Pure Adrenaline, No Limits: 190 MPH Asphalt War Heading For Wisconsin

Quad Lock Superbikes Transform America’s Dairyland From
Creamery To “Screamery”

IRVINE, CA – May 27, 2026 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – The MotoAmerica Championship makes its annual stop in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, for the highly anticipated Road America round on May 29-31.

Last year’s MotoAmerica Superbikes at Road America event was the most-attended motorcycle road racing weekend in the track’s 71-year history, and “America’s National Park of Speed” is ready to break attendance records once again. The iconic 4.048-mile circuit will showcase the world-class talent and breathtaking performance of MotoAmerica’s Superbike riders and their machines as they reach top speeds of nearly 200 miles an hour.

Quad Lock Superbike & Superbike Cup

Road America is a brutal, unrelenting gauntlet of pure horsepower, heavy braking zones, and long asphalt straightaways. Success requires machines with maximum top-end speed and riders with the absolute grit to hold the throttle open until the last possible millisecond before Canada Corner. It is a track that demands mechanical muscle and a solid braking game.

The track layout throws a massive challenge directly at current championship points leader, Strack Racing Yamaha’s Mathew Scholtz. While the Yamaha YZF-R1 is known for superb handling, it lacks the raw top-end power of its rivals. To succeed, Scholtz and the other Yamaha riders must perfectly nail their corner exits and use precise drafting tactics just to stay within striking distance.

After his double win at Barber Motorsports Park, Mathew Scholtz bolted ahead in the Superbike points standings, and he now holds a 34-point lead coming into round three.
Photo by Brian J. Nelson.

Much like Scholtz, Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing teammates JD Beach and Bobby Fong will also need to lean on their impeccable braking skills to maximize corner entry and use the Yamaha’s razor-sharp agility to nail every apex in order to be in the hunt on the long Wisconsin straights.

JD Beach (#95) and Bobby Fong (#50) are third and fourth, respectively, in the championship standings, and only a single point separates the two teammates. Photo by Brian J. Nelson

For others, the power-hungry layout heavily favors bikes with top-end speed like that of OrangeCat Racing BMW’s Sean Dylan Kelly. The Floridian and his BMW M 1000 RR possess the outright skill and machine speed necessary to slice through the draft and challenge for the win, and has hit the podium at least once in each of the first two Superbike rounds, showing a solid connection to his new “Beemer Screamer”.

Sean Dylan Kelly sits second in the Quad Lock Superbike Championship and has been a familiar face on the podium early in the season. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.

Meanwhile, the Warhorse HSBK Ducati Flo4Law Ducati Panigale V4 R sitting underneath six-time champion Cameron Beaubier will be eager to stretch its legs at Road America. The 33-year-old Californian has the added confidence of 11 career wins at Road America, the most of any Superbike rider in history, and he is still hunting for his first double-podium of the season.

Cameron Beaubier (#1) has seen a fair amount of adversity early in the season and sits 48 points behind the leader in fifth. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.

M4 ECSTAR Suzuki riders Richie Escalante and Brandon Paasch bring their high-revving Suzuki GSX-R1000Rs into the Badger State. Both riders look to use the shrieking inline-four cylinder to their advantage on the long straights and claw closer to the leading pack.

Early season top-five contenders are looking to improve their consistency in Wisconsin and finish in the points for both races. This group includes Wrench Motorcycles’ Cameron Petersen aboard the Ducati Panigale V4 R, OrangeCat Racing’s Jayson Uribe on his BMW M 1000 RR, and Real Steel Honda’s Hayden Gillim on his Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP.

In the Superbike Cup category, Andrew Lee and his Real Steel Honda team face a high-speed test of their own. Lee is heavily focused on using the strong engine platform of the Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP to extend his championship lead.

Andrew Lee (#14) continues to put in consistent performances in Superbike Cup.
Photo by Brian J. Nelson.

Hayes Named Grand Marshal

As the season-long celebration of “50 Years Of Superbike Racing” continues, MotoAmerica is honoring four-time AMA Superbike Champion Josh Hayes as Grand Marshal during the Road America race weekend. A true icon of American road racing, the “Mississippi Madman” remains a fierce force in the paddock. Hayes continues to actively rewrite the record books, with the most recent of his 89 career AMA victories coming just last year at Barber Motorsports Park, and he shows no signs of slowing down as he remains a perennial fan favorite while campaigning a BPR Racing Yamaha YZF-R9 in the Supersport class this season.

Josh Hayes celebrating one of his many AMA Superbike Victories at VIRginia International Raceway. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.

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About MotoAmerica

MotoAmerica is North America’s premier motorcycle road racing series. Established in 2014, MotoAmerica is home to the AMA Superbike Championship as well as additional classes including Supersport, Twins Cup, Talent Cup, Super Hooligan National Championship, and King Of The Baggers. MotoAmerica is an affiliate of KRAVE Group LLC, a partnership including three-time 500cc World Champion, two-time AMA Superbike Champion, and AMA Hall of Famer Wayne Rainey; ex-racer and former manager of Team Roberts Chuck Aksland; motorsports marketing executive Terry Karges; and businessman Richard Varner. For more information, please visit www.MotoAmerica.com and follow MotoAmerica on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube. To watch all things MotoAmerica, subscribe to MotoAmerica’s live streaming and video on demand service, MotoAmerica Live+

Source: MotoAmerica

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