MotoAmerica: Landers On Supersport Pole Position At Brainerd

MotoAmerica: Landers On Supersport Pole Position At Brainerd

© 2023, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. By David Swarts.

Rocco Landers, age 18, will start the MotoAmerica Supersport races from pole position this weekend at Brainerd International Raceway, in Brainerd, Minnesota.

Landers, riding his Landers Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 as a wild card entry, was fastest during Qualifying One (Q1) on Friday with a lap time of 1:33.254, and that time held up during Qualifying Two (Q2) on Saturday, earning him pole position.

Veteran Josh Hayes led Q2 with a time of 1:33.486 on his Squid Hunter Racing Yamaha YZF-R6, but Hayes will start from second on the grid based on the 1:33.315 he did in Q1 on Friday.

Unlike Landers and Hayes, Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Teagg Hobbs did go faster in Q2, improving from 1:34.289 on Friday to 1:33.802 on Saturday, securing the third and final spot on the front row of the grid.

 

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