BRASELTON, Ga. — The first round of the 2026 Quad Lock Superbike Championship is officially complete at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta as North America’s premier motorcycle road racing series closes the first weekend of the 50th anniversary of Superbike racing.
Sunday experienced cooler temperatures than Saturday and brought overcast skies and some noticeable wind for the riders.
Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong took the win in a tight battle with fellow YZF-R1 pilot and race one winner, Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz. Fong began the race in second and spent 17 laps behind last year’s Supersport Champion taking multiple looks at turn 10A but could not gain the advantage before the corner, tucking back in line each time.
With two laps remaining, Scholtz dropped off the pace down the backstretch allowing Fong past. Prior to this, the two had been separated by no more than half a second for most of the contest. Fong went on to win the race by a margin of 2.921 seconds while Scholtz nursed his Yamaha home to a second-place finish, 6.270 seconds ahead of third place.
OrangeCat Racing’s Sean Dylan Kelly scored another podium performance with a third-place finish aboard his BMW M 1000 RR. The Hollywood, Florida, native navigated through a solid first Superbike weekend with his OrangeCat Racing team, with a pair of podiums for a solid start to the season, second in points.
JD Beach had a lonely race in fourth aboard his Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha YZF-R1 but salvaged valuable points after a race one DNF from a mechanical failure.
Fifth-place finisher Cameron Beaubier leaves Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta third in points after a hard-fought weekend. The six-time Superbike champ started from 20th position once again, and made his way to P6 by the sixth lap. Beaubier found himself within reach of a top five and overtook Wrench Motorcycle Cameron Petersen’s Ducati Panigale V4 R, securing a fifth-place finish.
In seventh place was the Real Steel Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP of Hayden Gillim, just beating out M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Brandon Paasch in eighth aboard his GSX-R1000.
Warhorse HSBK Ducati Flo4Law’s Benjamin Smith and Mission Foods M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante rounded out the top 10.
