Bodie Paige scores first Twins Cup win at Road America

Round Four – Road America

Twins Cup

Paige and Vossberg split Road America Twins Cup wins

Road America delivered two tight Twins Cup contests across the weekend, with M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Bodie Paige breaking through for his first class victory on Saturday and Wisconsin’s own Hank Vossberg striking back on Sunday.

The 4.050-mile circuit produced the sort of slipstreaming finishes the Twins Cup class is known for. The winning margin in Race One was just 0.047s, while Race Two was even closer at the front, Vossberg beating Paige to the line by only 0.028s after a final-straight draft.

For Paige, the weekend marked a welcome return to form after missing Barber with concussion. For Vossberg, it was another reminder that the Robem Engineering Aprilia rider is building his championship campaign on consistency as much as outright speed.

Vossberg leads Wisconsin-heavy qualifying story

Vossberg set the tone in qualifying, putting his Robem Engineering Aprilia RS 660 on pole with a 2m23.575. The De Pere, Wisconsin, rider was more than a second clear of the field and close to class record pace around his home circuit.

Hank Vossberg set the Twins Cup pace in qualifying on the RS660 at his home round, then capped the weekend with a narrow Sunday victory.

Second on the grid went to Jody Barry, who returned to the class with Righteous Racin’ for a one-race tribute to late team owner Ray Hofman. Barry’s 2m24.730 placed him on the middle of the front row aboard the Aprilia RS 660 he had previously raced to multiple Twins Cup victories.

Paige completed the front row on the M4 ECSTAR Suzuki with a 2m25.002, putting the Australian teenager in a strong position to rebound after a frustrating interruption to his season.

Matthew Chapin qualified fourth on the second M4 ECSTAR Suzuki, ahead of Mahdi Salem and Isaac Woodworth.

Paige breaks through in Race One

Saturday’s opening race quickly became a three-rider fight between Paige, Barry and Vossberg. Paige had come into the weekend searching for his first Twins Cup win, and he judged the final sector well enough to make that breakthrough stick.

The Australian took the chequered flag by 0.047s from Barry, with Vossberg only 0.149s from victory in third. Paige also set the fastest lap of the race with a 2m23.814, making the win more than just a last-lap tow job.

Barry’s second place carried its own significance. His return with Righteous Racin’ was built around honouring Hofman, and a podium at the team’s home round gave the weekend a strong emotional thread.

Bodie Paige leads the Twins Cup pack at Road America on his way to a breakthrough first class victory for M4 ECSTAR Suzuki.

Vossberg’s third place extended his run of consecutive podium finishes, keeping the championship leader firmly in control even on a day when he did not quite have the last-lap answer.

Behind the lead trio, Chapin finished fourth, Mahdi Salem fifth, Kevin Olmedo sixth and Woodworth seventh. The next group was also tightly packed, with Kyle Ohnsorg, Sam Drane, Logan Cunnison and Chase Brown covered by less than three seconds across eighth to 11th.

Vossberg wins the Sunday drag race

Race Two developed into another front-group contest, but this time Vossberg made sure the home crowd had the result it wanted. Paige launched hard and led early, before Vossberg chased him down and moved to the front.

Woodworth then put the Karns/TST Industries Racing Suzuki into the lead on lap three, briefly turning the race into a three-way tactical battle. Vossberg fought back, Paige had another turn at the front, and the lead continued to change as the seven-lap race approached its decisive moments.

On the penultimate lap, Vossberg put the Aprilia back into the lead and tried to ride defensively. Paige still found a way through, but Vossberg had clearly tested the run to the line and used the draft at precisely the right time.

Vossberg slipstreamed past Paige on the run to the chequered flag, winning by 0.028s. Woodworth completed the podium only 0.165s from victory, making it a three-rider photo-finish scrap.

Hank Vossberg, Bodie Paige and Isaac Woodworth were split by only 0.165s at the end of Sunday’s Twins Cup thriller, with Vossberg drafting to victory at the flag.

Barry finished fourth and still set the fastest lap of the race with a 2m23.909, underlining that he had the speed to run with the leaders even if the final result did not match Saturday’s podium. Chapin was fifth, Olmedo sixth and Salem seventh.

Paige closes in as Vossberg keeps control

Paige’s 1-2 weekend moved him to 107 championship points and third overall, behind Vossberg and Chapin. It also confirmed that the Australian is back on the pace after being forced to sit out the previous round.

Vossberg, meanwhile, leaves Road America with 177 points and a commanding 62-point advantage over Chapin, who sits second on 115. Paige is now third on 107, with Sam Drane fourth on 96 and Woodworth fifth on 93.

The points gap is substantial, but Road America showed there is no shortage of riders capable of making Vossberg work for it. Paige now has a class win to his name, Barry reminded the paddock of his Twins Cup pedigree, and Woodworth was right in the fight on Sunday.

For Vossberg, though, a home-track win and another podium banked made it a near-perfect Wisconsin weekend. The championship leader did not win both races, but he left with the trophy that mattered most to the local crowd and an even stronger grip on the Twins Cup title chase.

Twins Cup Race One Results

Pos

Rider

Bike

Time

1	B. Paige	Suz	17m02.839
2	J. Barry	Apr	17m02.886
3	H. Vossberg	Apr	17m02.988
4	M. Chapin	Suz	17m09.030
5	M. Salem	Suz	17m09.080
6	K. Olmedo	Suz	17m09.161
7	I. Woodworth	Suz	17m09.218
8	K. Ohnsorg	Suz	17m10.485
9	S. Drane	Yam	17m10.950
10	L. Cunnison	Apr	17m13.070
11	C. Brown	Apr	17m13.182
12	S. Dahmer	Suz	17m20.450
13	S. Mervis	Suz	17m20.690
14	C. Parrish	Apr	17m20.892
15	Z. Foster	Apr	17m38.818
16	C. Haesemeyer	Apr	17m50.585
17	S. Lloyd	Suz	17m51.090
18	B. Donahue	Yam	17m51.163
19	D. Vandal	Yam	17m55.017
20	J. Monson	Apr	17m55.100
21	E. Song	Apr	17m56.181
22	C. Burton IV	Apr	18m07.799
23	G. Lewis	Yam	18m10.398
24	J. Bittner	Apr	18m10.487
25	G. Williams	Apr	18m31.890
26	T. Black	Apr	18m45.117
27	E. Gendron-Belen	Suz	18m50.691
28	M. Gulinsky	Apr	18m50.971
NC	A. Weyh	Apr	5m04.317

Twins Cup Race Two Results

Pos	Rider	Make	Diff
1	Hank Vossberg	APR	16:58.733
2	Bodie Paige	SUZ	+0.028
3	Isaac Woodworth	SUZ	+0.165
4	Jody Barry	APR	+6.872
5	Matthew Chapin	SUZ	+6.920
6	Kevin Olmedo	SUZ	+6.968
7	Mahdi Salem	SUZ	+7.112
8	Sam Drane	YAM	+13.784
9	Kyle Ohnsorg	SUZ	+13.849
10	Logan Cunnison	APR	+13.909
11	Chris Parrish	APR	+17.384
12	Seth Dahmer	SUZ	+17.485
13	Solly Mervis	SUZ	+17.814
14	Andrew Weyh	APR	+26.097
15	Zachary Foster	APR	+26.170
16	Sonya Lloyd	SUZ	+37.649
17	Brett Donahue	YAM	+37.796
18	Chris Haesemeyer	APR	+47.938
19	Tate Black	APR	+50.988
20	Ethan Song	APR	+50.990
21	Drew Vandal	YAM	+54.001
22	Charles Burton IV	APR	+59.821
23	Maxim Gulinsky	APR	+1:48.963
24	Elisa Gendron-Belen	SUZ	+1:50.639
Not classified (75% = 6 Laps)
DNF	Chase Brown	APR	DNF
DNF	Gabrielly Lewis	YAM	DNF
DNF	Josef Bittner	APR	DNF
DNF	James Monson	APR	DNF
DNF	Graham Williams	APR	DNF

Twins Cup Championship Points

Pos	Rider	Total
1	Hank Vossberg	177
2	Matthew Chapin	115
3	Bodie Paige	107
4	Sam Drane	98
5	Isaac Woodworth	93
6	Kevin Olmedo	72
7	Kyle Ohnsorg	so
8	Chris Parrish	50
9	Andrew Weyh	48
10	Logan Cunnïson	47
11	Seth Dahmer	47
12	Solly NÏervis	37
13	Jody Barry	33
14	Chase Brown	25
15	Michel Agazzi	20
16	Mahdi Salem	20
17	Zachary Foster	14
18	Tate Elack	14
19	Eli Block	13
20	Keith Buras	9
21	John McDonald	6
22	Khayden Brown	6
23	Sonya Lloyd	6
24	Brogan Richards	3
25	Edward Sullivan	3
26	Gabrielly  Lewis	z
27	Naxon McLaughlin	2
28	Bear Stevenson	1
29	Jake Vandal	1