MotoAmerica followers ~ I have question

[Yukonica]

I just found beIN network on Youtube.    Score!. 
The first race I watched was won by a Spaniard; Toni Elias.
Did he come in from a MotoGP background? If so, roughly which year?

His name is familiar but I can't place him.
I used to watch Superstock on television years ago (I haven't had a tv for at least 14 years) so I don't think it is a residual memory ... then again he could have been a precocious 8 year old.

[Arizona Wayne]

Yes, Toni is a former Moto GP race winner and came to MA last year.  He won so many races for Suzuki here last year he's their top racer this year in MA.  Toni has upped the game here in the US.  Only time he's weak is if the track is wet.

[jbell]

pronounced, el-ee-as.

[Yukonica]

Thanks, when I finished watching the super-sport/stock races I got onto the KTM 390 series.... very cool.
Perhaps asphalt racing in North America has a bright future after all.