American Flat Track Rider Bio

James Rispoli

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Rispoli won the 2011 AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport Championship. He also competes in select AMA Pro Flat Track Motorcycle-Superstore.com Pro Singles events. For 2012, Rispoli will compete aboard the Celtic Racing - Orient Express GSX-R600 with teammate, Corey Alexander.

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2013 Finished seventh in first season competing in AMA Pro Daytona SportBike. Finished in the Top 10 in all but one start, highlighted by a fifth-place result at Mid-Ohio. Raced for National Guard/Celtic Racing Suzuki.
2012 Crowned AMA Pro SuperSport West Champion for the second consecutive season. His season best eight victories and 105 laps led were more than enough to land himself atop the standings. Finished in the top 10 in all 20 of his starts and finished in the top 5 in 18 of those starts. All-around monster year.
2011 Took home the AMA Pro SuperSport National Championship, East Division Championship and Young Gun Award, collecting two poles (Barber and New Jersey) and two wins (Barber Race 2 and New Jersey Race 2) along the way, only finishing out of the Top 10 once. Raced for ANT-Racing.com/Star School Suzuki. Also competed in the Pro Singles division of AMA Pro Flat Track, earning a pole at North Central Speedway.
2010 Won NJMP AMA Pro SuperSport race. Had eight top ten finishes in AMA Pro SuperSport class. Also competed in Pro Singles division of AMA Pro Flat Track.
2009 Made AMA Pro SuperSport series debut, finished fourth twice. Set AMA National Land Speed Record for 650 Twins Class at Bonneville. Finished second in AMA Pro GNC Flat Track Championship.
2008 Pro Basic Expert class, won numerous races, second at Indy Mile.
2007
AMA Dirt Track Amateur Nationals, rode 250, 450 and 505cc to four championships. Also ran WERA road races.
2006 Dirt Track 250/450cc, won at Daytona and DuQuoin and many other podium finishes.
2005 Dirt Track racing, won Western New York 250 & 450cc TT championships. Also won Springfield Mile Nationals in 250cc 4 & 2 strokes.
2004 250cc Mod 4, ran various AMA Amateur Grand National Championships including two in Canada.
2003 Won four Mod and DTX Championship s including AMA National Half Mile Championship. Ran in 85cc.
2002 First place in New York State and Michigan 85cc Championships, also third place AMA Amateur Grand Nationals.
2001
65cc and 85cc Mod Champion, NE/DTX and AMA Amateur Grand National Champion.

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Year	Cls	Stnd	Pts	St	Wins	Best Fin	Worst Fin	Avg Fin	Poles	Best Qual	Worst Qual	Avg Qual	Laps Led
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2019	AFT Production Twins	6	133	10	0	2	15	6.3	0	2	9	5.3	2
2019	AFT Singles	16	83	10	0	4	17	10.7	0	3	17	9.4	0
2018	AFT Singles	53	3	1	0	16	16	16.0	0	3	3	3.0	0
2013	DSB	7	172	13	0	5	32	8.6	0	5	10	7.1	1
2012	SSWest	1	318	20	8	1	8	2.5	3	1	5	2.2	106
2011	FTPro	32	32	2	0	2	6	4.0	1	1	6	3.5	1
2011	SSEast	1	230	10	2	1	19	4.2	2	1	7	3.6	57
2011	SSEast	1	230	10	2	1	19	4.2	2	1	7	3.6	57
2010	FTPro	4	160	10	0	2	7	3.8	0	2	8	4.7	12
2010	GNT			0	0			0.0	0			0.0	0
2010	SS			12	1	1	24	9.8	0	4	11	7.4	7
2010	SSEast	8	137	12	1	1	24	9.8	0	4	10	6.8	7
2009	FTPro	2	176	12	1	1	16	4.3	0	2	16	5.2	24
2009	HSProS	11	23	2	1	1	18	9.5	1	1	13	7.0	10
2009	SS			3	0	4	18	8.7	0	6	14	8.7
2009	SSEast	20	18	3	0	4	18	8.7	0	6	14	8.7
2008	ExTwin	2	19	1	0	2	2	2.0	1	1	9	4.1	1

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