MotoAmerica’s middleweight race class, Supersport features the series’ rising stars competing aboard production-based motorcycles.
Engine Configurations:
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
Minimum Weight:
354.2 pounds
Rider Age Limit:
16-55
SUPERSPORT SEASON ENTRIES
- Sand Lake, Michigan
#11 Tony Blackall - Blackall Racing
Tony Blackall will return for another season of MotoAmerica Supersport racing in 2020, the Michigander set to compete on his self-owned Yamaha YZF-R6 under the Blackall Racing banner.
- Antiguo, Cuscatlan, El Salvador
#16 Kevin Olmedo - Altus Motorsports
Kevin Olmedo moves from the Liqui Moly Junior Cup class to the Supersport class for 2020. The El Savadorian had his best MotoAmerica year to date in 2019, ending the season as the runner-up in the series championship. Olmedo won the first Junior Cup race of his career in race one at Pittsburgh International Race Complex and earned 11 podiums on the season.
- Miami, FL
#23 Lucas Silva - M4 ECSTAR Suzuki
Lucas Silva finished the 2019 Supersport Series ranked 11th in the championship with a best finish of seventh coming in race one at VIRginia International Raceway. Silva will race an M4 ECSTAR Suzuki in the 2020 MotoAmerica Supersport Series.
- New Windsor, New York
#24 Xavier Zayat - N2 Racing
Xaviar Zayat ended up 13th in the 2019 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship, the New Yorker finishing fourth in race two at VIRginia International Raceway. Zayat will race an N2 Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 in the 2020 Supersport Series.
- Michoacan, Mexico
#27 Edgar Zaragoza - EZ Racing
Edgar Zaragoza finished the 2019 MotoAmerica Supersport Series ranked 26th. The Mexican racer will attack the 2020 Supersport Series on an EZ Racing-backed Yamaha YZF-R6.
- Miami, FL
#40 Sean Dylan Kelly - M4 ECSTAR Suzuki
Sean Dylan Kelly emerged as a bonafide star in his first season of MotoAmerica racing, the rookie ending up fourth in the 2019 Supersport Championship on his M4 ECSTAR Suzuki. Along the way, Kelly won his first career MotoAmerica race at PittRace and followed it up the next day with his second win of the season. Kelly also amassed seven podiums over the course of his debut season. The Floridian will return to the series in 2020, again mounted on an M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R600.
- Indianapolis, Indiana
#52 Nolan Lamkin - Cycle Gear Racing
Nolan Lamkin finished 15th in the 2019 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship, the Indianan improving at the end of the season to record his best finish of the year in ninth place in the season finale. Lamkin will return in 2020 for another crack at the Supersport Series on his Cycle Gear Racing Yamaha YZF-R6.
- Tizayuca, Hidalgo, Mexico
#54 Richie Escalante - Honos Racing
Richie Escalante had his best season to date in the 2019 Supersport class, the Mexican racer ending up fifth in the series standings six podium finishes, including a season high best of second in the season finale at Barber Motorsports Park. Escalante returns to the Supersport class for 2020 as one of the series favorites aboard an Honas-backed Kawasaki ZX-6R.
- Altus, Oklahoma
#59 Jaret Nassaney - Altus Motorsports
Jaret Nassaney finished 14th in the 2019 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship, the Oklahoman recording a best of 1oth in the series finale at Barber Motorsports Park. Nassaney will return to the series in 2020 – again mounted on an Altus Motorsports Suzuki GSX-R600.
- Caracas, Venezuela
#78 Alejandro Thermiotis - Thermoitis Racing
Alejandro Thermiotis ended up 21st in the 2019 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship, scoring points in five rounds. The Venezuelan will again race in the Supersport Series, riding in his own Thermiotis Racing team.
- Glenmoore, Pennsylvania
#88 Benjamin Smith - Northeast Cycle Outlet Racing
Benjamin Smith ended the 2019 MotoAmerica Supersport Series ranked 16th, the former KTM RC Cup Champion’s best result a seventh-place finish in race one at PittRace. Smith will race in the Supersport class again in 2020 on a Northeast Cycle Outlet Racing Yamaha YZF-R6.
- Placentia, CA
#96 Jason Aguilar - RiderzLaw Aguilar Racing
Jason Aguilar scored points in 16 of 17 MotoAmerica Supersport races in 2019 and that put him in the top 10 in series points with an eighth-place ranking. Aguilar’s best finish came in race two at Road Atlanta, the Californian finishing fourth. Aguilar will be back in 2020, again competing in the Supersport class and he will do so on a RiderzLaw Aguilar Racing Yamaha YZF-R6.
#21 Branden Paasch - Celtic HSBK Racing
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Branden Paasch returns to the MotoAmerica Series for 2020 after a few years racing overseas in the BSB Series. Paasch, the 2016 MotoAmerica KTM RC Cup Champion, will race in the Supersport class on a Celtic HSBK Racing Yamaha YZF-R6.