KurveyGirl.com brings you the results of this weekend’s events.
The 2024 MotoAmerica Steel Commander Superbike Championship ended with one of the best races of the season. Pole-sitter Loris Baz got out in front early and spent most of the race holding off his Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati teammate Josh Herrin. That is until four other riders caught up to them in the closing laps.
In spite of the strong, late challenge, Baz was able to hang on and take the win – the first MotoAmerica Superbike win of his career and the first AMA/MotoAmerica Superbike win by a Frenchman – by 0.151 second.
Sean Dylan Kelly got close enough to challenge Baz on the final lap, but the Superbike rookie chose not to make a risky pass attempt and to accept the runner-up spot on his EasyHealthPlans.com/TopPro Racing BMW M 1000 RR.
Bobby Fong also closed in on Baz at the end but ended up taking third on his Wrench Motorcycles Yamaha YZF-R1.
Five-time Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier was a close fourth on his Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW.
Richie Escalante got off to a slow start but thanks to the second-fastest lap of the race (1:20.899) he was able to score fifth, just 0.886 second behind the winner.
After shadowing Baz for much of the race, Herrin faded toward the end and eventually crossed the finish line in sixth, 3.121 seconds back.
Escalante’s teammate Brandon Paasch ended up seventh.
FLO4LAW Racing Yamaha’s Benjamin Smith held off AMD Motorsports/RK Racing Honda’s Richard Kerr in a race-long fight for eighth.
Ashton Yates rounded out the top 10 finishers on his Jones Honda, but that was enough for him to win the 2024 MotoAmerica Superbike Cup Championship and its $25,000 grand prize.
