South African Sheridan Morais was the quickest rider during the MotoAmerica Superbike/Superstock 1000 warm-up session early Sunday morning at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
Riding his Aprilia/HSBK Racing RSV4, Morais led all riders with a time of 1:36.854 on the wet 2.2-mile road course.
That’s right. It was wet. It was raining lightly during the session, and every rider appeared to be using rain tires.
Weather forecasts vary, but it appears that there is some chance for rain at any point of the day Sunday in Monterey, California.
After a quick, unofficial poll of paddock veterans, the last time anyone remembers there being a pro motorcycle road race in the rain at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca was in 1999 when Tommy Hayden dominated an AMA Pro Supersport race held in very wet conditions.
MotoAmerica FIM/AMA North America Road Racing Series
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Monterey, California
July 19, 2015
Combined Superbike/Superstock 1000 Warm-Up Results (wet conditions, all on Dunlop tires):
1. Sheridan Morais (Aprilia), Superstock, 1:36.854
2. Josh Hayes (Yamaha), Superbike, 1:36.957
3. Cameron Beaubier (Yamaha), Superbike, 1:37.147
4. Jake Gagne (Yamaha), Superstock, 1:38.217
5. Roger Hayden (Suzuki), Superbike, 1:38.586
6. Daniel Rivas (BMW), Superbike, 1:38.586
7. Bernat Martinez (Yamaha), Superbike, 1:38.661
8. Josh Day (Yamaha), Superstock, 1:39.371
9. Chris Ulrich (Suzuki), Superbike, 1:39.639
10. Jake Lewis (Suzuki), Superbike, 1:40.157
11. Barrett Long (Yamaha), Superstock, 1:40.673
12. Taylor Knapp (Yamaha), Superstock, 1:42.103
13. Mark Heckles (Yamaha), Superstock, 1:42.748
14. Chris Fillmore (KTM), Superbike, 1:42.766
15. Elena Myers (Suzuki), Superbike 1:43.047
16. Shane Narbonne (Yamaha), Superstock, 1:43.208
17. Steve Rapp (BMW), Superstock, 1:45.317
18. Mathew Orange (BMW), Superbike, 1:46.989
19. Oleg Pianykh (Yamaha), Superstock, 1:48.494
20. Max Flinders (Yamaha), Superstock, 1:50.957
21. Kevin Pinkstaff (Kawasaki), Superbike, 1:52.223
22. Danny Eslick (Honda), Superbike, 1:58.185
23. Josh Chisum (Yamaha), Superstock, no time recorded
24. Tyler O’Hara (Yamaha), Superstock, no time recorded
25. Devon McDonough (Aprilia), Superstock, no time recorded
26. Cory Call (BMW), Superstock, no time recorded
27. Sebastiao Ferreira (Yamaha), Superstock, no time recorded
28. Chad Swain (Suzuki), Superstock, no time recorded