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Mathew Scholtz<br />
(Superstock 1000<br />
MotoAmerica/SuperGP<br />
Nationals)<br />
Number: 720/20<br />
Born: 09/09/1992<br />
From: Durban<br />
Bike: Yamalube/Westby Racing<br />
YZF-R1 (MotoAmerica) ETR Nashua<br />
Yamaha YZF-R1 (SuperGP Nationals)<br />
Mathew Scholtz began riding in<br />
motocross on a Yamaha PW50. He<br />
moved quickly through the classes in<br />
the national motocross series. When<br />
he was thirteen, Mathew switched<br />
to road racing and not to long after<br />
the switch, he was racing in the Red<br />
Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. He would<br />
race in the series for three years from<br />
2008 and through 2010. He achieved<br />
several podiums and one victory in the<br />
Czech Republic, Brno. Mathew would<br />
go on to race in the Spanish CEV,<br />
German IDM and World SuperSPort<br />
Championship.<br />
2016<br />
Not only did Matthew Scholtz have<br />
one amazing season in the South<br />
African National SuperGP but he has<br />
broken in to the international scene<br />
in some style. Scholtz got his first<br />
ride in MotoAmerica at round 7 of the<br />
2016 season at the Utah Motorsports<br />
Campus. He blew everyone away<br />
with his opening performances. A<br />
second place finish in race 1 followed<br />
up by a third place in race 2, how<br />
about that for a debut! Scholtz didn’t<br />
stop there. The following round at the<br />
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, saw<br />
him take two second place finishes.<br />
Round 9 of MotoAmerica took place<br />
in New Jersey at the Thunderbolt<br />
Raceway. Although it had been a two<br />
month wait since the previous round,<br />
Matthew Scholtz picked up where<br />
he left off, picking up yet another<br />
second place in Race 1. Race 2<br />
however would see, for the first time<br />
in six races, Scholtz off the podium<br />
after being forced to retire due to a<br />
technical issue. I feel that with that<br />
kind of start in MotoAmerica, Scholtz<br />
is definitely one to look out for next<br />
season. Future champion? I think so!<br />
Let us not forget that some of these<br />
riders are juggling both national and<br />
international duties. Scholtz is one<br />
of them that was doing just that. He<br />
was tearing it up back in the South<br />
African SuperGP nationals. Scholtz<br />
hardly stepped foot off the podium<br />
all season and headed in to the <strong>final</strong><br />
round twenty-nine points clear and<br />
the chance to grab the title. Schultz<br />
would do just that, his main rival<br />
Clinton Seller crashed out of race<br />
one, ending his weekend and title<br />
challenge. Scholtz cruised to two<br />
victories in the <strong>final</strong> round and a<br />
maiden SuperGP title.<br />
52 RIDEFAST MAGAZINE JANUARY 2017
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