North America Finishes Fourth Overall At Intercontinental Games, Dobbs Wins Top Female Rider Honors

The North America Continental Union Team, (left to right) Mikayla Moore, Matthew Chapin, Avery Dreher (Supersport 300 team captain), Andrew Lee, Mallory Dobbs, Hayden Schultz (Supersport team captain), Blake Davis, and team manager Michael Martin. *Photo courtesy of Collin Schultz.*

The 2024 City of Jerez FIM Intercontinental Games concluded on Sunday at Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto with a total of four final events consisting of two 14-lap Supersport 300 races and two 16-lap Supersport races (Supersport race two was shortened to 10 laps due to rain).

With his fourth-place result in Supersport 300 race one, Max Toth was the top-finishing American rider at the FIM Intercontinental Games. *Photo courtesy of Collin Schultz.*

The North America Continental Union, consisting of American riders Avery Dreher, Mikayla Moore, Max Toth, and Matthew Chapin in Supersport 300, as well as Hayden Schultz, Mallory Dobbs, Andrew Lee, and Blake Davis in Supersport, finished fourth overall in the team competition and just off the podium.

Top finisher for the Americans was Toth, who raced his Yamaha YZF-R3 to fourth place in Supersport 300 race one. Chapin was seventh, Moore was 15th, and Avery Dreher crashed out unhurt and did not finish. In race two, Toth crashed out and ran Chapin wide, but Chapin ultimately finished 12th. Moore was 14th after having to serve a double long-lap penalty for jumping the start, and Dreher crashed out again unhurt and did not finish.

Schultz was the top-finishing rider in the Supersport class, with a result of 10th place in race one aboard his Yamaha YZF-R7. Lee was 12th, Dobbs was 13th, and Davis did not finish due to a crash in which he was unhurt. In the rain-shortened 10-lap race two, Davis finished 11th with Schultz 12th and Dobbs 13th, while Lee finished 19th.

Of special note, Dobbs was awarded a gold Airoh helmet as the top-finishing female Supersport rider at the Intercontinental Games. The Washington state rider participated in this past season’s FIM Women’s Circuit Racing World Championship (WorldWCR), and she plans to also compete in the 2025 WorldWCR, so Dobbs is building quite a name for herself in international motorcycle road racing.

Dobbs received a commemorative gold helmet from Airoh for being the top-finishing female Supersport rider at the Intercontinental Games. *Photo by Good-Shoot Motography*.

“The FIM Intercontinental Games was an amazing experience,” Dobbs said. “I’m so honored that I got to be a part of it, with so many talented riders both on our team and on the other teams. Our North America team worked together so well and just had a couple mishaps that made it so we couldn’t quite get on the podium.

“I am beyond excited to be the best-finishing female in the Supersport class! It rained in our second race, which made it interesting, but I’m coming home with a custom gold Airoh helmet. What a way to end the season! To everyone on our team, thank you for never giving up and working hard to make this possible for all of us!”