MotoAmerica Subway AMA/FIMNA Superbike Doubleheader
Road America
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
May 31, 2015
Provisional Supersport Race Two Results (all on Dunlop tires):
1. JD Beach (Yamaha), 12 laps
2. Josh Herrin (Yamaha), -0.009 second
3. Garrett Gerloff (Yamaha), -0.012
4. Bobby Fong (Triumph), -9.578 seconds
5. Tomas Puerta (Yamaha), -9.593
6. David Anthony (Suzuki), -17.622
7. Cameron Petersen (Yamaha), -18.152
8. Kyle Wyman (Yamaha), -39.245
9. Ben Young (Yamaha), -43.638
10. Corey Alexander (Yamaha), -77.915
11. Melissa Paris (Suzuki), -82.004
12. Javelin Broderick (MV Agusta), -93.008
13. Hayden Gillim (MV Agusta), -112.718
14. Kaleb De Keyrel (Yamaha), -1 lap, DNF
Championship Point Standings (after 7 of 16 races):
1. TIE, Beach/Herrin, 140 points
3. Gerloff, 124
4. TIE, Puerta/Anthony, 76
6. Young, 71
7. Wyman, 51
8. Fong, 46
9. Petersen, 41
10. De Keyrel, 37
More, from a press release issued by Yamaha:
By A Cheese Slice, Yamalube/Y.E.S./Graves/Yamaha’s JD Beach Wins MotoAmerica Supersport Race 2 Over Josh Herrin And Garrett Gerloff
Elkhart Lake, WI – May 31, 2015 – In what was a photo finish, rider of the #95 Yamalube/Y.E.S./Graves/Yamaha, JD Beach, won MotoAmerica Supersport Race 2 by the narrowest of margins over second-place finisher Josh Herrin and JD’s teammate Garrett Gerloff. All three are Yamaha YZF-R6 riders for another bLU cRU podium sweep in what is clearly MotoAmerica’s closest and most hotly contested racing class.
JD started from the pole in sunny and dry, but windy conditions, and the battle for the lead was on almost immediately between him, Josh, and Garrett. The three-R6-rider phalanx swapped the lead numerous times throughout the 12-lap contest with JD, Josh, and Garrett each taking turns at the point. As the laps wound down, it was obvious that the many fans in attendance were about to see a memorable finish. And they did, as JD won by .009 second over Josh, with Garrett only .012 second behind JD.
JD’s third Supersport win of the year matches Josh’s three victories, and not surprisingly, the two riders are tied at the top of the points standings with 140 points each. Garrett is in third place in the Championship with 124 points.
“First of all, hats off to Garrett and Josh,” JD said. “They’ve been riding so fast, and I’ve really had to work to keep pace with them. Going into the last lap, I tried to get up front because usually, if you’re leading going into the last turn, you’ve got enough to keep it out front and win. To have three race wins so far this year is an awesome feeling. I’m really enjoying this year a lot. I actually didn’t know I’d won, but I knew it was close. When I saw my name come up on the Jumbotron as the winner, I could hardly believe it. It was awesome!”
Josh commented, “The race was great. There’s something inside me this year that makes me want to pass back whenever I get passed. Towards the end, JD pulled a huge gap, and I wasn’t sure that I could catch him. I felt like I was a little quicker than him in a couple of areas on the track, and it helped get me close enough to him to try to cross the finish line first. It was an exciting finish.”
“I got a pretty good jump, and led a few laps,” said Garrett. “JD got by me and really dropped the hammer. I got caught out a little bit, but I was able to catch back up and stick close to JD and Josh for the rest of the race. I’m disappointed that I didn’t get the win, but after crashing twice yesterday, I’m glad that I kept it on two wheels and was able to bring it home in third.”
The Yamaha bLU cRU R6 riders will be back in action for round five of the MotoAmerica series, which will take place at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, AL, on June 12 through 14.
Watch Round 4 Of The MotoAmerica Championship on CBS Sports Network
MotoAmerica Round 4 from Road America will air on Sunday, June 7, at 2:00 PM EST with a replay later that day at 5:00 PM EST, and a second replay on Monday, June 8, at 2:00 AM EST.
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More, from a press release issued by Team Hammer PR:
ANTHONY ENDS WET ELKHART LAKE WEEKEND WITH SIXTH
M4SportbikeTrackGear.comSuzuki’s David Anthony battled through mixed conditions and mixed results at Road America to conclude the fourth round of the 2015 MotoAmerica AMA/FIMNorth American Championship on an up note.
Following a sunny weekend of racing at Virginia International Raceway, the rainstorms that had defined the opening two rounds of the ’15 season returned as the series visited ElkhartLake, Wisconsin. The rain caught out the Australian in Friday’s Supersport qualifying session, as the wet conditions came before he registered an ideal lap time around the four-mile longvenue. His best lap from that session (2:22.495, 7th) would have to do, however, as further rain on Saturday morning eliminated any hope of improving upon his provisional grid position.That left Anthony with work to do aboard his Suzuki GSX-R600, twice starting the weekend’s twin Supersport contests from the third row.
Saturday’s contest was also waged in the wet. He sliced up multiple positions in the early going, but crashed out of contention while pushing to make up ground. Anthony bounced back onSunday to score a solid sixth-place result.
“We missed the boat in qualifying on Friday,” he admitted. “Qualifying was dry then wet and we didn’t get a quick one in and ended up on Row 3. In Saturday’s race, we started off a bitslow. I was making progress and moved up to fourth, but apparently I was pushing a bit too hard and threw it down the road.
“It was a dry one today, but again, we didn’t have the best start. I got stuck behind a few guys early on and once I got around them, the lead group already had a gap and that was prettymuch it. There are some fast bikes out here and at a track like this, once you lose the draft it’s pretty much impossible to catch back up.”
Anthony is looking forward to coming out swinging when the series picks back up on June 12-14 at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama. “Barber should be a good one for theM4SportbikeTrackGear.comGSXR-600. That track is all about handling and our bike handles with the best of them. I’m looking forward to it.”
This year marks Team Hammer’s 35th consecutive season of operating as a professional road racing team. During that time, racebikes built and fielded by Team Hammer have won 59AMA Pro National races, have finished on AMA Pro National podiums 137 times and have won five AMA Pro National Championships, (the most recent in 2012), as well as two FIM SouthAmerican championships. The team has also won 133 endurance races overall (including seven 24-hour races) and won 13 Overall WERA National Endurance Championships with Suzukimotorcycles, 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 the F-USA Championship four times.
More, from a press release issued by Team Hammer PR:
PARIS EQUALS BEST FINISH IN WISCONSIN
M4 MPH Suzuki’s Melissa Paris came through in both the rain and shine this weekend at Road America to register a bountiful points haul for her 2015 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Championship Supersport campaign.
After qualifying 12th fastest aboard the Team Hammer Contract Services supported GSXR-600 at 2:26.70, Paris demonstrated a fine combination of poise, patience, and skill in Saturday’s treacherous conditions. She took full advantage of the difficult wet conditions to ultimately climb up to an eighth-place finish, which equalled her best yet in the class.
Sunday’s dry contest provided its own set of challenges, and Paris acquitted herself nicely there as well. She won out in a duel for position to come home eleventh, just one spot short of scooping up a double top-ten at the high-speed Wisconsin venue.
“I was pretty happy with getting eighth in the rain because the conditions were tricky,” said Paris. “Racing in the rain can be mentally exhausting, especially at Road America because there are places where you can get okay grip in the wet and other spots where you don’t. There was a lot of attrition in that race and what I was really focused on was getting a good result in the dry on Sunday.
“I was happy with getting a good start in the second race and had some battles and I made up a spot. To me, the eleventh was a better race than eighth on Saturday in the wet. I am proud of it. We only had a few minutes of dry time all weekend, so we did not make many changes to the bike. The dry setup was good. We just needed more dry laps. Overall, I think we got two nice results and I’ll take it.”
Paris will look to build upon her momentum in two weeks as the MotoAmerica championship leaves the long straights of Road America behind and travels to the tight and twisty Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama, on June 12-14.
For more information on Melissa’s Dark Horse Pros campaign, visit https://www.darkhorsepros.com/campaigns/79.