MotoAmerica, SC-Project Twins Cup, Di Mario Wraps It Up Early with Aprilia

Robem Engineering’s Alessandro Di Mario won his sixth SC-Project Twins Cup race in a row to go with his three-second place finishes. The result? A second straight Twins Cup Championship for the talented teenager with one round remaining in the series.

When RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki’s Matthew Chapin crashed out of the race on the opening lap, the championship was pretty much sealed. But Di Mario did things the right way by racing to the title in style with victory number six.

Di Mario’s teammate Hank Vossberg was second, .002 of a second ahead of Bad Boys Racing’s Avery Dreher with those two finishing over five seconds ahead of Giaccmoto Yamaha Racing’s Dominic Doyle, the first non-Aprilia RS 660 to cross the finish line.

Brown Town Racing’s Chase Brown rounded out the top five.

“I’ve been with Robem since I was 13 years old and the whole day today, I was thinking about it,” Di Mario said. “I don’t like doing math so I just wanted to go out there and win, and I can’t control what everybody else does. I just tried to go out there and do my best and it worked out. I just want to thank everybody who has helped me out.”

With three more races left to run (Sunday at VIR and the finale at New Jersey Motorsports Park), Di Mario has a 92-point lead over Chapin, 210-118. Dreher is third with 103 points, Vossberg is fourth on 89, and Levi Badie, who crashed out of today’s race, is fifth with 76 points - one more than Doyle.

Photo courtesy MotoAmerica by Brian J. Nelson