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The Stock 1000 field is stacked
with hard chargers for 2022,
and with champion Jake Lewis
moving back into Superbike, the
class that most resembles what
you can ride on the street will be
nothing less than a bar brawl on
wheels.
Three riders stand out as
potential title candidates. Corey
Alexander steps away from
Kawasaki machinery onto BMW
#54 RICHIE ESCALANTE
VISION WHEEL M4 ECSTAR SUZUKI
Mexican Richie Escalante steps up
the Superbike class for the team he's
battled with constantly over the past two
MotoAmerica Supersport seasons. The
class winner in 2020, Escalante missed
out on the double title to then M4 Ecstar
Suzuki's Sean Dylan Kelly, taking what
would have been Kelly's seat in the
Superbike team had he stayed in America
and not gone to Moto2.
Escalante's a worker and has got to
where he is by sheer will and guts. If the
stars align, especially in the wet, he could
be on for a race win as a rookie.
and teams with title rival Travis
Wyman in the newly formed
Tytlers Cycle Racing structure.
Michael Gilbert will also switch
from Kawasaki machinery, the
Californian moving to Suzuki on
a machine built by the John and
Chris Ulrich-run M4 team.
Behind these three, evergreen
Geoff May is going full-send on
his race program for 2022. He'll
be joined on the grid by fellow
Honda rider Ashton Yates, who
really came on strong towards
the end of the 2021 season.
Vision Wheel M4 Ecstar Suzuki's
Wyatt Farris will be out to make
amends for a difficult 2021, as
the northern Californian will
be looking to land a few race
wins to give some cred to his
undoubted speed.
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