I
n the expansive surrounds of the Vision
Wheel M4 Ecstar Suzuki transporter,
mechanics and machines are quietly
going through the ritual of rebuilding after
another MotoAmerica Supersport prac-
tice session at Laguna Seca.
The team runs five riders—Superbike
stars Kentuckian Jake Lewis and Mexi-
co's Richie Escalante, and three Supers-
port juniors: South African Sam Lochoff,
Colorado's Liam Grant and a skinny, quiet
blonde kid by the name of Tyler Scott out
of Pennsylvania.
Lochoff, the team's senior Supers-
port competitor and their best hope of
wrenching the title from shoo-in cham-
pion Josh Herrin, is absent with a wrist
injury. Grant is just finding his feet in the
category, having just qualified 10th after
a rough start to the year, but it's that
16-year-old Scott that's getting the lion's
share of attention, and rightly so.
INTERVIEW I ROAD RACER TYLER SCOTT
P98
PUNCHING
ABOVE HIS WEIGHT
THE MOTOAMERICA
SUPERSPORT SEASON
HAS BEEN ONE IN
WHICH A VETERAN
HAS RETURNED TO
WINNING WAYS, AND
A ROOKIE HAS SERVED
NOTICE THAT THE NEXT
GENERATION IS WELL
AND TRULY HERE.
MEET TYLER SCOTT.
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK I PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN J. NELSON
