Ready, Set, Go: The 10th Anniversary Season Of MotoAmerica Begins In Earnest At Road Atlanta

Superbike, Supersport And Junior Cup Get Their Championships Started This Weekend At Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta

IRVINE, CA – April 18, 2024 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – While Mission King Of The Baggers and BellissiMoto Twins Cup already have races under their belts in 2024, Steel Commander Superbike, Supersport and Junior Cup will start their championships this coming weekend at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta as the 10^th anniversary of the MotoAmerica series begins in earnest in Braselton, Georgia, April 19-21.

Stefano Mesa (37) and Tyler Scott (70) are two of the favorites as the MotoAmerica Supersport Championship gets started at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta this weekend, April 19-21.
Photo by Brian J. Nelson

Excitement is high as a full contingent of five classes and 10 races are slated for the iconic Road Atlanta with 137 entries spread over the five classes.

Here’s a closer look at the Support classes after yesterday’s preview of the Steel Commander Superbike opener.

Supersport – 44 Entries! Say What?

Forty-four entries will attempt to qualify for the two Supersport races at Road Atlanta. That’s right. Forty-four.

Where do we begin?  Since defending class champion Xavi Forés, who won both races at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta last year, isn’t defending his title, we can’t start there. And since Daytona 200 winner Josh Herrin is racing Superbikes for the rest of the season, we can’t start there.

So, let’s begin with how they finished behind Forés last year and go from there.

That puts us right smack dab on the rider who really has to be the pre-season favorite – Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott. Scott ended up second in the title chase in 2023, winning four of the last seven races and standing on the podium a total of 11 times. The youngster from Pennsylvania returns with the same team and the same aspirations. Last year, Scott was second and fourth in the two races at Road Atlanta.

Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Stefano Mesa, fourth in the standings last year with one win and five other podiums, is the second-highest finisher in Supersport who is returning to the class (Josh Hayes, who was third in last year’s title chase, isn’t entered at Road Atlanta).

Scott’s teammate from last year, Teagg Hobbs, is also returning to the Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki fold after finishing fifth in last year’s championship with three podium finishes.

Jake Lewis, seventh last year, is another returnee and he will…