Jasmine Noelle: 2026 Royal Enfield BTR Champion

Jasmine Noelle didn't enter the 2026 Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. season expecting to leave it as champion. In fact, after only one year of club racing, Noelle wasn't entirely sure where she would stack up against a field that included riders with considerably more experience.

"My first goal is always don't fall down. Come back in one piece, do your best," Noelle said. "I did not know where I was going to match up with all the other girls."

Since some of the riders she would compete against had been riding, racing or participating in track days for several years, that left Noelle viewing her rookie MotoAmerica season primarily as an opportunity to learn.

"I definitely thought that this season was just going to be getting my feet wet, learning how to be a MotoAmerica racer, because that's a lot bigger scale than racing club," she said.

That outlook began to change during preseason training. As Noelle spent more time on the motorcycle alongside some of the returning BTR riders, she began to realize that the training and support she had received prepared her better than she initially thought.

"I started to realize, wait a second," Noelle said. "I think that because of the support that I've had and the training that I've had, I could run with some of the top competition."

So Noelle decided to see just how far she could take it.

Finding Consistency

The result was the most consistent season in the 2026 BTR field. Noelle scored 85 points through the first half of the season and another 83 during the second half. Going into the final race of the year, her worst finish of the season had been a second place finish. Part of that consistency came from a training routine that wasn't limited to racetracks. Noelle supplemented her track days with mountain rides, using the time to work on flowing with the motorcycle away from a racing environment. She also found another way to prepare for circuits she'd never seen before: video games.

"I'm terrible at video games. I'm terrible at the Xbox controller," Noelle said.

But traveling to each circuit ahead of the MotoAmerica weekend wasn't financially realistic for her, so sim racing became an alternative.

"I decided, okay, what are my cards?" she said. "One of that was playing video games, getting to know the track layout so that it was just matching up the digital world with the real world."

By the time she arrived at each circuit, at least she already knew which way the track went.

"It really helps when you know where you're going before you've even gone there."

From 7-Eleven to Number 1

Jasmine Noelle raced with the number 711 in 2026 and, yes, Slurpees actually had something to do with it. Jasmine and her best friend developed a tradition of visiting 7-Eleven on July 11 for the convenience store's free Slurpee promotion. The tradition continued as their lives changed, even after college, moving away from one another and her friend's marriage.

"Still 7-Eleven. That's our day," Noelle said. "That's something that represented that you always make time for what's important and you stay loyal."

The number eventually became both a nod to her best friend and a personal reminder.

"It was pretty silly and lighthearted," she said. "It also had a really deep significance to me of prioritizing what really matters."

A Second Year That Almost Never Happened

Perhaps the most remarkable part of Jasmine Noelle's championship is how recently motorcycle racing entered her life: she didn't begin road racing until 2025. After receiving an opportunity to join an amateur club racing team, Noelle decided to throw herself completely into the experience. At the time, she assumed it would last only one season.

"I spent last year really learning everything that I could, thinking it was going to be my very last year," she said. "I just thought this is a once-off, this is amazing. Once my sponsorship ends, I probably can't maintain this lifestyle."

Jasmine applied to Build. Train. Race., but knew how competitive the selection process was and continued planning her life under the assumption that she wouldn't be selected. Noelle had returned to Los Angeles and was preparing to move on when the message arrived.

She was going racing again. She turned around, headed back to New Mexico and resumed training.

One of the defining parts of Build. Train. Race. is that the riders aren't simply handed motorcycles and sent onto the racetrack. Race weekends can begin around sunrise as the riders help set up the BTR area, prepare equipment and work on their motorcycles before eventually climbing aboard them to race.

At many rounds B.T.R. is usually one of the first classes out on track, and that means getting to work as the sun is rising.

"We are setting up the tents at sometimes 6 a.m.," Noelle said. "We're in the lobby at 5:15 or whatever with bags packed to go start the day, set up everything and do the tires and be your own crew and in all of these things, be your own mechanic, and then go out and race with the little energy you have left."

Transportation and the overall schedule are organized for the riders, but once they arrive at the circuit, much of the responsibility becomes their own. She sees that as another important part of the program.

"After this program, we'll know kind of how to be a one-man show."

The workload also exposed one of the areas Noelle intends to improve before defending her championship. During the final race weekend, Noelle suffered a low-blood-sugar episode. She made it through the podium ceremony but said afterward that she was close to collapsing. That experience has put nutrition, strength and stamina near the top of her offseason priorities.

"I think nutrition and more fitness, more strength is going to be really key for me," she said, "so that I can use my skills that I've already developed for the bike just to be better."

What's Next

The end of the BTR season doesn't mean Noelle plans on parking the motorcycle. She continues to compete with ASMA at Arroyo Seco Raceway in New Mexico and planned to spend part of the break riding through the Colorado Rockies—not training, necessarily, but simply enjoying motorcycles.

"I fell into motorcycling because I grew up all my childhood just loving them and wanting them," Noelle said. "I couldn't explain to anyone because I hadn't ridden one why I wanted it, but I just had something in my heart that made me really want it."

That passion has also shaped the way she lives.

Noelle lives full-time in a van built around her motorcycle lifestyle. She calls it the "bike box." Her motorcycle rolls into the living space alongside a wall dedicated to her gear and equipment, giving her a mobile home that allows her to travel for extended training sessions, races or simply a trip into the mountains.

Now she's putting a number-one plate on her motorcycle, and she's already thinking about how to defend it.