The weekend's results dramati-
cally reshaped the championship
battle.
Kelly departed Wisconsin
with a one-point lead over Scholtz,
106-105, while Fong moved into
third, 26 points behind the new
championship leader.
Real Steel Honda's Andrew
Lee took another double win in
Superbike Cup and tightened his
stranglehold on the points lead
aboard his Honda CBR1000RR-
R Fireblade SP. He now holds
a 63-point lead over Super Carl
Racing 57 Rider Development's
Carl Soltisz, also aboard a Honda
CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP.
the season by 0.381 of a sec
-
ond, followed by Jacobsen and
Fong. Beach finished fourth,
while Hayden Gillim (Real Steel
Honda) narrowly defeated Rich-
ie Escalante (Mission Foods M4
Ecstar
Suzuki) for sixth by just
two-thousandths of a second.
"I knew there were a lot of guys
behind me, but not many people
were able to pass. I just tried
to focus on my pace, focus on
myself, and not make any mis
-
takes," Kelly said. "I am proud of
the performance
I did. And yeah,
coming up to the last lap, finish
line, P1, man, it felt so good."
four when Scholtz suffered an
engine failure aboard his Ya-
maha YZF-R1. The South African
was forced
to retire from sixth
position, ending what had been
another solid points-scoring run.
At the front, Kelly and Jacob-
sen gradually edged away from
the chasing riders
in the clos-
ing laps. Fong secured the final
podium position after passing
teammate Beach,
while Peters-
en completed another impres-
sive comeback from 14th on the
grid
to finish fifth.
Kelly crossed the finish line
for his first Superbike victory of
ROUND 3 / MAY 29-31, 2026
ROAD AMERICA / ELKHART LAKE, WISCONSIN
ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
P110
PJ Jacobsen (15)
leads the way early
in race two from JD
Beach (95) and Sean
Dylan Kelly (40).
