Eight of MotoAmerica’s best young road racers will represent FIM North America in the inaugural FIM Intercontinental Games at the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto circuit in Spain, November 29 through December 1, with the eight riders slated to compete in two classes, Supersport and Supersport 300 on Yamaha YZF-R7s and YZF-R3s.
The FIM North America team will compete against teams from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Oceania in a competition for global supremacy.
The Supersport 300 class will be captained by Avery Dreher, with the 2023 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Champion joined by 2023 AMA Female Racer of the Year Mikayla Moore, FIM JuniorGP Moto European Championship competitor Max Toth, and 2024 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Champion Matthew Chapin.
Supersport captain Hayden Schultz will lead the FIM North America team in Spain where he will be joined by FIM Women’s Circuit Racing World Championship competitor Mallory Dobbs, former MotoAmerica Twins Cup Champion and Supersport race winner Blake Davis, along with two-time MotoAmerica Junior Cup Champion and 2020 MotoAmerica Twins Cup Champion Rocco Landers.
“The inaugural FIM Intercontinental Games offers a chance for riders from across North America to compete against the other Continental Unions around the globe,” AMA President and CEO, and FIM North America President, Rob Dingman said in a press release. “We’ve pulled together a team of talented riders to compete on the world stage. Our skilled group of racers are ready for the challenge set before them and the chance to bring home the first ever Intercontinental Games win to the FIMNA.”
For more information about the FIM Intercontinental Games, visit https://www.fim-moto.com/en/calendars/view/fim-intercontinental-games-23548 .
