The 2021 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship season was the 7th season of the supersport class of motorcycle racing within the MotoAmerica series. Richie Escalante entered the season as the defending champion, picking up his first MotoAmerica supersport title in 2020. However, the 9-round season concluded with Sean Dylan Kelly picking up his first MotoAmerica supersport title. This was enough to secure Kelly a move to Moto2 for 2022.
Calendar and results
Round Circuit Date Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner 1 Road Atlanta April 30-May 2 Sean Dylan Kelly Sean Dylan Kelly 2 Virginia May 21–23 Sean Dylan Kelly Richie Escalante 3 Road America June 11–13 Stefano Mesa Richie Escalante 4 The Ridge June 25–27 Sean Dylan Kelly Sean Dylan Kelly 5 Monterey July 9–11 Sean Dylan Kelly Sean Dylan Kelly 6 Brainerd July 30-August 1 Sean Dylan Kelly Sean Dylan Kelly 7 Pittsburgh August 13–15 Richie Escalante Sean Dylan Kelly 8 New Jersey September 10–12 Sean Dylan Kelly Samuel Lochoff 9 Alabama September 17–19 Sean Dylan Kelly Gabriel Da Silva
Teams and riders 2021 Entry ListTeamConstructorRiderRounds HONOS Racing Team Kawasaki 1 Richie Escalante All Campbell Racing Kawasaki 10 Steven Campbell 4 Blackall Racing LLC Yamaha 11 Tony Blackall 1–6, 8–9 Team Velocity Racing Yamaha 13 Chuck Ivey 1–2, 9 Team Posse MV Agusta 15 Jeremiah Walker 5 Altus Motorsports Suzuki 16 Kevin Olmedo 3–9 33 Cooper McDonald 1–2 59 Jaret Nassaney All McKnight Racing Yamaha 17 Tony McKnight 9 West Side Performance Racing Yamaha 18 Christian Miranda 1 Alvar Racing Kawasaki 19 Ryan Alvar 6 North East Cycle Outlet Racing Yamaha 20 CJ LaRoche All 88 Benjamin Smith All Mi Scusi Racing Yamaha 22 Thomas McQuigg 2 MESA37 Racing Yamaha 24 Xavier Zayat 1–2, 9 Kawasaki 37 Stefano Mesa 1–3, 5–9 BARTCON Racing Kawasaki 25 Dominic Doyle 1, 3–9 62 Anthony Mazziotto 2 PH26 Racing Yamaha 26 Phil Horwitz 3 EZ Racing Yamaha 27 Edgar Zaragoza All CV28 Racing Kawasaki 28 Cory Ventura 5 Innovative Motor Sports Suzuki 34 Scott Briody 2 Team Schwags Yamaha 38 Jonathan Schweiger 3, 9 Fisk Brothers Racing Yamaha 39 Brian Hebeisen 6 M4 ECSTAR Suzuki Suzuki 40 Sean Dylan Kelly All 44 Samuel Lochoff All Justin Jones Racing Kawasaki 43 Justin Jones 8 Tango Racing Yamaha 45 Matias Petratti 1–5, 7 All Hustle Racing Yamaha 46 Nick Patenaude 7, 9 Duo Rotae Racing Yamaha 47 Harm Jansen 5 K and J Racing Solutions Yamaha 48 Kevin Nolde 1 Catalyst Reaction Racing Yamaha 50 Patryk Buchcik 5 Cycle Gear Racing Yamaha 52 Nolan Lamkin 1–5, 8 August Racing Yamaha 53 August Nord 3, 9 GT Law Racing Yamaha 55 Kyle Fox 1 Lane Racing Yamaha 57 Jeff Lane 4 XS Racing Kawasaki 58 Daniel Riser 5 Disrupt Racing Yamaha 60 Carl Soltisz All Pure Attitude Racing Kawasaki 61 Austin Miller All Yamaha 99 Nate Minster 1–7, 9 Art Performance Suzuki 63 Fernando Silva 9 65 Bruno Silva 9 PDR Motorsports Yamaha 64 Max Angles 1–4 Nielsen Racing Yamaha 67 Jes Schwartz 3 Surtimoto Team - Help Work Mexico Yamaha 68 Daniel Cano Flores 1 SBKUNDG Kawasaki 69 Chris Sarbora 4 S&R Racing Kawasaki 70 Sean Cresap 4 SpeedDealer Racing Yamaha 73 Philip Melnyk 4 Thermiotis Racing Yamaha 78 Alejandro Thermiotis All Topbox Road Racing Suzuki 79 Mark Faulkner 1, 9 Sam Gluss Racing Kawasaki 81 Samuel Gluss 5 Franklin Armory/Disrupt Racing Kawasaki 85 Jessica Capizzi 3 3R Team Racing Kawasaki 87 Rigo Salazar 7–9 Grant Motors Racing Kawasaki 90 Liam Grant All GP Racing Yamaha 93 Gabriel Da Silva 2, 4–5, 9 Mosites Motorsports Kawasaki 95 Gary Yancoskie 7 Landers Racing/Tyrant CNC Yamaha 97 Rocco Landers 1–8
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 VIR RAM RID MON BRA PIT NJE ALA Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Sean Dylan Kelly Suzuki 1 1 1 2 6 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 410 2 Richie Escalante Kawasaki 2 2 4 1 5 1 2 2 2 2 2 Ret 1 2 2 3 2 DNS 315 3 Samuel Lochoff Suzuki 5 7 8 5 2 4 4 4 7 26 3 3 5 4 3 1 4 3 233 4 Rocco Landers Yamaha DNS 3 5 4 4 7 5 6 6 5 Ret 2 3 3 4 4 182 5 Benjamin Smith Yamaha 6 6 3 Ret 3 5 Ret 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 7 DNS 6 178 6 Stefano Mesa Kawasaki Ret 4 2 3 1 3 DNS 7 5 4 6 6 8 8 3 Ret 175 7 Kevin Olmedo Suzuki 7 6 3 3 5 6 Ret Ret 13 9 6 6 DNS 12 106 8 Dominic Doyle Kawasaki DNS DNS 10 11 6 7 Ret 9 Ret 6 7 7 9 9 6 8 97 9 Carl Soltisz Yamaha 10 10 10 8 8 8 14 12 10 23 7 10 9 10 13 14 9 15 95 10 Jaret Nassaney Suzuki 8 12 9 10 12 13 8 9 13 11 8 9 14 12 17 10 13 10 91 11 Alejandro Thermiotis Yamaha 7 9 Ret Ret 11 12 10 10 8 13 9 13 8 Ret 10 13 Ret 4 88 12 Nolan Lamkin Yamaha 3 Ret Ret 19 9 Ret 7 11 Ret 8 7 5 65 13 Liam Grant Kawasaki DNS Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 12 13 11 12 6 8 11 8 16 Ret 5 Ret 65 14 Gabriel Da Silva Yamaha 7 6 DNS Ret 9 10 14 1 59 15 Nate Minster Yamaha DNS 8 12 DNS 13 10 9 14 15 15 Ret 7 10 13 Ret Ret 50 16 CJ LaRoche Yamaha 11 14 13 13 16 15 16 15 14 16 10 12 12 14 12 12 Ret 7 50 17 Austin Miller Kawasaki 12 Ret 15 14 14 16 11 20 12 14 DNS 11 15 Ret 15 15 10 9 41 18 Max Angles Kawasaki 4 Ret 11 Ret 18 9 13 8 36 19 Cory Ventura Kawasaki 3 3 32 20 Bruno Silva Suzuki 8 5 19 21 Anthony Mazziotto Kawasaki 6 7 19 22 Edgar Zaragoza Yamaha 15 15 14 11 17 21 17 18 18 21 11 14 19 16 18 16 Ret 20 16 23 Mark Faulkner Suzuki 13 18 12 11 12 24 Christian Miranda Yamaha 9 11 12 25 Xavier Zayat Yamaha DNS 5 DNS DNS DNS Ret 11 26 Chuck Ivey Yamaha 14 16 19 15 11 13 11 27 Nick Patenaude Yamaha 20 18 7 14 11 28 Justin Jones Kawasaki 11 11 10 29 Cooper McDonald Suzuki 16 13 17 12 7 30 Rigo Salazar Kawasaki 17 11 14 17 DNS 16 7 31 Tony Blackall Yamaha 18 DNS 18 16 19 17 Ret 19 21 25 13 16 19 18 16 Ret 4 32 Brian Hebeisen Yamaha 12 15 4 33 Matias Petratti Yamaha 17 17 16 17 15 14 18 17 16 19 18 17 3 34 Gary Yancoskie Kawasaki 16 15 1 35 Chris Sarbora Kawasaki 15 16 1 36 August Nord Yamaha 20 18 15 18 1 Patryk Buchcik Yamaha 17 18 0 Daniel Riser Kawasaki Ret 17 0 Ryan Alvar Kawasaki Ret 17 0 Fernando Silva Suzuki Ret 17 0 Thomas McQuigg Yamaha 20 18 0 Jonathan Schweiger Yamaha 23 20 Ret 19 0 Jessica Capizzi Kawasaki 21 19 0 Jeremiah Walker MV Agusta 19 24 0 Steven Campbell Kawasaki 19 DNS 0 Sean Cresap Kawasaki 20 21 0 Samuel Gluss Kawasaki 20 22 0 Harm Jansen Yamaha Ret 20 0 Tony McKnight Yamaha DNS 21 0 Jes Schwartz Yamaha 22 Ret 0 Jeff Lane Yamaha Ret 22 0 Phil Horwitz Yamaha 24 DNS 0 Kevin Nolde Yamaha Ret Ret 0 Scott Briody Suzuki Ret DNS 0 Philip Melnyk Yamaha Ret DNS 0 Daniel Cano Flores Yamaha DNS DNS 0 Kyle Fox Yamaha DNS DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike RAT VIR RAM RID MON BRA PIT NJE ALA Pts
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