Yamalube/Y.E.S./Graves Yamaha rider Garrett Gerloff earned the MotoAmerica Supersport pole position with a lap of 1:31.749 during final qualifying Saturday at Road Atlanta.
Gerloff’s lap was 1.4 seconds faster than anyone else in the field.
The final qualifying position of Gerloff and several other riders was not known until well after the end of the session due to technical problems with MotoAmerica’s TrackIntel timing and scoring system.
According to the best information available at post time, Gerloff was the fastest and followed by M4 SportbikeTrackGear.com Suzuki’s David Anthony (1:33.197) and RoadRace Factory Yamaha’s Tomas Puerta (1:33.281).
Bobby Fong qualified 16th, but he will not compete in Saturday’s Supersport race. Fong crashed in the wet Supersport race Sunday, April 12 at Circuit of The Americas, and in that crash he broke his left humerus. Fong tried to ride on Friday, but he said he was having trouble controlling his Latus Motors Racing/Castrol Triumph due to weakness in his injured arm. Fong and his team decided to withdraw him from the weekend and focus on his recovery before Round Three of the series at VIRginia International Raceway in May.
MotoAmerica Honda Superbike Challenge
MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Road Racing Series
Road Atlanta
Braselton, Georgia
April 18, 2015
Provisional Combined Supersport Qualifying Results (all on Dunlop tires):
1. Garrett Gerloff (Yam YZF-R6), 1:31.749
2. David Anthony (Suz GSX-R600), 1:33.197
3. Tomas Puerta (Yam YZF-R6), 1:33.281
4. Josh Herrin (Yam YZF-R6), 1:33.729
5. JD Beach (Yam YZF-R6), 1:33.859
6. Hayden Gillim (MV Agusta F3 675), 1:35.141
7. Kyle Wyman (Yam YZF-R6), 1:35.196
8. Corey Alexander (Yam YZF-R6), 1:35.880
9. Tucker Lancaster (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:36.158
10. Ben Young (Yam YZF-R6), 1:36.227
11. Cameron Petersen (Yam YZF-R6), 1:36.692
12. Kaleb De Keyrel (Yam YZF-R6), 1:40.272
13. Benny Solis, Jr. (MV Agusta F3 675), 1:40.778
14. Melissa Paris (Suz GSX-R600), 1:41.895
15. Javelin Broderick (MV Agusta F3 675), 1:42.286
16. Bobby Fong (Tri Daytona 675R), 1:43.123
17. Kenny Reidmann (Tri Daytona 675R), 1:44.326
18. Mitch Card (Hon CBR600RR), 1:48.607