Postcards From Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta

Round two of the 2026 MotoAmerica Championship at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta was one to remember. If you were there, too, or if you watched our coverage on MotoAmerica Live+ and/or Samsung TV Plus, you saw some great racing and enjoyed the kickoff of the Quad Lock Superbike Championship and our season-long celebration of “50 Years Of Superbike Racing.”

We brought back some postcards from Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta to share with you. All images were created by the one and only Brian J. Nelson. Enjoy:

There goes the neighbohood: Life is good when you have a racetrack in your backyard and motorcycles are zooming right outside your window.
Binder winned’er: South African rider Darryn Binder got the victory in his very first MotoAmerica Supersport sprint race.
Kensei and Ken-san: King Kenny Roberts gave a “not bad, kid” pat on the back to his protégé Kensei Matsudaira, who notched both wins in Talent Cup at Road Atlanta.
Gaping gap: Strack Racing Yamaha’s Mathew Scholtz released two years of pent-up energy in his return to Superbike racing, and he wasted no time in getting a dominant win.
Rubber’s racin’: With six classes of MotoAmerica racing featured at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Dunlop had plenty of tires ready to roll.
Back to the front: Warhorse HSBK Ducati Flo4Law rider Cameron Beaubier began defending his sixth Superbike Championship from the back of the grid and showed his number-one plate to virtually the entire field of riders (including his teammate Benjamin Smith shown here) not once, not twice, but three times this past Saturday and Sunday.
You’re gonna need a bigger wallet: J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian rider Hayden Gillim won pretty much everything there was to win in the Mission King Of The Baggers Championship over the weekend.
Chief of staff: Grand Marshal Scott Ru$$ell handed out the trophies to the Superbike podium finishers on Sunday, to the delight of everyone, including him.
Keep the rubber side down: Talent Cup race one at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta featured an impromptu stunt show.
Your caption here: We’re not going to touch it.
Point A to point B: The quickest way to get there is a straight line.
Fine cutler-y: Brianna Cutler stood atop the podium on both days in Royal Enfield Build.Train.Race. and she also earned the pole position.
The Legend of Bagger Vance: Vance & Hines boss Terry Vance (center) gets ready for a group hug with his riders Hayden Gillim (left) and Troy Herfoss (right), who went one-two in Saturday’s Mission King Of The Baggers race two.
Never bet against Matthew Chapin: Jackson Blackmon did, and he lost a lot of hair to Sunday’s Twins Cup race winner and expert stylist Matthw Chapin, who put his M4 ECSTAR Suzuki on top of the box.
Right foot, blue: And then, all of a sudden, an impromptu game of Twister broke out during Twins Cup race two on Sunday.
Stone-cold lock-out: Hayden Gillim’s son Stone helped the J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian team celebrate their podium sweep in Sunday’s Mission King Of The Baggers race two.

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