Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. (YMUS) has announced its official, factory-supported teams for the 2026 MotoAmerica season, and four teams go to the fore, including Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing, Strack Racing Yamaha, Liberty Yamaha Racing, and Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing.

“Yamaha Racing is pleased to announce our official teams for the 2026 MotoAmerica season,” commented Jeff Sidlovsky, Yamaha Racing Assistant Department Manager for YMUS. “We’re proud to continue our partnerships with a strong group of teams competing across four MotoAmerica classes, showcasing the strength of the YZF-R1, YZF-R9, and YZF-R7. We’re also excited to continue our involvement in the MotoAmerica Talent Cup, a series that aligns well with our BLU CRU initiative by developing young riders and creating a pathway to the highest levels of competition. With a great rider lineup that blends emerging talent and championship-proven experience, we’re looking forward to an exciting 2026 MotoAmerica season.”

Entering its seventh season as an official YMUS Superbike team, Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing will feature a strong, two-rider lineup that includes incumbent Bobby Fong and returning fan favorite JD Beach, who will both be aboard Yamaha YZF-R1 Superbikes.

Fong is coming off a standout debut season with the team. Earning six Superbike victories and finishing third in the standings last year, he looks to contend for another championship in 2026. Joining the team this year is Beach, who returns to Yamaha where he has enjoyed a lot of success in both road racing and flat track, including two MotoAmerica Supersport Championships and two Superbike victories.

Strack Racing Yamaha returns for 2026 with its championship-proven, tandem of Mathew Scholtz and Blake Davis. In addition to making another run at a MotoAmerica Supersport title, the team will expand its efforts to Superbike. Following a highly successful two-year campaign with the team that yielded 19 wins and 31 podiums en route to back-to-back Supersport titles, Scholtz will head the team’s efforts in Superbike. Before his tenure with the team, the South African enjoyed success aboard the Yamaha YZF-R1, including five Superbike victories and the 2017 MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Championship.

Davis returns for his second season with Strack Racing Yamaha to lead the team’s Supersport title defense and continue the development of Yamaha’s YZF-R9 next-generation Supersport platform. The 2022 and 2023 Twins Cup Champion earned three wins and 10 podiums last season, finishing third in the championship aboard his #22 R9.  

Also competing for top honors in MotoAmerica Supersport is Liberty Yamaha Racing, formerly known as Giaccmoto Yamaha Racing. Liberty St. Development returns for a second year to support the program and assumes title sponsorship for the 2026 season. Dominic Doyle returns to lead the team aboard the Liberty Yamaha YZF-R9. The 24-year-old South African brings multiple wins across MotoAmerica support classes and was the 2020 Junior Cup Championship runner-up. Following strong results in Twins Cup and the Super Hooligan National Championship over the past few seasons, Doyle is poised to challenge for Supersport victories in 2026.

Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing returns in 2026 with an expanded, two-class effort in Twins Cup and Talent Cup. Already a championship-proven program as an official YMUS American Flat Track team, Estenson Racing became an official YMUS MotoAmerica Talent Cup team in 2025. Sam Drane returns to the team after an impressive rookie season in the series, finishing third overall in the inaugural Talent Cup Championship. The young Australian earned one victory and nine podiums across seven rounds and now sets his sights on the Talent Cup title, while also making his Twins Cup debut aboard the Yamaha YZF-R7.

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