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Troy Herfoss went to the front at the start of the three-lap Mission King of the Baggers Challenge race and barely held off Kyle Wyman to win by 0.035 seconds. It wasn’t much of a gap, but that was enough to earn Herfoss the $5,000 prize for the winner-take-all sprint. James Rispoli finished third.
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Josh Herrin extended his MotoAmerica Steel Commander Superbike Championship lead with a dominating win at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Herrin won by 18.878 seconds over Cameron Beaubier, who inherited second when Herrin’s teammate Loris Baz crashed out of second on the penultimate lap. Beaubier’s Tytlers Cycle Racing teammate JD Beach finished third.
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More, from a press release issued by MotoAmerica:
Herrin Dominates Superbike Race One In Return To Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Josh Herrin Leads From Start To Finish In Dominating Fashion At Mid-Ohio
LEXINGTON, OH (August 17, 2024) – It might have been a difficult day with ever-changing weather conditions wreaking havoc on the schedule in road racing’s return to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, but it was definitely a banner day for Josh Herrin.
Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Herrin took a commanding start-to-finish victory, his fourth of the season and second in a row, to stretch his lead in the Steel Commander Superbike Championship to 33 points on a challenging day at Mid-Ohio.
The victory came after a delay in the schedule as a rainstorm moved through the area, making conditions difficult at best. The track, however, dried and the Superbike grid took to the track for a familiarization session before everyone started the race on slicks.
Herrin dropped the hammer from the get-go and, along with his teammate Loris Baz, threw down some quick laps as the pair quickly opened a gap to the goings on behind them.
Herrin would gap Baz and those two were well clear of Tytlers Cycle Racing’s JD Beach, who would end up coming under pressure from his slow-starting teammate Cameron Beaubier. Beaubier’s woes were immediate with the five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion unsettled off the start and completing the first lap in sixth before picking his way through to fourth prior to catching and passing Beach on the seventh lap.
By then Herrin and Baz were long gone and it appeared as though third was going to be as good as it would get for Beaubier. Not so as Baz gifted Beaubier second place when the Frenchman crashed his Ducati Panigale V4 R out of a comfortable second and a potential Ducati one-two.
Herrin crossed the line 18.8 seconds ahead of second-placed Beaubier with Beach 3.5 seconds behind his teammate in third.
Real Steel Motorsports’ Hayden Gillim was a popular fourth on his Stock 1000-spec Honda CBR1000RR-R SP with EasyHealthPlans.com/TopPro Racing’s Sean Dylan Kelly fifth.
Next came Wrench Motorcycles’ Bobby Fong with the Californian fighting his way through to get enough points to move within striking distance of second in the championship.
Jones Honda’s Ashton Yates, FLO4LAW Racing’s Benjamin Smith, Attack Performance/Progressive/Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne and Aftercare Scheibe Racing’s Ezra Beaubier rounded out the top 10.
Gagne had suffered with an early off-track excursion that put him well back in the pack, but he scored enough points to stay in second place in the title chase.
Notable non-finishers were Baz and Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki teammates Brandon Paasch and Richie Escalante with all three crashing out of the race.
Herrin heads into tomorrow’s race two with a 30-point lead over Fong, 219-189. Gagne is third with 186 points with Beaubier moving to fourth with 168 points – one better than Gagne’s teammate Cameron Petersen, who was forced to sit out the race after failing to pass his medical exam after his third crash of the weekend in morning warm-up.
Superbike Race One
Quotes…
Josh Herrin – Winner
“If you look back at least the last seven years, whenever the conditions are like that, I think subconsciously I just, almost like when you see motocross guys or (Mathew) Scholtz yelling on the grid right before, something about the fear side of it just does something to me at the beginning that allows me to just do what happened today. I couldn’t even explain why. The one big advantage that I would say that I had was this morning I had a feeling that in case the track was like it was this morning and just slippery, when I came in and got my second tire, we didn’t do the Q. We did a race tire. Then I went out and did one lap, like one lap came, sat in the pits kind of like I would on the grid. Then put my head down like it was the start of the race to see what to expect from the tire, and it just helped a ton. I never thought about doing that before, but it just I think made a huge difference. I felt a lot more confident than I think I would have if I hadn’t. I knew I had to get in front of those guys at the beginning because with that knowledge of what the tire was going to be like, I wanted to just take advantage of it and try to go. I don’t know what my gap was at the beginning. I think third was right there, but I think further back we might have had a little bit bigger gap, so I was stoked that that worked out. The guys have been working super hard all weekend. We got lucky that we got that Thursday test because we didn’t come here and test like some of the other teams earlier in the year. But it was a weird win, because there’s been wins that meant more but for some reason it was more emotional than a lot of the wins. Just not having Griffin (his son) at the track. He’s starting to talk a lot more and understand things. Right before the race, Rachel sent me a video and he now recognizes (Cameron) Beaubier. She says, ‘Who is that?’ ‘He’s like, ‘Beaubier!’ Just the things he does, it’s like a whole new motivation like it was whenever he was first born. It’s just been an amazing year and I owe it all to my family and my team. It’s a shame that Loris (Baz) went down because it would have helped us in the points, and it also just would have been nice to see him get on the podium because he’s been working hard all year. Just thank you to everybody. Thank you to the huge turnout of fans in Mid-Ohio. This was always one of my favorite tracks to come to. It’s nice seeing stacked fans out there. So, huge shout out to them. Thank you to everybody. Hopefully we have another one tomorrow.”
Cameron Beaubier – Second Place
“What happened on the start… I had a little issue with my launch control. Honestly, after that happened, I kind of rolled and then kind of backed up. I was pressing my buttons, trying to figure out what was going on. Got shuffled back. Was struggling to get going there. It seems like (Josh) Herrin and (Loris) Baz, they were able to put their heads down right away and ride off into the sunset. I was struggling for the rear tire to come in. I could see other guys were too. Whatever they did today was working. Herrin rode awesome. He was three corners ahead of me or four corners ahead of me there at the end. Just hats off to the Tytlers guys. Obviously, I want to win. I want to close that championship gap up, but the best we could do today was second. It’s awesome having JD (Beach) up here on the podium, too. Go do our homework for tomorrow and come out swinging.”
JD Beach – Third Place
“Thursday at the end of the day we found something with the bike, and I was really starting to feel good on it again. Then, yesterday I was feeling good on the race tire, and then when we went to put the soft tire on, we had a bike malfunction. So, I didn’t get to put in a lap, but I had good pace. The race today, it might sound kind of weird, but this feels better than the last two weeks. I love dirt track, but road racing is where I want to be at right now. I’ve put the team through hell, pulled them back out a little bit, and then I put them right back in there. It’s been a struggle. But to get this third place feels amazing. It’s not going to be this easy every race, but we’ll keep working at it.”
More, from a press release issued by Yamaha:
Gagne Finishes Ninth in Tough Opening Race
at Mid-Ohio
Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne overcame adversity to finish inside the top 10 as Superbikes returned to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
MARIETTA, Ga. – August 18, 2024 – Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne salvaged points with a ninth-place finish in MotoAmerica Superbike Race 1 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. Unfortunately, his teammate Cameron Petersen was sidelined for the opening race of the seventh round of the championship with an ankle injury.
Superbikes made a long-awaited return to the 2.4-mile course in central Ohio, with Gagne qualifying fifth. After the race was delayed by rain, riders were met with tricky conditions. The reigning three-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion had a solid start and made his way to fourth, but unfortunately went off track on the second lap and found himself 13th. Gagne did what he could to make his way through the field and would finish ninth to score valuable points on a tough day.
Petersen’s weekend got off to a rough start with a big crash that injured his ankle during Thursday’s official Dunlop pre-race test. The South African soldiered on and was eighth in the first qualifying session, where he would also finish in the combined times. Unfortunately, he had another crash in the second qualifying session and was sidelined after being declared unfit to race by the medical staff. He will be re-evaluated this morning for this afternoon’s Race 2.
The Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing team looks to come back swinging for MotoAmerica Superbike Race 2 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.
Richard Stanboli – Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing Team Manager
“Not a whole lot to say. It was a tough day. We’ll move on and try for better tomorrow.”
Jake Gagne – Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing #1
“It was a really tricky track as it was drying out, but I got off to a good start. Unfortunately, I ran off into the grass early and wasn’t able to make up a lot of positions. I’ve got to do a better job tomorrow.”
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Mikayla Moore took her sixth Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. victory of 2024, winning Race One at Mid-Ohio. Moore trimmed 1.7 seconds from her pole-winning qualifying time en route to a 14.568 second win over Kara Knebel, who had 12 seconds in hand over a fierce battle for third. Holly Varey took the final podium spot. With her win, Moore sealed the 2024 MotoAmerica Royal Enfield BTR Championship.
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Matthew Chapin took pole position during MotoAmerica Junior Cup qualifying at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, in Lexington, Ohio. Riding his BARTCON Racing Kawasaki Ninja 400 on spec Dunlop tires, the current Championship point leader topped the field with a 1:36.652.
New York Safety Track’s Yandel Medina was the best of the rest at 1:37.351, and Fernandez Racing’s Jayden Fernandez did a 1:37.407 to claim the third and final spot on the front row.
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Francesco Bagnaia won the MotoGP World Championship Tissot Sprint race Saturday at the Red Bull Ring, in Austria. Riding his Michelin-equipped Lenovo Ducati Desmosedici, the two-time and defending Champion won the 14-lap race by 4.673 seconds, propelling him into a tie atop the point standings.
Jorge Martin, the point leader coming into the race, was the runner-up on his Prima Pramac Racing Ducati.
Aleix Espargaro finished a lonely third on his Aprilia Racing RS-GP.
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More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Game on: it’s equal points as Bagnaia wins, Martin recovers to second & Marquez slides out in Spielberg
Gloves off, a Long Lap and a slide out of contention: the Tissot Sprint in Austria puts us on equal points – with Bagnaia back on top as Championship leader
Saturday, 17 August 2024
Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) took a stunning victory in the Tissot Sprint at the Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich, going gloves off against Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) in the early stages before the #89 went wide through a shortcut, didn’t lose enough time, and then got handed a Long Lap penalty. The reigning Champion’s win makes it equal points at the top, and Bagnaia is the official Championship leader thanks to his higher number of Grand Prix wins so far in 2024. The stage is certainly set for a showdown on Sunday.
Behind, Marc Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) shadowed the duel in the early stages before losing a little ground, and he then crashed out from second as Martin served his Long Lap. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) avoided any of that drama, coming home third to complete the Sprint podium as Martin recovered to second place.
It was a sensational launch from Bagnaia in an intense start to the Tissot Sprint, with the reigning champion taking the holeshot and Martin then attacking for the lead on the entry to Turn 3 on the opening lap. The #1 soon tried to respond at the end of Lap 1, getting past at the penultimate corner before Martin sliced through to regain the lead at the final corner as the title rivals went elbow to elbow.
Bagnaia didn’t attack again at the first corner, but by Turn 2, Martin was in hot and headed wide into the runoff – taking the shortcut through the chicane. He rejoined behind Bagnaia, but didn’t lose enough time with the mistake. The #89 was investigated by the FIM MotoGP™ Stewards for the incident, and a Long Lap handed down.
He didn’t take it straight away but didn’t wait too long, by which time he and Bagnaia had pulled out some gap on the chasing Marc Marquez. When Martin did head into the Long Lap loop, Bagnaia was left with a solid lead ahead of the #93 and Martin emerged just ahead of Aleix Espargaro.
Then on Lap 10, there was yet another twist. In some space and on for a solid second, Marc Marquez lost the front on the entry to Turn 3. The #93 dropped to 23rd, outside of the point-scoring positions, and would soon retire to the pitlane, bringing a disappointing end to his Saturday.
On the final lap, nobody could match Bagnaia’s pace, with the Italian able to hold a four-second margin to Martin in second – putting them exactly equal on points. Meanwhile, the final spot inside the top three went the way of Aleix Espargaro, who claimed a somewhat unexpected third after a drama-free Saturday.
Meanwhile, there was an intense fight for the final spot inside the top five, with Jack Miller (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) losing a spot late on to a classic charging Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo Team), with Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Prima Pramac Racing’s Franco Morbidelli also battling behind.
Bastianini crossed the line in fourth, with Miller rounding out the top five after the Australian defended from Morbidelli to the line. Just 0.102s separated the duo after the 14-lap dash, with Binder lurking in seventh.
Marco Bezzecchi (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) moved up to P8, with wildcard Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) putting in a very solid day at the office to take the final Sprint point in P9 – just ahead of rookie Pedro Acosta (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3).
That’s it from super Saturday, but it was an incredible teaser for what may lie ahead on Sunday in Spielberg. Come back for more MotoGP™ as the battles lines are drawn in Austria at 14:00 (UTC + 2)!
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Cameron Beaubier will start the MotoAmerica Steel Commander Superbike races at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course from pole position. Beaubier, a five-time Champion of the class, earned the best spot on the starting grid by recording a 1:23.904 with his Dunlop-shod Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW M 1000 RR.
Former MotoGP and World Superbike regular Loris Baz was second-fastest with a 1:24.026 on his Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R.
Superbike rookie Sean Dylan Kelly claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a time of 1:24.179.
Baz’s teammate Josh Herrin, the current Championship point leader, will start fourth thanks to his lap of 1:24.241.
Three-time and defending Superbike Champion Jake Gagne was fifth-fastest with a 1:24.852 on his Attack Performance/Progressive Yamaha YZF-R1.
Brandon Paasch qualified sixth with a 1:25.080 on his Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R1000R.
Starting on row three of the grid will be Beaubier’s teammate JD Beach (1:25.153), Gagne’s teammate Cameron Petersen (1:25.209), and Wrench Motorcycle Yamaha’s Bobby Fong (1:25.299).
Due to overnight rains reducing the amount of available grip Saturday morning, none of the top-10 riders went faster in Qualifying Two (Q2) on Saturday morning than they went during Qualifying One (Q1) on Friday.
Beach, Fong, Gagne, and Petersen all crashed during Q2 on Saturday. All four riders were seen walking away from their crashes.
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Celestino Vietti earned pole position during Moto2 World Championship qualifying Saturday at the Red Bull Ring, in Austria. Riding his Red Bull KTM Ajo Kalex on Pirelli control tires, the Italian rider turned a 1:33.855 to top the field of 31 riders.
Spanish veteran Aron Canet was second-best with a 1:33.913 on his Fantic Racing Kalex.
Sergio Garcia claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a 1:33.992 on his MT Helmets – MSI Boscoscuro.
American Joe Roberts qualified 11th with a time of 1:34.316 on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.
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PJ Jacobsen will start the MotoAmerica Supersport race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course from pole position. Riding his Rahal Ducati Moto w/XPEL Panigale V2 on Dunlop control tires, the title contender turned a 1:27.427 to lead Qualifying One (Q1) on Friday. Overnight rain reduced the available grip during Qualifying Two (Q2) on Saturday morning, and Jacobsen’s time from Friday held up to earn him the pole position.
Mathew Scholtz, the current Championship point leader, will launch his Strack Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 from second on the grid based on the 1:27.590 he did in Q1.
Likewise, the 1:27.885 Jake Lewis did on his Altus Motorsports Suzuki GSX-R750 in Q1 earned him the third and final spot on the front row.
Blake Davis (1:27.905) will start fourth on his N2 Racing/BobbleHeadMoto Yamaha.
EasyHealthPlans.com/TopPro Racing Suzuki rider Maxi Gerardo (1:27.999) was fifth-fastest overall.
In spite of the inferior track conditions, Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott was able to improve his lap time from 1:28.526 on Friday to a 1:28.188 on Saturday, and that moved Scott up to sixth — and from row three to row two of the grid.
Scott’s improvement bumped Jacobsen’s teammate Kayla Yaakov (1:28.428) from sixth to seventh and from row two to row three.
Semi-retired wild card entrant Larry Pegram, age 51, qualified eighth with a 1:28.659 on a EasyHealthPlans.com/TopPro Racing Suzuki.
Tytlers Cycle Racing Kawasaki ZX-6R rider Stefano Mesa improved from 1:28.706 in Q1 to 1:28.703 in Q2, and he will start ninth.
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Ivan Ortola earned pole position during Moto3 World Championship qualifying Saturday at the Red Bull Ring, in Austria. Riding his MT Helmets – MSI KTM on Pirelli control tires, Ortola topped the 27-rider field with a lap time of 1:40.057.
Joel Kelso was the best of the rest with a 1:40.200 on his BOE Motorsports KTM, and Collin Veijer claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a 1:40.218 on his Liqui Moly Intact GP Husqvarna.
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Troy Herfoss will start the MotoAmerica RSD Mission Super Hooligan races at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course from pole position. With the 2.4-mile track still green from overnight rains during Qualifying Two (Q2) on Saturday morning, the 1:29.801 that Herfoss did on his Dunlop-shod S&S Indian FTR during Qualifying One (Q1) on Friday held up to earn pole position.
Herfoss’s teammate Tyler O’Hara will line up second on the grid thanks to the 1:29.924 he did on Friday, and the 1:30.017 Travis Wyman did on his Saddlemen Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 during Q1 will put him third on the grid.
Row two of the grid will include Wyman’s teammate Cory West (1:30.028), Chris Fillmore (1:30.111) and his KTM Development Team 990 Duke, and KWR Harley-Davidson’s Hayden Schultz (1:30.116). All three earned their grid spots with their Q1 lap times.
The fastest rider in Q2 on Saturday was Schultz, who did a 1:30.724 and who was the only rider to get into the 1:30 range.
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Troy Herfoss went to the front at the start of the three-lap Mission King of the Baggers Challenge race and barely held off Kyle Wyman to win by 0.035 seconds. It wasn’t much of a gap, but that was enough to earn Herfoss the $5,000 prize for the winner-take-all sprint. James Rispoli finished third.
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Josh Herrin extended his MotoAmerica Steel Commander Superbike Championship lead with a dominating win at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Herrin won by 18.878 seconds over Cameron Beaubier, who inherited second when Herrin’s teammate Loris Baz crashed out of second on the penultimate lap. Beaubier’s Tytlers Cycle Racing teammate JD Beach finished third.
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More, from a press release issued by MotoAmerica:
Herrin Dominates Superbike Race One In Return To Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Josh Herrin Leads From Start To Finish In Dominating Fashion At Mid-Ohio
LEXINGTON, OH (August 17, 2024) – It might have been a difficult day with ever-changing weather conditions wreaking havoc on the schedule in road racing’s return to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, but it was definitely a banner day for Josh Herrin.
Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Herrin took a commanding start-to-finish victory, his fourth of the season and second in a row, to stretch his lead in the Steel Commander Superbike Championship to 33 points on a challenging day at Mid-Ohio.
The victory came after a delay in the schedule as a rainstorm moved through the area, making conditions difficult at best. The track, however, dried and the Superbike grid took to the track for a familiarization session before everyone started the race on slicks.
Herrin dropped the hammer from the get-go and, along with his teammate Loris Baz, threw down some quick laps as the pair quickly opened a gap to the goings on behind them.
Herrin would gap Baz and those two were well clear of Tytlers Cycle Racing’s JD Beach, who would end up coming under pressure from his slow-starting teammate Cameron Beaubier. Beaubier’s woes were immediate with the five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion unsettled off the start and completing the first lap in sixth before picking his way through to fourth prior to catching and passing Beach on the seventh lap.
By then Herrin and Baz were long gone and it appeared as though third was going to be as good as it would get for Beaubier. Not so as Baz gifted Beaubier second place when the Frenchman crashed his Ducati Panigale V4 R out of a comfortable second and a potential Ducati one-two.
Herrin crossed the line 18.8 seconds ahead of second-placed Beaubier with Beach 3.5 seconds behind his teammate in third.
Real Steel Motorsports’ Hayden Gillim was a popular fourth on his Stock 1000-spec Honda CBR1000RR-R SP with EasyHealthPlans.com/TopPro Racing’s Sean Dylan Kelly fifth.
Next came Wrench Motorcycles’ Bobby Fong with the Californian fighting his way through to get enough points to move within striking distance of second in the championship.
Jones Honda’s Ashton Yates, FLO4LAW Racing’s Benjamin Smith, Attack Performance/Progressive/Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne and Aftercare Scheibe Racing’s Ezra Beaubier rounded out the top 10.
Gagne had suffered with an early off-track excursion that put him well back in the pack, but he scored enough points to stay in second place in the title chase.
Notable non-finishers were Baz and Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki teammates Brandon Paasch and Richie Escalante with all three crashing out of the race.
Herrin heads into tomorrow’s race two with a 30-point lead over Fong, 219-189. Gagne is third with 186 points with Beaubier moving to fourth with 168 points – one better than Gagne’s teammate Cameron Petersen, who was forced to sit out the race after failing to pass his medical exam after his third crash of the weekend in morning warm-up.
Superbike Race One
Quotes…
Josh Herrin – Winner
“If you look back at least the last seven years, whenever the conditions are like that, I think subconsciously I just, almost like when you see motocross guys or (Mathew) Scholtz yelling on the grid right before, something about the fear side of it just does something to me at the beginning that allows me to just do what happened today. I couldn’t even explain why. The one big advantage that I would say that I had was this morning I had a feeling that in case the track was like it was this morning and just slippery, when I came in and got my second tire, we didn’t do the Q. We did a race tire. Then I went out and did one lap, like one lap came, sat in the pits kind of like I would on the grid. Then put my head down like it was the start of the race to see what to expect from the tire, and it just helped a ton. I never thought about doing that before, but it just I think made a huge difference. I felt a lot more confident than I think I would have if I hadn’t. I knew I had to get in front of those guys at the beginning because with that knowledge of what the tire was going to be like, I wanted to just take advantage of it and try to go. I don’t know what my gap was at the beginning. I think third was right there, but I think further back we might have had a little bit bigger gap, so I was stoked that that worked out. The guys have been working super hard all weekend. We got lucky that we got that Thursday test because we didn’t come here and test like some of the other teams earlier in the year. But it was a weird win, because there’s been wins that meant more but for some reason it was more emotional than a lot of the wins. Just not having Griffin (his son) at the track. He’s starting to talk a lot more and understand things. Right before the race, Rachel sent me a video and he now recognizes (Cameron) Beaubier. She says, ‘Who is that?’ ‘He’s like, ‘Beaubier!’ Just the things he does, it’s like a whole new motivation like it was whenever he was first born. It’s just been an amazing year and I owe it all to my family and my team. It’s a shame that Loris (Baz) went down because it would have helped us in the points, and it also just would have been nice to see him get on the podium because he’s been working hard all year. Just thank you to everybody. Thank you to the huge turnout of fans in Mid-Ohio. This was always one of my favorite tracks to come to. It’s nice seeing stacked fans out there. So, huge shout out to them. Thank you to everybody. Hopefully we have another one tomorrow.”
Cameron Beaubier – Second Place
“What happened on the start… I had a little issue with my launch control. Honestly, after that happened, I kind of rolled and then kind of backed up. I was pressing my buttons, trying to figure out what was going on. Got shuffled back. Was struggling to get going there. It seems like (Josh) Herrin and (Loris) Baz, they were able to put their heads down right away and ride off into the sunset. I was struggling for the rear tire to come in. I could see other guys were too. Whatever they did today was working. Herrin rode awesome. He was three corners ahead of me or four corners ahead of me there at the end. Just hats off to the Tytlers guys. Obviously, I want to win. I want to close that championship gap up, but the best we could do today was second. It’s awesome having JD (Beach) up here on the podium, too. Go do our homework for tomorrow and come out swinging.”
JD Beach – Third Place
“Thursday at the end of the day we found something with the bike, and I was really starting to feel good on it again. Then, yesterday I was feeling good on the race tire, and then when we went to put the soft tire on, we had a bike malfunction. So, I didn’t get to put in a lap, but I had good pace. The race today, it might sound kind of weird, but this feels better than the last two weeks. I love dirt track, but road racing is where I want to be at right now. I’ve put the team through hell, pulled them back out a little bit, and then I put them right back in there. It’s been a struggle. But to get this third place feels amazing. It’s not going to be this easy every race, but we’ll keep working at it.”
More, from a press release issued by Yamaha:
Gagne Finishes Ninth in Tough Opening Race
at Mid-Ohio
Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne overcame adversity to finish inside the top 10 as Superbikes returned to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
MARIETTA, Ga. – August 18, 2024 – Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne salvaged points with a ninth-place finish in MotoAmerica Superbike Race 1 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. Unfortunately, his teammate Cameron Petersen was sidelined for the opening race of the seventh round of the championship with an ankle injury.
Superbikes made a long-awaited return to the 2.4-mile course in central Ohio, with Gagne qualifying fifth. After the race was delayed by rain, riders were met with tricky conditions. The reigning three-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion had a solid start and made his way to fourth, but unfortunately went off track on the second lap and found himself 13th. Gagne did what he could to make his way through the field and would finish ninth to score valuable points on a tough day.
Petersen’s weekend got off to a rough start with a big crash that injured his ankle during Thursday’s official Dunlop pre-race test. The South African soldiered on and was eighth in the first qualifying session, where he would also finish in the combined times. Unfortunately, he had another crash in the second qualifying session and was sidelined after being declared unfit to race by the medical staff. He will be re-evaluated this morning for this afternoon’s Race 2.
The Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing team looks to come back swinging for MotoAmerica Superbike Race 2 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.
Richard Stanboli – Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing Team Manager
“Not a whole lot to say. It was a tough day. We’ll move on and try for better tomorrow.”
Jake Gagne – Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing #1
“It was a really tricky track as it was drying out, but I got off to a good start. Unfortunately, I ran off into the grass early and wasn’t able to make up a lot of positions. I’ve got to do a better job tomorrow.”
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Mikayla Moore took her sixth Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. victory of 2024, winning Race One at Mid-Ohio. Moore trimmed 1.7 seconds from her pole-winning qualifying time en route to a 14.568 second win over Kara Knebel, who had 12 seconds in hand over a fierce battle for third. Holly Varey took the final podium spot. With her win, Moore sealed the 2024 MotoAmerica Royal Enfield BTR Championship.
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Matthew Chapin took pole position during MotoAmerica Junior Cup qualifying at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, in Lexington, Ohio. Riding his BARTCON Racing Kawasaki Ninja 400 on spec Dunlop tires, the current Championship point leader topped the field with a 1:36.652.
New York Safety Track’s Yandel Medina was the best of the rest at 1:37.351, and Fernandez Racing’s Jayden Fernandez did a 1:37.407 to claim the third and final spot on the front row.
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Francesco Bagnaia won the MotoGP World Championship Tissot Sprint race Saturday at the Red Bull Ring, in Austria. Riding his Michelin-equipped Lenovo Ducati Desmosedici, the two-time and defending Champion won the 14-lap race by 4.673 seconds, propelling him into a tie atop the point standings.
Jorge Martin, the point leader coming into the race, was the runner-up on his Prima Pramac Racing Ducati.
Aleix Espargaro finished a lonely third on his Aprilia Racing RS-GP.
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More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Game on: it’s equal points as Bagnaia wins, Martin recovers to second & Marquez slides out in Spielberg
Gloves off, a Long Lap and a slide out of contention: the Tissot Sprint in Austria puts us on equal points – with Bagnaia back on top as Championship leader
Saturday, 17 August 2024
Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) took a stunning victory in the Tissot Sprint at the Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich, going gloves off against Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) in the early stages before the #89 went wide through a shortcut, didn’t lose enough time, and then got handed a Long Lap penalty. The reigning Champion’s win makes it equal points at the top, and Bagnaia is the official Championship leader thanks to his higher number of Grand Prix wins so far in 2024. The stage is certainly set for a showdown on Sunday.
Behind, Marc Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) shadowed the duel in the early stages before losing a little ground, and he then crashed out from second as Martin served his Long Lap. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) avoided any of that drama, coming home third to complete the Sprint podium as Martin recovered to second place.
It was a sensational launch from Bagnaia in an intense start to the Tissot Sprint, with the reigning champion taking the holeshot and Martin then attacking for the lead on the entry to Turn 3 on the opening lap. The #1 soon tried to respond at the end of Lap 1, getting past at the penultimate corner before Martin sliced through to regain the lead at the final corner as the title rivals went elbow to elbow.
Bagnaia didn’t attack again at the first corner, but by Turn 2, Martin was in hot and headed wide into the runoff – taking the shortcut through the chicane. He rejoined behind Bagnaia, but didn’t lose enough time with the mistake. The #89 was investigated by the FIM MotoGP™ Stewards for the incident, and a Long Lap handed down.
He didn’t take it straight away but didn’t wait too long, by which time he and Bagnaia had pulled out some gap on the chasing Marc Marquez. When Martin did head into the Long Lap loop, Bagnaia was left with a solid lead ahead of the #93 and Martin emerged just ahead of Aleix Espargaro.
Then on Lap 10, there was yet another twist. In some space and on for a solid second, Marc Marquez lost the front on the entry to Turn 3. The #93 dropped to 23rd, outside of the point-scoring positions, and would soon retire to the pitlane, bringing a disappointing end to his Saturday.
On the final lap, nobody could match Bagnaia’s pace, with the Italian able to hold a four-second margin to Martin in second – putting them exactly equal on points. Meanwhile, the final spot inside the top three went the way of Aleix Espargaro, who claimed a somewhat unexpected third after a drama-free Saturday.
Meanwhile, there was an intense fight for the final spot inside the top five, with Jack Miller (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) losing a spot late on to a classic charging Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo Team), with Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Prima Pramac Racing’s Franco Morbidelli also battling behind.
Bastianini crossed the line in fourth, with Miller rounding out the top five after the Australian defended from Morbidelli to the line. Just 0.102s separated the duo after the 14-lap dash, with Binder lurking in seventh.
Marco Bezzecchi (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) moved up to P8, with wildcard Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) putting in a very solid day at the office to take the final Sprint point in P9 – just ahead of rookie Pedro Acosta (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3).
That’s it from super Saturday, but it was an incredible teaser for what may lie ahead on Sunday in Spielberg. Come back for more MotoGP™ as the battles lines are drawn in Austria at 14:00 (UTC + 2)!
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Cameron Beaubier will start the MotoAmerica Steel Commander Superbike races at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course from pole position. Beaubier, a five-time Champion of the class, earned the best spot on the starting grid by recording a 1:23.904 with his Dunlop-shod Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW M 1000 RR.
Former MotoGP and World Superbike regular Loris Baz was second-fastest with a 1:24.026 on his Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R.
Superbike rookie Sean Dylan Kelly claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a time of 1:24.179.
Baz’s teammate Josh Herrin, the current Championship point leader, will start fourth thanks to his lap of 1:24.241.
Three-time and defending Superbike Champion Jake Gagne was fifth-fastest with a 1:24.852 on his Attack Performance/Progressive Yamaha YZF-R1.
Brandon Paasch qualified sixth with a 1:25.080 on his Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R1000R.
Starting on row three of the grid will be Beaubier’s teammate JD Beach (1:25.153), Gagne’s teammate Cameron Petersen (1:25.209), and Wrench Motorcycle Yamaha’s Bobby Fong (1:25.299).
Due to overnight rains reducing the amount of available grip Saturday morning, none of the top-10 riders went faster in Qualifying Two (Q2) on Saturday morning than they went during Qualifying One (Q1) on Friday.
Beach, Fong, Gagne, and Petersen all crashed during Q2 on Saturday. All four riders were seen walking away from their crashes.
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Celestino Vietti earned pole position during Moto2 World Championship qualifying Saturday at the Red Bull Ring, in Austria. Riding his Red Bull KTM Ajo Kalex on Pirelli control tires, the Italian rider turned a 1:33.855 to top the field of 31 riders.
Spanish veteran Aron Canet was second-best with a 1:33.913 on his Fantic Racing Kalex.
Sergio Garcia claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a 1:33.992 on his MT Helmets – MSI Boscoscuro.
American Joe Roberts qualified 11th with a time of 1:34.316 on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.
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PJ Jacobsen will start the MotoAmerica Supersport race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course from pole position. Riding his Rahal Ducati Moto w/XPEL Panigale V2 on Dunlop control tires, the title contender turned a 1:27.427 to lead Qualifying One (Q1) on Friday. Overnight rain reduced the available grip during Qualifying Two (Q2) on Saturday morning, and Jacobsen’s time from Friday held up to earn him the pole position.
Mathew Scholtz, the current Championship point leader, will launch his Strack Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 from second on the grid based on the 1:27.590 he did in Q1.
Likewise, the 1:27.885 Jake Lewis did on his Altus Motorsports Suzuki GSX-R750 in Q1 earned him the third and final spot on the front row.
Blake Davis (1:27.905) will start fourth on his N2 Racing/BobbleHeadMoto Yamaha.
EasyHealthPlans.com/TopPro Racing Suzuki rider Maxi Gerardo (1:27.999) was fifth-fastest overall.
In spite of the inferior track conditions, Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott was able to improve his lap time from 1:28.526 on Friday to a 1:28.188 on Saturday, and that moved Scott up to sixth — and from row three to row two of the grid.
Scott’s improvement bumped Jacobsen’s teammate Kayla Yaakov (1:28.428) from sixth to seventh and from row two to row three.
Semi-retired wild card entrant Larry Pegram, age 51, qualified eighth with a 1:28.659 on a EasyHealthPlans.com/TopPro Racing Suzuki.
Tytlers Cycle Racing Kawasaki ZX-6R rider Stefano Mesa improved from 1:28.706 in Q1 to 1:28.703 in Q2, and he will start ninth.
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Ivan Ortola earned pole position during Moto3 World Championship qualifying Saturday at the Red Bull Ring, in Austria. Riding his MT Helmets – MSI KTM on Pirelli control tires, Ortola topped the 27-rider field with a lap time of 1:40.057.
Joel Kelso was the best of the rest with a 1:40.200 on his BOE Motorsports KTM, and Collin Veijer claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a 1:40.218 on his Liqui Moly Intact GP Husqvarna.
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Troy Herfoss will start the MotoAmerica RSD Mission Super Hooligan races at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course from pole position. With the 2.4-mile track still green from overnight rains during Qualifying Two (Q2) on Saturday morning, the 1:29.801 that Herfoss did on his Dunlop-shod S&S Indian FTR during Qualifying One (Q1) on Friday held up to earn pole position.
Herfoss’s teammate Tyler O’Hara will line up second on the grid thanks to the 1:29.924 he did on Friday, and the 1:30.017 Travis Wyman did on his Saddlemen Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 during Q1 will put him third on the grid.
Row two of the grid will include Wyman’s teammate Cory West (1:30.028), Chris Fillmore (1:30.111) and his KTM Development Team 990 Duke, and KWR Harley-Davidson’s Hayden Schultz (1:30.116). All three earned their grid spots with their Q1 lap times.
The fastest rider in Q2 on Saturday was Schultz, who did a 1:30.724 and who was the only rider to get into the 1:30 range.
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