OrangeCat Racing’s Lee clinches 2025 MotoAmerica Stock 1000 title Sunday at Circuit of the Americas
Lee’s teammate Uribe caps off 2025 season with two runner-up finishes at Sept. 12-14 event
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OrangeCat Racing By Marino Communications | September 15, 2025
OrangeCat Racing riders Andrew Lee (left) and Jayson Uribe pose in victory circle at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on Sunday after clinching first place and third place, respectively, in the 2025 MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Championship. Photo credit: Brian J. Nelson
AUSTIN, Texas – The inaugural season of MotoAmerica’s Stock 1000 Class in 2018 saw Andrew Lee crowned the new class’ first champion. On Sunday, Lee bookended the eight-year run of the class as its final champion. The OrangeCat Racing rider clinched the 2025 Stock 1000 title Sunday after scoring fourth place finishes on Saturday and Sunday at the class’ season finale at Circuit of the Americas to finish two points ahead of his closest championship rival. It was Lee’s third time collecting an AMA/MotoAmerica Stock 1000 National No. 1 plate in the class, as he also repeated as class champion in 2019.
Lee’s 2025 championship win also marks the first for an OrangeCat Racing rider, which has had one of its riders finish second in the Stock 1000 championship chase in 2023 and 2024.
Lee’s teammate and the 2024 Stock 1000 runner-up, Jayson Uribe, capped off his 2025 season with a pair of hard-fought second place finishes to wrap up third in the 2025 Stock 1000 points standings.
Both OrangeCat Racing riders were at or near the top of the time sheets for the round’s first on-track session. Uribe was the fastest rider in Friday morning practice by almost a second, and Lee was fourth fastest. Later Friday, Uribe and Lee provisionally qualified third and fourth in the first of two qualifying sessions. Qualifying wrapped up Saturday morning with Uribe and Lee having each moved up one position to secure second and third place on the starting grid for the weekend’s two Stock 1000 races.
In Saturday afternoon’s Race 1, Uribe and Lee both got off the line well. Lee was a little off the frontrunning pace and had to settle for a lonely fourth-place finish. Uribe had a race-long battle with another championship-contending rider and finished a mere 0.590 seconds behind him in second place.
The title-deciding Race 2 on Sunday saw Lee take no chances and finish where he needed to wrap up the title. Lee latched onto the tail end of the four-rider group at the front of the field and ran a conservative pace to secure a lonely-but-championship-clinching fourth-place finish. Uribe put in an even more stout performance in his race-long battle for the lead with another rider. A false neutral as Uribe was braking for Turn 12 on the last lap caused him to run wide and lose time to the eventual race winner. Uribe ultimately finished in second place for his eighth podium appearance of the season.
The team thanks its many sponsors and fans for their support this season.
OrangeCat Racing also recently announced its plans to enter the MotoAmerica RSD Super Hooligans Class with a Lightfighter V3-RH electric motorcycle for 2026.
Andrew Lee / No. 14
“I'm so excited to be able to wrap up the championship this year! The whole OrangeCat Racing team really put in so much effort this year, and I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to ride with them this year. The race weekend itself was a very conservative, low risk weekend. The two fourth-place results were what we needed. I had much better pace in the second race but didn't want to push over the edge and lose the championship by a silly mistake. So, I just settled in and brought it home.”
Jayson Uribe / No. 36
“Overall, it's been a very successful weekend at Circuit of the Americas for the OrangeCat Racing crew. Wrapping up the Stock 1000 Championship was always the goal for 2025, and we achieved that. Unfortunately, my mistake at Road America took me out of the running for this year's title, but I'm happy I could at least help contribute to bringing the No. 1 plate to the team. Our pace this weekend was strong, and we took the fight to our competition in both races. Race 2 was a bit heartbreaking, as I had made the pass for the lead into Turn 12, but a false neutral in the hardest braking zone of the track took me off track and out of fight. Overall, a huge shoutout to everyone at OrangeCat Racing. The mechanics, techs, management, and everyone behind the scenes really put in the work and gave us an incredible package this year.”
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
Members of the OrangeCat Racing team gathered in victory circle at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on Sunday after the final race of the 2025 MotoAmerica Stock 1000 season. Photo credit: Brian J. Nelson