Extra, from a press launch issued by MotoAmerica:
Gagne Leads Extremely Shut Medallia Superbike Qualifying Session At WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
Motion Will get Underway In The GEICO Motorbike MotoAmerica Speedfest At Monterey And It’s Shut In All Lessons
MONTEREY, CA (July 8, 2022) – Defending MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike Champion Jake Gagne began the weekend off the way in which he usually does by throwing down the quickest laps in each observe and Q1 on opening day for this weekend’s GEICO Motorbike MotoAmerica Speedfest at Monterey.
And if at the moment’s opening day of motion at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca is any indication, we’re in for a pair of white-hot Medallia Superbike races this weekend.
Whereas Gagne and his Recent N Lean Progressive Yamaha Racing YZF-R1 set the tempo with a 1:23.707 lap in Q1 to take provisional pole place for the 2 Medallia Superbike races, he’s obtained firm on the prime with Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC’s Danilo Petrucci simply .232 of a second behind and the highest 5 all inside a second of Gagne.
Gagne tamed the wind to click on off his finest lap on his eleventh go-around, his 1:23.707 – simply .799 of a second off Josh Herrin’s lap report of 1:22.908 set throughout Superpole in 2018.
South African Cameron Petersen was third in Q1 along with his 1:24.076 simply .369 of a second behind his teammate Gagne. Then got here his countryman Mathew Scholtz on the Westby Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 along with his finest .143 of a second behind Petersen.
Tytlers Cycle Racing’s PJ Jacobsen was fifth and the final rider inside a second of Gagne.
Tomorrow morning the Medallia Superbikes discipline will probably be out to enhance upon at the moment’s instances in a battle for pole place. So far in 2022, Gagne has been on pole in any respect 5 rounds.
Supersport – Herrin, Barely
Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC’s Supersport Championship factors chief Josh Herrin led Friday’s Q1 session on his Ducati Panigale V2, however solely simply. Herrin lapped at 1:26.942 and that put him simply .110 of a second forward of Landers Racing’s Rocco Landers and .346 of a second forward of Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott.
As in Medallia Superbike Q1, the highest 5 Supersport riders have been all inside a second of Herrin’s finest. N2 Racing/BobbleHeadMoto’s Kevin Olmedo and North East Cycle Outlet Racing’s Benjamin Smith have been the 2 who accomplished the highest 5.
Yuasa Inventory 1000 – Alexander Leads ‘Em
You may’t get a lot nearer than .005 of a second, however that’s all that separates Tytlers Cycle/RideHVMC Racing’s Corey Alexander from Disrupt Racing’s Hayden Gillim, the identical two riders who’re combating tooth and nail for the Yuasa Inventory 1000 Championship.
They usually have firm.
Champ College BPR Yamaha’s Bryce Prince is making his one-off MotoAmerica look one to recollect as he put his YZF-R1 into third – simply .095 of a second behind Alexander and a tick sooner than fourth-placed Travis Wyman on the second Tytlers Cycle/RideHVMC Racing BMW M 1000 RR.
Fifth-fastest is Imaginative and prescient Wheel/DiscountTire/KWS’s Geoff Might, the final rider on the identical second as Alexander and his 1:26.146.
REV’IT! Twins Cup – De Keyrel Quickest
Veloce Racing’s Kaleb De Keyrel led the REV’IT! Twins Cup Q1 session on a windy Friday afternoon on the Monterey Peninsula with the defending collection champion besting Cycle Tech Racing teammates James Rispoli and Hayden Schultz by solely .301 and .329 of a second, respectively. De Keyrel’s finest lap got here on his eleventh go-around – a 1:30.530.
Rodio Racing/Warhorse HSBK Racing’s Anthony Mazziotto, recent off his two wins at Ridge Motorsports Park two weeks in the past, ended up fourth-fastest and half a second slower than De Keyrel with MP13 Racing’s Cory Ventura rounding out the highest 5 on opening day at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
Championship factors chief Jody Barry ended day one Tenth-fastest on his Veloce Racing Aprilia RS 660.
SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup – Lanuza’s Shock
Not many within the MotoAmerica paddock may inform you yesterday who Daniel Lanuza was. As Friday got here to an in depth, everybody within the SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup class knew who Lanuza was. And he clearly is aware of his method round WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca as he gained 4 California Roadrace Affiliation (CRA) courses right here a couple of weeks in the past.
T3 Racing-backed Lanuza, who resides in Mountain View, California, some 75 miles north of Monterey, led at the moment’s Q1 session within the Junior Cup class with a quickest lap of 1:38.567 to finest SportbikeTrackGear.com’s Max Van by a scant .035 of a second. Altus Motorsports’ Kayla Yaakov, recent off her first win within the class at Ridge Motorsports Park two weeks in the past, was third-fastest on opening day and simply .048 of a second behind Lanuza.
Discuss shut… the highest seven riders within the SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup class have been coated by simply .353 of a second heading into Q2 tomorrow morning.
Roland Sands Design’s Tremendous Hooligans Nationwide Championship – DiBrino!
Andy DiBrino appears to be like as if he’s critical about reversing the order from final yr’s Roland Sands Design’s Tremendous Hooligan Nationwide Championship spherical right here at Laguna when he misplaced out to Chris Fillmore by a fraction of a second.
JLC Concrete/KTM/DiBrino Racing’s DiBrino obtained issues began on the appropriate foot by taking provisional pole place with a lap of 1:30.635 to prime Roland Sands Design’s Jeremy McWilliams, the Ulsterman .060 of a second sooner than his teammate Tyler O’Hara.
KTM’s Fillmore, in the meantime, ended the day in fourth, 1.4 seconds behind the person he beat in final yr’s race, in what’s his first MotoAmerica outing of the yr.
Extra, from a press launch issued by Ducati North America:
Petrucci is on Tempo as MotoAmerica Rolls Into WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
P2 for the Italian and his Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC Panigale V4 on Friday in Monterey
Sunnyvale, Calif., July 8, 2022 – Danilo Petrucci (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC) wasted no time getting right down to enterprise at Laguna Seca for the sixth spherical of the 2022 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship.
Petrucci leads the championship by 11 factors over rival Jake Gagne (Yamaha), ended the day P2 after circulating 27 instances over the 2 classes run on Friday on the venue he final raced at in 2013 MotoGP.
Specializing in altering the set-up of the manufacturing facility Ducati to match the distinctive calls for of Laguna Seca, Petrucci was proud of the day’s consequence however is aware of this can be a essential spherical for his championship aspirations.
Qualifying 1 Outcomes—High 5
P1 – Jake Gagne (Yamaha) 1:23.707
P2 – Danilo Petrucci (Ducati) 1:23.939
P3 – Cameron Petersen (Yamaha) 1:24.076
P4 – Mathew Scholtz (Yamaha) 1:24.219
P5 – PJ Jacobsen (BMW) 1:24.516
Danilo Petrucci (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC – #9) : “It was a very good day to come back again to Laguna Seca, it’s been a very long time!” Petrucci laughed. “It’s rather less surprising than in 2013 as a result of for a rider that visits this observe for the primary time. There are various blind corners and bumps, and you might want to know easy methods to navigate the Corkscrew as a result of it’s so blind it may be laborious to know the place you might be. At the moment has been optimistic, however we’ve got a little bit of chatter we have to do away with from the entrance finish, and we try to get extra stability from the rear beneath acceleration. Let’s see if we are able to resolve this problem tomorrow. I wish to get again on the highest step of the rostrum and it’s a very good alternative for us at this observe.”
