Bobby Fong set the fastest lap time during MotoAmerica Mission King Of The Baggers Free Practice One (FP1) Friday at Brainerd International Raceway, in Brainerd, Minnesota. Riding his Sac Mile/SDI Racing/Roland Sands Design Indian Challenger, Fong covered the 2.5-mile course in 1:36.719 to top the field of 17 riders.
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Crystal Martinez was quickest during MotoAmerica Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. (BTR) Free Practice One (FP1) Friday morning at Brainerd International Raceway, in Brainerd, Minnesota. Riding her Royal Enfield Continental GT 650, Martinez navigated the 2.5-mile track in 1:58.682, which was 1.5 seconds better than the next-fastest rider.
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Minnesota native Kaleb De Keyrel gave the home fans something to get excited about when he led MotoAmerica Steel Commander Stock 1000 Free Practice One (FP1) Friday morning at Brainerd International Raceway, in Brainerd, Minnesota.
Riding his Orange Cat Racing BMW M 1000 RR, De Keyrel lapped the 2.5-mile course in 1:33.533 to lead the field of 27 entries.
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Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW teammates Cameron Beaubier and PJ Jacobsen finished first and second in MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike Free Practice One (FP1) Friday morning at Brainerd International Raceway, in Minnesota. Riding his M 1000 RR, five-time Champion Beaubier led the field with a 1:31.250, which was just quicker than Jacobsen’s 1:31.520.
Defending Champion Jake Gagne was third with a 1:32.068 with his Fresh N Lean Progressive Yamaha fill-in teammate Josh Hayes was less than 0.1 second slower at 1:32.110.
Racers who will be competing in the Superbike Cup class of the Superbike races are practicing and qualifying in the Stock 1000 sessions.
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More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Championship leader Bulega sets the pace on Friday, Huertas trails closely
Championship leader Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it WorldSSP Racing Team) led both Free Practice sessions, finishing with a best lap time of 1’35.266s, asserting himself as the rider to beat. However, title contender Stefano Manzi (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha) faced setbacks as his quicker lap time, which would have placed him second, was deleted due to yellow flags, leaving him in seventh place. Adrian Huertas (MTM Kawasaki) continued his impressive form, securing the second position with a time of 1’35.483s, followed closely by Federico Caricasulo (Althea Racing Team) in third with a time of 1’35.517s.
Read the full report from Friday on worldsbk.com
P1 | Nicolo Bulega | Aruba.it Racing WorldSSP Team
“It was a good Friday, I’m feeling good with my bike. We started well, with a good feeling so I’m happy. We will try to improve tomorrow. We’ve been working for a week since Imola because there my feeling with the bike was different than usual. We tried to study and improve for this race. I was comfortable in both wet and dry conditions today, but I would prefer a dry race tomorrow.”
Wild card entry Rocco Landers topped MotoAmerica Supersport Free Practice One (FP1) Friday morning at Brainerd International Raceway, in Brainerd, Minnesota. Riding his Landers Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 for the first time in 2023, Landers covered the 2.5-mile course in a time of 1:34.721 to lead the 24-rider field.
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Rossi Moor turned the fastest lap time during MotoAmerica Junior Cup Free Practice One (FP1) Friday morning at Brainerd International Raceway, in Brainerd, Minnesota. Riding his Fairium NGRT – Gray Area KTM RC 8R, Moor lapped the 2.5-mile course in 1:44.236 to lead the field of 24 riders.
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Toprak Razgatlioglu led a tight WorldSBK Free Practice Two (FP2) Friday afternoon at Autodrom Most, in the Czech Republic. The Turkish rider did a lap time of 1:32.367 around the 2.6-mile (4.2 km) course on his Pata Yamaha Prometeon YZF-R1, which topped the field of 24 riders.
American Garrett Gerloff was 12th in the session with a 1:33.058 on his Bonovo Action BMW M 1000 RR, and the top 17 riders were within 1.078 second of Razgatlioglu’s fast time.
WSBK FP2
More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Razgatlioglu makes the most of WorldSBK Free Practice
Friday’s practice sessions for the Acerbis Czech Round saw Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK) shine at the top of the combined classification, showcasing his pace on a track where he has been successful before. The day was marked by intense competition with 15 riders covered by less than a second, making for tight battles on the circuit. The variable weather conditions, with a wet FP1 and a fully dry FP2, added an extra challenge for the riders, but they adapted swiftly to set competitive lap times.
The Turkish rider showcased his pace and momentum at the Autodrom Most, with his closest competitor being Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) in second place, just 0.012 seconds adrift. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) also impressed, securing the third spot, while Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) and Axel Bassani (Motocorsa Racing) completed the top five. Championship leader Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) faced challenges, finishing in sixth place, leaving him with work to do to close the gap on his title rival, Razgatlioglu.
Read the full report from Friday on worldsbk.com
Toprak Razgatlioglu dominates Friday’s practice at Most, setting the fastest time of 1’32.367s.
P1 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK
“First, I want to say that I’m very happy to come back to Most again as I like this track! The wet conditions weren’t so bad, I felt good with the bike and also confident. After, it was dry and I did one lap, but Scott did a very good job. In FP2, we were still working for a good setup on the bike as everyone uses the hard tyre, especially here. It doesn’t look bad, but we’re still working. In the wet, the feeling is better as I remember in FP3 two years ago, I felt good grip here immediately and today, I went fast straight away. After four years, I’m starting to feel confident! Both conditions are OK, no problem. The problem was in Turn 18 and Turn 19, as I was feeling the bike spinning a lot and the acceleration isn’t good. We’re still working to try and find a good setup. In the first two sectors, the corners are slower and I am strong, but in three and four… three isn’t bad but sector four, I’m very bad. We need to improve there because of the spinning and the acceleration, as the lap time isn’t coming. We’ll see tomorrow and I hope that we improve in the last sector. We did a good job through the rest of the lap, but the pace is going to be very important this weekend. My pace doesn’t look bad but if we improve in the final sector, it can be better than the others. I’m confident, feeling good but if we improve a little bit more, then we can feel much better but in general, right now, I’m happy for the first day.”
A strong debut weekend at Most, Remy Gardner secured second place in the combined standings.
Danilo Petrucci finished just over a tenth away from the top with a time of 1’32.471s.
Facing challenges at Most, Alvaro Bautista secures sixth place in Friday’s practice sessions.
CSBK announces revised 2023 schedule
Toronto, ON – The Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship has announced a revised schedule of events for rounds four and five of the season, after last week’s cancellation of round three at Atlantic Motorsport Park.
Severe rain and flooding forced the immediate cancellation of round three at AMP on Saturday Morning, July 22. This was the first time in the 43-year history of the national series that an event was cancelled due to weather, in what was an unprecedented period of rain for both CSBK and the province of Nova Scotia.
A return to AMP will unfortunately not be possible in 2023, with a focus turned towards returning to the east coast in 2024.
As for the remaining 2023 schedule, CSBK officials have announced the following changes in an effort to restore as many national races as possible, while fulfilling the TSN broadcast schedule, initially set for 21 episodes covering the three pro classes.
At round four, set for Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on August 18-20, the schedule will be amended to include one Friday make-up race for Liqui Moly Pro Sport Bike and Bickle Racing Pro Twins, using the official grid set for Atlantic Motorsport Park and available only to the entrants of round three.
This will be the only official make-up race to carry over from AMP, as this was the only qualifying session to run as scheduled in dry conditions in round three, with Sebastien Tremblay (Sport Bike) and Andrew Van Winkle (Twins) on pole.
The rest of the Liqui Moly Pro Sport Bike and Bickle Racing Pro Twins schedule will remain unaffected, with the initial commitment of ten national races now becoming nine.
In the feature GP Bikes Pro Superbike category, round four at CTMP will remain as scheduled, with a completely new race scheduled at the final round at Shannonville Motorsport Park on Friday, September 15.
This will make each of the final two rounds of Pro Superbike a tripleheader, resulting in their commitment of eleven national races becoming ten.
It will be the first time two tripleheaders have been held in the same season, and the first to be held outside of CTMP after the format was debuted in 2021.
As for the amateur ranks, the final round at Shannonville will now become a full doubleheader, adding one race to each of AIM Insurance Amateur Superbike and Scorpion EXO Amateur Sport Bike.
These two categories will now go from seven national races to six, while Super Sonic Race School Amateur Lightweight and EBC Brakes Lightweight Pro/Am will drop from ten scheduled races to eight.
More details regarding entry fee changes will be provided at a later date.
These amendments will see 19 of the scheduled 21 episodes fulfilled for TSN broadcast purposes with Pro Superbike (ten episodes) and Pro Sport Bike/Pro Twins (nine episodes) races.
The remaining two episodes will show CTMP race one of the Lightweight Pro/Am class (never before shown on TSN), and a Shannonville highlight show covering Amateur Superbike race one and Amateur Sport Bike race two (not shown on TSN since 2010).
CSBK officials would again like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding during this unprecedented situation.
Championship point leader Nicolo Bulega posted the best lap time during World Supersport Free Practice One (FP1) Friday morning at Autodrom Most, in the Czech Republic. Riding his factory Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V2, the Italian covered the 2.6-mile (4.2 km) track in 1:35.437 to top the field of 31 riders.
Former MotoAmerica regular Valentin Debise, riding his GMT94 Yamaha YZF-R6, was 11th in the session with a time of 1:36.639.
WSS FP1
Bobby Fong set the fastest lap time during MotoAmerica Mission King Of The Baggers Free Practice One (FP1) Friday at Brainerd International Raceway, in Brainerd, Minnesota. Riding his Sac Mile/SDI Racing/Roland Sands Design Indian Challenger, Fong covered the 2.5-mile course in 1:36.719 to top the field of 17 riders.
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Crystal Martinez was quickest during MotoAmerica Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. (BTR) Free Practice One (FP1) Friday morning at Brainerd International Raceway, in Brainerd, Minnesota. Riding her Royal Enfield Continental GT 650, Martinez navigated the 2.5-mile track in 1:58.682, which was 1.5 seconds better than the next-fastest rider.
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Minnesota native Kaleb De Keyrel gave the home fans something to get excited about when he led MotoAmerica Steel Commander Stock 1000 Free Practice One (FP1) Friday morning at Brainerd International Raceway, in Brainerd, Minnesota.
Riding his Orange Cat Racing BMW M 1000 RR, De Keyrel lapped the 2.5-mile course in 1:33.533 to lead the field of 27 entries.
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Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW teammates Cameron Beaubier and PJ Jacobsen finished first and second in MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike Free Practice One (FP1) Friday morning at Brainerd International Raceway, in Minnesota. Riding his M 1000 RR, five-time Champion Beaubier led the field with a 1:31.250, which was just quicker than Jacobsen’s 1:31.520.
Defending Champion Jake Gagne was third with a 1:32.068 with his Fresh N Lean Progressive Yamaha fill-in teammate Josh Hayes was less than 0.1 second slower at 1:32.110.
Racers who will be competing in the Superbike Cup class of the Superbike races are practicing and qualifying in the Stock 1000 sessions.
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More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Championship leader Bulega sets the pace on Friday, Huertas trails closely
Championship leader Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it WorldSSP Racing Team) led both Free Practice sessions, finishing with a best lap time of 1’35.266s, asserting himself as the rider to beat. However, title contender Stefano Manzi (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha) faced setbacks as his quicker lap time, which would have placed him second, was deleted due to yellow flags, leaving him in seventh place. Adrian Huertas (MTM Kawasaki) continued his impressive form, securing the second position with a time of 1’35.483s, followed closely by Federico Caricasulo (Althea Racing Team) in third with a time of 1’35.517s.
Read the full report from Friday on worldsbk.com
P1 | Nicolo Bulega | Aruba.it Racing WorldSSP Team
“It was a good Friday, I’m feeling good with my bike. We started well, with a good feeling so I’m happy. We will try to improve tomorrow. We’ve been working for a week since Imola because there my feeling with the bike was different than usual. We tried to study and improve for this race. I was comfortable in both wet and dry conditions today, but I would prefer a dry race tomorrow.”
Wild card entry Rocco Landers topped MotoAmerica Supersport Free Practice One (FP1) Friday morning at Brainerd International Raceway, in Brainerd, Minnesota. Riding his Landers Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 for the first time in 2023, Landers covered the 2.5-mile course in a time of 1:34.721 to lead the 24-rider field.
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Rossi Moor turned the fastest lap time during MotoAmerica Junior Cup Free Practice One (FP1) Friday morning at Brainerd International Raceway, in Brainerd, Minnesota. Riding his Fairium NGRT – Gray Area KTM RC 8R, Moor lapped the 2.5-mile course in 1:44.236 to lead the field of 24 riders.
23_9_BIR_JRC_P1_res
Toprak Razgatlioglu led a tight WorldSBK Free Practice Two (FP2) Friday afternoon at Autodrom Most, in the Czech Republic. The Turkish rider did a lap time of 1:32.367 around the 2.6-mile (4.2 km) course on his Pata Yamaha Prometeon YZF-R1, which topped the field of 24 riders.
American Garrett Gerloff was 12th in the session with a 1:33.058 on his Bonovo Action BMW M 1000 RR, and the top 17 riders were within 1.078 second of Razgatlioglu’s fast time.
WSBK FP2
More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Razgatlioglu makes the most of WorldSBK Free Practice
Friday’s practice sessions for the Acerbis Czech Round saw Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK) shine at the top of the combined classification, showcasing his pace on a track where he has been successful before. The day was marked by intense competition with 15 riders covered by less than a second, making for tight battles on the circuit. The variable weather conditions, with a wet FP1 and a fully dry FP2, added an extra challenge for the riders, but they adapted swiftly to set competitive lap times.
The Turkish rider showcased his pace and momentum at the Autodrom Most, with his closest competitor being Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) in second place, just 0.012 seconds adrift. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) also impressed, securing the third spot, while Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) and Axel Bassani (Motocorsa Racing) completed the top five. Championship leader Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) faced challenges, finishing in sixth place, leaving him with work to do to close the gap on his title rival, Razgatlioglu.
Read the full report from Friday on worldsbk.com
Toprak Razgatlioglu dominates Friday’s practice at Most, setting the fastest time of 1’32.367s.
P1 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK
“First, I want to say that I’m very happy to come back to Most again as I like this track! The wet conditions weren’t so bad, I felt good with the bike and also confident. After, it was dry and I did one lap, but Scott did a very good job. In FP2, we were still working for a good setup on the bike as everyone uses the hard tyre, especially here. It doesn’t look bad, but we’re still working. In the wet, the feeling is better as I remember in FP3 two years ago, I felt good grip here immediately and today, I went fast straight away. After four years, I’m starting to feel confident! Both conditions are OK, no problem. The problem was in Turn 18 and Turn 19, as I was feeling the bike spinning a lot and the acceleration isn’t good. We’re still working to try and find a good setup. In the first two sectors, the corners are slower and I am strong, but in three and four… three isn’t bad but sector four, I’m very bad. We need to improve there because of the spinning and the acceleration, as the lap time isn’t coming. We’ll see tomorrow and I hope that we improve in the last sector. We did a good job through the rest of the lap, but the pace is going to be very important this weekend. My pace doesn’t look bad but if we improve in the final sector, it can be better than the others. I’m confident, feeling good but if we improve a little bit more, then we can feel much better but in general, right now, I’m happy for the first day.”
A strong debut weekend at Most, Remy Gardner secured second place in the combined standings.
Danilo Petrucci finished just over a tenth away from the top with a time of 1’32.471s.
Facing challenges at Most, Alvaro Bautista secures sixth place in Friday’s practice sessions.
CSBK announces revised 2023 schedule
Toronto, ON – The Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship has announced a revised schedule of events for rounds four and five of the season, after last week’s cancellation of round three at Atlantic Motorsport Park.
Severe rain and flooding forced the immediate cancellation of round three at AMP on Saturday Morning, July 22. This was the first time in the 43-year history of the national series that an event was cancelled due to weather, in what was an unprecedented period of rain for both CSBK and the province of Nova Scotia.
A return to AMP will unfortunately not be possible in 2023, with a focus turned towards returning to the east coast in 2024.
As for the remaining 2023 schedule, CSBK officials have announced the following changes in an effort to restore as many national races as possible, while fulfilling the TSN broadcast schedule, initially set for 21 episodes covering the three pro classes.
At round four, set for Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on August 18-20, the schedule will be amended to include one Friday make-up race for Liqui Moly Pro Sport Bike and Bickle Racing Pro Twins, using the official grid set for Atlantic Motorsport Park and available only to the entrants of round three.
This will be the only official make-up race to carry over from AMP, as this was the only qualifying session to run as scheduled in dry conditions in round three, with Sebastien Tremblay (Sport Bike) and Andrew Van Winkle (Twins) on pole.
The rest of the Liqui Moly Pro Sport Bike and Bickle Racing Pro Twins schedule will remain unaffected, with the initial commitment of ten national races now becoming nine.
In the feature GP Bikes Pro Superbike category, round four at CTMP will remain as scheduled, with a completely new race scheduled at the final round at Shannonville Motorsport Park on Friday, September 15.
This will make each of the final two rounds of Pro Superbike a tripleheader, resulting in their commitment of eleven national races becoming ten.
It will be the first time two tripleheaders have been held in the same season, and the first to be held outside of CTMP after the format was debuted in 2021.
As for the amateur ranks, the final round at Shannonville will now become a full doubleheader, adding one race to each of AIM Insurance Amateur Superbike and Scorpion EXO Amateur Sport Bike.
These two categories will now go from seven national races to six, while Super Sonic Race School Amateur Lightweight and EBC Brakes Lightweight Pro/Am will drop from ten scheduled races to eight.
More details regarding entry fee changes will be provided at a later date.
These amendments will see 19 of the scheduled 21 episodes fulfilled for TSN broadcast purposes with Pro Superbike (ten episodes) and Pro Sport Bike/Pro Twins (nine episodes) races.
The remaining two episodes will show CTMP race one of the Lightweight Pro/Am class (never before shown on TSN), and a Shannonville highlight show covering Amateur Superbike race one and Amateur Sport Bike race two (not shown on TSN since 2010).
CSBK officials would again like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding during this unprecedented situation.
Championship point leader Nicolo Bulega posted the best lap time during World Supersport Free Practice One (FP1) Friday morning at Autodrom Most, in the Czech Republic. Riding his factory Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V2, the Italian covered the 2.6-mile (4.2 km) track in 1:35.437 to top the field of 31 riders.
Former MotoAmerica regular Valentin Debise, riding his GMT94 Yamaha YZF-R6, was 11th in the session with a time of 1:36.639.
WSS FP1
