We at the moment are accepting nominations for the twenty eighth Annual Roadracing World Younger Weapons characteristic, highlighting up-and-coming younger highway racers from the USA, Canada, and Mexico.
To be thought-about for the Younger Weapons characteristic, a racer should be between the ages of 11 and 18 years previous at first of the 2024 season; have completed within the high three in a sanctioned Skilled-level highway race or Championship and reside inside the USA, Canada, or Mexico or be a citizen of the U.S., Canada, or Mexico.
Amateurs/Novices with extraordinary highway racing accomplishments will even be thought-about.
Riders can nominate themselves. Race sanctioning our bodies, sponsors and race groups are inspired to appoint younger riders, however riders or their mother and father should request after which submit accomplished functions and supply photographs appropriate for publication by our deadline to be thought-about.
Riders who’ve beforehand been acknowledged as a Younger Gun ought to name David Swarts at 909-654-4779 between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) Monday via Friday to rapidly replace their profile info and prepare submission of up-to-date photographs.
For brand spanking new candidates who want to be thought-about for the following Younger Weapons characteristic, get hold of, fill out and return a 2024 Younger Weapons questionnaire to Roadracing World by December 4, 2023. Requests for questionnaires must be despatched through e-mail to [email protected].
Questionnaires should be crammed out fully in English and be returned as a Phrase doc . Accomplished questionnaires must be returned to the identical e-mail deal with.
Along with accomplished questionnaires, candidates should additionally submit an motion picture and a head shot (a photograph clearly exhibiting the rider’s face with out sun shades) appropriate for journal replica. Every submitted picture should embrace written permission (an e-mail is suitable) from the photographer (even when the photographer is a mum or dad) particularly giving Roadracing World Publishing the appropriate to publish that picture(s) freed from cost within the Younger Weapons characteristic and on www.roadracingworld.com.
Digital photos should be high-resolution, or 3000 pixels huge or tall at 4 inches. All photographs should be accompanied by the title of the photographer together with when and the place the picture was taken, together with the title of the racetrack. Images shouldn’t have any watermarks or graphics added, and picture modifying must be stored to a minimal. Digital photographs are most popular.
Late and incomplete submissions might not be thought-about.
Younger Weapons options so far have appeared within the November 1997, March 1999, February 2000, March 2001, February 2002, April 2003, April 2004, Might 2005, June 2006, April 2007, April 2008, April 2009, April 2010, April 2011, April 2012, March 2013, April 2014, April 2015, April 2016, April 2017, April 2018, April 2019, April 2020, April 2021, April 2022, and April 23 problems with Roadracing World & Bike Know-how. The Younger Weapons Courses of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 have been additionally featured individually on www.roadracingworld.com.
Please familiarize your self with our beforehand printed Younger Weapons options earlier than contacting us to ask questions.
When you nonetheless have questions, name 909-654-4779 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) and ask to talk to David Swarts or e-mail [email protected].
The Roadracing World Younger Weapons sequence began as a solution to critics who stated North America lacked up-and-coming younger riders. Present or former Roadracing World Younger Weapons have: Raced in all lessons of the MotoGP World Championship (together with the Purple Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup sequence) and FIM Superbike and Supersport World Championships, successful races and capturing World Championships; competed in European Championships and properly as British, Canadian, Chinese language, Czech Republic, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Mexican, and Spanish Nationwide sequence; raced within the MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Championships (successful many races and Championships in all lessons, together with a number of Superbike titles); completed on the rostrum on the Suzuki GSX-R World Cup and the KTM RC Cup World Finals; received Superbike Shootout races within the Superbike and Professional Sportbike lessons and received the 2014 Dynojet Professional Sportbike Championship; received Suzuki Cup Championships within the U.S.; earned WERA Nationwide Problem, Nationwide Endurance and Sportsman Nationwide Championships; received ASRA/Formulation USA Grand Nationwide and CCS Nationwide Championships; collected USGPRU titles; and received many native and regional Championships.
Among the riders who’ve graduated from Younger Weapons and gone on to racing success in Nationwide or Worldwide sequence embrace:
2017 MotoAmerica Superstock 600 Champion Jason Aguilar (R.I.P.);
2013 AMA Professional SuperSport East Champion, 2022 MotoAmerica Inventory 1000 Champion, and MotoAmerica Superbike podium finisher Corey Alexander;
AMA Professional Daytona SportBike race winner Tommy Aquino (R.I.P.);
2008 Purple Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Champion, two-time MotoAmerica Supersport Champion, and MotoAmerica Superbike race winner J.D. Seaside;
five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier;
MotoAmerica Twins Cup race winner Jackson Blackmon;
former Canadian Sport Bike Champion Tomas Casas;
three-time Canadian Sport Bike Champion and 2014 Canadian Superbike Champion Jodi Christie;
former AMA Professional SuperSport East Champion and MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 race winner Josh Day;
2011 Daytona 200 winner Jason DiSalvo;
2014 AMA Professional SuperSport Championship runner-up and present MotoAmerica crew proprietor Dustin Dominguez;
2018 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Champion, 2019 MotoAmerica Twins Cup Champion, and 2021 Canadian Superbike Champion Alex Dumas;
four-time Pikes Peak Worldwide Hill Climb race winner and former motorbike monitor file holder Carlin Dunne (R.I.P.);
Canadian Superbike race winner Bodhi Edie;
two-time AMA Professional Daytona SportBike Champion, two-time AMA Professional XR1200/Harley-Davidson Champion and four-time Daytona 200 winner Danny Eslick;
2019 MotoAmerica Supersport Champion and MotoAmerica Superbike race winner Bobby Fong;
2010 Purple Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Champion, 2014 AMA Professional Daytona SportBike Champion, 2015 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North America Superstock 1000 Champion, and three-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Jake Gagne;
two-time MotoAmerica Supersport Champion and World Superbike podium finisher Garrett Gerloff;
2017 MotoAmerica Superstock 600 Championship runner-up Michael Gilbert;
2014 AMA Professional SuperSport Champion, 2023 MotoAmerica Inventory 1000 Champion, and 2023 MotoAmerica King Of The Baggers Champion Hayden Gillim;
2002 AMA Superbike Champion and 2006 FIM MotoGP World Champion Nicky Hayden (R.I.P.);
2007 AMA Professional 600cc Supersport Champion, 2014 AMA Professional Superbike Championship runner-up, and 2017 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship runner-up Roger Hayden;
eight-time AMA Professional Superbike race winner and two-time AMA Supersport Champion Tommy Hayden;
2013 AMA Professional Superbike Champion, 2016 MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Champion, and 2022 MotoAmerica Supersport Champion Josh Herrin;
MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher Teagg Hobbs;
AMA Professional Superstock race winner Jake Holden;
2011 British Superbike Championship runner-up and former MotoGP and World Superbike common John Hopkins;
2015 Supersport World Championship runner-up, 2019 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship runner-up, and MotoAmerica Superbike race winner Patrick “P.J.” Jacobsen;
2021 MotoAmerica Supersport Champion and present Moto2 World Championship competitor Sean Dylan Kelly;
Canadian Superbike race winner Kevin Lacombe;
two-time MotoAmerica Inventory 1000 Champion Andrew Lee;
2021 MotoAmerica Inventory 1000 and Superbike Cup Champion Jake Lewis;
MotoAmerica Supersport race winner Sam Lochoff;
MotoAmerica Superstock 600 race winner Nick McFadden;
AMA Professional SuperSport race winner and MotoAmerica Supersport race winner Stefano Mesa;
Elena Myers, the primary and solely girl to win AMA Professional Supersport races;
AMA Professional XR1200 race winner, multi-time Loudon Traditional winner, and two-time BRL Champion Shane Narbonne;
2012 Canadian Superbike Championship runner-up Andrew Nelson;
2016 MotoAmerica KTM RC Cup Champion, 2019 British Motostar (Moto3) Champion, MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher, and two-time Daytona 200 winner Brandon Paasch;
2012 Daytona 200 winner and 2010 AMA Professional Supersport West Champion Joey Pascarella;
2016 MotoAmerica Superstock 600 Champion and MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher Bryce Prince;
AMA Professional and Canadian Nationwide race winner and multi-time N2/WERA Nationwide Endurance Champion Chris Peris;
two-time AMA Professional SuperSport Nationwide Champion, British Supersport podium finisher, and 2020 AFT Manufacturing Twins Champion James Rispoli;
2015 MotoAmerica Superstock 600 Champion, MotoAmerica Supersport race winner, and Moto2 World Championship race winner Joe Roberts;
former Purple Bull AMA U.S. Rookies Cup Champion and former FIM Moto2 European Championship competitor Benny Solis, Jr.;
three-time AMA Professional Superbike Champion, 2009 Superbike World Champion, MotoGP race winner, and AMA Bike Corridor of Famer Ben Spies;
multi-time AMA Professional race winner and four-time general WERA Nationwide Endurance Champion Chris Ulrich;
MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher and former World Superbike competitor Jayson Uribe;
2017 MotoAmerica KTM RC Cup Championship runner-up, 2018 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Championship runner-up, and MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher Cory Ventura;
Canadian Superbike race winner Alex Welsh;
former AMA Professional Superbike Rookie of the Yr, Chinese language Superbike Championship race winner and MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher Cory West;
MotoAmerica Junior Cup and Superbike Cup race winner Ashton Yates;
and two-time AMA Professional Superbike Championship runner-up Blake Younger.
