WERA TRIPLE CROWN + 1 WITH MOTO AMERICA RESULTS

WERA Motorcycle Roadracing riders joined Round #1 of the 2018 Moto America Season with our Triple Crown +1 presented by Honda Series this past weekend at Road Atlanta. For 2018 the Triple Crown +1 presented by Honda has two classes which run together on track and are then scored separately. The two classes (600cc Superbike and 1000cc Superbike) will have a point fund of $2500.00 in each class paying out to the top 3 Riders in each class after the Barber Moto America Round in September.

This weekend proved extremely challenging for the riders in the Triple Crown +1 presented by Honda with wet conditions on Sunday after two days of good weather. The race started at 1:45pm and after two laps had to see a Red Flag due to the extreme downpour and the track surface. The riders came in and at 5:00pm went out to complete 6 more laps to give them 8 or their original 12 scheduled laps. In the 1000cc Class #912 Brad Burns from Beaver, PA on his Kawasaki 1000 took the win followed by #72 Billy Ethridge of Lawrenceville, GA on his Suzuki 1000 with #37 Stefano Mesa of Boca Raton, FL on his Kawasaki 1000 rounding out the podium. Mesa started from Pit Road and made his way to 3^rd overall with a very impressive ride in the wet conditions. In the 600cc Class #131 Chuck Ivey from Augusta, GA took the win on his Yamaha 600 with #174 William Posse of Moncure, NC taking second on his Yamaha 600 and rounding out the 600cc Superbike Podium was #42 Andrew Bowen from Marbury, AL on his Triumph 600.

The WERA Triple Crown +1 is co-sanctioned by the AMA and trophies were designed by Joseph Suttles/Road Rash Trophies and now the riders will move on to Round #2 of the WERA Triple Crown +1 Series presented by Honda at Virginia International Raceway with Moto America on May 4/5/6!

WERA Motorcycle Roadracing was founded in 1973 and remains the foremost place to develop talent in the sport of motorcycle Roadracing. The legacy of Pro riders on a National and World level is legendary. All events are run by WERA Motorcycle Roadracing with a co-sanction by the AMA and they go coast to coast offering entry level racing with the WERA Sportsman Series as well as a Pro-Am Series with the WERA National Challenge Series, WERA Motorcycle Roadracing also offer Vintage Racing and limited Endurance Racing with Track Day Partners N2 and Sportbike Track Time. WERA Motorcycle Roadracing was voted the 2017 AMA Track Organizer of the Year.

For more information on WERA Motorcycle Roadracing please check out our web site at wera.com!