The 2022 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship season was the 8th season of the MotoAmerica Supersport class. The defending class champion was Sean Dylan Kelly, who vacated his title during 2022 to race internationally in Moto2. [1]
The 2022 Supersport season was noteworthy for the adoption of the FIM's Next-Generation Supersport rules. Prior to the introduction of the Next-Generation concept, Supersport grids consisted mainly of 600cc four-cylinder motorcycles produced by the Japanese manufacturing companies, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Honda and Suzuki. To encourage participation by a wider range of motorcycle manufacturers, the FIM devised a new formula to balance the performance of larger-displacement motorcycles with the existing quartet of 600cc supersport motorcycles. [2]
In response to MotoAmerica's adoption of Next-Generation Supersport regulations, WarHorse HSBK Racing NYC partnered with Ducati to form a single-rider team to campaign the Ducati Panigale V2 in MotorAmerica Supersport. On November 12, 2021 the team announced that former-MotoAmerica-Superbike champion, Josh Herrin, had signed with the team to race the 2022 Daytona 200 and the 2022 MotoAmerica Supersport season. [3] Herrin would go on to win 9 of 18 races during the 2022 season, taking the championship by a 106pt margin.
Though Sean Dylan Kelly had taken the 2021 Supersport championship aboard a Suzuki GSX-R600, MotoAmerica received Supersport entries from teams who intended to compete under Next-Gen rules with the Suzuki GSX-R750. California-based Team Hammer prepared the GSX-R750 for its return to competition, which led the team to form a technical partnership with UK-based Bike Sports Development to retro-fit the GSX-R750 with a compulsory throttle-by-wire racing kit. [4] During 2022, Team Hammer's throttle conversion kit was the only homologated throttle upgrade for Next-Generation Supersport competition, signifying that MotoAmerica Supersport was the global development laboratory in 2022 for the GSX-R750. [5] In February 2022, Team Hammer announced it would retain Sam Lochoff and add Liam Grant to their Supersport rider lineup. [6] In April 2022, the team also added the 2021 Junior Cup champion, Tyler Scott, to their roster just before the first event at Road Atlanta. [7] Team Hammer scored four consecutive podiums in the first four races of the 2022 season. Their success prompted other teams to adopt Suzuki's 750cc platform. Altus Motorsports switched from the GSX-R600 to the GSX-R750 for Round 2 at Virginia International Raceway [8] and 3D Motorsports LLC followed at Road America . [9]
The 2022 Supersport season also marked the return of four-time AMA Pro Superbike champion, Josh Hayes, who planned to participate at select events with the Squid Hunter racing team aboard a Yamaha R6 . Hayes entered the 2022 MotoAmerica season just 3 wins shy of Miguel Duhamel's record for career wins in AMA Pro Roadracing competition. After narrowly missing victory at the 2022 Daytona 200, [10] Hayes scored his first victory of the 2022 season during Race 1 at Virginia International Raceway. [11] After a 3-event break, Hayes was asked to sub for Kevin Olmedo, who could not compete with the N2 Racing Bobblehead Moto Team due to illness. [12] The partnership with N2 Racing did not produce additional victories for Hayes, but when he reunited with the Squid Hunter racing team at New Jersey Motorsports Park, the 47-year-old scored his 85th and 86th career victories to tie Duhamel's record. [13] With one event remaining in 2022, Hayes hoped to break Duhamel's record at Barber Motorsports Park, but he suffered a high-speed crash during free practice. The crash broke Hayes' leg, and he was forced to end the 2022 season as the co-record-holder for career wins in Ama Pro Roadracing competition. [14]
Round | Circuit | Date | Race 1 Winner | Race 2 Winner |
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![]() | March 10–12 | Non-championship event | Non-championship event | |
1 | ![]() | April 22–24 | ![]() | ![]() |
2 | ![]() | May 20–22 | ![]() | ![]() |
3 | ![]() | June 3–5 | ![]() | ![]() |
4 | ![]() | June 24–26 | ![]() | ![]() |
5 | ![]() | July 8–10 | ![]() | ![]() |
6 | ![]() | July 29–31 | ![]() | ![]() |
7 | ![]() | August 19–21 | ![]() | ![]() |
8 | ![]() | September 9–11 | ![]() | ![]() |
9 | ![]() | September 23–25 | ![]() | ![]() |
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2022 Entry List | ||||
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Team | Constructor | No. | Rider | Rounds |
Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC | Ducati | 2 | ![]() | All |
Squid Hunter | Yamaha | 4 | ![]() | 2,8-9 |
Blackall Racing LLC | Yamaha | 11 | ![]() | 1,3,7 |
73 | ![]() | 3,7 | ||
Star Race Team | Kawasaki | 12 | ![]() | 9 |
Team Velocity Racing | Yamaha | 13 | ![]() | 1,3,7 |
BobbleHeadMoto / N2 Racing | Yamaha | 16 | ![]() | 1-5 |
4 | ![]() | 6-7 | ||
99 | ![]() | 9 | ||
Tango Racing | Kawasaki | 17 | ![]() | 1 |
Nitido Racing | Yamaha | 18 | ![]() | 9 |
North East Cycle Outlet | Yamaha | 20 | ![]() | All |
88 | ![]() | All | ||
Mi Scusi Racing Team | Yamaha | 22 | ![]() | 2 |
91 | ![]() | 2 | ||
Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki | Suzuki | 24 | ![]() | 5-7 |
44 | ![]() | 1-4,8,9 | ||
70 | ![]() | All | ||
90 | ![]() | All | ||
Disrupt Racing | Suzuki | 25 | ![]() | 6-9 |
60 | ![]() | All | ||
EZ Racing | Yamaha | 27 | ![]() | All |
89 | ![]() | 5 | ||
DMK Racing | Kawasaki | 29 | ![]() | 4-5 |
Catalyst Reaction Racing | Yamaha | 30 | ![]() | 5 |
MP13 Racing | Yamaha | 33 | ![]() | 1-3,5 |
PDR Motorsports | Yamaha | 35 | ![]() | 1–3,5 |
Mallory Dobbs Racing | Kawasaki | 36 | ![]() | 4-5 |
Mesa37 Racing | Kawasaki | 37 | ![]() | 3 |
Team Schwags | Yamaha | 38 | ![]() | 1,3 |
Hopkins Racing | Yamaha | 39 | ![]() | 9 |
Mosites Motorsports | Kawasaki | 43 | ![]() | 7 |
All Hustle Racing | Yamaha | 46 | ![]() | 1 |
Duo Rotae Racing | Yamaha | 47 | ![]() | 5 |
Turn One Racing | Yamaha | 49 | ![]() | 3,9 |
Allegro Racing | Suzuki | 52 | ![]() | 9 |
Dirty T Race Team | Suzuki | 54 | ![]() | 3,5,7 |
Wawa Racing Team | Kawasaki | 55 | ![]() | 5 |
56 | ![]() | 5 | ||
LFrey Racing | Yamaha | 58 | ![]() | 9 |
Altus Motorsports | Suzuki | 59 | ![]() | All |
75 | ![]() | 1-4 | ||
Miller Racing | Kawasaki | 61 | ![]() | 2 |
Seethaler Racing | Yamaha | 62 | ![]() | 7 |
Max Angles Racing Team | Kawasaki | 64 | ![]() | 1 |
Rosso Racing | Yamaha | 65 | ![]() | 5 |
Coleman Racing | Kawasaki | 66 | ![]() | 1,5 |
3D Motorsports LLC | Suzuki | 68 | ![]() | All |
HONOS Racing | Yamaha | 71 | ![]() | 5 |
Hot Sauce | Kawasaki | 74 | ![]() | 1,4,5,7-9 |
Burdett Racing | Yamaha | 77 | ![]() | 1 |
Thermiotis Racing | Yamaha | 78 | ![]() | 1 |
Farrell Performance | Kawasaki | 85 | ![]() | 3 |
Reded Racing Team | Yamaha | 86 | ![]() | 3 |
129Photos.com Racing Team | Kawasaki | 87 | ![]() | 9 |
Open Source Racing | Yamaha | 92 | ![]() | 4-5 |
Landers Racing | Yamaha | 97 | ![]() | All |
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
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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