Michael Gilbert, 24 years old, is putting his Michael Gilbert Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R Stock 1000 race bike aside this weekend so that he can ride a FLY Racing / ADR Motorsports Suzuki GSX-R1000R in the MotoAmerica HONOS Superbike class at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS ) can drive.
“Dave [Anthony] texted me about a week ago asking if I would be interested in riding a superbike for him and things have moved on very quickly, ”Gilbert told Roadracingworld.com. “We’re giving up third place in the Stock 1000 championship of course, but I think this is a pretty good opportunity to get into superbike, see what we can do and hopefully raise an eyebrow or two. We’re just going to do the best job we can. “
Gilbert will ride the Suzuki that Andrew Lee made his Superbike debut on at Barber Motorsports Park after Lee’s entry into the Superbike Unlimited Franklin Armory Racing Kawasaki ZX-10RR was withdrawn because that motorcycle had an illegal ECU, software, and tight Nova Ratio has racing gear.
According to a press release from the team, Superbike Unlimited has brought their Kawasaki into compliance with MotoAmerica Superbike rules and two-time MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Champion Lee will be back on the ZX-10RR this weekend.
The Stock 1000 class won’t be empty this weekend as Altus Motorsports Suzuki’s Cameron Petersen seeks to claim the 2020 IMS championship and the South African can pull off that feat with a strong finish in the only race this weekend.
As Gilbert is leaving the Stock 1000 class, this opens the door for Travis Wyman, Stefano Mesa or Alex Dumas to overtake him in the points classification in the two remaining races. Dumas, 18 years old, will be back on his M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R1000R at Indy after breaking his right arm in an accident at Ridge Motorsports Park in August.
Mesa will perform dual roles at IMS as it has decided to drive its new Mesa 37 Racing Kawasaki ZX-6R in addition to its Kawasaki ZX-10R in Stock 1000 in the Supersport class.
Hayden Schultz, a regular in the Twins Cup class, has not only brought his Hayden Schultz Racing Yamaha MT-07 into the Twins Cup but also a Kawasaki ZX-6R for supersport races.
After Jason Madama said at New Jersey Motorsports Park that he was selling his Syndicate Racing / Apex Assassins Yamaha MT-07 and ending his season early, Jason Madama is back to compete in the Twins Cup in The Racing Capital of the World .
Rocco Landers has a good chance of winning the 2020 MotoAmerica Twins Cup Championship on his SportbikeTrackGear.com Suzuki SV650 this weekend. Landers will only fail to claim the title if Kaleb De Keyrel wins the race on his 1-833-CJ-KNOWS Accident & Injury Law Yamaha MT-07 and Landers does not score any points.
On a normal MotoAmerica race weekend, Trevor Daley works as a member of Toni Elias’ M4 ECSTAR Suzuki crew, but this weekend Daley is racing against Elias and the rest of the field in Superbike. Earlier this season, Daley, a seasoned racing driver, finished second and third in two Canadian Superbike races on his Suzuki Canada GSX-R1000R.
The event “MotoAmerica Superbikes at The Brickyard” aroused a lot of interest on the part of the participants, which led to a total of 139 entries in the five MotoAmerica classes (Superbike, Stock 1000, Supersport, Junior Cup and Twins Cup), plus 23 entries in the Show class Heritage Cup.
The COVID-19 logs are in full effect at IMS this weekend. Anyone entering the facility must complete a medical questionnaire and undergo a temperature control each day of the event.
Due to COVID-19 concerns, spectators are not allowed to enter the track, but a limited number of fans are allowed to watch the races from a designated section of the grandstands outside of the 4.1 km long Turn One of the Speedway. What is the attendance limit? An IMS employee said the limit was 10,000 fans a day.