In 2011 James won the AMA Pro SuperSport East Championship, AMA Pro SuperSport National Championship and the Young Gun Award. James starts the 2012 season with a win at world center of speed Daytona on his Celtic-Orient Express GSX-R600

In addition, James is the first of the new breed of young gun athletes in AMA Pro Racing to have Daytona wins in three different AMA Pro Series, AMA Pro Supersport, AMA Pro Flattrack and AMA Pro MotoST.

Rispoli, a AMA multi-national champion dirttracker and multi Landspeed record holder made the transition to AMA Pro road racing part time in 2009. In 2010, missing(5)races due to budget constraints, he place on the podium twice with his first ever AMA Pro road racing win coming at the last round of the 2010 season at New Jersey Motorsports Park.