For two full seasons in the MotoAmerica Super Hooligan races series, the PETRONAS iona– liveried Energica Eva Ribelle RS KCC (Kit Corsa Clienti) in the expert hands of Stefano Mesa #137 and team Tytlers Cycle Racing has contested against ICE machines fielded by robustly supported OEM rivals. Now we invite you again to root for us this weekend as the Mission Foods Super Hooligan National Championship returns to the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, for the fifth and final round of the 2024 season.
The TCR/Energica team has good reason to love COTA despite all the challenges it poses for electric with its 3.4-mile length and long straightaways (especially between T11 and T12, and after T20) thanks to our dramatic podium in R1 and solid fifth-place finish in R2. The spectacular results left us in a very respectable fourth place overall for the season, unheard-of for the only full-bore electric machine in the series.
We have to be honest with ourselves: coming into COTA this time around, the odds are stacked against us. The 31-year-old Colombian rider is now ranked in 9th. place with 29 points and a full 20 points separates him from 8th. place H-D Pan American pilot Travis Wyman. But this situation must be taken in context, because Stefano is still ahead of fifteen other ICE riders, and all those he trails are products of the massive OEM rivalry between the two iconic (and wealthy) American brands. There is no dishonour in being pushed behind these two goliaths!
Dear fans, don’t count us out yet. The whole Tytlers Cycle Racing team and Stefano Mesa pledge to give it their all, and to do everything possible to repeat the magic of COTA 2023, or at least give our friends in P1-P8 the fight of their lives. Hearing your cheers at the side lines or even at the television set will be just the thing they need.
Here is the complete schedule for the event – all times CST (PST +2 hrs., GMT -5 hrs.)
We get ready for battle supported by our partners PETRONAS iona, Tytlers Cycle Racing, Siemens and Sonic Tools.
FRIDAY SEPT. 13TH
9:30 AM – 9:50 AM – Mission Super Hooligan National Championship PRACTICE 1 (20 min)
1:30 PM – 1:50 PM – Mission Super Hooligan National Championship QUALIFYING 1 (20 min)
SATURDAY SEPT. 14TH
8:30 AM – 8:50 AM – Mission Super Hooligan National Championship QUALIFYING 2 (20 min)
1:15 PM – Mission Super Hooligan National Championship RACE 1 (6 LAPS) Quick Start
SUNDAY SEPT. 15TH
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM Mission Super Hooligan National Championship WARM UP (10 min)
10:15 AM – Mission Super Hooligan National Championship RACE 2 (6 LAPS) Quick Start
Both races of the Super Hooligan National Championship at Circuit of the Americas will be streamed LIVE on MotoAmerica’s YouTube channel and available on MotoAmerica+ via subscription. Make sure to not miss any of the action in what is going to be an electrifying weekend of motorcycle racing as Energica takes once again the battle to the traditional, Internal Combustion Engine machines for the season finale.
And if you are planning to attend the event, come say hello and join the #EnergicaOwners who will be there with their stunning, all-electric, Made-in-Modena motorcycles!