MotoAmerica: Supersport Race One Results From Sonoma Raceway (Updated)

MotoAmerica: Supersport Race One Results From Sonoma Raceway (Updated)

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Cycle Gear Championship Of Sonoma

MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Road Racing Series

Sonoma Raceway

Sonoma, California

August 11, 2018

Supersport Race One Results (all on Dunlop tires):

1. JD Beach (Yam YZF-R6), 19 laps, 1:37.501

2. Valentin Debise (Suz GSX-R600), -2.424 seconds, 1:37.441

3. Hayden Gillim (Yam YZF-R6), -5.471, 1:37.450

4. Bryce Prince (Yam YZF-R6), -31.355, 1:38.059

5. Richie Escalante (Yam YZF-R6), -31.894, 1:38.746

6. Cory West (Yam YZF-R6), -36.361, 1:39.211

7. Nick McFadden (Suz GSX-R600), -43.013, 1:39.188

8. Jason Aguilar (Yam YZF-R6), -44.690, 1:39.599

9. Wyatt Farris (Yam YZF-R6), -61.719, 1:40.552

10. Ashton Yates (Yam YZF-R6), -63.934, 1:40.770

11. Michael Gilbert (Yam YZF-R6), -65.029, 1:39.787

12. Daytona Anderson (Suz GSX-R600), -69.671, 1:40.998

13. JC Camacho (Yam YZF-R6), -70.487, 1:40.775

14. Miles Thornton (Suz GSX-R600), -70.974, 1:40.769

15. Lucas Silva (Yam YZF-R6), -92.958, 1:40.992

16. Caroline Olsen (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap, 1:42.651

17. Fernando Silva (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap, 1:43.786

18. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap, 1:43.786

19. Robert Pierce (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap, 1:44.536

20. Jaret Nassaney (Suz GSX-R600), -1 lap, 1:45.236

21. Andrew Artola (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap, 1:45.452

22. Luke Luciano (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap, 1:45.843

23. Anthony Mazziotto III (Yam YZF-R6), DNF, 1:40.097, crashed 

24. Braeden Ortt (Yam YZF-R6), DNF, 1:38.458, crashed 

25. Nolan Lamkin (Yam YZF-R6), DNF, 1:47.285

Championship Point Standings (after 10 of 17 races):

1. Beach, 240 points

2. Gillim, 149

3. TIE, Debise/West, 105

5. McFadden, 103

6. Escalante, 95

7. Prince, 93

8. Ortt, 87

9. Mazziotto, 79

10. Thornton, 53

11. Aguilar, 49

12. Gilbert, 46

13. Yates, 39

14. Camacho, 34

15. Anderson, 23

16. Smith, 20

17. Silva, 19

18. Farris, 17

19. Joseph Giannotto, 12

20. TIE, Max Angles/Olsen, 7

More, from a press release issued by Team Hammer:

STRONG SHOWING FOR TEAM HAMMER IN SONOMA

Team Hammer added to its 2018 MotoAmerica trophy haul on Saturday at Sonoma Raceway. Valentin Debise earned a hard-fought second place and a spot on the podium in the Supersport race. Additionally, Jake Lewis earned another top five in the Superbike contest at the circuit north of San Francisco.

Polesitter Debise joined a three-rider pack contesting the lead in the early stages, holding third as the Supersport race developed. The Frenchman was able to make a successful challenge for second and did his best to run down the leader, but was unable to do so despite a strong late-race performance. On board his M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R600, Debise finished 2.4 seconds behind the winner.

“At the beginning of the race, I was thinking we would be a bit better but I struggled. I think it was more me than the bike but I worked hard in the practices to be fast at the end of the race. I saw the other riders make some mistakes, so I took my chance to overtake. I overtook the rider in second but he got me back and then I passed him again. We lost more than a second to the leader and then I lost some more time to a lapper. I wasn’t able to catch the leader but my pace was really good at the end, just not quite enough.

“Tomorrow, we have more work but overall I am happy,” said Debise, who missed the early part of the season with an injury. “My body felt good at the end of the race and my bike, too. It is an improvement and we will keep going and see how it goes tomorrow.”

Nick McFadden earned another solid result, taking a hotly contested seventh place on his M4 medAge Suzuki.

M4 RiCK! Suzuki’s Daytona Anderson bested a three-rider group to earn 12th at the undulating California circuit.

In the Superbike race, Jake Lewis earned another top five, coming home fifth on his M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R1000. Lewis held eighth on the first time around the circuit but moved up in the opening laps. By lap seven, he had consolidated fifth spot and held the position to the checkered flag.

Team Hammer will return to action on Sunday at Sonoma Raceway to finish out the weekend’s races.

About Team Hammer

The 2018 season marks Team Hammer’s 38th consecutive year of operating as a professional road racing team. Racebikes built and fielded by Team Hammer have won 69 AMA Pro and MotoAmerica National races, have finished on AMA Pro and MotoAmerica National podiums 198 times and have won five AMA Pro National Championships, as well as two FIM South American Championships. The team has also won 135 endurance races overall (including seven 24-hour races) and 13 Overall WERA National Endurance Championships with Suzuki motorcycles, and holds the U.S. record for mileage covered in a 24-hour race. The team also competed in the televised 1990s Formula USA National Championship, famously running “Methanol Monster” GSX-R1100 Superbikes fueled by methanol, and won four F-USA Championships.

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