Cory Ventura, the 17-year-old who was the runner-up in the

2018 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Championship and the runner-up in the 2017

MotoAmerica KTM RC Cup Championship, will not be racing in the MotoAmerica

Supersport class this coming weekend at Road Atlanta.

On December 31, 2018, Omega Moto issued a press release

announcing Ventura would race a Yamaha YZF-R6 in the 2019 MotoAmerica

Supersport Championship, but speaking Thursday afternoon at Road Atlanta,

Ventura said things had fallen apart between him and the team and he would not

be racing in the 2019 season-opener.

“Basically, I was promised a lot for this year and not

everything happened,” Ventura exclusively told Roadracingworld.com. “We had our

differences, but I wish Ken [Chewey, Omega Moto Team Owner] all the best.

Hopefully, we can work something out in the future.”

“It was just a lack of communications, I guess, is what it

came down to on both ends,” said Chewey. “I’ll accept my blame for maybe not

communicating the dollar amount up front in the contract itself.”

Chewey said the contract Ventura signed made it clear that

he would have to bring sponsorship to pay for a spot on the Omega Moto team, but Chewey

also said the contract did not specify a dollar amount and he only recently made that amount known.

Cameron Petersen, meanwhile, will ride Omega Moto’s Yamaha

YZF-R1 Superbike this coming weekend at Road Atlanta.