Roadracing World has launched this exclusive promotion that honored the most promising young road racers in response to the pessimists who claimed North America had no new aspiring young racers. This edition of the Roadracing World Young Gun Awards marks the 25th year in a row that a wealth of new talent is showcased.
Roadracing World Young Guns have won:
FIM MotoGP and FIM Superbike races and world championships;
MotoAmerica / AMA Pro races and championships, including nine MotoAmerica / AMA Pro Superbike championships;
A KTM RC Cup World Final race;
The Daytona 200 (10 times);
WERA National Endurance Championships and WERA National Challenge Championships;
ASRA / Formula USA Grand National and CCS National Championships;
AMA Road Racing Grand Championships and Horizon Awards;
USGPRU National Championships;
Lots of regional and local titles.
The competition is getting more intense as more – and younger – riders are nominated with higher performance and the level of performance required to get the grade becomes increasingly difficult.
We have spent the past few months accepting nominations and evaluating road racers between the ages of 10 and 18 (at the start of the 2021 season) who have won at least expert-level road races and / or championships or who have had excellent results as an amateur / novice. Most of the drivers included here have done far more than the minimum.
The young drivers recognized here are the most promising young road racers in North America. All of them have earned the title Roadracing World Young Gun.
We will present one Young Gun per day in alphabetical order.
Rossi Moor after winning the 2020 MotoAmerica Mini Cup 190 championship. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.
Rossi Moor
Age: 13th
Current home: Budapest, Hungary (originally from Portland, Oregon).
Current size / weight: 5’5 “/ 115 pounds.
Current school grade level: 7th grade.
Started riding in old age: 2.5 years.
First road race: 2014, McMinnville, Oregon, Oregon Superbikers, 125cc four-stroke, 1st place.
Current racing bike: KTM RC4R250.
Current tuners / mechanics: Snipers Mugen Race Junior Team.
Primary racing series: Nordic Talent Cup.
Top sponsors: Snipers Mugen Race Junior Team, AGV, Dainese.
Recent racing achievements: 2020 season, won MotoAmerica Mini Cup 190 Championship, won FIM Ohvale 190 Mini Road Racing Championship; Season 2019, runner-up in the CIV (Italian) Ohvale GP-0 190 National Championship, won the MotoAmerica Ohvale Talent Cup at the Pittsburgh International Race Complex, won Ohvale GP-0 190 races in the Hungarian National Championship, took pole position and led the way Race in Ohvale World Championship, finished 25th in the European Talent Cup race in Jerez (youngest participant).
Race goal 2021: Win the Northern Talent Cup Championship.
Racing career goal: Win the MotoGP World Championship.
Racing hero: Valentino Rossi.
Favorite song: Jerez.
Favorite hobby: Play.
If I wasn’t racing, I would be …: a boxer.