The next is from Ducati…
The fourth spherical of the 2024 Metal Commander MotoAmerica Championship at Brainerd Worldwide Raceway in Minnesota proved one other sturdy race assembly for the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati crew with riders Josh Herrin and Loris Baz gathering podium finishes.
Josh Herrin confirmed his class by sealing second place in race one behind winner Bobby Fong, keeping off teammate Baz by 0.2 seconds. This marks the primary time within the 2024 season that Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R riders have shared the rostrum.
Race two noticed Herrin combat previous Cameron Petersen and transfer into second place, finally stretching a 2.5-second hole and sealing one other podium in second place. Nonetheless, for Baz, he can be within the unsuitable place on the unsuitable time as, whereas battling for the rostrum, Sean Dylan Kelly had a giant highside crash in entrance of Baz at flip three, inflicting him to run off the monitor and lose contact with the rostrum battle, finally coming house in fourth place.
Regardless, the weekend was successful. It marked 4 races in a row through which both Baz or Herrin (or each) has been on the rostrum, indicating they’ve the velocity and consistency wanted to combat for the 2024 Metal Commander MotoAmerica Championship title.
Josh Herrin (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati–#2)
“It was an excellent optimistic weekend right here at Brainerd,” Herrin mentioned. “It was an awesome end result to get two podiums. The crew has been plugging away—the momentum is clearly with us now after this weekend and getting the win at Highway America final trip. That’s three podiums in a row, which is a superb enhance to me and the crew.”
“Now we head off to The Ridge in Washington. It was considered one of our greatest races final yr, after which onto Laguna Seca, so we’ve obtained a few enjoyable race weekends arising. I’m actually pleased with how my Ducati Panigale V4 R is working proper now and able to maintain the ball rolling.”
Loris Baz (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati–#76)
“Coming from a podium yesterday, the ambition was excessive,” Baz mentioned after race two. “We at all times need to be within the entrance and take the following step. We tried a number of issues within the morning warm-up session, which didn’t work as deliberate, which led us to return to yesterday’s set-up. I used to be additionally a bit extra aggressive firstly of the race immediately.”
“I used to be on the restrict a bit with the front-end when Josh (Herrin) got here by, so I simply took my time a bit and tried to comply with, however then Sean Dylan Kelly had a large crash proper in entrance of me. I’m glad he’s OK, it was a giant one, however I needed to run off the monitor and I misplaced quite a lot of time. It took me over a lap to get again to my rhythm with my tires being soiled. I attempted to be with Cameron Petersen, however ultimately, I settled for fourth. It was a not-so-bad ending; we go away with some good factors and one other podium heading into The Ridge.”
The next is from Suzuki…
Suzuki Motor USA (Suzuki) and its MotoAmerica groups RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki and Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki– continued to lock into their midseason kind with a massively profitable weekend at Brainerd Worldwide Raceway through which they collected a mixed two wins, 5 podiums, and eight prime 5 finishes.
RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki racer Rocco Landers (97) was successfully excellent on the weekend, claiming a pair of Twins Cup victories from pole aboard the shortly growing Suzuki GSX-8R – the primary win in runaway vogue, and the second following a heated three-way scrap. The wins have been the 18th and nineteenth of Landers Twins Cup profession and allowed him to additional stretch his quickly increasing championship benefit.
Landers mentioned, “It’s superb the place we at the moment are contemplating the place we began on the GSX-8R once we completed P5 within the season opener at Daytona. The bike was new to us, however one factor we did have was a path, and we’ve simply been following the breadcrumbs ever since. The GSX-8R has been getting higher and higher each spherical, and the crew has labored laborious. At this level we’ve got an awesome base setup, we made one small tweak this weekend – and now it’s clearly feeling unbelievable.”
Landers was twice joined on the Twins Cup field by Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Rossi Moor (92), who additionally made positive aspects on the GSX-8R. The younger gun earned a pair of thirds, together with a very spectacular experience on Sunday through which he chased down the leaders and fought for the race win.
“This was a hard-fought third,” Moor mentioned. “Because the race was occurring, I might see we have been in higher form with our tires, and I used to be capable of shut the hole. I did my finest to attempt for the victory, however these are all top-level racers, and I’m grateful simply to be pushing them and studying. The Suzuki GSX-8R labored nice. It was actually improbable all through each races. I’m actually comfortable for these outcomes and to get as many factors as doable.”
Moor’s Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki Supersport teammates have been additionally within the podium combine all weekend on the next-generation Suzuki GSX-R750. Teagg Hobbs (79) broke by following a tough begin to his sophomore Supersport marketing campaign with an impressive experience to 3rd on Saturday. Hobbs led early in Sunday’s race however was shuffled all the way down to fifth in a late three-rider combat for the rostrum.
On his Saturday podium, Hobbs mentioned, “It’s lengthy overdue. I’ve obtained to provide it as much as my Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki crew. The GSX-R750 was on rails. We’ve put ourselves in the best spots, and the entire crew is working so laborious. Lastly all that arduous work is paying off.”
Teammate Tyler Scott (70) opened each races from pole because of his blistering qualifying efficiency on the GSX-R750. Scott used that beginning slot and sheer tempo to steer each races. Sadly, his Saturday race resulted in a lap-five crash. He bounced again to problem Hobbs and one other rider for the rostrum on Sunday, finally coming house in fourth.
Scott mentioned, “I felt nice on the GSX-R750. I wished to be with the primary group racing for the win, however I used to be struggling a bit with entrance finish traction. We’re enhancing each weekend, and there’s extra to come back from the bike, myself, and the crew. We’re going to come back again swinging.”
Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s third Supersport runner, Joel Ohman (92), continued to achieve priceless expertise and grows increasingly more accustomed to competing towards the nation’s elite racers.
“It was the hardest weekend for me but,” Ohman admitted. “I used to be off the tempo, and in Race 2, the tire went off, and I misplaced much more. I used to be searching for enchancment and couldn’t discover it, which was irritating. We’ll come again for the following race and see if we will get again on monitor.”
Superbike pilot Brandon Paasch (96) backed up his finest weekend of the season with a good higher one at Brainerd on the GSX-R1000R. After securing sixth on Saturday, Paasch fought his method to fifth on Sunday.
“We moved up the order and obtained some good outcomes,” Paasch mentioned. “Shifting ahead is strictly what we’re making an attempt to do. It wasn’t one massive transfer this time; it was quite a lot of areas the place we made small positive aspects, from really feel for the bike, to my conditioning. That’s the important thing, to maintain enhancing and getting the small print higher. Our objective is to get on the rostrum, and we all know will probably be laborious. The plan now could be to go to the Ridge and choose up the place we left off. All the things is tremendous optimistic and stepping into the best path.”
Reigning Supersport champion Xavi Forés (34) was beat up in a Friday crash which restricted his capability to experience the Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R1000R to his full potential. Forés was pressured to drag in throughout each of the weekend’s races, regardless of demonstrating the tempo to run inside the highest ten early on each Saturday and Sunday.
Forés mentioned, “It was a tricky weekend after my crash on Friday. Bodily, I used to be very sore, and it was tough to handle. Immediately I used to be feeling higher and coming again with tempo, however we had a problem that pressured me to retire. There’s not a lot to say. I need to apologize to the crew for a tough weekend, and now I’m actually trying ahead to therapeutic effectively and to be sturdy at Ridge, a monitor I actually like.”
The Suzuki contingent travels subsequent to Ridge Motorsports Park in Shelton, Washington, on June 28-30 when the 2024 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Highway Racing Championship resumes.
The next is from Yamaha…
Assault Efficiency Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Cameron Petersen returned to the rostrum with a third-place end in yesterday’s MotoAmerica Superbike Race 2 at Brainerd Worldwide Raceway. His teammate Jake Gagne salvaged factors on a tricky weekend in Brainerd, Minnesota, with a seventh-place end.
In Sunday’s Race 2, Petersen obtained one other nice begin from the second row of the grid to the runner-up spot. The South African rode a powerful tempo however was handed on Lap 7. He stayed on the heels of the competitors for many of the race and finally rode on to attain third for his fifth podium end of the season. Petersen’s efforts superior his place to fourth and inside 28 factors of the highest spot within the hotly contested title chase.
After one other less-than-ideal begin, Gagne discovered himself sixth and was shuffled to seventh on the second lap. Regardless of being unable to experience to his full potential with arm pump points, the defending three-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion did what he might to salvage factors with a seventh-place end. Because the sequence approaches the midway mark, Gagne stays inside attain of the championship lead, trailing fellow Yamaha rider Bobby Fong by eight factors.
The Assault Efficiency Progressive Yamaha Racing crew returns to motion in two weeks’ time as racing resumes with MotoAmerica Superbike Spherical 5 at The Ridge in Shelton, Washington, on June 28-30.
Richard Stanboli – Assault Efficiency Progressive Yamaha Racing Crew Supervisor
“Not a lot to say actually. We misplaced this spherical, however we’ll transfer on and smash them at The Ridge.”
Cameron Petersen – Assault Efficiency Progressive Yamaha Racing #45
“It was not a foul weekend for me and the crew. I’m pleased with the rostrum within the second race and we’re nonetheless proper within the hunt for the championship. I’ll return to work and present up stronger for The Ridge so we will put up extra of a combat. I’ve to provide a large shoutout to the entire crew for all their laborious work.”
Jake Gagne – Assault Efficiency Progressive Yamaha Racing #1
“It was one other tough day with hand points, which was positively a bummer as a result of the bike was superior right here. I’ll get it sorted and again the place we belong!”
The next is from OrangeCat Racing…
Although he’s a rookie on this yr’s MotoAmerica Inventory 1000 Class, the worth of OrangeCat Racing’s Jayson Uribe’s wealth of abroad highway racing expertise was on full show Sunday at Brainerd Worldwide Raceway. The Californian adopted up a fourth-place end in Saturday’s Inventory 1000 contest together with his first victory within the class in simply his fourth race this yr.
Uribe’s win — together with some dangerous luck for the present Inventory 1000 factors chief in Sunday’s race – allowed Uribe to maneuver up from fourth to second within the Inventory 1000 factors standings and shut the hole to the previously-undefeated class chief to simply 16 factors with six races remaining.
OrangeCat Racing’s second rider, Travis Wyman, struggled a bit for tempo on Friday and Saturday, however managed to salvage a top-10 end in Saturday’s race and rating a seventh place on Sunday.
Each OrangeCat Racing riders confirmed good tempo within the first on-track session of the spherical. Uribe completed Friday morning apply third-fastest, and Wyman wrapped up that session because the sixth-fastest rider. Later Friday, each riders slipped again one place in Qualifying 1, as Uribe concluded that session in fourth place and Wyman in seventh. Qualifying 2 came about Saturday morning and noticed Uribe clinch sixth on the beginning grid and Wyman eleventh for the spherical’s two Inventory 1000 races.
Saturday afternoon’s Race 1 featured each riders ending increased within the working order than they began. Uribe moved up one place early within the first lap and completed that lap working in third place. Wyman shortly moved as much as ninth place early within the first lap and ran as excessive as eighth on the finish of Laps 1 and a couple of earlier than falling again to ninth, which is the place he completed the race in. Uribe was placing up problem for second place till the closing levels of the final lap, when a failed move try prompted him to complete simply off the rostrum in fourth place.
Although he didn’t get an awesome bounce off the road, Uribe’s stellar tempo in Sunday’s Race 2 was shortly evident. He’d moved as much as fourth place by the point the sector reached Flip 2 on the primary lap. Wyman additionally superior a pair positions up the working order early in the course of the first lap. The race chief crashed out early in Lap 2, which promoted Uribe to 3rd place and Wyman to eighth. Uribe then moved as much as second place on Lap 3, and one other frontrunner crashed on Lap 5 to raise Wyman as much as seventh within the working order. Uribe regularly closed the hole to the race lead and took over the purpose at Flip 3 on the final lap to seize his first Inventory 1000 triumph by 0.144 seconds. Wyman completed in a lonely seventh place.
The MotoAmerica Inventory 1000 Class will likely be again in motion later this month on the subsequent spherical, which is slated for June 28-30 at The Ridge Motorsports Park in Shelton, Wash.
Jayson Uribe / No. 360
“General, it was a profitable weekend at Brainerd. Coming to a brand new monitor is at all times a bit disturbing, however we managed to stand up to hurry fairly shortly. Our one-lap tempo was by no means lightning fast, however our race tempo and consistency have been unbelievable. Race 1 on Saturday was studying lesson. It proved to me and everybody else that we had the velocity to be on the rostrum. In Race 2, I knew if I might keep in contact with the riders in entrance of me, we’d have a shot on the win. I attempted to play it secure and make sensible, calculated strikes — and obtained the win! I’m tremendous pumped for all the OrangeCat Racing crew.”
Travis Wyman / No. 10
“We had a sluggish begin to the weekend, and the crew labored actually laborious to attempt to flip the weekend round. We made progress with the bike setup each session. The tempo in each races was tremendous quick, however we did make a little bit of an enchancment to get Sunday’s end result. We have to make one other step like that to get to the entrance, and I’m trying ahead to myself and the crew undertaking that on the subsequent spherical at The Ridge.”
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 Motorbike 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 Pink Engine Brewing.
The next is from Rodio Racing – Robem Engineering…
It was one other sturdy displaying by Rodio Racing – Powered by Robem Engineering rider and MotoAmerica Twins Cup rookie Alessandro Di Mario this previous weekend at Brainerd Worldwide Raceway. The 2022 Nicky Hayden AMA Highway Race Horizon Award winner added second-place finishes on Saturday and Sunday to his already spectacular rookie marketing campaign and is considered one of two riders who can clinch the 2024 Twins Cup title with two races remaining.
Di Mario’s teammate, Gus Rodio, loved optimistic outcomes at Brainerd after enduring setbacks in each races on the earlier spherical at Highway America. The Hammonton, N.J., resident claimed two fourth-place finishes and is now third within the Twins Cup factors standings.
The weekend began effectively for each Rodio Racing – Powered by Robem Engineering riders. Rodio and Di Mario completed Friday morning apply in third and fourth place, respectively. Later Friday, the pair every moved up one place on the timing sheets to provisionally qualify second and third. Qualifying wrapped up Saturday morning with Di Mario having clinched second on the beginning grid and Rodio third to place each riders on the entrance row for each of the spherical’s Twins Cup contests.
Race 1 was a lonesome occasion for Rodio. He ran in a largely uncontested fourth place for all 11 laps of the race, whereas Di Mario discovered himself in a fierce combat for second place. Although he ran in third place on Laps 1-3, Di Mario made his transfer on Lap 4 and held off a persistent problem from one other frontrunning rider proper to the final nook of the final lap to say his third consecutive runner-up end result by 0.036 seconds.
The beginning of Sunday’s Race 2 witnessed Di Mario pushing laborious to take the lead early within the first lap, however contact with one other rider later in that lap prompted him to slide behind his teammate Rodio into fifth place. Di Mario shortly obtained by Rodio and was working in second place by the tip of Lap 3. Di Mario then caught as much as the race chief and assumed the lead on Lap 7. He held onto the lead for the following three laps, however obtained handed early within the ultimate lap and needed to accept one other second-place end result – his fourth in a row. After the primary couple laps, Rodio ran and completed in a lonely fourth place.
The Rodio Racing – Powered by Robem Engineering crew now has a a number of month break earlier than the MotoAmerica Twins Cup season finale takes place Sept. 13-15 at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
Alessandro Di Mario / No. 27
“I didn’t actually count on to be this quick this weekend since this isn’t considered one of my favourite tracks. My tires have been actually dangerous by the tip of Saturday’s race, so by the final lap I simply tried blocking each passing alternative and was capable of maintain onto second by only a small margin. Immediately’s race was good. Our tempo on this race was completely insane, however I wasn’t capable of win the race by just a bit bit. I can’t watch for the following spherical at Circuit of the Americas and need to thank the crew and all people that’s assist me out this weekend.”
Gus Rodio / No. 96
“Saturday’s race was attention-grabbing. I began the race with respectable feeling within the bike, however after three laps the grip in my rear tire was gone. The crew labored actually laborious after the race to determine what had gone unsuitable. General, the 2 fourth-place finishes wasn’t our greatest displaying as a crew, however removed from our worst. It was good to attain a bunch of factors after how the final couple rounds have gone, and I’m excited to get to work in the course of the break and end the season sturdy in Texas.”
The next is from Rahal Ducati Moto…
The overcast skies at Brainered Worldwide Raceway welcomed Race 2 of Supersport competitors on the 13-turn course. It was one other stellar race with the Rahal Ducati Moto riders showcasing their racecraft and talent assortment one other set of top-10 finishes.
The crew heads west for Rounds 9 and 10 of championship competitors, to Ridge Motorsports Park June 27 – 30. Hold in control with all issues Rahal Ducati Moto by following alongside on our social media channels (@rahalducatimoto).
PJ JACOBSEN
No. 15 XPEL DUCATI PANIGALE V2
STARTED: fifth
FINISHED: 2nd
CHAMPIONSHIP: 1st (171 pts)
NOTES: Continues to steer the championship by two factors leaving the weekend // Scored one other podium end, marking his eighth podium in as many races this season
WHAT HE’S SAYING: “It was fairly a tough race. I used to be making an attempt to remain behind [Mathew] Scholtz the entire time, however there was a little bit of a dropoff for me as a result of I used to be making an attempt to get essentially the most of of the tire. Even standing the bike up, I couldn’t actually get in the direction of him as a result of he was doing related lap occasions. I knew immediately can be tough, however we made some nice modifications in a single day. Going ahead to Ridge, I believe I could be fairly sturdy on our present bike. Our bike is nice within the breaking zone, we simply want to determine the acceleration out of the nook in third and fourth gears, not sliding a lot. When you’re on the 600 and also you begin sliding off the nook, it could actually kill your lap time, greater than a Superbike would the place you can also make it up. Scholtz rode nice this weekend so I’m comfortable for him and his crew. My teammate Corey, for him to be on the rostrum after his damage and Graham to be right here between his INDYCAR races was superior. The crew needs to be proud, we did an awesome job. The championship might come all the way down to the final couple of races.”
COREY ALEXANDER
No. 23 ROLLER DIE + FORMING DUCATI PANIGALE V2
STARTED: 4th
FINISHED: third
CHAMPIONSHIP: sixth (68 pts // +2 positions)
NOTES: Caught behind the Suzuki bikes of T. Hobbs and T. Scott for majority of the race // Made a powerful transfer on Scott for third place going into Flip 12 of the ultimate lap, crossing the road simply .023 forward to safe the rostrum // Recorded his second podium end of the season (first was Highway Atlanta Race 2) // Earned two top-four finishes in his first weekend again after being sidelined for an damage
WHAT HE’S SAYING: “I’m thrilled with our podium end immediately. Coming into the weekend I had simply been eager for a prime 10 after returning again from an damage so shortly. It was positively surprising however a testomony to how laborious the crew has labored to make this package deal appropriate for me. As at all times, because of everybody supporting myself and the crew. I’m now much more excited to go to probably the greatest tracks on the calendar for me, The Ridge.”
KAYLA YAAKOV
No. 19 XPEL DUCATI PANIGALE V2
STARTED: eighth
FINISHED: eighth
CHAMPIONSHIP: tenth (53 pts)
NOTES: Climbed by the sector all through the race, making one other notable move on S. Mesa // Scored her second top-10 end of the weekend after ending sixth in Race 1
WHAT SHE’S SAYING: “Our final day right here at Brainerd was nonetheless very optimistic. It’s been the perfect weekend we’ve had with the crew and with this bike, and the perfect weekend I’ve had within the Supersport class to date. Being inside the prime 10 for each session this weekend has been an enormous objective and is a giant accomplishment for me. I’m actually pleased with how laborious our crew labored with these bikes. We struggled a bit with Race 2 immediately, however we must always have a greater run at The Ridge. I’m excited to return to the place I obtained my first official MotoAmerica win!”
BEN SPIES
TEAM PRINCIPAL
WHAT HE’S SAYING: “It was an awesome race for the crew. All three riders did an awesome job immediately, and all weekend. PJ had a greater race than yesterday – however we nonetheless didn’t have sufficient tempo to catch [Mathew] Scholtz, however we positively closed the hole. Corey had a very nice race and an outstanding final lap. He had a massive move with two corners to go, and it was nice to have him put up leads to his first weekend again. Kayla’s efficiency immediately was nice, and hopefully builds extra confidence in her skills heading into Ridge. Having two riders on the rostrum immediately with Graham attending his first race was enormous for us, and one other nice morale enhance for the crew.”
The next is from Tytlers Cycle Racing…
Tytlers Cycle Racing have been again in motion within the newest spherical of the 2024 MotoAmerica Championship at Brainerd final weekend, with all three riders JD Seaside, Troy Herfoss and Stefano Mesa every attaining double finishes within the Superbike and Supersport classes, respectively.
JD Seaside delivered the crew’s finest end result within the premier class – sixth in race two on Sunday. He completed seventh twenty-four hours earlier. Alongside him and making his BMW M1000 RR debut was a number of Australian Superbike Champ, and present King of the Baggers entrance runner Troy Herfoss. Herfoss tailored effectively contemplating the shortage of monitor time, crossing the road ninth within the opening encounter of the weekend on Saturday. He went one higher with a P8 on Sunday.
Herfoss, who will proceed with the squad while Cameron Beaubier recovers, is optimistic of additional steps ahead when the sequence takes to the monitor subsequent at The Ridge in Washington State subsequent week. JD, who at present sits eighth general within the factors standings is equally optimistic of working on the entrance after producing some spectacular opening laps in Brainerd’s second race.
Cameron Beaubier sits seventh general within the standings regardless of not competing after his Highway America spill.
In Supersport, Stefano Mesa improved his lap occasions from twelve months in the past aboard his Kawasaki. The #37 rider including priceless championship factors to his tally with seventh and ninth place finishes. The outcomes elevate Mesa to ninth general within the Supersport standings. Mesa and the crew proceed to be highest positioned Kawasaki rider within the sequence and stay up for being extra aggressive at The Ridge, a circuit which ought to go well with their bike a bit higher.
JD Seaside: “Brainerd was a bit little bit of a irritating weekend for me. The Tytlers crew and my crew labored laborious however I used to be left chasing my tail a bit. I really feel like for arrange we might enhance on a part of the bike however hinder one other half. We have been shut to 2 prime 5 finishes, however I must work on getting as much as tempo a bit faster on Friday to provide us a greater probability within the races. Race two for me have been a few of my finest opening laps of the season however I must work on retaining that tempo going. It was bizarre not having Cam within the truck for the weekend, but it surely was cool to get to work with Troy, he’s an Australian SBK legend so I do know I can study from him.”
Troy Herfoss: “I had quite a lot of enjoyable all through the weekend and loved working with a brand new crew, using a brand new bike in addition to using one other new monitor. Like regular, as a racer I’m annoyed purely as a result of I can really feel the potential of the package deal I’m using and there merely wasn’t sufficient time within the weekend for me to adapt correctly. I made step in morning heat up Sunday which supplies me quite a lot of motivation heading into The Ridge in a number of weeks. I need to thank the crew for his or her persistence all through the weekend and JD for serving to me really feel at house whereas Cam continues his restoration.”
Stefano Mesa: “Brainerd was positively the hardest spherical we’ve got had. We knew coming into the weekend that it wouldn’t be straightforward figuring out how stacked the category is, however the crew labored laborious all through the weekend to maintain me quick and make progress each trip. We ended up going quicker than final yr so I’m comfortable about that however not pleased with the outcomes. We’ll do some homework and are available again stronger at The Ridge. I recognize the crew for all the nice assist and help.”
