Army of Darkness took victory in the last race of the season with riders Josh Hayes, Taylor Knapp, and Hunter Dunham scoring the Overall and Heavyweight class wins at round five of the N2/WERA National Endurance Series at Barber Motorsports Park. Team Alpha Omega Rollers won the 2024 Heavyweight and Overall Championship with riders Eziah Davis, Blake Davis, Miles Thorton, and Anthony Mazziotto. A total of 54 teams competed at the fifth round of the 2024 N2/WERA National Endurance Championship with over $100,000 in purse and contingency for the series.
The 4-Hour N2/WERA National Endurance race at Barber Motorsports Park started under perfect blue Alabama skies with no threat of weather throughout the day. Nature Power Superbike started from pole position with rider Jason Waters on a BMW M1000RR.
Alpha Omega Rollers rider Miles Thorton, Army of Darkness’s Josh Hayes, and Nature Power Superbikes Jason Waters started the race and battled tooth and nail for the first stint. The three heavyweight titans battled it out until lap 45 when Jesse Ruehling crashed the Nature Power M1000RR. This left Alpha Omega Rollers and Army of Darkness in a slugfest for overall victory. Although similar in pace and pit stops, ultimately Josh Hayes was able to make the difference in the last stint to win by 22 seconds over Alpha Omega Rollers after 4 hours. Full Send Moto finished third with riders Eric Anderson and Ian Groom.
Motor Drone Racing finished first in the middleweight class and third overall with riders Shane Mags and Gabriel Da Silva on a Wiseco-sponsored GSX-R600. Trash Panda secured the 2024 Middleweight National Championship when they finished second in the middleweight class with riders Chuck Ivey, Nathan Seethaler, Donovan Piper, and Sean Hopkins on a YZF-R6. AO XT33 finished third on a Dunlop-equipped Yamaha YZF-R6 with riders Anthony Taylor, Wristin Grigg, and Bryant Tyrawa.
The family team of Brown Town Racing won the lightweight class on an Aprilia RS660 with riders Chase Brown and David Brown. Chiefs Racing Team finished second on a Suzuki SV650 with riders Cassidy Heiser and Chris Parrish. Robem Engineering finished third on their Aprilia RS660 with teenage rider Alessandro DiMario and MotoAmerica rider Teagg Hobbs. Third place was all Robem had to do to win the 2024 Lightweight National Championship.
One One Nine Racing’s 14-year-old Reese Frankenfield and Carson King took the victory in the Ultra-Lightweight 2-Hour Endurance and the 2024 Ultra Lightweight National Championship. Hart/Wolf Racing finished second with riders Giacomo Manera and Alessandro DiMario. D&D Certified finished third with veteran rider Rob McLendon and Landon Smith.
Hart Racing won the exhibition Relay Class with riders Brennan Triplett, Chris Durbin, Philip Hart, and Ryan Wolfe. Double D Racing finished second. Four-Leaf Racing finished third with riders Tony Storniolo, Devidas Gaizutis, Steve Olson, and Sean Sturnot.
Congratulations to all of our 2024 Endurance Champions!
Heavyweight and Overall – Alpha Omega Rollers
Middleweight – Trash Panda
Lightweight – Robem Engineering
Ultralightweight – One One Nine Racing.
Details about the 2025 schedule, rule book, and class structure will be out soon! Stay tuned.
About N2: N2 – Ride, Learn, Race.
Founded in 2014, N2’s mission is to build a sustainable motorcycle community through safe, structured motorcycle track days, advanced rider training programs based on Yamaha Champions Riding School teaching methods, with a strong affinity for motorcycle road racing. N2 successfully resurrected Motorcycle Endurance Racing in America partnering with WERA Roadracing and creating the N2/WERA National Endurance Series by Dunlop. N2 is a premier participant in the MotoAmerica Pro Racing Series with a multi-rider team competing in several classes. N2 is also a major contributor to the Roadracing World Action Fund through fundraising efforts and support from its large member base.
The N2 National Endurance Series is proudly sponsored by: N2 Track Days, Yamaha Motor Corporation USA, Dainese, Woodcraft Technologies, BobbleHeadMoto, WERA Road Racing, KYT Helmets America, R.E.B Graphics, Millennium Technologies, Wiseco Pistons, JE Pistons, Rise Moto, Ghetto Customs, Pit-Lane Moto, SBS Brakes and Yamaha Champions Riding School.
