MotoAmerica Championship of New Jersey
MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North America Road Racing Series
New Jersey Motorsports Park
Millville, New Jersey
September 13, 2015
Provisional Superbike/Superstock 1000 Race Two Combined Results (all on Dunlop tires):
1. Josh Hayes (Yamaha), SBK, 25 laps, Total Race Time 34:36.387, Best Lap Time 1:22.148
2. Roger Hayden (Suzuki), SBK, -0.044 second, 1:22.177
3. Jake Gagne (Yamaha), STK, -11.492 seconds, 1:22.370
4. Taylor Knapp (Yamaha), STK, -20.263, 1:22.631
5. Josh Day (Yamaha), STK, -20.800, 1:22.731
6. Cameron Beaubier (Yamaha), SBK, -23.366, 1:22.735
7. Kyle Wyman (Yamaha), STK, -28.257, 1:23.206
8. Danny Eslick (Aprilia), STK, -30.818, 1:23.151
9. Chris Ulrich (Suzuki), SBK, -35.121, 1:23.232
10. Chris Fillmore (KTM), SBK, -40.003, 1:23.078
11. Steve Rapp (BMW), STK, -41.820, 1:22.994
12. Mark Heckles (Yamaha), STK, -48.533, 1:22.887
13. Geoff May (Honda), SBK, -53.265, 1:23.734, ran off track
14. Anthony Kosinski (Yamaha), STK, -80.298, 1:23.950
15. Barrett Long (Yamaha), STK, -1 lap, 1:24.987
16. Tyler O’Hara (Yamaha), STK, -1 lap, 1:24.993
17. Walt Sipp (Yamaha), STK, -1 lap, 1:27.819
18. Elena Myers (Suzuki), SBK, -3 laps, 1:27.151, crash
19. Jeremy Cook (BMW), STK, -4 laps, 1:27.785, crash
20. Shane Narbonne (Yamaha), STK, 1:22.713, DNF, mechanical
21. Frankie Babuska (Yamaha), STK, 1:24.128, DNF
22. Jordan Szoke (BMW), STK, -25 laps, no lap time recorded, DNF, mechanical
23. Josh Chisum (Yamaha), STK, 1:27.019, DNF
24. Jake Lewis (Suzuki), SBK, DNS
25. Tony Leong (Yamaha), STK, DNS
Superbike Race Two Results:
1. Josh Hayes (Yamaha), 25 laps, Total Race Time 34:36.387, Best Lap Time 1:22.148
2. Roger Hayden (Suzuki), -0.044 second, 1:22.177
3. Cameron Beaubier (Yamaha), -23.366, 1:22.735
4. Chris Ulrich (Suzuki), -35.121, 1:23.232
5. Chris Fillmore (KTM), -40.003, 1:23.078
6. Geoff May (Honda), -53.265, 1:23.734, ran off track
7. Elena Myers (Suzuki), -3 laps, 1:27.151, crash
8. Jake Lewis (Suzuki), DNS
Superstock 1000 Race Two Results:
1. Jake Gagne (Yamaha), 25 laps, Total Race Time 34:47.879, Best Lap Time 1:22.370
2. Taylor Knapp (Yamaha), -8.771 seconds, 1:22.631
3. Josh Day (Yamaha), -9.308, 1:22.731
4. Kyle Wyman (Yamaha), -16.765, 1:23.206
5. Danny Eslick (Aprilia), -19.326, 1:23.151
6. Steve Rapp (BMW), -30.328, 1:22.994
7. Mark Heckles (Yamaha), -37.041, 1:22.887
8. Anthony Kosinski (Yamaha), -68.806, 1:23.950
9. Barrett Long (Yamaha), -1 lap, 1:24.987
10. Tyler O’Hara (Yamaha), -1 lap, 1:24.993
11. Walt Sipp (Yamaha), -1 lap, 1:27.819
12. Jeremy Cook (BMW), -4 laps, 1:27.785
13. Shane Narbonne (Yamaha), 1:22.713, DNF, mechanical
14. Frankie Babuska (Yamaha), 1:24.128, DNF
15. Jordan Szoke (BMW), -25 laps, no lap time recorded, DNF, mechanical
16. Josh Chisum (Yamaha), 1:27.019, DNF
17. Tony Leong (Yamaha), DNS
Superbike Championship Point Standings (after 18 of 18 races):
1. Beaubier, 372 points
2. Hayes, 368
3. Hayden, 281
4. Lewis, 223
5. Myers, 152
6. Ulrich, 148
7. Bernat Martinez, 127
8. Fillmore, 102
9. Eslick, 92
10. Mathew Orange, 40
Superstock 1000 Championship Point Standings (after 18 of 18 races):
1. Gagne, 344 points
2. Knapp, 284
3. Heckles, 225
4. Day, 203
5. O’Hara, 169
6. Morais, 148
7. Narbonne, 124
8. TIE, Devon McDonough/Long, 96
10. Rapp, 65
More, from a press release issued by MotoAmerica:
Beaubier Takes MotoAmerica Superbike Title
Josh Herrin Bounces Back To Win Supersport Finale
MILLVILLE, NJ, SEPT. 13 – Cameron Beaubier and Josh Hayes both knew what they had to do coming into the MotoAmerica season finale at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Hayes knew he had to go out and win both races, then sit back and see how his young teammate Beaubier responded to the pressure. Beaubier knew he had to at least finish second in the first race so he could take away some of that pressure in race two. Turns out Hayes did his part and Beaubier did his. The end result was Hayes taking his ninth and 10th victories of the season in Sunday’s two races while Beaubier finished second and third to earn the 2015 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North America Superbike crown.
Hayes’ two wins kept Yamaha’s unbeaten season alive in the 2015 season with his 10-win total combined with Beaubier’s eight wins on the Monster Energy/Graves Motorsports R1 keeping the brand perfect in MotoAmerica’s debut season of racing. In winning the Superbike title, Beaubier became the 20th different rider to earn an AMA Superbike crown.
“I was riding so timid,” the 22-year-old Beaubier said after earning the title in race two. “I was doing everything I could to not risking crashing or anything. I was making sure I was staying off the inside curbs… I was definitely riding pretty timid. But it was pretty cool because I got to watch Taylor (Knapp) and Josh Day battle it out and it kind of distracted me from what I had to do so it was pretty cool. I started the race and I was like, ‘Okay, if I have to stay behind Josh and Rog and just try to follow them around all race, I’ll be good,’ But I got out there and I started making a couple of mistakes, got nervous and I was like, ‘No, I’m not going to follow these guys today.’ “
Although Yamaha won every round, that was not due to a lack of effort on the part of Yoshimura Suzuki’s Roger Hayden. And today was no different. Hayden finished third in the red-flag interrupted race one, but was less than half a second from victory. In race two, he fought Hayes to the bitter end, coming up just .044 of a second short of victory. The two podium finishes were the 14th and 15th of Hayden’s season and leaves him champing at the bit to get the 2016 season started where he hopes to be armed with a new GSX-R1000.
Jake Gagne also earned a title today, the Roadrace Factory Yamaha rider sweeping to his 12th and 13th wins of the season in the Superstock 1000 class to wrap up the championship. He also took advantage of Beaubier’s caution in race two to finish third overall behind Hayes and Hayden, but it was his race-one victory that earned him the Supersport 1000 crown.
“We had an awesome year,” Gagne said. “And we ended up here with the number-one plate. That was the goal we set out to do at the beginning of the year and it feels amazing to get it done. Especially for the whole Roadrace Factory crew… they work really hard and just to see the smiles on their face and to celebrate. It feels really, really good.”
Today’s Supersport class was won by Wheels In Motion/Motosport.com/Meen Motorsports’ Josh Herrin, the Georgia resident battling back from his disappointing day on Saturday to win his fourth race of the season. The victory also vaulted him past Garrett Gerloff and into second in the title chase behind JD Beach, the Yamalube/Y.E.S./Graves Motorsports R6-mounted rider who had wrapped up the title in the last round at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Herrin beat his teammate Joe Roberts, who won Saturday’s Supersport race in the rain, by just .205 of a second with Gerloff just as close in third place. Beach and Roadrace Factory’s Cameron Petersen rounded out the top finishers.
“I’ve been kinda bummed out all weekend,” Herrin said. “You can’t let the rookie (Joe Roberts) come and beat you like that. I let myself down yesterday, but he did a really good job and he’s definitely turning heads. This whole year nobody else wanted to sign me at the end of last year, so when Ameen and Gary gave me the opportunity, I decided I was going to make the best of it and really tried all year. Everybody remembers the champion and the guys who won the last weekend.”
In the final championship standings, Beach ended the season with 310 points with Herrin beating Gerloff by just five points, 255-250. M4/SportbikeTrackGear.com’s David Anthony ended up fourth in the final standings with Roadrace Factory’s Tomas Puerta fifth, besting Latus Racing Triumph’s Bobby Fong, who sat out Sunday’s race with a concussion, by a single point.
The KTM RC 390 Cup Series wrapped up Sunday with New Jersey’s Anthony Mazziotto III making up for Saturday’s close loss by turning the tables on Gage McAllister. Mazziotto and his Jimmy Winters Motorsports-backed RC 390 beat McAllister to the finish line by just .029 of a second. Brandon Paasch finished third with Xavier Zayat and Hayden Schultz rounding out the top five.
“Definitely winning my home race was very important,” Mazziotto said. “I was training really hard all month long and being able to come here and actually put the plan to work… I’m glad to be up here.”
The top five finishers in the KTM RC 390 Cup will be rewarded with the opportunity to head to Silverstone to battle an international field of RC Cup racers in the British Superbike Championship round. Those riders are: McAllister, Mazziotto, Braeden Ortt, Hayden Schultz and Justin McWilliams.
The final Bazzaz Superstock 600 race of the season went to Tuned Racing’s Bryce Prince, the Californian beating Wyman Racing’s Travis Wyman and Mach 1 Motorsports’ Wyatt Farris in winning his first race of the season. Ironically, those three had all crashed out of Saturday’s race.
“This track has definitely had its ups and downs for me,” Prince said. “It’s been very nice to me and very unforgiving at the same time. We went out there this morning and we had the pace. In the race I felt I had the pace to get out and break away. Once I got passed him (Wyman) I put my head down, turned some 24s and set a gap.”
When all was said and done, Wyman narrowly missed out on finishing second in the championship (Joe Roberts wrapped up the title at Laguna Seca) by just three points to Richie Escalante, who was a non-starter in Sunday’s race.
SUPERBIKE/SUPERSTOCK 1000 RACE 1: 1. Josh Hayes (Yamaha); 2. Cameron Beaubier (Yamaha); 3. Roger Hayden (Suzuki); 4. Jake Gagne (Yamaha); 5. Kyle Wyman (Yamaha); 6. Josh Day (Yamaha); 7. Taylor Knapp (Yamaha); 8. Danny Eslick (Aprilia); 9. Shane Narbonne (Yamaha); 10. Geoff May (Honda).
SUPERBIKE/SUPERSTOCK 1000 RACE 2: 1. Josh Hayes (Yamaha); 2. Roger Hayden (Suzuki); 3. Jake Gagne (Yamaha); 4. Taylor Knapp (Yamaha); 5. Joshua Day (Yamaha); 6. Cameron Beaubier (Yamaha); 7. Kyle Wyman (Yamaha); 8. Danny Eslick (Aprilia); 9. Chris Ulrich (Suzuki); 10. Chris Fillmore (KTM).
SUPERSPORT RACE 2: 1. Josh Herrin (Yamaha); 2. Joe Roberts (Yamaha); 3. Garrett Gerloff (Yamaha); 4. JD Beach (Yamaha); 5. Cameron Petersen (Yamaha); 6. Corey Alexander (Yamaha); 7. Benny Solis Jr. (Honda); 8. David Anthony (Suzuki); 9. Ben Young (Yamaha); 10. Hayden Gillim (MV Agusta).
BAZZAZ SUPERSTOCK 600 RACE 2: 1. Bryce Prince (Yamaha); 2. Travis Wyman (Yamaha); 3. Wyatt Farris (Yamaha); 4. Brayan Sola (Yamaha); 5. Nick McFadden (Yamaha); 6. Caroline Olsen (Suzuki); 7. CAsey Tobolewski (Yamaha); 8. Jayson Uribe (Yamaha); 9. Conner Blevins (Kawasaki); 10. Michael Gilbert (Yamaha).
KTM RC 390 CUP RACE 2: 1. Anthony Mazziotto III; 2. Gage McAllister; 3. Brandon Paash; 4. Xavier Zayat; 5. Hayden Schultz; 6. Ashton Yates; 7. Braeden Ortt; 8. Brandon Altmeyer; 9. Justin McWiliams; 10. Alejandro Gutierrez Mejia.
More, from a press release issued by Geiger Media Global:
GEICO Suzuki racer Chris Ulrich closes Superbike season with pair of top-fives
MILLVILLE, N.J. (Sept. 13) — GEICO Suzuki racer Chris Ulrich closed out the MotoAmerica season with one of his best performances of the year, racing to a pair of top-five finishes in the Championship of New Jersey Superbike race Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park.
Ulrich finished fifth in class in the first 25-lap race and then came home fourth in the second on the 2.25-mile Thunderbolt Raceway layout. A test last week on the “Lightning” layout at NJMP helped Ulruch and his team fine-tune the Suzuki.
“This is the most complete weekend we’ve put together all year,” Ulrich said. “The test really allowed us to get on top of the electronics and work on some new suspension stuff. This is the best performance, overall, of the season between qualifying and racing.
“Each practice we were in the mix, qualifying we made stuff happen, we made Superpole 2, so it was a complete weekend overall.”
Ulrich started the season with a new manufacturer, returning to a Suzuki. And he closed it with five top-five finishes in the final six races to finish sixth in the Superbike points standings.
“It’s been an up-and-down year with some challenges,” Ulrich said. “The team and I did well, and I feel like I’m riding well. The team is working really hard, and we never gave up. This weekend is proof that we kept charging and got a good result.”
Sunday’s first race was interrupted by rain twice, and the stoppages hampered Ulrich’s progress.
“The first race, I’m a little bummed about,” Ulrich said. “We were in a decent position, and the red flag came out because of rain and conditions were a little bit sketchy. We got the thing restarted, and the launch was OK, but going into Turn 1, it was a mad scramble going in there. It was pretty tricky, and I came out on the losing end and lost a few positions there.
“The race was red-flagged again for rain five laps later. By the time I gathered everything up and got started moving forward again, I was out of time. That was disappointing.”
The second race went uninterrupted, and Ulrich was able to climb into fourth place in Superbike.
“The second race ran full distance,” Ulrich said. “We kept charging the whole race. We were battling with a few guys early on, and I got them and started moving forward. I had picked a soft tire, so tire wear was quite high. With about five laps to go, the tire started going away and the bike started coming around on deceleration. I was just trying to stay with that little group I was with.”
Now, Ulrich looks forward to the 2016 season to build on the momentum he and the team had at the end of this season.
“We’ve got a pretty solid package to start 2016,” Ulrich said. “We’re going to take it home, do some refinements on it, and then we’ll get a new bike about halfway through next year, so I’m looking forward to it.”
More, from a press release issued by Yamaha:
Yamaha YZF-R1 bLU cRU Rider Jake Gagne Wins 2015 MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Championship With 13th Race Victory Of The Season
Millville, NJ – September 14, 2015 – On Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park, RoadRace Factory/Yamaha rider Jake Gagne clinched the 2015 MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Championship with his 13th win in 18 races this season aboard his #32 YZF-R1.
Following up the AMA Pro Racing Daytona SportBike Championship that he won in 2014, Jake established from the very first round of the inaugural MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 season at the Circuit of The Americas–when he won both races–that he was the man to beat for the title. All told, the Californian notched five double wins out of nine rounds this season.
About his Championship, Jake said, “It’s been a great year for me on this all-new Yamaha R1. Hats off to my hard-working RoadRace Factory team. They gave me a great bike all year long.”
Watch Round 9 Of The MotoAmerica Championship on CBS Sports
MotoAmerica Round 9 from New Jersey Motorsports Park will air on Sunday, September 20, at 5:00 PM EST. For the complete MotoAmerica TV broadcast schedule on CBS Sports Network, visit http://www.motoamerica.com/motoamerica-tv-schedul…
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More, from a press release issued by Yamaha:
Cameron Beaubier Wins The 2015 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship, While Teammate Hayes Wins His 10th Race Of The Season
Millville, NJ – September 14, 2015 – On Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park, four-time and defending Superbike Champion Josh Hayes did everything he could to add a fifth title to his resume. He won both races to finish with 10 this season and a total of 57 in his storybook career. His Monster Energy/Graves/Yamaha teammate Cameron Beaubier won 8 races this season, and had better finishes than Josh in the races in which he didn’t win. And that made all the difference for Cameron, who is MotoAmerica’s first Superbike Champion.
In the final Superbike showdown between the friendly rivals, Cameron rode a cautious and calculated race, and brought his #6 Yamaha YZF-R1 Superbike across the finish third in class to win the Championship by four points over Josh. It was the conclusion of a magical season for Cameron, Josh, and the all-new Yamaha YZF-R1 Superbike, which went undefeated in the 18 races that made up the 2015 MotoAmerica Superbike season.
Reflecting on the race and his Championship, Cameron said, “I was doing everything I could to not risk crashing in that race! I was definitely riding pretty timid. I got out there in the beginning of the race, and I made a couple of mistakes, so I decided to focus on not making any mistakes. It’s a dream come true for me to win the Championship in my second year on a Superbike and my first year with this brand-new R1. Josh is an awesome teammate and a great Champion. He’s helped me so much.”
“I’m super-proud to win both races today,” Josh said. “This was one of the hardest races I’ve ever had here, and I gave it all I had. Congratulations to Cam. My bad days were just a little worse than his bad days this season and, over the course of 9 rounds and 18 races, those are the things that cost you the Championship. Cam rode well all year long, and I’m proud of what he accomplished. If someone other than me is going to win the Championship, I’m glad it’s my teammate.”
Watch Round 9 Of The MotoAmerica Championship on CBS Sports
MotoAmerica Round 9 from New Jersey Motorsports Park will air on Sunday, September 20, at 5:00 PM EST. For the complete MotoAmerica TV broadcast schedule on CBS Sports Network, visit http://www.motoamerica.com/motoamerica-tv-schedule
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