Well do our job and focus on what we need to focus on and be ready to go.. His protest was denied. Gagne led Westby Racings Mathew Scholtz by just .223 of a second under sunny Georgian skies with Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYCs Danilo Petrucci third-fastest in his Road Atlanta debut. After a final portion of the race that lasted just eight laps, Gagne crossed the finish line 3.935 seconds ahead of his teammate Cameron Petersen, the South African earning his fifth podium of the year and keeping Gagne honest for the duration. Theyre all family to me. Irvine, CA (July 5, 2023) - With its three races and 75 points up for grabs, the fifth round of the MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike Championship at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, July 7-9, has the potential to be the most important round of the series thus far and in September when all is said and done, the tripleheader may go down as the . I wont be going home (to South Africa), which kind of sucks, but that gives us some more testing time., Ed Sullivan, Westby Racing Crew Chief said, Its nice to finish the season off on a high with the win in race two. After two bizarre races, Gagne returned to dominant form in the final race of the season. 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Escalante went down and that left Herrin alone out front. It was the fourth podium result of the season and third in a row for the Altus Motorsports Kawasaki rider. And so, that concludes the2021 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship for Westby Racing. Supersport Herrin sat on pole for the 81strunning of the DAYTONA 200, but the race wasnt straightforward for the rider of the No. googletag.cmd.push(function() { Both races were won by B&M American Racing teams Alessandro Di Mario, who dominated each event by more than three seconds over his closest competition. WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca as seen during the MotoAmerica event in 2022. Supersport: Kelly Again . Ive had more fun than ever racing motorcycles, so life is good. Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy MotoAmerica. The 10-lap sprint after the restart featured a horde of seven riders at the front, but it was Herrin at the pointy end when it mattered as he won the drafting war to beat Hayes by .070 of a second. For Ducati, it was the makes second win after last winning it with Jason DiSalvo in 2011. Third on Sunday went to Alpha Omega rider Cody Wyman. Mathew was really strong all weekend, in the wet or dry, and he carried on his form from the past few rounds. Twins Cup Herrin kept his cool during the melee, positioning himself perfectly for the slingshot to finish line on the last lap. With the required percentage of the race completed, it was called, and he returned to the podium in third. Birmingham, ALSeptember 19, 2021On the final day of the 2021 MotoAmerica Championship, Mathew Scholtz and the Westby Racing team put a crescendo on their season with a Superbike victory in race two on Sunday morning at rainy Barber Motorsports Park, followed by a runner-up finish in race three on Sunday afternoon. Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYCs Josh Herrin had a big crash during Supersport Q1, but still managed to hold on to provisional pole by virtue of his 1:29.430, which put him .110 of a second ahead of North East Cycle Outlet Racings Benjamin Smith. I had a lot of fun riding in the wet, and this Attack R1 was on rails again. Wyman did what was needed to do to earn the title on his factory Harley-Davidson Screamin' Eagle Road Glide as the three-round series culminated on a sunny day on the Monterey Peninsula. Its the little things and not a big deal. I definitely took some pretty decent risks in the more fast-speed corners, which I think definitely helped me open up the big gap. I didnt think about it. So, its always good to end the season off like we have. 2022 MotoAmerica The Ridge Results (Updated) - Cycle News 2 Warhorse HSBK Ducati NYC. Hobbs overtook Barry on lap five and held the lead until the seventh and final lap when Barry got around Hobbs and held off the New Hampshirites strong challenge to take the checkered flag by just seven one-hundredths of a second. We didnt put a pad, which we should have. Unfortunately, it did not dry as quickly as it has done in previous years, and Herrin was lapped by the lead group just after the start of Lap 6. Now, it gives us confidence heading into 2022. Friday, March 10 saw the first round of the Roland Sands Super Hooligans Championship at The World Center of Racing. With his third-straight victory, Petrucci now leads Scholtz by 15 points going into Sundays race two. So, in my head Im thinking, All right, Im going to struggle to do it if he puts in a good lap. That was one of the spots where I thought would be a possibility and it would kind of throw him off of his rhythm. Honestly, the bike is feeling really good and, after a weird weekend at the first round, were back in shape. So, I couldnt be happier. He played that card to perfection, drafting past Yamahas Josh Hayes to record a historic Daytona 200 win for Ducati by just 0.070 seconds and the first for the Panigale V2. Scott, meanwhile, faded as the laps wound down, and polesitter Rocco Landers took over second position aboard his Landers Racing Yamaha on lap 11 of the 15-lap event, ultimately finishing as runner-up in the race, a little over two and a half seconds behind Herrin. On a hot and sunny day in the Pacific Northwest, Gagne made it through three starts in the red-flag-interrupted race to win for the fourth time in 2022 a few hours after earning pole position with a lap-record-setting performance at Ridge Motorsports Park. Live+ - MotoAmerica Twenty starts, 17 victories, 18 podiums and 445 championship points. Petruccis Ducati Panigale V4 R blew up on the opening lap of the second restart and Westby Racings Mathew Scholtz crashed, remounted, pitted, and finally gave up on the 11th lap. googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); I thought that I had lapped Blake Davis at one point, but it must have been somebody else. I gave it my all every single lap of every single race, and it worked out most of the time. So, well work on that during the off-season. Josh Herrin was all in for the win and went with slick tires in the mixed conditions in Race 2. Hayden Shultz finished third on his No. MacClugage was second and Joshua Raymond completed the 160cc podium in third. I also want to thank the KW Army, who rallied around this effort and helped me get this program off the ground. Jake Gagne (32) leads Cameron Petersen (45) and Loris Baz (76) at Barber Motorsports Park. Third place went to Landers Racings Rocco Landers, the young, but talented rider notching his 50th podium in MotoAmerica competition. Twins Cup DiBrino finally made his move and overtook West to snatch the final spot on the podium. So, its not what we wanted. The 2022 Yuasa Stock 1000 Championship was also decided on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park with Corey Alexander clinching the title on the strength his fifth-place finish aboard his Tytlers Cycle RideHVMC BMW. Petersen himself did not even know of the decision, but that didnt stop the criticism from coming. MotoAmerica is the organization that promotes the AMA Superbike Series since 2015. Petrucci, who was forced to go to his back-up bike after his number-one bike suffered a mechanical problem in free practice, had a difficult session with his crew having to put in a new clutch on the second bike in pit lane. to have news value, may be placed on roadracingworld.com as a service to our readers. Thus, no Rolex. I said, Lets do it. It would be bad to do another crash. Its a lot on the equipment and the riders. Those two were well clear of Disrupt Racings Hayden Gillim who barely got the better of his Yuasa Stock 1000 Championship rival Corey Alexander and his Tytlers Cycle/RideHVMC Racing BMW M 1000 RR. I get paid to race motorbikes in one of the best championships. I was really struggling through the infield. I had a lack of rear grip, so I started to push on the front and then I just lost it into turn five. It was a very eventful race and I cant believe we were able to pull it off. Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy MotoAmerica. googletag.pubads().set('adsense_background_color', '#000'); Latvian rider Patricks Cirulis dominated the 65cc World Cup. Jesse James Shedden was second and Joshua Raymond finished third. Scholtz knows Petrucci has a bit of an edge at this point and hes hoping a few tweaks to his Yamaha YZF-R1 overnight will get him closer to the front on Sunday. That opened the door for Wyman, who went on to get the win. Jake Gagne's Fresh N Lean Progressive Yamaha YZF-R1 suffered an engine misfire . More, from a press release issued by Ducati: Ducati Rounds Out 2021 MotoAmerica Season on the Podium. Well come out swinging next year. We are preparing our testing program and are working on the areas that we believe we need to improve. He patiently waited in fourth as the two riders ahead battled for second and then made his move to third at the beginning of Lap 6 as they lapped his teammate. He then followed that up with a win in Saturdays race one and capped things off with the win on Sunday, as well. Fresh N Lean Progressive Yamahas Jake Gagne suffered through a difficult weekend in the season-opening round of the MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike series at Circuit of The Americas two weeks ago and on the Friday in Texas, his qualifying session was aborted with mechanical problems before it really started. So again, I got super lucky. I would have normally not cared, but I wanted to finish the season with a podium at least. Ive made some mistakes this year so a lot of it has been on me. We still have some work to do to fine-tune some things, Gagne said. Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy MotoAmerica. 1 Indian FTR, crossed the finish line first in an exciting last lap pass over Bobby Fong, rider of the No. Last year, it was also going pretty well and then, unfortunately, at Indianapolis, I had a bad crash, and it almost ended things for me. Max Van got the holeshot and was in the lead, but Badie overtook him on the first lap, but then he crashed out on lap two. MotoAmerica Racing Results, Rider Profiles and Latest News Latest King Of The Baggers S&S Cycle Indian Challenger Test Nic de Sena - April 22, 2023 2023 Aprilia RS 660 Trofeo First Look (14. The original start of the 81st Daytona 200 with Josh Herrin (1) leading Danny Eslick (69), PJ Jacobsen (66), Richie Escalante (54), Tyler Scott (70), Geoff May (99), and the rest through Turn One. Earlier in the day, Lewis had put his Stock 1000-spec GSXR-1000 into fifth. Petrucci was a bit more cautious on the third start and it took him longer to get to third place. While Youngs crash was a frustrating end to an even more frustrating weekend, the reigning Bridgestone CSBK champion proved that a sensational result was possible under different circumstances. In fact, hes not sure how many points hes behind. Disrupt Racings Geoff May, TOBC Racings Danny Eslick, TSE/Truelove Brothers Racings Matt Truelove and Farrell Performances Jason Farrell rounded out the top 10. Diesels. Before the first banking, I went in hot and tried to get at least a couple guys to go by me because I didnt think I would be able to hold it off leading, said Herrin. googletag.enableServices(); For the first time all year, Aftercare Hayes Scheibe Racings Ashton Yates failed to score a point with the Georgian crashing out of the race for his first DNF. But with eight laps to go, Escalante and Herrin went toe-to-toe coming out of Turn 1 as Herrin dove inside of Escalante for the pass, and only Herrin made it through. So, I just put my head down and tried to ride as fast as I could. Additionally, five laps were added to the remainder of the race, to make it a 10-lap dash for the finish. Second place went to defending Twins Cup champion Kaleb De Keyrel aboard his Veloce Racing Aprilia, while Cycle Tech Yamaha rider Hayden Schultz rounded out the podium in third. It was good to get a win in the wet after that crazy day yesterday. The field was brought down pit road and Hobbs was able to get his bike back to pit road and repaired for the restart. I want to say a huge thank you to my team and everything they have done for this year. Rodio Racing/HSBK Racing Aprilia rider Anthony Mazziotto is from New Jersey, but his weekend in the Pacific Northwest couldnt have gone better. We cant thank the staff at Yamaha enough for giving us the opportunity and the trust in what is now two of our best seasons in Superbike racing., Jake Gagne Fresh N Lean Attack Performance Yamaha Racing, What a year! It was a much better day two for the newly crowned champ, who finished third earlier this morning in the second race of the tripleheader. Five-time Champion Cameron Beaubier won MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike Race Two Sunday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, in Monterey, California. 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Yaakov, who turned just 15 years old on Friday, had been knocking on the door of a victory for the past few rounds, and she had recorded four third place finishes so far this season. After the second set of pit stops, Herrin and Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki rider Richie Escalante separated themselves from the rest of the field putting up an 18-second lead over third-place Hayes with 10 laps to go. Saddlemen/Lloydz Garages Cory West turned the tables on JLC Concrete/KTM/DiBrino Racings Andy DiBrino on Saturday at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta with the Indian-mounted West besting DiBrino after the KTM-mounted Oregonian had come out on top of a similar battle at Daytona. The Mission King of the Baggers Championship returned to Daytona for the second year, with Baggers racing on the high banks of the superspeedway. The Mini Cup by Motul Championship was back in action at Ridge Motorsports Park, and in the 110cc class, Nathan Gouker got the race one win over runner-up Anthony Lupo Jr., with Mac MacClugage completing the podium in third. I didnt know if I needed to try to beat Cam or if I needed to try to beat Brandon. When a post is labeled with the words press release, it means that Roadracingworld.com is not responsible for its content and that Roadracingworld.com makes no guarantee that it is accurate. 33 Harley-Davidson Screamin Eagle, with Vance & Hines riders James Rispoli and Hayden Gillim finishing second and third, securing podiums in Baggers both races. Im having fun. The crash caused a shift in the battle for third place, as both riders were in fourth and fifth when their races ended. Local rider Andy DiBrino finished third, the Precision Iron Works/DiBrino Racing Kawasaki rider notching his second MotoAmerica podium in as many days. googletag.defineSlot('/14173571/970x250_New', [970,250], 'div-gpt-ad-1567032993772-0').addService(googletag.pubads()); Herrins teammate Xavi Fors American debut didnt go to plan with a mechanical problem signaling the end of his race before the first round of pitstops. Hats off to this team. He said yes and a few days later he had given the team its first-ever MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike podium. Gagnes teammate Cameron Petersen also had a solid weekend with two podium finishes, the South African splitting second- and third-place finishes with Petrucci. Today we had to deal with some issues that ended my race very early so I cannot hide my frustration. After the race concluded, the podium result ended up being changed due to a MotoAmerica rule about passing in a corner where there is a standing yellow flag. Daytona Beach, FLThe Bridgestone Canadian Superbike duo of Ben Young and Elliot Vieira completed their Daytona 200 weekend in opposite spirits on Saturday, as Josh Herrin won a controversial 62-lap feature at Daytona International Speedway. JLC Concrete/KTM/DiBrino Racings Andy DiBrino stalked Saturdays Hooligan race winner Cory West, who was in third place until the final lap. Also tucked the front in corner five. In Sundays Yuasa Stock 1000 race two, Tytlers Cycle/RideHVMC Racing BMW rider Corey Alexander followed up his Saturday race one victory with another win. Home - MotoAmerica The 13 years between wins for Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYCs Herrin is the longest gap between Daytona wins in the history of the race. Fresh off his win at the last round at Road America two weeks ago, Tytlers Cycle/RideHVMC Racings Corey Alexander led the way in the first Yuasa Stock 1000 Qualifying session with his 1:42.006 .371 of a second faster than Disrupt Racing Suzukis Hayden Gillim, who was racing for the first time at Ridge. 79 Vance & Hines Harley Davidson, with Tyler OHara picking up another podium this weekend after scoring points in the Super Hooligans Class. I was just trying to get creative and find spots, and I think he just wasnt expecting it because it wasnt the last lap.. Its been an incredible year. Kyle Wyman (33). More, from a press release issued by Daytona International Speedway: Josh Herrin Battles Back To Win Second Career DAYTONA 200, Second for Ducati, Full slate of races at Daytona International Speedway cap off 82ndannual Bike Week. When it gets hot in the afternoon, it gets a little greasy so I think most guys would agree that theres a little bit better grip when we ride in the morning. Third place went to Roland Sands Designs Tyler OHara, who was forced to start from the back row, with the Californian topping his Ulsterman Jeremy McWilliams. That worked out good. The day started with the 12-lap Twins Cup race, which was red-flagged on the first lap due to a group of riders who crashed out unhurt, and the race was restarted with a seven-lap sprint to the finish line. I just had a lap where I said, You know what? Kind of thinking with a 11-second gap, one and a half laps to go, I kind of screwed up big time there. Learning from that, we made adjustments, and Jake once again ran away from the rest of the field for yet another flag-to-flag race victory. By the time Petrucci took to the track there were only some 15 minutes left in the session. The top four in the first of two Medallia Superbike races at Road Atlanta were mounted on four different makes of motorcycle: Ducati, Yamaha, Suzuki, and BMW. The RevIt Twins Cup kicked off Friday afternoon with an eventful nine laps of racing. Its pretty good. We finished in seventh and sixth place. With Scholtz, Baz and Gagne owning the podium in both races on Sunday, Saturdays first-time winner Cameron Petersen was fourth in race two on the M4 ECSTAR Suzuki, then crashed in race three, remounted and finished fifth, giving him a 1-4-5 weekend tally. Gillim had fought back after crashing with 20 laps to go and remounting. Petersen, meanwhile, added to the Yamaha teams Saturday misery in Georgia when he crashed out of third place just two laps after Gagnes miscue. Mathew and the team will start working towards the 2022 season with the goal to move up one position in the final point standings next year, which is 2022 MotoAmerica Superbike Champion. Lucky enough, my tires were pretty fresh. To make things even better for Gagne, the two riders at the top of the point standings both failed to finish. I didnt really think too much of it then, but I saw that the red flag came out, and I knew that I had won it there. Finishing second and also holding his position for the entirety of the race was Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki rider Sam Lochoff, who was aboard the only GSX-R750 in the field. He battled on to finish 10thon the day. This morning was a bit easier. Unfortunately, back then it was the pole sitter who was awarded the Rolex and Herrin didnt start the race from pole. Tytlers Cycle/RideHVMC Racings Corey Alexander was seventh, a tick over a second ahead of Disrupt Racings Hayden Gillim. But that was then, and this is now. Petruccis fourth-place finish allowed him to extend his lead in the championship over Mathew Scholtz to 10 points with the South African finishing fourth on Saturday. Jacobsen failed a COVID-19 test on Thursday and Wyman, who was at Road Atlanta to ride his factory Harley-Davidson in the Mission King Of The Baggers race, was called on to replace his fellow New Yorker. Herrin was penalized six grid positions on the restart for the incident with Escalante, which dropped him to seventh and put Hayes on the pole for the restart. Copyright 2023 CycleNews. The deep sand and huge braking bumps make this arguably the most demanding track on the circuit for both the riders and their machines. Petrucci leads Gagne by 11, 176-165, after 10 races. The all-out pace of the restart meant the lesser-powered machines of Young and Vieira were mismatched against the heavyweight teams up front, who carried as much as 15-20 extra horsepower. SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup The pair traded the lead back and forth and at times from turn to turn. This weekends results are brought to you by 6D Helmets. All rights reserved. Scholtz was parked next to Max Flinders when Petrucci, who said that Scholtz had passed him too close on the cool-down lap, ran the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC Panigale V4 R between the two riders, bumping shoulders as he did so. Fresh N Lean Progressive Yamaha Racings Jake Gagne had a perfect weekend in the Pacific Northwest, the defending MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike Champion breaking the lap record at Ridge Motorsports Park while qualifying on pole position, and then winning both Superbike races over the course of the Dynapac MotoAmerica Superbikes At The Ridge weekend. window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []}; Mission Foods/S&S Cycle/Indian Challenger Teams Tyler OHara rounded out the podium in third.
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