The 2020 MotoAmerica Championship (known as 2020 HONOS FIM MotoAmerica Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 6th season of the MotoAmerica Championship.
Classes
Superbike MotoAmerica’s premier race class, HONOS Superbike showcases the top road racers aboard top-of-the-line, highly modified motorcycles capable of speeds approaching 200 miles per hour. Engine configurations and minimum weight requirements are listed below:
Over 750cc up to 1000cc, 4-stroke, 3- and 4-cylinder Over 850cc up to 1200cc, 4-stroke, 2-cylinder 370.5 pounds Models: BMW S1000RR, Ducati Panigale V4 R, Honda CBR1000RR, Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R, Suzuki GSX-R1000, Yamaha YZF-R1
Stock 1000 A feeder class for Superbike, Stock 1000 gives MotoAmerica riders the opportunity to gain experience aboard 1,000cc motorcycles with an eye toward eventually moving up to Superbike. Engine configurations requirements are listed below:
Over 750cc up to 1000cc, 4-stroke, 3- and 4-cylinder Over 850cc up to 1200cc, 4-stroke, 2-cylinder 374 pounds Models: BMW S1000RR, Honda CBR1000RR, Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R, Suzuki GSX-R1000, Yamaha YZF-R1
Supersport MotoAmerica’s middleweight race class, Supersport features the series’ rising stars competing aboard production-based motorcycles. Engine configurations and minimum weight requirements are listed below:
Over 400cc up to 600cc, 4-stroke, 4-cylinder Over 500cc up to 675cc, 4-stroke, 3-cylinder Over 600cc up to 750cc, 4-stroke, 2-cylinder 354.2 pounds Models: Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R, Suzuki GSX-R600, Yamaha YZF-R6
Twins Putting middleweight, twin-cylinder motorcycles in the spotlight, Twins Cup enables regional and club racers from around the country to step up to the MotoAmerica series and compete on a national level. Engine configurations requirements are listed below:
Over 600cc up to 800cc, 4-stroke, 2-cylinder Over 600cc up to 700cc: 297.6 pounds Over 700cc up to 800cc: 319.6 pounds Models: Kawasaki Ninja 650, Suzuki SV650, Yamaha FZ-07/MT-07
Junior Cup MotoAmerica’s entry-level race class, Liqui Moly Junior Cup presents the series’ youngest riders competing aboard small-displacement, production-based motorcycles. Engine configurations requirements are listed below:
Over 300cc up to 500cc, 4-stroke, 1- or 2-cylinder Models: Honda CBR500R, Kawasaki Ninja 400, Yamaha YZF-R3
Race calendar and results A provisional 9-event calendar was announced on 13 April 2020. 2020 CalendarRoundStateCircuitDateSuperbikeStock 1000SupersportTwinsJunior Cup1R1 WisconsinRoad America30 May Cameron Beaubier PJ Jacobsen Richie Escalante Kaleb De Keyrel Dominic DoyleR231 may Cameron BeaubierNo Race Richie EscalanteNo Race Dominic Doyle2R1 WisconsinRoad America27 June Cameron Beaubier Cameron Petersen Richie Escalante Kaleb De Keyrel Dominic DoyleR228 June Bobby FongNo Race Richie Escalante Rocco Landers Rocco Landers3R1 GeorgiaRoad Atlanta1 August Cameron Beaubier Corey Alexander Sean Dylan Kelly Kaleb De Keyrel Rocco LandersR22 August Cameron Beaubier Corey Alexander Richie EscalanteNo Race Rocco Landers4R1 PennsylvaniaPittsburgh International Race Complex8 August Cameron Beaubier Cameron Petersen Richie Escalante Rocco Landers Rocco LandersR29 August Cameron Beaubier Cameron Petersen Richie EscalanteNo Race Rocco Landers5R1 WashingtonThe Ridge Motorsports Park29 August Cameron Beaubier Cameron Petersen Richie Escalante Rocco Landers Rocco LandersR230 August Cameron Beaubier Sean Dylan KellyNo Race Rocco Landers6R1 New JerseyNew Jersey Motorsports Park12 September Cameron Beaubier Cameron Petersen Richie Escalante Rocco Landers Rocco LandersR213 September Cameron Beaubier Sean Dylan Kelly Rocco Landers Rocco Landers7R1 AlabamaBarber Motorsports Park19 September Cameron Beaubier Cameron Petersen Richie Escalante Rocco Landers Rocco LandersR220 September Cameron Beaubier Cameron Petersen Richie Escalante Rocco Landers Rocco Landers8R1 IndianaThe Brickyard10 October Bobby Fong Travis Wyman Richie Escalante Rocco Landers Rocco LandersR211 October Lorenzo ZanettiNo Race Richie EscalanteNo Race Rocco LandersR3 Bobby FongNo RaceNo RaceNo RaceNo Race9R1 CaliforniaWeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca24 October Cameron Beaubier Cameron Petersen Sean Dylan Kelly Rocco Landers Rocco LandersR225 OctoberNo Race Sean Dylan KellyNo Race Rocco LandersR3No RaceNo RaceNo RaceNo Race
Championship Standings
Points were awarded as follows: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Points252016131110987654321 Superbike Pos. Rider Bike RAM ATL PIT TRD NJR BAR INP LGS Pts. R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Cameron Beaubier Yamaha 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 3 2 1 1 1 436 2 Jake Gagne Yamaha 3 2 6 2 2 2 3 3 4 2 Ret 2 2 5 2 4 7 4 4 5 301 3 Bobby Fong Suzuki 4 Ret 2 1 5 4 Ret Ret 3 3 5 4 6 3 1 2 1 Ret 10 4 253 4 Toni Elias Suzuki 16 Ret 4 7 4 5 5 5 5 6 3 5 4 4 4 5 DNS 2 3 2 222 5 Mathew Scholtz Yamaha 2 Ret 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 4 2 3 3 2 DNS 0 0 0 0 0 221 6 Josh Herrin BMW 6 3 7 5 Ret 7 7 4 6 5 10 Ret 8 6 5 6 4 7 8 13 176 7 Kyle Wyman Ducati 5 4 3 3 Ret 6 4 6 DNS 0 4 6 7 10 DNS 9 5 5 7 7 174 8 Cameron Petersen Suzuki 15 7 10 8 16 9 13 8 9 7 7 7 5 Ret DNS 7 6 8 5 8 133 9 Lorenzo Zanetti Ducati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Ret 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 3 2 3 118 10 David Anthony Suzuki 8 6 8 6 6 8 6 7 Ret Ret 8 9 DNS 8 DNS 11 9 Ret DNS Ret 108 11 Travis Wyman BMW 10 15 12 13 11 12 10 10 DNS 10 11 10 10 9 6 8 8 Ret 12 16 95 12 Corey Alexander Kawasaki 12 8 Ret 9 DNS 10 DNS 12 Ret DNS 6 8 DNS 7 10 12 11 10 13 10 86 13 Max Flinders Yamaha 11 9 11 10 9 13 12 DNS Ret 12 14 13 14 14 11 16 14 14 16 11 64 14 Danilo Lewis BMW 13 11 15 14 10 DNS 0 0 14 Ret 12 12 15 16 9 10 Ret 13 11 12 53 15 Bradley Ward Kawasaki 14 10 14 12 8 Ret 9 Ret 10 9 9 DNS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 16 Michael Gilbert Suzuki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 13 10 11 9 9 37 17 Jeremy Coffey BMW 16 13 0 15 14 15 14 DNS 13 11 13 11 13 Ret 15 15 15 16 Ret DNS 31 18 Niccolo Canepa Yamaha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 30 19 PJ Jacobsen Ducati 7 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 20 Alex Dumas Suzuki 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNS 9 DNS 0 0 0 0 0 8 Ret 13 12 14 14 26 21 Jayson Uribe Honda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 DNS Ret 23 22 Jake Lewis BMW 9 Ret 0 0 0 0 8 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 23 Joseph Giannotto Kawasaki 16 12 Ret DNS 13 14 0 0 0 0 15 Ret 12 15 12 16 16 0 0 0 19 24 Ashton Yates Honda DNS 14 Ret 16 12 Ret DNS DNS 0 0 DNS 0 11 12 13 16 DNS 0 0 0 18 25 Stefano Mesa Kawasaki 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 DNS 0 0 0 0 DNS 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 26 Sam Verderico Yamaha 16 16 13 Ret 0 0 15 Ret 16 13 16 14 0 0 14 16 16 16 16 15 12 27 Andrew Lee Kawasaki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 11 Ret Ret 16 0 0 0 12 28 Michael Gilbert Suzuki 0 0 Ret 11 0 0 0 DNS 12 DNS DNS 0 DNS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 29 Geoff May Kawasaki 0 0 0 0 7 DNS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 30 Andy DiBrino Kawasaki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 DNS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 DNS 7 31 Maximiliano Gerardo Kawasaki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNS 14 12 0 0 0 6 32 Hunter Dunham Yamaha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 15 0 0 0 Ret 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 33 Jeffrey Purk Yamaha 0 0 0 0 15 16 16 14 0 0 0 0 16 16 DNS 16 16 0 0 0 3 34 Brian Pinkstaff Kawasaki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 35 Steven Shakespeare Yamaha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Pos. Rider Bike RAM ATL PIT TRD NJR BAR INP LGS Pts.Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap
Stock 1000 Pos. Rider Bike RAM ATL PIT TRD NJR BAR INP LGS Pts. R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R1 R1 R2 R1 R1 1 Cameron Petersen Suzuki 2 1 2 16 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 260 2 Corey Alexander Kawasaki 3 6 1 1 3 2 3 2 3 2 Ret 2 204 3 Travis Wyman BMW 6 5 7 5 7 3 4 4 5 6 1 6 148 4 Michael Gilbert Kawasaki 5 3 6 Ret 4 6 2 3 4 3 0 0 125 5 Stefano Mesa Kawasaki 4 2 5 4 5 5 0 0 2 4 5 0 123 6 Alex Dumas Suzuki 7 4 3 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 117 7 Ashton Yates Honda 8 8 8 6 6 7 0 5 7 8 7 0 90 8 Danilo Lewis BMW 9 7 9 DNS 0 0 5 6 9 7 6 3 86 9 Joseph Giannotto Kawasaki Ret Ret 10 7 0 0 0 7 10 9 8 0 45 10 Hunter Dunham Yamaha 10 10 11 Ret 8 8 DNS 0 8 0 0 0 41 11 Jeffrey Purk Yamaha Ret 11 14 12 12 11 0 0 13 11 10 11 39 12 Maximiliano Gerardo Kawasaki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 3 0 37 13 Corey Heflin Yamaha 0 0 13 9 11 10 0 9 14 12 16 0 34 14 Christian Crosslin Kawasaki 0 0 12 8 9 9 0 0 11 0 0 0 31 15 Geoff May Kawasaki 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 16 Jeremy Simmons Yamaha 12 12 16 11 13 15 0 10 15 13 16 15 28 17 PJ Jacobsen Ducati 1 0 DNS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 18 Steven Shakespeare Yamaha 13 15 0 0 14 12 0 11 0 0 16 12 19 19 Manuel Segura Kawasaki 0 0 15 13 10 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 20 Tony Storniolo Kawasaki 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 21 Andy DiBrino Kawasaki 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ret 0 0 0 0 5 11 22 Adam Robarts Suzuki 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 10 23 Edgar Zaragoza Yamaha 0 13 DNS DNS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 10 24 Alan Phillips Kawasaki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 10 0 0 10 25 George Myshlyayev Kawasaki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 26 Ned Brown Yamaha 0 0 16 10 DNS Ret 0 0 0 0 13 0 9 27 Cody Cochran BMW 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 16 9 28 Sebastiao Ferreira Suzuki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 29 Steve Zoumaras Kawasaki 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 30 Jeremy Cook BMW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 16 0 8 31 Aaron Risinger BMW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 7 32 Kevin Nanthrup BMW 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 7 33 Michael Butler Yamaha 15 14 16 15 0 0 0 0 16 15 14 0 7 34 Sahar Zvik Kawasaki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 35 Sean Cresap Suzuki 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 6 36 Walt Sipp Yamaha 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 Ret 0 11 0 5 37 Stefan Dolipski BMW 14 16 16 16 15 14 0 0 Ret 0 16 0 5 38 Josh Gerardot Kawasaki 16 0 16 Ret 16 16 0 12 16 16 16 Ret 4 39 John Dunham Yamaha 0 0 16 14 0 0 0 0 16 14 0 0 4 40 Ivan Munoz Kawasaki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 16 4 41 Wes Farnsworth Kawasaki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 Pos. Rider Bike RAM ATL PIT TRD NJR BAR INP LGS Pts.Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap
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