2021 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship

2021 MotoAmerica Supersport season

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The 2021 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship season was the 7th season of the supersport class of motorcycle racing within the MotoAmerica series. Richie Escalante entered the season as the defending champion, picking up his first MotoAmerica supersport title in 2020.^[1] However, the 9-round season concluded with Sean Dylan Kelly picking up his first MotoAmerica supersport title.^[2] This was enough to secure Kelly a move to Moto2 for 2022.^[3]

Calendar and results

^[4]

Round	Circuit	Date	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner
1	Road Atlanta	April 30-May 2	Sean Dylan Kelly	Sean Dylan Kelly
2	Virginia	May 21-23	Sean Dylan Kelly	Richie Escalante
3	Road America	June 11-13	Stefano Mesa	Richie Escalante
4	The Ridge	June 25-27	Sean Dylan Kelly	Sean Dylan Kelly
5	Monterey	July 9-11	Sean Dylan Kelly	Sean Dylan Kelly
6	Brainerd	July 30-August 1	Sean Dylan Kelly	Sean Dylan Kelly
7	Pittsburgh	August 13-15	Richie Escalante	Sean Dylan Kelly
8	New Jersey	September 10-12	Sean Dylan Kelly	Samuel Lochoff
9	Alabama	September 17-19	Sean Dylan Kelly	Gabriel Da Silva

Teams and riders

2021 Entry List
Team	Constructor	No.	Rider	Rounds
HONOS Racing Team	Kawasaki	1	Richie Escalante^[5]	All
Campbell Racing	Kawasaki	10	Steven Campbell	4
Blackall Racing LLC	Yamaha	11	Tony Blackall	1–6, 8–9
Team Velocity Racing	Yamaha	13	Chuck Ivey	1–2, 9
Team Posse	MV Agusta	15	Jeremiah Walker	5
Altus Motorsports^[6]	Suzuki	16	Kevin Olmedo	3–9
		33	Cooper McDonald^[7]	1–2
		59	Jaret Nassaney	All
McKnight Racing	Yamaha	17	Tony McKnight	9
West Side Performance Racing	Yamaha	18	Christian Miranda	1
Alvar Racing	Kawasaki	19	Ryan Alvar	6
North East Cycle Outlet Racing^[8]	Yamaha	20	CJ LaRoche	All
		88	Benjamin Smith	All
Mi Scusi Racing	Yamaha	22	Thomas McQuigg	2
MESA37 Racing^[9]	Yamaha	24	Xavier Zayat	1–2, 9
	Kawasaki	37	Stefano Mesa	1–3, 5–9
BARTCON Racing	Kawasaki	25	Dominic Doyle^[10]	1, 3–9
		62	Anthony Mazziotto^[11]	2
PH26 Racing	Yamaha	26	Phil Horwitz	3
EZ Racing	Yamaha	27	Edgar Zaragoza	All
CV28 Racing	Kawasaki	28	Cory Ventura	5
Innovative Motor Sports	Suzuki	34	Scott Briody	2
Team Schwags	Yamaha	38	Jonathan Schweiger	3, 9
Fisk Brothers Racing	Yamaha	39	Brian Hebeisen	6
M4 ECSTAR Suzuki^[12]	Suzuki	40	Sean Dylan Kelly	All
		44	Samuel Lochoff	All
Justin Jones Racing	Kawasaki	43	Justin Jones	8
Tango Racing	Yamaha	45	Matias Petratti	1–5, 7
All Hustle Racing	Yamaha	46	Nick Patenaude	7, 9
Duo Rotae Racing	Yamaha	47	Harm Jansen	5
K and J Racing Solutions	Yamaha	48	Kevin Nolde	1
Catalyst Reaction Racing	Yamaha	50	Patryk Buchcik	5
Cycle Gear Racing	Yamaha	52	Nolan Lamkin	1–5, 8
August Racing	Yamaha	53	August Nord	3, 9
GT Law Racing	Yamaha	55	Kyle Fox	1
Lane Racing	Yamaha	57	Jeff Lane	4
XS Racing	Kawasaki	58	Daniel Riser	5
Disrupt Racing	Yamaha	60	Carl Soltisz^[13]	All
Pure Attitude Racing	Kawasaki	61	Austin Miller	All
	Yamaha	99	Nate Minster	1–7, 9
Art Performance	Suzuki	63	Fernando Silva	9
		65	Bruno Silva	9
PDR Motorsports	Yamaha	64	Max Angles	1–4
Nielsen Racing	Yamaha	67	Jes Schwartz	3
Surtimoto Team - Help Work Mexico	Yamaha	68	Daniel Cano Flores	1
SBKUNDG	Kawasaki	69	Chris Sarbora	4
S&R Racing	Kawasaki	70	Sean Cresap	4
SpeedDealer Racing	Yamaha	73	Philip Melnyk	4
Thermiotis Racing	Yamaha	78	Alejandro Thermiotis	All
Topbox Road Racing	Suzuki	79	Mark Faulkner	1, 9
Sam Gluss Racing	Kawasaki	81	Samuel Gluss	5
Franklin Armory/Disrupt Racing	Kawasaki	85	Jessica Capizzi	3
3R Team Racing	Kawasaki	87	Rigo Salazar	7–9
Grant Motors Racing	Kawasaki	90	Liam Grant^[14]	All
GP Racing	Yamaha	93	Gabriel Da Silva	2, 4–5, 9
Mosites Motorsports	Kawasaki	95	Gary Yancoskie	7
Landers Racing/Tyrant CNC	Yamaha	97	Rocco Landers^[15]	1–8

Championship standings

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Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Rider	Bike	RAT		VIR		RAM		RID		MON		BRA		PIT		NJE		ALA		Pts
			R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Sean Dylan Kelly	Suzuki	1	1	1	2	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	410
2	Richie Escalante	Kawasaki	2	2	4	1	5	1	2	2	2	2	2	Ret	1	2	2	3	2	DNS	315
3	Samuel Lochoff	Suzuki	5	7	8	5	2	4	4	4	7	26	3	3	5	4	3	1	4	3	233
4	Rocco Landers	Yamaha	DNS	3	5	4	4	7	5	6	6	5	Ret	2	3	3	4	4			182
5	Benjamin Smith	Yamaha	6	6	3	Ret	3	5	Ret	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	7	DNS	6	178
6	Stefano Mesa	Kawasaki	Ret	4	2	3	1	3			DNS	7	5	4	6	6	8	8	3	Ret	175
7	Kevin Olmedo	Suzuki					7	6	3	3	5	6	Ret	Ret	13	9	6	6	DNS	12	106
8	Dominic Doyle	Kawasaki	DNS	DNS			10	11	6	7	Ret	9	Ret	6	7	7	9	9	6	8	97
9	Carl Soltisz	Yamaha	10	10	10	8	8	8	14	12	10	23	7	10	9	10	13	14	9	15	95
10	Jaret Nassaney	Suzuki	8	12	9	10	12	13	8	9	13	11	8	9	14	12	17	10	13	10	91
11	Alejandro Thermiotis	Yamaha	7	9	Ret	Ret	11	12	10	10	8	13	9	13	8	Ret	10	13	Ret	4	88
12	Nolan Lamkin	Yamaha	3	Ret	Ret	19	9	Ret	7	11	Ret	8					7	5			65
13	Liam Grant	Kawasaki	DNS	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	12	13	11	12	6	8	11	8	16	Ret	5	Ret	65
14	Gabriel Da Silva	Yamaha			7	6			DNS	Ret	9	10							14	1	59
15	Nate Minster	Yamaha	DNS	8	12	DNS	13	10	9	14	15	15	Ret	7	10	13			Ret	Ret	50
16	CJ LaRoche	Yamaha	11	14	13	13	16	15	16	15	14	16	10	12	12	14	12	12	Ret	7	50
17	Austin Miller	Kawasaki	12	Ret	15	14	14	16	11	20	12	14	DNS	11	15	Ret	15	15	10	9	41
18	Max Angles	Kawasaki	4	Ret	11	Ret	18	9	13	8											36
19	Cory Ventura	Kawasaki									3	3									32
20	Bruno Silva	Suzuki																	8	5	19
21	Anthony Mazziotto	Kawasaki			6	7															19
22	Edgar Zaragoza	Yamaha	15	15	14	11	17	21	17	18	18	21	11	14	19	16	18	16	Ret	20	16
23	Mark Faulkner	Suzuki	13	18															12	11	12
24	Christian Miranda	Yamaha	9	11																	12
25	Xavier Zayat	Yamaha	DNS	5	DNS	DNS													DNS	Ret	11
26	Chuck Ivey	Yamaha	14	16	19	15													11	13	11
27	Nick Patenaude	Yamaha													20	18			7	14	11
28	Justin Jones	Kawasaki															11	11			10
29	Cooper McDonald	Suzuki	16	13	17	12															7
30	Rigo Salazar	Kawasaki													17	11	14	17	DNS	16	7
31	Tony Blackall	Yamaha	18	DNS	18	16	19	17	Ret	19	21	25	13	16			19	18	16	Ret	4
32	Brian Hebeisen	Yamaha											12	15							4
33	Matias Petratti	Yamaha	17	17	16	17	15	14	18	17	16	19			18	17					3
34	Gary Yancoskie	Kawasaki													16	15					1
35	Chris Sarbora	Kawasaki							15	16											1
36	August Nord	Yamaha					20	18											15	18	1
	Patryk Buchcik	Yamaha									17	18									0
	Daniel Riser	Kawasaki									Ret	17									0
	Ryan Alvar	Kawasaki											Ret	17							0
	Fernando Silva	Suzuki																	Ret	17	0
	Thomas McQuigg	Yamaha			20	18															0
	Jonathan Schweiger	Yamaha					23	20											Ret	19	0
	Jessica Capizzi	Kawasaki					21	19													0
	Jeremiah Walker	MV Agusta									19	24									0
	Steven Campbell	Kawasaki							19	DNS											0
	Sean Cresap	Kawasaki							20	21											0
	Samuel Gluss	Kawasaki									20	22									0
	Harm Jansen	Yamaha									Ret	20									0
	Tony McKnight	Yamaha																	DNS	21	0
	Jes Schwartz	Yamaha					22	Ret													0
	Jeff Lane	Yamaha							Ret	22											0
	Phil Horwitz	Yamaha					24	DNS													0
	Kevin Nolde	Yamaha	Ret	Ret																	0
	Scott Briody	Suzuki			Ret	DNS															0
	Philip Melnyk	Yamaha							Ret	DNS											0
	Daniel Cano Flores	Yamaha	DNS	DNS																	0
	Kyle Fox	Yamaha	DNS	DNS																	0
Pos	Rider	Bike	RAT		VIR		RAM		RID		MON		BRA		PIT		NJE		ALA		Pts

References

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