Rocco Landers claimed pole position during MotoAmerica REV’IT! Twins Cup qualifying at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Riding his Robem Engineering Aprilia RS 660, Landers topped the 32-rider field with the 1:30.741 lap time he did on Friday afternoon.
Rodio Racing – Powered by Robem Engineering Aprilia rider Gus Rodio improved his time from Friday (1:31.266) during Saturday morning’s chilly Qualifying Two (Q2) session (1:30.878) but had to settle for P2 on the grid.
Team Iso Yamaha’s Dominic Doyle made a huge improvement in his lap time, going from 1:33.379 on Friday to 1:31.857 on Saturday, and secured the third and final spot on the front row of the grid.
Jeremy McWilliams snagged pole position during MotoAmerica Mission Super Hooligan qualifying Saturday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Riding his Progressive Insurance/Mission Foods Indian FTR 1200, McWilliams did a 1:30.265 to lead the 19-rider field in Qualifying Two (Q2) in chilly conditions Saturday morning. That was not as quick as the Ulsterman went Friday, 1:29.298, which held up to get him pole position for both of this weekend’s race.
Andy DiBrino will start second on his DiBrino Racing KTM 890 Duke R based on the 1:30.225 he did on Friday. McWilliams’ teammate, defending Champion Tyler O’Hara went quicker Saturday (1:30.501) than he did Friday (1:30.661) and he will start from the the third and final spot on the front row of the grid.
Veteran Superbike racer Larry Pegram, age 50, who is filling in for Bobby Fong on the Roland Sands Design (RSD) Indian FTR 1200, qualified fourth with a 1:31.323.
Jason O’Halloran earned pole position during Bennetts British Superbike qualifying Saturday morning at the Snetterton Circuit, in England. Riding his McAMS Yamaha YZF-R1, O’Halloran lapped the 3.0-mile circuit in 1:47.111.
Glenn Irwin was second-fastest with a 1:47.373 on his BeerMonster Ducati Panigale V4 R, and O’Halloran’s new teammate Tito Rabat claimed the third grid spot with a time of 1:47.456.
Americans Julian Correa and Eli Banish finished third and 22nd, respectively, in R&G British Talent Cup Race One Saturday at Snetterton Circuit, in England.
Evan Belford won the 12-lap race by 7.937 seconds over Amanuel Brinton. Correa was 4.2 seconds behind Brinton and edged out fourth-place Harley McCabe by just 0.001 second.
Former MotoGP star Jeremy McWilliams took provisional pole during MotoAmerica Mission Super Hooligan Qualifying One (Q1) Friday afternoon at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
Riding his Progressive Insurance/Mission Foods Indian FTR 1200, McWilliams circulated the 2.2-mile road course in 1:29.298 to lead the 18-rider field of water-cooled machines.
Jesse Davis, riding his 1982 Yamaha XV920 vintage road racer, led the 26-entry air-cooled class with a lap time of 1:38.499.
Kyle Wyman earned provisional pole position during MotoAmerica Mission King Of The Baggers Qualifying One (Q1) Friday afternoon at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Riding his Screamin’ Eagle Harley-Davidson Road Glide, Wyman turned a lap time of 1:28.586, eclipsing the new All-Time Lap Record that Hayden Gillim did in Free Practice One, 1:29.370.
Gillim improved his own lap time in Q1, but the 1:29.009 he did on his Vance & Hines/Mission Foods Harley-Davidson was only good enough for second.
Tyler O’Hara, the defending Champion, got the third and final spot on the provisional front row with a time of 1:29.202 on his Progressive Insurance/Mission Foods Indian Challenger.
Rocco Landers earned provisional pole position during MotoAmerica REV’IT! Twins Cup Qualifying One (Q1) Friday afternoon at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Riding his Robem Engineering Aprilia RS 660, Landers lapped the newly repaved circuit in 1:30.741 to lead the field of 32 riders.
Gus Rodio was second-fastest with a 1:31.266 on his Rodio Racing – Powered By Robem Engineering Aprilia RS 660, and Kayla Yaakov earned the third and final spot on the provisional front row with a time of 1:32.591 on her The WagBar MP13 Racing Yamaha YZF-R7.
Cameron Beaubier earned provisional pole position during MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike Qualifying One (Q1) Friday afternoon at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Riding his Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW M 1000 RR, Beaubier lapped the recently repaved 2.2-mile, 11-turn course in 1:23.489, which is very close to the fastest race lap from 2022, Jake Gagne’s 1:23.443.
Second-best in the session was Beaubier’s teammate PJ Jacobsen, who did a 1:23.833, and Richie Escalante earned the third and final spot on the provisional front row with a time of 1:23.856 on his Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R1000R.
The 40-minute session was cut short by four minutes when Mathew Scholtz pulled his smoking Westby Racing Yamaha off to the side of the front straightaway, bringing out the red flag.
Beaubier Top Dog On Ultra-Close Day One At WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
Seven Riders On The Same Second In Medallia Superbike Q1
Cameron Beaubier led Friday’s Medallia Superbike Q1 session at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.
MONTEREY, CA (July 7, 2023) – Six of the Medallia Superbike riders are within a second of provisional pole man Cameron Beaubier after the first of two qualifying sessions at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on Friday afternoon, throwing doubt into tomorrow’s first of three races on the newly repaved racetrack on the Monterey Peninsula.
Beaubier’s best lap was his eighth on a chilly and breezy Friday afternoon, the five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion lapping at 1:23.489 to top his Tytlers Cycle Racing teammate PJ Jacobsen by .344 of a second. Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante was fast all day and that didn’t stop in Q1 as he sped to a 1:23.856 to land on the provisional front row. Escalante was the final rider to circulate in the 1:23s.
Westby Racing’s Mathew Scholtz was fourth fastest, .682 of a second off Beaubier’s best and just .012 of a second ahead of Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati Racing’s Josh Herrin.
Championship leader Jake Gagne not on the provisional front row is a surprise. Gagne barely making it on the second row is downright shocking, but that’s where he ended up on the session that was shortened by some five minutes with a red flag.
Gagne’s Fresh N Lean Progressive Yamaha Racing teammate Cameron Petersen ended the session in seventh and the last rider on the same second as Beaubier.
Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Brandon Paasch completed his first Q1 session on the team’s second GSX-R1000R in eighth, the youngster adapting quickly to the Superbike left vacated by Toni Elias’ surprise retirement.
Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Corey Alexander and Disrupt Racing’s Hayden Gillim rounded out the top 10.
Supersport – La Mesa
Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Stefano Mesa led Friday’s Supersport Q1 session with his 1:27.577 lap besting Squid Hunter Racing’s Josh Hayes by just .240 of a second to earn the Floridian provisional pole position.
The provisional front row was completed by Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott with the youngster lapping at 1:28.053, which was just a tick quicker than North East Cycle Outlet Racing’s Anthony Mazziotto.
Scott’s teammate Teagg Hobbs ended the session fifth-fastest with Xavi Fores sixth, the championship leader (with seven straight wins) just over a second off Mesa. Fores had the first crash of his rookie MotoAmerica season on Thursday and was struggling with front-end grip and a lack of confidence.
REV’IT Twins Cup – Landers Time
Robem Engineering’s Rocco Landers led the way in the REV’IT! Twins Cup Q1 session at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on Friday with the 2021 Twins Cup Champion lapping at 1:30.741 to better Rodio Racing – Powered By Robem Engineering’s Gus Rodio by half a second.
The WagBar MP13 Racing Team’s Kayla Yaakov ended the day third fastest, 1.8 seconds behind Landers’ best and just .005 of a second ahead of Cycle Tech’s Hayden Schultz. Trackday Winner/Blackmon Racing’s Jackson Blackmon rounded out the top five.
Mission King Of The Baggers – Wyman On Top
H-D Screamin’ Eagle’s Kyle Wyman was the King of Friday’s Q1 session in the Mission King Of The Baggers class as the 2021 class champion lapped at 1:28.586 to top the timesheets.
Vance & Hines/Mission/Harley-Davidson’s Hayden Gillim was second fastest and just .423 of a second slower than Wyman. The provisional front row was filled by Indian Motorcycle/Progressive/Mission Foods-backed Tyler O’Hara with the defending Mission King Of The Baggers Champion .616 of a second off Wyman’s best.
Gillim’s teammate James Rispoli, meanwhile, was fourth with Roland Sands Design/Indian Motorcycle’s Kyle Ohnsorg rounding out the top five.
Mission Super Hooligan National Championship – McWilliams!
Indian Motorcycle/Progressive/Mission Foods’ Jeremy McWiliams had his first Mission Super Hooligan National Championship win taken away from him two weeks ago at Ridge Motorsports Park when he and teammate Tyler O’Hara were protested and ultimately DQ’d for a technical infraction.
Judging by his performance in Friday’s Q1 session, it might not be a good idea to make McWilliams angry as the Northern Irelander put a whuppin’ on the rest of the field with his 1:29.298 almost a second quicker than DiBrino Racing KTM’s Andy DiBrino.
O’Hara ended the session third fastest and 1.3 seconds slower than his teammate McWilliams.
Former Superbike race winner Larry Pegram made his Super Hooligan debut a good one as he rode his Roland Sands Design/Indian Motorcycle FTR1200 to the fourth fastest time in his first race of any kind in 2023. Team Saddlemen’s Cory West was fifth fastest on his Harley-Davidson Pan America.
More, from a press release issued by Ducati:
Herrin and Forés Battle on at Laguna Seca
Sunnyvale, Calif., July 7, 2023 — Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC duo Josh Herrin and Xavi Forés enjoyed mixed fortunes as MotoAmerica made its only California stop on the 2023 tour.
It was a positive day for Herrin as the Californian resident put a small crash behind him at the beginning of the second session to crank out 16 laps of the 2.23 mile venue, finishing the day a positive fifth place despite the second session being red flagged.
For Forés, the Spanish star endured a tough MotoAmerica baptism of Laguna Seca. After a crash during the Thursday tire test, Forés was determined to put in 11 laps on the Panigale V2 as the team attempts to sort out front-end issues surrounding the quick release system that must be run for the long distance Supersport race.
Despite this, Forés is in a positive mood as he attempts to keep his undefeated win streak going at a venue he’s fared well at in the past during his WorldSBK days.
Superbike Qualifying 1 Results – Top 5
P1 – Cameron Beaubier (BMW) 1:23.489
P2 – PJ Jacobsen (BMW) 1:23.833
P3 – Richie Escalante (Suzuki) 1:23.856
P4 – Mathew Scholtz (Yamaha) 1:24.171
P5 – Josh Herrin (Ducati) 1:24.183
Supersport Qualifying 1 Results – Top 5
P1 – Stefano Mesa (Kawasaki) 1:27.577
P2 – Josh Hayes (Yamaha) 1:27.817
P3 – Tyler Scott (Suzuki) 1:28.053
P4 – Anthony Mazziotto (Yamaha) 1:28.070
P5 – Teagg Hobbs (Suzuki) 1:28.206
P6 – Xavi Forés (Ducati) 1:28.664
Xavi Fores (12). Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy Ducati.
Xavi Forés (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC – #12)
“It was tough today,” Forés said. “Not because in terms of position, but I didn’t feel great with the bike. I’m missing the connection with the front-end, so it’s hard to hold the brake in the last part of the turn and even when I carry the corner speed, we are losing the front. It’s a similar problem we had in Barber because we used a different fork which I think is a bit longer for the quick-change tire, so possibly it’s something related to that. We need to work on this because we must use this fork for the long race. But the pace was ok. Low ’28s is good on used tires and we have two sets for the second qualifying to use so we will be ready.”
Josh Herrin (2). Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy Ducati.
Josh Herrin (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC– #2)
“Today was really good,” Herrin started. “I’m happy with how it went. In the first session, I got up to speed really quickly, but in the second session, I ran into the gravel at turn one and tipped over. It took a couple of laps to get the confidence back in the tires again because it took about two minutes to get the bike sorted so the tires lost a lot of temperature.
Once I was up to speed, things started to go good. Cameron (Beaubier) threw down a great lap time so I knew we needed to go quicker, but I spent about 13 laps just doing a race simulation. Then I went out on a second set of tires and had my best first split time, but then the session was red flagged. We left a lot on the table but it’s good to know we have the pace to run at the front.”
Saturday is a big day as on track action commences at 8:30 am with Forés taking to the track for Qualifying 2 at 9:50 am. Herrin will hit the blacktop for Superbike Qualifying 2 at 10:35 am. The first of three Superbike races will commence at 2:10 pm with the single long distance Supersport race of 38 laps scheduled for 5:00 pm PST.
Stefano Mesa earned provisional pole position during MotoAmerica Supersport Qualifying One (Q1) Friday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Riding his Tytlers Cycle Racing Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R, Mesa navigated the recently repaved 2.2-mile course in 1:27.577.
Josh Hayes was the best of the rest with a 1:27.817 on his Squid Hunter Racing Yamaha YZF-R6, which has not yet been equipped with the recently legalized cylinder head modifications.
Tyler Scott earned the third and final spot on the provisional front row with a time of 1:28.053 on his Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R750.
The top five riders were separated by just 0.629 second.
Hayden Gillim crashed during MotoAmerica Mission King Of The Baggers Free Practice One (FP1) at recently repaved WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, but the Kentuckian still came away with a new All-Time Lap Record for the class.
Riding his Vance & Hines/Mission Harley-Davidson Road Glide, Gillim turned a 1:29.370, which surpassed Kyle Wyman’s All-Time (and Race) Lap Record of 1:29.486, which he recorded during the King Of The Baggers race in 2022.
On the very next lap, Gillim lowsided in the final corner. He remounted his machine and continued, but Gillim was unable to improve on his best lap time.
Wyman was second-best in the session with a 1:29.824 on his Screamin’ Eagle Harley-Davidson Road Glide, while Tyler O’Hara was third-fastest with a time of 1:29.995 on his Progressive Insurance/Mission Foods Indian Challenger.
Rocco Landers claimed pole position during MotoAmerica REV’IT! Twins Cup qualifying at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Riding his Robem Engineering Aprilia RS 660, Landers topped the 32-rider field with the 1:30.741 lap time he did on Friday afternoon.
Rodio Racing – Powered by Robem Engineering Aprilia rider Gus Rodio improved his time from Friday (1:31.266) during Saturday morning’s chilly Qualifying Two (Q2) session (1:30.878) but had to settle for P2 on the grid.
Team Iso Yamaha’s Dominic Doyle made a huge improvement in his lap time, going from 1:33.379 on Friday to 1:31.857 on Saturday, and secured the third and final spot on the front row of the grid.
Jeremy McWilliams snagged pole position during MotoAmerica Mission Super Hooligan qualifying Saturday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Riding his Progressive Insurance/Mission Foods Indian FTR 1200, McWilliams did a 1:30.265 to lead the 19-rider field in Qualifying Two (Q2) in chilly conditions Saturday morning. That was not as quick as the Ulsterman went Friday, 1:29.298, which held up to get him pole position for both of this weekend’s race.
Andy DiBrino will start second on his DiBrino Racing KTM 890 Duke R based on the 1:30.225 he did on Friday. McWilliams’ teammate, defending Champion Tyler O’Hara went quicker Saturday (1:30.501) than he did Friday (1:30.661) and he will start from the the third and final spot on the front row of the grid.
Veteran Superbike racer Larry Pegram, age 50, who is filling in for Bobby Fong on the Roland Sands Design (RSD) Indian FTR 1200, qualified fourth with a 1:31.323.
Jason O’Halloran earned pole position during Bennetts British Superbike qualifying Saturday morning at the Snetterton Circuit, in England. Riding his McAMS Yamaha YZF-R1, O’Halloran lapped the 3.0-mile circuit in 1:47.111.
Glenn Irwin was second-fastest with a 1:47.373 on his BeerMonster Ducati Panigale V4 R, and O’Halloran’s new teammate Tito Rabat claimed the third grid spot with a time of 1:47.456.
Julian Correa (40). Photo by Michael Hallam Photography, courtesy Michael Correa.
Americans Julian Correa and Eli Banish finished third and 22nd, respectively, in R&G British Talent Cup Race One Saturday at Snetterton Circuit, in England.
Evan Belford won the 12-lap race by 7.937 seconds over Amanuel Brinton. Correa was 4.2 seconds behind Brinton and edged out fourth-place Harley McCabe by just 0.001 second.
Former MotoGP star Jeremy McWilliams took provisional pole during MotoAmerica Mission Super Hooligan Qualifying One (Q1) Friday afternoon at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
Riding his Progressive Insurance/Mission Foods Indian FTR 1200, McWilliams circulated the 2.2-mile road course in 1:29.298 to lead the 18-rider field of water-cooled machines.
Jesse Davis, riding his 1982 Yamaha XV920 vintage road racer, led the 26-entry air-cooled class with a lap time of 1:38.499.
Kyle Wyman earned provisional pole position during MotoAmerica Mission King Of The Baggers Qualifying One (Q1) Friday afternoon at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Riding his Screamin’ Eagle Harley-Davidson Road Glide, Wyman turned a lap time of 1:28.586, eclipsing the new All-Time Lap Record that Hayden Gillim did in Free Practice One, 1:29.370.
Gillim improved his own lap time in Q1, but the 1:29.009 he did on his Vance & Hines/Mission Foods Harley-Davidson was only good enough for second.
Tyler O’Hara, the defending Champion, got the third and final spot on the provisional front row with a time of 1:29.202 on his Progressive Insurance/Mission Foods Indian Challenger.
Rocco Landers earned provisional pole position during MotoAmerica REV’IT! Twins Cup Qualifying One (Q1) Friday afternoon at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Riding his Robem Engineering Aprilia RS 660, Landers lapped the newly repaved circuit in 1:30.741 to lead the field of 32 riders.
Gus Rodio was second-fastest with a 1:31.266 on his Rodio Racing – Powered By Robem Engineering Aprilia RS 660, and Kayla Yaakov earned the third and final spot on the provisional front row with a time of 1:32.591 on her The WagBar MP13 Racing Yamaha YZF-R7.
Cameron Beaubier (6) and Richie Escalante (54) were first and third, respectively, in MotoAmerica Superbike Q1 at Laguna Seca. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.
KurveyGirl.com brings you the results of this weekend’s events.
Cameron Beaubier earned provisional pole position during MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike Qualifying One (Q1) Friday afternoon at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Riding his Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW M 1000 RR, Beaubier lapped the recently repaved 2.2-mile, 11-turn course in 1:23.489, which is very close to the fastest race lap from 2022, Jake Gagne’s 1:23.443.
Second-best in the session was Beaubier’s teammate PJ Jacobsen, who did a 1:23.833, and Richie Escalante earned the third and final spot on the provisional front row with a time of 1:23.856 on his Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R1000R.
The 40-minute session was cut short by four minutes when Mathew Scholtz pulled his smoking Westby Racing Yamaha off to the side of the front straightaway, bringing out the red flag.
Beaubier Top Dog On Ultra-Close Day One At WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
Seven Riders On The Same Second In Medallia Superbike Q1
Cameron Beaubier led Friday’s Medallia Superbike Q1 session at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.
MONTEREY, CA (July 7, 2023) – Six of the Medallia Superbike riders are within a second of provisional pole man Cameron Beaubier after the first of two qualifying sessions at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on Friday afternoon, throwing doubt into tomorrow’s first of three races on the newly repaved racetrack on the Monterey Peninsula.
Beaubier’s best lap was his eighth on a chilly and breezy Friday afternoon, the five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion lapping at 1:23.489 to top his Tytlers Cycle Racing teammate PJ Jacobsen by .344 of a second. Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante was fast all day and that didn’t stop in Q1 as he sped to a 1:23.856 to land on the provisional front row. Escalante was the final rider to circulate in the 1:23s.
Westby Racing’s Mathew Scholtz was fourth fastest, .682 of a second off Beaubier’s best and just .012 of a second ahead of Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati Racing’s Josh Herrin.
Championship leader Jake Gagne not on the provisional front row is a surprise. Gagne barely making it on the second row is downright shocking, but that’s where he ended up on the session that was shortened by some five minutes with a red flag.
Gagne’s Fresh N Lean Progressive Yamaha Racing teammate Cameron Petersen ended the session in seventh and the last rider on the same second as Beaubier.
Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Brandon Paasch completed his first Q1 session on the team’s second GSX-R1000R in eighth, the youngster adapting quickly to the Superbike left vacated by Toni Elias’ surprise retirement.
Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Corey Alexander and Disrupt Racing’s Hayden Gillim rounded out the top 10.
Supersport – La Mesa
Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Stefano Mesa led Friday’s Supersport Q1 session with his 1:27.577 lap besting Squid Hunter Racing’s Josh Hayes by just .240 of a second to earn the Floridian provisional pole position.
The provisional front row was completed by Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott with the youngster lapping at 1:28.053, which was just a tick quicker than North East Cycle Outlet Racing’s Anthony Mazziotto.
Scott’s teammate Teagg Hobbs ended the session fifth-fastest with Xavi Fores sixth, the championship leader (with seven straight wins) just over a second off Mesa. Fores had the first crash of his rookie MotoAmerica season on Thursday and was struggling with front-end grip and a lack of confidence.
REV’IT Twins Cup – Landers Time
Robem Engineering’s Rocco Landers led the way in the REV’IT! Twins Cup Q1 session at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on Friday with the 2021 Twins Cup Champion lapping at 1:30.741 to better Rodio Racing – Powered By Robem Engineering’s Gus Rodio by half a second.
The WagBar MP13 Racing Team’s Kayla Yaakov ended the day third fastest, 1.8 seconds behind Landers’ best and just .005 of a second ahead of Cycle Tech’s Hayden Schultz. Trackday Winner/Blackmon Racing’s Jackson Blackmon rounded out the top five.
Mission King Of The Baggers – Wyman On Top
H-D Screamin’ Eagle’s Kyle Wyman was the King of Friday’s Q1 session in the Mission King Of The Baggers class as the 2021 class champion lapped at 1:28.586 to top the timesheets.
Vance & Hines/Mission/Harley-Davidson’s Hayden Gillim was second fastest and just .423 of a second slower than Wyman. The provisional front row was filled by Indian Motorcycle/Progressive/Mission Foods-backed Tyler O’Hara with the defending Mission King Of The Baggers Champion .616 of a second off Wyman’s best.
Gillim’s teammate James Rispoli, meanwhile, was fourth with Roland Sands Design/Indian Motorcycle’s Kyle Ohnsorg rounding out the top five.
Mission Super Hooligan National Championship – McWilliams!
Indian Motorcycle/Progressive/Mission Foods’ Jeremy McWiliams had his first Mission Super Hooligan National Championship win taken away from him two weeks ago at Ridge Motorsports Park when he and teammate Tyler O’Hara were protested and ultimately DQ’d for a technical infraction.
Judging by his performance in Friday’s Q1 session, it might not be a good idea to make McWilliams angry as the Northern Irelander put a whuppin’ on the rest of the field with his 1:29.298 almost a second quicker than DiBrino Racing KTM’s Andy DiBrino.
O’Hara ended the session third fastest and 1.3 seconds slower than his teammate McWilliams.
Former Superbike race winner Larry Pegram made his Super Hooligan debut a good one as he rode his Roland Sands Design/Indian Motorcycle FTR1200 to the fourth fastest time in his first race of any kind in 2023. Team Saddlemen’s Cory West was fifth fastest on his Harley-Davidson Pan America.
More, from a press release issued by Ducati:
Herrin and Forés Battle on at Laguna Seca
Sunnyvale, Calif., July 7, 2023 — Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC duo Josh Herrin and Xavi Forés enjoyed mixed fortunes as MotoAmerica made its only California stop on the 2023 tour.
It was a positive day for Herrin as the Californian resident put a small crash behind him at the beginning of the second session to crank out 16 laps of the 2.23 mile venue, finishing the day a positive fifth place despite the second session being red flagged.
For Forés, the Spanish star endured a tough MotoAmerica baptism of Laguna Seca. After a crash during the Thursday tire test, Forés was determined to put in 11 laps on the Panigale V2 as the team attempts to sort out front-end issues surrounding the quick release system that must be run for the long distance Supersport race.
Despite this, Forés is in a positive mood as he attempts to keep his undefeated win streak going at a venue he’s fared well at in the past during his WorldSBK days.
Superbike Qualifying 1 Results – Top 5
P1 – Cameron Beaubier (BMW) 1:23.489
P2 – PJ Jacobsen (BMW) 1:23.833
P3 – Richie Escalante (Suzuki) 1:23.856
P4 – Mathew Scholtz (Yamaha) 1:24.171
P5 – Josh Herrin (Ducati) 1:24.183
Supersport Qualifying 1 Results – Top 5
P1 – Stefano Mesa (Kawasaki) 1:27.577
P2 – Josh Hayes (Yamaha) 1:27.817
P3 – Tyler Scott (Suzuki) 1:28.053
P4 – Anthony Mazziotto (Yamaha) 1:28.070
P5 – Teagg Hobbs (Suzuki) 1:28.206
P6 – Xavi Forés (Ducati) 1:28.664
Xavi Fores (12). Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy Ducati.
Xavi Forés (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC – #12)
“It was tough today,” Forés said. “Not because in terms of position, but I didn’t feel great with the bike. I’m missing the connection with the front-end, so it’s hard to hold the brake in the last part of the turn and even when I carry the corner speed, we are losing the front. It’s a similar problem we had in Barber because we used a different fork which I think is a bit longer for the quick-change tire, so possibly it’s something related to that. We need to work on this because we must use this fork for the long race. But the pace was ok. Low ’28s is good on used tires and we have two sets for the second qualifying to use so we will be ready.”
Josh Herrin (2). Photo by Brian J. Nelson, courtesy Ducati.
Josh Herrin (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC– #2)
“Today was really good,” Herrin started. “I’m happy with how it went. In the first session, I got up to speed really quickly, but in the second session, I ran into the gravel at turn one and tipped over. It took a couple of laps to get the confidence back in the tires again because it took about two minutes to get the bike sorted so the tires lost a lot of temperature.
Once I was up to speed, things started to go good. Cameron (Beaubier) threw down a great lap time so I knew we needed to go quicker, but I spent about 13 laps just doing a race simulation. Then I went out on a second set of tires and had my best first split time, but then the session was red flagged. We left a lot on the table but it’s good to know we have the pace to run at the front.”
Saturday is a big day as on track action commences at 8:30 am with Forés taking to the track for Qualifying 2 at 9:50 am. Herrin will hit the blacktop for Superbike Qualifying 2 at 10:35 am. The first of three Superbike races will commence at 2:10 pm with the single long distance Supersport race of 38 laps scheduled for 5:00 pm PST.
Stefano Mesa earned provisional pole position during MotoAmerica Supersport Qualifying One (Q1) Friday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Riding his Tytlers Cycle Racing Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R, Mesa navigated the recently repaved 2.2-mile course in 1:27.577.
Josh Hayes was the best of the rest with a 1:27.817 on his Squid Hunter Racing Yamaha YZF-R6, which has not yet been equipped with the recently legalized cylinder head modifications.
Tyler Scott earned the third and final spot on the provisional front row with a time of 1:28.053 on his Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R750.
The top five riders were separated by just 0.629 second.
Hayden Gillim crashed during MotoAmerica Mission King Of The Baggers Free Practice One (FP1) at recently repaved WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, but the Kentuckian still came away with a new All-Time Lap Record for the class.
Riding his Vance & Hines/Mission Harley-Davidson Road Glide, Gillim turned a 1:29.370, which surpassed Kyle Wyman’s All-Time (and Race) Lap Record of 1:29.486, which he recorded during the King Of The Baggers race in 2022.
On the very next lap, Gillim lowsided in the final corner. He remounted his machine and continued, but Gillim was unable to improve on his best lap time.
Wyman was second-best in the session with a 1:29.824 on his Screamin’ Eagle Harley-Davidson Road Glide, while Tyler O’Hara was third-fastest with a time of 1:29.995 on his Progressive Insurance/Mission Foods Indian Challenger.
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Accessibility
Accessibility modes
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Dampens color and removes blinks
This mode enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
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Improves website's visuals
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Line Height
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Letter Spacing
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www.roadracingworld.com
April 12, 2026
Compliance status
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience,
regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level.
These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible
to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific
disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML,
adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Screen-reader and keyboard navigation
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with
screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive
a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements,
alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website.
In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels;
descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups),
and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag
for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology.
To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on
as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Disability profiles supported in our website
Epilepsy Safe Mode: this profile enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
Visually Impaired Mode: this mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
Cognitive Disability Mode: this mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
ADHD Friendly Mode: this mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
Blindness Mode: this mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.
Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Additional UI, design, and readability adjustments
Font adjustments – users, can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more.
Color adjustments – users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds, with over seven different coloring options.
Animations – person with epilepsy can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.
Content highlighting – users can choose to emphasize important elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight focused or hovered elements only.
Audio muting – users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly.
Cognitive disorders – we utilize a search engine that is linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.
Additional functions – we provide users the option to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and many other functions.
Browser and assistive technology compatibility
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Notes, comments, and feedback
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to
