2025 MotoAmerica Talent Cup
Round Two – Barber
MotoAmerica Talent Cup Race One
Warhorse Ducati/American Racing’s Alessandro Di Mario made Saturday’s Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul his own, leading 99 per cent of the race to win by 6.5 seconds at Barber Motorsports Park.
Although Yamaha bLU cRU Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane nabbed the holeshot into turn one, Di Mario wasted little time in getting to the front. Once he was there, he never faltered, taking the win by 6.5 seconds.
The battle for second went to the bitter end. Initially, it was three fighting for the spot but CTR/D&D Cycles’ Bodie Page, the winner of race two at Circuit of The Americas last weekend, crashed out of the battle. The Aussie, however, remounted and fought his way through to score valuable eighth-place points.
That left Drane and Tytler’s Cycle Racing’s Hank Vossberg fighting for the runner-up spot, with Drane winning the battle by just .076 of a second. It was Drane’s best finish of the early season after he posted two third-place finishes in the opening round in Texas.
Vossberg’s third-place finish was his best of the year and his first podium finish in the new class.
MP13’s Ella Dreher was fourth, her best finish of the young season, after winning a battle to the line with Royalty Racing’s King by .30 of a second.
Jones Honda’s Julian Correa would have been in that battle, but he was given a five-second penalty for jumping the start. Still, he managed to finish sixth.
MotoAmerica Talent Cup Race One Results
- Alessandro Di Mario
- Sam Drane +6.510s
- Hank Vossberg +6.586s
- Ella Dreher +16.515s
- Carson King +16.825s
- Julian Correa +21.899s
- Rossi Garcia +25.656s
- Bodie Paige +28.154s
- Nathan Bettencourt +31.761s
- Kody Kopp +31.838s
MotoAmerica Talent Cup Race Two
Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Hank Vossberg won the first Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul race of his promising young career on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park, taking full advantage of the mistakes of others to earn victory in the wet race that was red-flagged on the eighth lap.
Vossberg, 14, rode a near-perfect race, topping Jones Honda’s Julian Correa, who was second, 7.6 seconds behind Vossberg and a little less than a second ahead of Saturday’s race winner Alessandro Di Mario. Di Mario ran off track on the fourth lap, which basically took him out of contention for another victory.
Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane was fourth after starting from the back of the grid after he missed the sighting lap following his crash in the track familiarisation session that was held just prior to the race. Drane worked his way up to fourth place by the chequered flag to limit the points damage.
Sam Drane’s Australian countryman Bodie Paige, led the race early on before a big crash on lap five while running in fifth position saw him hit the showers early.
Envy Powered by Warhorse’s Derek Sanchez rounded out the top five.
Di Mario now has a 21-point lead in the Talent Cup Championship over Drane, 86-65. Vossberg and Correa are tied for third with 54 points, one ahead of Paige.
The collective age of the Talent Cup podium at Barber Motorsports Park was 46 years old – four years younger than Supersport race winner Josh Hayes.
MotoAmerica Talent Cup Race Two Results
- Hank Vossberg
- Julian Correa +7.685s
- Alessandro Di Mario +8.554s
- Sam Drane +17.346s
- Derek Sanchez +18.604s
- Ella Dreher +20.283s
- Carson King +21.639s
- Chase Black +1 lap
- Ian Fraley +1 lap
- Landen Smith +1 lap
MotoAmerica Talent Cup Standings after Round Two
- Alessandro Di Mario 86
- Sam Drane 65
- Hank Vossberg 54
- Julian Correa 54
- Bodie Paige 53
- Ella Dreher 43
- Derek Sanchez 33
- Carson King 33
- Rossi Garcia 26
- Chase Black 21
