2020 MotoAmerica season explained

See main article: 2020 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship. The 2020 MotoAmerica Championship (known as 2020 HONOS FIM MotoAmerica Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 6th season of the MotoAmerica Championship.[1]

Classes

Superbike

MotoAmerica’s premier race class, HONOS Superbike showcases the top road racers aboard top-of-the-line, highly modified motorcycles capable of speeds approaching 200 miles per hour.[2] Engine configurations and minimum weight requirements are listed below:

Stock 1000

A feeder class for Superbike, Stock 1000 gives MotoAmerica riders the opportunity to gain experience aboard 1,000cc motorcycles with an eye toward eventually moving up to Superbike.[3] Engine configurations requirements are listed below:

Supersport

MotoAmerica’s middleweight race class, Supersport features the series’ rising stars competing aboard production-based motorcycles.[4] Engine configurations and minimum weight requirements are listed below:

Twins

Putting middleweight, twin-cylinder motorcycles in the spotlight, Twins Cup enables regional and club racers from around the country to step up to the MotoAmerica series and compete on a national level.[5] Engine configurations requirements are listed below:

Junior Cup

MotoAmerica’s entry-level race class, Liqui Moly Junior Cup presents the series’ youngest riders competing aboard small-displacement, production-based motorcycles.[6] Engine configurations requirements are listed below:

Race calendar and results

A provisional 9-event calendar was announced on 13 April 2020.[7]

2020 Calendar[8]
RoundStateCircuitDateSuperbikeStock 1000SupersportTwinsJunior Cup
1R1 WisconsinRoad America30 May Cameron Beaubier PJ Jacobsen Richie Escalante Kaleb De Keyrel Dominic Doyle
R231 may Cameron BeaubierNo Race Richie EscalanteNo Race Dominic Doyle
2R1 WisconsinRoad America27 June Cameron Beaubier Cameron Petersen Richie Escalante Kaleb De Keyrel Dominic Doyle
R228 June Bobby FongNo Race Richie Escalante Rocco Landers Rocco Landers
3R1 GeorgiaRoad Atlanta1 August Cameron Beaubier Corey Alexander Sean Dylan Kelly Kaleb De Keyrel Rocco Landers
R22 August Cameron Beaubier Corey Alexander Richie EscalanteNo Race Rocco Landers
4R1 PennsylvaniaPittsburgh International Race Complex8 August Cameron Beaubier Cameron Petersen Richie Escalante Rocco Landers Rocco Landers
R29 August Cameron Beaubier Cameron Petersen Richie EscalanteNo Race Rocco Landers
5R1 WashingtonThe Ridge Motorsports Park29 August Cameron Beaubier Cameron Petersen Richie Escalante Rocco Landers Rocco Landers
R230 August Cameron Beaubier Sean Dylan KellyNo Race Rocco Landers
6R1 New JerseyNew Jersey Motorsports Park12 September Cameron Beaubier Cameron Petersen Richie Escalante Rocco Landers Rocco Landers
R213 September Cameron Beaubier Sean Dylan Kelly Rocco Landers Rocco Landers
7R1 AlabamaBarber Motorsports Park19 September Cameron Beaubier Cameron Petersen Richie Escalante Rocco Landers Rocco Landers
R220 September Cameron Beaubier Cameron Petersen Richie Escalante Rocco Landers Rocco Landers
8R1 IndianaThe Brickyard10 October Bobby Fong Travis Wyman Richie Escalante Rocco Landers Rocco Landers
R211 October Lorenzo ZanettiNo Race Richie EscalanteNo Race Rocco Landers
R3 Bobby FongNo RaceNo RaceNo RaceNo Race
9R1 CaliforniaWeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca24 October Cameron Beaubier Cameron Petersen Sean Dylan Kelly Rocco Landers Rocco Landers
R225 OctoberNo Race Sean Dylan KellyNo Race Rocco Landers
R3No RaceNo RaceNo RaceNo Race

Championship Standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th  13th  14th  15th 
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Superbike

Pos.RiderBikeRAM
ATL
PIT
TRD
NJR
BAR
INP
LGS
Pts.
R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R3R1R2R3
1 Cameron BeaubierYamaha111Ret1111111111Ret32111436
2 Jake GagneYamaha3262223342Ret225247445301
3 Bobby FongSuzuki4Ret2154RetRet335463121Ret104253
4 Toni EliasSuzuki16Ret47455556354445DNS232222
5 Mathew ScholtzYamaha2Ret543322242332DNS00000221
6 Josh HerrinBMW6375Ret7746510Ret865647813176
7 Kyle WymanDucati5433Ret646DNS046710DNS95577174
8 Cameron PetersenSuzuki15710816913897775RetDNS76858133
9 Lorenzo ZanettiDucati000000007Ret0000313323118
10 David AnthonySuzuki86866867RetRet89DNS8DNS119RetDNSRet108
11 Travis WymanBMW1015121311121010DNS101110109688Ret121695
12 Corey AlexanderKawasaki128Ret9DNS10DNS12RetDNS68DNS710121110131086
13 Max FlindersYamaha119111091312DNSRet121413141411161414161164
14 Danilo LewisBMW1311151410DNS0014Ret12121516910Ret13111253
15 Bradley WardKawasaki141014128Ret9Ret1099DNS0000000049
16 Michael GilbertSuzuki0000000000000071310119937
17 Jeremy CoffeyBMW1613015141514DNS1311131113Ret15151516RetDNS31
18 Niccolo CanepaYamaha0000000000000000066630
19 PJ JacobsenDucati7590000000000000000027
20 Alex DumasSuzuki000000DNS9DNS000008Ret1312141426
21 Jayson UribeHonda000000008800000009DNSRet23
22 Jake LewisBMW9Ret000081100000000000020
23 Joseph GiannottoKawasaki1612RetDNS1314000015Ret121512161600019
24 Ashton YatesHondaDNS14Ret1612RetDNSDNS00DNS011121316DNS00018
25 Stefano MesaKawasaki000001111DNS0000DNS1300000013
26 Sam VerdericoYamaha161613Ret0015Ret161316140014161616161512
27 Andrew LeeKawasaki000000000000911RetRet1600012
28 Michael GilbertSuzuki00Ret11000DNS12DNSDNS0DNS00000009
29 Geoff MayKawasaki00007DNS000000000000009
30 Andy DiBrinoKawasaki0000000011DNS00000001515DNS7
31 Maximiliano GerardoKawasaki00000000000000DNS14120006
32 Hunter DunhamYamaha00000001315000Ret00000004
33 Jeffrey PurkYamaha00001516161400001616DNS16160003
34 Brian PinkstaffKawasaki00000000161400000000002
35 Steven ShakespeareYamaha00000000001615000000001
Pos.RiderBikeRAM
ATL
PIT
TRD
NJR
BAR
INP
LGS
Pts.
Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Stock 1000

Pos.RiderBikeRAM
ATL
PIT
TRD
NJR
BAR
INP
LGS
Pts.
R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R1R1R2R1R1
1 Cameron PetersenSuzuki2121611111121260
2 Corey AlexanderKawasaki3611323232Ret2204
3 Travis WymanBMW657573445616148
4 Michael GilbertKawasaki536Ret46234300125
5 Stefano MesaKawasaki425455002450123
6 Alex DumasSuzuki743224000044117
7 Ashton YatesHonda88866705787090
8 Danilo LewisBMW979DNS0056976386
9 Joseph GiannottoKawasakiRetRet10700071098045
10 Hunter DunhamYamaha101011Ret88DNS0800041
11 Jeffrey PurkYamahaRet1114121211001311101139
12 Maximiliano GerardoKawasaki00000000653037
13 Corey HeflinYamaha00139111009141216034
14 Christian CrosslinKawasaki0012899001100031
15 Geoff MayKawasaki00430000000029
16 Jeremy SimmonsYamaha1212161113150101513161528
17 PJ JacobsenDucati10DNS00000000025
18 Steven ShakespeareYamaha131500141201100161219
19 Manuel SeguraKawasaki001513101300000013
20 Tony StornioloKawasaki119000000000012
21 Andy DiBrinoKawasaki000000Ret0000511
22 Adam RobartsSuzuki00000060000010
23 Edgar ZaragozaYamaha013DNSDNS0000000910
24 Alan PhillipsKawasaki0000000012100010
25 George MyshlyayevKawasaki0000000000079
26 Ned BrownYamaha001610DNSRet00001309
27 Cody CochranBMW00000070000169
28 Sebastiao FerreiraSuzuki0000000000088
29 Steve ZoumarasKawasaki0000008000008
30 Jeremy CookBMW00000008001608
31 Aaron RisingerBMW0000000000907
32 Kevin NanthrupBMW0000009000007
33 Michael ButlerYamaha15141615000016151407
34 Sahar ZvikKawasaki00000000000106
35 Sean CresapSuzuki00000010000006
36 Walt SippYamaha01616160000Ret01105
37 Stefan DolipskiBMW14161616151400Ret01605
38 Josh GerardotKawasaki16016Ret1616012161616Ret4
39 John DunhamYamaha00161400001614004
40 Ivan MunozKawasaki000000000012164
41 Wes FarnsworthKawasaki00000000000133
Pos.RiderBikeRAM
ATL
PIT
TRD
NJR
BAR
INP
LGS
Pts.
Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Supersport

Pos.RiderBikeRAM
ATL
PIT
TRD
NJR
BAR
INP
LGS
Pts.
R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2
1 Richie EscalanteKawasaki111121111Ret131111Ret2381
2 Sean Dylan KellySuzukiRet222122221312216211341
3 Brandon PaaschKawasaki2DSQ3333333Ret22433426260
4 Jason AguilarYamahaRet34454447398346Ret48192
5 Lucas SilvaSuzuki85786667627710846613173
6 Kevin OlmedoSuzuki310DNS045554Ret555587Ret9149
7 Nate MinsterYamaha4465108888Ret8107679711148
8 Xavier ZayatYamaha67109DNS07654448Ret55912142
9 Benjamin SmithYamaha5125777RetRet006661098Ret4117
10 Nolan LamkinYamaha10686DNS9Ret1011511119711Ret815103
11 Jaret NassaneySuzuki991115911RetRet912109Ret111211101478
12 Alejandro ThermiotisYamaha1114RetRet111210Ret106121211913Ret131664
13 Edgar ZaragozaYamaha1315141214131311158151315151416121644
14 Stefano MesaKawasaki00000000000000230036
15 Carl SoltiszYamaha789100000000000Ret120034
16 Cory VenturaKawasaki00000000000000003527
17 Max Angles FernandezYamaha00Ret1181090000000000026
18 Bryce PrinceYamaha00000000000000005720
19 Kinzer NaylorKawasaki00121300001470000000018
20 JD BeachYamaha0000000000000000Ret316
21 Tony BlackallYamaha15Ret13160016151611131516161515161616
22 CJ LaRocheYamaha0000001190000001614Ret1614
23 Patrick ColemanKawasaki1211Ret1600RetRet000000161315Ret13
24 Hayden SchultzKawasaki0000000000000010100012
25 Austin MillerKawasaki00001215151400001216000012
26 Andrew LeeKawasaki0000000000000000111011
27 Dustin WalbonKawasaki000000001390000000010
28 Chris SarboraYamaha000000001210000000161610
29 Chuck IveyYamaha0000131400000016131616008
30 Aldo RovirosaYamaha000000000000131200007
31 Gary YancoskieKawasaki000000121300000000007
32 Jorge EhrensteinYamaha1413Ret14000000000000007
33 Tyler WasserbauerYamaha000000141200000000006
34 Scott BriodySuzuki0000000000141400Ret16004
35 Mark FaulknerSuzuki00000000000014Ret00002
36 Roberto Hernan MedinaYamaha000000000000161400002
37 Kevin MurphyKawasaki000000000000000014162
Pos.RiderBikeRAM
ATL
PIT
TRD
NJR
BAR
INP
LGS
Pts.
Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Twins

Pos.RiderBikeRAM
ATL
PIT
TRD
NJR
BAR
INP
LGS
Pts.
R1R2R3R1R1R1R1R2R1R2R1R1
1 Rocco LandersSuzuki231311111111277
2 Kaleb De KeyrelYamaha11212264Ret233210
3 Hayden SchultzYamaha11113230322320154
4 Jackson BlackmonSuzuki52Ret464Ret63795120
5 Toby KhamsoukSuzuki7665455554Ret7119
6 Cooper McDonaldYamaha67511969966Ret499
7 Jason MadamaYamaha347883DNS0006080
8 Trevor StandishSuzukiRet10810107787Ret7680
9 Teagg HobbsSuzukiDNS04611027005068
10 Dominic DoyleSuzuki00000043004262
11 Sam WiestSuzuki1213110148810121113955
12 Joseph BlasiusSuzuki00075000458052
13 Chris ParrishSuzuki459Ret00008811052
14 Kris LillegardYamaha99100700091010048
15 Ryan Max JohnsonYamaha00000010111090024
16 Daniel AdamsSuzuki880000001114DNS023
17 Ryne SnooksSuzuki13Ret1516159111216Ret0021
18 Carl PriceSuzuki1616121316DNS001616161211
19 Austin MillerSuzuki1012000000000010
20 Tyler FreemanSuzuki0001200001413009
21 Darren JamesYamaha0000000000088
22 Chris BaysSuzuki000Ret1300015Ret1208
23 Dante WitterYamaha0009000000007
24 Jared TreesSuzuki000000001312007
25 Alex TaylorYamaha000001000000DNS6
26 Justin FiliceKawasaki0001616000000106
27 Paul HopkinsSuzuki00DNS0160131300006
28 Dustin WalbonSuzuki00000Ret00000115
29 Steven SmithSuzuki16161314000000005
30 Cliff RamsdellSuzuki001616161100161616165
31 Rodney VestSuzukiRet1601516014151616DNS04
32 Robert Cichielo Jr.Suzuki1616000012Ret00004
33 Jerry ReevesSuzuki000012000001604
34 Aaron TulchinskyYamaha00000000000133
35 Corey HartSuzuki000000Ret1416151603
36 Anthony MarcinekYamaha15161401600000003
37 Shawn HillYamaha1415160Ret000001603
38 Michael KimSuzuki00000000000142
39 Brett DonahueYamaha00000000001402
40 Shawn AdamsSuzukiDNS1400000016161602
41 Matthew RiedlingerSuzuki00000Ret00000151
Pos.RiderBikeRAM
ATL
PIT
TRD
NJR
BAR
INP
LGS
Pts.
Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Junior Cup

Pos.RiderBikeRAM
ATL
PIT
TRD
NJR
BAR
INP
LGS
Pts.
R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2
1 Rocco LandersKawasaki222111111111111111435
2 Dominic DoyleKawasaki111232DNS2329Ret1322222297
3 Samuel LochoffKawasaki355323232324254333287
4 Benjamin GloddyKawasaki533444354533333125Ret228
5 Liam GrantKawasaki6688799951387647944162
6 David KohlstaedtKawasaki9861011674645DNS59DNS578148
7 Jack RoachKawasaki00117570107765479687135
8 Cody WymanYamaha747981166001088Ret5766133
9 Blake DavisKawasaki000098148867676111499102
10 Joseph LiMandri JrKawasaki00961010570042006100098
11 Gus RodioKawasaki4745654Ret900000000087
12 Aden ThaoKawasaki13131512131210161091210DNS12101311Ret65
13 John KnowlesKawasaki8111211DSQ1511DSQ1110141311131316131262
14 Isaiah BurlesonKawasaki1591015DSQDSQRetRet00009101540042
15 Errol SullivanKawasaki1210Ret16DSQ14Ret13Ret8000000101134
16 Daniel KinardKawasaki111213RetDSQ161315Ret111312DNS000151332
17 Max VanDenBrouckKawasaki000000000000101112Ret121025
18 Alexis OliveraKawasaki1014RetRet1213DNS141300000000020
19 Maximiliano RochaKawasaki000000000000DSQ81680016
20 Eli BlockKawasaki00000012160011900000016
21 Daniel Cano FloresKawasaki00RetRet008110000DSQRet000013
22 Jay NewtonKawasaki000000000000008110013
23 Brady ForsKawasaki16151413000000001214DNS00012
24 Tristan KingKawasaki00Ret1400Ret1200Ret1100Ret150012
25 Maxwell TothKawasaki0000000000000000Ret511
26 Ryan CresapKawasaki000000001212000000008
27 Alex RicciKawasaki00000000000000141616144
28 Ethan CookYamaha000000000000000014DNS2
29 Cameron JonesHonda14DNSDNS0DSQ00000000000002
30 Jake VandalKawasaki000000000000DSQDSQ00000
Pos.RiderBikeRAM
ATL
PIT
TRD
NJR
BAR
INP
LGS
Pts.
Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home. 2020-11-08. en-US.
  2. Web site: Superbike. 2020-11-08. en-US.
  3. Web site: Stock 1000. 2020-11-08. en-US.
  4. Web site: Supersport. 2020-11-08. en-US.
  5. Web site: Twins Cup. 2020-11-08. en-US.
  6. Web site: Liqui Moly Junior Cup. 2020-11-08. en-US. October 22, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201022124014/https://motoamerica.com/liqui-moly-junior-cup/. dead.
  7. Web site: 2020-04-13. 2020 MotoAmerica Superbikes Championship Series Schedule. 2020-11-08. Ultimate Motorcycling. en-US.
  8. Web site: Standings. 2020-11-08. en-US.