OrangeCat Racing’s Lee takes pole, two victories in MotoAmerica Stock 1000 at Road America
Uribe scores third podium finish of 2025 season in Saturday’s Race 1
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OrangeCat Racing By Marino Communications | June 2, 2025
OrangeCat Racing riders Andrew Lee (No. 14) and Jayson Uribe (No. 36) compete against another rider for the race lead in a MotoAmerica Stock 1000 race at Road America. Photo credit: Brian J. Nelson
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. -- It hasn’t taken Andrew Lee long to knock off the rust from not competing in MotoAmerica full time for about half a decade. The OrangeCat racing rider and two-time MotoAmerica Stock 1000 champion was at the top of his game May 30-June 1 as he followed up clinching his second pole position in as many rounds with two impressive wins in both Stock 1000 races at Road America.
The Californian’s early season success – he's amassed three triumphs in four races and hasn’t finished lower than second place – has allowed him to build a more than two dozen point gap in the championship standings with six races remaining this season.
Lee’s teammate and 2024 MotoAmerica Stock 1000 runner-up Jayson Uribe had a positive start to the weekend. He ever-so-slightly missed out on pole position, set a lap record and scored a podium result in Saturday’s Race 1 before crashing out early in Sunday’s Race 2.
Lee kicked off the round’s on-track action at the top of the time sheets. He was the fastest rider in Friday morning practice by a margin of 1.4 seconds. Uribe finished that session fourth-fastest. Later Friday, the first of two qualifying sessions took place in wet conditions. Uribe finished that session eighth-fastest and Lee 12th-fastest.
Qualifying wrapped up Saturday morning with Lee edging out Uribe for pole position. Lee’s best lap time of 2:13.269 around Road America’s 4.050-mile circuit was a mere 0.081 seconds faster than Uribe’s best lap time. Lee’s pole also marked the second time he’s clinched the Stock 1000 pole position this year.
It proved to be Lee’s race to lose in Saturday afternoon’s Race 1 as his stellar pace helped him capture his second win in three races. Lee got a very good start and grabbed the holeshot on the way to leading every lap of the 8-lap contest and winning by a margin of 1.942 seconds. Uribe challenged Lee for the lead at times but had another rider pass him late in the race for runner-up spot. He held off another front-running rider to finish third and claim his third podium finish of the season. Uribe also reset the Stock 1000 lap record at Road America on Lap 6 with a time of 2:12.945.
Lee’s path to victory wasn’t as straightforward in Sunday’s Race 2, but the result was the same. Uribe led the first lap of the race, with Lee running in a close second place. Unfortunately, Uribe crashed at the start of Lap 2 and was unable to finish the contest. Uribe’s retirement allowed Lee to assume the race lead, and Lee’s fast and consistent pace led to him notching his second win of the weekend by a margin of 2.893 seconds. Lee also reset the Stock 1000 lap record at Road America on Lap 3 with a lap time of 2:12.730.
Lee’s double-victory weekend at Road America – as well as his win and second place at the previous round at Road Atlanta – has given him a 30-point lead in the Stock 1000 points standings. Uribe isn’t far behind his teammate in fourth place – and just four points behind the current second-place rider.
The OrangeCat Racing team will be back in action at the next MotoAmerica Stock 1000 round, which is scheduled for Aug. 1-3 when the series makes its return to Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Va.
Andrew Lee / No. 14
“I'm really happy with how everything has been going inside the team. Everyone works so well together, and they are putting in so much effort to get this bike sorted and competitive. I've never been this comfortable on a bike before. The weekend was kind of picture perfect on my side of the canopy with qualifying on pole and doing the double. It’s unfortunate Jayson had his incident in Race 2, but I'm hoping he feels better for the VIR round.”
Jayson Uribe / No. 36
" Overall, it was a good weekend for the OrangeCat crew. Everyone put in the work to give both Andrew and I incredible motorcycles to set new lap records with and score podium finishes. I'll be the first to admit this wasn't my best race weekend. I wasn’t able to capitalize on the opportunity presented to me to its full potential. Finishing third in Race 1 after a race-long dogfight wasn't in the game plan, and crashing out of the lead in Race 2 wasn’t the step forward I was expecting. I'm sorry to the team and our supporters, and I’m ready to be back at my best at VIR. A huge thanks goes out to the entire crew. They gave me an absolutely awesome motorcycle and continue to support me through adversity.”
OrangeCat Racing's promotional and technical partners for the 2025 MotoAmerica season include Motoworks Chicago, Ohlins USA, and alpha Racing.
Jayson Uribe’s personal sponsors for the 2025 MotoAmerica season include Dainese, Arai Helmets, CT Racing, Code 3 Consultations, San Jose BMW, and BSP Racing.
Andrew Lee’s personal sponsors for the 2025 MotoAmerica season include CT Racing, KYT, Luxvoni, Aliv World Wide, KD.51CD, Coolbreeze Heating and Air, JP43 Training and Barrett Racing.
To learn more about OrangeCat Racing, visit the team’s website at http://orangecatracing.com and follow the team on Instagram at @orangecatracing.
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This press release has been prepared by Marino Communications on behalf of OrangeCat Racing. If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Michael Marino at 614.636.0199 or michael@marinocommunications.com
OrangeCat Racing riders Andrew Lee (left) and Jayson Uribe (right) celebrate their win and third-place results, respectively, during the MotoAmerica Stock 1000 podium celebration at Road America on May 31, 2025. Photo credit: Brian J. Nelson