Press Release | August 5, 2016
This is a press release from AMA Supermoto…
San Diego, CA (August 2, 2016) – The AMA Supermoto National Championship Series returns to action this weekend, August 6-7, for round four of the series set to be held in conjunction with the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy for the Grand Prix Trois-Riviéres in Canada. Sanctioned by CMA, Trois-Riviéres also marks the second and final FIM North America round of the series, joining the Loudon, New Hampshire round from June 17-18.
As the season moves past the halfway mark, another action-packed weekend is slated with two days of racing, kicking off with the Amateur National Main and the Pro Brawl on Saturday, August 6. A day later, the Pro classes will battle for the win and points for the ultimate prize – the championship. Leading the way in the Pro Open class is defending champ Gage McAllister, the Californian holding a healthy 41-point lead over RSR KTM teammate Dustin Hoffman. It has been a near perfect season for McAllister who comes to Canada with five race wins to his credit. The only time he has finished off the top step of the podium was at the Loudon where he finished second to teammate Eric Stump in race one.
McAllister will be looking to add to his pile of wins at the series first-ever event at Trois-Riviéres, but there are a lot of hungry riders looking for their first win, including AMA Pro Flat Track rider and USA Pro Supermoto Sponsor Relations Manager Johnny Lewis. Lewis makes his debut amongst the series regulars aboard a Fat Boy Racing Yamaha.
Eric Stump (77) and Gage McAllister (1) split wins at the first of two FIM North American rounds on schedule at Loudon New Hamphire. Will the RSR KTM duo pull off a repeat at Grand Prix Trois-Rivieres?
“I couldn’t be more excited to make my debut in the AMA Supermoto National Championship Series this weekend,” Lewis said. “We will be racing in front of a world audience with the FIA World Rallycross Championship, which is very exciting for me and the Supermoto series as a whole.
“I have been able to put together an amazing program for this event, teaming up with AMA National Supermoto Lites rookie Dallas Daniels and his already formed Fat Boy Racing Yamaha program. I’ll be bringing in a few personal sponsors including LifeProof and WP USA who has equipped me with a set of WP Cone Valve forks and a WP Trax shock for this event. Coming off a span of top-10 finishes in the AMA Pro Flat Track Championship, I’m looking to bring that momentum to this series and put myself right in the middle of the Supermoto regulars.”
The race for the Pro Lites Championship is tight with Lean Six Sigma Racing’s Josh Jackson leading the way by three points over Welsh Racing/DDR Yamaha’s Cameron Welsh. Jackson got some redemption at Sturgis for his disappointing finish at round two in Loudon, New Hampshire, and took the red plate back from Welsh. Sitting third, 13 points behind Jackson, and not out of the hunt is defending Pro Lites Champion Nicky Reimer on the Tri-County Powersports Husqvarna.
In the National Amateur class, Monarch Honda’s Malcolm Barker looks to carry his momentum from Sturgis where he scored his first-ever National Supermoto win as well as build on his points lead in the championship.
Below is the schedule for the weekend:
Grand Prix Trois-Riviéres Schedule
Saturday August 6
0800 Welcome Center open
0900 Practice World RX & RX Lites
Practice Canadian UTV Rallycross (CURC)/AMA Supermoto
Formula Drift Canada
1100 Practice World RX & RX Lites
Practice Canadian UTV Rallycross (CURC)/AMA Supermoto (qualifying session for Amateur National)
1230 Formula Drift Canada
1300 Lunch Break
1300 Monster Energy Pool Deck Party
1330 Autograph Session at Cooper Tire
1400 Qualifying #1 World RX/RX Lites
1445 Qualifying CURC
1510 AMA Supermoto Amateur National Main
1540 Formula Drift Canada
1615 Qualifying #2 World RX/RX Lites
1700 Qualifying CURC
1715 AMA Supermoto Pro Brawl
1800 Formula Drift Canada
Sunday August 7
0800 Welcome Center open
0825 Warm Up World RX/RX Lites
0930 Qualifying #3 World RX/RX Lites
1010 Qualifying #3 CURC
1035 AMA Supermoto Warm Up
1100 Formula Drift Canada
1130 Qualifying #4 World RX/RX Lites
1215 Qualifying CURC
1230 Semi Final RX Lites
1245-1340 Lunch Break
1245 WRX Autograph Session at Cooper Tire
1315 FMX Paddock Show
1340 Qualifying AMA Supermoto
1415 Formula Drift Canada
1450 World RX Driver Introductions
1500 World RX Semi-Finals
RX Lites final
World RX final
World RX podium
1600 CURC Semi-finals
1625 AMA Supermoto Pro Finals
1715 CURC Final
1740 Formula Drift Canada Final
*Times are subject to change
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