The green Road America circuit, located north of Milwaukee, is not known to be easy to learn with its vertical drop, long straight line, changes in asphalt and very diverse turns.
Dating back to 1955, the American track was all the less adherent as the hot weather awaited the participants in the third meeting of the MotoAmerica Superbike season.
At the end of the qualifications, we found the two Yamaha riders of the Fresh N ‘Lean Attack Performance Yamaha, Jake Gagne and Josh Herrin, in front of the two drivers of the M4 ECSTAR Suzuki team, Bobby Fong and Cameron Petersen.
Loris Baz then placed his Panigale of the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York but conceded 1.8 seconds to the leader of the championship, thus showing that the settings of the beautiful Italian were far from being finalized …
During the race this Saturday for 12 laps, Jake Gagne confirmed his dominance by accumulating half a second in each round over his opponents.
“This track is simply unique. In a race on this circuit we have long straights and people can save time there. My first two laps were really, really solid. I didn’t want to make a mistake. I tried to be flexible, to be easy with the tires. I took a little head start. It wasn’t much. It was not like at VIR. These guys were on my toes. Hats off to the team. They keep working, no matter how fast we are. Even though we have a little gap they keep working and we keep going faster and that’s the plan. I think we have learned a lot even today. “
Behind, Loris Baz, long installed in 4th position, launched his attack in the last laps to cross the checkered flag with only a few fractions of a second ahead of the two Suzuki of the M4 Ecstar team.
“We changed the bike a lot. At each session, I left with a completely different motorcycle. For the first race we changed the swingarm more than once up to 20 minutes before the race because we had a lot of data. We have tried a lot of things. This bike never really worked with the Dunlop tire. We have to find the settings and work with the riding style. I fought all weekend. In the end, I trust my guys. We are getting there little by little. It’s really hard to try so many things in such a short time, but that’s our challenge. Congratulations to Cam. Hats off to Jake. We have to work very hard to catch up with him. A big thank you to the whole team. This podium goes to Jason! “
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