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The 2022 North America Talent Cup is the inaugural season of the North America Talent Cup. [1] The season opener was held alongside the MotoGP series event, the Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas, [1] at COTA and will end at MotoAmerica's final round of 2022 at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama. [1] The inaugural season will feature only 20 riders, all racing on the Aprilia RS250SP2. [1] The top two at the end of the season will be invited to join in the selection event for the 2023 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. [1]
| Calendar [1] [2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Circuit | Date | ||||
| 1 |  Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas | April 10 | ||||
| 2 |  High Plains Raceway, Deer Trail, Colorado | May 8 | ||||
| 3 |  Ridge Motorsports Park, Shelton, Washington | June 26 | ||||
| 4 |  Roebling Road Raceway, Bloomingdale, Georgia | July 17 | ||||
| 5 |  Pittsburgh International Race Complex, Wampum, Pennsylvania | August 14 | ||||
| 6 | Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia | September 4 | ||||
| 7 |  Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama | September 25 | ||||
| Entry list | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bike | Team | No. | Rider | Rounds |
| Aprilia RS250SP2 [1] | B&M American Racing Team | 7 |  Alessandro DiMario [3] | 1 |
| Moo Racing | 9 | Matthew Chapin | 1 | |
| Monkey Ranch USA | 10 |  Emiliano Arciniega | 1 | |
| Monk Moto | 11 | Logan Monk | 1 | |
| Fernandez Racing | 13 | Jayden Fernandez | 1 | |
| Eleven Motorsport | 14 | Chase Black | 1 | |
| PhilDeBeast Racing | 23 |  Philip Degama-Blanchet | 1 | |
| California Mini Grand Prix | 25 | Alexander Enriquez | 1 | |
| Chris Clark Racing | 27 | Chris Clark | 1 | |
| NJ Moto Racing | 29 | Suhaib Salem | 1 | |
| BBV #34 | 34 | Britanni Vaccarino | 1 | |
| Team Sanchez Racing | 38 | Adrian Sanchez | 1 | |
| Singh Racing | 54 | Dylan Singh [3] | 1 | |
| NJ Moto Racing | 58 | Logan Cunnison | 1 | |
| California Mini Grand Prix | 66 | Haydn Meng | 1 | |
| TPL Racing | 72 | Jack Beaudry | 1 | |
| Ocho Uno Racing | 81 | David Roth Jr. | 1 | |
| 2B Motorsports | 93 | Jediah Cumbermack | ||
| Aiden Sneed 613 Racing | 95 | Aiden Sneed | 1 | |
| Jesse James Racing | 99 | Jesse Shedden | 1 | |
| Source: MotoGP.com [4] | ||||
| Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Race Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Circuit of the Americas | Jesse Shedden | Jesse Shedden | Jesse Shedden |
| Jesse Shedden | Jesse Shedden | |||
| 2 | High Plains Raceway | Alessandro DiMario | ||
| Jesse Shedden | ||||
| 3 | Ridge Motorsports Park | Alessandro DiMario | ||
| Alessandro DiMario | ||||
| 4 | Roebling Road Raceway | Alexander Enriquez | ||
| Chris Clark | ||||
| 5 | Pittsburgh International Race Complex | |||
| 6 | Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta | |||
| 7 | Barber Motorsports Park | |||
Points were awarded to the top fifteen riders, provided the rider finished the race.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos. | Rider | Team | TEX | COL | WSH | GEO | PEN | ATL | ALA | Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesse Shedden | Jesse James Racing | 1PF | 1P | 50 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Aiden Sneed | Aiden Sneed 613 Racing | 2 | 4 | 36 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Alassandro DiMario | B&M American Racing Team | 3 | 3 | 32 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Alexander Enriquez | California Mini Grand Prix | 7 | 2 | 29 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Jayden Fernandez | Fernandez Racing | 4 | 5 | 24 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Logan Cunnison | NJ Moto Racing | 8 | 6 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Chase Black | Eleven Motorsport | 6 | 10 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Emiliano Arciniega | Monkey Ranch USA | 10 | 8 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Brittani Vaccarino | BBV #34 | 5 | Ret | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Logan Monk | Monk Moto | 9 | 12 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Suhaib Salem | NJ Moto Racing | Ret | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Philip Degama-Blanchet | PhilDeBeast Racing | 9 | 14 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Adrian Sanchez | Team Sanchez Racing | 11 | 12 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Haydn Meng | California Mini Grand Prix | 13 | 11 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | David Roth Jr. | Ocho Uno Racing | 14 | 13 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Matthew Chapin | Moo Racing | 15 | 15 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Jack Beaudry | TPL Racing | 16 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Dylan Singh | Singh Racing | Ret | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Chris Clark | Chris Clark | 17 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Jediah Cumbermack | 2B Motorsports | ||||||||||||||||
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