Herrin Wins Superbike Race Two, Builds On Championship Lead At WeatherTech Raceway
Josh Herrin Wins A Thriller Over Cameron Beaubier And Sean Dylan Kelly
MONTEREY, CA (July 14, 2024) – A day after Ducati North America inked a five-year extension with the Warhorse HSBK Ducati Racing group to proceed as its factory-supported group within the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship, Josh Herrin additional enforced that they made the best resolution with a victory at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
Herrin and his Ducati Panigale V4 R withstood 20 laps of strain from five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier and EasyHealthPlans.com/TopPro Racing’s Sean Dylan Kelly to win his third Metal Commander Superbike race of the season on the excellent time because it offers Herrin a 15-point lead heading into the break earlier than the sequence resumes at Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automobile Course in August.
Herrin took over the lead from Beaubier on the third lap and he led each lap after that, defending all of Beaubier’s probes. Kelly additionally had a go at Herrin, however that didn’t stick, both.
On the end line the margin of victory was .244 of a second with Beaubier on Herrin’s rear wheel and simply forward of Kelly, who unsuccessfully tried a late-braking transfer on Beaubier within the last nook.
Wrench Bikes’ Bobby Fong was additionally within the combine, ending fourth and fewer than a second behind Herrin.
Assault Efficiency/Progressive/Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne was fifth with a slight enchancment in his arm-pump downside. The three-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion was some seven seconds behind Fong and a few two seconds forward of Herrin’s Warhorse HSBK Ducati teammate Loris Baz.
Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Xavi Forés barely beat Tytlers Cycle Racing’s JD Seaside to the end line for seventh with Superbike Cup winner Danilo Lewis ninth on the Crew Brazil BMW M 1000 RR. FLO4LAW’s Benjamin Smith rounded out the highest 10.
Notable non-finishers included Assault Efficiency/Progressive/Yamaha Racing’s Cameron Petersen who suffered one other mechanical failure simply when he’d clawed himself again into the championship combat. Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Brandon Paasch additionally failed to complete after crashing out of the race early.
Superbike Race 2
- Josh Herrin (Ducati)
- Cameron Beaubier (BMW)
- Sean Dylan Kelly (BMW)
- Bobby Fong (Yamaha)
- Jake Gagne (Yamaha)
- Loris Baz (Ducati)
- Xavi Forés (Suzuki)
- JD Seaside (BMW)
- Danilo Lewis (BMW)
- Benjamin Smith (Yamaha)
Josh Herrin – Winner
“Yeah, tremendous traumatic. Who is aware of how it could have ended up, however with Sean (Dylan Kelly) being there it sort of helped me just a little bit as a result of it received Cam just a little bit distracted, or in all probability received his coronary heart fee racing just a little bit. He couldn’t simply settle down and take into consideration the place he wished to get me as a result of he has to consider who’s behind him additionally. So, it in all probability helped me just a little bit. I may hear him each lap sort of simply testing – I might assume testing the place he was going to have the ability to get me. I attempted my hardest on the final lap to guard the traces but in addition not make the error of overprotecting and shedding drives. I clearly don’t know what occurred behind me, however clearly it labored out. I’m simply tremendous completely satisfied to get this as a result of it’s big for the championship. We’ve clawed our manner again from an extended methods. The group actually deserves this. We talked about it yesterday. It’s been 30 years since Ducati has gained a championship. That simply received me tremendous motivated, particularly as a result of (Eraldo) Ferracci is right here. I don’t even know the way that man remains to be going as sturdy as he’s. It’s insane. It’s an enormous motivation for me to attempt to get this win this yr for him. Yesterday was like a reset. Like I simply received this championship reset. We’re again at sq. one and I simply received to benefit from it. We’ve got three rounds to go, which appears insane. Simply an enormous thanks to the whole group. It was simply an incredible weekend. I’m actually completely satisfied.”
Cameron Beaubier – Second Place
“I didn’t fairly have the tempo I did yesterday in the beginning. We went with the 5 entrance at present as a result of the three yesterday was transferring round just a little bit. I felt like that was the higher choice at present. I didn’t fairly have the chunk I wished to on the sting of the tire. Regardless, I had a superb bike. I simply couldn’t move this man (Josh Herrin) wherever. He was tremendous good on the brakes. He was getting out of the final nook actually good. One spot I felt actually good was taking place into two, however I used to be by no means shut sufficient to do something. So, there for just a little bit, I used to be biding my time pondering of the place I may get him because the laps went down. He was setting a superb tempo on the entrance. Then Sean got here by me, after which I needed to attempt to determine a manner round him. As soon as I received again on Herrin’s wheel, I couldn’t do something with out taking a giant lunge and perhaps taking us each out. I’m stoked, regardless that the win was proper there. I’m stoked with how I rode this weekend, how my heel felt. I undoubtedly must go get my butt again in form. However congrats to those guys. Sean (Dylan Kelly) was using unimaginable. Josh was using unimaginable all weekend, setting the tempo. It’s going to be a decent combat the remainder of the yr.”
Sean Dylan Kelly – Third Place
“A lot better day. I used to be fairly pissed off with myself after that soar begin yesterday. First time I’ve ever jumped a begin. I simply received eaten up firstly. First lap was actually far again. It was a very good day yesterday. Simply understanding that I do have the tempo to be up entrance, however you continue to received to make it occur. I used to be actually targeted at present on simply hitting the marks and getting every little thing collectively. I made not one of the best begin, however I made some passes up actually early on. Simply wished to be there. I didn’t actually need to get caught with the issues right here and there with how I used to be feeling. I simply wished to be there. I’m actually pumped with how I felt on the bike. Lastly really feel like I’m beginning to join actually how I need to with this BMW. Clearly nonetheless a lot to study, however I’m simply tremendous pumped, to begin with, that I’m up right here on the rostrum with these two guys who clearly have a lot expertise. I’ve been wanting as much as these guys for a very long time, so to be up right here is unquestionably a dream come true, particularly at Laguna. I feel it’s clearly only the start for me, so I need to carry on constructing on this. Simply thank my complete TopPro Racing group. Thank my sponsors, Solely Followers, Palm Seaside Police and Fireplace Basis. Simply my complete crew, my household, everybody that’s out right here. I’m tremendous pumped to convey this podium to them.”
Extra, from one other press launch issued by MotoAmerica:
Gillim Takes Mission King Of The Baggers Win At WeatherTech Raceway
Jacobsen Repeats In Supersport, Yates Will get His First In Inventory 1000 and West Dominates Tremendous Hooligan
MONTEREY, CA (July 14, 2024) – Mission King Of The Baggers is a uniquely American race class pitting groups using Harley-Davidson Street Glides towards groups using Indian Bike Challengers. At WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, The Motor Firm claimed full bragging rights by sweeping the rostrum in each of the weekend’s two function races. Not solely that, however the identical three riders and identical two groups completed within the high three on each days.
Sunday’s race two winner was defending Mission King Of The Baggers Champion Hayden Gillim who took the checkered flag aboard his RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson. Gillim battled it out with polesitter and present factors chief Kyle Wyman, who received the holeshot and led the primary two laps till Gillim overtook him on lap three. Wyman retook the lead once more on lap six, however Gillim as soon as once more received by Wyman and held the place to the end line.
Gillim’s teammate and King Of The Baggers rookie Rocco Landers made one other cost to the entrance like he did on Saturday. Beginning again in seventh on the grid, he methodically handed riders because the laps wound down and overtook S&S/Indian Bike’s Troy Herfoss on the ultimate lap to finish the rostrum and notch a 1-3 end for RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson.
“At any time when we get on any bike, it’s all or nothing,” mentioned Gillim. “That’s why we’re on these items. That’s why we’re on the groups that we’re on. No one is popping out right here to simply present up. Everyone is popping out right here to win. That’s how we’re, too. That’s why not successful or not even having the ability to actually combat for the win yesterday was so irritating for me. Now we’re getting again to the place we must always have been in the beginning of the season. I’m capable of truly combat and be there with these guys. It’s been difficult. We’ve had some ups and downs. It’s good. That is the primary time I’ve needed to combat for the win. I’m actually completely satisfied about it. That is the primary time I’ve needed to battle and really take a win from anyone. At Brainerd, I used to be feeling actually good and was capable of sort of get away. It’s good to have these wins, however these are numerous enjoyable. I’m actually completely satisfied. The entire group is simply working their butts off making an attempt every little thing they’ll presumably do on the off weekends. I’m actually grateful to be right here and to have the ability to journey a number of courses and to be on the entrance in many of the courses I’m in. It’s going actually good. I received some sleep final evening, so I’m just a little happier at present.”
Inventory 1000 – Yates Will get His First
A cheerful Ashton Yates gained his first profession Inventory 1000 race on Sunday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and the younger Georgian undoubtedly earned it with a near-perfect race on his Jones Honda CBR1000RR-R SP.
Yates grabbed the lead on the second lap from pole-sitter Jayson Uribe and his OrangeCat Racing BMW M 1000 RR and he led the remainder of the race, although with fixed strain from Uribe. On the end line it was Yates by .354 of a second over Uribe, who thought he had another lap and was shocked by the checkered flag.
Actual Metal Motorsports’ Hayden Gillim ended up third, regardless of dropping again so far as seventh after stepping into flip two in second place on the opening lap. Gillim fought again, nevertheless, and labored his manner as much as third two laps from the top.
An in depth fourth for the second day in a row went to Motorsport Exotica’s Andrew Lee with the Californian having his finest race weekend so far in 2024.
Crew Brazil’s Danilo Lewis rounded out the highest 5.
With simply two races left to run within the sequence finale at New Jersey Motorsports Park, Gillim leads Uribe by seven factors.
Supersport – Almost Similar
Sunday’s Supersport race was a close to carbon copy of Saturday’s race with PJ Jacobsen hounding Mathew Scholtz for practically the period solely to discover a well past the championship chief and win for the second straight day.
For the second straight day, Jacobsen’s move for the victory got here in a spot not identified for passing. On Saturday it was in flip six. On Sunday, it was in flip 10 on the ultimate lap and it caught Scholtz unexpectedly as Jacobsen shot up the within after an ideal drive out of Rainey Curve. By then it was over.
Jacobsen’s two wins pulled him nearer to Scholtz within the championship with a acquire of 10 factors. He now trails Scholtz by 18 factors.
For the second straight day, Blake Davis completed third on his N2 Racing/BobbleHeadMoto Yamaha YZF-R6. Rahal Ducati Moto’s Corey Alexander was fourth with Stefano Mesa ending fifth on his Tytlers Cycle Racing Kawasaki ZX6R.
“This racing factor, when two riders have the tempo they usually’re so comparable with one another, you bought to search out numerous spots that that individual, you’ll be able to overtake them,” Jacobsen mentioned. “So yesterday once I overtook him in flip six, I felt like that was a superb move and that was a weak level for him. I really feel like once you sit behind anyone for therefore lengthy, you find yourself learning them. You sit there and examine, and examine, and examine. No offense to (Mathew) Scholtz, however final yr he had an enormous highside in that nook and he nearly misplaced it once more this yr. So, I sort of knew that he was a bit weak there. Going over that rise, I simply knew I had extra tempo sitting behind him and it was going to permit me to enter (flip) 10 with a extra aggressive transfer. So, that’s what I ended up doing after learning like that. So, I’m not dumb. I really feel like I made the move in the best part that I needed to, after watching him the entire race.
Mission Tremendous Hooligan Nationwide Championship – West Dominates
The MotoAmerica Superbike Speedfest concluded with race two of the Mission Tremendous Hooligan Nationwide Championship, and it was a becoming option to wrap up an thrilling weekend at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Tremendous Hooligan is an eclectic race class with 10 completely different makes of bikes making up the grid. Nonetheless, just like the Mission King Of The Baggers Championship, Tremendous Hooligan has advanced into an epic battle between Indian Bike and Harley-Davidson.
On Sunday, it was The Motor Firm that prevailed with Saddlemen/ Harley-Davidson rider Cory West getting the victory that eluded him in Saturday’s race. The win was a dominant one for West, who began from the pole and led each one of many eight laps to take the checkered flag.
The second step on the rostrum was occupied by West’s teammate Jake Lewis. For West and Lewis, they had been joyous about giving their Saddlemen/Harley-Davidson group a one-two end. Third place went to Saturday’s winner Tyler O’Hara, with the S&S/Indian Bike rider coming into Laguna, and in addition leaving Laguna, with the factors lead.
“Yesterday getting second, that one stung, West mentioned. “It was just a little little bit of a mistake on my half popping out of the entrance straightaway. We made just a little change to the bike this morning that made it really feel loads higher. That is my first time ever beginning on pole place, and I simply wished to take advantage of it. Put my head down, received a superb begin, and simply had clear monitor and tried to get right into a rhythm. I tend to look again loads, and I simply advised myself, simply don’t look again. Hammered out just a few laps. Checked out my lap timer as soon as and noticed 28.9 and was similar to, ‘Hell yeah, let’s simply preserve this going.’ Was clicking off low 29’s constant. Couldn’t assist myself. About 4 or 5 laps in, I took just a little peek again out of flip 4 and there was no one there. I about crapped myself. I used to be like, ‘Okay, right here we go!’ Simply tried to remain constant. Was beginning to get just a little little bit of front-end motion down into two. Was simply making an attempt to maintain the rhythm, preserve going, attempt to not fear. The white flag was flying, and I received down into two, and I completely tucked the entrance and chattered it actual onerous and saved it. I used to be similar to, ‘In the event you crash this factor on the final lap, you’re an fool.’ I simply hit my marks. I used to be already into visitors. So, I simply wished to be the primary one to them. Received via all of it proper. Got here out onto the entrance straightaway, and it was clean crusing. Huge shout out to the Saddlemen guys. These dudes have actually, actually lengthy days after they’re right here on the racetrack. They put collectively some nice bikes. We’ve received a bunch of excellent sponsors on board this yr. It’s simply superior to get one other win.”
Extra, from a press launch issued by Ducati:
Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati leads the Superbike Championship after Josh Herrin delivers a masterclass at Laguna Seca
Sunnyvale, Calif., July 14, 2024 — Following Josh Herrin’s dominant efficiency at Laguna Seca, Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati is now the factors chief within the 2024 Metal Commander MotoAmerica Superbike Championship. At the moment’s momentous victory marks Ducati because the factors chief for the primary time since Ferracci Ducati pilot Troy Corser had the lead in 1994, in the end successful the 1994 AMA Superbike Championship.
This weekend, Herrin took the lead within the championship after ending second place in race one on Saturday, July 13. From there, Herrin knew it was all to play for within the second encounter on Sunday afternoon.
The Georgian refused to let race one winner Cameron Beaubier separate from the pack within the early phases, taking the lead at flip 11 on lap 4 and setting a quick however managed tempo as Beaubier, Sean Dylan Kelly, and Bobby Fong all tried and didn’t discover a well past.
Herrin stayed sturdy, and with a last lap that thwarted any potential assault from Beaubier, he crossed the road to take his third win of the yr by 0.244s and transfer a formidable 15 factors clear within the title chase heading into the summer season break.
Loris Baz’s weekend at Laguna Seca didn’t fairly yield the outcomes he was searching for. The quick Frenchman carded a pair of sixth-place outcomes, solidifying his sixth-place place within the standings, 52 factors behind teammate Herrin.
Josh Herrin has loved many nice rides in his skilled racing profession, however few have matched the show he placed on in race two of spherical six of the 2024 Metal Commander MotoAmerica Superbike Championship at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
2024 Metal Commander MotoAmerica Superbike Championship After Spherical Six
P1 – Josh Herrin (Ducati) 194
P2 – Jake Gagne 179
P3 – Bobby Fong 171
P4 – Cameron Petersen 167
P5 – Cameron Beaubier 147
P6 – Loris Baz (Ducati) 142
Josh Herrin (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati–#2)
“That was a brilliant superior weekend at Laguna Seca,” Herrin mentioned. “It’s additional particular as a result of we’ve got the Ducati Rider Expertise (DRE) occasion right here tomorrow, and it’s big to enter that with a win. We did the identical final yr at COTA in Texas earlier than the DRE there, and you’re feeling much more welcome once you win!
“I’m tremendous completely satisfied to get this win and the championship lead. I had my household and the DeNaples household right here, and I had two-time World Champion John Kocinski right here serving to me all weekend, so I’m pumped. We’re going to maintain this ball rolling at Mid-Ohio.”
Loris Baz (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati–#76)
“I used to be anticipating greater than we received this weekend,” Baz mentioned. “On Friday, I didn’t really feel nearly as good as I might have preferred, and we didn’t change the bike as a result of we weren’t that far behind in tempo however on Saturday, we modified the bike considerably earlier than race one. That race was fairly good, and I completed sixth.
“Beginning with that base, we made some extra changes at present for race two, but it surely didn’t fairly work out. I used to be nonetheless sixth, however I used to be quicker than in race one so there are some positives, however I hoped for extra for me personally. It’s been an ideal weekend for the group, and congratulations to Josh for taking the race two win and the championship lead.”
The seventh spherical of the 2024 Metal Commander MotoAmerica Superbike Championship sees the Herrin and Baz head to the legendary Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automobile Course in Ohio for the primary time within the MotoAmerica period over the August 16-18 weekend.
Extra, from a press launch issued by Energica:
LAGUNA SECA 2024 – IT FINALLY HAPPENED.
There’s a purpose why closed-circuit motorbike racing is without doubt one of the hottest and thrilling disciplines in motorsport, and the world of aggressive sport as a complete. There’s a private connection to the model and particularly to the riders that you simply hardly discover in four-wheeled competitors as a result of the rider is clearly seen, on the market touching the tarmac, wrestling their bikes for each thousandth of a second, whereas utilizing each inch of asphalt accessible at speeds we’d be too scared to come back near.
It’s a race in direction of the restrict and past, which generates a variety of feelings that spikes in all instructions and retains followers glued to their seats (or couches). It will possibly ship pleasure that’s second to none. Nevertheless it additionally comes with a flip facet.
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We’ve got been making historical past within the Tremendous Hooligan Nationwide Championship for one and a half seasons now, and we had been questioning when that point would come. It occurred to so many others up up to now and eventually, it occurred to us.
Sure. We lastly skilled our first DNF resulting from technical causes – in what was our fourteenth particular person race within the sequence.
The excellent news is that the EVA Ribelle RS KCC has as soon as once more confirmed to be a strong package deal, able to persistently racing within the high ten within the Mission Meals Tremendous Hooligan Nationwide Championship – towards top-tier ICE producers and riders. This was evident at The Ridge a fortnight in the past, and it was fairly clear this weekend at Laguna Seca. Racing is a aggressive sport (no pun supposed) and when there’s a hiccup, there may be additionally an opportunity to bounce again.
And so it occurred that, after an eighth-place end in Race One, Stefano Mesa’s race was reduce brief resulting from a technical concern skilled after simply over half of the race. The trigger is presently being investigated by the crew as we write this race report. The 31-year-old from Medellín, Colombia, was within the battle for eighth place till properly… he wasn’t.
To push the boundaries of what a package deal is able to is a threat price taking, and it’s the each the essence and the last word purpose why motorbike racing was born and nonetheless strives after greater than a century.
Sure, that is racing. Does it suck? Typically. Is it price it? Completely.
See you at Mid-Ohio.
Extra, from a press launch issued by Harley-Davidson:
HARLEY-DAVIDSON FACTORY RACER KYLE WYMAN CLAIMS KING OF THE BAGGERS POINTS LEAD WITH A WIN IN RACE ONE AND SECOND IN RACE TWO AT LAGUNA SECA
Crew Saddlemen Harley-Davidson Racer Cory West Takes Tremendous Hooligan Win
MILWAUKEE (July 15, 2024) – Harley-Davidson® Manufacturing unit Racing rider Kyle Wyman took over the MotoAmerica® Mission King of the Baggers factors lead with a dominating win on Saturday and a second-place end on Sunday in a double-header weekend at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, Calif. Aboard a race-prepared 2024 Street Glide® motorbike, Wyman additionally broke his personal monitor document in qualifying and gained the Mission King of the Baggers Problem. RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson rider Hayden Gillim gained on Sunday as Harley-Davidson riders locked out the King of the Baggers race podiums all weekend.
“For the Harley Manufacturing unit Crew, the nice weekend actually began on Friday,” mentioned Wyman. “It put us a step forward and I used to be actually feeling the stream on the monitor immediately. This Harley Street Glide is a beast and we gained going away on Saturday. On Sunday, it took me just a few laps to get tempo however I’ll take nothing away from Hayden. He actually wished the win and I’m involved with factors for the championship so didn’t need to take an opportunity on the final lap.”
Within the Mission Tremendous Hooligan race sequence, Saddlemen/Harley-Davidson rider Cory West rode a race-prepared Harley-Davidson® Pan America® 1250 Particular motorbike to his second win of the season on Sunday after ending second on Saturday. KWR/Harley-Davidson rider Hayden Schultz completed third on Saturday. Saddlemen/Harley-Davidson rider Jake Lewis completed second on Sunday. West was additionally the highest qualifier and moved into second place within the sequence.
Wyman led all King of the Baggers qualifiers with a time of 1:28.182, breaking the lap document he set in 2023. Wyman additionally gained the three-lap Mission King of the Baggers Problem on Saturday. Ranging from pole place on Saturday, Wyman led each lap of the nine-lap Mission King of the Baggers function race. Within the opening laps, Wyman led a bunch that included Harley-Davidson Manufacturing unit Racing rider James Rispoli, RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson riders Hayden Gillim and Rocco Landers, Manufacturing unit Indian rider Troy Herfoss and SDI/Roland Sands Racing Indian rider Bobby Fong. Wyman step by step opened a niche of about 1 second on Gillim, with Landers and Herfoss trailing. Herfoss ran off the monitor on lap 8, and later that very same lap Landers received by Gillim to take second place. Wyman crossed the end line 2.666 seconds away from Landers with Gillim in third place adopted by Fong and Rispoli. Herfoss completed eleventh.
On Sunday, Wyman once more led the King of the Baggers off the beginning with Gillim and Fong in pursuit. Gillim executed a daring move for the lead on the high of the notorious Corkscrew activate lap 3, however Wyman took the lead again with a move in flip 2 on lap 6. On lap 8, Gillim received previous Wyman once more within the Corkscrew, and Fong dropped out with a mechanical downside. Gillim crossed the end line 0.188 seconds forward of Wyman. Landers made a last-lap move of Herfoss to seize third place. Rispoli completed fifth.
“I knew I needed to take no matter shot I may at Kyle. He’s using actually good,” mentioned Gillim. “I’m actually completely satisfied. My group gave me a superb machine. We’ve got the primary plate on there and the group deserves to see this bike up entrance.”
“It was a making an attempt weekend that ended with a confidence increase and having the ability to get again into the combat and actually put collectively a strong race,” mentioned Rispoli following the Sunday race. “It’s not the place we need to be, however we’ll take it. And I couldn’t be extra proud of the group for main the championship with Kyle.”
After 12 of 18 rounds within the 2024 MotoAmerica Mission King of the Baggers sequence, Wyman takes over the championship standings with 237 factors, bumping Herfoss to second place with 223 factors. Gillim strikes as much as third place with 176 factors, adopted by O’Hara with 161 factors, Rispoli with 130 factors, and Landers with 106 factors.
After 6 of 10 rounds within the 2024 Mission Tremendous Hooligan sequence, S&S/Indian rider Tyler O’Hara leads with 110 factors. West strikes as much as second with 102 factors, adopted by KWR/Harley-Davidson rider Cody Wyman with 86 factors, Lewis with 78 factors, and Herfoss with 71 factors.
The Mission King of the Baggers and the Mission Tremendous Hooligan sequence return to motion August 16-18 at Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automobile Course in Lexington, Ohio.
The Mission King of the Baggers sequence options race-prepared American V-Twin touring bikes. Harley-Davidson® Manufacturing unit Racing Street Glide® bikes are powered by modified Screamin’ Eagle® Milwaukee-Eight® 131 Efficiency Crate Engines. The group bikes additionally function upgraded suspension elements, together with Screamin’ Eagle/Öhlins Distant Reservoir Rear Shocks, plus competitors exhaust, race tires and light-weight bodywork.
Harley-Davidson® Manufacturing unit Racing is sponsored by Mission® Meals, Rockford Fosgate®, Brembo®, Öhlins®, Protolabs®, SYN3® lubricants, and Screamin’ Eagle® Efficiency Elements and Equipment.
MotoAmerica King of the Baggers Race Outcomes – Laguna Seca Race 1
- Kyle Wyman (H-D) Harley-Davidson Manufacturing unit Racing
- Rocco Landers (H-D) RevZilla/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson
- Hayden Gillim (H-D) RevZilla/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson
- Bobby Fong (Ind) SDI/Roland Sands Racing/Indian Bike
- James Rispoli (H-D) Harley-Davidson Manufacturing unit Racing
- Max Flinders (Ind) Mad Monkey Motorsports
- Tyler O’Hara (Ind) S&S/Indian Bike
- Jake Lewis (H-D) Saddlemen/Harley-Davidson
- Travis Wyman (H-D) Saddlemen/Harley-Davidson
- Ruben Xaus (H-D) Feuling Elements
- Troy Herfoss (Ind) S&S/Indian Bike
- Danny Spina (H-D) Ruthless Street Racing
MotoAmerica King of the Baggers Race Outcomes – Laguna Seca Race 2
- Hayden Gillim (H-D) RevZilla/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson
- Kyle Wyman (H-D) Harley-Davidson Manufacturing unit Racing
- Rocco Landers (H-D) RevZilla/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson
- Troy Herfoss (Ind) S&S/Indian Bike
- James Rispoli (H-D) Harley-Davidson Manufacturing unit Racing
- Tyler O’Hara (Ind) S&S/Indian Bike
- Travis Wyman (H-D) Saddlemen/Harley-Davidson
- Jake Lewis (H-D) Saddlemen/Harley-Davidson
- Danny Spina (H-D) Ruthless Street Racing
Mission Tremendous Hooligan Race Outcomes – Laguna Seca Race 1
- Tyler O’Hara (Ind) S&S/Indian Bike
- Cory West (H-D) Saddlemen/Harley-Davidson
- Hayden Schultz (H-D) KWR/Harley-Davidson
- Jake Lewis (H-D) Saddlemen/Harley-Davidson
- Troy Herfoss (Ind) S&S/Indian Bike
- Travis Wyman (H-D) Saddlemen/Harley-Davidson
- Cody Wyman (H-D) KWR/Harley-Davidson
- Stefano Mesa (ENE) Tytlers Cycle Racing
- Hawk Mazzotta (IND) Roland Sands Racing
- Kole King (TRI) King Efficiency
- AJ Peaslee (KTM) AJ Peaslee Racing
- Jordan Eubanks (KTM) Prepared To Experience
- Wealthy Foster (H-D) Moto Moto Racing
- Andrew Berkley (KTM) Underground Racing Crew
- Adan Mendoza (KTM) Organon Group
- Dylan Wall (H-D) That Gradual Sporty
- Mitchel Stein (YAM) Crew MIM
- Kevin Greimel (DUC) Kevin Greimel Racing
- Paul Canale (BMW) Crew Orthopedics
- Mike Boyce (KTM) 3D Motorsports
Mission Tremendous Hooligan Race Outcomes – Laguna Seca Race 2
- Cory West (H-D) Saddlemen/Harley-Davidson
- Jake Lewis (H-D) Saddlemen/Harley-Davidson
- Tyler O’Hara (Ind) S&S/Indian Bike
- Cody Wyman (H-D) KWR/Harley-Davidson
- Troy Herfoss (Ind) S&S/Indian Bike
- Hayden Schultz (H-D) KWR/Harley-Davidson
- Travis Wyman (H-D) Saddlemen/Harley-Davidson
- Hawk Mazzotta (IND) Roland Sands Racing
- Kole King (TRI) King Efficiency
- AJ Peaslee (KTM) AJ Peaslee Racing
- Andrew Berkley (KTM) Underground Racing Crew
- Wealthy Foster (H-D) Moto Moto Racing
- Adan Mendoza (KTM) Organon Group
- Jeff Lane (KTM) Lane Racing Grey Space KTM
- Dylan Wall (H-D) That Gradual Sporty
- Mitchel Stein (YAM) Crew MIM
- Jordan Eubanks (KTM) Prepared To Experience
- Kevin Greimel (DUC) Kevin Greimel Racing
- Leroy Eshelman (Ind) OTW Racing
- Mike Boyce (KTM) 3D Motorsports
- Paul Canale (BMW) Crew Orthopedics
Extra, from a press launch issued by OrangeCat Racing:
Uribe scores pair of second place finishes in MotoAmerica Inventory 1000 races at Laguna Seca
OrangeCat Racing rider leaves July 12-14 occasion inside seven factors of championship lead
MONTEREY, Calif. – Jayson Uribe’s string of success in his rookie season in MotoAmerica’s Inventory 1000 Class continued this previous weekend on the iconic Laguna Seca circuit. The OrangeCat Racing rider – who hails from Angwin, Calif. – seemed proper house when he topped the time sheets in observe and each qualifying periods, claimed his first Inventory 1000 pole place and secured a pair of runner-up outcomes on Saturday and Sunday.
Uribe additionally prolonged his streak of consecutive MotoAmerica Inventory 1000 podium appearances from three to 5 and is simply seven factors behind the championship chief with one spherical and two races remaining.
OrangeCat Racing’s second rider, Travis Wyman, put in his finest qualifying efficiency of the yr and picked up two extra top-10 finishes on the July 12-14 spherical.
Uribe kicked off the weekend by being the quickest rider in each on-track periods on Friday. He edged out one other frontrunning rider for one of the best time in Friday morning observe by 0.026 seconds, then provisionally certified first within the Friday afternoon Qualifying 1 session by a margin of 0.316 seconds. Wyman wasn’t far behind his teammate on Friday’s time sheets. He wrapped up observe because the fourth-fastest rider and provisionally certified fifth in Qualifying 1.
When Saturday morning’s Qualifying 2 session ended, Uribe had secured his first Inventory 1000 pole place and improved his finest lap time in Qualifying 1 by 0.445 seconds. Wyman ended up qualifying sixth for the weekend’s two Inventory 1000 races after decreasing his finest lap time from a 1:26.557 in Qualifying 1 to a 1:26.196 in Qualifying 2.
Later Saturday, Uribe received an ideal begin however a mistake just a few laps into the race pressured him to accept a runner-up consequence. Uribe led the race for the primary two laps. Then, firstly of Lap 3, Uribe ran large as he approached Flip 2 and misplaced two positions. He moved up from third place to second on Lap 8 of the 14-lap race and ended up scoring his fourth podium look of the season. Wyman was operating in eighth place on the finish of Lap 1 and completed Lap 2 in seventh place. He fell again to eighth place on Lap 3, which is the place he completed the race in.
In Sunday’s race, Uribe received one other good begin and led the race for the primary two laps. One other rider made a move for the lead firstly of Lap 3, and one lap later Uribe misplaced one other place and ran the following 5 laps in third place. Wyman misplaced a pair positions in the course of the first lap and completed that lap in eighth place. Uribe step by step closed the hole to the second-place rider and overtook him on Lap 9. Sadly, Uribe’s sturdy tempo wasn’t sufficient to shut the hole to the race chief, however he nonetheless claimed his second second-place end of the spherical. Wyman struggled just a little for tempo because the race went on, as he fell to ninth place on Lap 8 and ended up ending the race in tenth.
The ultimate spherical of the MotoAmerica Inventory 1000 season takes place Sept. 27-29 at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, N.J.
Jayson Uribe / No. 360
“General, it was a superb weekend at Laguna. I felt like I had the tempo over the sector once I actually wanted it, however my fundamental focus was on the championship combat. Getting pole was an enormous bonus. I actually didn’t assume an excessive amount of about it in the course of the qualifying periods. I simply wished to be within the first two rows. I attempted to journey clean and exact, I’m glad it labored out. The story for each races was fairly comparable. Race 1 concerned extra errors on my finish. Nonetheless, each concerned me main for just a few laps after which having to work my manner via a pack. My fundamental focus for Sunday was to attenuate my errors and give attention to using properly. I really feel like I rode good in Race 2 and did one of the best with the package deal we had. I actually wished to win this weekend, but it surely’s extra essential to complete the races and get championship factors. Enormous shoutout to the whole OrangeCat Racing group. They gave me an ideal bike to journey all weekend. I’m able to preserve the ball rolling for New Jersey.”
Travis Wyman / No. 10
“It was one other powerful weekend for me. I had my finest qualifying of the yr however struggled with rear grip all weekend. I attempted a giant change for Race 1 however ended up falling again to eighth place. I attempted one other change for Race 2 and was feeling good with it for a handful of laps. However I once more fell again just a little and completed tenth. It was superior to compete in three courses on the Laguna spherical and acquire six high 10 finishes, however I’m going to work onerous to be nearer to the entrance in Inventory 1000 at New Jersey.”
OrangeCat Racing’s promotional and technical companions for the 2024 MotoAmerica season embody Motoworks Chicago, Ohlins USA, and alpha Racing.
Travis Wyman’s promotional companions for the 2024 MotoAmerica season embody SP Join, Klingler Thrillers, Quick Line Bike Efficiency, Stomp Grip, On Any Moto, Bilmola USA and Alpinestars.
Jayson Uribe’s promotional companions for the 2024 MotoAmerica season embody CT Racing, 4SR, San Jose Motorsport and Purple Engine Brewing.
To study extra about OrangeCat Racing, go to the group’s web site at http://orangecatracing.com and observe the group on Instagram at @orangecatracing.
Extra, from a press launch issued by Indian Bike:
Indian Bike Manufacturing unit Rider Tyler O’Hara Pilots S&S Indian FTR to Victory,
Maintains SuperHooligan Championship Factors Lead
Two-Time Defending SuperHooligan Champion Tyler O’Hara Secures First and Third Place, Following Bar-to-Bar Motion at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
MINNEAPOLIS, MN. (July 15, 2024) – That includes two race winners, a number of lap leaders, and bar-to-bar motion, the third cease of the 2024 Tremendous Hooligan Nationwide Championship (SHNC) at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca proved nothing wanting exhilarating. Within the entrance of the pack is two-time defending Tremendous Hooligan Champion Tyler O’Hara, who earned his first win of the 2024 season and maintained the sequence factors lead following the doubleheader.
Race 1 featured fierce competitors amongst a number of riders from begin to end. In a shortened six-lap race, O’Hara piloted his S&S Indian FTR to victory. Within the last lap, O’Hara fell one spot because the pack of 5 riders made their manner via the enduring corkscrew, although O’Hara stayed on the fuel and was profitable in making one last move via flip 11, racing his FTR down the ultimate stretch and previous the checkered flag.
“This win couldn’t have come at a greater time,” mentioned O’Hara. “With a hometown viewers, at this level within the season, a win is strictly what we wanted to remain atop the leaderboard and push for one more championship. Thanks to the whole S&S and Indian Bike group, because the group had the FTR dialed in to close perfection.”
Via six races, O’Hara has 110 factors and an eight-point lead within the championship standings. MotoAmerica’s SHNC will proceed at Mid-Ohio August 16-18 and conclude at Circuit of the Americas September 13-15.
A particular due to Indian Bike Racing sponsors: S&S®, Progressive Insurance coverage®, Mission® Meals, Elements Limitless, Drag Specialties® and Efficiency Finance. For extra info on Indian Bike Racing, go to IndianMotorcycle.com and observe alongside on Fb, X and Instagram.
ABOUT INDIAN MOTORCYCLE®
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Extra, from a press launch issued by Suzuki Motor USA, Inc.:
CHALLENGING LAGUNA SECA WEEKEND FOR VISION WHEEL M4 ECSTAR SUZUKI
Brea, CA, (July 15 2024) — Suzuki Motor USA (Suzuki) and Crew Hammer’s Superbike and Supersport entries continued their ‘24 campaigns on the fabled WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. And just like the venue itself, the groups’ weekend was notable for its uncommon variety of ups and downs.
Race Highlights
Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki
Superbike
Xavi Forés was seventh twice, incomes the positions on his Suzuki GSX-R1000R.
Brandon Paasch confirmed his pace with a second-row qualifying effort however was unable to completely capitalize on that uncooked pace within the races.
Supersport
Tyler Scott rebounded with a high ten on Sunday after struggling electrical points the day earlier than.
Teagg Hobbs took Twelfth- and Thirteenth-place finishes on the weekend.
Joel Ohman gained pace because the weekend progressed.
Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s super-sub, Xavi Forés (34), continued to reveal his caliber aboard the group’s Suzuki GSX-R1000R, adapting to it on the fly whereas sitting in for the group’s common pilot, Richie Escalante. In Saturday’s race, the reigning Supersport champion climbed his manner up from tenth early to edge teammate Brandon Paasch for seventh by 0.244 seconds on the flag. Forés registered an identical cost on Sunday, once more racing as much as seventh from tenth, this time punctuated by a last-lap, last-corner move for place.
Forés mentioned, “We had been anticipating to have a strong weekend after the steps we made at Ridge, however for some purpose, we couldn’t discover fairly the best setup for this monitor. It was a pleasure to work with the whole group throughout these races. Richie is getting higher, and Ohio is the goal for him, so I want all of all of them one of the best. I need to say an enormous thanks to the group for having me on board. I’ve loved it; we earned a podium collectively and realized loads.”
Brandon Paasch (96) impressed with a second-row qualifying effort aboard his Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R1000R. After narrowly lacking out on seventh following his duel with teammate Forés on Saturday, Paasch was keen to enhance on Sunday. Sadly, he crashed out of the race firstly of the second lap whereas operating within the lead pack.
“We had our greatest qualifying of the season right here, however I wasn’t fairly capable of run that tempo within the races. It was just a little disappointing to complete eighth on Saturday, not one of the best and never the worst. On Sunday, I used to be making an attempt to get a greater begin and hold onto some racers in entrance of me once I tucked the entrance. I’m sore, however I feel I’m okay.”
Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott (70) did his finest to salvage a tricky weekend for the squad’s Supersport crew by choosing up a top-ten end on Sunday after lacking Saturday’s race resulting from {an electrical} concern suffered on the warm-up lap. Scott battled onerous aboard his next-generation GSX-R750, duking it out in a multi-rider combat to in the end come away with a ninth-place consequence.
Scott mentioned, “It was an extended weekend with a bunch of ups and downs. We had been chasing setup all weekend, and we got here ready for Race 1 with a motorcycle we thought could be good to battle with, however sadly we had {an electrical} downside. That left us with a DNS, though the group labored onerous till the final potential second to attempt to get me out for the race. For the second race, I had a very good begin from the third row however early on started to endure with setup points and a monitor limits penalty that ended with me in ninth. It was a tricky weekend with tons to take house to consider within the subsequent month. I’m going to be again at Mid-Ohio stronger than ever and able to win.”
Teammate Teagg Hobbs (79) encountered uncharacteristic struggles as properly. Recent off a sixth place on the earlier spherical, and returning to WeatherTech Laguna Seca Raceway the place he completed within the high 5 aboard his Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R750 one yr in the past, Hobbs was unable to search out his typical tempo and left the weekend with Twelfth- and Thirteenth-place finishes.
“It was a very powerful weekend, the hardest I’ve ever had racing,” Hobbs admitted. “We’ve been chasing an issue for 2 occasions that we are able to’t determine. We’ve got a plan for these subsequent 4 weeks earlier than Ohio to handle it, and we’ll do our greatest.”
Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s third Supersport pilot, Joel Ohman (92), continued to absorb as a lot expertise as potential on the difficult race monitor. Ohman raced his manner ahead by operating laps faster than his qualifying finest to select up a number of positions on his beginning slot in each races.
“The weekend went properly,” Ohman mentioned. “I began out quicker than I had gone right here earlier than, and saved getting faster each session. We picked up a second and a half by the point the weekend was accomplished. Within the races, I had good battles on Saturday and Sunday. It felt good to combine it up. We really feel like we’re making progress, and that’s the objective.”
The 2024 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Street Racing Championship will resume in simply over a month’s time at Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automobile Course on August 16-18 in Lexington, Ohio.
For Suzuki street racing information, outcomes, and group updates, go to suzukicycles.com/racing/road-racing. For extra info and updates on Crew Hammer, go to teamhammer.com.
ABOUT TEAM HAMMER
The 2024 season marks Crew Hammer’s forty fourth consecutive yr of working as knowledgeable street racing group. Racebikes constructed and fielded by Crew Hammer have gained over 130 AMA Professional and MotoAmerica Nationwide races, have completed on AMA Professional and MotoAmerica Nationwide podiums over 360 instances, and have gained 11 AMA Professional and MotoAmerica Nationwide Championships, in addition to two FIM South American Championships (in Superbike and Supersport). The group has additionally gained over 130 endurance races general (together with seven 24-hour races) and 13 general WERA Nationwide Endurance Championships with Suzuki bikes, and holds the U.S. document for mileage lined in a 24-hour race. The group additionally competed within the televised Nineteen Nineties Formulation USA Nationwide Championship, famously operating “Methanol Monster” GSX-R1100 Superbikes fueled by methanol, and gained 4 F-USA Championships.
ABOUT VISION WHEEL
Based in 1976, Imaginative and prescient Wheel is without doubt one of the nation’s main suppliers of customized wheels for automobiles and vans, and one of many first producers of customized wheels and tires for ATVs, UTVs, and golf carts. Imaginative and prescient Wheel seems to be past the present developments and to the long run in growing, manufacturing, and distributing its wheels. Imaginative and prescient’s traces of avenue, race, off-road, American Muscle, and Milanni wheels are distributed nationally and internationally via a trusted community of distributors. Imaginative and prescient Wheel additionally produces the Imaginative and prescient It AR app to permit customers to see how their wheel of alternative will look on their automobile earlier than buy and set up. For extra info on Imaginative and prescient Wheel, go to www.visionwheel.com.
Extra, from a press launch issued by Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A.:
Gagne Scores Pair of High-5 Finishes at Laguna Seca
Assault Efficiency Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne collects precious factors within the title chase earlier than MotoAmerica heads into the summer season break
MARIETTA, Ga. – July 15, 2024 – Assault Efficiency Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne capped off the MotoAmerica Superbike weekend on the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca with one other fifth-place end on the iconic monitor in Monterey, California. Coping with lingering arm pump points, the reigning champion’s pair of top-five finishes earned precious factors to keep up the runner-up spot within the fierce battle for the premier-class crown. Sadly Cameron Petersen’s race ended early with a technical concern.
Gagne received a superb begin from the third row of the grid and rapidly made his option to sixth. He superior to fifth on Lap 6 and rode his personal race to complete comfortably within the place. The pair of top-five finishes on the technical monitor was a precious factors haul for the defending three-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion who has been feeling lower than 100%. He leaves the sixth spherical of the championship sustaining the runner-up spot within the standings and trailing by 15 factors. Because the sequence heads right into a five-week summer season break, Gagne will bear surgical procedure to handle his arm pump points.
Petersen received an ideal begin to Race 2 and slotted into the runner-up spot. The South African was handed early on Lap 2 after which once more within the corkscrew. Driving in fourth, it was a heated four-rider battle on the entrance. Sadly, on Lap 6, Petersen began to drop down the order and in the end withdrew with a technical concern.
The Assault Efficiency Progressive Yamaha Racing group heads again east to Lexington, Ohio, in 5 weeks time for Spherical 7 of the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship on the Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automobile Course on August 16-18.
Richard Stanboli – Assault Efficiency Progressive Yamaha Racing Crew Supervisor
“We had a much-improved setup for Sunday, and Cameron was assured, however sadly an unexpected technical concern caught us out. Jake soldiered on via the race and secured just a few extra good factors. We stay up for Mid Ohio and the power to compete with two wholesome riders.”
Jake Gagne – Assault Efficiency Progressive Yamaha Racing #1
“We managed to select up the tempo a bit at present and be just a little nearer to the entrance to get just a few extra factors. The group and bike should be combating for wins, so it’ll be good to have just a few weeks off and be stronger for the final a part of the season.”
Cameron Petersen – Assault Efficiency Progressive Yamaha Racing #45
“It’s not one of the simplest ways to finish the weekend. The bike felt nice, and I felt like I used to be in a superb place to combat on the entrance, however sadly, we had a difficulty with the bike and had been unable to complete the race. Thanks to the group for all of the onerous work. We are going to come again swinging after the summer season break.”
About Yamaha Motor Company, U.S.A.
Yamaha Motor Company, U.S.A. (YMUS), is a acknowledged chief within the outside recreation trade. The corporate’s ever-expanding product choices embody Bikes and Scooters, ATV and Facet-by-Facet automobiles, Snowmobiles, Private Watercraft, Boats, Outboard Motors, Outside Energy Gear, Energy Help Bicycles, Golf Vehicles [sold, serviced, and distributed by Yamaha Golf-Car Company], Energy Help Wheelchair Programs, Floor Mount Know-how and Robotic Machines, Unmanned Helicopters, Equipment, Attire, Yamalube merchandise, and rather more. YMUS merchandise are offered via a nationwide community of distributors and sellers in the US.
YMUS has a company workplace in California, three company places of work in Georgia, in addition to services in Wisconsin, Alabama, and Florida. YMUS subsidiaries Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Company of America (YMMC), based mostly in Georgia, and Yamaha Jet Boat Manufacturing U.S.A. (YJBM) based mostly in Tennessee, every assemble and manufacture chosen Yamaha model merchandise. YMUS owns Skeeter Boats [Texas] with its division G3 Boats [Missouri]. Further U.S.-based subsidiaries embody Yamaha Marine Programs Firm, Inc. (YMSC) with subsidiary Siren Marine [Rhode Island] and divisions Bennett Marine [Florida], Yamaha Marine Rotational Molders [Wisconsin] and Yamaha Precision Propeller Inc. [Indiana].
Yamaha Motor Finance Company, USA, dba Yamaha Monetary Companies, is an affiliate of Yamaha Motor Company, USA providing financing options to help Yamaha Sellers and constant Yamaha Clients nationwide.
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