MotoAmerica: Landers Breaks Record In Twins Cup FP1 At Road America

MotoAmerica: Landers Breaks Record In Twins Cup FP1 At Road America

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Rocco Landers was fastest in MotoAmerica BellissiMoto Twins Cup practice Friday morning at Road America, in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Riding his RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki GSX-8R on Dunlop control tires, Landers recorded a lap time of 2:26.277 around the 14-turn, 4.0-mile course.

Not only was that fast enough to lead the 36-rider field, it was also fast enough for a new All-Time Lap Record as it eclipsed the 2:26.682 Dominic Doyle did in 2020.

After being sidelined for two years with a life-threatening disease called Guillain-Barre Syndrome, 24-year-old Kevin Olmedo returned to MotoAmerica action Friday and posted the second-best lap time, a 2:27.070, on his BobbleHeadMoto/N2 Racing Yamaha YZF-R7.

Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Rossi Moor was third in the session with a 2:27.108 on his GSX-8R.

Rodio Racing – Powered by Robem Engineering Aprilia teammates Alessandro Di Mario (2:27.478) and Gus Rodio (2:28.017) rounded out the top five riders in the practice session.

 

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