[COVERAGE] MotoAmerica: New Jersey
October 10th, 2025 by Elusive MediaThe 2025 MotoAmerica season came to a thrilling conclusion at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, New Jersey, with a weekend packed with close racing, championship celebrations, surprise results, and plenty of drama.
The biggest story came in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship, where Cameron Beaubier entered Sunday 13 points behind championship leader Bobby Fong. Fong had strengthened his title hopes with a victory in Saturday’s opening race, but the championship picture changed dramatically on Sunday. Fong crashed out while battling Josh Herrin and Beaubier in Race 2, allowing Herrin to take the victory and Beaubier to finish second.
That set up a winner-take-all atmosphere for the final race. Fong again led early, but another crash on Lap 8 ended his championship hopes. Beaubier went on to win the race and capture his sixth MotoAmerica Superbike Championship. Sean Dylan Kelly finished second, while Hayden Gillim earned his first career Superbike podium in third. Beaubier finished the season with 371 points, ahead of Herrin with 346 and Fong with 339.
There was plenty to celebrate throughout the other MotoAmerica classes as well. Mathew Scholtz completed a dominant weekend by winning both Supersport races and securing his second consecutive Supersport Championship aboard the all-new Yamaha R9. Scholtz ended the year with an impressive 11 victories and 16 podiums in 18 races.
The Mission King of the Baggers provided its own share of excitement. Hayden Gillim won Saturday’s race before finishing a close second to Cameron Petersen on Sunday, with Petersen taking the finale by just 0.208 seconds. Kyle Wyman, who had already secured the championship, celebrated a season that included seven victories and a commanding title-winning points margin.
In Twins Cup, Hank Vossberg ended his season in memorable fashion by capturing his first career victory on Sunday. Alessandro Di Mario, who had already clinched the championship, finished second on Saturday and closed out a dominant season with seven victories and a 97-point championship advantage.
The weekend also produced several personal milestones. Hayden Gillim’s third-place Superbike finish marked his first podium in the premier class, while JD Beach swept all three Superbike Cup races. Ian Fraley also recorded his best overall weekend of the season in Talent Cup with seventh- and eighth-place finishes.
From last-lap battles and first-time podiums to championship celebrations and heartbreaking crashes, MotoAmerica’s season finale at NJMP had a little bit of everything. Most importantly, it kept the Superbike Championship undecided until the final race of the year, with Cameron Beaubier completing an incredible comeback to leave New Jersey as a six-time champion.
Date: September 26-28, 2025
Location: Thunderbolt Raceway, New Jersey Motosports Park, Millville, NJ
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] MotoAmerica: New Jersey
October 16th, 2024 by Elusive MediaThe racing weather Gods must of been on side this weekend. On my travels to the raceway on Saturday, it was rain the whole way down! Twenty minutes from the track, the skies open up and sun for the entire rest of the day! This weekend as packed full. New Jersey has been the final round for the past few years, and many times it comes down to this round to see who’s on top; this year is no different! Josh Herrin on top of the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati won his second AMA Superbike Championship after race 1 on Saturday! Mathew Scholtz clinches his first Supersport title, while Davis Nabs grabs his first supersport win! Fun Fact: Herrin tied Wayne Rainey on the all-time Superbike win list for 10th with his 16th victory. He is now one victory behind the Kentucky Kid, Nicky Hayden for ninth on the win list.
On Sunday, Herrin’s teammate Loris Baz captures his first AMA Superbike win on top of the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati. This also marks the first time a Frenchman has secure top position in AMA Superbike! King Of The Baggers title was also crowed this weekend. Troy Herfoss on top of the S&S/Indian Motorcycle took the title with seven wins this season. Stock 1000 was taken by Real Steel Motorsports’ Hayden Gillim. Honda hasn’t been doing too well in MotoGP, but they secure their first MotoAmerica title on the Honda CBR1000RR-R SP with Gillim.
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Date: September 27-29, 2024
Location: Thunderbolt Raceway, New Jersey Motosports Park, Millville, NJ
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] MotoAmerica: New Jersey
October 1st, 2023 by Elusive MediaNow that I’m finally dry from a full weekend of wet racing, lets get to it! All classes had a handful around the 2.25 mile track. I don’t think anyone saw a dry race line all weekend. REV’IT! Twins Cup and Mission King Of The Baggers titles were up for grabs, where all the others classes have been clinched. Weekend was full of action with 6 different classes racing, which includes the Mission Mini Cup By Motul.
Date: September 22-24, 2023
Location: Thunderbolt Raceway, New Jersey Motosports Park, Millville, NJ
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] MotoAmerica: Pittsburg ’23
August 29th, 2023 by Elusive MediaDate: August 19-20, 2023
Location: Pittsburgh International Race Complex , Pittsburgh, PA
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] MotoAmerica: Pittsburgh
August 31st, 2022 by Elusive MediaMotoAmerica returns the Pittsburgh International Race Complex, a 2.78mile track about 40 minutes outside of Pittsburgh, PA. 7 classes classes of racing came to battle it out. The Medallia Superbike has been keeping us on our toes with Petrucci and Gagne swapping for the championship in the last round. We also had a tricky weekend with a bit of dry and wet practices. While day two started of wets, the 2nd race for superbike ended up dry. And to everyone’s amazement, all races ended up being in the dry, despite an 80% chance of rain in the afternoon. While Petrucci had a 13 point lead coming into Pittsburgh, Gagne has always been strong here. Gagne riding away with two 1st places and Petrucci coming away with a 2nd and 3rd. Scholtz came back with two podiums after being away during the last round. It will be an enjoyable 4 more races with Gagne and Petrucci separated by 1 point!! See you in New Jersey!
Date: August 19-21, 2022
Location: Pittsburgh International Race Complex , Pittsburgh, PA
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] MotoAmerica: New Jersey
September 18th, 2021 by Elusive MediaMotoAmerica returns to New Jersey! The 2.25Mile track has made some improvements since last year. Turn 3, 8 and 10 had payment patches replaced along with sealer along the whole track at Thunderbolt. It made for some great racing this weekend, especially with the Superbike Triple header(and fantastic weather)! We also so saw the return of Josh Herrin after catching covid before the last round. Two months away from racing, but after race one, he was able to get back on the podium for race two and three. Toni Elias was able to fight off Bobby Fong, with less than 2 tenth of a second splitting them for third in race one. Jake Gagne and Mathew Scholtz were able to secure 1st and 2nd for all three races! At the end of race weekend, Jake Gagne was able to secure his 16th straight win! And after this 2nd race he was able to secure his first Superbike Championship! Congratulations to the whole Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha team!
Date: September 10-12, 2021
Location: Thunderbolt Raceway, New Jersey Motosports Park, Millville, NJ
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] MotoAmerica: Pittsburgh
August 26th, 2021 by Elusive MediaMotoAmerica makes it way to the Pittsburgh International race complex where 7 out of the 9 classes were ready to put in a full weekend of racing! Royal Enfield Build Train Race was one of the new classes and exciting to check out. 7 women and 3 rounds.Pittsburgh fans were lucky enough to check out these ladies rips around the track. MotoAmerica Mini Cup Series raced on their own course within the complex and started their 3rd round at Pittsburgh. Another 8 races happened over the other 5 classes on Saturday and Sunday, a packed weeekend for fans. Jake Gagne on his Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha continues his winning streak this weekend at an amazing 13 wins with an impressive 93 points ahead in the championship. Toni Elias take over for injured Josh Herrin also had everyone talking this weekend. On his first outing on the Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha, he was able to secure 2nd place and 3 seconds gap over 3rd place Mathew Scholtz Westby Racing Yamaha. For Sundays race in superbike, everyone was dialed down with their setup. 10 rides were all within a minute of each other vs race 1 where 7 riders were within a minute. Toni Elias wasn’t able to hold on to a podium in the 2nd race, finishing 4th. Mathew Scholtz took over the 2nd position and Bobby Fong on his M4 ECSTAR Suzuki moved up to 3rd vs 8th on saturday. For more information on there classes, be sure to check out motoamerica.com. See you all in New Jersey!
Date: August 13-15, 2021
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] DESMO Picnic & Bike Show
September 5th, 2020 by Elusive MediaDESMO BBQ…or rather Picnic this year has returned! 2020 has be an interesting year with many events posposted until next year, but thankfully things have opened up slightly to allow us to get together with our DESMO brothers and sisters. Who knows what will happens for the DESMO End of the Year dinner, so i’m happy to see some familiar faces and meeting some new ones! This year, location changed and it happens to be on the same weekend as New York International Air Show, which was taking places just a few miles away. We had plenty on the ground and in the sky to keep us entertained! Love the sounds of the Ducati’s pulling in and the F22/F35s flying overhead!
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Date: July, 27th, 2019
Location: Montgomery Fire Department, Montgomery, NY
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] MotoAmerica New Jersey Round 9 ’19
September 14th, 2019 by Elusive MediaMotoAmerica returns to the 2.25 mile New Jersey Motorsport park for round 9 of the championship! Unlike last year where the rain came down in buckets, races were able to complete the the dry which made for some exciting races. Coming into the Championship of New Jersey, many of the classes are in close battle for a championship. Supersport had 4 rides under 50 point difference, Superbike had 3 rides under 50 points, and the Twins top 3 were covered just by 19 points! EBC Brakes Superbike Race 1 came down with Gerloff and Beaubier scrapping for first position on the first half the race, and a late charge from Beaubier in lap 18, but Garret Gerloff was able to pull away and take the win! Cameron Beaubier followed 1.7 seconds behind in 2nd, JD Beach in 3rd and Toni Elias in 4th. Yamaha YZF-R1 takes all 3 podiums! Race 2 of the EBC Brakes Superbike JD Beach leads the first half of the race. As the race continues, Beaubier is able to battle with Beach and positions swap multiple times, but in the end Cameron Beaubier excellent first corner speed gives him the lead and he takes the win! JD Beach comes in second 1.4 seconds behind. Mathew Scholtz finished off the podium make it a Yamaha lockout. Toni Elias is able to work his way up to 4th. Championships start to tighten up, as Superbike top 2 are only 16 points apart. Beaubier was able to gain some much needed points as Toni Elias still leads the championship. Supersport top 2 are only 10 points apart from each other, while the Twins Class top 3 are only 33 points apart! The last round will sure be an exciting one!
Date: September 7-9, 2019
Location: Thunderbolt Raceway, New Jersey Motosports Park, Millville, NJ
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] American Flat Track Meadowlands Mile – Inaugural
October 31st, 2018 by Elusive MediaThe inaugural American Flat Track Meadowlands Mile event presented by Ducati has two classes, Single & Twin with speeds that go well into the triple digits was located in New Jersey with a view of New York City in the distance. While I spoke with many fans that were local, there was an impressive amount of fans that were traveling from outside the Tri-State area considering the rainy damp weather. As night sets and the track light reflects of the mist in the air, the heats continue and we are ready some nail biting finishes in the main events! The Single main event, 1st and 2nd were .006 between each other, the top 4 places in the Twin event were all within .800 of each other! With 15 and 25 laps races, any slip up would of knocked you off the podium. I know I’m looking forward to this event next year. It’s good to see Flat Track racing so close to home!
Singles – Top 5
| POS | # | Rider | Sponsors | Bike | Interval | Gap | Best Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 52 | Shayna Texter | Husqvarna Motorcycles,Roof Systems,Parts Unlimited,Drag… | Husqvarna FC450 | 15 Laps | WINNER | 0:40.296 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Kolby Carlile | Estenson Racing,McCandless Trucking Center,Utility,Autolite,K.C…. | Yamaha YZ450F | 0.006 | 0.006 | 0:40.526 | 20 |
| 3 | 62 | Dan Bromley | KTM North America,Bromley MOtorsports,Steve Bromley,Henderson… | KTM 450 SX-F | 3.337 | 3.330 | 0:40.696 | 17 |
| 4 | 94 | Ryan Wells | Honda,Al Lamb Dallas Honda,Pro Honda Oils and Chemicals,S&S… | Honda CRF450R | 3.729 | 0.392 | 0:40.437 | 15 |
| 5 | 38 | Tanner Dean | Waters Autobody,D&D Powersports,RLJ Racing,Spectro… | KTM 450 SX-F | 3.809 | 0.079 | 0:40.590 | 14 |
Twins – Top 5
| POS | # | Rider | Sponsors | Bike | Interval | Gap | Best Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Bryan Smith | Indian Motorcycle,AllState Motorcycle Insurance,Shoei,Rockstar,Indian… | Indian Scout FTR750 | 25 Laps | WINNER | 0:37.898 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Jared Mees | Indian Motorcycle,Rogers Racing,SDI,Hernleys Indian,Motul,Alpinestars,National… | Indian Scout FTR750 | 0.343 | 0.343 | 0:38.033 | 20 |
| 3 | 23 | Jeffrey Carver Jr. | Roof-Systems of Dallas TX,Indian of Metro Milwaukee,Happy… | Indian Scout FTR750 | 0.565 | 0.222 | 0:38.232 | 17 |
| 4 | 14 | Briar Bauman | Zanotti Racing,Roof Systems,Western Powersports,Hard… | Indian Scout FTR750 | 0.868 | 0.302 | 0:38.109 | 15 |
| 5 | 17 | Henry Wiles | Bandit Industries,Wilco Racing,Willy Built,Mad Dog… | Indian Scout FTR750 | 6.613 | 5.744 | 0:38.499 | 14 |
Date: October 6th, 2018
Location: Meadowlands Racing and Entertainment, East Rutherford, NJ
By: Erik
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