Steel Commander Superbike Class Headlines 2025 MotoAmerica Championship
Seven Classes To Run In Conjunction With Premier Superbike Championship, Including The All-New Talent Cup… And The 83rd Running Of The Daytona 200
IRVINE, CA (September 10, 2024) – Just as the current season winds down with championships being battled for to the bitter end in the final two rounds, MotoAmerica, North America’s premier motorcycle road racing series, is already looking forward to 2025 and is excited to announce its nine-round, 20-race 2025 MotoAmerica Steel Commander Superbike Championship schedule that will begin at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama, in April and conclude at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, New Jersey, five months later.
In addition to the premier Superbike series, the championship will feature seven support classes in the coming season – Supersport, the all-new Talent Cup, Mission King Of The Baggers, the Mission Super Hooligan National Championship, Twins Cup, Stock 1000 and Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race – with a total of 106 races slated for the 2025 season.
A notable location change to the schedule is a return to fan-favorite VIRginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia, August 1-3, with the popular venue replacing the round at Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, Minnesota. The last time the MotoAmerica Championship stopped at VIR was in 2022 with Jake Gagne racing to a doubleheader sweep of the Superbike class en route to capturing the Superbike title.
It’s all change in 2025 for the youngest racers in the MotoAmerica Championship as the brand-new MotoAmerica Talent Cup replaces Junior Cup as the first step in the “Road To MotoGP.” The new class will see up-and-coming racers do battle and hone their skills on identical purpose-built Krämer APX-350 MA race bikes – motorcycles that will be similar to ride as the motorcycles used in the Moto3 World Championship. The fully adjustable Krämer APX-350 MA race bikes weigh just 242 pounds while producing 55 horsepower.
The MotoAmerica Talent Cup will be held at five of the MotoAmerica Superbike rounds – Barber Motorsports Park, Road America, VIRginia International Raceway, Circuit of The Americas and New Jersey Motorsports Park. Additionally, the Talent Cup racers will get the chance to represent the series with the brand-new class scheduled to go it alone at the popular AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days event at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with two Talent Cup races to be showcased, July 25-27, and also at the Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas in Texas.
“Next year is shaping up to be the best yet,” said MotoAmerica COO Chuck Aksland. “We’ve got some new things coming and it’s all exciting stuff. The MotoAmerica Talent Cup will get started and we know that’s going to create some great racing while also giving our young riders a fresh start with a new class. We’re also looking forward to returning to VIRginia International Raceway. VIR was always a popular round and the teams, riders and fans have been wanting us to return there. Our series will be action-packed with 106 races in eight classes held over the course of the year at the best racetracks in the country. We are already getting excited to get the 2025 season started.”
The MotoAmerica season will again begin with the 83rd running of the historic Daytona 200 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, March 6-8. Josh Herrin became the sixth three-time winner of the 200 (joining Dick Klamfoth, Brad Andres, Roger Reiman, Kenny Roberts and Mat Mladin) this year and he will be out to try to win a fourth in 2025.
Bike Week at Daytona will again feature two races in Mission King Of The Baggers, the Mission Super Hooligan National Championship, and Twins Cup in addition to the 200.
There’s a change at the top of the calendar with this year’s Steel Commander Superbike Championship set to begin at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama, April 4-6. The Barber round swaps places with Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta as the series opener, with Road Atlanta moving to round two, May 2-4.
Speaking of fan favorites, Road America will be chock-full of action as it plays host to the maximum number of classes with 12 races (Superbike, Supersport, Mission King Of The Baggers, the Mission Super Hooligan National Championship, Stock 1000 and Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race.) set for the customary last weekend May event at the immaculate facility in Elkhart Lake, May 30-June 1.
Following the Road America round, it’s “Go West, Young Men (And Women)” time as the series heads west for two races in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. The action out west begins at Ridge Motorsports Park in Shelton, Washington, June 27-29, and concludes with the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca round in Monterey, California, July 11-13.
After a successful return to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course this year after a 10-year hiatus, the Steel Commander Superbikes will be back at the iconic Mid-Ohio track in Lexington, Ohio, August 15-17.
Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, will host the penultimate round of the season, September 12-14, with the championship coming to an epic conclusion in the series finale at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, September 26-28.
About MotoAmerica
MotoAmerica is North America’s premier motorcycle road racing series. Established in 2014, MotoAmerica is home to the AMA Superbike Championship as well as additional classes including Supersport, Stock 1000, Twins Cup, Junior Cup, and King Of The Baggers. MotoAmerica is an affiliate of KRAVE Group LLC, a partnership including three-time 500cc World Champion, two-time AMA Superbike Champion, and AMA Hall of Famer Wayne Rainey; ex-racer and former manager of Team Roberts Chuck Aksland; motorsports marketing executive Terry Karges; and businessman Richard Varner. For more information, please visit www.MotoAmerica.com and follow MotoAmerica on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube. To watch all things MotoAmerica, subscribe to MotoAmerica’s live streaming and video on demand service, MotoAmerica Live+
