With factory support from Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., BPR Racing Yamaha is proud to announce their new and expanded four-rider team this year that will compete in MotoAmerica’s 2025 Superbike and Supersport Championship beginning this weekend at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama.
Team owner Bryce Kornbau leads the team and will pilot the #17 BPR Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 in MotoAmerica Superbike. A veteran of AMA and MotoAmerica road racing, Kornbau has matched his accomplishments on the racetrack with his success as a motorsports business owner.
Kornbau’s Kern County Powersports, located in Bakersfield, California, is one of the country’s fastest-growing, full-service powersports dealers with multiple brands under its roof highlighted by Yamaha, which is providing full support to BPR Racing.
“I am very happy to be able to take the next step in the BPR Racing program,” Kornbau said. “This year, we will field a four-rider team out of our new, large-format semi truck and trailer, and we will campaign a pair of Yamaha R1s and a pair of YZF-R9s. BPR Racing was one of the first teams in the U.S. given the opportunity to test and develop the all-new R9. It has been a lot of hard work but also a lot of fun for us. I am very much looking forward to what 2025 has in store for us in the MotoAmerica Superbike and Supersport Championships. All four of us riders, along with our team technicans and supporters, are proud to be racing for the BLU CRU.”
Kornbau is joined in MotoAmerica’s premier Superbike Championship by Californian Deion Campbell aboard the #194 BPR Racing Yamaha R1. Campbell, from Simi Valley, California, is one of the West Coast’s “fast guys,” and he is known for his impressive speed and racecraft on fire-breathing literbikes, and specifically in the saddle Yamaha’s iconic R1.
“I am beyond excited to be back with BPR Racing for a second season in MotoAmerica.” commented Campbell. “I am thankful for the blessing to be with such an amazing team. Last year was all about learning and building momentum, and now we’re ready to take things to the next level. The team has been working hard in the off-season, and I can’t wait to get on the grid and fight for top results. 2025 is going to be a big year for us!”
In MotoAmerica Supersport, BPR Racing Yamaha’s Josh Hayes will lead the charge aboard the team’s brand-new #4 Yamaha YZF-R9. A four-time AMA Superbike Champion and the all-time AMA/MotoAmerica race-wins leader across all classes, Hayes obviously needs no introduction. The “Mississippi Madman” and Yamaha legend will apply his unmatched racing and bike-development skills to BPR Racing and the much-anticipated new Yamaha R9 in a focused effort to unleash the full potential and race-winning prowess of the three-cylinder, middleweight, Supersport Next Generation motorcycle.
Hayes said, “I am honored that Bryce has invited me along on his new adventure with BPR Racing, and I’m very much looking forward to racing again in the MotoAmerica series. The innovative and forward-thinking Supersport Next Generation class has shaped up to be one of the most competitive series ever in U.S. professional motorcycle road racing, and I can’t wait to grid up with the boys and see how Yamaha’s new R9 and I stack up.”
Alongside Hayes is seasoned and successful New Hampshire-based rider Teagg Hobbs, who will race the #79 BPR Racing Yamaha R9. Hobbs, a proud New Hampshire native, brings his deep knowledge and experience with middleweight motorcycles to the team, and he will battle against not only his teammate Hayes but also a field of riders that many consider to be one of the deepest and most talented in AMA and MotoAmerica history.
“I’m incredibly grateful for this opportunity,” said Hobbs. “To be able to compete on the new Yamaha R9, represent BPR Racing, and be teammates with Bryce, Deion, and Josh is a dream come true for me. I love what this team stands for, and it’s refreshing to know I have a whole team behind me that is going to the races with one goal in mind, and that’s, of course, to win. I have the right people around me, and the season is shaping up to be something very special. I’ve been able to call Josh Hayes a good friend for a few years, and now, it’s a great feeling to be able to call him my teammate. We work well together, and I believe BPR Racing will be a force to be reckoned with. Thank you to the BPR Racing team for the opportunity, and also, thank you to my family and sponsors.”
BPR Racing Yamaha’s fearsome foursome will take to the track at Barber Motorsports Park this Friday, April 4, as they begin with practice and qualifying. Final qualifying is on Saturday, along with race one in Superbike and Supersport. On Sunday, the race weekend wraps up with morning warm ups followed by race two in both Superbike and Supersport.
As they embark on their MotoAmerica race season, BPR Racing Yamaha extends a heartfelt thanks to all the companies that support the team, including Kern County Powersports, Yamaha Motor Corporation, California Cubs, Dunlop, Next Level Cycles, Speedcell, Galfer Brakes, Evol Technology, Graves Motorsports, TechSpec-USA, Zero Gravity, Superlite, Öhlins USA, Kyle Racing, FT ECU, and Lieto Factory.
