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2021 MOTOAMERICA PREVIEW P98 FEATURE saw limited action in a couple of rounds as a fill-in rider. Now he has a new lease on his racing life after getting the call to ride for the Stock 1000 champion- ship-winning Altus Motorsports for 2021. Travis Wyman has built up an impressive resume in his 13 seasons as a professional motorcycle racer. He's won five races, earned 22-career podi- ums, scored poles and come very close to winning champion- ships, finishing runner up twice in his career. In 2021 Wyman will again contest MotoAmerica Stock 1000 on his Travis Wyman Racing BMW. In Twins Cup perhaps the most excitement is not neces- sarily focused on which riders will battle for the title, but instead the introduction of the Aprilia RS 660 to the class. No pressure on Aprilia, but much is expected of the Italian mount in a class that has seen mostly Suzuki SV650s and Yamaha MT-07- based machines at the top. The most powerful Twins Cup team coming in appears to be Robem Engineering with last year's se- ries runner-up Kaleb De Keyrel, who will be joined by young talents Hayden Schultz and Toby Khamsouk (third and fifth, respectively, in the series last year). The Robem trio will all be racing the new Aprilia. Jackson Blackmon, who was fourth in the series last year, should also be a leading Twins rider. SportbikeTrackGear.com Ju- nior Cup is also ripe for the pick- ing with two-time champ Rocco Landers moving to Supersport in 2021. And it's not just Land- ers who's gone. Same goes for series runner up Dominic Doyle and third-ranked Samuel Lochoff. While Landers is gone, his Land- ers Racing seat remains, and it will be filled by 15-year-old Ben Gloddy. That, combined with the fact that Gloddy is the highest- ranked rider from last year's series coming back, means he'll probably be viewed as the rider to beat coming into Junior Cup round one at Road Atlanta. In addition to the main class- es, MotoAmerica will also feature a three-race King of the Baggers Series. While watching massive touring machines with saddle- bags may not be everyone's cup of tea, there's no denying that fans flock to the fences to watch the race, if nothing else for the sheer novelty and audacity of the class. The Baggers opener will run with MotoAmerica's opening weekend at Road Atlanta. MotoAmerica Mini Cup by Motul is a youth program comprised of a series of four events in the 2021 MotoAmerica Season. The MotoAmerica Mini Cup Series will be held on kart- ing tracks in conjunction with four MotoAmerica events: Road America (June 11-13), The Ridge Motorsports Park (June 25-27), Pittsburgh International Race Complex (August 13-15), and Barber Motorsports Park (Sep- tember 17-19). CN 2021 MOTOAMERICA SCHEDULE Rnd 1 April 30-May 2 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, GA Rnd 2 May 21-23 Virginia International Raceway Alton, VA Rnd 3 June 11-13 Road America Elkhart Lake, WI Rnd 4 June 25-27 The Ridge Motorsports Park Shelton, WA Rnd 5 July 9-11 Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Rnd 6 July 30-August 1 Brainerd International Raceway Brainerd, MN Rnd 7 August 13-15 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, PA Rnd 8 September 10-12 New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, NJ Rnd 9 September 17-19 Barber Motorsports ParkBirmingham, AL