It’s Calculator Time as MotoAmerica Titles Go Down To The Wire at NJMP

At Least One Support-Class Championship Will Be Wrapped Up In
New Jersey, September 9-11

IRVINE, CA – September 8, 2022 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – With 100 championship points still up for grabs in the remaining two rounds (four races) of the 2022 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship and a massive 76-point lead in his pocket, all Josh Herrin really needs to do this weekend to be crowned champion is find New Jersey Motorsports Park.

Hey, Josh, it’s in Millville.

Josh Herrin (2) has won eight races thus far in the 2022 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship. A normal weekend for Herrin at New Jersey Motorsports Park will result in him earning the championship. Rocco Landers (97) is the closest rider to Herrin in the points chase and he’s 76 points behind. Photo by Brian J. Nelson

With eight wins and 13 total podiums in 14 races, Herrin is in complete control of the Supersport Championship. If at any point in the weekend his lead exceeds 75 points, he will be crowned. In other words, if Herrin wins Saturday’s race one and Landers Racing’s Rocco Landers finishes second, Herrin’s lead will be 81 points. At that point, with only 75 points remaining, Herrin is champion. Win race one and it’s over.

Obviously, there are plenty of other scenarios, but the bottom line is that Herrin and/or his Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC team would have to have a massive fail. Two non-points-paying finishes in New Jersey combined with two wins by Landers and Herrin still goes to the Barber Motorsports Park finale with a 26-point lead. Based on how they’ve done this season, that’s a longshot of epic proportions.

Even with the championship likely falling to Herrin, Landers has had a sophomore season of Supersport racing he can be proud of with three wins and 10 podiums on his Landers Racing Yamaha YZF-R6.

Ditto for Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott with the 16-year-old sitting third in the point standings in a rookie season that featured his career first win in the Superport class.

Scott has a near stranglehold on third with North East Cycle Outlet Racing’s Benjamin Smith sitting fourth in the standings over N2 Racing/BobbleHeadMoto’s Kevin Olmedo, despite the fact that the Salvadorian has missed the past four races due to illness.

Luke Power Racing’s Luke Power trails Olmedo by just a single point with part-timer Josh Hayes seventh based on his four races as Olmedo’s fill-in and the VIRginia International Raceway round he competed in…