Ecstar Suzuki) and Doyle.
"It was hard. It wasn't easy at
all," Di Mario said. "Rocco was
fast all year. I came into this
weekend, and I was really confi-
dent. I like the track. It was really
hot, but
it was a little better than
yesterday. Yesterday felt a lot
worse. I just went out and I knew
what I could do."
Di Mario is the new king on
216 points from Landers' 185
and Doyle's 167.
SUPER HOOLIGANS
The final round of the Super
Hooligan National Championship
came down to a battle between
old foes Cory West (Saddlemen/
Harley-Davidson) and defending
champion Tyler O'Hara (S&S/
Indian Motorcycle).
Riding the Rodio Racing -
Powered by Robem Engineering
RS660, Di Mario took pole posi
-
tion with a Beaubier-esque 0.812
of
a second advantage over
former champion Rocco Landers
(RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines
Suzuki) and disappeared over
both races to win by 6.9 seconds
and 6.5 seconds, respectively.
The only challenger to Di Ma-
rio's possible title was Landers,
but
his challenge was extin-
guished early in race two when
his
machine expired.
The race-one podium was Di
Mario over Dominic Doyle (Gi-
accmoto Yamaha Racing) and Di
Mario's
teammate, Gus Rodio in
third, while race two saw Di Mario
take the gold and the title ahead
of Rossi Moor (Vision Wheel M4
the Vision Wheel Ecstar Suzuki
of Tyler Scott.
Scholtz gradually pulled clear
but Jacobsen effectively handed
his rival the title by crashing
out at the penultimate corner.
The meant Jacobsen, who went
into the race 14 points behind
Scholtz, would leave Texas 39
points behind.
Scholtz took the win, 2.2 sec
-
onds up on Scott, with Davis third.
In the points, Scholtz is
sitting
pretty on 329 to Jacobsen's 290
and Lewis is third on 188.
TWINS CUP
Fifteen-year-old Alessandro Di
Mario is the 2024 MotoAmerica
BellissiMoto Twins Cup Cham-
pion after dominating the class
at COTA.
ROUND 8 / SEPTEMBER 13-15, 2024
CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS / AUSTIN, TEXAS
ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
P88
Alessandro Di
Mario was on
another level at
COTA, taking
both wins and the
Twins Cup title.
