Cruise America Grand Prix Racing’s Jason DiSalvo recorded his best-ever World Grand Prix finish Sunday, July 5 in the Cinzano-sponsored British 250cc Grand Prix at Donington Park in England. DiSalvo, 17, rode a calculated race to finish 22nd, bettering his 24th place finish in the 1999 Brazilian 125cc Grand Prix. DiSalvo was the highest finisher of the five wild-card entries in the 250cc race on his PJ1-backed Honda RS250.

DiSalvo was quoted in a press release from his team as saying, “It was a tough race but the longer races I’ve been doing in Europe helped me a lot physically and I got stronger as the race went on. I picked up some tips from (Daijiro) Katoh and (Emilio) Alzamora when they lapped me and I had a good dice with some of the regular riders.”

DiSalvo will next see action to Valencia in Spain for a round of the Spanish National series July 15 before heading to Most in the Czech Republic.

The Batavia, New York teenager will take part in at least 31 road races this year, competing in 10 different countries in various regional, national, and international race series. DiSalvo has already raced in the FIM World Championship, European Championship, British Championship, Spanish Championship, the Czech National series, the AMA MBNA 250cc GP Championship, the WERA National Challenge series, the Formula USA Series and the WSMC series.