesday, June 11th,
1952, Cecil Sandford start-
ed something very big. He
scored the first World Champion-
ship race victory for MV Agusta,
the marque that went on to be-
come the most successful man-
ufacturer in Grand Prix racing,
with 275 race wins and 75 Rider
and Constructor world titles. Even
now, almost half a century after
MV’s last race, only Honda, Ya-
maha, and Aprilia have achieved
more Grand Prix success.
Two months after Sandford
took MV’s first classic win in the
Ultra-Lightweight TT, he clinched
the 125cc World Championship,
MV’s first. Five years later he won
his second World Championship,
in the 250cc class, with rival Ital-
ian brand Mondial.
During his 15-year career,
the Gloucestershire, England rid-
er had factory contracts with AJS,
Velocette, MV, DKW, and Mondi-
al. He raced against Geoff Duke,
John Surtees, and Mike Hailwood,
“Surtees was one of the best
riders I ever watched,” recalls
Sandford, a chipper nonagenarian
with an amazing memory for the
first decade of motorcycle World
Championship racing. “And Duke
was always a step ahead. He was
the only bloke I ever saw drift a
motorbike, at Monza.”
Sandford started racing as
a teenager, just after the Second
World War, after converting his
Triumph road bike for scrambling,
trials, and grass-track duties.
Next came road racing, usu-
ally at disused wartime bases
like Haddenham, Dunholme, and
Blandford Forum. He made his
TT debut in the 1948 Clubmans
Junior, although he very nearly
didn’t make it to the Isle of Man.
“We were taking my Velo-
cetteto Douglas from Liverpool,
with me, my mum and my dad in
an MG with the Velo on a trailer.
At the docks we gave the car to
the AA to put on the boat [this was
pre-roll-on/roll-off ferries], went
pointed at a boat pulling out of the
docks and said, ‘I’m sure that’s
the boat we put the car on’. And
it was. The queue we were stood
in was for the boat to New York.”
Two years later Sandford
made his Continental debut, rid-
ing an AJS 7R in the Italian GP
at Monza. “That was my first time
abroad and Europe was still re-
covering from the war, very much
so. A lot of road signs were still full
of bullet holes and I remember the
roads in France were still really
rough and full of muck.”
During the crucial early days
of Sandford’s professional career
his mentor was Les Graham, win-
ner of the inaugural 1949 500cc
World Championship, with AJS.
The Merseysider quit the strug-
gling Plumstead brand for MV at
the end of 1950 and a year later
recruited Sandford, 17 years his
junior, to the cause of Count Do-
menico Agusta.
“Les called at the garage
owned by my sponsor Arthur Tay-
lor to ask if he’d let me go, because
Les had suggested to Domenico
that I ride for them in 1952.”
Agusta had recently recruit-
ed engineer Piero Remor and
mechanic Arturo Magni from Gil-
era. Remor designed MV’s first
500 and first four-stroke 125, a
DOHC Single; although Sandford
believes that Agusta was also in-
volved with the smaller engine. “I
think the first 125 engine was the
old man’s idea—he was a good en-
gineer,” Sandford recalls.
“The first time I saw the bike
was on the Isle of Man and the
first time I rode it was in practice.
It had very narrow tires—you just
had to keep underneath the hedg-
es and try to make speed. I won
the race and I was on the way up.”
Sandford and the MV beat
Carlo Ubbiali’s Mondial by one
minute, 40 seconds to take his and
MV’s first TT win, but the Count

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wasn’t there to congratulate him.
“After the TT Les took me to
Gallarate [MV’s HQ] to meet Do-
menico and his mother for din-
ner, where she got to have a look
at me and see if I was alright to
be allowed to join the factory. All
that was quite something for me,
because I come from the sticks.”
Sandford got the nod from
nonna Agusta and signed a con-
tract with her son.
“You never had a lot to do
with the Count, but he knew ex-
actly what was going on and the
racing team was his pride and joy.
Whenever you went to see him he
always sat on his desk, so he was
always looking down at you. The
(Above) Like many post-World War II racers, Cecil Sandford learned his craft on decommissioned military bas-
es. Here, he blasts a Velocette around Blandford Forum army camp in 1950. (Below) Celebrating after the 1955
Junior TT on the Isle of Man: Winner Bill Lomas (Moto Guzzi, center) is flanked by runner-up Bob McIntyre (Nor-
ton, left) and third-place Sandford (Moto Guzzi, right), all three running dustbin fairings made of aluminum.
only bloke that could open the
door and go in was Les. Everybody
else had to knock on the door
and sometimes you’d sit there for
hours, waiting to go in.”
After Sandford’s career-mak-
ing visit to Italy he headed north
to Assen, for round two of the
1952 125cc World Championship.
He soon realized this wasn’t going
to be an easy ride.
“It was quite a nightmare
trying to keep my bike as fast as
those ridden by MV’s Italian rid-
ers, like Angelo Copeta. His bike
always seemed to be better. Lucki-
ly Les was in charge, so he told me
to race Copeta’s bike at Assen and
I won that, too.”
Sandford clinched the title
with another win at the Ulster GP,
staged over the Clady circuit, with
its seven-mile main straight, and
a third-place finish in an event at
Solitude, Germany.
The following month at Mon-
za, the Count was there to con-
gratulate Sandford on his cham-
pionship success. Did MV’s first
world title make the Count smile?
“Not really, no. There was always
more going on there than we un-
derstood,” says Sandford.
Indeed there was. Earlier
that year the Count had signed
the deal that would bankroll his
team for the next two decades:
building American Bell helicopters
under license at Gallarate.
Agusta hoped that Graham
would win the brand’s first 500cc
title in 1953, but the former RAF
bomber pilot was killed at the
bottom of Bray Hill during the
season-opening Senior TT. The
four-cylinder MV’s Earles forks
somehow jammed on full compres-
sion, causing him to lose control.
“So I was taken back to Mon-
za,” Sandford recalls. “I was there
with all the 500s for the next few
months, trying to find out what
had gone wrong. I went round and
round Monza but of course the
circuit is flat, completely different
to the Isle of Man.
“I spent an awful lot of time
sat in Gallarate, waiting for some-
thing to happen. I was living in a
hotel in Milan and they gave me a
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Fiat Cinquecento (500) automobile
to get around in.”
Sandford enjoyed his little
slice of a la dolce vita, but knew
his time at MV was running out.
The Count had hired Italian Ub-
biali for 1953, so the 25-year-old
Briton became what cynics called
"surplus to requirements."
“(Fellow MV rider) Bill Lomas
used to say, ‘They’ll put a different
jet in your bike and you’ll never be
as quick as them.’ And as much
as I tried, I couldn’t keep up with
them. I was just there in the team,
in the back. I think they thought it
was better to have me with them
than against them.”
During 1955 Sandford was a
privateer member of the Continen-
tal Circus, riding last year’s Moto
Guzzi 250 and 350, working his
way around Europe with the rest
of the racing gypsies.
“It was a good era—every-
body was friends and we helped
each other out. I didn’t camp
though. I didn’t want to rough it
if I could help it. If you got £200
(about $6,000 in 2019) or £300
start money that was a lot of mon-
ey, so we’d stay in crummy hotels.
I got around in a little Morris J
van, which was a terrible thing: 45
mph and the noise was incredible
and everything was shaking. Pat
[Sandford’s girlfriend, whom he
married in 1957] used to sit on a
five-gallon oil drum because there
was no passenger seat.”
Very occasionally members
of the Continental Circus found a
faster way to travel. “In 1951 the
Swiss GP at Berne was right before
the TT, so we flew to the Isle of Man
in a Dakota. We had 13 motor-
bikes, plus riders and mechanics.
One superstitious Italian refused
to get on the plane, because there
were 13 bikes on there. We had to
stop to refuel a couple of times, be-
cause everywhere was grass land-
ing strips, so the Dakota couldn’t
take off with a full fuel load.”
No one died in that old Dako-
ta, but Grand Prix racing lost 29
riders during the 1950s—an av-
erage of three deaths per season.
Amazingly, Sandford wasn’t wor-
ried about the danger. “You never
thought about hurting yourself—
it’ll never happen to me.”
In 1956 he signed with Ger-
man marque DKW to ride the
company’s V3 350cc two-stroke,
supposedly the inspiration for
Honda’s V3 NS500 of the early
1980s. He soon realized he didn’t
like two-strokes, because they had
a habit of seizing and throwing
riders down the road.
“You didn’t want that to hap-
pen. What you did was use the kill
button on long straights to kill the
engine for a fraction of a second,
which let some neat petrol into
the cylinder to cool it down. I nev-

From right to left: Cecil Sandford, Geoff Duke, Bill Lomas, Ray Amm and
privateers by the Castrol truck at a 1950s World Championship event.
(Above, Left) Cecil Sandford just missed a podium finish in his first ride on the DKW in the 1956 Junior TT.
DKW management immediately telegrammed their approval from Dusseldorf. (Above, Right) Sandford still
has his old racing contracts, including these from Mondial, Velocette and Castrol. Photos by Chippy Wood.
Cecil Sandford
Born: February 21st, 1928, Blockley, Gloucestershire, England
Isle of Man TT debut: 1948 Junior Clubmans TT: DNF (Velocette)
TT victories: 1952 Ultra-Lightweight TT (MV Agusta) and
1953 Lightweight (Mondial)
Grand Prix Victories: Five (three 125cc, two 250cc)
1950 350cc World Championship: 13th (AJS)
1951 250cc World Championship: 12th (Velocette)
500cc World Championship: 9th (Velocette)
1952 125cc World Championship: 1st (MV Agusta)
1953 125cc World Championship: 2nd (MV Agusta)
500cc World Championship: 15th (MV Agusta)
1954 125cc World Championship: 8th (MV Agusta)
1955 250cc World Championship: 3rd (Moto Guzzi)
350cc World Championship: 5th (Moto Guzzi)
1956 125cc World Championship: 13th (Mondial)
350cc World Championship: 5th (DKW)
1957 125cc World Championship: 6th (Mondial)
250cc World Championship: 1st (Mondial)
24—Roadracing World, December 2019
er had one seize on me—you had
to have a real feel for the engine
and really listen to it. At the TT the
DKW mechanics never let me do a
flying lap in practice—they always
stopped me halfway down the Sul-
by straight to check the ’plugs.”
There was a way out of his
two-stroke nightmare. Before the
1956 TT Sandford had agreed
to ride a Mondial 125 in the Ul-
tra-Lightweight race, alongside the
DKW in the Junior. Mondial was
another aristocrat-owned Italian
brand, although Count Giuseppe
Boselli’s blue blood was of a dif-
ferent hue to Count Agusta’s. “A
lovely chap,” says Sandford, who
signed a one-year contract with
Boselli for 1956 and then a three-
year contract for 1957-1959.
“The first time I met the Mon-
dial people was when they got off
the boat on the Isle of Man. Two
mechanics had come all the way
from Italy with their 125 on a trail-
er. God, they looked rough.
“The engine of the 125 was
Cecil Sandford at age 91, being
interviewed by Mat Oxley in Octo-
ber, 2019. Photo by Chippy Wood.
good but the rest of the bike was
rubbish, so at the TT we spent
most of our time with Dunlop,
Ferodo and so on, trying to im-
prove things. By 1957 everything
was different—Mondial had used
quite a lot of my input and they
had some good brains there, too.”
Chief among these was en-
gineer Alfonso Drusiani, who up-
graded the 125cc Single for 1957
and designed a completely new
250cc Single. The bigger engine
was very over-square, with its
double overhead camshafts driven
by a train of five gears in a casing
on the right side of the engine. An
outside flywheel on the left of the
crankshaft kept things nice and
narrow. And the whole bike was
enclosed in a hand-beaten alumi-
num dustbin fairing. This was the
last year of the dustbin fairings,
before they were banned for safe-
ty reasons. “The full streamlining
was all right, so long as it wasn’t
windy,” Sandford recalls. “At plac-
es like Monza we used front and
rear fairings; at the TT only the
front and at tighter tracks we
might use neither.”
Victories on the Isle of Man
—in the 10-lap Golden Jubilee TT
Lightweight race—and at the Ul-
ster helped the 29-year-old to his
second world title, well ahead of
teammates Tarquinio Provini and
Sammy Miller.
Sandford’s 1957-1959 Mon-
dial contract reveals an annual
salary of £1200, plus various bo-
nuses, including £1000 for each
TT win and £500 for victory at the
Ulster GP. At the time the average
price of a house in the UK was
£2000 (about $60,000 in 2019), so
he was well paid for his skills. This
was a stark contrast to his days
at AJS and Velocette, where he
was paid not a single penny. “They
wanted us to ride for the love of
the sport," says Sandford.
And then the great shock.
During the late 1950s the Italian
motorcycle industry struggled
to compete with the new wave of
cheap cars launched by Fiat and
others. Sales and profits plum-
meted, so in October, 1957 Gilera,
Mondial, Moto Guzzi, and MV an-
nounced their multilateral with-
drawal from GP racing. Days later,
crafty Count Agusta said he had
changed his mind.
Mondial offered Sandford a
choice: Retain his 1957 125cc and
250cc racebikes to run the follow-
ing season, or take his 1958 sala-
ry. “I’d had enough, so I took the
money and scarpered," says San-
dord. "I thought it was the best
thing to do, otherwise I would’ve
kept on going and hurt myself.”
In retirement, Sandford
worked at Arthur Taylor’s bike
dealership in Shipston-on-Stour,
where he and wife Pat still live.
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FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Motul Grand Prix of Japan
Saving Gas
Wins The Day
By Michael Gougis
W garó (44), Mika Kallio, Valentino Rossi (46), Alex Rins (42), Takaaki Nakagami (30), and the rest on the first lap of
ith his eighth World
Championship sewn up,
Marc Marquez didn't
ease up on the competition at Mo-
tegi, Honda’s home track. Instead,
he earned another solid win and
matched five-time 500cc Grand
Prix World Champion Mick Doo-
han's premier-class wins at 54.
At a track where MotoGP
racebikes devour fuel, Repsol
Honda’s Marquez juggled engine
mapping while also managing the
gap between himself and Petronas
Yamaha SRT's Fabio Quartararo,
who wrapped up Rookie of the
Year with his second-place finish.
Marquez's win gave Honda
its 25th Constructors title, with
only the Team Championship left
to be decided for 2019. Andrea
Dovizioso's last-gasp, over-the-
limit charge at Quartararo came
up just fractions short, but the
points helped keep Ducati in the
fight for the team title; Dovizio-
so's podium fi nish was his 59th
in MotoGP and the 100th Grand
Prix podium of his career.
After the race at Motegi,
Marquez led Dovizioso 350-231
in points, with Team Suzuki EC-
STAR's Alex Rins and Monster En-
ergy Yamaha's Maverick Viñales
tied for third at 176 points.
26—Roadracing World, December 2019
Fabio Quartararo (20) leads Marc Marquez (93), Jack Miller (43), Franco Morbidelli (21), Cal Crutchlow (35),
Maverick Viñales (12), Andrea Dovizioso (04), Danilo Petrucci (9), Aleix Espargaró (41), Joan Mir (36), Pol Espar-
the MotoGP race at Motegi. Note Jorge Lorenzo (99) running near last in the background. Photo by DPPI Media.
Practice & Qualifying
Teams rushed on Friday to
find a race set-up and turn a lap
quick enough to make it straight
into Q2, in anticipation of rain on
Saturday. Viñales was quickest
in the first practice session, deep
into the 1:45 range on a new set
of soft Michelin slicks front and
rear, with Quartararo just behind.
Franco Morbidelli was third in the
session on a medium rear. Mar-
quez had been quickest for most of
the session despite staying on the
same set of tires for the entire ses-
sion, turning a best of 1:46.390 on
his 17th lap as he worked on his
race set-up.
Quartararo led the second
practice, ahead of Viñales and
Marquez, with the front-runners
switching to new softs at the end
of the session. Morbidelli fell back
to sixth, behind Dovizioso and
Valentino Rossi, but ahead of Pra-
mac Ducati's Jack Miller, factory
Ducati’s Danilo Petrucci, Suzuki's
Joan Mir, and Aprilia Racing Team
Gresini's Aleix Espargaró.
As anticipated, rain arrived
overnight, turning FP3 wet on
Saturday, and leaving the track
damp-but-drying for FP4, the fi-
nal practice session. Marquez
waited until the track was dry
enough for slicks, then went out
and blitzed the competition, his
best lap 1.342 seconds better than
second-quickest Viñales’ best lap.
Those two riders, plus eight more,
transferred directly into Q2 to de-
termine their grid positions. Ev-
erybody else had to go through
Q1, with the fastest two advancing
to Q2 and the rest stuck behind
the first four rows of the grid.
LCR Honda Castrol's Cal
Crutchlow and Suzuki's Alex Rins
were quickest in the Q1, the first
qualifying session, and advanced
to Q2, held when the track was
mostly dry but still not perfect.
Q2 featured another Marquez
master class, his early 1:45.794
quick enough to seal pole position,
bettered only by the 1:45.763 he
turned on his final flying lap. “Fi-
nally we did it!” Marquez said after
scoring his first-ever pole at Mo-
tegi, giving him at least one pole
at every circuit currently hosting
MOTEGI, JAPAN
MotoGP races. “Honestly speak-
ing, (these) were not normal condi-
tions. It was a little bit of half-half.
Normally in those conditions I feel
really strong, especially in FP4. In
(qualifying) it was not completely
dry, but you could ride in the nor-
mal way. So we will see for tomor-
row, because the Yamaha riders
have a good pace, Dovizioso has
a good pace. We will try to do our
100%, because it is a circuit that
is not the best circuit for us. The
main target is to try to finish on
the podium.”
The Petronas pair filled the
rest of the front row, with Mor-
bidelli edging Quartararo. “The
conditions were not ideal. But we
managed to do a good job. We've
been doing a good job since yes-
terday morning, and we are im-
proving a lot,” said Morbidelli.
Quartararo conceded that
mixed conditions did not bring
out his best. “The goal today was
to make the first row. We know it
would not be easy. These condi-
tions I struggle a lot. We had simi-
lar conditions in Brno,” Quartara-
ro said. “Today we make the good

lap. Really important for tomorrow
because we know we have really
good pace for the dry.”
Crutchlow put in an impres-
sive lap for fifth, ahead of Ducati
men Miller, Dovizioso, and Petruc-
ci, with Espargaró on the Aprilia
ninth, ahead of Rossi, Rins and
Mir. The Suzukis were not slow in
a straight line—Rins and Mir were
third- and fourth-fastest through
the speed traps on the long back
straight, ahead of every Honda
and Yamaha. But they struggled
badly in the first three sectors of
the track, at or toward the bottom
of the timing charts in each.
MotoGP Race
For the race, Marquez went
for medium-compound tires front
and rear, the Yamaha riders all
went medium-front/soft-rear, and
Dovizioso went the opposite way,
soft-front/medium-rear. At the
start, Marquez swept across the
field and took the lead into the
double right-hander at the end of
the start/finish straight. Quar-
tararo dove to the inside of Mor-
bidelli and ran them both wide,
the Italian getting the worst of it.
Halfway through the first lap,
Quartararo, leaning heavily on the
grip of his soft rear, dove under-
neath Marquez and briefly took
the lead. A few corners later, Mar-
quez repassed, and when Quar-
(Above) Marc Marquez passed Fabio Quartararo (20), held his lead at
about one second while conserving fuel, almost tripled the gap after the
halfway, went back to saving fuel, and ran out of gas on the cool-off
lap. Photo by Kohei Hirota. (Below) Marquez and crew celebrate Honda’s
25th Constructors Championship with Honda’s first premier-class winner,
Jim Redman (2), who won at Hockenheim in 1966. Photo by DPPI Media.
tararo tried to turn in, he found
a big, bold Repsol Honda occupy-
ing the line. Quartararo bobbled.
Marquez bolted. Quartararo re-
gained his composure and the pair
of them started stretching ahead
of the field.
Meanwhile, Miller got a good
start and leapt into fourth, then
passed Morbidelli on the third lap.
But Miller could not hold the podi-
um position, struggling with rear
grip on the seventh lap and then
steadily losing positions—but
not before holding up Morbidelli,
Dovizioso and Viñales, who had
dropped to seventh at the start.
At the front, Marquez held
the gap to Quartararo at about a
second, toggling through engine
maps on his RC213V to manage
fuel consumption. At the halfway
point of the 24-lap race, Marquez
pushed. The gap went from 1.201
seconds at the end of the 11th
lap to 2.617 seconds at the end
of lap 15. From there, Marquez
went back into fuel-conservation
mode and worked the gap until
the checkered flag.
Quartararo had no such lux-
ury. He had gambled on using
everything his rear tire had early
on, to build a gap. But Dovizioso
had moved up to third, held off a
mid-race attack by Viñales until
the Yamaha rider had torched his
rear tire, turned the “risk” setting
to 11, and set off after Quartara-
ro. The speed at which Dovizioso
closed on Quartararo surprised
the French rider, who had to flip
on the full-speed-ahead switch in
his brain again to keep Dovizioso
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behind him. And Marquez beat
Quartararo across the finish line
by 0.870-second, then slowed as
his Honda ran out of gas.
“It was not easy. It was not
easy,” Marquez repeated. “I was
pushing from the beginning, be-
cause the strategy was clear. This
time I tried to open a gap from
the beginning, because I felt very
strong in the (morning) warm-up
(session). And then, yeah, it was
very strong. But honestly speak-
ing, I started to play a lot with
the switch, because as you see
with the fuel, I was on the limit.
It is one of the worst circuits (for
fuel consumption) here. So then
I was just playing, then I pushed
and when I got to two seconds
then I start to play again with the
switch. Was not easy for riding be-
cause you need to see many, many
things on the bike. But I was able
to manage in a good way.”
Quartararo said he knew he
was riding for second, and was
happy he was able to hold off
the charging Dovizioso. “No more
(rear) tire (grip at the end),” Quar-
tararo said, explaining his strate-
gy to push early. “It was good to
make a gap in the beginning. But
Marc had three-10ths of pace fast-
er, so I really pushed at 100% to
try to stay with him. Dovi at the
end was unbelievably fast! He was
riding more than half-a-second
faster than me, so I had to push
really fast again. Really happy.
Second podium in a row.”
“It was a strange race, be-
cause there was different tire
choices,” Dovizioso said. “I think
Quartararo finished the tire, and
also Viñales at the end, so I was
able to keep a good lap time. At
the end I took a lot of risk on the
braking. I was really good on the
braking, so I could gain a lot of
time to them, but it was too short.
I was pushing so hard, a bit over
the limit, because I really wanted
to do second.”
Viñales finished fourth, and
Crutchlow nicked Morbidelli at
the line for fifth. Rins and Mir
were next, ahead of Petrucci and
Miller. Repsol Honda's Jorge Lo-
renzo finished 17th, more than
40 seconds back, but his weekend
was better than Rossi's. The Ya-
maha rider struggled right at the
bottom of the top 10 all race long,
then crashed with four laps to go,
his body language while stand-
ing in the gravel trap expressing
clearly what a miserable weekend
it had been for him.
Moto2: Marini Again
Luca Marini used his SKY
Racing Team VR46 Kalex to win
his second Moto2 race in a row,
holding off Dynavolt Intact GP
Kalex-mounted Tom Luthi. Past
Moto3 World Champion Jorge
Martin earned his first podium
finish in Moto2, riding for the Red
Bull KTM Ajo team.
Championship points lead-
er Alex Marquez—who survived a
massive highside without crash-
ing on Saturday—finished sixth,
but still left Japan with a 36-point
lead over Luthi, with Augusto Fer-
nandez in third with 192 points
after finishing eighth.
Moto3: Dalla Porta Closes In
Lorenzo Dalla Porta extended
his lead in the Moto3 World Cham-
pionship with a narrow win on
his Leopard Racing Honda, beat-
ing KTM riders Albert Arenas and
Celestino Vietti. Title contenders
Aron Canet and Tony Arbolino
crashed out, and Dalla Porta end-
ed the weekend with a 47-point
lead over Canet, 229-182, with Ar-
bolino third with 161 points.
RESULTS
MOTOGP RACE (All on Michelin Tires)
(October 20): 1. Marc Marquez, Spain
(Hon RC213V), 24 laps, 42:41.492,
100.600 mph; 2. Fabio Quartararo,
France (Yam YZR-M1), -0.870-second;
3. Andrea Dovizioso, Italy (Duc GP19),
-1.325 seconds; 4. Maverick Viñales,
Spain (Yam YZR-M1), -2.608; 5. Cal
Crutchlow, Great Britain (Hon RC213V),
-9.140; 6. Franco Morbidelli, Italy (Yam
YZR-M1), -9.187; 7. Alex Rins, Spain
(Suz GSX-RR), -9.306; 8. Joan Mir,
Spain (Suz GSX-RR), -10.695; 9. Dani-
lo Petrucci, Italy (Duc GP19), -14.216;
10. Jack Miller, Australia (Duc GP19),
-18.909; 11. Pol Espargaró, Spain (KTM
RC16), -25.554; 12. Miguel Oliveira, Por-
tugal (KTM RC16), -27.870; 13. Frances-
co Bagnaia, Italy (Duc GP18), -29.983;
14. Mika Kallio, Finland (KTM RC16),
-31.232; 15. Aleix Espargaró, Spain (Apr
RS-GP), -32.546; 16. Takaaki Nakaga-
mi, Japan (Hon RC213V), -37.482; 17.
Jorge Lorenzo, Spain (Hon RC213V),
-40.410; 18. Karel Abraham, Czech Re-
public (Duc GP19), -43.458; 19. Hafizh
Syahrin, Malaysia (KTM RC16), -46.206;
20. Sylvain Guintoli, France (Suz GSX-
RR), -50.235; 21. Valentino Rossi, Ita-
ly (Yam YZR-M1), -4 laps, DNF, crash;
22. Andrea Iannone, Italy (Apr RS-GP),
-17 laps, DNF, crash. Race Distance,
24 laps, 71.597 miles; Race Time, 42
minutes, 41.492 seconds; Race Average
Speed, 100.600 mph; Victory Margin,
0.870-second; Fastest Lap, Marquez,
1:45.766, 101.532 mph, Lap 5.
MOTOGP QUALIFYING (October 19):
1. Marquez, 1:45.763, 101.532 mph;
2. Morbidelli, 1:45.895; 3. Quartara-
ro, 1:45.944; 4. Viñales, 1:46.090;
5. Crutchlow, 1:46.189; 6. Miller,
1:46.337; 7. Dovizioso, 1:46.410; 8.
Petrucci, 1:46.427; 9. A. Espargaró,
1:46.558; 10. Rossi, 1:46.558; 11. Rins,
1:46.600; 12. Mir, 1:46.616; 13. Nakag-
ami, 1:46.998; 14. Bagnaia, 1:47.594;
15. P. Espargaró, 1:47.654; 16. Oliveira,
1:47.894; 17. Kallio, 1:47.979; 18. Abra-
ham, 1:48.121; 19. Lorenzo, 1:48.492;
20. Syahrin, 1:48.522; 21. Guintoli,
1:49.186; 22. Iannone, 1:49.243; 23.
Tito Rabat (Duc GP18), 1:47.158.
28—Roadracing World, December 2019
(Above) Luca Marini (10) won in Moto2 from Thomas Luthi (12) and Jorge
Martin (88), seen in the background; Lorenzo Baldassarri (7) was fourth.
(Below) Lorenzo Dalla Porta (48) increased his Moto3 points lead with a
win over Albert Arenas (75) and Celestino Vietti (13). Photos by DPPI Media.
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
POINT STANDINGS (After 16 of 19
rounds): 1. Marquez, 350 points; 2.
Dovizioso, 231 points; 3. TIE, Rins/
Viñales, 176 points; 5. Petrucci, 169
points; 6. Quartararo, 163 points; 7. Rossi,
145 points; 8. Miller, 125 points; 9. Crutch-
low, 113 points; 10. Morbidelli, 100 points.
MOTO2 (All on Dunlop Tires and
Triumph Engines) (October 20): 1.
Luca Marini, Italy (Kalex), -22 laps,
40:57.279, 96.126 mph; 2. Thomas Lu-
thi, Switzerland (Kalex), -0.560 second;
3. Jorge Martin, Spain (KTM), -3.593;
4. Lorenzo Baldassarri, Italy (Kalex),
-3.999; 5. Jorge Navarro, Spain (Kalex),
-5.236; 6. Alex Marquez, Spain (Kalex),
-7.345; 7. Enea Bastianini, Italy (Kalex),
-8.115; 8. Augusto Fernandez, Spain
(Kalex), -10.460; 9. Marcel Schrotter,
Germany (Kalex), -10.711; 10. Stefano
Manzi, Italy (MV Agusta), -12.445; 11.
Fabio Di Giannantonio, Italy (Speed
Up), -12.572; 12. Brad Binder, Repub-
lic of South Africa (KTM), -14.864; 13.
Somkiat Chantra, Thailand (Kalex),
-15.008; 14. Dominique Aegerter, Swit-
zerland (MV Agusta), -15.778; 15. An-
drea Locatelli, Italy (Kalex), -23.595; 16.
Bo Bendsneyder, Netherlands (NTS),
-27.307; 17. Jake Dixon, Great Britain
(KTM), -30.304; 18. Joe Roberts, USA
(KTM), -33.806; 19. Jesko Raffin, Swit-
zerland (Kalex), -36.962; 20. Philipp
Oettl, Germany (KTM), -43.682; 21. Di-
mas Ekky Pratama, Indonesia (Kalex),
-45.143; 22. Adam Norrodin, Malyasia
(Kalex), -59.459; 23. Xavi Cardelus,
Andorra (KTM), -74.661; 24.Mattia Pa-
sini, Italy (Kalex), -5 laps, DNF, crash;
25. Marco Bezzecchi, Italy (KTM), -10
laps, DNF, retired; 26. Remy Gardner,
Australia (Tech 3), -14 laps, DNF, crash;
27. Iker Lecuona, Spain (KTM), -18
laps, DNF, crash; 28. Xavi Vierge, Spain
(Kalex), -18 laps, DNF, crash; 29. Sam
Lowes, Great Britain (Kalex), -20 laps,
DNF, retired; 30. Nicolo Bulega, Italy
(Kalex), -21 laps, DNF, crash; 31. Lukas
Tulovic, Germany (KTM), -21 laps, DNF,
crash; 32. Tetsuta Nagashima, Japan
(Kalex), -22 laps, DNF, crash. Race Dis-
tance, 22 laps, 65.630 miles; Race Time,
40 minutes, 57.279 seconds; Race Av-
erage Speed, 96.126 mph; Victory Mar-
gin, 0.560-second; Fastest Lap, Martin,
1:50.834, 96.872 mph, Lap 19.
MOTO2 QUALIFYING (October 19):
1. Marini, 2:00.985, 88.732 mph; 2.
Fernandez, 2:02.133; 3. Baldassarri,
2:02.212; 4. Marquez, 2:02.306; 5. Na-
varro, 2:02.411; 6. Chantra, 2:02.435;
7. Luthi, 2:02.483; 8. Bezzecchi,
2:02.558; 9. Schrotter, 2:02.598; 10.
Gardner, 2:02.687; 11. Manzi, 2:02.714;
12. Bastianini, 2:02.982; 13. Lecuo-
na, 2:03.073; 14. Martin, 2:03.077;
15. Lowes, 2:03.479; 16. Nagashi-
ma, 2:03.517; 17. Bulega, 2:03.677;
18. Binder, 2:05.963; 19. Locatelli,
2:04.132; 20. Vierge, 2:04.219; 21.
Di Giannantonio, 2:04.349; 22. Raf-
fin, 2:04.663; 23. Pasini, 2:05.053; 24.
Roberts, 2:05.476; 25. Ekky Pratama,
2:05.642; 26. Tulovic, 2:05.850; 27.
Bendsneyder, 2:05.960; 28. Aegerter,
2:06.355; 29. Oettl, 2:06.725; 30. Car-
delus, 2:07.283; 31.Norrodin, 2:07.613;
32. Dixon, 1:51.816.
MOTO2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
POINT STANDINGS (After 16 of 19
rounds): 1. Marquez, 234 points; 2. Lu-
thi, 198 points; 3. Fernandez, 192 points;
4. Navarro, 186 points; 5. Binder, 184
points; 6. Marini, 176 points; 7. Baldas-
sari, 151 points; 8. Schrotter, 125 points;
9. Di Giannantonio, 99 points; 10. Bas-
tianini, 95 points; 27.Roberts, 4 points.
MOTO3 (All on Dunlop Tires) (October
20): 1. Lorenzo Dalla Porta, Italy (Hon),
20 laps, 39:34.866, 90.409 mph; 2. Al-
bert Arenas, Spain (KTM), -0.094-sec-
ond; 3. Celestino Vietti, Italy (KTM),
-0.193; 4. Tatsuki Suzuki, Japan (Hon),
-0.289; 5. Sergio Garcia, Spain (Hon),
-0.437; 6. John McPhee, Great Britain
(Hon), -3.648; 7. Jaume Masia, Spain
(KTM), -7.225; 8. Marcos Ramirez, Spain
(Hon), -7.382; 9. Alonso Lopez, Spain
(Hon), -8.172; 10. Andrea Migno, Italy
(KTM), -12.054; 11. Makar Yurchenko,
Kazakhstan (KTM), -12.296; 12. Nic-
colo Antonelli, Italy (Hon), -13.295; 23.
Dennis Foggia, Italy (KTM), -32.728; 26.
Aron Canet, Spain (KTM), -6 laps, DNF,
crash; 27. Tony Arbolino, Italy (Hon), -11
laps, DNF, crash; 29. Jakub Kornfeil,
Czech Republic (KTM), -20 laps, DNF,
crash; 30. Gabriel Rodrigo, Argentina
(Hon), -20 laps, DNF, crash. Race Dis-
tance, 20 laps, 59.664 miles; Race Time,
39 minutes, 34.866 seconds; Race Aver-
age Speed, 90.409 mph; Victory Margin,
0.094-second; Fastest Lap, Dalla Porta,
1:57.790, 91.155 mph, Lap 6.
MOTO3 QUALIFYING (October 19):
1. Antonelli, 2:09.293, 83.015 mph; 2.
Lopez, 2:09.379; 3. Suzuki, 2:09.626;
4. Yurchenko, 2:09.694; 5. Garcia,
2:09.700; 6. Dalla Porta, 2:10.104; 7.
Kornfeil, 2:10.156; 8. Canet, 2:10.159; 9.
Vietti, 2:10.350; 10. Rodrigo, 2:10.377.
MOTO3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
POINT STANDINGS (After 16 of 19
rounds): 1. Dalla Porta, 229 points;
2. Canet, 182 points; 3. Arbolino,
161 points; 4. Ramirez, 144 points; 5.
McPhee, 136 points; 6. Antonelli, 122
points; 7. Vietti, 116 points; 8. Masia,
105 points; 9. Suzuki, 98 points; 10.
Foggia, 92 points.
MOTOGP
NOTES
Rossi Goes Back To The Basics
Valentino Rossi reverted
back to the single-outlet exhaust
and the aluminum swingarm for
his YZR-M1, but it did not make
a significant upturn in his results.
Rossi was 10th in qualifying, and
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struggled to crack the top-10 in the race before

crashing. “This time, I was stronger than in the last
two races. But I start very much in the back, and
it was difficult. We are not fast enough, and we are
struggling very much.”

Quartararo Is Rookie Of The Year

In what felt like a formality, Fabio Quartararo
was crowned MotoGP Rookie of The Year after yet
another podium finish at Motegi, his sixth of his
first season in the premier class. “We had a meet-
ing at the Malaysia test (at the beginning of the
season) and we set the target of both riders, and
they said, ‘Your target is to be rookie (of the year)
this year,’” Quartararo said. “I was like, ‘Wow, this
will be really tough,’ because they are really big rid-
ers—Miguel, Pecco, Mir —so, OK, a big goal for me.
We will need to set new goals. Honestly what we did
this year is fantastic, but now it’s just pure fun.”

Marc Marquez's Marks

Marc Marquez’s victory at Motegi moved him
into a tie with Mick Doohan for premier class wins
with 54, behind Valentino Rossi and Giacomo
Agostini. Marquez's pole was his 62nd, moving him
further ahead of Doohan in second. Marquez was
close to running out of fuel in the race, the low
fuel alarm going off with a lap-and-a-half to go. Af-
ter running his Honda dry on the cool-down lap,
Marquez got a push back to the pits from Hafizh
Syahrin on his KTM. The team had planned on
Marquez running the entire race in the 1:46 range,
but early on, Marquez was running 1:45 laps.

Suzuki Sanctioned
Suzuki's Sylvain Guintoli's practice times
from Friday were disallowed because the team
used a 2020 prototype engine in his bike. Guintoli
was penalized for deviating from the specification
of the engine that was homologated and sealed at
the beginning of the season. RW
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FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PHILLIP ISLAND, AUSTRALIA
Pramac Generac Australian Grand Prix

Marquez Is
Last Man Standing

By Michael Gougis After lap 10 of the MotoGP race at Phillip Island, Maverick Viñales (12) led
Marc Marquez (93) and Cal Crutchlow (35). Valentino Rossi, Crutchlow,

H
is opponents battered and
bruised, their machines in
pieces or so far back that
they were literally out of sight,
Marc Marquez won his fifth Mo-
toGP World Championship race in
a row, the victory at Phillip Island
moving him to third on the all-
time premier-class race win list.
Weather played its usu-
al starring role in Australia, the
track lashed by rain and wind so
strong that it literally blew bikes
and riders off the course. Satur-
day's qualifying was canceled, and
moved to Sunday morning.
But after an amazingly un-
predictable start which actually
saw Andrea Iannone lead a Moto-
GP race on an Aprilia RS-GP, the
battle came down to Repsol Hon-
da’s Marquez and Monster Energy
Yamaha's Maverick Viñales, who
had been dominant all weekend
long. Marquez toyed with Viñales
for the second half of the race,
pushed his RC213V past Viñales
and his Yamaha on the last lap,
and Viñales then crashed out try-
ing to keep up.
Still in pain related to a
crash here last year, LCR Honda
and Andrea Iannone all led earlier in the race. Photo by DPPI Media.
Castrol’s Cal Crutchlow put those
demons to rest with perhaps his
strongest ride of the 2019 season,
running a lonely third for much of
the race and inheriting second on
his RC213V after Viñales crashed.
Australian Jack Miller was third
on his Pramac Ducati, thrilling his
home crowd with the first MotoGP
podium at Phillip Island for an
Australian rider since Casey Ston-
er retired in 2012.
Andrea Dovizioso's fourth
place finish sealed second in the
Championship for the factory
Ducati star, the third straight sea-
son he has finished as runner-up.
The win was Marquez's 55th
in MotoGP, which put him ahead
of five-time 500cc Grand Prix
World Champion Mick Doohan
in premier-class wins overall and
in premier-class wins for Honda.
He left Australia with 375 points
to Dovizioso's 240 and more than
double the points earned year-to-
date by Alex Rins, the Team Suzu-
ki ECSTAR rider moving into third
with 183 points after finishing
ninth at Phillip Island.
MotoGP Practice & Qualifying
Rain soaked the track for the
first session, but that did not stop
Viñales from moving quickly to the
top of the time charts. The flowing
circuit suits the Yamaha's high
corner speed capabilities nicely,
although the uphill blast to the
finish line highlights the YZR-M1's
(relative) lack of top speed.
In the second practice ses-
sion, Viñales was clocked at 331.3
kph (205.86 mph), while Crutch-
low's Honda ripped through the
speed trap at 341.8 kph (212.38
mph). But on his own in practice,
Viñales was able to use his bike's
edge grip to the fullest in both
wet and dry. Even giving up that
much speed to his competitors,
he topped the second session by
nearly half-a-second over Dovizio-
so and Crutchlow, his 1:28.824
the only sub-1:29 lap of the day.
With rain and generally nas-
ty weather predicted for Saturday,
all of the front runners went for a
time attack at the end of the sec-
ond practice session with new or
nearly-new tires, hoping to ad-
vance directly to the final qualify-
ing shootout. Marquez was quicker
than Viñales in the first sector on
his final flying lap, but it all went
sideways when he came across
Repsol Honda teammate Jorge Lo-
renzo riding slowly on the racing
line in the final series of left-hand
corners that are the hallmark of
Phillip Island. Marquez hit Loren-
zo hard enough to rip the right
wing off Lorenzo's Honda, and the
time lost left Marquez in sixth,
with Dovizioso second, Crutchlow
third and Ducati’s Danilo Petrucci
fourth, ahead of Miller.
It was a tough day for the
Petronas Yamaha SRT squad,
which had both riders on the front
row of the grid in Japan a week
earlier. Fabio Quartararo crashed
in the rain, bruising his foot so
badly that the painkillers the doc-
tors gave him forced him to sit out
the second session. And just when
it looked like teammate Fran-
co Morbidelli had found his way
again, he struggled, finishing the

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session ninth, behind Valentino
Rossi and Rins.
Saturday's first practice ses-
sion found Viñales still on top but
lapping slower, more than two-
and-a-half seconds off of his best
time on Friday. Gusting winds
compounded by the draft up the
front straight left riders not quite
knowing what the front end of
their machines would do when
they tipped into a corner.
The gusts continued in the
final practice session, when Mi-
guel Oliveira was blown off-course
going into the fast—120 mph or
more—Turn One. Oliveira and his
Red Bull KTM tumbled violently,
and although Oliveira suffered
no broken bones, he was bruised
so badly that he sat out the rest
of the weekend. Organizers halt-
ed the session and called a hasty
meeting of the Safety Commission,
where a majority of riders voted to
end Saturday's on-track activities.
Sunday's conditions were
breezy but not windy, so after a
brief warm-up session (headed by
Viñales, back down into the low-
1:29 range) Qualifying One took
place, with Quartararo and Ian-
none advancing to final Qualifying
Two. Again, and by this point not
surprisingly, Viñales was quick-
est, and again by a margin, his
1:28.492 best lap clear of the field
by 0.551-second. “I feel good. I feel
good. Very positive,” Viñales said.
“All the laps I can do, I can push
at my maximum.”
Quartararo rebounded from
(Above) Marc Marquez (93) took the lead from Maverick
Viñales at the start of the last lap, and Viñales crashed at
Lukey Heights trying to catch and repass. (Left) Marquez
celebrated his 55th premier-class win with Giacomo Agos-
tini, who still leads with 68 victories. Photos by DPPI Media.
injuries that left him hobbling
through the pits on crutches to
take the second spot on the grid.
“I feel really great on the bike,”
Quartararo said. “The only prob-
lem for the race is that we never
tried the medium tire, we never
tried the hard one. We will have to
make a choice.”
Marquez was third, a mis-
take in the first sector ruining his
chances for pole. “The Yamahas
are very fast, but we will try to do
our best,” he said.
Rossi sprang into fourth at
the last minute, ahead of Petrucci
and Crutchlow, with Aleix Espar-
garó and Iannone on the Aprilias
on the third row with Miller.
MotoGP Race
The first few laps looked
nothing like the 2019 norm. Ros-
si got a rocket start, was quicker
through Turn One than anyone
else, and bolted into the lead, the
first time he has led a race since
the Grand Prix of The Americas in
Austin.
Quartararo, who had not
gotten the best of starts and had
gone for the hard rear tire, bob-
bled briefly just ahead of Marquez
in Turn Two, who in turn bobbled
just as Petrucci was trying to go
around the outside of him. Petruc-
ci was pushed off the line and
onto the dirty part of the track,
where he launched himself into a
violent highside and slammed into
Quartararo, who had run wide af-
ter his error. The contact knocked
Quartararo off the bike, although
he was able to limp away, as was
Petrucci.
Meanwhile, at the front,
Rossi opened a bit of a gap, with
Crutchlow following ahead of Ian-
none—at this point, the leading
trio had scored exactly four podi-
um finishes in all of 2019! It was
that kind of start. But it was about
to get weirder.
Crutchlow blasted past Ros-
si on the fourth lap, and Iannone
went with him. Then, in defiance
of any sane prediction, Iannone
outbraked Crutchlow into the MG
hairpin, and an Aprilia led a Moto-
GP race—although it was only
for a few corners until Crutchlow
came back past.
The Englishman held the
lead through the ninth lap, with
Rossi in seventh still only 1.059
seconds back. But Viñales was
regrouping after his tradition-
ally slow start, and was coming
through the field quickly, taking
the lead on the 10th lap. Marquez,
who knew how fast Viñales was,
bashed Crutchlow out of the way
as they crested Lukey Heights and
settled into Viñales' wake.
The two Spaniards quickly
turned the race into a personal
duel, two seconds clear of Crutch-
low after 15 laps, who in turn was
more than five seconds clear of
Rossi. Both Viñales and Marquez
had gambled on soft rear tires,
with Viñales doubling down with
a soft front as well. After 20 laps,
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they led Crutchlow by more than
five seconds, with Pramac Duca-
ti's Francesco Bagnaia having one
of his best rides of 2019, pushing
his way up into fourth, although
nearly 12 seconds behind Viñales.
The rest of laps until the
last were like watching a cat bat
around a mouse. Marquez, clearly
quicker on the front straight, sat
in Viñales' slipstream, saving his
rear tire for a final assault, back-
ing out of the throttle well before
the Yamaha on the run into Turn
One. When the final lap started,
Viñales was 0.027-second ahead
of Marquez and no one else was
anywhere close. Marquez did not
roll off this time, blew around the
outside of Viñales just past the
start/finish line and had half-a-
dozen bikelengths on Viñales be-
fore he hit the brakes into Turn
One. Viñales closed up as the
corners wound down, in full “win,
spin or stick a hole in the fence”
mode, determined not to finish
second.
He didn't. Coming over Lukey
Heights for the final time, Viñales
got it all wrong as he prepared for
an assault into MG. The rear slid,
the bike bucked him into the air
and then the Yamaha slid down
the track and speared across the
gravel trap, ultimately launching
itself into the air and tumbling,
shedding expensive prototype Mo-
toGP machine parts hither and
yon. “Today was victory or noth-
ing,” Viñales said, explaining the
crash.
Marquez crossed the line
11.413 seconds ahead of Crutch-
low, who was in turn three sec-
onds ahead of Miller, who cursed
with delighted disbelief in his hel-
met when he saw that Viñales was
down.
“The most difficult part was
when Viñales started to push very
hard, very fast at the front,” Mar-
quez said immediately after the
race. “But I knew if I didn't give up
these four or five laps, it would be
possible for the victory. The week-
end was crazy. Rain, mixed con-
ditions, cold, wind. We choose a
gamble. I mean, because we were
with the soft rear, and in the end
it was completely destroyed, but it
was OK.” Later, Marquez admitted
that he spent the time in second
examining Viñales, plotting and
preparing: “I start slow cooking,
you know? To cook the victory,”
Marquez said. “I tried to analyze,
tried to check how was the tires.
Even like this, was not 100% sure,
because he was very, very fast.”
Crutchlow knew he was rac-
ing for a podium spot, but was not
expecting second. “I knew coming
into today I had the pace to be
on the podium no matter what,”
Crutchlow said. “I didn't have the
grip or the bike to be able to go
with Marc and Maverick, and I
had a big gap behind, so I was re-
ally happy with my pace. The last
five laps, the rear tire fell to piec-
es, and I was just literally riding
home.”
Miller chose to carefully con-
serve his tire throughout the race,
and it paid off with an unexpected
gift to the Australian and his fans
and family who were on hand for
the race. “Just managed the race,
tried not to push too early like I've
done in the past,” Miller said. “I
got to fourth and I thought, ‘Yeah,
fourth is probably the best I'm go-
ing to be able to do here.’ On the
last lap, I saw dust over Lukey and
I thought, ‘Oh, who's that?’ I saw
it was Maverick, and I thought,
‘Holy ****, I'm in third now!’”
Bagnaia led Joan Mir and
Iannone across the line just be-
hind Miller. Dovizioso, Rossi, Rins
and Aleix Espargaró were in close
proximity to complete the top 10.
Moto2: Binder’s Third 2019 Win
Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Brad
Binder kept his Moto2 title hopes
alive with a win at Phillip Island,
closing to 33 points behind Cham-
pionship leader Alex Marquez,
who finished eighth. Binder's
teammate Jorge Martin finished
second, while Dynavolt Intact GP’s
Tom Luthi's third brought him to
within 28 points of Marquez.
Moto3: Dalla Porta Wins Race,
World Championship
Lorenzo Dalla Porta sealed
the 2019 Moto3 World Champion-
ship in style, taking his Leopard
Racing Honda to the race win and
becoming the first Italian light-
weight class Champion since An-
drea Dovizioso in 2004. Dalla Por-
ta headed Marcos Ramirez over
the line for a Leopard 1-2, with
last year's winner Albert Arenas
in third for the third straight time
on the Gaviota Angel Nieto Team
KTM. Title challenger Aron Canet
crashed out on the third lap.
RESULTS
MOTOGP RACE (All on Michelin Tires)
(October 27): 1. Marc Marquez, Spain
(Hon RC213V), 27 laps, 40:43.729,
109.920 mph; 2. Cal Crutchlow, Great
Britain (Hon RC213V), -11.413 seconds;
3. Jack Miller, Australia (Duc GP19),
-14.499; 4. Francesco Bagnaia, Italy (Duc
GP18), -14.554; 5. Joan Mir, Spain (Suz
GSX-RR), -14.817; 6. Andrea Iannone,
Italy (Apr RS-GP), -15.280; 7. Andrea
Dovizioso, Italy (Duc GP19), -15.294;
8. Valentino Rossi, Italy (Yam YZR-M1),
-15.841; 9. Alex Rins, Spain (Suz GSX-
RR), -16.032; 10. Aleix Espargaró, Spain
(Apr RS-GP), -16.590; 11. Franco Mor-
bidelli, Italy (Yam YZR-M1), -24.145;
12. Pol Espargaró, Spain (KTM RC16),
-26.654; 13. Johann Zarco, France (Hon
RC213V), -26.758; 14. Karel Abraham,
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(Above) Brad Binder (41) won his third Moto2 race of the 2019 season.
(Below) Lorenzo Dalla Porta (48) won the Moto3 race and clinched the
2019 Moto3 World Championship at Phillip Island. Photos by DPPI Media.
Czech Republic (Duc GP18), -44.912; 15.
Hafizh Syahrin, Malaysia (KTM RC16),
-44.968; 16. Jorge Lorenzo, Spain (Hon
RC213V), -44.968; 17. Maverick Viñales,
Spain (Yam YZR-M1), -1 lap, DNF, crash;
18. Mika Kallio, Finland (KTM RC16),
-3 laps, DNF, entered pits; 19. Tito Ra-
bat, Spain (Duc GP18), -24 laps, DNF,
retired; 20. Fabio Quartararo, France
(Yam YZR-M1), -27 laps, DNF, crash; 21.
Danilo Petrucci, Italy (Duc GP19), -27
laps, DNF, crash. Race Distance, 27 laps,
74.624 miles; Race Time, 40 minutes,
43.729 seconds; Race Average Speed,
109.920 mph; Victory Margin, 11.413
seconds; Fastest Lap, Viñales, 1:29.322,
111.350 mph, Lap 13.
MOTOGP QUALIFYING (October 26):
1. Viñales, 1:28.492, 112.406 mph;
2. Quartararo, 1:29.043; 3. Marquez,
1:29.216; 4. Rossi, 1:29.243; 5. Petruc-
ci, 1:29.339; 6. Crutchlow, 1:29.535;
7. A. Espargaró, 1:29.558; 8. Ian-
none, 1:29.581; 9. Miller, 1:29.615;
10. Dovizioso, 1:29.667; 11. Morbidelli,
1:29.716; 12. Rins, 1:29.947; 13. Mir,
1:29.712; 14. Zarco, 1:30.008; 15. Bag-
naia, 1:30.075; 16. Abraham, 1:30.165;
17. P. Espargaró, 1:30.180; 18. Kallio,
1:30.495; 19. Lorenzo, 1:31.179; 20.
Syahrin, 1:31.285; 21. Rabat, 1:31.941.
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
POINT STANDINGS (After 17 of 19
rounds): 1. Marquez, 375 points; 2.
Dovizioso, 240 points; 3. Rins, 183
points; 4. Viñales, 176 points; 5. Petruc-
ci, 169 points; 6. Quartararo, 163
points; 7. Rossi, 153 points; 8. Miller,
141 points; 9. Crutchlow, 133 points;
10. Morbidelli, 105 points.
MOTO2 (All on Dunlop Tires and Tri-
umph Engines) (October 27): 1. Brad
Binder, Republic of South Africa (KTM),
25 laps, 38:53.277, 106.565 mph; 2.
Jorge Martin, Spain (KTM), -1.968 sec-
onds; 3. Thomas Luthi, Switzerland
(Kalex), -6.021; 4. Jorge Navarro, Spain
(Kalex), -8.151; 5. Lorenzo Baldassar-
ri, Italy (Kalex), -8.806; 6. Remy Gard-
ner, Australia (Tech 3), -8.955; 7. Iker
Lecuona, Spain (KTM), -9.455; 8. Alex
Marquez, Spain (Kalex), -10.055; 9. Ste-
fano Manzi, Italy (MV Agusta), -10.699;
10. Tetsuta Nagashima, Japan (Kalex),
-11.132; 11. Marcel Schrotter, Germa-
ny (Kalex), -14.353; 12. NicoloBulega,
Italy (Kalex), -14.641; 13. Jesko Raffin,
Switzerland (Kalex), -18.541; 14. Fa-
bio Di Giannantonio, Italy (Speed Up),
-20.255; 15. Bo Bendsneyder, Nether-
lands (NTS), -29.238; 16. Joe Roberts,
USA (KTM), -30.870; 17. Enea Bastiani-
ni, Italy (Kalex), -31.031; 18. Andrea Lo-
catelli, Italy (Kalex), -31.764; 19. Augus-
to Fernandez, Spain (Kalex), -33.324;
20. Sam Lowes, Great Britain (Kalex),
-37.341; 21. Jake Dixon, Great Britain
(KTM), -37.392; 22. Philipp Oettl, Germa-
ny (KTM), -69.178; 23. Adam Norrodin,
Malyasia (Kalex), -70.717; 24. Lukas Tu-
lovic, Germany (KTM), -71.606; 25. Xavi
Cardelus, Andorra (KTM), -72.066; 26.
Dimas Ekky Pratama, Indonesia (Kalex),
-81.622; 27. Dominique Aegerter, Swit-
zerland (MV Agusta), -1 lap; 28. Somkiat
Chantra, Thailand (Kalex), -11 laps, DNF,
crash; 29. Xavi Vierge, Spain (Kalex), -22
laps, DNF, crash; 30. Mattia Pasini, Italy
(Kalex), -22 laps, DNF, retired; 31. Luca
Marini, Italy (Kalex), -25 laps, DNF, crash;
32. Marco Bezzecchi, Italy (KTM), -25
laps, DNF, crash. Race Distance, 25 laps,
69.096 miles; Race Time, 38 minutes,
53.277 seconds; Race Average Speed,
106.565 mph; Victory Margin, 1.968
seconds; Fastest Lap, Luthi, 1:32.609,
107.435 mph, Lap 4, New Record.
MOTO2 QUALIFYING (October 26):
1. Navarro, 1:33.565, 106.316 mph; 2.
Binder, 1:33.886; 3. Marini, 1:33.934;
4. Di Giannantonio, 1:33.936; 5. Mar-
tin, 1:33.941; 6. Lowes, 1:34.041; 7.
Marquez, 1:34.136; 8. Raffin, 1:34.243;
9. Bezzecchi, 1:34.250; 10. Lecuo-
na, 1:34.257; 11. Luthi, 1:34.293;
12. Nagashima, 1:34.399; 13. Bule-
ga, 1:34.497; 14. Manzi, 1:34.663; 15.
Gardner, 1:34.694; 16. Vierge, 1:34.730;
17. Fernandez, 1:35.173; 18. Bastianini,
1:36.305; 19. Baldassarri, 1:34.812; 20.
Bendsneyder, 1:34.970; 21. Schrotter,
1:35.012; 22. Roberts, 1:35.072; 23. Lo-
catelli, 1:35.220; 24. Aegerter, 1:35.388;
25. Dixon, 1:35.401; 26. Oettl, 1:36.003;
27. Pasini, 1:36.320; 28. Chantra,
1:36.750; 29. Cardelus, 1:37.206;
30. Norrodin, 1:37.376; 31. Tulovic,
1:37.533; 32. Ekky Pratama, 1:39.830.
MOTO2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
POINT STANDINGS (After 17 of 19
rounds): 1. Marquez, 242 points; 2. Lu-
thi, 214 points; 3. Binder, 209 points; 4.
Navarro, 199 points; 5. Fernandez, 192
points; 6. Marini, 176 points; 7. Bal-
dassari, 162 points; 8. Schrotter, 130
points; 9. Di Giannantonio, 101 points;
10. Bastianini, 95 points; 28. Roberts,
4 points.
MOTO3 (All on Dunlop Tires) (Oc-
tober 27): 1. Lorenzo Dalla Porta, Ita-
ly (Hon), 23 laps, 37:45.817, 100.973
mph; 2. Marcos Ramirez, Spain (Hon),
-0.077-second; 3. Albert Arenas, Spain
(KTM), -0.088; 4. Tatsuki Suzuki, Japan
(Hon), -0.126; 5. John McPhee, Great
Britain (Hon), -0.330; 6. Darryn Binder,
South Africa (KTM), -0.772; 7. Ayumu
Sasaki, Japan (Hon), -1.029 seconds; 8.
Tom Booth-Amos, Great Britain (KTM),
-1.545; 9. Tony Arbolino, Italy (Hon),
-1.635; 10. Stefano Nepa, Italy (KTM),
-2.023; 11. Dennis Foggia, Italy (KTM),
-2.340; 12. Romano Fenati, Italy (Hon),
-7.564; 20. Jaume Masia, Spain (KTM),
-1 lap, DNF, crash; 21. Celestino Viet-
ti, Italy (KTM), -1 lap, DNF, crash; 22.
Kaito Toba, Japan (Hon), -3 laps, DNF,
crash; 23. Andrea Migno, Italy (KTM), -3
laps, DNF, crash; 29. Aron Canet, Spain
(KTM), -21 laps, DNF, crash. Race Dis-
tance, 23 laps, 63.569 miles; Race Time,
37 minutes, 45.817 seconds; Race Aver-
age Speed, 100.973 mph; Victory Mar-
gin, 0.077-second; Fastest Lap, Fenati,
1:37.139, 102.402 mph, Lap 11.
MOTO3 QUALIFYING (October 26):
1. Ramirez, 1:38.976, 100.476 mph; 2.
Canet, 1:39.160; 3. Arenas, 1:39.244;
4. McPhee, 1:39.310; 5. Toba, 1:39.493;
6. Dalla Porta, 1:39.683; 7. Migno,
1:39.715; 8. Fenati, 1:39.818; 9. Vietti,
1:40.061; 10. Foggia, 1:40.150.
MOTO3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
POINT STANDINGS (After 17 of 19
rounds): 1. Dalla Porta, 254 points;
2. Canet, 182 points; 3. Arbolino,
168 points; 4. Ramirez, 164 points; 5.
McPhee, 147 points; 6. Antonelli, 122
points; 7. Vietti, 116 points; 8. Suzuki,
111 points; 9. Masia, 105 points; 10.
Foggia, 97 points.
 MOTOGP
NOTES
Qualifying Blown Away
Loris Capirossi, Dorna's rep-
resentative on the Race Direction
panel, said after meeting with rid-
ers on Saturday afternoon that
canceling qualifying was what the
majority of the riders wanted. “We
asked to understand the opinion
of the riders. And mostly they all
agree that the conditions are not
safe enough because the wind is
really strong—especially because
the wind is not really constant,
you know? Sometimes it is really
strong, sometimes it is less, and
it is really difficult to control the
bike,” Capirossi said. “It looks like
the weather forecast for tomorrow
is fortunately for less wind. The
majority of riders agreed. Some-
one said it is really to the limit,
but we can. But it is better to do
this (postpone) because most of
the riders agreed.”
Crutchlow's Revenge
Cal Crutchlow smashed his
ankle in a high-speed Turn One
crash at Phillip Island a year ago,
an injury that still causes him
pain. His return to the podium at
the Australian circuit, where he
won in 2016, was especially satis-
fying for him. “Crashes don't nor-
mally faze me. I normally get back
up and go fast straight away. But
that crash last year has haunted
me for the whole year. It could have
ended my career,” Crutchlow said.
“I actually had the surgeon who
performed the operation on me
here this morning, and I thanked
him for saving my career.”
Rossi's 400th
Valentino Rossi's 400th
Grand Prix race got off to an
amazing start, but the nine-time
World Champion faded badly as
the race wore on. “It was a great
start, and a very good way to cele-
brate my 400th Grand Prix,” Rossi
said. “For sure, the result was not
fantastic. We need more, we need
to be stronger.”
Aprilia's Moment In The Sun
A week prior to the Grand
Prix at Phillip Island, Aprilia's per-
formance was so poor that the rid-
(Above) Aprilia’s Andrea Iannone (29) led the MotoGP race early on. (Be-
low, A) Johann Zarco (5) beat Jorge Lorenzo by nearly 40 seconds. (Be-
low, B) Marc Marquez (93) loses the front in a big way, but doesn’t crash!
(Above) Qualifying was red-flagged Danilo Petrucci (9) is an eyewitness. (Below, C) Valentino Rossi celebrat-
and cancelled due to strong, incon- ed his 400th Grand Prix start, at Phillip Island. Photos by DPPI Media.
sistent winds. (Below) Cal Crutch-
low (right) and Marc Marquez (left)
celebrate. Photos by DPPI Media.
A
ers didn't face the media after the
race, with questions from report-
ers instead fielded by Massimo
Rivola, Aprilia Racing CEO. After
Phillip Island, Aprilia's best-ever
MotoGP result, with Andrea Ian- B
none sixth and Aleix Espargaró
10th, the riders were more than
happy to talk. “I had fun straight
away as soon as we got here. We
stayed consistently with the best
group which was battling for the
podium in a fun race with a lot of
overtaking,” Espargaró said. “It
was thrilling to ride the Aprilia out
front and for that I wish to thank
all the guys here and in Noale who
are working their hardest and
the CEO who supports us in our
growth,” Iannone said. “I hope to start I had a good fight with many
be able to bring them more satis-
faction. This is only my first sea-
riders, overtaking them and them
overtaking me, and then it was
C
son with Aprilia and it was not quite funny that the rider I was
exactly simple, but we were never battling with for most of the race
lacking in determination and com- was KTM’s Pol Espargaró.”
mitment.”
New Rear Tire For 2020
Zarco Eclipses Lorenzo
Michelin Motorsport Manag-
In the first of three races fill- er Piero Taramasso said the com-
ing in for Takaaki Nakagami in pany was checking the durability
the LCR Honda Idemitsu squad, of the rear tire it hopes to run in
Johann Zarco finished 13th, near- 2020 by having riders thrash it may well be remembered for yet
ly 40 seconds ahead of Jorge Lo- during a special 20-minute ses- another save by Marc Marquez,
renzo on the factory Repsol Honda sion at the brutal-on-tires Phil- who completely lost the front tire,
RC213V, who is still recovering lip Island circuit. “The comments held his Honda up on elbow and
from spinal damage earlier in the from the riders are good. The grip knee with the bike at more than
season. “The race was great,” said is good, they have very good feel- 70 degrees of lean, then gassed it,
Zarco, who left the factory KTM ing, compared to the standard picked it up, ran off the inside of
team mid-season. “I chose the one, better stability in the cor- the corner, and rode away waving
soft rear because that was the ners,” Taramasso said. “Here it to the crowd. Crew Chief Santi
only tire I used all weekend and it was more like an endurance test. Hernandez watched the save on
would have been a shame to have We want to check the durabil- the monitors in the garage and
no feeling during the race. At the ity of the new carcass.” The test just slowly shook his head... RW
Roadracing World, December 2019—33
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix
By Michael Gougis
W
hile others grabbed the
headlines throughout
the weekend in Malay-
sia, Maverick Viñales hovered just
outside of the spotlight, always
thereabouts as he honed his rac-
ing package to as close to perfec-
tion as he could get.
When the starting grid lights
went out, Viñales got a solid start
on his factory-team Monster En-
ergy Yamaha, grabbed the lead
halfway through the first lap, and
was never headed en route to the
MotoGP race win in Malaysia.
Viñales' second win of the
season was more than just a race
victory—it was a statement about
his rightful place in the Yamaha
hierarchy. With the announce-
ment that the Petronas Yamaha
SRT team would be getting factory
equipment in 2020, Viñales' recent
performances make it clear that
he has no intention of letting any-
one on a YZR-M1 overshadow him.
The win moved Viñales into
third place in the MotoGP World
Championship point standings,
and it was his sixth podium finish
in the last 11 races—the best race
performance of any Yamaha rider.
He is the only Yamaha rider to win
so far this season, and with one
race left, the Sepang victory en-
sures that he will win more than
34—Roadracing World, December 2019
SEPANG, MALAYSIA
VIÑALES!
Halfway into lap one of the MotoGP race at Sepang, Maverick Viñales
(12) passed Jack Miller (43) for the lead, with fourth-row starters Andrea
Dovizioso (04) and Marc Marquez (93) already running third and fourth
ahead of Franco Morbidelli, Alex Rins, Fabio Quartararo (20), Valentino
Rossi (46), Danilo Petrucci (9), Johann Zarco (5), Cal Crutchlow (35) and
the rest. Note Jorge Lorenzo (99) in the background. Photo by DPPI Media.
any other Yamaha rider in 2019. MotoGP Practice & Qualifying
MotoGP World Champion
Marc Marquez survived a vicious, Practice was a dream for
500cc era-esque highside during the Petronas Yamaha SRT team,
qualifying, gridded up 11th, named after the Sepang circuit
bruised and sore, and—shades (SRT standing for “Sepang Rac-
of his famous last-to-first Moto2 ing Team”) and sponsored by the ninth in the second session, while
victory in Valencia in 2012—shot Malaysian-based Petronas oil, he focused on race performance.
through the field into second by gas, and petrochemical company. While the Petronas riders and oth-
the end of the first lap. At the home circuit for both, the ers went out on new tires to chase
Second was as good as it got satellite team’s Yamaha YZR-M1s single-lap times, Viñales ground
in the race for Marquez, who fin- were flying and its riders inspired, out 18 laps—close to race dis-
ished ahead of Andrea Dovizioso, especially after the announcement tance—on a medium front slick.
(who also started from the fourth that they would both have full “I tried to understand what's what
row), Valentino Rossi, and Team factory machines at their dispos- for the race; what the race situa-
Suzuki Ecstar's Alex Rins. But the al next season. Fabio Quartararo tion would be like, the track, slip-
Marquez family had already cel- led teammate Franco Morbidelli pery conditions. I felt good, that's
ebrated a first earlier in the day, at the top of the timesheets after the most important,” Viñales said.
as younger brother Alex Marquez the first practice, and Quartararo “I think we have a good opportuni-
clinched the 2019 Moto2 World remained on top at the end of the ty on Sunday.”
Championship. And the elder Mar- second session. “The lap was real- Marquez did the same, fin-
quez brother's second place in the ly incredible—and my second time ishing the second session 13th
MotoGP race gave him 395 points, attack would have even better but after putting in 16 laps on a medi-
a new record for points scored in a I caught some traffic,” Quartara- um front/soft rear set of Michelin
single premier-class season. ro said. “My ankle has been quite tires. But a 1:59.517 in the first
The weekend was marred by painful after the crash last week- session put him sixth on com-
the death of Indonesian star Afrid- end in Australia, but when you’re bined times after Friday, nearly a
za Munandar after an incident on P1 and you’ve got good pace on the second behind Quartararo—and
the first lap of the Asia Talent Cup bike you’re able to forget about it also behind Morbidelli, Dovizioso,
race on Saturday. a little bit!” Viñales, and Rossi.
Viñales slipped from third to On Saturday morning Mor-

(Above) Once clear of the pack, Maverick Viñales (12) pulled away and built his lead in the MotoGP race at Se-
pang Circuit. In the background, Valentino Rossi (46) races protégé Franco Morbidelli (21). (Below) Viñales cel-
ebrates his victory at the podium, with iron-man Marc Marquez watching from behind. Photos by DPPI Media.
slamming him down onto his face.
The World Champion was
taken to the medical center, where
he was assessed with bruises and
inflammation. “Painful around all
of the body,” Marquez said after
being released. “We set up the
bike in a way to have a good (race)
rhythm, but we were struggling
for one lap (speed), especially on
the change of directions. The tires
were ready—already in Turn 15 I
was fast and it was OK, but looks
like I changed (direction) maybe a
little bit too aggressive.”
To add insult to injury, Quar-
tararo then set a new all-time lap
record at 1:58.303, scoring his
fifth pole position of the year. “We
make the out lap really slow, the
tires were quite cold. We managed
bidelli shone, topping both prac- Crutchlow out of a transfer spot really well, really happy about
tice sessions. But Morbidelli had into final qualifying. pole position,” Quartararo said.
thrown on new tires at the end of Final qualifying saw Mar- Viñales was second-quickest
the session for another time at- quez attempting to follow Quar- at 1:58.406, then went back out
tack, while nearly everyone else tararo—and the rookie Yamaha on a set of medium slicks front
spent the entire session working rider having none of it—with both and rear and still put in a lap that
with used tires. Rossi was sec- of them slowing to a crawl on would have been good for fourth
ond-quickest, looking strong at the track as the seconds ticked on the grid. “I will try to take the
the track where he crashed while down. When Quartararo finally lead in the first corner and then
leading last year. bolted, Marquez went with him. I will push at my maximum from
LCR Honda Castrol's Cal Quartararo's Yamaha transi- the beginning. Like I’ve said be-
Crutchlow headed the first qual- tioned cleanly from full-right lean fore, we have nothing to lose and
ifying session, demoted there by to full-left as Quartararo entered everything to win, so we’re going
temporary LCR teammate Johann Turn Two, but Marquez's Honda to push, push, and push, and we'll
Zarco, who—in only his second did not. The Honda's rear wheel see,” Viñales said.
weekend on the Honda RC213V— slewed sideways, gripped and the Morbidelli was third, happy
bumped longtime Honda rider bike hurled Marquez into the air, with his race pace and his week-
Roadracing World, December 2019—35
end so far. “It was a good Satur-
day overall and a great qualifying
in particular, and I have a lot of
confidence from the bike. Hopeful-
ly we can have a strong race to-
morrow because I’ve got the pace
for it,” Morbidelli said.
Pramac Ducati's Jack Miller
headed the second row ahead of
Crutchlow and Rossi, with Rins,
Danilo Petrucci and Zarco on the
third row. Francesco Bagnia fol-
lowed Dovizioso and Marquez to
complete the fourth row.
MotoGP Race
Miller got the holeshot and
led halfway around the first lap.
Then Viñales slipped underneath
him and started to pull away,
his Yamaha on mediums front
and rear, the Spaniard confident
in his pace and rhythm. Dovizio-
so also passed Miller, with Rossi
running in a strong fifth place,
a solid opening lap following his
race-leading performance in Aus-
tralia a week prior.
On the other hand, the Petro-
nas Yamaha riders seemed to have
contracted the first-lap malaise
that has so often compromised
Viñales' races. Morbidelli slipped
from third to sixth, and Quartara-
ro dropped all the way back to
eighth. The promise of Friday and
Saturday wilted as the laps wore
down, and neither would chal-
lenge for the podium, Morbidelli
complaining about a lack of feel-
ing and Quartararo struggling on
the brakes.
Marquez had fitted a soft rear
tire, and fired off the grid, making
up multiple places per corner as
he rode the first lap as if it were
the last. He was fourth going into
the final turn as Dovizioso made
a small error ahead, stuffed his
Honda into the gap left by Dovizio-
so's mistake, cut inside of Mill-
er, stood the Australian up and
crossed the line in second to start
the second lap.
Miller countered with a hard
move on Marquez going into the
final corner on the second lap
to retake second place, but that
was the zenith of the Australian's
race. Third behind Marquez on
the next lap, he was then passed
by a steady stream of riders, with
Rins—desperate to get past—
slamming into the side of Miller's
speedy Ducati with such force
that it broke a wing off the Suzuki.
Miller eventually finished eighth,
more than 17 seconds back.
Viñales was in clean air on
an open track at the front, free
to turn all of the Yamaha's edge
grip into pure, sweet mid-corner
speed, and held the gap to Mar-
quez at about 1.5 seconds until
the halfway point. Then, as Viñales
started to edge away, Marquez
made a big mistake as he tried to
catch the fleeing Yamaha star, and
the gap was suddenly more than
2.8 seconds. From there, Viñales
managed the gap perfectly, nev-
er less than 2.4 seconds ahead of
the Honda, and opened the lead
to 3.503 seconds before cruising
across the finish line.
After crashing out of the Phil-
lip Island race while battling for
the lead, taking the checkered flag
first in Sepang was sweet, Viñales
said. “It was an incredible race.
We prepared for the race really
well all weekend,” Viñales said. “I
felt I had a big potential after the
first lap. I took the lead after the
first two splits and I kept pushing,
pushing, and pushing. Honestly,
I'm so happy. We did a good job.
What a shame in Australia, be-
cause that was a race where I felt
I had a lot of potential too, but be-
ing in first place here is amazing.”
“It was an incredible race,
a great first lap,” Marquez
said. “Maybe the best of my ca-
reer, alongside Mugello 2015—I
watched this lap last night to see
what I did! It was a very nice first
lap but unfortunately I destroyed
the tire in those first three laps
and I lost a little time with Miller.
Viñales was faster than us today.
I tried to do like in Phillip Island
and stay right behind him but the
gap was too big and I made a mis-
take and dropped back.”
Dovizioso held off a charge
from Rossi and Rins to take the
final podium spot. “It was the fast-
est race we’ve ever done at Sepang
in the dry, and so we have to be
satisfied with this result,” Dovizio-
so said. “We knew that with a good
start we could have aimed for a
good result, but unfortunately in
the race I didn’t have the same
feeling as I had in practice. The
tires dropped a lot and I couldn’t
stay with Viñales and Marquez.”
Morbidelli and Quartararo
finished a disappointed sixth and
seventh, Miller eighth and Petruc-
ci ninth ahead of Suzuki's Joan
Mir, who was ordered to take a
long-lap penalty after spearing
Zarco into the gravel.
Moto2: Champion Alex Marquez!
Alex Marquez kept his Estrel-
la Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex on
the tail of race winner Brad Bind-
er’s Red Bull KTM and held off the
late charge of Dynavolt Intact GP's
Tom Luthi, sealing the 2019 Moto2
World Championship. It was the
second world title for Marquez,
the 2014 Moto3 World Champion
putting together a season of speed
and consistency, with more wins
(five), more podiums, and more
laps led than anyone else. Amer-
ican Joe Roberts finished 19th on
his American Racing KTM.
36—Roadracing World, December 2019
Moto3: Dalla Porta Again
New Moto3 World Champi-
on Lorenzo Dalla Porta took his
Leopard Racing Honda to his third
straight win in the class, hanging
on for the victory over rookie Ser-
gio Garcia and his Estrella Galicia
0.0 Honda. Jaume Masia came
from the back of the grid on his
Mugen Race KTM to take the final
podium position.
RESULTS
MOTOGP RACE (All on Michelin (Above) Red Bull KTM’s Brad Binder (41) passed Estrella Galicia 0,0’s Alex
Tires) (November 3): 1. Maverick Marquez (73) to win the Moto2 race, but second place earned Marquez the
Viñales, Spain (Yam YZR-M1), 20 laps, 2019 Moto2 World Championship at Phillip Island. (Below) Leopard Rac-
40:14.632, 102.650 mph; 2. Marc Mar-
quez, Spain (Hon RC213V), -3.059 sec-
ing’s Lorenzo Dalla Porta (48) passes SKY Racing Team VR46’s Celestino
onds; 3. Andrea Dovizioso, Italy (Duc Vietti (13) on his way to winning the Moto3 race. Dalla Porta had already
GP19), -5.611; 4. Valentino Rossi, Italy clinched the 2019 Moto3 World Championship. Photos by DPPI Media.
(Yam YZR-M1), -5.965; 5. Alex Rins,
Spain (Suz GSX-RR), -6.350; 6. Franco
Morbidelli, Italy (Yam YZR-M1), -9.993;
7. Fabio Quartararo, France (Yam
YZR-M1), -12.864; 8. Jack Miller, Aus-
tralia (Duc GP19), -17.252; 9. Danilo
Petrucci, Italy (Duc GP19), -19.773; 10.
Joan Mir, Spain (Suz GSX-RR), -22.854;
11. Pol Espargaró, Spain (KTM RC16),
-24.821; 12. Francesco Bagnaia, Italy
(Duc GP18), -30.251; 13. Aleix Espar-
garó, Spain (Apr RS-GP), -30.447; 14.
Jorge Lorenzo, Spain (Hon RC213V),
-34.215; 15. Mika Kallio, Finland (KTM
RC16), -34.461; 16. Hafizh Syahrin, Ma-
laysia (KTM RC16), -44.319; 17. Karel
Abraham, Czech Republic (Duc GP19),
-47.343; 18. Johann Zarco, France (Hon
RC213V), -4 laps, DNF, crash; 19. Cal
Crutchlow, Great Britain (Hon RC213V),
-6 laps, DNF, crash; 20. Andrea Ian-
Schrotter, Germany (Kalex), -10.807; 8. Schrotter, 2:05.792; 9. Gardner,
none, Italy (Apr RS-GP), -9 laps, DNF,
crash. Race Distance, 20 laps, 68.885 10. Luca Marini, Italy (Kalex), -14.585; 2:05.888; 10. Marini, 2:05.938; 11. Di
miles; Race Time, 40 minutes, 14.632 11. Augusto Fernandez, Spain (Kalex), Giannantonio, 2:05.956; 12. Lecuona,
seconds; Race Average Speed, 102.650 -16.521; 12. Nicolo Bulega, Italy (Kalex), 2:05.959; 13. Manzi, 2:06.070; 14. Bas-
mph; Victory Margin, 3.059 seconds; -22.333; 13. Mattia Pasini, Italy (Kalex), tianini, 2:06.077; 15. Navarro, 2:06.126;
Fastest Lap, Rossi, 1:59.661, 103.582 -23.326; 14. Remy Gardner, Australia 16. Raffin, 2:06.308; 17. Fernandez,
mph, Lap 3, New Record. (Tech 3), -23.810; 15. Dominique Aegert- 2:06.515; 18. Chantra, 2:06.807;
MOTOGP QUALIFYING (November 2): 1. er, Switzerland (MV Agusta), -24.002; 19. Bulega, 2:06.143; 20. Locatelli,
Quartararo, 1:58.303, 104.763 mph; 2. 16. Andrea Locatelli, Italy (Kalex), 2:06.263; 21. Bezzecchi, 2:06.267; 22.
Viñales, 1:58.406; 3. Morbidelli, 1:58.432; -24.055; 17. Jake Dixon, Great Britain Baldassarri, 2:06.324; 23. Bendsneyder,
4. Miller, 1:58.725; 5. Crutchlow, 1:58.951; (KTM), -27.663; 18. Dimas Ekky Prata- 2:06.363; 24. Aegerter, 2:06.510; 25.
6. Rossi, 1:59.000; 7. Rins, 1:59.090; 8. ma, Indonesia (Kalex), -29.455; 19. Joe Roberts, 2:06.746; 26. Pasini, 2:06.924;
Roberts USA (KTM), -30.896; 20. Jesko 27. Ekky Pratama, 2:07.058; 28. Dixon,
Petrucci, 1:59.097; 9. Zarco, 1:59.139;
Raffin, Switzerland (Kalex), -37.044; 21. 2:07.245; 29. Oettl, 2:07.756; 30. Tu-
10. Dovizioso, 1:59.173; 11. Marquez,
1:59.178; 12. Bagnaia, 1:59.640; 13. Mir, Philipp Oettl, Germany (KTM), -50.548; lovic, 2:07.764; 31. Norrodin, 2:07.851;
1:59.374; 14. A. Espargaró, 1:59.435; 15. 22. Lukas Tulovic, Germany (KTM), 32. Cardelus, 2:08.432.
P. Espargaró, 1:59.812; 16. Abraham, -54.921; 23. Xavi Cardelus, Andorra MOTO2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
2:00.072; 17. Iannone, 2:00.205; 18. Lo- (KTM), -60.678; 24. Enea Bastianini, It- POINT STANDINGS (After 18 of 19
renzo, 2:00.478; 19. Kallio, 2:00.644; 20. aly (Kalex), -1 lap; 25. Sam Lowes, Great rounds): 1. Marquez, 262 points; 2.
Syahrin, 2:01.045. Britain (Kalex), -5 laps, DNF, crash; 26. Binder, 234 points; 3. Luthi, 230 points;
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Marco Bezzecchi, Italy (KTM), -6 laps, 4. Navarro, 210 points; 5. Fernandez,
POINT STANDINGS (After 18 of 19 DNF, crash; 27. Stefano Manzi, Italy (MV 197 points; 6. Marini, 182 points; 7.
rounds): 1. Marquez, 395 points; 2. Agusta), -8 laps, DNF, crash; 28. Som-
kiat Chantra, Thailand (Kalex), -10 laps,
Baldassari, 171 points; 8. Schrotter, 137
points; 9. Di Giannantonio, 101 points;
Dovizioso, 256 points; 3. Viñales, 201
points; 4. Rins, 194 points; 5. Petrucci, DNF, crash; 29. Fabio Di Giannantonio, 10. Bastianini, 95 points; 28. Roberts,
Italy (Speed Up), -11 laps, DNF, crash; 4 points.
176 points; 6. Quartararo, 172 points; 7.
Rossi, 166 points; 8. Miller, 149 points; 30. Adam Norrodin, Malyasia (Kalex), MOTO3 (All on Dunlop Tires) (Novem-
9. Crutchlow, 133 points; 10. Morbidelli, -13 laps, DNF, crash; 31. Jorge Martin, ber 3): 1. Lorenzo Dalla Porta, Italy (Hon),
115 points. Spain (KTM), -16 laps, DNF, crash; 32. 17 laps, 38:01.355, 92.336 mph; 2. Ser-
MOTO2 (All on Dunlop Tires and Tri- Bo Bendsneyder, Netherlands (NTS), -18 gio Garcia, Spain (Hon), -0.410-second;
umph Engines) (November 3): 1. Brad laps, DNF, crash. Race Distance, 18 laps, 3. Jaume Masia, Spain (KTM), -0.803; 4.
Binder, Republic of South Africa (KTM), 61.997 miles; Race Time, 38 minutes, Ai Ogura, Japan (Hon), -0.885; 5. Celes-
18 laps, 38:07.843, 97.493 mph; 2. Alex 7.843 seconds; Race Average Speed, tino Vietti, Italy (KTM), -0.902; 6. Marcos
Marquez, Spain (Kalex), -0.758-second; 97.493 mph; Victory Margin, 0.758-sec- Ramirez, Spain (Hon), -1.095 seconds;
3. Thomas Luthi, Switzerland (Kalex), ond; Fastest Lap, Marquez, 2:05.860, 7. John McPhee, Great Britain (Hon),
-2.683 seconds; 4. Xavi Vierge, Spain 98.487 mph, Lap 2, New Record. -1.342; 8. Aron Canet, Spain (KTM),
MOTO2 QUALIFYING (November 2): 1. -2.253; 9. Tony Arbolino, Italy (Hon),
(Kalex), -6.646; 5. Jorge Navarro, Spain
(Kalex), -7.114; 6. Iker Lecuona, Spain Marquez, 2:05.244, 98.934 mph; 2. Na- -3.035; 10. Niccolo Antonelli, Italy (Hon),
(KTM), -8.582; 7. Lorenzo Baldassarri, gashima, 2:05.395; 3. Binder, 2:05.559; -7.726; 12. Albert Arenas, Spain (KTM),
Italy (Kalex), -9.232; 8. Tetsuta Nagashi- 4. Vierge, 2:05.695; 5. Luthi, 2:05.714; -10.521; 22. Darryn Binder, South Africa
ma, Japan (Kalex), -10.180; 9. Marcel 6. Martin, 2:05.731; 7. Lowes, 2:05.735; (KTM), -7 laps, DNF, crash; 23. Ayumu
Sasaki, Japan (Hon), -9 laps, DNF, crash; 27. Tatsuki Su-
zuki, Japan (Hon), -12 laps, DNF, crash; 28. Gabriel Rodri-
go, Argentina (Hon), -12 laps, DNF, crash; 29. Alonso Lopez,
Spain (Hon), -12 laps, DNF, crash. Race Distance, 17 laps,
58.552 miles; Race Time, 38 minutes, 1.355 seconds; Race
Average Speed, 92.336 mph; Victory Margin, 0.410-second;
Fastest Lap, Ramirez, 2:12.845, 93.330, Lap 3.
MOTO3 QUALIFYING (November 2): 1. Ramirez, 2:11.758,
94.075 mph; 2. Suzuki, 2:11.885; 3. McPhee, 2:11.990; 4.
Arenas, 2:12.172; 5. Vietti, 2:12.314; 6. Binder, 2:12.332;
7. Dalla Porta, 2:12.343; 8. Sasaki, 2:12.369; 9. Rodrigo,
2:12.385; 10. Lopez, 2:12.396.

MOTOGP
NOTES

World Champions And Brothers

By earning the 2019 Moto2 World Champi-
onship, Alex Marquez became the first rider to win
Moto3 and Moto2 World Championships. He and
Marc Marquez are the only brothers to both win
the lightweight title (Marc Marquez won the 125cc
GP Championship in 2010) and the only brothers
to both win the intermediate-class title (Marc Mar-
quez won the Moto2 title in 2012).
And Marc Marquez was one of the first on the
scene when brother Alex pulled to the side of the
circuit after the finish line at Sepang, the Moto2
World Championship secure.
“I’m happy with my race, but you can’t imag-

CHAMPIONS
ine how happy I am for my brother’s victory—he
deserves it so much,” Marc Marquez said. The Rep-
sol Honda team trailed the factory Ducati team by
two points heading into the final round in Valen-
cia, with the Rider and Manufacturer Champion-
ships already in the hands of Marquez and Honda.
BY DESIGN
Doctor Declares Marc Marquez
“Pure, Hardened Steel”
Congratulations
MotoGP Medical Director Dr. Angel Charte
To 2019 Season Pros
said eight-time World Champion Marc Marquez is
made of “pure, hardened steel” after examining him • Junior Cup Championship Winner:
following a brutal highside in qualifying. “He's suf- Ninja400R.com/Dr. Farr Racing- Rocco Landers
fered multiple bruising to both sides of his lower • 600 SS 2nd place:
HSBK / Celtic Racing – PJ Jacobsen
• 600 SS 3rd place:
Rickdiculous Racing – Hayden Gillim
• Pro Superbike:
Westby Racing – Matthew Scholtz
• Junior Cup Top Contender:
Quarterley Racing – Dallas Daniels
• Junior Cup 2nd place:
Altus Racing – Kevin Olmedo
• Twins Cup 3rd place:
Quarterley Racing – Michael Barnes
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Marquez Wins Again In

“Amazing Season”

By Michael Gougis Jack Miller (43) is chased by Fabio Quartararo (20), Alex Rins (42). Andrea
Dovizioso, Marc Marquez (93), Maverick Viñales (12), Franco Morbidel-

M
arc Marquez wrapped
up “a perfect season” in
MotoGP in the best way
possible, winning the final race of
the year in Valencia and sealing
the Team Championship for the
Repsol Honda squad to go along
with the Constructor Champion-
ship and the Rider Championship.
Marquez rolled to his 12th
victory of the season, his 18th po-
dium in 19 races, and 420 points,
the most any rider has ever scored
in a single season. “It was an
amazing season. The numbers,
the statistics, speak. We show our
potential this year,” Marquez said.
“Was a perfect season—so difficult
to improve. We finish in the best
way—winning in Valencia, but es-
pecially taking the Team Champi-
onship, because everyone on the
team deserves it.”
Petronas Yamaha SRT's Fa-
bio Quartararo finished his rook-
ie MotoGP year on the podium
again, finishing second after tak-
ing pole and leading the opening
laps. Pramac Ducati's Jack Mill-
er was third—his fifth podium of
the year—meaning that two out of
three places on the podium were
taken by satellite-team riders.
Monster Energy Yamaha's
Maverick Viñales finished sixth,
li (21), Joan Mir, Valentino Rossi, Pol Espargaró (44), Michele Pirro (51),
Aleix Espargaró, Danilo Petrucci (9) and the rest. Photo by DPPI Media.
taking third in the final MotoGP
rider standings with 211 points,
behind factory Ducati rider An-
drea Dovizioso with 269. And in
his final MotoGP race, Repsol
Honda's Jorge Lorenzo finished
13th, the three points he scored
making the difference between the
factory Ducati team and the Rep-
sol Honda squad in the final Team
Championship standings.
MotoGP Practice & Qualifying
Chilly weather kept riders
hesitant on Friday, the asphalt
only a tick above 48 degrees Fahr-
enheit during the first practice
session. While Quartararo was
quickest, his time was two full
seconds slower than the outright
best lap time set by Lorenzo in
2016, which, coincidentally, was
Lorenzo's last race weekend for
the factory Yamaha team before he
moved to Ducati for 2017-2018.
Miller was second-quickest,
the Pramac Ducati the fastest
machine through the speed traps
at 202.4 mph (325.8 kph), while
Marquez stayed on worn tires and
settled into third, ahead of Viñales,
Franco Morbidelli on the Petronas
Yamaha SRT YZR-M1 and Team
Suzuki ECSTAR's Joan Mir.
Viñales climbed to second in
the second practice session, while
Miller crashed testing a new hard
rear tire and a front tire with 15
laps on it. “We knew it was going
to be risky, but I gave it a go, and
yeah. Turn Two, I tried to save it
the best I could, but proved I’m
not Marc Marquez!” Miller said.
Meanwhile, Valentino Rossi had
a very difficult Friday in the cold,
crashing twice. “Here in Valencia
it’s always dangerous on the right
side of the tire, especially in these
conditions, because it’s very cold,
it’s wintertime,” Rossi said.
Saturday was at least a bit
warmer, with the pavement reach-
ing more than 57 degrees F, and
Quartararo got to within a second
of Lorenzo's record, staying on top
even as Marquez threw on new
tires for a time attack at the end of
the third practice session. Miller
was third-quickest, ahead of Ros-
si, who fired in a quick lap to seal
a direct transfer to the final quali-
fying session, with Morbidelli fifth.
When the final practice came
around and teams switched to
race set-up simulations, Viñales
was quickest after Marquez
crashed in Turn Four, victim of
a cold right-side on his front tire.
Marquez quickly scootered back to
the pits and went out on his spare
bike, finishing the session second.
Alex Rins and Pol Espar-
garó transferred out of the first
qualifying session, and when fi-
nal qualifying came around, Mor-
bidelli, Rossi, Marquez, Miller and
Viñales set the fastest times, in
that order. A lap later, Quartararo,
the master of the single flying lap,
came around and took provisional
pole at 1:30.235. Miller would top
that mark on his second run, but
Quartararo snatched pole back a
lap later and then went faster still,
his final 1:29.978 the only 1:29
lap of the day. Marquez came clos-
est with a 1:30.010 for second on
the grid, with Miller third, ahead of
Viñales, Morbidelli, and Dovizioso.

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 ment between (Turns) 11 and 12
with the wind, the crosswind blew
the bike out from underneath me.
I nearly crashed there straight up
and down. It was quite scary. And
then I started coming back toward
Fabio, a bit of a second wind, but
that was short-lived. Those last
eight laps were probably the lon-
gest laps of my life. I was like go-
ing, eight, seven, six...”
Dovizioso finished fourth,
less than a second behind Mill-
er and just ahead of Rins, while
Viñales inherited sixth after Mor-
bidelli crashed.
dium on his MB Conveyors Speed
Up, finishing on the podium for
the eighth time this season.
Moto3: Garcia Wins!
Sixteen-year-old rookie Ser-
gio Garcia pulled off a last-corner
pass on Andrea Migno and took
his first Moto3 World Champion-
ship race win on his Estrella Gali-
cia Honda. Migno was second on
the Mugen Race KTM, with Leop-
ard Impala Junior Team wild card
Xavier Artigas third in his first-ev-
er Moto3 race.

Moto2: Binder Three For Three MotoE: Ferrari Is Champion

Marc Marquez celebrates on the podium after winning his 12th MotoGP
race of the 2019 season—and leading Repsol Honda’s sweep of the Rid-
er, Constructor, and Team World Championships. Photos by DPPI Media.
“Very happy about the pole
position, but I am even more hap-
py about the work we have done
today,” Quartararo told reporters.
“We have improved our pace, and
that was the main goal.”
“I'm closer than what I ex-
pect,” Marquez said after qualify-
ing. “I will try to fight for the victo-
ry and especially to enjoy the last
race (of 2019) in front of my fans.”
“First time I've been on the
front row in a long time, so I'm
really satisfied with that,” Miller
said. “I've been really trying hard
to do my job, do my homework
before the race. I think we have a
clear understanding of what we're
going to use. We're happy.”
MotoGP Race
Miller predicted that the
Ducati would be quick off the grid,
and he was quickest. Quartara-
ro quickly bumped his way into
the lead, though, while Marquez
dropped back. “In Malaysia I did
the best start of the season. Here I
did the worst start of the season,”
Marquez would say afterwards. “It
was a little bit downhill, and the
bike was moving, and I adjust my
position and my position was not
the correct one, and so the start
was not so good.”
Rins sliced into third, ahead
of Dovizioso and the charging
Marquez, with Viñales dropping
back from fourth to seventh by
the end of the first lap. With clear
track in front of him and nothing
to hinder him from using the Ya-
maha’s mid-corner speed to the
fullest, Quartararo tried to make a
break while Marquez was caught
behind other riders.
But it didn't take long for
Marquez to recover from his start,
moving into second after two laps
and hounding Quartararo with-
in two more. All the riders were
struggling with the wind, and Mill-
Red Bull KTM Ajo's Brad Matteo Ferrari's fifth-place
Binder gave himself and KTM the finish in the final MotoE World
perfect parting gift, each of them Cup race on Sunday earned the
leaving the Moto2 class with three Trentino Gresini rider the inau-
wins in a row. Binder scored his gural MotoE World Cup title. Eric
er seemed to struggle most as he fifth victory of the season after Granado won both races on his
tried to settle into a rhythm and snatching the lead from Tom Lu- Energica Ego Corsa. One Energy
pull clear of Dovizioso, Rins, Mor- thi on the Dynavolt Intact GP Racing's Bradley Smith was sec-
bidelli and Viñales. Kalex with two laps to go. Luthi ond and third in the two races,
On the eighth lap, Marquez dropped to third behind Binder in with Ferrari third in Race One and
put a clean pass on Quartara- the final point standings as well. Hector Garzo third on his Tech 3
ro and pulled a gap that hovered Jorge Navarro completed the po- E-Racing Ego Corsa in Race Two.
around 0.6-second for several
laps, and then suddenly increased
on lap 16. By the 20th lap, the gap
had doubled, and Marquez man-
aged his advantage for the rest of
the race, cruising over the line to
win by 1.026-seconds.
Afterward, Marquez said the
poor start had put him in a posi-
tion he did not want to be in, but
he had made the best of the situ-
ation. “We did a great comeback.
In two laps we were through many
riders and Fabio was going away,
but in two or three laps I catch
him. This was nice,” Marquez said.
“But my strategy I told to Alberto
(Puig, Repsol Honda team manag-
er) before the race—try to lead the
race. Here, for technical reasons, I
felt better in front.”
Quartararo said watching
Marquez ease away was not frus-
(Above) KTM's Brad Binder (41) passed Thomas Luthi (12) to win KTM’s last
trating, as he knew he didn't have
the race pace to match him. “No,
race in the Moto2 class. (Below) Sergio Garcia (11) beat Andrea Migno
no, no, no. We are really good (16), Xavier Artigas (4), and Tatsuki Suzuki (24) to win in the Moto3 race.
in qualifying, but we knew that
Marc's pace was much better than
us. In my mind was the podium.
I was not thinking about the vic-
tory,” Quartararo said. “We make
the perfect start, I was enjoying a
lot the last 10 laps. I was pushing
because he (Miller) was coming.”
Miller was, indeed, coming,
at least in fits and starts. Strug-
gling to get the Ducati to turn
against the crosswinds, he also
nearly lost it when a gust caught
his wheelieing machine at exactly
the wrong moment. “I was just try-
ing not to take too many risks. It
was quite chilly out there, and the
wind was blowing a fair bit. Long
race. The pace was fast and furi-
ous,” Miller said. “I had a big mo-

Roadracing World, December 2019—39

RESULTS
MOTOGP RACE (All on Michelin Tires)
(November 17): 1. Marc Marquez, Spain
(Hon RC213V), 27 laps, 41:21.469, 97.431
mph; 2. Fabio Quartararo, France (Yam
YZR-M1), -1.026 seconds; 3. Jack Miller,
Australia (Duc GP19), -2.409; 4. Andrea
Dovizioso, Italy (Duc GP19), -3.326; 5.
Alex Rins, Spain (Suz GSX-RR), -3.508; 6.
Maverick Viñales, Spain (Yam YZR-M1),
-8.829; 7. Joan Mir, Spain (Suz GSX-RR),
-10.622; 8. Valentino Rossi, Italy (Yam
YZR-M1), -22.992; 9. Aleix Espargaró,
Spain (Apr RS-GP), -32.704; 10. Pol Es-
pargaró, Spain (KTM RC16), -32.973; 11.
Tito Rabat, Spain (Duc GP18), -42.795;
12. Mika Kallio, Finland (KTM RC16),
-45.732; 13. Jorge Lorenzo, Spain (Hon
RC213V), -51.044; 14. Karel Abraham,
Czech Republic (Duc GP19), -64.871; 15.
Hafizh Syahrin, Malaysia (KTM RC16),
-76.487; 16. Andrea Iannone, Italy (Apr
RS-GP), -1 lap, DNF, crash; 17. Franco
Morbidelli, Italy (Yam YZR-M1), -9 laps,
DNF, crash; 18. Danilo Petrucci, Italy
(Duc GP19), -14 laps, DNF, crash; 19.
Johann Zarco, France (Hon RC213V),
-14 laps, DNF, crash; 20. Iker Lecuona,
Spain (KTM RC16), -14 laps, DNF, crash;
21. Cal Crutchlow, Great Britain (Hon
RC213V), -17 laps, DNF, crash; 22. Mi-
chele Pirro, Italy (Duc GP19), -19 laps,
DNF, retired. Race Distance, 27 laps,
67.192 miles; Race Time, 41 minutes,
21.469 seconds; Race Average Speed,
97.431 mph; Victory Margin, 1.026 sec-
onds; Fastest Lap, Marquez, 1:31.116,
98.301 mph, Lap 4, New Record.
MOTOGP QUALIFYING (November 16):
1. Quartararo, 1:29.978, 99.543 mph; 2.
Marquez, 1:30.010; 3. Miller, 1:30.086; 4.
Viñales, 1:30.178; 5. Morbidelli, 1:30.449;
6. Dovizioso, 1:30.511; 7. Mir, 1:30.573;
8. Rins, 1:30.595; 9. Crutchlow, 1:30.726;
10. Petrucci, 1:30.771; 11. P. Espargaró,
1:30.908; 12. Rossi, 1:30.954; 13. Zarco,
1:30.826; 14. Pirro, 1:30.949; 15. A. Es-
pargaró, 1:30.972; 16. Lorenzo, 1:31.295;
17. Kallio, 1:31.383; 18. Rabat, 1:31.507;
19. Lecuona, 1:31.658; 20. Iannone,
1:31.714; 21. Abraham, 1:31.815; 22.
Syahrin, 1:31.839.
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FI-
NAL POINT STANDINGS (After 19 of
19 rounds): 1. Marquez, 420 points; 2.
Dovizioso, 269 points; 3. Viñales, 211
points; 4. Rins, 205 points; 5. Quartara-
ro, 192 points; 6. Petrucci, 176 points; 7.
Rossi, 174 points; 8. Miller, 165 points;
9. Crutchlow, 133 points; 10. Morbidelli,
115 points.
MOTO2 (All on Dunlop Tires and Tri-
umph Engines) (November 17): 1.
Brad Binder, Republic of South Africa
(KTM), 16 laps, 25:30.766, 93.640 mph;
2. Thomas Luthi, Switzerland (Kalex),
-0.735-second; 3. Jorge Navarro, Spain
(Kalex), -1.045 seconds; 4. Stefano Manzi,
Italy (MV Agusta), -1.185; 5. Jorge Martin,
Spain (KTM), -8.066; 6. Augusto Fernan-
dez, Spain (Kalex), -8.311; 7. Xavi Vierge,
Spain (Kalex), -9.922; 8. Luca Marini, Ita-
ly (Kalex), -11.085; 9. Fabio Di Giannan-
tonio, Italy (Speed Up), -11.739; 10. Sam
Lowes, Great Britain (Kalex), -12.362;
11. Mattia Pasini, Italy (Kalex), -16.620;
12. Dominique Aegerter, Switzerland (MV
Agusta), -17.160; 13. Jake Dixon, Great
Britain (KTM), -17.595; 14. Enea Bas-
tianini, Italy (Kalex), -17.624; 15. Remy
Gardner, Australia (Tech 3), -17.835;
16. Marcel Schrotter, Germany (Kalex),
-18.090; 17. Lorenzo Baldassarri, Italy
(Kalex), -18.251; 18. Joe Roberts, USA
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Eric Granado (51) won both MotoE races for Energica electric racebikes,
but Matteo Ferrari (11) clinched the 2019 MotoE Cup Championship.
Here, MotoGP refugee Bradley Smith (38) leads. Photos by DPPI Media.
(KTM), -18.434; 19. Marco Bezzecchi, Ita-
ly (KTM), -19.829; 20. Andrea Locatelli, It-
aly (Kalex), -20.278; 21. Tetsuta Nagashi-
ma, Japan (Kalex), -20.298; 22. Nicolo
Bulega, Italy (Kalex), -20.362; 23. Som-
kiat Chantra, Thailand (Kalex), -20.280;
24. Bo Bendsneyder, Netherlands (NTS),
-25.732; 25. Dimas Ekky Pratama, Indo-
nesia (Kalex), -28.179; 26. Philipp Oettl,
Germany (KTM), -28.392; 27. Tomma-
so Marcon, Italy (NTS), -32.617; 28.
Xavi Cardelus, Andorra (KTM), -37.281;
29. Adam Norrodin, Malyasia (Kalex),
-37.410; 30. Alex Marquez, Spain (Kalex),
-89.344, crash; 31. Sean Dylan Kelly,
USA (KTM), -2 laps, DNF, crash; 32. Lu-
kas Tulovic, Germany (KTM), -11 laps,
DNF, entered pits. Race Distance, 16 laps,
39.817 miles; Race Time, 25 minutes,
30.766 seconds; Race Average Speed,
93.640 mph; Victory Margin, 0.735-sec-
ond; Fastest Lap, Luthi, 1:34.820, 94.821
mph, Lap 12, New Record.
MOTO2 QUALIFYING (November 16):
1. Navarro, 1:34.461, 94.821 mph; 2.
Martin, 1:34.478; 3. Manzi, 1:34.633;
4. Marini, 1:34.646; 5. Luthi, 1:34.674;
6. Di Giannantonio, 1:34.704; 7. Bind-
er, 1:34.727; 8. Fernandez, 1:34.863;
9. Bastianini, 1:34.866; 10. Lowes,
1:34.887; 11. Vierge, 1:34.899; 12. Pa-
sini, 1:34.924; 13. Locatelli, 1:34.945;
14. Gardner, 1:34.946; 15. Marquez,
1:34.955; 16. Schrotter, 1:34.983; 17.
Dixon, 1:35.085; 18. Bulega, 1:35.385;
19. Aegerter, 1:35.050; 20. Bezzecchi,
1:35.061; 21. Nagashima, 1:35.062;
22. Bendsneyder, 1:35.082; 23. Baldas-
sarri, 1:35.258; 24. Chantra, 1:35.286;
25. Ekky Pratama, 1:35.880; 26. Oettl,
1:35.967; 27. Kelly, 1:36.130; 28. Mar-
con, 1:36.238; 29. Norrodin, 1:36.345;
30. Cardelus, 1:36.727; 31. Tulovic,
1:36.854; 27. Kelly, 1:36.130; 32. Rob-
erts, 2:29.394, mechanical.
MOTO2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FI-
NAL POINT STANDINGS (After 19 of
19 rounds): 1. Marquez, 262 points; 2.
Binder, 259 points; 3. Luthi, 250 points;
4. Navarro, 226 points; 5. Fernandez, 207
points; 6. Marini, 190 points; 7. Baldas-
sari, 171 points; 8. Schrotter, 137 points;
9. Di Giannantonio, 108 points; 10. Bas-
tianini, 97 points; 28. Roberts, 4 points.
MOTO3 (All on Dunlop Tires) (Novem-
ber 17): 1. Sergio Garcia, Spain (Hon),
15 laps, 25:17.918, 88.483 mph; 2. An-
drea Migno, Italy (KTM), -0.005-second;
3. Xavier Artigas, Spain (Hon), -0.180; 4.
Tatsuki Suzuki, Japan (Hon), -0.246; 5.
Filip Salac, Czech Republic (KTM), -0.328;
6. Aron Canet, Spain (KTM), -3.016; 7.
Marcos Ramirez, Spain (Hon), -3.032; 8.
Celestino Vietti, Italy (KTM), -9.666; 9.
Makar Yurchenko, Kazakhstan (KTM),
-9.747; 10. Ai Ogura, Japan (Hon), -9.859;
17. Romano Fenati, Italy (Hon), -17.669;
21. Lorenzo Dalla Porta, Italy (Hon), -3
laps; 24. Tony Arbolino, Italy (Hon), -12
laps, DNF, crash; 25. John McPhee, Great
Britain (Hon), -12 laps, DNF, crash; 26.
Darryn Binder, South Africa (KTM), -13
laps, DNF, crash. Did not start: Jaume
Masia, Spain (KTM); Niccolo Antonelli, It-
aly (Hon). Race Distance, 17 laps, 58.552
miles; Race Time, 38 minutes, 1.355 sec-
onds; Race Average Speed, 92.336 mph;
Victory Margin, 0.410-second; Fastest
Lap, Ramirez, 2:12.845, 93.330, Lap 3.
MOTO3 QUALIFYING (November 16):
1. Migno, 1:38.683, 90.782 mph; 2.
Ramirez, 1:38.957; 3. Masia, 1:39.107;
4. Canet, 1:39.140; 5. Garcia, 1:39.141;
6. Salac, 1:39.156; 7. Dalla Porta,
1:39.280; 8. Suzuki, 1:39.284; 9. Bind-
er, 1:39.341; 10. Fenati, 1:39.368.
MOTO3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FI-
NAL POINT STANDINGS (After 19 of
19 rounds): 1. Dalla Porta, 279 points;
2. Canet, 200 points; 3. Ramirez,
183 points; 4. Arbolino, 175 points;
5. McPhee, 156 points; 6. Vietti, 135
points; 7. Antonelli, 128 points; 8. Suzu-
ki, 124 points; 9. Masia, 121 points; 10.
Ogura, 109 points.
MOTOE WORLD CUP RACE ONE (All
on Energica Ego Corsa electric mo-
torcycles and Michelin tires) (No-
vember 16): 1. Eric Granado, Brazil, 7
laps, 11:49.900, 88.297 mph; 2. Hector
Garzo, Spain, -0.576-second; 3. Bradley
Smith, Great Britain, -0.706; 4. Matteo
Ferrari, Italy, -3.213 seconds; 5. Xavi-
er Simeon, Belgium, -6.310; 6. Alex De
Angelis, Republic of San Marino, -7.383;
7. Niccolo Canepa, Italy, -7.732; 8. Jes-
ko Raffin, Switzerland, -8.888; 9. Josh-
ua Hook, Australia, -9.634; 10. Mattia
Casadei, Italy, -10.676; 11. Mike Di Me-
glio, France, -10.923; 12. Sete Gibernau,
Spain, -12.177. Race Distance, 7 laps,
17.420 miles; Race Time, 11 minutes,
49.900 seconds; Race Average Speed,
88.297 mph; Victory Margin, 0.576-sec-
ond; Fastest Lap, Garzo, 1:40.012,
89.539 mph, Lap 3, New Record.
MOTOE WORLD CUP RACE TWO (All
on Energica Ego Corsa electric mo-
torcycles and Michelin tires) (Novem-
ber 17): 1. Granado, 7 laps, 11:52.860,
87.924 mph; 2. Smith, -0.458 second; 3.
Garzo, -4.124; 4. De Angelis, -7.003; 5.
Ferrari, -7.405; 6. Di Meglio, -9.475; 7.
Gibernau, -9.513; 8. Casadei, -10.503;
9. Nicolas Terol, Spain, -14.613; 10.
Raffin, -14.711. Race Distance, 7 laps,
17.420 miles; Race Time, 11 minutes,
52.860 seconds; Race Average Speed,
87.924 mph; Victory Margin, 0.458-sec-
ond; Fastest Lap, Granado, 1:40.350,
89.229 mph, Lap 3.
MOTOE E-POLE QUALIFYING (Novem-
ber 16): 1. Granado, 1:40.615, 88.980
mph; 2. Ferrari, 1:40.956; 3. Smith,
1:41.196; 4. Raffin, 1:41.281; 5. Garzo,
1:41.390; 6. Simeon, 1:41.473; 7. Cane-
pa, 1:42.042; 8. Gibernau, 1:42.119;
9. De Angelis, 1:42.226; 10. Hook,
1:42.408.
MOTOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FI-
NAL POINT STANDINGS (After 6 of 6
rounds): 1. Ferrari, 99 points; 2. Smith,
88 points; 3. Granado, 71 points; 4. Gar-
zo, 69 points; 5. Di Meglio, 63 points; 6.
Simeon, 58 points; 7. TIE, De Angelis/
Raffin, 47 points; 9. Canepa, 46 points;
10. Casadei, 39 points.
MOTOGP
NOTES
Factory Yamaha Woes Continue
Both Valentino Rossi and
Maverick Viñales struggled with
rear tire grip during the race. Mon-
ster Yamaha Team Director Massi-
mo Meregalli said, “It's difficult to
understand why we had a problem
with rear tire grip with both riders,
because this didn't occur in the
other cold sessions, including the
warm-up. It’s a shame, because
we had really hoped to end the
season on a high note and today’s
results aren’t very exciting.” Still,
Viñales was pleased that he was
the highest-ranked Yamaha rider.
“My main objective was to try to
be third in the championship. We
did it today, we forgot a bit about
being on the podium or winning,”
Viñales said.
Miller Admits Maturing
Pramac Ducati's Jack Miller
says he has matured over a sea-
son that has brought the satellite
team results beyond its expecta-
tions. “To get a podium or two we
would have been happy. I feel I've
matured into the role a little bit.
This weekend's been a real state-
ment about what we've learned
throughout the season,” Miller ex-
plained. “I feel I rode a reasonably
smart race, probably one of my
best races in MotoGP. The boys
were pushing—well, Marc wasn't
at the end, we could see that. It kind of breaks your
spirit a little bit. You're chewing the handlebar, and
you're watching him yoyo-ing to you, from you, you
can just see him cruising.”

Quartararo Answers Haters

Petronas Yamaha SRT's Fabio Quartara-
ro finished his rookie season with seven podiums,
six poles, Top Rookie and Top Independent Rider
awards and the best response of all to those who
questioned whether he was ready for the premier
class. “For sure, if we had a win the season would be
even better, but last year, I get a lot of bad comments
that I was not ready, that I had not the experience I
need, but I worked a lot during the winter,” he said.
“We managed to get seven podiums, poles, yeah,
we deserve the praise that we have today. I want to
thank all of them (team members)—they believe in
me and we make an amazing job during the season.
I'm grateful.”

Marquez Kept Pressure On

Marc Marquez said his team stayed focused on
dominating, even after it had sealed the Rider and
Constructor Championships. “All the team, all the
people around me, keep the same mentality. Espe-
cially (Team Manager) Alberto (Puig) was pushing a
lot. Even when I was leading the Championship by
80 points, he was pushing! This race, again, he com-
plained to me after this morning's crash (Marquez
tipped over in the morning warm-up session), ‘You
need to be focused, blah, blah.’ This is the best way
for a rider. Of course you need to keep the pressure.
And of course I hate when somebody beat me.”

Lorenzo's Final Words

Injured, shaken, and unable to ride the way he
wants to ride, Jorge Lorenzo announced on Thurs-
day of the Valencia weekend that this would be his fi-
nal MotoGP race. “Now I feel completely free,” he said
after the race. “I finished the race on my bike, help-
ing achieve the Triple Crown for Honda—that was
the goal. I'm very proud of my team. It was difficult to
keep supporting me with the results. Happiness. I'm
very proud of my career. With all the love the people
in the paddock gave me, it was a perfect weekend. I
will remember it forever.” RW

Jorge Lorenzo’s 13th-place finish in his last MotoGP

race clinched the Team Championship for Repsol
Honda. Here, Lorenzo celebrates by picking up team-
mate Marc Marquez. Honda later signed a one-year
contract with Alex Marquez to replace Lorenzo.
Roadracing World, December 2019—41
 RACE OF CHAMPIONSHIP CUP SERIES (CCS)/AMERICAN SPORTBIKE RACING ASSOCIATION (ASRA)
CHAMPIONS
X X XVI
Daytona Beach, Florida
CHAMPIONS CROWNED
By David Swarts
H
undreds of racers from
North America and oth-
er parts of the world con-
verged on Daytona International
Speedway to compete for race
wins and National Championships
at the 36th annual Championship
Cup Series (CCS) Race of Cham-
pions, featuring the final rounds
of the AMA-sanctioned Ameri-
can Sportbike Racing Association
(ASRA) National Sprint and Team
Challenge series.
On the line were eight Na-
tional Championships in the
ASRA Sprint Series Presented by
Pirelli Tire, decided by points ac-
cumulated over a seven-round
season; four National Champion-
ships in the ASRA Team Challenge
Series Presented by Michelin Tire,
decided by points accumulated
during an eight-round season;
and 54 CCS National Champi-
onships, which were decided by
winner-take-all sprint races. The
Race of Champions also included
two MotoGirlGT exhibition races,
featuring only female competitors.
After a full day of mostly dry
practice time and the Team Ham-
mer Advanced Riding School on
Friday, racing began in wet condi-
tions on Saturday; the track dried
out later in the afternoon and
42—Roadracing World, December 2019
(Above) Squid Hunter Racing’s Simone Corsi (47) sets up to pass Greg
Melka (1) as they lead Max Angles (64) through Turn One during the CCS
Heavyweight Supersport race at Daytona International Speedway, all on
YZF-R6s. Photo by Lisa Theobald. (Above, Right) Jason Farrell (86) won
in the wet in CCS GTU Expert and in the dry in CCS Middleweight Su-
perSport and Middleweight SuperBike Expert. Photos by Brian J. Nelson.
stayed dry on Sunday. ley finished third overall and first
Former Moto2 World Cham- in the GTO category on his BMW
pionship rider and 2008 125cc S1000RR.
Grand Prix World Championship Jinba Ittai Motorsport’s Joel
runner-up Simone Corsi rode a Lenk crossed the finish line fourth
Pirelli-fitted Squid Hunter Rac- overall and second in the GTO
ing Yamaha YZF-R6 in the ASRA class, and that was enough to
Team Challenge race as part of a claim the 2019 ASRA Team Chal- Roger Morissette (60) took first
last-minute deal put together as lenge Overall and GTO Champion- place in CCS GT Lights and CCS
a possible precursor to a Daytona ships. Jinba Ittai Motorsport edged
Moto3 Expert on his Suzuki SV650.
200 effort. The 32-year-old Italian out seven-time ASRA Team Chal-
took the overall lead on lap 30 of lenge Champion Grease Monkey
the race and turned laps as quick Racing (Eric Helmbach/Stephen
as 1:53.485 to pull away and claim Hoffman) for both titles. Grease
the overall and GTU class victories Monkey Racing finished the race
by 13.869 seconds. “I love this sixth overall and third in GTO.
track,” Corsi said in English from JoeyO Racing (Robert Bet-
the podium. “The race was very tencourt/Sean Osowski) took
difficult, but I enjoy it very much. 18th overall and won in the GT
I want to thank my team. They did Lights category on a Yamaha FZ-
a great job.” 07, while fourth place in the GT
West Side Performance’s Lights division was enough for
Christian Miranda, age 19, raced Racing 101 (Doug Stufflebeam/ Cameron Jones (239) won the wet
closely with Corsi but fell behind Gino Angella/Mark Evry/Joseph
CCS GT 500 Expert race on a Hon-
after the first and only round of Ciesnik) to secure the GT Lights
pit stops. Miranda, however, held Team Challenge Championship.
da CBR500R and won the dry CCS
on to finish second overall and The Team Challenge race 300 SuperSport and 300 SuperBike
in the GTU class on his Yamaha was originally scheduled to run for Expert races on a Kawasaki Ninja
YZF-R6. Series regular Lloyd Bay- 55 laps, but a crash in the chicane 300. Photos by Brian J. Nelson.
In his second CCS event ever, Tristan King (930), age 14, won the CCS GT
500 Amateur, CCS 500 SuperSport Amateur, CCS Moto3 Amateur, and
ASRA Moto3 Amateur races on a YZF-R3. Photos by Brian J. Nelson.

Edward Kaye (64) won in CCS Cuban refugee Max Angles (64),
Thunderbike Expert, Lightweight now living in Florida, ran away in
GP Expert, and GT Lights Expert. the wet CCS GTO Expert race.

Chris Terranova (857) topped the John Linder (713) took the CCS
CCS Middleweight SuperSport Am- Lightweight SuperSport Expert race
ateur class in drying conditions. win and National Championship.

Mark Evry (4) rode a first-gen David Loikits (55) won in Unlimited
SV650 to victory in the CCS Light- SuperSport Expert and Formula 40
weight Classic Combined race. Expert despite skipping practice.

Roadracing World, December 2019—43

 caused a red flag and cleanup de-
lay that resulted in the race run-
ning into its two-hour time limit
with 40 laps completed.
Earlier on Saturday, Max An-
gles had an eight-second lead in
the wet GTU race when his Envy
Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 ran out
of gas. Jason Farrell inherited
the lead and went on to win the
race on his Farrell Performance
Alex Nieves, Jr. (192) won the CCS Drew Daly (464) won in CCS Mid- Kawasaki ZX-6R. Farrell later
GTO Amateur race in the wet, then dleweight Formula 40 Amateur. added first-place trophies in Mid-
switched from rain tires to slicks on dleweight SuperSport and Middle-
his ZX-10R and won the dry CCS Un- weight SuperBike. Angles brought
limited SuperSport Amateur sprint. his Yamaha back out in the GTO
race and in spite of gusty winds
and changing surface conditions,
won by over 30 seconds.
It was essentially dry from
start to finish on Sunday, and
the schedule featured 18 separate
races and dozens of individual
classes of competition. Greg Mel-
ka, riding a Michelin-shod, Squid
Ray Hofman won in ASRA Thunder- Hunter Racing-backed Yamaha
Bike Expert, CCS ThunderBike Ex- YZF-R6, started things off with
pert, and CCS Lightweight Formula a comfortable victory in Formula
Jessica Capizzi (26) dominated the 40 Expert on his Ducati 749RS, and 40. To that Melka added another
MotoGirlGT Superbike Combined won in CCS Middleweight Classic win in Middleweight Grand Prix
exhibition on a Kawasaki ZX-6R. Combined on a Suzuki SV650. over Nate Minster with Corsi in
third. After taking third in Heavy-
weight SuperSport, Melka capped
off his weekend with a dramatic
come-from-behind win in Heavy-
weight Superbike.
The CCS Heavyweight Su-
perbike five-lap sprint was closely
contested from start to finish by
Melka, Corsi, Angles, and Kawa-
saki-mounted Ryan Jones. On
the final lap, 51-year-old Melka
dropped to the back of the four-
some, but as they came into view
on the final run to the checkered
Mark Sepulveda, Jr. (228) used his Brian Waugh (321) took an uncon- flag, Melka caught a multi-bike
Kawasaki Ninja 300 to win the tested win on his Suzuki SV650 in draft and slipstreamed past all
CCS 300 SuperSport Amateur race. CCS Premier Vintage Combined. three other riders in the final quar-
ter-mile of the race to take a dra-
matic victory. “They got a better
drive than me coming out of the
infield on the last lap,” said Mel-
ka. “I was a little worried, but they
started tripping each other up go-
ing through the chicane and then
they made a huge hole in the air.
I just went for the low line coming
to the flag, and it worked.” Ryan
Jones was the runner-up, Corsi
was third, with Angles fourth.
Corsi was involved in anoth-
er close battle in the ASRA Sport-
Bike final. The multi-time World
Championship race winner and
ASRA/CCS veteran Farrell pulled
away from Melka and the rest of
the field for a private duel late in
the seven-lap sprint. At the white
flag, Farrell led across the line on
his Farrell Performance Kawasaki
ZX-6R with Corsi 0.054-second
behind him, but when the two
riders exited Turn One, Corsi was
Greg Melka (1) took three race wins at Daytona, including a last-lap draft leading by two seconds. Farrell
pass of Max Angles (64), Simone Corsi (47) and Ryan Jones (683) to win was able to make up some time on
in CCS Heavyweight SuperBike Expert. Photos by Brian J. Nelson. the final lap, but Corsi held on to
win by 0.902-second.
44—Roadracing World, December 2019
Asked what happened in
Turn One on the last lap, Farrell
said, “He completely cue-balled
me right off the track. I went into
Turn One tighter than I normally
do to make sure I didn’t leave the
door open on the last lap, and he
came in and almost ran over the
grass on the inside. When he got
next to me he literally stood his
bike up and boom! He hit my front
tire. His rear tire was up against
my front and he went all the way
to the edge of the track and shoved
me right off the racetrack. I had
nowhere to go. And then he just
leaned [into the turn].”
Asked for his version of what
happened in Turn One, Corsi,
speaking through an interpreter,
said, “In my opinion, I made a very
clean pass. I was getting him every
time through the infield. There, I
was faster than him. The guy was
getting me on the straightaways.
There was no way to pass him on
the straightaway, but I could pass
him every time in the infield.” Cor-
si later earned a CCS Heavyweight
SuperSport Expert race win and
National Championship.
Stefano Mesa used his Mesa
37 Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R to
win the ASRA SuperStock race
from Ryan Jones and his Seven-
West Racing 2020 BMW S1000RR.
David Loikits DNF the race on his
Loikits Industries Racing Suzuki
GSX-R1000, but he had already
clinched the ASRA SuperStock
Championship.
Five-time ASRA Thunder-
Bike Champion Ray Hofman won
the final ASRA ThunderBike race
of the season on his Pirelli-fitted
Ducati Indianapolis 749RS, beat-
ing Mark Reynolds and his Duca-
ti Monster 1100 by 0.3-second.
Third place went to Mark Evry,
who clinched this season's ASRA
ThunderBike Championship on
his Bridgestone-equipped Speed-
werks Suzuki SV650.
Later, Evry won the CCS
Lightweight Classic race on the
same first-generation SV650,
while Hofman took victories in
CCS ThunderBike, CCS Light-
weight Formula 40, and CCS Mid-
dleweight Classic.
Riding a TST Industries-
sponsored Yamaha YZF-R3 fitted
with Dunlop tires, Alex Ferreira
took first place in the ASRA Moto3
race after getting the best of Cam-
eron Jones and his Kawasaki Nin-
ja 300 in a race-long duel. Thom-
as McMaster placed fourth on his
Washington Cycle Works Kawasa-
ki Ninja 300 in the season fina-
le, and that was enough to earn
the ASRA Moto3 Expert National
Championship.
In addition to his ASRA Su-
perStock victory, Mesa also won
the CCS Unlimited Grand Prix and
Unlimited SuperBike races on his

Brian Grasso (724) used a pass
on the last lap to secure the CCS
Formula 40 Amateur race victory.
Sergio Di Molfetta (298) won in Ul-
tralight Superbike Expert on a Pen-
guin School Ducati Monster 1100.
Gabriel Zolczer (89) took a closely
contested victory in the CCS Unlim-
ited Grand Prix Amateur race.
William Mitchell (996) took first
place in the CCS Lightweight For-
mula 40 Amateur race.
After winning in ASRA SuperStock
Amateur, Romulo Ruiz (469) won
the CCS Unlimited Superbike Am-
ateur race on his BMW S1000RR,
fitted with aerodynamic winglets.
46—Roadracing World, December 2019
William Moore, Jr. (802), age 17,
used his Kawasaki Ninja 400 to
win in CCS 500 SuperBike Amateur.
Nick Moser (952) crushed the Ul-
tralight Superbike Amateur field,
winning by over 40 seconds.
Joseph Karlin (787) used the draft
on the last lap to win in CCS Mid-
dleweight Grand Prix Amateur.
MotoAmerica racer Jamie Astu-
dillo (491) won in MotoGirlGT 500
Superbike by over 40 seconds.
Chris Sullivan (282) won in CCS
Lightweight Superbike Expert on a
BMW R1200S Boxer Cup racebike.
Kawasaki ZX-10R, while Loikits
took home the CCS Unlimited Su-
perSport and Formula 40 race and
National Championship wins.
Dominic Doyle, an 18-year-
old South African who now lives
full-time in Indianapolis, used a
Pirelli-shod BartCon Racing Ka-
wasaki Ninja 400 to win the 500
SuperSport and 500 SuperBike
Expert sprints, while another
MotoAmerica Junior Cup regu-
lar, Cameron Jones, won the 300
SuperSport and 300 SuperBike
Expert races on his CJR Perfor-
mance Kawasaki Ninja 300 and
the GT500 Expert race on a Honda
CBR500R.
Other CCS Expert and CCS
Combined race winners includ-
ed: Sergio Di Molfetta (Ultralight
SuperBike Expert), Robert Fisher
(Lightweight Grand Prix Expert),
John Linder (Lightweight Super-
Sport Expert), Roger Morissette
(GT Lights Expert, Moto3 Expert),
August Nord (Unlimited Classic
Combined), Chris Sullivan (Light-
weight SuperBike Expert), and
Brian Waugh (Premier Vintage
Combined).
Jessica Capizzi ran away
with the MotoGirlGT Superbike
Combined race on her Farrell Per-
formance Kawasaki ZX-6R, and
Jamie Astudillo dominated the
MotoGirlGT 500 Superbike Com-
bined race on her Quarterley Rac-
ing On Track Development Kawa-
saki Ninja 400.
In the Amateur ranks, race
winners included: Jason Beau-
champ (CCS Heavyweight Super-
Bike), Robert Bettencourt (CCS
Lightweight SuperBike), Drew
Daly (CCS Middleweight Formula
40), Brian Grasso (CCS Formu-
la 40), Rafal Kadaj (CCS Heavy-
weight SuperSport, CCS Middle-
weight SuperBike), Joseph Karlin
(CCS Middleweight Grand Prix),
Edward Kaye (CCS ThunderBike,
CCS Lightweight Grand Prix, CCS
GT Lights), Tristan King (ASRA
Moto3, CCS Moto3, CCS GT500,
CCS 500 SuperSport), William
Mitchell (CCS Lightweight For-
mula 40), William Moore, Jr. (CCS
500 SuperBike), Nick Moser (CCS
Ultralight SuperBike), Alex Nieves,
Jr. (ASRA SportBike, CCS Un-
limited SuperSport, CCS GTO),
Romulo Ruiz (ASRA SuperStock,
CCS Unlimited SuperBike), Mark
Sepulveda (CCS 300 SuperSport,
CCS 300 SuperBike), Chris Ter-
ranova (CCS Middleweight Super-
Sport), and Gabriel Zolczer (CCS
Unlimited Grand Prix).
ASRA RACE RESULTS (10/19-20):
SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1. Stefano
Mesa (Kaw ZX-10R); 2. Ryan Jones
(BMW S1000RR); 3. Frankie Babuska,
Jr. (Kaw ZX-10R); 4. Lloyd Bayley (BMW
S1000RR); 5. Tony Storniolo (Kaw ZX-
10R); 6. Antal Halasz (Suz GSX-R1000);
7. George Demetropolis (Yam YZF-R1);
8. R. Scott Briody (Kaw ZX-10R); 9.
Antonio Rodriguez (Kaw ZX-10RR); 10.
Michael Butler (Yam YZF-R1); 11. Rob-
ert Loose, Jr. (Kaw ZX-10R); 12. Jose
Sojo (Kaw ZX-10R); 13. Jon Foy (Suz
GSX-R1000), -4 laps, DNF; 14. David
Loikits (Suz GSX-R1000), -5 laps, DNF.
Race Distance: 7 laps, 24.6 miles. Time
of Race: 13 minutes, 48.736 seconds.
Winner’s Average Lap Time: 1:58.391.
Winner’s Average Speed: 106.73 mph.
Margin of Victory: 5.307 seconds.
SUPERSTOCK AMATEUR: 1. Romulo
Ruiz (BMW HP4 Race); 2. Brian Gras-
so (Suz GSX-R1000); 3. Edwin Rodri-
guez-Gely (Yam YZF-R1); 4. Jason Beau-
champ (Suz GSX-R750); 5. Jay Gray
(Kaw ZX-10RR); 6. Gabriel Zolczer (Yam
YZF-R1); 7. Jess Hwilka (Suz GSX-R750).
SPORTBIKE EXPERT: 1. Simone Cor-
si (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Jason Farrell (Kaw
ZX-6R); 3. Greg Melka (Yam YZF-R6);
4. Carl Soltisz (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Nate
Minster (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Stefano Mesa
(Yam YZF-R6); 7. Tyler Wasserbau-
er (Yam YZF-R6); 8. Ed Sullivan (Yam
YZF-R6); 9. Timothy Wilson (Kaw ZX-
6R); 10. Patrick Ryan (Kaw ZX-6R); 11.
Zach Butler (Yam YZF-R6); 12. David
McPherson (Yam YZF-R6); 13. Jon Foy
(Suz GSX-R600); 14. Gary Yancoskie
(Kaw ZX-6R), -1 lap; 15. Jim McConville,
Jr. (Suz GSX-R600), -1 lap; 16. Darrin
Klemens (Kaw ZX-6R), -3 laps, DNF; 17.
Ryan Jones (Kaw ZX-6R), -6 laps, DNF.
Race Distance: 7 laps, 24.6 miles. Time
of Race: 14 minutes, 31.541 seconds.
Winner’s Average Lap Time: 2:04.506.
Winner’s Average Speed: 101.49 mph.
Margin of Victory: 0.902 second.
SPORTBIKE AMATEUR: 1. Alex Nieves
Jr. (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Joshua Tafuri (Yam
YZF-R6); 3. Joseph Karlin (Yam YZF-R6);
4. Kirk Tulloch (Yam YZF-R6).
THUNDERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Ray
Hofman (Duc 749R); 2. Mark Reynolds
(Duc M1100); 3. Mark Evry (Suz SV650);
4. Dominic Doyle (Kaw Ninja 650); 5.
Roger Morissette (Suz SV650); 6. Gus
Rodio (Kaw Ninja 400); 7. Billy Pedro
(Suz SV650). Race Distance: 7 laps, 24.6
miles. Time of Race: 14 minutes, 50.506
seconds. Winner’s Average Lap Time:
2:07.215. Winner’s Average Speed: 99.33
mph. Margin of Victory: 1.807 seconds.
MOTO3 EXPERT: 1. Alex Ferreira (Yam
YZF-R3); 2. Cameron Jones (Kaw Ninja
300); 3. Roger Morisette (Yam YZF-R3);
4. Thomas McMaster (Kaw Ninja 300); 5.
Adrian Mitchell (KTM RC390). Race Dis-
tance: 7 laps, 24.6 miles. Time of Race:
17 minutes, 38.951 seconds. Winner’s
Average Lap Time: 2:31.279. Winner’s
Average Speed: 83.53 mph. Margin of
Victory: 0.599-second.
MOTO3 AMATEUR: 1. Tristan King
(Yam YZF-R3); 2. Joseph Shallow (KTM
RC390).
TEAM CHALLENGE: OVERALL: 1.
Squid Hunter Racing (Simone Corsi),
Yam YZF-R6, GTU, 40 laps; 2. West
Side Performance (Christian Miran-
da), Yam YZF-R6, GTU, 40 laps; 3. LB
Sports (Lloyd Bayley), BMW S1000RR,
GTO, 50 laps; 4. Jinba Ittai Motorsport
(Joel Lenk), Yam YZF-R1, GTO, 40 laps;
5. Forty Racing – Team Hungary (Alen
Gyirfi/Istvan Paulik), Yam YZF-R6,
GTU, 40 laps; 6. Grease Monkey Rac-
ing (Eric Helmbach/Stephen Hoffman),
BMW S1000RR, GTO, 39 laps; 7. BPM
Motorsports (Rafael Rigueiro/Tyler Was-
serbauer), Yam YZF-R6, GTU, 39 laps;
8. Barry Motorsports (Jim Barry), BMW
Robert Bettencourt (119), nephew
of 1985 AMA Superbike Champi-
onship runner-up John Bettencourt
(R.I.P.), won the CCS Lightweight
Superbike Amateur race on a Joey
Osowski-built Yamaha FZ-07.
Robert Fisher (711) used a destroked,
565cc ZX-6R to win the CCS Light-
weight Grand Prix Expert race.
S1000RR, GTO, 39 laps; 9. National
Granite (Gene Buonomo/Teagg Hobbs/
Norman Pomerleau), Yam YZF-R6, 38
laps; 10. 412 Racing (Rick Lind), Yam
YZF-R6, GTU, 38 laps.
GTO: 1. LB Sports, 40 lap; 2. Jinba Ittai
Motorsport, 40 laps; 3. Grease Monkey
Racing, 39 laps; 4. Barry Motorsports,
39 laps; 5. Martinez Motorsports (Cal-
vin Martinez/Michael O’Malley/Gary
Yoncoskie), Kaw ZX-10R, 38 laps; 6. Mc-
Nology Racing (David McPherson), Yam
YZF-R6 38 laps.
GTU: 1. Squid Hunter Racing, 40 laps; 2.
West Side Performance, 40 laps; 3. Forty
Racing – Team Hungary, 40 laps; 4. BPM
Motorsports, 39 laps; 5. National Gran-
ite, 38 laps; 6. 412 Racing, 38 laps.
GT LIGHTS: 1. JoeyO Racing (Robert
Bettencourt/Sean Osowski), Yam FZ-07,
36 laps; 2. Hurricane Racing (Jonathan
Pellnitz), Suz SV650, 35 laps; 3. Ready-
to-Rip (Dustin Apgar/Dominic Doyle
Billy Pedro/Ryne Snooks), Suz SV650,
35 laps; 4. Racing 101 (Gino Angella/
Mark Evry/Doug Stufflebeam), Duc
848/1100, 35 laps; 5. Mike Jones Rac-
ing (Robert Fisher/Dave Sonsky/William
Veisz/Steve Walker), Suz SV650, 34 laps;
6. Team Fresh (Doug Hasser/William
Mitchell), Suz SV650, 34 laps.
CCS RACE RESULTS (10/19-20):
UNLIMITED GRAND PRIX EXPERT:
1. Stefano Mesa (Kaw ZX-10R); 2.
Max Angles (BMW S1000RR); 3. Ryan
Jones (BMW S1000RR); 4. Lloyd Bayley
(BMW S1000RR); 5. David Loikits (Suz
GSX-R1000); 6. R. Scott Briody (Kaw ZX-
10R).
UNLIMITED GRAND PRIX AMATEUR:
Jason Beauchamp (248) won in
CCS Heavyweight Superbike Ama-
teur on a Woodcraft GSX-R750.
August Nord (513) left the Unlimited
Classic Combined field behind on
a borrowed Suzuki GSX-R1000.
1. Gabriel Zolczer (Yam YZF-R1); 2. Ro-
mulo Ruis (BMW S1000RR); 3. Brian
Grasso (Suz GSX-R1000); 4. Andres Me-
jia (Kaw ZX-10R); 5. Jason Beauchamp
(Suz GSX-R750); 6. Thomas Annis (KTM
1290 Super Duke R).
UNLIMITED SUPERSPORT EXPERT: 1.
David Loikits (Suz GSX-R1000); 2. Tony
Storniolo (Kaw ZX-10R); 3. Robert Loose,
Jr. (Kaw ZX-10R); 4. R. Scott Briody (Kaw
ZX-10R); 5. George Demetropolis (Yam
YZF-R1); 6. Alex Coelho (Kaw ZX-6R).
UNLIMITED SUPERSPORT AMATEUR:
1. Alex Nieves, Jr. (Kaw ZX-10R); 2. Bri-
an Grasso (Suz GSX-R1000); 3. Andres
Mejia (Kaw ZX-10R); 4. Drew Daly (Yam
YZF-R1); 5. Thomas Annis (KTM 1290
Super Duke R).
HEAVYWEIGHT SUPERSPORT EX-
PERT: 1. Simone Corsi (Yam YZF-R6);
2. Max Angles (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Greg
Melka (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Alen Gyorfi (Yam
YZF-R6); 5. Nate Minster (Yam YZF-R6);
6. Carl Soltisz (Yam YZF-R6).
HEAVYWEIGHT SUPERSPORT AMA-
TEUR: 1. Rafal Kadaj (Suz GSX-R600);
2. Jason Beauchamp (Suz GSX-R750);
3. Daryan Martin (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Chris Thanks for a successful 2019!
Terranova (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Joseph
Karlin (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Jesse Hwilka
(Suz GSX-R750).
MIDDLEWEIGHT SUPERSPORT EX-
PERT (drying conditions): 1. Jason Far- ®
rell (Kaw ZX-6R); 2. Ryan Jones (Kaw ZX-
6R); 3. Max Angles (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Alex
Coelho (Kaw ZX-6R); 5. Carl Soltisz (Yam
YZF-R6); 6. Gary Yancoskie (Kaw ZX-6R).
MIDDLEWEIGHT SUPERSPORT AMA-
TEUR (drying conditions): 1. Chris Ter-
ranova (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Drew Daly (Yam
YZF-R6); 3. August Nord (Yam YZF-R6); Accepting Primary Sponsorships For 2020
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South African native and MotoAmerica Junior Cup podium finisher
Dominic Doyle (125), age 18, rode his BartCon Racing Kawasaki Ninja
400 to win in CCS 500 SuperSport Expert and CCS 500 SuperBike Expert,
and took strong finishes in other classes. Photos by Brian J. Nelson.
4. Joshua Tafuri (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Kevin
Soltis (Kaw ZX-6R), DQ, did not report
to post-race tech inspection; 6. Michael
Bell (Kaw ZX-6R), DQ, did not report to
post-race tech inspection.
LIGHTWEIGHT SUPERSPORT EX-
PERT (drying conditions): 1. John
Linder (Suz SV650); 2. Sergio Di Molfet-
ta (Duc M1100); 3. Darrin Klemens (Kaw
Ninja 650); 4. CJ Czaia (KTM Duke 790);
5. Gus Rodio (Kaw Ninja 400); 6. Ray
Cull (Suz SV650).
500 SUPERSPORT EXPERT: 1. Domi-
nic Doyle (Kaw Ninja 400); 2. Jamie Astu-
dillo (Kaw Ninja 400); 3. Cameron Jones
(Kaw Ninja 400); 4. Mark Evry (Yam FZR-
400RR); 5. Gus Rodio (Kaw Ninja 400); 6.
Alex Ferreira (Kaw Ninja 400).
500 SUPERSPORT AMATEUR: 1.
Tristan King (Yam YZF-R3); 2. Alexandra
Storm (Yam YZF-R3).
300 SUPERSPORT EXPERT: 1. Camer-
on Jones (Kaw Ninja 300); 2. Kevin Nol-
de, Jr. (Kaw Ninja 300); 3. Alexis Olivera
(Kaw Ninja 300); 4. Ryan Music (Kaw
Ninja 300); 5. Thomas McMaster (Kaw
Ninja 300); 6. Frank De La Renta (Kaw
Ninja 300).
300 SUPERSPORT AMATEUR: 1. Mark
Sepulveda, Jr. (Kaw Ninja 300).
UNLIMITED SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1.
Stefano Mesa (Kaw ZX-10R); 2. Lloyd
Bayley (BMW S1000RR); 3. R. Scott
Briody (Kaw ZX-10R); 4. George Deme-
tropolis (Yam YZF-R1); 5. Antal Halasz
(Suz GSX-R750); 6. Michael Butler (Yam
YZF-R1).
UNLIMITED SUPERBIKE AMATEUR:
1. Romulo Ruiz (BMW S1000RR); 2.
Andres Mejia (Kaw ZX-10R); 3. Gabriel
Zolczer (Yam YZF-R1); 4. John Sackett
(Kaw ZX-10R); 5. Thomas Annis (KTM
1290 Super Duke R); 6. Nicole Goodrich
(BMW S1000RR).
HEAVYWEIGHT SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Greg Melka (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Ryan
Jones (Kaw ZX-6R); 3. Simone Cor-
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si (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Max Angles (Yam
YZF-R6); 5. Nate Minster (Yam YZF-R6);
6. Ed Sullivan (Yam YZF-R6).
HEAVYWEIGHT SUPERBIKE AM-
ATEUR: 1. Jason Beauchamp (Suz
GSX-R750); 2. Rafal Kadaj (Suz
GSX-R600); 3. Joshua Tafuri (Yam
YZF-R6); 4. Daryan Martin (Yam
YZF-R6); 5. Samir Rodriguez Su-
arez-Betancourt (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Au-
gust Nord (Yam YZF-R6).
MIDDLEWEIGHT SUPERBIKE EX-
PERT: 1. Jason Farrell (Kaw ZX-6R);
2. Simone Corsi (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Ryan
Jones (Kaw ZX-6R); 4. Max Angles (Yam
YZF-R6); 5. Nate Minster (Yam YZF-R6);
6. Greg Melka (Yam YZF-R6).
MIDDLEWEIGHT SUPERBIKE AMA-
TEUR: 1. Rafal Kadaj (Suz GSX-R600);
2. Alex Nieves, Jr. (Yam YZF-R6); 3.
Samir Rodriguez Suarez-Betancourt
(Yam YZF-R6); 4. Daryan Martin (Yam
YZF-R6); 5. Joshua Tafuri (Yam YZF-R6);
6. Kevin Soltis (Kaw ZX-6R).
500 SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Dominic
Doyle (Kaw Ninja 400); 2. Cameron Jones
(Hon CBR500R); 3. Jamie Astudillo (Kaw
Ninja 400); 4. Gus Rodio (Kaw Ninja
400); 5. Mark Evry (Yam FZR400RR); 6.
Alexis Olivera (Kaw Ninja 400).
500 SUPERBIKE AMATEUR: 1. Wil-
liam Moore, Jr. (Kaw Ninja 400); 2.
Tristan King (Yam YZF-R3); 3. Mikayla
Moore (Kaw Ninja 400); 4. Kristen Brand
(Yam YZF-R3); 5. Alexandra Storm (Yam
YZF-R3).
LIGHTWEIGHT SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Chris Sullivan (BMW 1200); 2. Ray
Hofman (Duc 749R); 3. John Linder (Suz
SV650); 4. Dominic Doyle (Kaw Ninja
400); 5. Roger Morissette (Suz SV650);
6. Gus Rodio (Kaw Ninja 400).
LIGHTWEIGHT SUPERBIKE AMA-
TEUR: 1. Robert Bettencourt (Yam
FZ-07); 2. Edward Kaye (Suz SV650);
3. Nick Moser (Suz SV650); 4. William
Moore, Jr. (Kaw Ninja 400); 5. Mikayla
Moore (Kaw Ninja 400).
ULTRALIGHT SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Sergio Di Molfetta (Duc M1100); 2.
John Linder (Suz SV650); 3. Dominic
Doyle (Kaw Ninja 400); 4. Roger Moris-
sette (Suz SV650); 5. Darrin Klemens
(Kaw Ninja 650); 6. Gus Rodio (Kaw
Ninja 400).
ULTRALIGHT SUPERBIKE AMATEUR:
1. Nick Moser (Suz SV650); 2. William
Moore, Jr. (Kaw Ninja 400); 3. Mikay-
la Moore (Kaw Ninja 400); 4. Joshua
Deery (Suz SV650); 5. Kristen Brand
(Yam YZF-R3); 6. Alexandra Storm (Yam
YZF-R3).
300 SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Cameron
Jones (Kaw Ninja 300); 2. Kevin Nolde,
Jr. (Kaw Ninja 300); 3. Alexis Olivera
(Kaw Ninja 300); 4. Thomas McMaster
(Kaw Ninja 300); 5. Frank De La Renta
(Kaw Ninja 300).
300 SUPERBIKE AMATEUR: 1. Mark
Sepulveda, Jr. (Kaw Ninja 300).
MIDDLEWEIGHT GRAND PRIX EX-
PERT: 1. Greg Melka (Yam YZF-R6); 2.
Nate Minster (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Simone
Corsi (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Ed Sullivan (Yam
YZF-R6); 5. Tyler Wasserbauer (Yam
YZF-R6); 6. Teagg Hobbs (Yam YZF-R6).
MIDDLEWEIGHT GRAND PRIX AMA-
TEUR: 1. Joseph Karlin (Yam YZF-R6);
2. Rafal Kadaj (Suz GSX-R600); 3. Dary-
an Martin (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Joshua Ta-
furi (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Maikel Perez Si-
erra (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Drew Daly (Yam
YZF-R6).
LIGHTWEIGHT GRAND PRIX EXPERT:
1. Robert Fisher (Kaw ZX-6/565R);
2. John Linder (Yam YZF-R6/565); 3.
Chris Sullivan (BMW 1200); 4. Dominic
Doyle (Kaw Ninja 400); 5. Roger Moris-
sette (Suz SV650); 6. Bill Sylvester (Duc
1000).
LIGHTWEIGHT GRAND PRIX AMA-
TEUR: 1. Edward Kaye (Suz SV650); 2.
Nick Moser (Suz SV650); 3. Robert Bet-
tencourt (Yam FZ-07).
MOTO3 EXPERT (drying conditions):
1. Roger Morissette (Yam YZF-R3); 2.
Thomas McMaster (Kaw Ninja 300); 3.
Ryan Music (Kaw Ninja 300); 4. Adrian
Mitchell (KTM RC390).
MOTO3 AMATEUR (drying condi-
tions): 1. Tristan King (Yam YZF-R3); 2.
Mark Sepulveda, Jr. (Kaw Ninja 300); 3.
Joseph Shallow (KTM RC390); 4. Donald
Dufresne (Yam YZF-R3).
THUNDERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Ray
Hofman (Duc 749R); 2. Mark Reyn-
olds (Duc M1100); 3. David Moser (Duc
749R); 4. Brian Surtees (Yam TZ250); 5.
Chris Sullivan (BMW 1200); 6. Dominic
Doyle (Kaw Ninja 650).
THUNDERBIKE AMATEUR: 1. Edward
Kaye (Suz SV650); 2. Nick Moser (Suz
SV650); 3. Joshua Deery (Suz SV650);
R. Gordon Thach (Yam FZ-07).
FORMULA 40 EXPERT: 1. David Loi-
kits (Suz GSX-R1000); 2. George Deme-
tropolis (Yam YZF-R1); 3. Antal Halasz
(Suz GSX-R1000); 4. Michael Butler
(Yam YZF-R1); 5. Robert Loose, Jr. (Kaw
ZX-10R); 6. Joe Ribeiro (Yam YZF-R1).
FORMULA 40 AMATEUR: 1. Brian
Grasso (Suz GSX-R1000); 2. Ken Kearns
(Yam YZF-R1); 3. John Sackett (Kaw
ZX-10R); 4. Drew Daly (Yam YZF-R1); 5.
Thomas Annis (KTM 1290 Super Duke
R); 6. Maikel Perez Siera (Yam YZF-R6).
MIDDLEWEIGHT FORMULA 40 EX-
PERT: 1. Greg Melka (Yam YZF-R6); 2.
Alex Coelho (Kaw ZX-6R); 3. Timothy Wil-
son (Kaw ZX-6R); 4. Gary Yancoskie (Kaw
ZX-6R); 5. Ed Sullivan (Yam YZF-R6);
6. Julio Vallette (Tri Daytona 675).
MIDDLEWEIGHT FORMULA 40 AMA-
TEUR: 1. Drew Daly (Yam YZF-R6); 2.
Maikel Perez Sierra (Yam YZF-R6); 3.
Derek Newcomer (Kaw ZX-6R); 4. Yeysey
Marrero (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Donald Du-
fresne (Tri Daytona 675).
LIGHTWEIGHT FORMULA 40 EX-
PERT: 1. Ray Hofman (Duc 749R); 2.
Robert Fisher (Kaw ZX-6/565R); 3. Da-
vid Moser (Duc 749R); 4. John Grush
(Yam YZF-R6/565); 5. Sergio Di Molfetta
(Duc M1100); 6. Doug Stufflebeam (Duc
848/1100).
LIGHTWEIGHT FORMULA 40 AMA-
TEUR: 1. William Mitchell.
GTO EXPERT (wet conditions): 1.
Max Angles (Yam YZF-R6); 2. R. Scott
Briody (Kaw ZX-10R); 3. Michael But-
ler (Yam YZF-R1); 4. Antal Halasz (Suz
GSX-R1000); 5. Robert Loose, Jr. (Kaw
ZX-10R); 6. Jose Sojo (Kaw ZX-10R).
GTO AMATUER (wet conditions): 1.
Alex Nieves, Jr. (Kaw ZX-10R); 2. Jason
Beauchamp (Suz GSX-R750).
GTU EXPERT (wet conditions): 1. Ja-
son Farrell (Kaw ZX-6R); 2. Alex Coelho
(Kaw ZX-6R); 3. Ryan Jones (Kaw ZX-
6R); 4. Zach Butler (Yam YZF-R6); 5.
Carl Soltisz (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Norman
Pomerleau (Yam YZF-R6).
GT LIGHTS EXPERT (wet conditions):
1. Roger Morissette (Suz SV650); 2.
John Grush (Yam YZF-R6/565); 3.
Chris Sullivan (BMW 1200); 4. Dominic
Doyle (Kaw Ninja 400); 5. Ray Cull (Suz
SV650); 6. Gerald Young III (Suz SV650).
GT LIGHTS AMATEUR (wet condi-
tions): 1. Edward Kaye (Suz SV650); 2.
Joshua Deery (Suz SV650).
GT 500 EXPERT (wet conditions): 1.
Cameron Jones (Hon CBR500R); 2. Ja-
mie Astudillo (Kaw Ninja 400); 3. Alex
Ferreira (Kaw Ninja 400); 4. Gus Rodio
(Kaw Ninja 400); 5. Mark Evry (Yam
FZR400RR); 6. Thomas McMaster (Kaw
Ninja 400).
GT 500 AMATEUR (wet conditions): 1.
Tristan King (Yam YZF-R3); 2. Alexandra
Storm (Yam YZF-R3); 3. Mark Sepulve-
da, Jr. (Kaw Ninja 300).
UNLIMITED CLASSIC COMBINED:
1. August Nord (Yam YZF-R6); 2. John
Morrow (Yam YZF-R1); 3. Phil Bucay
(Suz GSX-R1000); 4. Ken McAdam (Buell
XB12R); 5. Alan Hubb (Suz SV650); 6.
Marcos Martinez (Hon CB400).
MIDDLEWEIGHT CLASSIC COM-
BINED: 1. Ray Hofman (Suz SV650);
2. Brian Surtees (Yam TZ250); 3. John
Morrow (Suz SV650); 4. Jason Knudsen
(Suz SV650); 5. Alan Hubb (Suz SV650);
6. Alejandro Rei (Hon CBR600).
LIGHTWEIGHT CLASSIC COMBINED
(drying conditions): 1. Mark Evry (Suz
SV650); 2. Alan Hubb (Suz SV650); 3.
Marcos Martinez (Hon CB400).
PREMIER VINTAGE COMBINED: 1.
Brian Waugh (Suz SV650).
MOTOGIRLGT SUPERBIKE COM-
BINED: 1. Jessica Capizzi (Kaw ZX-6R);
2. Nicole Goodrich (BMW S1000RR); 3.
Kat Zimpel (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Kayleigh
Buyck (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Jessica Mar-
tin (Tri Daytona 675); 6. Monique Lopez
(Kaw ZX-6R).
MOTOGIRLGT 500 SUPERBIKE COM-
BINED: 1. Jamie Astudillo (Kaw Ninja
400); 2. Mikayla Moore (Kaw Ninja 400);
3. Kristen Brand (Yam YZF-R3); 4. Alex-
andra Storm (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Juliana
Podias-Story (Kaw Ninja 300); 6. Ximena
Rei (Kaw Ninja 300).
RW
47TH ANNUAL WERA GRAND NATIONAL FINALS Ɉ Birmingham, Alabama

TITLES EARNED

Mark Faulkner (790) won the B Su-

perstock Expert race on a Suzuki.

By David Swarts (Above) Army of Darkness (99) won the N2 Racing/WERA 4-Hour endur-
Photos by Brian J. Nelson ance by six laps. Here, Ben Walters rides the AOD BMW. (Below) N2/
Bobblehead Moto (434) finished second overall and second in Heavy-

F
or the eighth consecutive weight; Matt & Dan (37) was fifth overall and second in Mediumweight.
year the WERA Grand Na-
tional Finals (GNF) season-
ending event was held at Barber
Motorsports Park. Run over four
days, the event drew more than
200 riders who collectively en-
tered 780 races. The competitors Hugo Silva (981) won in B Super-
were vying for one or more of the stock Novice aboard a Yamaha.
84 road racing Championships to
be decided, including 36 winner-
take-all WERA Sportsman Na-
tional Championship run-offs; 10
WERA Vintage National Champi-
onships won by an accumulation
of points over the season, includ-
ing the double-points final round;
19 WERA National Challenge Se-
ries Championships won by an
accumulation of points during
the seven-round season; four N2
Racing/WERA National Endur-
ance Championships won by an
accumulation of points over four Sam Fugate won in Vintage Eight
rounds; and 14 winner-take-all Mediumweight on a Honda.
AMA Road Race Grand Champi-
onship sprints.
The event began on Thurs-
day with the N2 Racing/WERA
four-hour endurance race, which
attracted 24 teams in three class-
es. The overall Championship was
still up for grabs between Mi-
chelin-backed Army of Darkness
(Sam Fleming/Chris Peris/Ben
Walters, Jr.); Pirelli-equipped N2
Racing/Bobblehead Moto (Emer-
son Amaya/Christian Crosslin/ Vasiliy Zhulin (16) ran away with Keith Buras (41) took the National Pre-teen Kayla Yaakov (31) won
John Kremenik/Xavier Zayat); the AMA 1000 Superstock Expert Challenge 300 Superstock Expert the D Superbike Expert race on her
and Dunlop-supported Twisted race on his Yamaha YZF-R1. victory on his Kawasaki Ninja 300. Honda NSF250R Moto3 racebike.
Speed Racing, which brought in

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Aden Thao (755) won the Sports-
man D Superbike Novice race on
his Kawasaki Ninja 400 streetbike.
Will Ray (731) used his Yamaha
YZF-R3 to win the Sportsman E Su-
perstock Novice race at the GNF.
Joshua Booth (999) won a tight
Sportsman C Superstock Novice
battle on his Yamaha YZF-R6.
Rodney Vest (310) was the winner
in the Lightweight Twins Superbike
Novice race on his Suzuki SV650.
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Colin Gast (143) crossed the finish
line first in Sportsman E Superstock
Expert on his Yamaha YZF-R3.
Matt Burdett (37) used his Yamaha
YZF-R6 endurance bike to win the
C Superstock Expert race and title.
Young Gun Blake Davis (122) won
the D Superstock Expert race and
championship on his Ninja 400.
Roy Horrigan (221) won the Senior
Superbike Heavyweight Novice
race on his Suzuki GSX-R600.
Dustin Dominguez, Taylor Knapp,
and Travis Wyman to join regular
rider Brad Burns for the Cham-
pionship finale. Unfortunately for
Twisted Speed Racing, electronic
problems kept the team’s BMW
S1000RR in the pits for most of
the race and took the team out of
the title hunt.
Army of Darkness made
the most of Michelin’s finest new
slicks and the smooth new surface
of the racetrack, pulling away to
win by a margin of six laps and
earning the Overall and Heavy-
weight Championships for the sec-
ond straight season and marking
the 12th and 13th endurance rac-
ing Championships for the veteran
team. “The fickle god of endurance
racing mechanical failures kicked
us in the nuts at Nelson Ledges,”
said rider/team owner Fleming.
“We had pace there, we had the
crew, we had the riders, but an
ill-timed transmission failure cost
us a lot of points. So we came
down here thinking we were going
to have a real battle royale with
Twisted [Speed Racing] and their
hot shot riders, and today the
fickle god of endurance racing re-
liability kicked them in the nuts.”
N2 Racing/Bobblehead Moto
overcame running the team’s
YZF-R1 out of fuel during the first
stint and a slow first pit stop (due
to a cross-threaded front axle) to
finish second overall and in the
Heavyweight class thanks in part
to Zayat, who gained three overall
positions during the final stint.
Topbox Road Racing (Peyton
Inge/Doug Royce/Brandon Sa-
lyer/Steven Tyler Witoshynsky)
placed third overall and first in
the Mediumweight category on
a Yamaha YZF-R6. Topbox Road
Racing also captured the Medium-
weight Championship.
RBOM Racing (Draik Beau-
champ/Jackson Blackmon/Sam
Wiest) finished fifth overall and
first in the Lightweight division
on a Superstock-spec third-gen-
eration Suzuki SV650, but Four
Dudes on a Twin (Robert Cichielo/
Robert Cichielo, Jr./Bryan Mus-
cavitch/Steven P. Wilson) took
home the Lightweight endurance
title with a fifth-in-class race fin-
ish on another Suzuki SV650
Temperatures dropped and
rain fell throughout the race pro-
gram on Day Two, Friday, which
featured Sportsman run-offs and
some Vintage finals. First-year
Expert Mark Faulker, age 35, won
the Sportsman B Superstock and
B Superbike Expert races on his
Pirelli-shod, Two Wheel Suspen-
sion Suzuki GSX-R750. Faulkner
ran away with the B Superstock
race but just held off 22-year-old
Californian Connor Funk in the B
Superbike sprint. Funk later ran
away with the victory in Sports-
man C Superbike Expert on his
Cha Cha Motorsports Yamaha
YZF-R6, fitted with the combina-
tion of a Pirelli front rain tire and
a Dunlop rear rain tire.
Kayla Yaakov, a 12-year-old,
first-year Expert from Pennsylva-
nia, collected her first two wins of
the weekend on her TST Indus-
tries Honda NSF250R in Sports-
man D Superbike and Lightweight
Twins Superbike Expert. Yaakov
went on to win a total of seven rac-
es, including two Grom Cup exhi-
bition race wins. Another Roadrac-
ing World Young Gun, 13-year-old
Blake Davis, held off MotoAmer-
ica Junior Cup podium finisher
Jamie Astudillo to win the wet
Sportsman D Superstock race on
his Dunlop-shod, Lucas Oil-spon-
sored Kawasaki Ninja 400.
Californian Aden Thao won
the Sportsman D Superstock and
D Superstock Novice races on his
Kawasaki Ninja 400 and was lead-
ing the Lightweight Twins Super-
stock race when he crashed, caus-
ing a red flag. Thao returned to
win two more races and earn sev-
eral more podium finishes during
the GNF weekend.
Mitch Cato starred in the
Vintage classes on Friday, win-
ning the V6 Lightweight, V6 Medi-
umweight, and V7 Mediumweight
races on his Yamaha FZR400/490
and FZR600. Cato claimed the
Championships in V6 Lightweight
and V6 Mediumweight, but a run-
ner-up finish in the V7 Medium-
weight race on his Honda CBR600
was all Steven Isenhower need-
ed to clinch that Championship.
Ray Hickman faced no challenge
in the V6 Heavyweight race other
than keeping his Dunlop-equipped
1989 Suzuki GSX-R750/1100
upright on the wet track and the
70-year-old won the race and his
10th National Championship.
Competitors were greeted
with warmer but wetter condi-
tions all day on Day Three, Sat-
urday, which featured a full slate
of WERA Sportsman and National
Challenge races plus the first half
of the AMA Grand Championship
races. Yaakov collected four more
of her wins on her Honda NSF250R
and her Grom. Tyler Freeman, age
25, used his RBOM Racing Suzuk
SV650 to beat Yaakov in the AMA
Lightweight Twins Superstock Ex-
pert sprint, but Yaakov got her re-
venge later by beating Freeman in
the AMA Lightweight Twins Super-
bike Expert race.
Expert Christian Guffy said
the track conditions were “bor-
derline dangerous” at times due
to deep puddles and streams of
water crossing the track in plac-
es from the heavy rain, but the
Indianapolis, Indiana, resident
was able to manage the conditions
on his Bridgestone-shod Suzuki
Connor Funk (797) ran away with the AMA Super-
stock Expert race and was one of three finishers.
GSX-R1000 and take wins in Sportsman A Su-
perstock and A Superbike Expert. Guffy finished
second in Sportsman Formula One Expert, be-
hind Vasiliy Zhulin and his Pirelli-fitted Metric
Devil Moto Yamaha YZF-R1.
Rodney Vest was the most successful
Novice rider on Day Three, piloting his Suzuki
SV650 to wins in Sportsman Formula Two Nov-
ice and AMA Lightweight Twins Superstock Nov-
ice. Thao, however, finished a close second to
Vest in both races and then beat Vest in the AMA
Lightweight Twins Superbike Novice sprint at the
end of the day.
In the Vintage classes, Dick Gruhn (V4),
Jerry Duke (500cc GP), and John Hvizdak (V8
Heavyweight) capped off 2019 Championships
with race victories in their respective classes,
and a runner-up finish behind V3 race winner
David Clark was enough for Jim Hinshaw, who
rode a Kawasaki H1 500cc two-stroke Triple, to
claim the V3 National Championship.
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Fluidology-sponsored Novice racer Chris
Bettis, age 39, rode his Pirelli-shod, month-old
Yamaha YZF-R1 to three victories on Sunday in
Open Superstock WERA National Challenge and
the AMA 1000 Superstock and AMA 1000 Super-
bike Grand Championship classes.
Former MotoAmerica Twins Cup Champion
Chris Parrish also took multiple wins on Sun-
day, riding his Ghetto Customs Suzuki SV650 in
the Lightweight Twins and Formula Two WERA
National Challenge races. Squid Hunter Racing’s
Greg Melka used his Michelin-backed Yamaha
YZF-R6 to hold off Chuck Ivey and win the AMA
600 Superbike Expert and 750 Superbike Expert
WERA National races, but Ivey, riding his Pire-
lli-fitted TVR Yamaha YZF-R6, beat Melka in the
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Zhulin ran away with the AMA 1000 Su-
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Mitch Cato (331) won the Vintage
Six Lightweight race and title on a
490cc Yamaha FZR400 Superbike.
Andy Rudolph (913) took first place
in the B Superbike Novice race and
title aboard his Yamaha YZF-R6.
Steve Wilkening (241) won in the
Vintage Seven Heavyweight race
by a full lap on a Honda RC51.
Tristan Konneker (107) won the
Sportsman Lightweight Twins Su-
perstock Expert race on a SV650.
Connor Funk (797) won the eight-
lap C Superbike Expert race by 27
seconds on his Yamaha YZF-R6.
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Ray Hickman (129) won the Vin-
tage Six Heavyweight race and
title on his Suzuki GSX-R750/1100.
Greg Reisinger (996) won the
Sportsman Heavyweight Twins
Superbike Expert race on a SV650.
Edwin Cosme (27) ran away in the
Senior Superbike Mediumweight
Novice race on his Yamaha YZF-R6.
Retiree/MotoAmerica racer Tim
Wilson (760) won the Senior Super-
bike Mediumweight Expert race.
Chris Jackman (23) topped a close
battle to win in C Superbike Novice
on his Kawasaki 636cc ZX-6R.
Ryan Jones, riding his 2020 BMW
S1000RR, edged out Zhulin by
0.3-second to win in AMA 1000
Superbike Expert.
In the Novice ranks on Sun-
day, SportbikeTrackGear.com’s
Max Van Den Brouck won the
Lightweight Twins (on his Kawa-
saki Ninja 400) and 300 Super-
stock (on his Yamaha YZF-R3)
WERA National Challenge races.
Meanwhile, 18-year-old Will Ray
rode his 129photos.com-spon-
sored Yamaha YZF-R6 to wins in
AMA 600 Superbike Novice and
WERA National Challenge 750 Su-
perbike Novice.
In addition to Knapp, 2019
WERA National Challenge Cham-
pionships were won by: Eric An-
derson (750 Superbike Novice); Eli
Banish (300 Superstock Novice);
Joshua Booth (600 Superstock
Novice, 600 Superbike Novice);
Edwin Cosme (Open Superstock
Novice); Blake Davis (Lightweight
Twins Superstock Expert, For-
mula Two Expert); Mark Faulkner
(750 Superstock Expert); Kurtis
Gretzinger (Lightweight Twins
Superstock Novice, Formula Two
Novice); John Hawkins (600 Su-
perstock Expert, 600 Superbike
Expert); Steven Bryant Hunter
(750 Superbike Expert); John
Mulcahy (Heavyweight Twins Su-
perbike Novice); Danubio Ribeiro
(750 Superstock Novice); Heather
Trees (300 Superstock Expert);
and Stephen Tsotsoros (Heavy-
weight Twins Superbike Expert).
AMA special awards went to
Ivey, named the AMA Road Race
Senior/Vet Rider of the Year; Eli
Banish, the AMA Road Race Youth
Rider of the Year; Will Ray, the
AMA Road Race Novice Rider of
the Year; and Blake Davis, win-
ner of the 2019 Nicky Hayden
AMA Road Race Horizon Award.
“I didn’t really think about win-
ning it coming in here,” Davis said
of the Nicky Hayden AMA Road
Race Horizon Award. “I mean,
it was kind of in the back of our
minds, and then someone gave us
a form to fill out after we got here.
I wasn’t really thinking anything
of it. I was expecting a few other
people [might win it], and when
they called my name it was really
surprising.” Davis plans to make
his professional road racing debut
in the 2020 MotoAmerica Junior
Cup class after he turns 14, the
minimum age to participate in the
class, in the middle of the year.
After that, Davis said he hopes
to one day become the first rider
to ever win both the FIM MotoGP
World Championship and the FIM
Superbike World Championship.
Summing up the event,
WERA Motorcycle Roadracing, Inc.
CEO/owner Evelyne Clarke said,
“I just want to thank the riders
for handling all of the things that
were thrown at them (by weather),
and I applaud them for handling
things as well as they did.”
RESULTS:
AMA GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
(October 26-27):
1000 SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Ryan
Jones (BMW S1000RR); 2. Vasiliy Zhu-
lin (Yam YZF-R1); 3. Michael Hilton (Duc
1000); 4. Gary Virgin (Kaw ZX-10R); 5.
Jeremy Kolewski (Kaw ZX-10R); 6. R.
Bryan Land (Kaw ZX-10R).
1000 SUPERBIKE NOVICE: 1. Chris
Bettis (Yam YZF-R1); 2. Rogerio Sabi-
no (BMW S1000RR); 3. Bo Bin (BMW
S1000RR); 4. Joshua Booth (Yam
YZF-R6); 5. Bennett Donan (BMW
S1000RR); 6. Ryan Arona (Yam YZF-R1).
1000 SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1.
Vasiliy Zhulin (Yam YZF-R1); 2. Gary
Virgin (Kaw ZX-10R); 3. Jeremy Kolews-
ki (Kaw ZX-10R); 4. Christian Guffy
(Suz GSX-R1000); 5. Trace Stafford
(Duc 1199); 6. Mark Faulkner (Suz
GSX-R750).
1000 SUPERSTOCK NOVICE: 1. Chris
Bettis (Yam YZF-R1); 2. David Shad-
duck (Yam YZF-R1); 3. Edwin Cosme
(BMW S1000RR); 4. Justin Nelson (Suz
GSX-R1000); 5. Bennett Donan (BMW
S1000RR); 6. Bo Bin (BMW S1000RR).
600cc SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1.
Connor Funk (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Nicho-
las M. Johnson (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Colin
Gast (Tri Daytona 675); 4. Doug Royce
(Yam YZF-R6), DNF, crash; 5. Andrew
Lamoureux (Tri Daytona 675), -1 lap,
DNF, crash; 6. Justin Bourland (Yam
YZF-R6), -1 lap, DNF.
600cc SUPERSTOCK NOVICE: 1.
Will Ray (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Andy Ru-
dolph (Yam YZF-R6); 3. T. Christopher
Jackman (Kaw ZX-6R); 4. Drew Ever-
ett (Hon CBR600RR); 5. Edwin Cosme
(Yam YZF-R6); 6. Robby Ringnalda (Yam
YZF-R6).
600 SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Greg Mel-
ka (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Chuck Ivey (Yam
YZF-R6); 3. Connor Funk (Yam YZF-R6);
4. Caleb Odom (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Gabri-
el DaSilva (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Doug Royce
(Yam YZF-R6).
600 SUPERBIKE NOVICE: 1. Will
Ray (Yam YZF-R6); 2. T. Christopher
Jackman (Kaw ZX-6R); 3. Nathan See-
thaler (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Edwin Cosme
(Yam YZF-R6); 5. Michael Martin (Yam
YZF-R6); 6. Kevin Ferguson (Yam
YZF-R6).
300 SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1. Daniel
Kinard (Yam YZF-R3); 2. Heather Trees
(Yam YZF-R3); 3. Keith Buras (Kaw Nin-
ja 300); 4. Michael Killian (Yam YZF-R3);
5. Colin Gast (Yam YZF-R3); 6. Toni
Sharpless (Yam YZF-R3).
300 SUPERSTOCK NOVICE: 1. Nicole
Karamichael (Yam YZF-R3); 2. Eli Ban-
ish (Yam YZF-R3); 3. Scott Campbell
(Yam YZF-R3); 4. Max Van Den Brouck
(Kaw Ninja 400), -7 laps, DNF, crash.
LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERSTOCK
EXPERT: 1. Tyler Freeman (Suz SV650);
2. Kayla Yaakov (Hon NSF250R); 3. Kev-
in Boda (Suz SV650); 4. Alex Shackel-
ford (Suz SV650); 5. Blake Davis (Kaw
Ninja 400); 6. Israel Gillette (Suz SV650).
LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERSTOCK
NOVICE: 1. Rodney Vest (Suz SV650);
2. Adan Thao (Kaw Ninja 400); 3. Chris
Jokisch (KTM 690 Duke); 4. Lance Mol-
nar (KTM 690 Duke); 5. Eric Reed (Suz
SV650); 6. Max Van Den Brouck (Kaw
Ninja 400), -1 lap.
LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE
EXPERT: 1. Kayla Yaakov (Hon NS-
F250R); 2. Tyler Freeman (Suz SV650);
3. Trevor Standish (Suz SV650); 4. Kev-
in Boda (Suz SV650); 5. Israel Gillette
(Suz SV650); 6. Greg Reisinger (Suz
SV650).
LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE
NOVICE: 1. Aden Thao (Kaw Ninja 400);
2. Chris Jokisch (KTM 690 Duke); 3.
Rodney Vest (Suz SV650); 4. Lance Mol-
nar (KTM 690 Duke); 5. Eric Reed (Suz
Lance Molnar (77) and his Aprilia
SV650). RSV1000R won in Sportsman Heavy-
weight Twins Superbike Novice.
WERA NATIONAL CHALLENGE
SERIES RESULTS (October 26-27):
MICHELIN WERA OPEN SUPERBIKE:
1. Taylor Knapp (Suz GSX-R1000); 2.
Stefano Mesa (Kaw ZX-10R); 3. Vasiliy
Zhulin (Yam YZF-R1); 4. Ryan Jones
(BMW S1000RR); 5. R. Bryan Land (Kaw
ZX-10R); 6. Draik Beauchamp (Kaw ZX-
10R); 7. Michael Hilton (Duc 1000); 8.
Jesse Ruehling (Kaw ZX-10R); 9. Chris-
tian Guffy (Suz GSX-R1000); 10. Mark
Faulkner (Suz GSX-R750). Race Dis-
tance: 18 laps, 23.6 miles. Time of Race:
14 minutes, 45.077 seconds. Winner’s
Average Lap Time: 1:28.508. Winner’s
Average Speed: 95.935 mph. Margin of Gary Virgin (75) won the Senior Su-
Victory: 1.459 seconds. perbike Heavyweight Expert race
OPEN SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1. at title on his Kawasaki ZX-10R.
Stefano Mesa (Kaw ZX-10R); 2. Taylor
Knapp (Suz GSX-R1000); 3. Ryan Jones
(BMW S1000RR); 4. Vasiliy Zhulin
(Yam YZF-R1); 5. R. Bryan Land (Kaw
ZX-10R); 6. Gary Virgin (Kaw ZX-10R);
7. Jeremy Kolewski (Kaw ZX-10R); 8.
Draik Beauchamp (Kaw ZX-10R); 9.
Christian Guffy (Suz GSX-R1000); 10.
Peyton Inge (Yam YZF-R6). Race Dis-
tance: 8 laps, 18.4 miles. Time of Race:
11 minutes, 53.231 seconds. Winner’s
Average Lap Time: 1:29.154. Winner’s
Average Speed: 95.161 mph. Margin of
Victory: 0.161 second.
OPEN SUPERSTOCK NOVICE: 1. Chris
Bettis (Yam YZF-R1); 2. Ryan Aroma
Gabriel DaSilva (4) won the WERA
(Yam YZF-R1); 3. Edwin Cosme (BMW National Challenge 600 Superstock
S1000RR); 4. Bo Bin (BMW S1000RR); Expert race on a Yamaha YZF-R6.
5. David Shadduck (Yam YZF-R1), -1
lap; 6. Justin Nelson (Suz GSX-R1000),
-1 lap; 7. Rogerio Sabino (BMW
S1000RR), -1 lap; 8. Bennett Donan
(BMW S1000RR), -1 lap; 9. Chase Alew-
ine (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap; 10. Dmitrij
Maslovskij (Duc 1199), -1 lap.
750 SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1. Chuck
Ivey (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Greg Melka
(Yam YZF-R6); 3. Connor Funk (Yam
YZF-R6); 4. Caleb Odom (Yam YZF-R6);
5. Mark Faulkner (Suz GSX-R750); 6.
Matt Burdett (Yam YZF-R6); 7. David
Grey (Yam YZF-R6); 8. Dante Witter David Shadduck (54) finished first in
(Suz GSX-R600); 9. Garrett O’Brien the Sportsman A Superstock Nov-
(Yam YZF-R6); 10. William Posse (Yam ice race on his Yamaha YZF-R1.
YZF-R6). Race Distance: 8 laps, 18.4
miles. Time of Race: 12 minutes, 14.644
seconds. Winner’s Average Lap Time:
1:31.831. Winner’s Average Speed:
92.549 mph. Margin of Victory: 4.133
seconds.
750 SUPERSTOCK NOVICE: 1. Danu-
bio Ribeiro (Suz GSX-R750); 2. Hugo
Silva (Yam YZF-R6); 3. T. Christopher
Jackman (Kaw ZX-6R); 4. Eric Con-
nell (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Drew Everett
(Hon CBR600RR); 6. Nathan Seethal-
er (Yam YZF-R6); 7. Michael Martin
(Yam YZF-R6); 8. Pierce Landers, IV Ryan Jones (683) earned a hard-
(Hon CBR600RR); 9. Todd Eads (Suz
GSX-R750); 10. Robby Ringnalda (Yam
fought win on his BMW in the AMA
YZF-R6), -1 lap. 1000 Superbike Expert race.
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 600cc SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1. Ga-
briel DaSilva (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Connor
Funk (Yam YZF-R6); 3. John Hawkins
(Yam YZF-R6); 4. Gary Yoncoskie (Kaw
ZX-6R); 5. Nicholas M. Johnson (Yam
YZF-R6); 6. Daniel M. Wallace (Hon
CBR600RR); 7. Garrett O’Brien (Yam
YZF-R6); 8. Greg Melka (Yam YZF-R6);
9. Thomas McQuigg (Yam YZF-R6); 10.
Nolan Lamkin (Yam YZF-R6). Race Dis-
tance: 8 laps, 18.4 miles. Time of Race:
14 minutes, 21.706 seconds. Winner’s
Christian Guffy (227) overcame very difficult conditions caused by torren- Average Lap Time: 1:47.713. Winner’s
tial rain to win the Sportsman A Superbike Expert race on his GSX-R1000. Average Speed: 78.930 mph. Margin of
Victory: 0.493 second.
600cc SUPERSTOCK NOVICE: 1. T.
Christopher Jackman (Kaw ZX-6R); 2.
Edwin Cosme (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Hugo
Silva (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Nathan Seethal-
er (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Andy Rudolph (Yam
YZF-R6); 6. Micah Puscheck (Tri Daytona
675); 7. Robby Ringnalda (Yam YZF-R6);
8. Drew Everett (Hon CBR600RR), -1
lap; 9. Trace Atchison (Hon CBR600RR),
-1 lap; 10. Jody Moore (Suz GSX-R600),
-1 lap.
300 SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1. Keith
Bennett Donan (341) won a very John Hvizdak (37) won the Vintage Buras (Kaw Ninja 300); 2. Heather Trees
close battle in Sportsman Formula Eight Heavyweight race on his Ka- (Yam YZF-R3); 3. Michael Killian (Yam
One Novice on his BMW S1000RR. wasaki ZX-6R by 14 seconds. YZF-R3). Race Distance: 8 laps, 18.4
miles. Time of Race: 14 minutes, 8.361
seconds. Winner’s Average Lap Time:
1:46.045. Winner’s Average Speed:
80.000 mph. Margin of Victory: 0.492
second.
300 SUPERSTOCK NOVICE: 1. Max
Van Den Brouck (Yam YZF-R3); 2. Ni-
cole Karamichael (Yam YZF-R3); 3. Eli
Banish (Yam YZF-R3); 4. Scott Campbell
(Yam YZF-R3).
750 SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Greg Mel-
ka (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Chuck Ivey (Yam
Chris Jokisch (691) used his KTM Jerry Duke (128) won the Vintage YZF-R6); 3. Connor Funk (Yam YZF-R6);
690 Duke (running a full fairing) to 500 Grand Prix race and season 4. Gabriel DaSilva (Yam YZF-R6); 5.
win the Clubman Novice race. championship on his Ducati 350. John Hawkins (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Steven
Bryant Hunter (Suz GSX-R750); 7. Dan-
te Witter (Suz GSX-R600); 8. Kurt Mill-
er (Yam YZF-R6); 9. Mike McAbier (Yam
YZF-R6); 10. Richard Kay (Kaw ZX-6R).
Race Distance: 8 laps, 18.4 miles. Time
of Race: 12 minutes, 13.644 seconds.
Winner’s Average Lap Time: 1:31.706.
Winner’s Average Speed: 92.549 mph.
Margin of Victory: 0.428 second.
750 SUPERBIKE NOVICE: 1. Will Ray
(Yam YZF-R6); 2. T. Christopher Jack-
man (Kaw ZX-6R); 3. Danubio Ribeiro
(Suz GSX-750); 4. Todd Eads (Suz
GSX-R750); 5. Nathan Seethaler (Yam
David Clark (55) won the Vintage J.J. Davis (205) rode his Kawasaki YZF-R6); 6. Eric Connell (Yam YZF-R6);
Three race but was second in the Ninja 250 to win the F Superbike 7. Hugo Silva (Yam YZF-R6); 8. Neal Wm.
Scalf (Yam YZF-R6); 9. Ryan Tekavec
title race on his Suzuki Titan 500. Novice race and championship.
(Yam YZF-R6); 10. Andy Rudolph (Yam
YZF-R6).
600cc SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Gary
Yancoskie (Kaw ZX-6R); 2. John Haw-
kins (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Greg Melka (Yam
YZF-R6); 4. Connor Funk (Yam YZF-R6);
5. Garrett O’Brien (Yam YZF-R6); 6.
Daniel M. Wallace (Hon CBR600RR); 7.
Matt Burdett (Yam YZF-R6); 8. Dante
Witter (Suz GSX-R600); 9. Richard Kay
(Kaw ZX-6R); 10. Thomas McQuigg (Yam
YZF-R6). Race Distance: 10 laps, 23.6
miles. Time of Race: 17 minutes, 33.914
seconds. Winner’s Average Lap Time:
1:45.391. Winner’s Average Speed:
80.546 mph. Margin of Victory: 1.178
seconds.
600cc SUPERBIKE NOVICE: 1. Hugo
Silva (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Andy Rudolph
Stefano Mesa (37) and Taylor Knapp (44) fought Kawasaki/Pirelli vs. Su- (Yam YZF-R6); 3. T. Christopher Jack-
zuki/Dunlop battles in multiple races during the WERA GNF. Here, Mesa man (Kaw ZX-6R); 4. Drew Everett (Hon
won in National Challenge Open Superstock Expert by 0.161-second. CBR600RR); 5. Edwin Cosme (Yam
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YZF-R6); 6. Cory Lang (Yam YZF-R6);
7. Robby Ringnalda (Yam YZF-R6); 8.
Jody Moore (Suz GSX-R600); 9. Micah
Puscheck (Tri Daytona 675); 10. Yaunce
Long (Suz GSX-R600), -1 lap.
FORMULA TWO EXPERT: 1. Chris
Parrish (Suz SV650); 2. Joseph Blasius
(Suz SV650); 3. Jackson Blackmon (Suz
SV650); 4. Kayla Yaakov (Hon NSF250R);
5. Tyler Freeman (Suz SV650); 6. Trevor
Standish (Suz SV650); 7. Blake Davis
(Kaw Ninja 400); 8. Jamie Astudillo (Kaw
Ninja 400); 9. Damian Jigalov (Kaw Nin-
ja 400); 10. Israel Gillette (Suz SV650).
Race Distance: 8 laps, 18.4 miles. Time
of Race: 12 minutes, 46.915 seconds.
Winner’s Average Lap Time: 1:35.864.
Winner’s Average Speed: 88.722 mph.
Margin of Victory: 8.133 seconds.
FORMULA TWO NOVICE: 1. Aden
Thao (Kaw Ninja 400); 2. Eric Reed (Suz
GSX-R600), -1 lap; 3. Kevin Wells (Suz
SV650), -1 lap; 4. Max Van Den Brouck
(Kaw Ninja 400), -8 laps, DNF crash.
HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE
EXPERT: 1. Jackson Blackmon (Suz
SV650); 2. Michael Hilton (Duc 999);
3. Trace Stafford (Duc 1199); 4. Joseph
Blasius (Suz SV650); 5. Tyson M. Wil-
liams (Duc 1199); 6. Alex Shackelford
(Suz SV650), -3 laps, DNF. Race Dis-
tance: 8 laps, 18.4 miles. Time of Race:
12 minutes, 44.512 seconds. Winner’s
Average Lap Time: 1:35.564. Winner’s
Average Speed: 89.057 mph. Margin of
Victory: 0.253 second.
HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE
NOVICE: 1. John Mulcahy (Duc 1198);
2. Dmitrij Maslovskij (Duc 1199), -4
laps, DNF.
LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERSTOCK
EXPERT: 1. Chris Parrish (Suz SV650);
2. Jackson Blackmon (Suz SV650); 3.
Tyler Freeman (Suz SV650); 4. Trevor
Standish (Suz SV650); 5. Jared Trees
(Suz SV650); 6. Blake Davis (Kaw Ninja
400); 7. Jamie Astudillo (Kaw Ninja 400);
8. Damian Jigalov (Kaw Ninja 400); 9.
Alex Shackelford (Suz SV650); 10. Israel
Gillette (Suz SV650). Race Distance: 8
laps, 18.4 miles. Time of Race: 12 min-
utes, 55.532 seconds. Winner’s Average
Lap Time: 1:36.942. Winner’s Average
Speed: 87.732 mph. Margin of Victory:
0.007 second.
LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERSTOCK
NOVICE: 1. Max Van Den Brouck (Kaw
Ninja 400); 2. Aden Thao (Kaw Ninja
400); 3. Kevin Wells (SV650), -1 lap.
WERA SPORTSMAN SERIES RESULTS
(October 25):
FORMULA ONE EXPERT: 1. Vasiliy
Zhulin (Yam YZF-R1); 2. Christian Guffy
(Suz GSX-R1000); 3. Jesse Ruehling
(Kaw ZX-10R); 4. Samuel Fugate (BMW
S1000RR); 5. Trace Stafford (Duc 1199).
FORMULA ONE NOVICE: 1. Bennett
Donan (BMW S1000RR); 2. David Shad-
duck (Yam YZF-R1); 3. Rogerio Sabino
(BMW S1000RR); 4. Allan Kersey, Jr.
(Yam YZF-R1); 5. Chase Alewine (Suz
GSX-R1000); 6. Bo Bin (BMW S1000RR),
-5 laps, DNF.
A SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1. Christian
Guffy (Suz GSX-R1000); 2. Jesse Rue-
hling (Kaw ZX-10R); 3. Jeremy Kolews-
ki (Kaw ZX-10R); 4. Samuel Fugate
(BMW S1000RR); 5. Mark Keown (Yam
YZF-R1); 6. Gary Virgin (Kaw ZX-10R),
-4 laps, DNF, crash.
A SUPERSTOCK NOVICE: 1. David
Shadduck (Yam YZF-R1); 2. Bo Bin
(BMW S1000RR); 3. Rogerio Sabi-
 no (BMW S1000RR); 4. Ryan Arona
(Yam YZF-R1); 5. Edwin Cosme (BMW
S1000RR); 6. Allan Kersey, Jr. (Yam
YZF-R1).
B SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1. Mark
Faulkner (Suz GSX-R750); 2. Connor
Funk (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Thomas Mc-
Quigg (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Steve Bryant
Hunter (Suz GSX-R750).
B SUPERSTOCK NOVICE: 1. Hugo
Silva (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Drew Everett
(Hon CBR600RR); 3. Andy Rudolph
(Yam YZF-R6); 4. Danubio Ribeiro (Suz
GSX-R750); 5. Micah Puscheck (Tri
Daytona 675); 6. Marcos Teles (Suz
GSX-R750).
C SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1. Matt
Chris Parrish (128) won the WERA National Challenge Lightweight Twins Burdett (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Connor Funk
(Yam YZF-R6); 3. Thomas McQuigg
Expert race by 0.007-second over Jackson Blackmon (18). Here, they bat- (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Gabriel DaSilva (Yam
tle Tyler Freeman (19) and Trevor Standish (16) on the first lap of the race. YZF-R6); 5. Daniel M. Wallace (Hon
CBR600RR), -2 laps, DNF; 6. Garrett
O’Brien (Yam YZF-R6), -4 laps, DNF.
C SUPERSTOCK NOVICE: 1. Joshua
Booth (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Will Ray (Yam
YZF-R6); 3. Nathan Seethaler (Yam
YZF-R6); 4. T. Christopher Jackman
(Kaw ZX-6R); 5. Drew Everett (Hon
CBR600RR); 6. Andy Rudolph (Yam
YZF-R6).
D SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1. Blake Da-
vis (Kaw Ninja 400); 2. Jamie Astudillo
(Kaw Ninja 400); 3. John Knowles (Kaw
Ninja 400); 4. Damian Jigalov (Kaw Nin-
ja 400); 5. Colin Gast (Yam YZF-R3); 6.
Dick Gruhn (3) rode his two-stroke Gary Yancoskie (521) won the Na- Chris Evans (KTM 690 Duke).
Yamaha RD410 to win the Vintage tional Challenge 600 Superbike D SUPERSTOCK NOVICE: 1. Aden Thao
Four race and 2019 championship. race aboard his Kawasaki ZX-6R. (Kaw Ninja 400); 2. Chris Jokisch (KTM
690 Duke); 3. Lance Molnar (KTM 690
Duke); 4. Matt Reed (Kaw Ninja 400); 5.
Eli Banish (Yam YZF-R3).
E SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1. Colin
Gast (Yam YZF-R3); 2. Michael Killian
(Yam YZF-R3); 3. Toni Sharpless (Yam
YZF-R3); 4. Heather Trees (Yam YZF-R3);
5. Heather Hickerson (Yam YZF-R3).
E SUPERSTOCK NOVICE: 1. Will Ray
(Yam YZF-R3); 2. Nicole Karamichael
(Yam YZF-R3); 3. Eli Banish (Yam
YZF-R3); 4. Gary Elkins (Yam YZF-R3).
F SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1. J.J. Davis
(Kaw Ninja 250).
Hugo Silva (981) made the most of Tyler Freeman (19) won the soaked F SUPERSTOCK NOVICE: 1. Eli Banish
wet conditions to win in National AMA Lightweight Twins Superstock (Kaw Ninja 250).
Challenge 600 Superbike Novice. Expert race on a Suzuki SV650. A SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Christian
Guffy (Suz GSX-R1000); 2. Samuel Fu-
gate (BMW S1000RR); 3. Jesse Ruehling
(Kaw ZX-10R), -8 laps, DNF; 4. Vasiliy
Zhulin (Yam YZF-R1), -8 laps, DNF; 5.
Trace Stafford (Duc 1199), -8 laps, DNF;
6. Mark Keown (Yam YZF-R1), -8 laps,
DNF.
A SUPERBIKE NOVICE: 1. Roy Horrig-
an (Suz GSX-R1000); 2. Allan Kersey, Jr.
(Yam YZF-R1); 3. Rogerio Sabino (BMW
S1000RR).
B SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Mark
Faulkner (Suz GSX-R750); 2. Connor
Funk (Yam YZF-R6).
B SUPERBIKE NOVICE: 1. Andy Ru-
dolph (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Hugo Silva
(Yam YZF-R6); 3. Danubio Ribeiro (Suz
GSX-R750); 4. T. Christopher Jackman
(Kaw ZX-6R); 5. Jeff Webb (Yam YZF-R6);
6. Marcos Teles (Suz GSX-R750).
C SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Connor
Funk (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Gabriel DaSil-
va (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Matt Burdett (Yam
YZF-R6); 4. Daniel Paine (Yam YZF-R6);
5. Samuel Fugate (Hon CBR600RR); 6.
John Hawkins (Yam YZF-R6).
Blake Davis won the Nicky Hayden AMA Road Race Horizon Award. C SUPERBIKE NOVICE: 1. T. Chris-
topher Jackman (Kaw ZX-6R); 2. Na-
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than Seethaler (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Hugo
Silva (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Edwin Cosme
(Yam YZF-R6); 5. Andy Rudolph (Yam
YZF-R6); 6. Micah Puscheck (Tri Dayto-
na 675).
D SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Kayla
Yaakov (Hon NSF250R); 2. Chris Ev-
ans (KTM 690 Duke); 3. Blake Davis
(Kaw Ninja 400); 4. John Knowles (Kaw
Ninja 400), DNF; 5. Scott McKee (Yam
FZR400/489), DNF.
D SUPERBIKE NOVICE: 1. Aden Thao
(Kaw Ninja 400); 2. Max Van Den Brouck
(Kaw Ninja 400); 3. Lance Molnar (KTM
690 Duke); 4. Chris Jokisch (KTM 690
Duke); 5. Eric Reed (Yam 450); 6. Matt
Reed (Kaw Ninja 400).
FORMULA TWO EXPERT: 1. Kayla Yaa-
kov (Hon NSF250R); 2. Trevor Standish
(Suz SV650); 3. Greg Reisinger (Suz
SV650); 4. Jamie Astudillo (Kaw Ninja
400); 5. Blake Davis (Kaw Ninja 400); 6.
Tristan Konneker (Suz SV650).
FORMULA TWO NOVICE: 1. Rodney
Vest (Suz SV650); 2. Aden Thao (Kaw
Ninja 400); 3. Lance Molnar (KTM 690
Duke); 4. Paul Schroeder (Duc 1000); 5.
Chris Jokisch (KTM 690 Duke), -1 lap,
DNF.
LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERSTOCK
EXPERT: 1. Tristan Konneker (Suz
SV650); 2. Chris Parrish (Suz SV650);
3. Blake Davis (Kaw Ninja 400); 4. Ja-
mie Astudillo (Kaw Ninja 400); 5. Jared
Trees (Suz SV650); 6. Kevin Boda (Suz
SV650).
LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERSTOCK
NOVICE: 1. Rodney Vest (Suz SV650); 2.
Aden Thao (Kaw Ninja 400), DNF.
HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE
EXPERT: 1. Greg Reisinger (Suz SV650);
2. Trace Stafford (Duc 1199).
HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS SUPER-
BIKE NOVICE: 1. Lance Molnar (Apr
RSV1000R); 2. Chris Jokisch (Apr
RSV1000R); 3. John Mulcahy (Duc
1198); 4. Steve Wilkening (Duc 848).
LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE
EXPERT: 1. Kayla Yaakov (Hon NS-
F250R); 2. Trevor Standish (Suz SV650);
3. Jared Trees (Suz SV650); 4. Tristan
Konneker (Suz SV650); 5. Jon Wilkens
(Suz SV650); 6. Kevin Boda (Suz SV650).
LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE
NOVICE: 1. Rodney Vest (Suz SV650).
CLUBMAN EXPERT: 1. Kayla Yaakov
(Hon NSF250R); 2. Damian Jigalov (Kaw
Ninja 400); 3. Colin Gast (Yam YZF-R3);
4. Heather Trees (Yam YZF-R3); 5. Mi-
chael Killian (Yam YZF-R3); 6. Toni
Sharpless (Yam YZF-R3).
CLUBMAN NOVICE: 1. Chris Jok-
isch (KTM 690 Duke); 2. Lance Molnar
(KTM 690 Duke); 3. Adan Thao (Kaw
Ninja 400); 4. Nicole Karamichael (Yam
YZF-R3); 5. Eric Reed (Yam 450); 6. Max
Van Den Brouck (Kaw Ninja 400), -7
laps, DNF.
SENIOR SUPERBIKE HEAVYWEIGHT
EXPERT: 1. Gary Virgin (Kaw ZX-10R).
SENIOR SUPERBIKE HEAVY-
WEIGHT NOVICE: 1. Roy Horrigan
(Suz GSX-R1000); 2. Ryan Krafft (Suz
GSX-R750); 3. Justin Nelson (Suz
GSX-R1000); 4. Jonathan Davis (BMW
S1000RR), -1 lap.
SENIOR SUPERBIKE MEDIUM-
WEIGHT EXPERT: 1. Timothy A. Wil-
son (Kaw ZX-6R); 2. Gary Yancoskie
(Kaw ZX-6R).
SENIOR SUPERBIKE MEDIUMWEIGHT
NOVICE: 1. Edwin Cosme (Yam YZF-R6);
2. Jeff Webb (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Tim
Chris Bettis (78) ran away in the
National Challenge Open Super-
stock Novice race on his Yamaha.
John Mulcahy (211) won the Nation-
al Challenge Heavyweight Twins
Novice race on his Ducati 1198.
Danubio Ribeiro (33) won the Na-
tional Challenge 750 Superstock
Novice race on his Suzuki GSX-R.
Nicole Karamichael (51) battled to
a win in the AMA 300 Superstock
Novice race on her Yamaha YZF-R3.
Max Van Den Brouck (48) won the
National Challenge 300 Super-
stock Novice race on his Yamaha.
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Jackson Blackmon (18) won the
National Challenge Heavyweight
Twins Expert race by 0.253-second.
Chuck Ivey (131) won the National
Challenge 750 Superstock Expert
race on his TVR Yamaha YZF-R6.
Daniel Kinard (30) took a narrow
victory in the AMA 300 Superstock
Expert race on his Yamaha YZF-R3.
Chris Parrish (128) pulled away to
a dominant win the National Chal-
lenge Formula Two Expert race.
Will Ray (731) ran away to win the
AMA 600 Superbike Novice race
by 15 seconds on his Yamaha.
Greg Melka (71) beat Chuck Ivey (131) and Connor Funk (not shown) in
both the AMA 600 Superbike Expert and the WERA National Challenge
750 Superbike Expert races, all three riding YZF-R6 Yamahas.
DeBusk (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Wayne Gann
(Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap; 5. Jody Moore (Suz
GSX-R600), -5 laps, DNF.
GROM CUP (Oct. 26): 1. Kayla Yaakov
(Hon 125); 2. Michael Killian (Hon 125);
3. Heather Hickerson (Hon 125); 4. Colin
Gast (Hon 125).
GROM CUP (Oct. 27): 1. Kayla Yaakov
(Hon 125); 2. Christian Dooley (Hon
125); 3. Colin Gast (Hon 125); 4. Michael
Killian (Hon 125); 5. Heather Hickerson
(Hon 125).
MINI 80 (Oct. 26): 1. Eli Banish (Ohvale
160); 2. Christian Dooley (Hon 125); 3.
Jenna C. Wiggington (Hon 125).
MINI 80 (Oct. 27): 1. Eli Banish (Ohvale
160); 2. Jenna C. Wigginton (Hon 125).
NATIONAL VINTAGE SERIES RESULTS
(October 25-26):
VINTAGE EIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT: 1.
John Hvizdak (Kaw ZX-6R); 2. Kyle S.
Brosius (Suz GSX-R600); 3. Ryan Krafft
(Suz GSX-R750); 4. John James (Hon
CBR600), -1 lap.
VINTAGE EIGHT MEDIUMWEIGHT:
1. Samuel Fugate (Hon CBR600); 2.
Kyle S. Brosius (Suz GSX-R600); 3.
Mitch Cato (Yam YZF-R6); 4. John Hviz-
dak (Kaw ZX-6R); 5. Cameron Landers
(Suz GSX-R600); 6. Amos Audain (Suz
GSX-R600).
VINTAGE SEVEN HEAVYWEIGHT: 1.
Steve Wilkening (Hon RC51); 2. Steven
Isenhower (Hon CBR600).
VINTAGE SEVEN MEDIUMWEIGHT: 1.
Mitch Cato (Yam FZR400/600); 2. Ste-
ven Isenhower (Hon CBR600); 3. Don
Berrong (Duc 1000); 4. Adrian D. Brin-
kley (Hon CBR600).
VINTAGE SIX HEAVYWEIGHT: 1. Ray
M. Hickman (Suz GSX-R750/1100).
VINTAGE SIX MEDIUMWEIGHT: 1.
Mitch Cato (Yam FZR400/600).
VINTAGE SIX LIGHTWEIGHT: 1. Mitch
Cato (Yam FZR400/490); 2. Joseph Ball
(Kaw EX500).
VINTAGE FOUR: 1. Dick Gruhn (Yam
RD400).
VINTAGE THREE: 1. David Clark (Suz
500); 2. Jim Hinshaw (Kaw 500).
VINTAGE 500cc GP: 1. Jerry Duke
(Duc 350); 2. Jack Houman (Hon 335).
WERA/N2 RACING FOUR-HOUR EN-
DURANCE RACE (October 24):
OVERALL RESULTS: 1. Army of Dark-
ness (Sam Fleming/Chris Peris/Ben
Walters, Jr.), BMW S1000RR, Heavy-
weight, 144 laps; 2. N2 Racing/Bobble-
head Moto (Emerson Amaya/Christian
Crosslin/John Kremenik/Xavier Zayat),
Yam YZF-R1, Heavyweight, 138 laps; 3.
Topbox Road Racing (Peyton Inge/Doug
Royce/Brandon Salyer/Steven Tyler
Witoshynsky), Yam YZF-R6, Medium-
weight, 137 laps; 4. Matt & Dan (Matt
Burdett/Daniel Payne), Yam YZF-R6,
Mediumweight, 137 laps, -23.310 sec-
onds; 5. RBOM Racing (Draik Beau-
champ/Jackson Blackmon/Sam Wiest),
Suz SV650, Lightweight, 136 laps; 6.
Last Minute Racing (Colin Gast/Dami-
an Jigalov/Michael Killian), Kaw ZX-
6R, Mediumweight, 136 laps, -83.277
seconds; 7. Team Yo! (Kevin Boda/
Chris Parrish/Jon Wilkens), Suz SV650,
Lightweight, 135 laps; 8. Quarterley
Racing On Track Development (Jamie
Astudillo/Tyler Freeman), Kaw Ninja
400, Lightweight, 133 laps; 9. Chasing
Shade Racing MW (Chris Jokish/Lance
Molnar), Suz GSX-R600, Mediumweight,
133 laps, -22.593 seconds; 10. Lam-
bchop Racing (Joseph Blasius/David
Grey/Andrew Lamoureux/Steven Roth),
Kaw ZX-6R, Mediumweight, 131 laps.
HEAVYWEIGHT RESULTS: 1. Army of
Darkness, 144 laps; 2. N2 Racing/Bob-
blehead Moto, 138 laps; 3. Team Bear
(Guy Jones/Phil Young), Kaw ZX-10R,
123 laps; 4. Legacy Dental (Chuck Ivey/
Preston Kling/Dr. Jeffrey Purk), Duc
Panigale 1199, 67 laps; 5. Twisted Speed
Racing (Brad Burns/Dustin Domin-
guez/Taylor Knapp/Travis Wyman),
BMW S1000RR, 43 laps.
MEDIUMWEIGHT RESULTS: 1. Topbox
Road Racing, 137 laps; 2. Matt & Dan,
137 laps, -23.310 seconds; 3. Last Min-
ute Racing, 136 laps; 4. Chasing Shade
Racing MW, 133 laps; 5. Lambchop Rac-
ing, 131 laps; 6. Mi Scusi SDK (Scott
Covington/Chris Kubricky/Thomas Mc-
Quigg/Sloan West), Yam YZF-R6, 131
laps, -51.895 seconds.
LIGHTWEIGHT RESULTS: 1. RBOM
Racing, 136 laps; 2. Team Yo!, 135 laps;
3. Quarterley Racing On Track Develop-
ment, 133 laps; 4. Chiefs Racing Team
(Kevin Boda/Blake Davis/Brian Mull-
ins/Greg Reisinger/David Stauffer), Suz
SV650, 129 laps; 5. Four Dudes on a
Twin (Robert Cichielo/Robert Cichielo,
Jr./Bryan Muscavitch/Steven P. Wil-
son), Suz SV650, 129 laps, -7.879 sec-
onds; 6. Buckeye Racing (Joseph Ball/
Tristan Konneker), Suz SV650, 124 laps.
RW
MOTUL FIM SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Motul Argentinian Round/Motul Qatar Round
By Michael Gougis
A and the rest in Race Two in Argentina. Photo courtesy Kawasaki.
fter the chaos and drama of
the Argentina round of the
Superbike World Champi-
onship, it was almost comforting
to see the series return to nor-
mal operations in Qatar, with the
sharp end of the field featuring the
familiar front runners facing off.
It also seemed fitting that
Jonathan Rea and his Kawasa-
ki Racing Team ZX-10RR walked
away with all three wins under the
desert lights. With the dominance
of the Ducati at the beginning of
the year, it looked like Rea might
not win at all. Instead, he schooled
the field in the second part of
the season on his way to a fifth-
straight World Championship.
The off-track activity drew
the headlines in Argentina, with
the track dirty and dusty when
practice opened on Friday. When
the heat rose on Saturday after-
noon, the newly-laid pavement
started to ooze oil and tar, spur-
ring the riders into a hasty meet-
ing to decide whether to race or
Jonathan Rea (1) leads Toprak Razgatlioglu (54), Alvaro Bautista (19),
Sandro Cortese (11), Chaz Davies (7), Tom Sykes (66), Leon Haslam (91),
not. In the end, six riders sat out
Saturday's race, which was won
by Aruba.it Racing-Ducati's Alva-
ro Bautista over Rea. It would be
the last time anyone would beat
Rea in 2019.
Sunday's cooler tempera-
tures found the track in better
condition, even though the dust
and dirt still meant that the wide
expanses of the Villicum circuit
were reduced to a narrow racing
line. Lap times plummeted, with
Rea taking the Tissot Superpole
race win by 2.140 seconds over
Bautista and the Race Two win
by 5.158 seconds over Bautista's
teammate, Chaz Davies.
Riders arrived at Losail with
third in the Championship still
up for grabs, but it would be de-
termined by the minor placings.
Rea was on form, taking pole, all
three race wins, turning the fast-
est lap of the weekend and ending
up with 663 points to Bautista's
SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA/LOSAIL, QATAR
REA
Rampant!
498. Of all the marks Rea has set
in the past few years, one stands
out. By winning all three races in
Qatar, Rea has now scored exact-
ly half of all of the wins Kawasa-
ki has earned in World Superbike
competition—73 out of 146!
“Seventeen race wins this
year and two triples—Doning-
ton and here—so this is special,
super-special,” Rea said. “I am re-
ally happy and content because to
be honest we never expected to get
beaten so bad in the beginning (of
the 2019 season).”
Bautista and Davies used
their Panigale V4 R Ducatis to put
up the strongest opposition, with
Davies second in Race One and
Race Two and Bautista second in
the Superpole race and third in
Race Two. Davies ended the year
sixth in the points, having spent a
disappointing season adapting to
the new V-4 and often overshad-
owed by his teammate, the high
Roadracing World, December 2019—57
SAN JUAN VILLICUM CIRCUIT
2.66 MILES
6
5
7 8
14 9 4
12 10 3
15 13 11 2
1
point his single race win at Weath-
erTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
While Rea and Bautista trad-
ed victories, the Yamaha factory
squad of Michael van der Mark
and Alex Lowes frequently fought
each other on their YZF-R1s for
best-of-the-rest status. In the end,
a pair of thirds and a fourth were
enough to give Lowes third in the
final Championship standings be-
fore he left Yamaha to join Kawa-
saki for 2020.
The revelation of the season
was Toprak Razgatlioglu, who
scored more wins (two) than any-
one other than Rea or Bautista
on the Turkish Puccetti Racing
ZX-10RR satellite team. While
Razgatlioglu had a technical prob-
lem prevent him from competing
in the Superpole race at Qatar, he
earned enough points to seal the
Independent Team award for Puc-
cetti before leaving for the factory
Yamaha seat vacated by Lowes.

Marco Melandri, former
250cc Grand Prix World Champion
and MotoGP race winner, slipped
into retirement quietly, scoring
only three podiums all season for
the GRT Yamaha satellite team.
Melandri’s Teammate Sandro Cor-
tese never made it to the podium
at all, and both will be replaced for
2020 by MotoAmerica Superbike
race winner Garrett Gerloff and
Supersport World Championship
standout Federico Caricasulo.
Perhaps the biggest disap-
pointment of the year was the
performance turned in by the
much-anticipated factory return
of Honda. Having severed ties
with Ten Kate Racing after the
Dutch outfit had fielded Hondas
for years, the racing program
was turned over to Midori Mori-
waki and Althea Racing. But the
best result for the team with the
oldest bike in the field was a sev-
enth-place finish for Leon Camier,
who, even after missing several
races due to injury, still finished
as the best-placing Honda rider
in the Championship—17th. Hon-
da has signed Bautista for 2020,
while Camier will join the satellite
Barni Ducati operation. And the
Honda team is looking forward to
a completely new bike for 2020.
World Supersport:
Krummenacher Is Champion!
Lucas Mahias took his third-
straight Supersport World Cham-
pionship race win at Losail, this
time aboard his Kawasaki Puccetti
Racing ZX-6R. Yamaha YZF-R6-
mounted Jules Cluzel and Isaac
Viñales took second and third.
Randy Krummenacher was fifth on
his Bardahl Evan Bros. WorldSSP
Team YZF-R6, enough to became
the first Swiss Supersport World
Champion.
58—Roadracing World, December 2019
(Above) Five-time Superbike World Champion Jonathan Rea (1) won everything in Qatar on his Kawasaki ZX-
10RR. Here, he leads Alvaro Bautista (19) and Chaz Davies (7) in Race Two. Photo courtesy Kawasaki. (Above,
Right) Davies (left), Rea (center) and Bautista (right) atop the Race Two podium at Qatar. Photo courtesy WorldSBK.
Supersport300: Deroue Wins, Netherlands (Yam YZF-R1), -16.996; 5.
Alex Lowes, Great Britain (Yam YZF-R1),
Kawasaki Sweeps
-5.539; 6. Leon Haslam, Great Britain (Kaw
ZX-10RR), -25.840; 7. Tom Sykes, Great
Scott Deroue edged Kawasa- Britain (BMW S1000RR), -31.928; 8. Jor-
ki Motoport teammate Koen Meuf- di Torres, Spain (Kaw ZX-10RR), -41.819;
fels by 0.010-second at Losail to 9. Leandro Mercado, Argentina (Kaw ZX-
win the first Supersport300 World 10RR), -46.835; 10. Alessandro Delbian-
Championship race held outside co, Italy (Hon CBR1000RR SP2), -63.500;
of Europe. Bruno Ieraci took his 11. Markus Reiterberger, Germany (BMW
S1000RR), -73.699; 12. Michael Rinaldi,
Kawasaki GP Project Ninja 400R
Italy (Duc Panigale V4 R), -3 laps. Race Dis-
to third, less than a quarter of a
tance, 21 laps, 55.797 miles; Race Time,
second behind and just ahead of
35 minutes, 38.957 seconds; Race Average
2019 Supersport300 World Cham-
Speed, 93.909 mph; Victory Margin, 1.562
pion Manuel Gonzalez, who had
seconds; Fastest Lap, Bautista, 1:40.919,
already clinched the title. Kawa- 94.778 mph, Lap 10.
sakis took the first seven posi- FIM SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPION-
tions. American Dallas Daniels SHIP TISSOT SUPERPOLE RACE (All
finished 21st on his BCD Yamaha on Pirelli Tires) (October 13): 1. Rea, 10
MS Racing YZF-R3, last of the rid- laps, 16:23.270, 97.279 mph; 2. Bautista,
ers still running on the track. -2.140 seconds; 3. Razgatlioglu, -3.682; 4.
Chaz Davies, Great Britain (Duc Panigale
RESULTS V4 R), -5.549; 5. Lowes, -8.322; 6. Van
SAN JUAN VILLICUM CIRCUIT, der Mark, -9.478; 7. Sandro Cortese, Ger-
ARGENTINA many (Yam YZF-R1), -11.393; 8. Haslam,
FIM SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPION- -15.326; 9. Sykes, -16.704; 10. Mercado,
SHIP RACE ONE (All on Pirelli Tires) -16.933; 11. Torres, -19.519; 12. Leon
(October 12): 1. Alvaro Bautista, Spain Camier, Great Britain (Hon CBR1000RR
(Duc Panigale V4 R), 21 laps, 35:38.957, SP2), -20.615; 13. Eugene Laverty, Ireland
93.909 mph; 2. Jonathan Rea, Great (Duc Panigale V4 R), -22.785; 14. Rinaldi,
Britain (Kaw ZX-10RR), -1.562 seconds; -25.670; 15. Marco Melandri, Italy (Yam
3. Toprak Razgatlioglu, Turkey (Kaw ZX- YZF-R1), -26.558; 16. Delbianco, -30.148;
10RR), -3.327; 4. Michael van der Mark, 17. Reiterberger, -42.116; 18. Ryuichi Kiy-
Scott Deroue (95) leads 2018 Supersport300 World Champion Ana Car-
rasco, 2019 Supersport300 World Champion Manuel Gonzalez (18) and
Bruno Ieraci (88) early in the race at Qatar. Photo courtesy WorldSBK.
onari, Japan (Hon CBR1000RR), -42.663.
Race Distance, 10 laps, 26.5770 miles;
Race Time, 16 minutes, 23.270 seconds;
Race Average Speed, 97.279 mph; Victory
Margin, 2.140 seconds; Fastest Lap, Rea,
1:37.462, 98.139 mph, Lap 3, New Record.
FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
TWO (All on Pirelli Tires) (October 13): 1.
Rea, 21 laps, 34:33.478, 96.875; 2. Davies,
-5.158 seconds; 3. Razgatlioglu, -14.511;
4. Van der Mark, -17.046; 5. Bautista,
-17.771; 6. Lowes, -18.976; 7. Laverty,
-33.901; 8. Mercado, -35.233; 9. Torres,
-36.783; 10. Haslam, -37.478; 11. Rinal-
di, -44.053; 12. Loris Baz, France (Yam
YZF-R1), -45.623; 13. Camier, -51.082; 14.
Melandri, -66.298; 15. Cortese, -70.768;
16. Reiterberger, -70.937; 17. Kiyonari,
-72.519; 18. Delbianco, -7 laps, DNF, re-
tired; 19. Sykes, -15 laps, DNF, mechani-
cal. Race Distance, 21 laps, 55.797 miles;
Race Time, 34 minutes, 33.478 seconds;
Race Average Speed, 96.875 mph; Victory
Margin, 5.858 seconds; Fastest Lap, Da-
vies, 1:38.034, 97.568 mph, Lap 13.
SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
QUALIFYING: 1. Bautista, 1:40.771,
94.919 mph; 2. Van der Mark, 1:40.896;
3. Rea, 1:40.911; 4. Razgatlioglu, 1:41.234;
5. Lowes, 1:41.408; 6. Rinaldi, 1:42.061; 7.
Davies, 1:42.153; 8. Delbianco, 1:42.414;
9. Cortese, 1:42.568; 10. Melandri,
1:42.573; 11. Camier, 1:42.605; 12. Torres,
1:43.196; 13. Sykes, 1:43.289; 14. Haslam,
1:43.893; 15. Kiyonari, 1:44.251; 16. Lav-
erty, 1:44.480; 17. Reiterberger, 1:44.943;
18. Baz, 1:47.576.
FIM SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPION-
SHIP RACE (All on Pirelli Tires) (October
13): 1. Jules Cluzel, France (Yam YZF-R6),
19 laps, 32:45.310, 92.155 mph; 2. Lucas
Mahias, France (Kaw ZX-6R), -2.406 sec-
onds; 3. Isaac Viñales, Spain (Yam YZF-R6),
-3.473; 4. Corentin Perolari, France (Yam
YZF-R6), -5.700; 5. Federico Caricasulo,
Italy (Yam YZF-R6), -5.768; 6. Raffaele De
Rosa, Italy (MV Agusta F3 675), -6.331; 7.
Randy Krummenacher, Switzerland (Yam
YZF-R6), -7.066; 8. Thomas Gradinger,
Austria (Yam YZF-R6), -14.045; 9. Kyle
Smith, Great Britain (Kaw ZX-6R), -17.035;
10. Ayrton Badovini, Italy (Kaw ZX-6R),
-25.822; 11. Peter Sebestyen, Hungary
(Hon CBR600RR), -30.108; 12. Hikari Oku-
bo, Japan (Kaw ZX-6R), -30.406; 13. Chris-
tian Stange, Germany (Hon CBR600RR),
Randy Krummenacher (21) sealed the Supersport World Championship
with a fifth-place finish on a YZF-R6 in Qatar. Photo courtesy WorldSBK.
-31.573. Race Distance, 19 laps, 50.483
miles; Race Time, 32 minutes, 45.310 sec-
onds; Victory Margin, 2.406 seconds; Fast-
est Lap, Mahias, 1:42.606, 93.224 mph,
Lap 10, New Record.
FIM SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPION-
SHIP QUALIFYING: 1. Perolari, 1:45.993,
90.243 mph; 2. Badovini, 1:46.060; 3.
Cluzel, 1:46.129; 4. Smith, 1:46.199; 5.
Mahias, 1:46.234; 6. Krummenacher,
1:46.268; 7. Viñales, 1:46.766; 8. Carica-
sulo, 1:46.917; 9. Stange, 1:47.009; 10.
Sebestyen, 1:47.193.
LOSAIL INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT,
DOHA, QATAR
FIM SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPION-
SHIP RACE ONE (All on Pirelli Tires)
(October 26): 1. Jonathan Rea, Great Brit-
ain (Kaw ZX-10RR), 17 laps, 33:34.518,
101.558 mph; 2. Chaz Davies, Great Brit-
ain (Duc Panigale V4 R), -2.732 seconds;
3. Alex Lowes, Great Britain (Yam YZF-R1),
-5.423; 4. Alvaro Bautista, Spain (Duc Pan-
igale V4 R), -8.043; 5. Leon Haslam, Great
Britain (Kaw ZX-10RR), -17.720; 6. Michael
van der Mark, Netherlands (Yam YZF-R1),
-17.738; 7. Loris Baz, France (Yam
YZF-R1), -18.176; 8. Markus Reiterberger,
Germany (BMW S1000RR), -20.479; 9.
Eugene Laverty, Ireland (Duc Panigale V4
R), -24.500; 10. Leon Camier, Great Britain
(Hon CBR1000RR SP2), -29.320; 11. To-
prak Razgatioglu, Turkey (Kaw ZX-10RR),
-33.166; 12. Marco Melandri, Italy (Yam
YZF-R1), -34.673; 13. Michael Rinaldi, Italy
(Duc Panigale V4 R), -42.661; 14. Ryuichi
Kiyonari, Japan (Hon CBR1000RR SP2),
-50.020; 15. Alessandro Delbianco, Italy
(Hon CBR1000RR SP2), -54.485; 16. Dom-
inic Schmitter, Switzerland (Yam YZF-R1),
-68.582; 17. Leandro Mercado, Argentina
(Kaw ZX-10RR), -11 laps, DNF, mechan-
ical; 18. Sandro Cortese, Germany (Yam
YZF-R1), -12 laps, DNF, crash; 19. Tom
Sykes, Great Britain (BMW S1000RR), -16
laps, DNF, crash; 20. Jordi Torres, Spain
(Kaw ZX-10RR), -17 laps, DNF, crash.
Race Distance, 17 laps, 56.831 miles; Race
Time, 33 minutes, 34.518 seconds; Race
Average Speed, 101.558 mph; Victory Mar-
gin, 2.732 seconds; Fastest Lap, Lowes,
1:57.197, 102.886 mph, Lap 2.
FIM SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPION-
SHIP TISSOT SUPERPOLE RACE (All
on Pirelli Tires) (October 26): 1. Rea, 10
laps, 19:41.833, 101.831 mph; 2. Bau-
tista, -2.027 seconds; 3. Lowes, -5.143;
4. Haslam, -5.303; 5. Davies, -6.615; 6.
Van der Mark, -9.744; 7. Baz, -9.804; 8.
Cortese, -10.223; 9. Laverty, -15.236; 10.
Melandri, -15.770; 11. Mercado, -17.557;
12. Sykes, -18.981; 13. Camier, -19.933;
14. Torres, -20.060; 15. Reiterberger,
-21.805; 16. Kiyonari, -29.458; 17. Schmit-
ter, -40.175; 18. Delbianco, -40.203; 19.
Rinaldi, -5 laps, DNF, retired; 20. Razgatlio-
glu, -10 laps, DNF, entered pits. Race Dis-
tance, 10 laps, 33.430 miles; Race Time,
19 minutes, 41.833 seconds; Race Aver-
age Speed, 101.831 mph; Victory Margin,
2.027 seconds; Fastest Lap, Rea, 1:56.687,
103.135 mph, Lap 2, New Record.
FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
TWO (All on Pirelli Tires) (October 27):
1. Rea, 17 laps, 33:34.809, 101.543 mph;
2. Davies, -2.978 seconds; 3. Bautista,
-3.100; 4. Lowes, -12.473; 5. Razgatlioglu,
-14.346; 6. Laverty, -15.109; 7. Van der
Mark, -15.625; 8.Baz, -16.030; 9. Haslam,
-17.854; 10. Cortese, -18.332; 11. Merca-
do, -22.254; 12. Sykes, -22.387; 13. Tor-
res, -28.179; 14. Reiterberger, -29.487; 15.
Rinaldi, -32.586; 16. Camier, -35.726; 17.
Melandri, -40.549; 18. Kiyonari, -44.844;
19. Schmitter, -12 laps, DNF, retired; 20.
Delbianco, -15 laps, DNF, retired.Race
Distance, 17 laps, 56.831 miles; Race
Time, 33 minutes, 34.809 seconds; Race
Average Speed, 101.543 mph; Victory Mar-
gin, 2.978 seconds; Fastest Lap, Davies,
1:57.470, 102.451 mph, Lap 4.
SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
QUALIFYING: 1. Rea, 1:56.246, 103.528
mph; 2. Lowes, 1:56.431; 3. Cortese,
1:56.529; 4. Sykes, 1:56.714; 5. Baz,
1:57.008; 6. Haslam, 1:57.096; 7. Bautis-
ta, 1:57.250; 8. Van der Mark, 1:57.354;
9. Reiterberger, 1:57.469; 10. Razgatlioglu,
1:57.577; 11. Mercado, 1:57.597; 12. Da-
vies, 1:57.710; 13. Camier, 1:57.752; 14.
Torres, 1:57.802; 15. Rinaldi, 1:57.827; 16.
Laverty, 1:58.504; 17. Melandri, 1:58.565;
18. Kiyonari, 1:59.485; 19. Delbianco, Ti R x M oto.c o m
2:00.210; 20. Schmitter, 2:00.246. Wall Mounted Folds Flat
FIM SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPION-
SHIP FINAL POINT STANDINGS (After 37
Sportbike To Garage or
of 37 races): 1. Rea, 663 points; 2. Bautis- Tire Changer M
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ta, 498 points; 3. Lowes, 341 points; 4. Van
der Mark, 327 points; 5. Razgatlioglu, 315 Mount
points; 6. Davies, 294 points; 7. Haslam,
281 points; 8. Sykes, 223 points; 9. Melan- Bead Break
dri, 177 points; 10. Baz, 138 points. Static Balance
FIM SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPION- on One Device
SHIP RACE (All on Pirelli Tires) (October
26): 1. Lucas Mahias, France (Kaw ZX-6R), Great for Carbon
15 laps, 30:43.175, 97.940 mph; 2. Jules
Cluzel, France (Yam YZF-R6), -0.868-sec-
Fiber Wheels —
ond; 3. Isaac Viñales, Spain (Yam YZF-R6), No Clamping on
-3.332 seconds; 4. Federico Caricasu- Delicate Rims
lo, Italy (Yam YZF-R6), -8.033; 5. Randy
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 First Person/Opinion:
gery. I struggled to recover. I had
surgery a couple months later in
December of 2017 for another fi x
on my knee, a meniscus trim that
was again caused by my tib/fib in-
jury eight years prior. I went into
the 2018 season really not 100%,
BY KYLE WYMAN even though the bone was healed.
I added on more training injuries,
broken ribs in the middle of the

S
ince the 2019 MotoAmeri- season (that lingered through my
ca season has ended, we’ve wedding day, July 7th), and I rode
finally settled into our new through the problems.
house in Arizona. I also went to see Throughout my 2019 debut
doctors about a nagging injury I’ve season on a Ducati, I struggled
been dealing with for years. more with my spine. I started ex-
In May 2007, I broke five ver- periencing pain and numbness in
tebrae in my neck and back in a my left arm. During the red flag at
flat-track incident, and I’ve had a Daytona I was fighting through a
lot of neck issues ever since. It was lot of pain, and nearly missed the
the first in a string of injuries that restart of the race that became my
have plagued my racing career. first Daytona 200 victory!
In my first road race at Bar- By mid-year the pain was
ber, in September of 2007. I wore unbearable. Then I broke my
my dirt track leathers and a Leatt scaphoid in a crash at Laguna
neck brace with my leathers cut to Seca, and surgery to repair that
make it fit. forced me to sit on the couch for
In 2009 I started my first four weeks before the next round
professional road racing season in at Sonoma Raceway.
the AMA Supersport class, which It turned out that I had a her-
was revamped to be age-restricted niated disc in the C6/C7 level of
and offer opportunities for young- my neck, which was compressing
er riders on the national stage. In my nerves and causing radicu-
the final event at Daytona I badly lopathy, which radiates pain. The
broke my leg, thanks to a brake only option was surgery.
failure that sent me at high speed So as I write this, I am recov-
into a wall—thankfully with Road- ering from my 19th surgery—arti-
racing World Action Fund Airfence ficial disc replacement! And I woke
in front of it! I spent 17 nights in up pain-free!
the hospital, and went through a I can’t wait to continue build-
number of surgeries to repair my ing my program and my training to
leg in a big injury that lingered on come back stronger than I’ve ever
into the 2010 season. been! Thank you for reading and
From there I had more sur- supporting my journey! RW
geries over the 2011 and 2012
seasons to address my leg, taking
out screws and chasing pain, until
finally all the hardware was taken
out at the end of 2012.
In 2013 my season was cut
short by a shattered wrist from a
mountain bike accident, and I had
surgery to repair the radius. In
2014 my first time under the knife
was to remove a loose body from
my knee, shaken loose from my
previous tib/fib injury. I had the
surgery the Monday before the La-
guna Seca race that year, but was
able to fight through for a podium
in the XR1200 race.
I ran the rest of 2014 and
2015 without injury, and at the
end of the 2015 season, had doc-
tors remove the plate and hard-
ware from my wrist. I started 2016
with no hardware in my body for
the first time in years!
At the end of 2017 I lost my
brakes going into Turn One at
Barber, almost exactly 10 years “I am recovering from my 19th
to the day that I had my fi rst surgery—artificial disc replace-
WERA Novice race there at that
same track. I broke my T6 verte-
ment! And I woke up pain-free!”
bra, and while I did not need sur-

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 THE
K ID S ’
PAGE
TOMORROW’S ROAD RACING
CHAMPIONS MAY ALREADY BE RACING
ON TRACKS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA,
HONING THE SKILLS THAT COULD ONE
DAY CARRY THEM TO THE TOP.
“Having Fun Battling
With The Front Guys...”
Argee Cardenas, Age 12
Lancaster, California
R
acing has always been
a family affair for Argee
Cardenas, although, as he
recalls, he had to kind of barge
his way into a place at the racing
table. “My dad, he went to a deal-
ership and picked up a Honda
CBR600RR,” says young Carde-
nas. “He came back with it and
I looked at it and said, ‘Where's
mine?’ From then on, we just
started racing.”
Racing has taken Cardenas
across the nation and around the
world. In 2019, he competed in
Spain, where youth road racing is
hard-core and serious.
First, a few steps back. At the
age of four, Cardenas took his first
spin on a motorcycle, throttling
a Honda CRF50 around the back
yard of his house. Shortly after
that, he raced that bike with M1GP
mini road racing in Southern Cal-
ifornia. In the first race event of
2013, he was on the podium, and
By Michael Gougis
onto his warm-up lap, someone in
a group of supporters yelled, “You
can do it, Argee! Don't be scared!”
Cardenas moved up to a
Honda RS125, and raced at Vir-
ginia International Raceway and
New Jersey Motorsports Park with
WERA. But the big jump came in
2019, when he began racing in
Spain in the Cuna de Campeones
—The Cradle of Champions.
“Last year, one of my friends
came out and invited one of his
sponsors from Spain,” Cardenas
says. “We took them with us to
Laguna Seca (for the combined
World Superbike/MotoAmerica
weekend). We were doing demo
rides. He was watching me ride,
and he was talking to my dad, and
he said, 'This kid's got some talent.
We should bring him to Spain and
see what he's up against.’”
Racing a Moto5 bike—pow-
ered by a 220cc IMR engine in a
Mir frame—against tough compe-
tition, Cardenas has shown his
ability to win. “It's really heavy! It's
260 pounds. But when you go into
a corner, it grips so well,” Carde-
nas says of the bike. “The competi-
tion is not the highest, highest lev-



 


he started the next season with a el, but I'd say it's pretty up there.”  

win in the 50cc Cup class. For 2020, “we're for sure do- 





Always, the family was with ing pre-Moto4,” Cardenas says. 



him, and they were not shy about “We're trying to see if we can get to 



voicing their support for the the Rookies Cup, and maybe the
youngster. When Cardenas started European Talent Cup. I'm going  !!!!!
racing with WERA West in the Mini fast, having fun battling with the !

!- (/
!!
 !
50 class at Auto Club Speedway front guys.”
in Fontana, California, the family And that sign that his family 
 

  






made a huge “GO ARGEE!!!!” sign hung out at Auto Club Speedway?
and hung it from the stands above “It's still hanging in my room!”
the garages. As he headed out Cardenas says. RW

(Left) Argee Cardenas

(4) in Moto5 competition
at Circuito Internacional
de Zuera. Photo by Pe-
dro J. Vallespi. (Above)
Argee Cardenas. Photo
by Kuni Matsudaira.
Roadracing World, December 2019—61
SHOPS By David Swarts

6D Helmets (Above, Left) Bob Weber co-founded 6D Helmets to make helmets that helped prevent brain injuries caused
by rotational force. (Above, Right) 6D’s warehouse is full of helmets ready to ship to dealers and customers.
(Below) Marketing Manager Derek Radel has cutaway helmets showing 6D’s Omni Directional Suspension

R
ace fans have seen them
worn by professional rac- (ODS) system and the NFL award-winning test samples on the desk in his office. Photos by David Swarts.
ers including Kyle Wyman,
Bryce Prince, Sammy Halbert, and
Stefan Everts, but what is the sto-
ry behind 6D Helmets?
6D Helmets co-founder Bob
Weber is a lifelong motorcyclist
and motocross racer who previ-
ously worked at White Brothers
Performance Specialties and Pe-
tersen Publishing, where he was
the publisher of Motorcyclist, Sport
Rider, and Dirt Rider magazines
for eight years. Weber then went
to work as Vice President/General
Manager of Operations at Troy Lee
Designs, which sells its own line
of riding gear, including helmets.
While working at Troy Lee
Designs, Weber was inspired to
go out on his own and try to cre-
ate his own helmet company. But
rather than find a manufacturer
that was already making helmets
and was more than happy to put
his name on them, Weber decided
to go a different route and try to
build a better helmet, one that ad-
dressed the rotational forces that
cause some brain injuries. neer. I reached out to him. I ex- works and it fits in there.’” placed at a 45-degree angle.
“That’s kind of what got this plained the problem to him, and Next, Weber and Reisinger “The improvements we made
whole thing started, a brain inju- he was like, ‘Why do you want to had to come up with a way to test over traditional helmets were sig-
ry in a young man I knew from a go fight that battle?’ I sent him their prototypes because testing nificant,” said Weber. “We were
motocross accident,” explained some stuff to look at, and he said, rotational forces in a crash wasn’t anywhere from, on the low side,
Weber. “I did all the research I ‘I think you’re onto something.’ really a thing yet. But Weber and a 25% improvement to as much
could online. I looked at all of the “We made prototype helmets Reisinger worked with research as 100% better. That got us all
intellectual property that was out in my garage," Weber continued. lab Dynamic Research Inc. (DRI) excited, and that gave us enough
there. There was nothing like what "We took the liners out of two hel- to come up with repeatable testing horsepower to go out and call on
I had in my mind. mets, took them apart, and start- methods, which included drop- my network to raise some capital.”
“I had a very good friend, ed making bumpers to put in be- ping a weighted head form onto an In 2011, Weber and his part-
Robert Reisinger, who is an engi- tween the layers. ‘OK, that kind of anvil covered with sandpaper and ner Reisinger founded what they

62—Roadracing World, December 2019

(Above and Right) 6D Helmets-sponsored MotoAmerica Superbike
racer Kyle Wyman. Photos by Brian J. Nelson. (Below) Co-founder Bob
Reisinger’s desk in the engineering department. Photo by David Swarts.
called 6D Helmets, which is “a
reference to the engineering term
6 Degrees of Freedom... the abil-
ity to move three-dimensionally
in space about the Cartesian co-
ordinate system of X,Y and Z, in-
cluding rotation about each axis”
according to the company website.
After months of testing and
filing patents, the first 6D prod-
uct, the ATR-1 motocross helmet,
was introduced in 2013, and it
made the motorcycle helmet in-
dustry stand up and take notice.
The ATR-1 featured two EPS
foam liners separated by 27 indi-
vidual dampers that allowed the
inner and outer liners to move in-
dependently. The system, called
Omni Directional Suspension
(ODS), was designed to help pre-
vent brain injuries by damping
rotational acceleration through
the slip of the two liners. As a by-
product, 6D’s ATR-1 was also bet-
ter than some existing helmets in
traditional impact tests.
“The original intent was ad-
dressing rotation,” said Weber.
“Because we knew from reading a
lot of the medical journals about
brain injury that rotational accel-
eration was the root cause of con-
cussion and worse. And by uncou-
pling the outer liner from the inner
liner we allowed this inner helmet,
if you will, to displace relative to
the outer liner in an impact [and
reduce the forces reaching the
head]. But we got this whole other
benefit of low energy performance
that we really weren’t looking for
when we set out to do this, and
low-energy impacts are by far the
vast majority of impacts out there.
“We qualify low-energy as
anything below 6 meters/second
(m/sec), which is the DOT thresh-
old, and 7.5 m/sec being the
ECE and 7.75 m/sec being Snell.
That’s a vertical drop on a flat an-
vil. That’s a fatality on a human
anyways. If that person happened
to survive the impact their brain
would be severely damaged and
likely incapacitated for the rest of
their life. So the need to go higher
than 7.5 m/sec, 7.75 m/sec is not
necessary. We need the helmets
working down in the 3-6 m/sec
range better than they do today.
“The example I always give is
a 4 m/sec impact on a tradition-
al motocross helmet at that time
transitioned about 125g to the
head form in the drop testing that
we were doing. Our helmet was at
97g. That was significant. That’s
at 4 m/sec, almost half of the
certification velocity that helmets
are testing to today, and the onset
of concussion for a healthy adult
male is about 60-70g.
“The [current drop test im-
pact] standards were developed
50-60 years ago to address skull
fractures. Nobody was real-
ly thinking about brain injuries
then, but we are now.”
While the theories and solu-
tions incorporated into helmet de-
signs differ across the motorcycle
industry, 6D Helmets got valida-
tion of its theories, engineering,
materials, and testing methods
from an unexpected authority
when the design they developed
with partner DRI won the 2017
NFL Head Health Challenge III and
its $500,000 grand prize.
“They basically put a call out
to the industry saying they were
looking for an energy manage-
ment material and these are the
parameters,” explained Weber.
“We did all of this further explo-
ration of our technology and im-
proved it a lot. We learned a ton
about multi-impact materials,
where the helmet could have a life.
That’s what football and hockey
and sports need, a helmet that
Roadracing World, December 2019—63
can withstand more than one hit
and maintain its service life.”
Not only did this lead to 6D
working with established sports
equipment companies to start pro-
ducing new sports helmets, it al-
lowed 6D to take what it learned,
create an Advanced ODS, and in-
corporate it into its lighter, next
generation helmets, like the ATR-2
motocross model and the ATS-1R
street helmet that Wyman wears.
6D currently has eight helmets
available: Two motocross helmets
for adults, two motocross helmets
for youths, one street helmet, and
three bicycle helmets. All of 6D’s
motorcycle helmets are DOT- and
ECE-certified.
So what’s next for 6D Hel-
mets, which has just 11 employ-
ees handling engineering, market-
ing, sales, and distribution for the
U.S.A. out of a 5,000-square-foot
facility located in a light industri-
al park in Brea, California? The
same as any business—sustaining
and managing growth.
“This space is so competi-
tive,” said Weber. “I comment that
had I known I probably would
have raised more capital early on.
It would have allowed us to do
more and run more quickly. That’s
been the hard part. We’re building
the company just on cash flow and
our sales growth. It just limits how
much you can do and how fast
you can do it. But I’ll put our hel-
mets up against anything in the
marketplace from a performance
perspective, a quality perspective,
a rider interface perspective. We’ve
got a really, really good product.
We just need to get the word out
and educate the market, especial-
ly on the street side.” RW
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Champions Formula 40 race. After the bike snapped upright with both wheels off the ground, Bailey fell off the inside, and his sliding bike almost
collected David Loikits (55), who said. “It missed me by about an inch.” Bailey rode again later the same day. Photos by Rick Hentz/Rick’s Pics.
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CCW=Counter-clockwise Corentin Perolari, France (Yam YZF-R6), -8.482; 7. Raffa-
For additional information, visit 316trackdays.com. ele De Rosa, Italy (MV Agusta F3 675), -9.527; 8. Hikari
Okubo, Japan (Kaw ZX-6R), -9.670; 9. Kyle Smith, Great
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(Hon CBR600RR), -16.249; 12. Thomas Gradinger, Austria
3/23-24 Inde Motorsports Ranch, Willcox, AZ (Yam YZF-R6), -25.440; 13. Jules Danilo, France (Hon
4/14-15 Inde Motorsports Ranch, Willcox, AZ CBR600RR), -25.557; 14. Hannes Soomer, Estonia (Hon
4/27-28 Pittsburgh International Race Complex, Wampum, PA
5/18 New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville, NJ CBR600RR), -26.727; 15. Glenn Van Straalen, Netherlands
5/19-20 New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville, NJ (Kaw ZX-6R), -35.186; 16. Brad Jones, Great Britain (Yam
5/TBD High Plains Raceway, Deer Trail, CO
6/16-17 New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville, NJ YZF-R6), -37.474; 17. Saeed Al Sulati, Qatar (Yam YZF-R6),
6/16-17 Ridge Motorsports Park, Shelton, WA -39.371; 18. Christian Stange, Germany (Hon CBR600RR),
7/TBD WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA
8/3-4 Pittsburgh International Race Complex, Wampum, PA
-42.438; 19. Rob Hartog, Netherlands (Kaw ZX-6R),
9/7-8 New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville, NJ -44.300; 20. Daniel Valle, Spain (Yam YZF-R6), -44.402;
10/3-4 Streets of Willow, Rosamond, CA 21. Nacho Calero, Spain (Kaw ZX-6R), -49.832; 22. Gianlu-
10/TBD Inde Motorsports Ranch, Willcox, AZ
11/TBD Inde Motorsports Ranch, Willcox, AZ ca Sconza, Italy (Hon CBR600RR), -90.919; 23. Jaimie Van
12/TBD Inde Motorsports Ranch, Willcox, AZ Sikkelerus, Netherlands (Hon CBR600RR), -6 laps, DNF,
For additional info, call 855-RIDE-YCRS (743-3927), teachme@champschool.com,
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crash. Race Distance, 15 laps, 50.145 miles; Race Time, 30
minutes, 43.175 seconds; Victory Margin, 0.868-second;
Fastest Lap, Mahias, 2:02.058, 98.599 mph, Lap 8.
FIM SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFY-
RACE, SCHOOL, AND TRACK ING: 1. Caricasulo, 2:01.219, 99.281 mph; 2. Krummen-
acher, 2:01.493; 3. Cluzel, 2:01.652; 4. Perolari, 2:01.729;
DAY PROMOTERS: 5. Mahias, 2:01.769; 6. Okubo, 2:01.784; 7. Badovini,
Send Your Calendar Listings To Us! 2:01.790; 8. Viñales, 2:01.851; 9. Smith, 2:01.957; 10.
Gradinger, 2:02.322.
Send to calendar@roadracingworld.com, and include FIM SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
date, track name, and track location (city and state POINT STANDINGS (After 12 of 12 races): 1. Krumme-
or province) for each event, along with the name of nacher, 213 points; 2. Caricasulo, 207 points; 3. Cluzel,
the organization holding the event and contact info 200 points; 4. Mahias, 168 points; 5. Okubo, 105 points;
including phone number, e-mail and website. 6. De Rosa, 101 points; 7. Viñales, 97 points; 8. Perolari,
91 points; 9. Gradinger, 90 points; 10. Badovini, 65 points.
For more information, call (909) 654-4779 or email FIM SUPERSPORT300 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
(all on Pirelli tires) (October 26): 1. Scott Deroue, Neth-
calendar@roadracingworld.com
erlands (Kaw Ninja 400), 10 laps, 22:37.924, 88.625 mph;
2. Koen Meuffels, Netherlands (KTM RC 390R), -0.010-sec-
ond; 3. Bruno Ieraci, Italy (Kaw Ninja 400), -0.249; 4.
Manuel Gonzalez, Spain (Kaw Ninja 400), -0.523; 5. Ana
Carrasco, Spain (Kaw Ninja 400), -0.610; 6. Tom Edwards,
Australia (Kaw Ninja 400), -0.935; 7. Galang Hendra Prata-
ma, Indonesia (Yam YZF-R3), -1.840 seconds; 8. Andy Ver-
doia, France (Yam YZF-R3), -6.287; 9. Hugo De Cancellis,
France (Yam YZF-R3), -8.639; 10. Dion Otten, Netherlands
(Kaw Ninja 400), -19.463; 15. Nick Kalinin, Ukraine (Kaw
Ninja 400), -19.690; 17. Jan-Ole Jahning, Germany (KTM
RC 390R), -20.519; 22. Marc Garcia, Spain (Kaw Ninja
400), -1 lap, DNF, crash; 23. Victor Steeman, Netherlands
(KTM RC 390R), -4 laps, DNF, retired. Race Distance, 10
laps, 33.430 miles; Race Time, 22 minutes, 37.924 sec-
onds; Race Average Speed, 88.625 mph; Victory Margin,
0.010-second; Fastest Lap, Carrasco, 2:13.798, 89.950
mph, Lap 2, New Record.
SUPERSPORT300 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
POINT STANDINGS (After 10 of 10 races): 1. Gonzalez,
161 points; 2. Deroue, 131 points; 3. Carrasco, 117 points;
4. Verdoia, 97 points; 5. Steeman, 69 points; 6. Garcia,
68 points; 7. Hendra Pratama, 64 points; 8. Jahning, 61
points; 9. De Cancellis, 54 points; 10. Kalinin, 48 points.
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 X
An EX
A
few weeks after the 2019 MotoAmeri-
ca season ended, I was in Daytona to
run the Team Hammer Advanced Rid-
ing School with Michael Martin and a special
guest, five-time Daytona 200 winner Scott
Russell. There is no other track on earth cur-
rently being used for motorcycle road racing
that’s like Daytona International Speedway.
It has two long sections of banking combined
with a flat and slick infield surface, so you
can’t treat it like just another racing school
and only cover the fundamentals of riding.
Since taking responsibility for the program in
2014, I’ve worked to refine the school’s con-
tent and create an event that helps lower the
intimidation factor of Daytona, which then
gives students enough bandwidth to work
on their skills and improve their lap times at
the same time. We added Scott into the mix
this season and he gave some great insight
about the track and how to get around Day-
tona at speed. We also had Sean Dylan Kel-
ly—the youngest Daytona 200 pole-sitter in
history—along with MotoAmerica Supersport
Champion Bobby Fong in the classroom to
share their insight on Daytona.
My goal for the day is to get each stu-
dent through the riding sessions without
drama and speed them up. And we’ve been
able to do that again this year.
The day at Daytona wasn’t all work. I
managed to get in a few laps around Day-
tona on our Suzuki GSX-R1000R Superbike,
which was pretty enlightening. It had been a
few years since I threw a leg over a top-level
Superbike—and I know how much the parts
On the 2020 Ducati Panigale V2 at Jerez: Single-sided swingarm makes room underneath
and behind the engine for the exhaust volume needed to meet Euro5 and still make power.
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cost to build the bike! So it took me a couple
of laps to wrap my head around riding the
bike, especially on the banking. I was a bit
TRIVIA`
steady for the first laps and it took me a few `Jorge Lorenzo made his Grand Prix
runs on the banking to commit to keeping
the bike pinned through the transition off debut at age 15, riding a Derbi for
the banking. Anyway, as mind blowing as it Caja Madrid Derbi Racing team in the
was, I was able to understand some of the
areas that need improvement on the Super-
2002 125cc Spanish GP. This photo
bike. Once I identified the problem areas, I was taken after his last MotoGP race.
cross-referenced them with our resident new- Photo Courtesy of Michelin.
ly minted MotoAmerica Supersport Champi-
on Bobby Fong, who rode the bike most of the
day to make sure he had the same feeling.
He did, so we’ll get to work on that for 2020.
My next event after Daytona was the
opening day of the 2020 Fastrack Rid-
ers Academy at Auto Club Speedway. My
four-rider team for the 2020 Academy is a
little less experienced than in previous years.
I have two riders who had only been on the
track once before our first coaching days. It’s
a challenge, but also very good for me because
I get to practice the coaching techniques re-
quired to become a Level 100 instructor with
United States Motorcycle Coaching Associa-
tion (USMCA) certification. The requirement
for Level 100 certification is to demonstrate
the skills needed to coach a student from the
start of their first track day to graduation into
the next track day group/level. It is harder
than it sounds when you put it into practice!
Anyway, the group made a ton of progress on
the first day and I’m looking forward to the
NUMBERS`
next Academy session.
After the Academy gig, I flew to Spain for
Lorenzo’s GP Career
the launch of the Ducati Panigale V2 at Jerez
before heading to the final round of the Mo-
toGP season at Valencia to watch Sean Dylan
Kelly make his Moto2 World Championship `Retirement Age: 32
debut. Plus I got to ride an Energica Ego Cor-
sa MotoE bike on the Monday after the Grand `Grand Prix Seasons: 18
Prix. It was a good trip! You can turn to page
`Grand Prix Starts: 296
18 to read all about the Ducati Panigale V2
and watch for a future issue to read about
my ride on the Energica Ego Corsa electric
racebike.  MotoGP: 202
My travel schedule slows down through
the holidays, but there is still plenty of work
 250cc: 48
to do. I’ll be hammer-down sorting out team
deals, testing bikes, and coaching. It’s going
 125cc: 46
to be a busy winter. See you at the track!
RW
`World Championships: 5
 MotoGP: 3
 250cc: 2
`Grand Prix Wins: 68
 MotoGP: 47
 250cc: 17
 125cc: 4
`Podium Finishes: 152
MotoGP: 114
250cc: 29
125cc: 9
`Pole Positions: 69
`Race Fastest Laps: 37
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