# 2022 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship

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.

## Impact of Next-Generation Supersport Regulations

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.
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. 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. 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. In February 2022, Team Hammer announced it would retain Sam Lochoff and add Liam Grant to their Supersport rider lineup. 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. 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 and 3D Motorsports LLC followed at Road America.

## The Return of Josh Hayes

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, Hayes scored his first victory of the 2022 season during Race 1 at Virginia International Raceway. 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. 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. 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.

## Calendar and results

| Round | Circuit | Date | Race 1 Winner | Race 2 Winner |
| | Daytona International Speedway | March 10–12 | Non-championship event | Non-championship event |
| 1 | Road Atlanta | April 22–24 | Josh Herrin | Josh Herrin |
| 2 | Virginia | May 20–22 | Josh Hayes | Josh Herrin |
| 3 | Road America | June 3–5 | Tyler Scott | Jason Farrell |
| 4 | The Ridge | June 24–26 | Josh Herrin | Josh Herrin |
| 5 | Monterey | July 8–10 | Josh Herrin | Josh Herrin |
| 6 | Brainerd | July 29–31 | Rocco Landers | Rocco Landers |
| 7 | Pittsburgh | August 19–21 | Rocco Landers | Josh Herrin |
| 8 | New Jersey | September 9–11 | Josh Hayes | Josh Hayes |
| 9 | Alabama | September 23–25 | Rocco Landers | Josh Herrin |

## Teams and riders

2022 Entry List :
| Team | Constructor | No. | Rider | Rounds |
| Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC | Ducati | 2 | Josh Herrin | All |
| Squid Hunter | Yamaha | 4 | Josh Hayes | 2,8-9 |
| Blackall Racing LLC | Yamaha | 11 | Tony Blackall | 1,3,7 |
| Blackall Racing LLC | Yamaha | 73 | Neal Scalf | 3,7 |
| Star Race Team | Kawasaki | 12 | Jamie Starace | 9 |
| Team Velocity Racing | Yamaha | 13 | Chuck Ivey | 1,3,7 |
| BobbleHeadMoto / N2 Racing | Yamaha | 16 | Kevin Olmedo | 1-5 |
| BobbleHeadMoto / N2 Racing | Yamaha | 4 | Josh Hayes | 6-7 |
| BobbleHeadMoto / N2 Racing | Yamaha | 99 | Emerson Amaya | 9 |
| Tango Racing | Kawasaki | 17 | Roberto Hernan Medina | 1 |
| Nitido Racing | Yamaha | 18 | Christian Miranda | 9 |
| North East Cycle Outlet | Yamaha | 20 | CJ LaRoche | All |
| North East Cycle Outlet | Yamaha | 88 | Benjamin Smith | All |
| Mi Scusi Racing Team | Yamaha | 22 | Sloan West | 2 |
| Mi Scusi Racing Team | Yamaha | 91 | Thomas McQuigg | 2 |
| Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki | Suzuki | 24 | Cory Ventura | 5-7 |
| Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki | Suzuki | 44 | Samuel Lochoff | 1-4,8,9 |
| Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki | Suzuki | 70 | Tyler Scott | All |
| Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki | Suzuki | 90 | Liam Grant | All |
| Disrupt Racing | Suzuki | 25 | Dominic Doyle | 6-9 |
| Disrupt Racing | Suzuki | 60 | Carl Soltisz | All |
| EZ Racing | Yamaha | 27 | Edgar Zaragoza | All |
| EZ Racing | Yamaha | 89 | Ivan Munoz | 5 |
| DMK Racing | Kawasaki | 29 | David Kohlstaedt | 4-5 |
| Catalyst Reaction Racing | Yamaha | 30 | Michael Kim | 5 |
| MP13 Racing | Yamaha | 33 | Chad Lewin | 1-3,5 |
| PDR Motorsports | Yamaha | 35 | Diego Perez | 1–3,5 |
| Mallory Dobbs Racing | Kawasaki | 36 | Mallory Dobbs | 4-5 |
| Mesa37 Racing | Kawasaki | 37 | Stefano Mesa | 3 |
| Team Schwags | Yamaha | 38 | Jonathan Schweiger | 1,3 |
| Hopkins Racing | Yamaha | 39 | Sean Hopkins | 9 |
| Mosites Motorsports | Kawasaki | 43 | Gary Yancoskie | 7 |
| All Hustle Racing | Yamaha | 46 | Nick Patenaude | 1 |
| Duo Rotae Racing | Yamaha | 47 | Harm Jansen | 5 |
| Turn One Racing | Yamaha | 49 | Blake Holt | 3,9 |
| Allegro Racing | Suzuki | 52 | Douglas Jacobsen | 9 |
| Dirty T Race Team | Suzuki | 54 | Jordan Tropkoff | 3,5,7 |
| Wawa Racing Team | Kawasaki | 55 | Sahar Svik | 5 |
| Wawa Racing Team | Kawasaki | 56 | Orel Madar | 5 |
| LFrey Racing | Yamaha | 58 | Timothy Frey | 9 |
| Altus Motorsports | Suzuki | 59 | Jaret Nassaney | All |
| Altus Motorsports | Suzuki | 75 | Justin Jones | 1-4 |
| Miller Racing | Kawasaki | 61 | Austin Miller | 2 |
| Seethaler Racing | Yamaha | 62 | Nathan Seethaler | 7 |
| Max Angles Racing Team | Kawasaki | 64 | Max Angles | 1 |
| Rosso Racing | Yamaha | 65 | Aldo Rovirosa | 5 |
| Coleman Racing | Kawasaki | 66 | Patrick Coleman | 1,5 |
| 3D Motorsports LLC | Suzuki | 68 | Luke Power | All |
| HONOS Racing | Yamaha | 71 | Jorge Ehrenstein | 5 |
| Hot Sauce | Kawasaki | 74 | Chris Sarbora | 1,4,5,7-9 |
| Burdett Racing | Yamaha | 77 | Matt Burdett | 1 |
| Thermiotis Racing | Yamaha | 78 | Alejandro Thermiotis | 1 |
| Farrell Performance | Kawasaki | 85 | Jason Farrell | 3 |
| Reded Racing Team | Yamaha | 86 | Rodrigo Donde | 3 |
| 129Photos.com Racing Team | Kawasaki | 87 | Kevin Netto | 9 |
| Open Source Racing | Yamaha | 92 | Joel Ohman | 4-5 |
| Landers Racing | Yamaha | 97 | Rocco Landers | All |

## Championship standings
### Scoring system

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 |
| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | RAT | RAT | VIR | VIR | RAM | RAM | RID | RID | MON | MON | BRA | BRA | PIT | PIT | NJE | NJE | ALA | ALA | Pts |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pts |
| 1 | Josh Herrin | Ducati | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 387 |
| 2 | Rocco Landers | Yamaha | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 281 |
| 3 | Tyler Scott | Suzuki | DNS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 3 | 229 |
| 4 | Benjamin Smith | Yamaha | 3 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 173 |
| 5 | Luke Power | Suzuki | 8 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 4 | 2 | Ret | 5 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 2 | 149 |
| 6 | Josh Hayes | Yamaha | | | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | 148 |
| 7 | Jaret Nassaney | Suzuki | 11 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 137 |
| 8 | Kevin Olmedo | Yamaha | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 114 |
| 9 | Samuel Lochoff | Suzuki | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 15 | | | | | | | 7 | 12 | Ret | 5 | 107 |
| 10 | Stefano Mesa | Kawasaki | | | | | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 102 |
| 11 | Carl Soltisz | Suzuki | 13 | 11 | 18 | Ret | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 98 |
| 12 | CJ LaRoche | Yamaha | 12 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 8 | 95 |
| 13 | Liam Grant | Suzuki | 14 | 12 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 16 | 9 | 6 | DNS | | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 72 |
| 14 | Cory Ventura | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | | | | | 61 |
| 15 | Dominic Doyle | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 6 | 8 | 10 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 11 | 47 |
| 16 | Alejandro Thermiotis | Yamaha | 10 | 9 | 14 | 8 | Ret | 12 | 8 | Ret | DNS | 6 | | | | | | | | | 45 |
| 17 | Edgar Zaragoza | Yamaha | 20 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 34 |
| 18 | Diego Perez | Yamaha | 5 | DNS | 7 | Ret | Ret | 6 | | | 17 | 14 | | | | | | | | | 32 |
| 19 | Jason Farrell | Kawasaki | | | | | 13 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28 |
| 20 | David Kohlstaedt | Kawasaki | | | | | | | 11 | 8 | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | | | 27 |
| 21 | Justin Jones | Suzuki | 15 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 |
| 22 | Max Angles | Kawasaki | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 |
| 23 | Blake Holt | Yamaha | | | | | 12 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Ret | 10 |
| 24 | Christian Miranda | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 13 | 10 |
| 25 | Chad Lewin | Yamaha | 7 | Ret | 17 | DNS | Ret | Ret | | | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | 9 |
| 26 | Sean Hopkins | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 10 | 9 |
| 27 | Emerson Amaya | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 7 |
| 28 | Jordan Tropkoff | Suzuki | | | | | 21 | 14 | | | 12 | 19 | | | Ret | Ret | | | | | 6 |
| 29 | Joel Ohman | Yamaha | | | | | | | 14 | 12 | Ret | 18 | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 30 | Mallory Dobbs | Kawasaki | | | | | | | 13 | 13 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 31 | Sloan West | Yamaha | | | 11 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 32 | Aldo Rovirosa | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | 20 | 11 | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 33 | Rodrigo Donde | Yamaha | | | Ret | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 17 | | | 5 |
| 34 | Neal Scalf | Yamaha | | | | | 16 | 13 | | | | | | | Ret | 15 | | | | | 4 |
| 35 | Nathan Seethaler | Yamaha | | | 20 | 12 | | | | | | | | | 19 | 20 | | | | | 4 |
| 36 | Chris Sarbora | Kawasaki | 18 | 15 | | | | | DNS | DNS | 16 | 16 | | | 16 | 18 | 15 | 15 | DNS | Ret | 3 |
| 37 | Jorge Ehrenstein | Yamaha | | | | | 18 | Ret | | | 18 | 13 | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 38 | Kevin Netto | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 14 | 3 |
| 39 | Douglas Jacobsen | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 17 | 2 |
| 40 | Gary Yancoskie | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 17 | | | | | 2 |
| 41 | Sahar Zvik | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | 14 | 20 | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 42 | Patrick Coleman | Kawasaki | 16 | 17 | | | | | | | 15 | DNS | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 43 | Austin Miller | Kawasaki | | | 15 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 44 | Harm Jansen | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | Ret | 15 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 45 | Orel Madar | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | DNS | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 46 | Jonathan Schweiger | Yamaha | 22 | 20 | | | 17 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 47 | Thomas McQuigg | Yamaha | | | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 48 | Roberto Hernan Medina | Kawasaki | DNS | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 49 | Tony Blackall | Yamaha | Ret | Ret | | | 20 | 17 | | | | | | | 18 | 16 | | | | | 0 |
| 50 | Chuck Ivey | Yamaha | 17 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 51 | Ivan Munoz | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | 19 | 17 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 52 | Timothy Frey | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 18 | 0 |
| 53 | Nick Patenaude | Yamaha | 19 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 54 | Jamie Starace | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 19 | 0 |
| 55 | Chris Murphy | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 19 | | | | | 0 |
| 56 | Matt Burdett | Yamaha | 21 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 57 | Michael Kim | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | Ret | 22 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | RAT | RAT | VIR | VIR | RAM | RAM | RID | RID | MON | MON | BRA | BRA | PIT | PIT | NJE | NJE | ALA | ALA | Pts |