Woodcliff Lake, NJ. Bobby Fong BMW will be one of the new combinations protagonists of the Championship MotoAmerica Superbike. The current champion of the season 2026 will be incorporated into OrangeCat Racing to compete during 2027 and 2028 aboard the BMW M 1000 RR, forming team with Sean Dylan Kelly, runner-up in the category.

The announcement, made on October 20, 2026 by BMW Motorrad Motorsport and OrangeCat Racing, confirmed a lineup that brings together the top two finishers in the championship the most recent.

Fong takes the number 1 on your motorcycle, while Kelly will continue competing with the number 40. Both will seek to leverage their expertise to strengthen the project BMW sports in the united States.

Bobby Fong: the title of MotoAmerica BMW M 1000 RR

The arrival of Bobby Fong to BMW Motorrad Motorsport occurs after a season that culminated with the conquest of the Championship MotoAmerica Quad Lock Superbike 2026.

The american pilot, secured the title after a comeback instrumental during the last races of the calendar. His performance is more outstanding arrived in New Jersey Motorsports Park, where he achieved two wins under conditions of rain during the final round, played with three races to go.

These results enabled him to get to the final competition with a chance to win the championship and eventually overcome Sean Dylan Kelly in the general classification.

Now, who starred in the title fight will share team and motorcycle.

For OrangeCat Racing, incorporate the defending champion represents an opportunity to take advantage of the experience of two pilots that showed speed and consistency during 2026.

A team that seeks to take BMW to the top

The incorporation of Fong also marks the reunion with Sean Dylan Kelly, with whom I shared the team during the season 2019 in the Supersport class.

Seven years later, both will work together, although now it will be on the category Superbike and with the BMW M 1000 RR as the protagonist.

Kelly, who finished second in the championship of 2026, expressed his enthusiasm for getting back to sharing a team with Fong. The pilot noted that he knows his new companion and expected for both sides to work to put their motorcycles in the first positions.

The combination also represents an opportunity to accelerate the development of competitive BMW M 1000 RR inside MotoAmerica.

With two riders able to fight for victories, OrangeCat Racing will seek to strengthen its performance over the next two seasons.

OrangeCat Racing bet for a new stage

Jeff Connors, director of OrangeCat Racing, highlighted that the hiring of Bobby Fong to 2027 and 2028 represents an important moment in the evolution of the team.

Connors explained that the organization maintains a good relationship with the pilot from his earlier experiences as competitors, and who knows both her talent as his work ethic.

The intention is to build a structure in which Fong and Kelly can share knowledge, motivate each other and contribute to the development of the motorcycle.

The team also acknowledged the collaboration of BMW Motorrad Motorsport and alpha Racing, key partners to provide the equipment and the technical support needed.

This alliance will be particularly important in a category where the performance of the motorcycle, the preparation of the equipment and the capacity of adaptation of the pilots can make crucial differences.

Bobby Fong will seek to defend the number 1 with a BMW

For Bobby Fong, the team change represents a new professional challenge.

After winning the championship of 2026, the u.s. will have the responsibility to defend his title with a motorcycle is different, and within a new structure of the sport.

The pilot thanked Andrew and Jeff for trusting in him and expressed his enthusiasm to get to work with OrangeCat Racing.

He also stressed his interest in knowing the potential of the BMW M 1000 RR and collaborate with the team to maintain the number 1 for the next few seasons.

Incorporation generates expectations important, especially for the opportunity to test how it adapts the defending champion to the characteristics of the superbike German.

The experience accumulated by Fong in MotoAmerica will be one of the main resources of the computer during this process.

BMW Motorrad recognizes the path of Jayson Uribe

The announcement also marks the closing of a stage for Jayson Uribe, who will leave OrangeCat Racing after to contribute to the development of the program of competition from BMW.

BMW Motorrad Motorsport thanked the pilot for his participation in the evolution of the BMW M 1000 RR and for his commitment to the team, both during the race weekends and outside circuits.

The brand recognized for his professionalism and his role as ambassador of BMW, in addition to express their best wishes for the upcoming projects of his career.

His departure will allow the incorporation of Fong to a structure that will seek to leverage the work done during the previous season.

MotoAmerica Superbike 2027 will begin at Road Atlanta

The new stage of Bobby Fong with BMW Motorrad Motorsport will have their first official engagement of the 16th to the 18th of April of 2027, when the start of the Championship, MotoAmerica Superbike championship at Road Atlanta.

This first appointment will be able to observe the performance of the new alignment of OrangeCat Racing and the competitive level of their BMW M 1000 RR front of the rest of the equipment.

For Fong, will be the beginning of the defense of their championship. For Kelly, it will represent a new opportunity to fight for the title after finishing as runner-up in 2026.

Both will come with individual goals, but also with the responsibility of working together to strengthen the sports project of BMW.

The Hunt: the history of OrangeCat Racing from within

As part of its coverage of the championship, BMW Motorrad USA has The Hunt, a documentary series that shows the work of OrangeCat Racing during its inaugural season in the category Superbike of MotoAmerica in 2026.

The production offers a look behind-the-scenes effort of the drivers, engineers and team members, showing the challenges of competing at the highest level of motorcycle racing, american.

The episodes are available on the official channels of BMW Motorrad USA on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

BMW Motorrad is preparing a new offensive in MotoAmerica

The arrival of Bobby Fong to OrangeCat Racing represents one of the movements most relevant in the preparation of BMW Motorrad Motorsport for the season 2027.

Meet the champion and the runner-up of 2026 in the same structure poses a promising scenario for the team, which will have two experienced drivers and a motorcycle developed to compete at the highest level.

The BMW M 1000 RR will be the meeting point between two trajectories that until recently faced off for the championship.

Now, Bobby Fong and Sean Dylan Kelly will share the same goal: to bring OrangeCat Racing and BMW Motorrad Motorsport to the first positions of MotoAmerica.

The season 2027 will mark the beginning of a new stage in which the defending champion will seek to retain its number 1, this time on a BMW M 1000 RR.

Source: BMW Group