{"id":48213,"date":"2023-11-08T08:07:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T16:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motoamerica.com\/?p=48213"},"modified":"2023-11-09T09:42:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T17:42:04","slug":"free-advice-from-the-superbike-cup-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/free-advice-from-the-superbike-cup-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Advice From The Superbike Cup Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nolan Lamkin (in leathers) celebrates his 2023 Superbike Cup Championship with his Tom Wood Powersports BMW crew, including (left to right) BMW race support engineer Steve Weir, mechanic Donny Meador, Lamkin’s father Bill, and crew chief Dustin Meador. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>

Nolan Lamkin has been a MotoAmerica road racer since the series debuted in 2015. Lamkin, whose nickname “Indy” should give you more than just a subtle hint of where he’s from, began in the KTM RC Cup, then moved up to the Supersport class and, for the past two years, he’s raced a Tom Wood Powersports BMW S 1000 RR in Stock 1000 and the Superbike Cup. This past season, Lamkin was the Superbike Cup Champion and was awarded the $25,000 that goes along with it.<\/em><\/p>

Lamkin got paid but, like he’s done so often before, he’s not about to stop paying it forward. In Supersport, he was literally an open book and shared all his Yamaha YZF-R6 setup data and insights. Now, two seasons into his development of BMW’s S-model literbike, Lamkin is, once again sharing his data:<\/em><\/p>

In the past, I’ve been told that I’m crazy for giving away my race data. But, when I was younger, I always wished that I had access to data from other riders. It would have helped me understand more about the technical side of the sport and develop faster as a racer. So, if I can be that person for others, then I think that is incredibly special. I look at the data I’m giving away in this article–and all the data I gave away in the past–as helping a younger version of myself.<\/p>

Last season, I raced a Tom Wood Powersports BMW S 1000 RR in two MotoAmerica classes: Stock 1000 and Superbike Cup. I ran my own privately supported team with Dustin Meador as my crew chief, Dustin’s father Donny as my mechanic, and my own father Bill as they guy who did anything and everything that needed to be done to help my program. Together, we won the Superbike Cup Championship and we finished the season ranked fifth out of some 64 riders in the Stock 1000 Championship and in Stock 1000.<\/p>

For the first time this season, I worked with BMW race support engineer Steve Weir, who also built my electronics maps. Steve also worked with several other riders during MotoAmerica race weekends, including Superbike rider Corey Alexander and Stock 1000 competitor Travis Wyman. <\/p>

2023 was also the first time in my career that I saw my data (and what I am doing on the bike) compared with the data from other riders. In this article, I am sharing my data collected at Brainerd International Raceway, Pittsburgh International Race Complex, and New Jersey Motorsports Park. On average, at all of the tracks we returned to in 2023, we went around two seconds faster per lap<\/em> compared with 2022.<\/p>

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD MY 2023 DATA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

Brainerd International Raceway<\/strong><\/p>

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