2018 MOTOAMERICA SEASON PREVIEW
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said Debise. "This will be my third
year with the team, the bike, the
tires, and the tracks, which puts
us in a strong position. The team
has worked hard to improve the
bike, and some of the rule chang-
es for next season look good
for us on paper. We won't know
exactly where we stack up until we
get out on track, but everything
appears to be going in a good way
for us. I really feel we have an op-
portunity to improve and fight for
the championship in 2018."
There are a slew of riders who
hope to get up and mix it up with
supersport's Big Three, including
Braeden Ortt (Tuned Racing Ya-
maha), Nick McFadden (M4 med-
Age Suzuki), Bryce Prince (Lucas
Oil/KWR Yamaha) and last year's
Superstock 600 Champion Ja-
son Aguilar (Rickdiculous Racing
Yamaha) chief among them.
2018 MOTOAMERICA RACE SCHEDULE
ROUND 1 APRIL 13-15 ROAD ATLANTA BRASELTON, GA
ROUND 2 APRIL 20-22 CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS AUSTIN, TX
ROUND 3 MAY 4-6 VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY ALTON, VA
ROUND 4 JUNE 1-3 ROAD AMERICA PLYMOUTH, WI
ROUND 5 JUNE 22-24 LAGUNA SECA RACEWAY SALINAS, CA
ROUND 6 JULY 20-22 UTAH MOTORSPORTS CAMPUS TOOELE, UT
ROUND 7 AUGUST 10-12 SONOMA RACEWAY SONOMA, CA
ROUND 8 AUGUST 24-26 PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL RACE COMPLEX WAMPUM, PA
ROUND 9 SEPTEMBER 7-9 NEW JERSEY MOTORSPORTS PARK MILLVILLE, NJ
ROUND 10 SEPTEMBER 21-23 BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK BIRMINGHAM, AL
TWINS CUP
Twins racing is back in Amer-
ica's pro road racing series.
This class harkens back to the
old Battle of the Twins class
that became so popular in the
1980s. The MotoAmerica Twins
Cup bikes will be a little milder
compared to the wide open
BOTT days, but the class should
attract an interesting mix of ma-
chines and riders.
It's too early to tell who will
emerge as the riders to watch
in the series. This class will like-
ly attract a variety of different
riders at each round by bring-
ing in club racers from different
regions around the country the
series visits.
At the Barber test the new
class was led by Brad Per-
diew, the AP MotoArts Yamaha
rider besting Altus Motorsports'
Jason Madama and Evansville
Superbike Shop's Shane Perry.
LIQUI MOLY
JUNIOR CUP
The replacement for the very
competitive KTM RC Cup spec
series, the Junior Cup will still
include the race-proven KTM
RC 390, but now will also
feature a variety of motorcycles
from Honda, Kawasaki and
Yamaha.
Yates Racing's Ashton Yates
led the Junior Cup class in test-
ing, the son of former multi-time
AMA Supersport and Super-
stock champ Aaron Yates is
racing a Kawasaki Ninja 400.
French Canadian Alex Dumas,
on the KTM Orange Brigade/
JP43 Training RC 390R and
RiderzLaw Racing's Jackson
Blackmon on a Yamaha R6,
gave the new class three dif-
ferent brands of motorcycles
in the top three in testing. It's
expected the competition will be
equally intense during the 2018
racing season. CN
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