REIGNING CHAMP DI MARIO CLAIMS POLE, TWO VICTORIES AND LAP RECORD AT JUNE 27-29 ROUND TO EXTEND TWINS CUP POINTS LEAD
Alessandro Di Mario, Robem Engineering (https://www.robemengineering.com/).
SHELTON, WASHINGTON (USA), 29 JUNE 2025 – The Aprilia RS 660 proved dominant at the MotoAmerica Twins Cup round at Ridge Motorsports Park, with reigning Twins Cup Champion Alessandro Di Mario leading the charge for Robem Engineering. Di Mario topped every session en route to a pole position, two race wins, and a new lap record. Teammate and Twins Cup rookie Aprilia at the front of the field all weekend long. Di Mario’s rookie teammate Hank Vossberg and former MotoAmerica Junior Cup Champion Avery Dreher rounded out the podium on Sunday for an all-Aprilia lockout.
Alessandro Di Mario.
Di Mario was the fastest rider from the start of the weekend, and one of five Aprilia riders who finished Friday morning practice in the top 10. Di Mario’s best lap time of 1:49.310 was 0.615 seconds faster than the next closest competitor. The other Aprilia riders to finish in the top 10 included Speeddemon Racing’s Logan Cunnison in fifth, Bad Boys Racing’s Avery Dreher in seventh, R2R Canada/Economy Lube & Tire Racing’s Mavrick Cyr in ninth and Moto-Ace Racing’s Zachary Foster in 10th.
Di Mario greatly increased his pace later Friday in Qualifying 1, as he ended that session on provisional pole with a lap time of 1:46.672 and a gap to the next fastest rider of almost two seconds. Dreher was third-fastest, Cunnison fifth and Cyr eighth.
Hank Vossberg.
Saturday morning’s final qualifying session saw Di Mario solidify pole position with a 1:46.108, a new Twins Cup lap record at the time, and secured his third pole position of the season. Other Aprilia riders who qualified in the top 10 included Dreher in third, Vossberg in seventh and Cunnison in eighth.
Race 1 on Saturday was a dominant lights-to-flag victory for Di Mario. He got the holeshot pulled away steadily as he led all 12 laps, crossing the line 12.491 seconds ahead of next finisher. Other Aprilia riders to finish in the top 10 included Vossberg in fourth in his first career Twins Cup race, Cyr in seventh, Cunnison in ninth and Foster in 10th.
Hank Vossberg.
Sunday’s Race 2 delivered an even more commanding performance from Di Mario who built a margin of victory of more than 20 seconds, resetting the lap record with a lap time of 1:46.026 on Lap 2. In just his second Twins Cup start, Vossberg moved up from sixth to third by the end of Lap 3 and spent the rest of the race battling Dreher for second place. Vossberg made the move up to second on Lap 7. The two Aprilia riders fought closely to the checkered flag, with Vossberg finishing 0.434 seconds ahead of Dreher, locking out an all-Aprilia RS 660 podium. Four others finished in the top 10. Cyr was fifth, Foster sixth, Aldrich Racing’s Nathan Aldrich was eighth and Team Pro J’s Jose Flores was ninth.
Thanks to his flawless weekend, Di Mario extended his championship lead to 53 points with six races remaining. Dreher sits third in the points standings, followed by Andrew Weyh of Weyh Racing in eighth, Cunnison ninth and Vossberg – despite on 2 race stars – in 10th.
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Of the 26 competitors registered to race in the MotoAmerica Twins Cup at Ridge Motorsports Park, 10 were racing Aprilia RS660s.
The next MotoAmerica Twins Cup round is scheduled for July 11-13 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California.
Alessandro Di Mario / Robem Engineering: “I want to thank the team. They put a bike together in like two hours yesterday after my crash, so I am really happy I got them these two wins, so hopefully they’re happy. I also want to congratulate Hank, he’s my teammate. He just turned 15 like a couple weeks ago, and he’s here on the podium. He’s really fast. I just want to congratulate him and thank all my sponsors, Dainese, KYT, Fast Line, Sara [Chappell], Ferracci, Moto Liberty, Dunlop, and everyone that has helped me out, thank you so much.”
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Hank Vossberg / Robem Engineering: “I saw that Avery was like just under a second behind me. I tried to go a little slow, thinking he would pass me, because I knew maybe I could make a move into the waterfall, but he was right on me. But yeah, stayed ahead and was consistent, the tire fell off at the end, had a couple moments, but we kept it good. The whole Robem team made an amazing bike, I can’t give it up to them enough driving all the way out here, 26 hours. It was amazing. Gotta thank Accossato for the brand-new master cylinder and the rear brake. Worked amazing. NGK spark plugs, Millenium Technologies, Dainese for the new suit, fits amazing. HJC Helmets, love this helmet, and everyone else that made this happen.”
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Avery Dreher / Bad Boys Racing: “I gotta give a big shout out to [the team]. I wanted to run my own race. The tires lasted pretty well towards the beginning. I don’t know what happened at the start, I hope everyone is ok. Third bike of the season, it’s kind of hard switching back and forth, so I’m really happy with this, I just wanted to finish a race. Plan was to try and go for a move on Hank [Vossberg] the last lap, but he went pretty defensive, so I honestly just let him have it. I couldn’t pass him in that last sector, so it was pretty tough. I am really stoked with P3 here at The Ridge, yesterday was rough, so it’s a good bounce back.”
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Photos by Sara Chappell (https://www.facebook.com/sarachappellphotos/).
Press release by Hailey Arnold/Media and Communications Manager/Heartwork Agency.
