Tulsa, OK – August 21, 2019 –

Round eight of the 2019 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship starts this Friday at Pittsburgh International Race Complex (PittRace) in Wampum, Pennsylvania. Mathew Scholtz and his Westby Racing team are excited to race their black and gold #11 Yamaha YZF-R1 Superbike in the part of the country where black and gold are synonymous with winning.

Color schemes aside, PittRace is one of Mathew’s and the team’s favorite tracks on the schedule. The 2.78-mile, 19-turn road course suits both Mathew’s riding style and the razor-sharp handling for which the team’s #11 Yamaha R1 Superbike is renowned.

Last year at PittRace, Mathew finished third in Superbike race one and scored a fifth-place result in Sunday’s Superbike race two. He and the team are hoping for a pair of podium finishes this weekend.

“Pittsburgh has been a very good track for me in the past,” Mathew said. “It’s a tight and twisty circuit, which definitely suits me. (The previous round at) Sonoma was a very up-and-down weekend for us, but we did have a lot of positives that we were able to take from there. We’ve got a lot of ideas after seeing how the bike was behaving at Sonoma, so we just need to work on it from there. I’m going into this weekend with a different approach. Just take things a little more calmly. It’s a three-day event, so things will be happening at a slower pace with more time between practice sessions to get your head around things and get the bike dialed in. It should be a good weekend for us. I am looking forward to getting back out there and hoping to put the Westby bike back on the podium.”