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also a paddock pass, allowing fans to get up close and personal with racers. Between sessions, you could feel the excitement building at the track while the New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, NJ when Moto America came to town. The exciting race lineups for Saturday and Sunday included tice, the Dunlop M4 Suzuki team sponsored twoextra adrenaline rush. The qualifying sessions began immediately after and resulted in Cameron Beaubier in pole position for the Superbike class,

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words: Joseph Pepenella • images: Tony Pepenella Racing ruled over the September 11th weekend at HONOS Superbike, Supersport, Stock 1000, Twins Cup, and the Liquid Moly Junior Cup. The weekend kicked off on Friday morning with practice sessions for each class. After the final pracseater rides on the racetrack for fans looking for that whizzing by on both sides transporting tires, equipment, and information.

Corey Alexander with the best time in Stock 1000, and Sean Dylan Kelly atop the Supersport class. Saturday morning opened with practice sessions that filled the air with exhaust fumes as spectators lined up against the fence along the track. One of the nice touches at NJMP is that each race ticket is

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to keep rain tires on deck in each of their garages. The other side of the infield at NJMP offered vendors and various activities for families, like a rockclimbing wall and inflatable’s for the kids. There was also a heart-pounding stunt show put on by identical twin brothers, making them hard to keep track of while they were playing tag on motorcycles!

the finish line over 2 seconds ahead of his competitors. The final race wrapped up a beautiful weekend at NJMP. The weather coMIllville offers enough for any racing fan, but it’s family friendly as well, and the spectating options really get you up close and personal with the track and the racers. After two great days of racing, the Moto America circuit will move on to Alabama for its final rounds!

At the end of Saturday ’s sessions, I had an opportunity to speak with Corey Alexander, from Ride HVMC Racing, and his grandfather, who shared that Corey was competing in both the Stock 1000 and Superbike classes this weekend … on the same bike! Riding a stock 1000 in Superbike makes his 6th and 8th place finishes in the Superbike races even more impressive. Corey also took his place on the podium after finishing 2nd in Saturday ’s stock 1000 race. This was a fantastic bounce back for him after being involved in a lap 1 pile-up in has last race at the Ridge Motorsports Park in Washington and leaving him second overall in points in the Stock 1000 class. After preparing for rainy conditions, the air in southern New Jersey was instead filled with warm sun rays, cool breezes, and screaming engines. The weather could not have taken a better turn, but Cameron Beaubier did, by sweeping the weekend and taking home victories in both Superbike races for Monster Energy Attack Performance Yamaha. This is his operated seamlessly and allowed for the full slate of races. The tracks in

11th win of the 2020 season and he remains on track to win the championship. His pace was unmatched in race one, crossing the finish line with nearly 10 seconds between him and Westby Racing’s Matthew Scholtz. Race two was quickly red flagged after a spill from Bradley Ward. The shortened race made no difference to Beaubier, as he resumed where he left off and crossed