Todays race was a little bit more tough than yesterday. Suzuki Motor USA, LLC. He did well to keep the podium battle in sight for several laps, pulling free of the riders behind him en route to an eventual fourth-place finish. Federated Auto Parts 400 Salute to First Responders Scott retook the lead and crossed the finish line .216 of a second over Gloddy. An impressive weekend for the former MotoAmerica Supersport Champion. The weather is a bit warm and windy. Wyman did what was needed to do to earn the title on his factory Harley-Davidson Screamin Eagle Road Glide as the three-round series culminated on a sunny day on the Monterey Peninsula. For Kelly, it was his sixth win of the season and third in a row to match the three-race winning streak with which he started the season. Restrooms and showers are conveniently located to campsites. Gagnes teammate Josh Herrin completed the day in fifth place with his 1:25.139, which put him ahead of Scheibe Racing BMWs Hector Barbera, M4 ECSTAR Suzukis Bobby Fong and the returning Toni Elias on Kyle Wymans Panera Bread Ducati rounding out the top eight. MONTEREY, CA (July 9, 2022) Based on practice and qualifying at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, the Yuasa Stock 1000 race was set to be a thrill-fest of epic proportions. These cars have a stigma attached to them regards racetracks and laptimes! It's also faster than any published time recorded by a prototype Lucid Air, an electric sedan that ought to compete with Tesla's best once it actually goes on sale. Copyright 2023 CycleNews. M4 ECSTAR Suzukis Sean Dylan Kelly topped his rival Richie Escalante, on the HONOS HVMC Racing Kawasaki, by just .130 of a second in Supersport Q1. 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I actually almost hit him twice and decided to take it a little easy and study him a little bit more to do it the right way. Times are close as Kyle Wyman homes-in on the top five at Barber Motorsports Park Read More. It was just more brake force and the more I have to hold my body weight, especially these downhill left-handers in 2 and 11 and stuff like that. There were a lot of stones. Now, thanks to the magic that is the Internet, you can witness the next best thing to being the person belted into the driver's seat by watching the video up above. Bent my front brake lever down going up to the Corkscrew. The 2022 season marks Team Hammers 42nd consecutive year of operating as a professional road racing team. MotoAmerica, North America's premier motorcycle road racing series, is excited to announce that "Rainey's Ride To The Races" will again be held in conjunction with the 2023 MotoAmerica. I think at the Ridge, we made many improvements, so I came into this weekend with more expectations but also, I was more confident and relaxed. Are current cars continually added to this list? All these races, Ive been in a pretty comfortable spot. I actually thought that I was going to settle for second because of how far back I was from Cory coming down the hill, but when I got up behind him in 11, I was like, Man, I havent made a pass by the start/finish yet, but I think if I can get a killer drive, I could do it, and I did and obviously it paid off. Photo by Brian J. Nelson. Hours. Bicknese Racing Kawasakis Hayden Bicknese was third, the Missouri-based rider celebrating his 16th birthday a few days early with his first MotoAmerica podium. At the checkers, Kohlstaedt secured third place. The pace was really off. For ticket package, click the link:Ducati Fan Experience Ticket Package. Click here to show it anyway. Meanwhile, HONOS HVMC Racing Kawasakis Corey Alexander was in the lead and heading for the winuntil Wyman descended upon him from seemingly nowhere with four laps to go in the 14-lap event. The current racetrack is 2.238 miles in length (3.602 kilometers), has eleven turns, including the famous "Corkscrew" at Turns 8 and 8A, and a 300 foot (91 m) elevation change. Plaid just beat the GT2 RS time at 1:28.2 making it the second fastest lap for production cars, Will Wattanawongkiri just beat his best time in his modified GT3 with a 1:31.84 https://youtu.be/NKr-t_yMitQ. Just working away. Two Supersport races will get pit stops, and the Mission King Of The Baggers series grows to 14 races for 2023. So, that was a little bit tough. But this time I ran wide here and there, I dropped it off the curb here and there. You cant get much closer than .005 of a second, but thats all that separates Tytlers Cycle/RideHVMC Racings Corey Alexander from Disrupt Racings Hayden Gillim, the same two riders who are fighting tooth and nail for the Yuasa Stock 1000 Championship. In fact, one of the crashes involving SportbikeTrackGear.com Kawasakis Max Van and Altus Motorsports Kawasakis Kayla Yaakov led to a red flag with two laps left to go, and the race was called. We look forward to watching Lucid, Tesla and Porsche continue to battle for electric-sedan track superiority."" Wyman started from the pole and was never headed in the eight-lap race. His elbow was stuck in my wing. Barbera rounds out the top five with 111 points. Not all press releases are posted and Roadracingworld.com may reject press releases if the content is too heavy on commercial promotion with little or no news value or if the press release contains obvious errors. Race Monitor for RMonitor Third place went to DTF Performance/Hoban Brothers Performance Racing Harley-Davidsons Michael Barnes, who added yet another podium finish in yet another motorcycle road race class on yet another brand of motorcycle. I knew Mat was there. Tyler O'Hara (29) on his Indian Challenger during the inaugural MotoAmerica King Of The Baggers event at Laguna Seca in 2020. We didnt change the bike one bit from yesterdays race to this race because I knew we had pace and I just wanted to focus on riding and not having to take another gamble, because we were good. DUCATI Parade Lap:Grap your DUCATI, a helmet and ride two laps around WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca with fellow Ducatisti. N2 Racing/BobbleHeadMotos Kevin Olmedo and North East Cycle Outlet Racings Benjamin Smith were the two who completed the top five. I just slid out there a little too much. Plan your visit. This post has received too much negative feedback and is hidden. We made some changes in between sessions and made the bike feel a lot better right away in the second session. After suffering a crash that was not his fault in Supersport final qualifying, Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC rider Josh Herrin bounced back in a big way, notching his sixth win of the season and third victory in a row in the afternoons race. The returning Toni Elias ended up eighth on Kyle Wymans Panera Bread Ducati. Keeping Herrin honest for the majority of the 19-lap race was polesitter Tyler Scott, the Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki rider hounding Herrin, but eventually finishing second and a little over one-and-a-half seconds adrift of him. If you get out on the curb, its almost tough to get back off it. Good example of "diminishing returns" law, which we see almost in any kind of product or service - the most specialist, most well made or very best performing product will sometimes cost multiples more than nearest rival, even if value difference is negligable. Experience the MotoAmerica Championship from the Ducati Paddock Hospitality Lounge. I was trying to keep the same gap to Jake, so I had pressure. Im much closer to Jake. https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/watch-teslas-1100-hp-model-s-plaid-trounce-the-corvette-c7-zr1s-laguna-seca-lap-time/, Quote>"Tesla posted an onboard video of the Model S Plaids Laguna Seca lap, and well spoil it right nowthis EV is wickedly fast. I usually go at least a second faster. This was difficult times and we kind of persevered and managed to work our way back up to the podium here. Escalante more than backed up his strong sixth-placed qualifying performance aboard the squads Suzuki GSX-R1000R. Ladies and gentlemen, Jake Gagne is on a roll and that should make everyone else in the MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike Championship uncomfortable. Get a camping spot for you and your buddies while they last at the MotoAmerica Superbike Speedfest at Monterey July 7-9, 2023. @ Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. I was a little bit frustrated in Q1 just because we went around in circles a little bit. He now leads the championship by three points. The Unplugged Tesla laptime has been added? Sunday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca started off with a bang as MotoAmerica's literbike riders put on an amazing show in their only Stock 1000 race of the weekend. MotoAmerica visits Laguna Seca Raceway at the beginning of July. We didnt ride together really at all these past three days, Fillmore said in reference to his teammate DiBrino. ", CZINGER 21C BREAKS LAGUNA SECA LAP RECORD OUTRIGHT! He goes good at Pittsburgh and some of those other tracks that are not always my best. The New Yorkers gap at the checkered flag was nearly five seconds over second-place finisher Champ School BPR Racing Yamaha rider Bryce Prince, the former MotoAmerica regular returning to the paddock just for the Laguna Seca round. }); Alexander Takes Control With Yuasa Stock 1000 Win At WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Support-Class Action Is Fast And Furious In GEICO Motorcycle MotoAmerica Speedfest At Monterey. Then came his countryman Mathew Scholtz on the Westby Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 with his best .143 of a second behind Petersen. Altus Motorsports Kayla Yaakov, fresh off her first win in the class at Ridge Motorsports Park two weeks ago, was third-fastest on opening day and just .048 of a second behind Lanuza. Keep watching. The only modification to the vehicle, according to the video description, was a replacement bucket seat that was installed for safety reasons. The car is stock production and the video plus GPS are below. So, we went out and did a 13-or 14-lap run to get a good feel for the tires, and we had a really good run out here. Pretty minimal laps for a race weekend. So, at the end of the race, I was just having fun waving back because it felt like it was a funny thing to do. Weve been in the fight the entire time. It feels good to be back up here again.. WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca - MotoAmerica Champ School BPR Yamahas Bryce Prince is making his one-off MotoAmerica appearance one to remember as he put his YZF-R1 into third just .095 of a second behind Alexander and a tick faster than fourth-placed Travis Wyman on the second Tytlers Cycle/RideHVMC Racing BMW M 1000 RR. Bagger racing is back and the Harley-Davidson Screamin Eagle Factory Team will leave nothing on the track as they fight to bring the championship title back to Milwaukee in 2023. Petersen. Altus Motorsports Jake Lewis finished ninth over Travis Wyman Racings Travis Wyman and won the Superbike Cup in the process. Yuasa Stock 1000 We definitely have our work cut out for us to catch these two. Now do that 0-400-0km/h in the HEAVILY REVISED CAR! So, well roll onto Brainerd.. He got away from the line in fifth and promptly executed a successful overtake to move up into fourth on Lap 2. The Yamaha still hooked up good in the dirt with the slicks on, so I just got back up on the curb. 1.3K views, 42 likes, 5 loves, 0 comments, 6 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from MotoAmerica: Put away your stopwatch and go to timing.motoamerica.com for lap times of every session in six race. Given enough market liquidity, there really is no such thing as "overpriced car". Just happy to come away with that. M4 ECSTAR Suzukis Cameron Petersen ended a sunny and warm afternoon on the Monterey Peninsula third fastest by virtue of his 1:24.831 on his 17thlap and that put the South African ahead of countryman Westby Racings Mathew Scholz by just .002 of a second. I made a couple little mistakes. Gagne tamed the wind to click off his best lap on his 11thgo-around, his 1:23.707 just .799 of a second off Josh Herrins lap record of 1:22.908 set during Superpole in 2018. We kind of figured that we have just gone too far one way and just have been struggling. Could we please add also the Lucid Air laptime set by the factory. Vittel, which we will assume is an alias, says the S Plaid was on a custom set of Michelin Sport Cup 2 tires that will be released along with the vehicle when it goes on sale in late 2021. I thought I was going to save it, and then the rear tire kind of hopped back off. Tesla didnt strip the interior or run a trick suspension setup, either; the car was wearing a set of Michelin Sport Cup 2 tires that will soon be available on the production model, and the ONLY MODIFICATION to the car was the installation of a racing bucket seat.". Big thanks to Ducati, all the team are doing an amazing job to improve the bike each weekend. Saturday wrapped up with Twins Cup, which like Stock 1000, was their only race of the weekend. 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