2026 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship

2026 MotoAmerica Superbike season

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Supersport Championship

The 2026 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship season is the 50th season of the premier class of production-based motorcycle road racing in the United States and the twelfth with current promoter Wayne Rainey and the KRAVE group (dba MotoAmerica). The Superbike season started on April 17 at Road Atlanta, and will finish on September 27 at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

Cameron Beaubier is the defending champion, having claimed his 6th Superbike championship in the previous season.

Calendar and results

The 2026 schedule was announced on September 18, 2025.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winners
1	R1	Road Atlanta, Georgia	April 17–19	Mathew Scholtz	Mathew Scholtz	Mathew Scholtz
	R2				Mathew Scholtz	Bobby Fong
2	R1	Barber Motorsports Park, Alabama	May 15–17	Cameron Beaubier	Mathew Scholtz	Mathew Scholtz
	R2				Mathew Scholtz	Mathew Scholtz
3	R1	Road America, Wisconsin	May 29–31	Cameron Beaubier	Cameron Petersen	Cameron Petersen
	R2				P. J. Jacobsen	Sean Dylan Kelly
4	R1	The Ridge Motorsports Park, Washington	June 26–28	P. J. Jacobsen	P. J. Jacobsen	J. D. Beach
	R2				Cameron Petersen	Sean Dylan Kelly
5	R1	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California	July 10–12	Cameron Petersen	J. D. Beach	J. D. Beach
	R2				J. D. Beach	J. D. Beach
6	R1	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Ohio	July 31 – August 2	Benjamin Smith	Bobby Fong	Sean Dylan Kelly
	R2				P. J. Jacobsen	Mathew Scholtz
7	R1	Virginia International Raceway, Virginia	August 14–16	Mathew Scholtz	Sean Dylan Kelly	Bobby Fong
	R2				J. D. Beach	Bobby Fong
	R3				Loris Baz	Loris Baz
8	R1	Circuit of the Americas, Texas	September 11–13
	R2
9	R1	New Jersey Motorsports Park, New Jersey	September 25–27
	R2
	R3

Confirmed schedule changes

• Road Atlanta will be the opening round again for the first time since the 2024 season.
• Virginia International Raceway will host the tripleheader round that was hosted at Laguna Seca in the previous season.

Teams and riders

2026 Entry List Team Manufacturer Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Durbin Racing BMW M 1000 RR 625 Christopher Durbin C 1–3 OrangeCat Racing 36 Jayson Uribe 1–3 40 Sean Dylan Kelly 1–3 Rahal Ducati Moto with XPEL Ducati Panigale V4 R 15 P. J. Jacobsen 1–3 Warhorse HSBK Ducati Flo4Law 1 Cameron Beaubier 1–3 78 Benjamin Smith 1–3 Wrench Motorcycles 45 Cameron Petersen 1–3 Jones Honda Honda CBR1000RR 16 Alex Dumas 1–2 CBR1000RR-R SP 46 Ashton Yates 3 197 Ezra Beaubier C 3 199 Geoff May 2 Corrientes Racing Team 919 Emanuel Aguilar C 1–2 Limitless Racing 84 Joseph Giannotto C 1–3 Real Steel Motorsports 14 Andrew Lee C 1–3 69 Hayden Gillim 1–3 72 Larry Pegram C 3 Super Carl Racing 60 Carl Soltisz C 1–3 Team Brazil 94 Danilo Lewis C 1, 3 M4 ECSTAR Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000R 54 Richie Escalante 1–3 66 Brandon Paasch 1–3 Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 50 Bobby Fong 1–3 95 J. D. Beach 1–3 BPR Racing 194 Deion Campbell C 1–3 Metronome Racing 627 Matt Spinak C 1 Strack Racing 11 Mathew Scholtz 1–3 Superbike Supply 90 Zachary Schumacher C 1–3 Thrashed Bike Racing 88 Max Flinders 1–3 Source:

Icon Legend C Superbike Cup

Team changes

New teams/rebrands

• Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati and FLO4LAW/SBU Racing merged to form Warhorse HSBK Ducati Flo4Law. The new team will add a second bike for this season.
• Orangecat Racing became an official BMW team, will field two bikes for this season. The team had been operating in the former Stock 1000 series, and fielded two bikes in last season's SuperBike Championship round at VIR.
• Wrench Motorcycles will return to the series after a one-year hiatus.
• Strack Racing will join the Superbike championship for the first time.

Driver changes

Moving teams

• Defending champion Cameron Beaubier moved from Tytlers Cycle Racing to the newly formed Warhorse HSBK Ducati Flo4Law to pilot their second Ducati alongside Benjamin Smith.
• Sean Dylan Kelly signed with Orangecat Racing after leaving the Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki team.
• J. D. Beach returned to Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing after leaving Real Steel Motorsports.

Moving between series

• Josh Herrin moved to the Supersport series to join Rahal Ducati Moto for 2026.
• Orangecat Racing announced that Jayson Uribe would remain on the team as they move up to the Superbike series.
• Cameron Petersen returns to the Superbike series from Supersport after signing with Wrench Motorcycles for the current season.
• Defending back-to-back Supersport champion Mathew Scholtz will return to the Superbike series with Strack Racing.
• Brandon Paasch rejoined the M4 ECSTAR Suzuki team after a year in the Supersport series, taking over the bike vacated by Sean Dylan Kelly.

Championship standings

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

Riders' championship

Pos Rider Bike ATL ALA RAM RID MON VIR OHI TEX NJE Pts 1 Sean Dylan Kelly BMW 2 3 7 3 2 1 106 2 Mathew Scholtz Yamaha 1PF 2F 1F 1F 6P Ret 105 3 Bobby Fong Yamaha DNS 1 4 6 3 3 80 4 J. D. Beach Yamaha Ret 4 3 2 5 4 73 5 Cameron Petersen Ducati 4 6 DNS 5 1F 5 70 6 Richie Escalante Suzuki 6 10 5 4 DNS 7 49 7 Cameron Beaubier Ducati 3 5 2P 17 WD WD 47 8 Brandon Paasch Suzuki 7 8 8 8 DNS 9 40 9 Andrew Lee Honda 8 13 9 7 9 10 40 10 P. J. Jacobsen Ducati DNQ DNQ Ret 11 4 2F 38 11 Hayden Gillim Honda DNS 7 6 Ret 7 6 38 12 Jayson Uribe BMW 5 11 12 16 8 8 36 13 Max Flinders Yamaha 9 Ret 13 10 WD DNS 16 14 Deion Campbell Yamaha DSQ 12 10 Ret 10 Ret 16 15 Carl Soltisz Honda 12 17 15 12 13 14 14 16 Geoff May Honda 11 9 12 17 Ashton Yates Honda 11 11 10 18 Emanuel Aguilar Honda 10 Ret 17 14 8 19 Danilo Lewis Honda DSQ 16 12 12 8 20 Benjamin Smith Ducati Ret 9 DNQ DNQ WD WD 7 21 Alex Dumas Honda Ret 14 14 13 7 22 Joseph Giannotto Honda 11 Ret 16 Ret 17 Ret 5 23 Zachary Schumacher Yamaha 13 18 DNS 15 16 16 4 24 Larry Pegram Honda Ret 13 3 25 Ezra Beaubier Honda 14 15 3 26 Christopher Durbin BMW 15 15 DNS DNS 15 17 3 27 Matt Spinak Yamaha 14 19 2 Pos Rider Bike ATL ALA RAM RID MON VIR OHI TEX NJE Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) P - Pole position F - Fastest lap

Superbike Cup

Pos	Rider	Bike	ATL		ALA		RAM		RID		MON		VIR			OHI		TEX		NJE			Pts
1	Andrew Lee	Honda	8	13	9	7	9	10															145
2	Carl Soltisz	Honda	12	17	15	12	13	14															82
3	Deion Campbell	Yamaha	DSQ	12	10	Ret	10	Ret															65
4	Zachary Schumacher	Yamaha	13	18	DNS	15	16	16															50
5	Alex Dumas	Honda	Ret	14	14	13																	48
6	Danilo Lewis	Honda	DSQ	16			12	12															47
7	Emanuel Aguilar	Honda	10	Ret	17	14																	43
8	Christopher Durbin	BMW	15	15	DNS	DNS	15	17															41
9	Joseph Giannotto	Honda	11	Ret	16	Ret	17	Ret															35
10	Ezra Beaubier	Honda					14	15															22
11	Matt Spinak	Yamaha	14	19																			18
12	Larry Pegram	Honda					Ret	13															16
Pos	Rider	Bike	ATL		ALA		RAM		RID		MON		VIR			OHI		TEX		NJE			Pts

External links

• Official website