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The 2020 MotoAmerica Championship (known as 2020 HONOS FIM MotoAmerica Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 6th season of the MotoAmerica Championship. [1]
MotoAmerica’s premier race class, HONOS Superbike showcases the top road racers aboard top-of-the-line, highly modified motorcycles capable of speeds approaching 200 miles per hour. [2] Engine configurations and minimum weight requirements are listed below:
A feeder class for Superbike, Stock 1000 gives MotoAmerica riders the opportunity to gain experience aboard 1,000cc motorcycles with an eye toward eventually moving up to Superbike. [3] Engine configurations requirements are listed below:
MotoAmerica’s middleweight race class, Supersport features the series’ rising stars competing aboard production-based motorcycles. [4] Engine configurations and minimum weight requirements are listed below:
Putting middleweight, twin-cylinder motorcycles in the spotlight, Twins Cup enables regional and club racers from around the country to step up to the MotoAmerica series and compete on a national level. [5] Engine configurations requirements are listed below:
MotoAmerica’s entry-level race class, Liqui Moly Junior Cup presents the series’ youngest riders competing aboard small-displacement, production-based motorcycles. [6] Engine configurations requirements are listed below:
A provisional 9-event calendar was announced on 13 April 2020. [7]
2020 Calendar [8] | |||||||||
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Round | State | Circuit | Date | Superbike | Stock 1000 | Supersport | Twins | Junior Cup | |
1 | R1 | Wisconsin | Road America | 30 May | Cameron Beaubier | PJ Jacobsen | Richie Escalante | Kaleb De Keyrel | Dominic Doyle |
R2 | 31 may | Cameron Beaubier | No Race | Richie Escalante | No Race | Dominic Doyle | |||
2 | R1 | Wisconsin | Road America | 27 June | Cameron Beaubier | Cameron Petersen | Richie Escalante | Kaleb De Keyrel | Dominic Doyle |
R2 | 28 June | Bobby Fong | No Race | Richie Escalante | Rocco Landers | Rocco Landers | |||
3 | R1 | Georgia | Road Atlanta | 1 August | Cameron Beaubier | Corey Alexander | Sean Dylan Kelly | Kaleb De Keyrel | Rocco Landers |
R2 | 2 August | Cameron Beaubier | Corey Alexander | Richie Escalante | No Race | Rocco Landers | |||
4 | R1 | Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh International Race Complex | 8 August | Cameron Beaubier | Cameron Petersen | Richie Escalante | Rocco Landers | Rocco Landers |
R2 | 9 August | Cameron Beaubier | Cameron Petersen | Richie Escalante | No Race | Rocco Landers | |||
5 | R1 | Washington | The Ridge Motorsports Park | 29 August | Cameron Beaubier | Cameron Petersen | Richie Escalante | Rocco Landers | Rocco Landers |
R2 | 30 August | Cameron Beaubier | Sean Dylan Kelly | No Race | Rocco Landers | ||||
6 | R1 | New Jersey | New Jersey Motorsports Park | 12 September | Cameron Beaubier | Cameron Petersen | Richie Escalante | Rocco Landers | Rocco Landers |
R2 | 13 September | Cameron Beaubier | Sean Dylan Kelly | Rocco Landers | Rocco Landers | ||||
7 | R1 | Alabama | Barber Motorsports Park | 19 September | Cameron Beaubier | Cameron Petersen | Richie Escalante | Rocco Landers | Rocco Landers |
R2 | 20 September | Cameron Beaubier | Cameron Petersen | Richie Escalante | Rocco Landers | Rocco Landers | |||
8 | R1 | Indiana | The Brickyard | 10 October | Bobby Fong | Travis Wyman | Richie Escalante | Rocco Landers | Rocco Landers |
R2 | 11 October | Lorenzo Zanetti | No Race | Richie Escalante | No Race | Rocco Landers | |||
R3 | Bobby Fong | No Race | No Race | No Race | No Race | ||||
9 | R1 | California | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | 24 October | Cameron Beaubier | Cameron Petersen | Sean Dylan Kelly | Rocco Landers | Rocco Landers |
R2 | 25 October | No Race | Sean Dylan Kelly | No Race | Rocco Landers | ||||
R3 | No Race | No Race | No Race | No Race |
Points were awarded as follows:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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