Rennie Scaysbrook | September 10, 2022
Saturday
Superbike
Recent N’ Lean Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne took an enormous step in the direction of a second MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike Championship on Saturday at New Jersey Motorsports Park with the defending champion stretching his benefit within the title chase from one level to 13 factors.
Gagne received his 11th Medallia Superbike race of the 12 months and the 28th of his profession on a sunny afternoon in New Jersey. Along with his newest victory, Gagne moved right into a tie on the all-time AMA Superbike win listing with former AMA and World Superbike Champion Ben Spies. Not dangerous firm, particularly contemplating that Gagne didn’t win his first race till final 12 months.
Gagne bested his teammate Cameron Petersen by 4.88 seconds with Mathew Scholtz popping out second finest in his battle with countryman Petersen, the Westby Racing rider ending lower than half a second behind Petersen in third place.
The rostrum end was Petersen’s 10th on the 12 months with Scholtz touchdown on the rostrum for a ninth time in 2022.
Gagne’s championship rival Danilo Petrucci was fourth on the Warhorse HSBK Ducati NYC Panigale V4 R, with the Italian ending off the rostrum for simply the second time all season. Petrucci got here into NJMP trailing Gagne by only a level, however his title chase took successful with Saturday’s end result, and he now trails by 13 with three races remaining.
Pole sitter PJ Jacobsen was fifth after shedding out on his race-long battle with Petrucci, ending simply .051 of a second behind the Ducati on the end line.
Jacobsen’s teammate Hector Barbera was sixth, some 10 seconds behind his teammate and simply 1.2 seconds forward of Disrupt Racing’s Hayden Gillim.
Aftercare Hayes Scheibe Racing’s Ashton Yates was eighth with Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Jake Lewis and Tytlers Cycle/RideHVMC Racing’s Travis Wyman rounding out the highest 10.
There have been seven non-finishers, together with Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 Suzuki’s Richie Escalante together with his GSXR-1000 struggling a mechanical failure.
Superbike Race 1
- Jake Gagne (Yamaha)
- Cameron Petersen (Yamaha)
- Mathew Scholtz (Yamaha)
- Danilo Petrucci (Ducati)
- PJ Jacobsen (BMW)
- Hector Barbera (BMW)
- Hayden Gillim (Suzuki)
- Ashton Yates (BMW)
- Jake Lewis (Suzuki)
- Travis Wyman (BMW)
Royal Enfield Construct. Prepare. Race
The women of the Royal Enfield Construct. Prepare. Race. program held their penultimate spherical at New Jersey Motorsports Park, they usually kicked off Saturday with their function race. Crystal Martinez was the quickest rider in Saturday morning’s Follow 2, and it portended issues to come back for the Californian, who additionally earned the pole place for the race. Martinez had her arms full within the race, and it appeared like Illinois rider Chloe Peterson was going to get the victory.
Nevertheless, on the ultimate lap, Martinez took benefit of a missed shift by Peterson and overtook her proper earlier than the end line. Washington-based rider Jennifer Chancellor accomplished the rostrum in third.
Supersport – Hayes’ Day, Herrin’s Yr
In Supersport race one, two Joshes had memorable days. To begin with, four-time Superbike Champion Josh Hayes received the battle when he took the victory aboard his Squid Hunter Yamaha. Nevertheless it was, appropriately, Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC rider Josh Herrin who received the struggle. Aboard his Ducati Panigale V2, Herrin clinched the 2022 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship, the third AMA-sanctioned skilled street racing title of his profession.
Herrin did what he wanted to do, which was to complete forward of Landers Racing Yamaha’s Rocco Landers. Whereas Hayes pulled a spot on the entrance to win by slightly over four-and-a-half seconds, Herrin and Landers diced forwards and backwards till Herrin bought in entrance of Landers for good and cemented his title with a second-place end, whereas Landers got here house in third.
SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup
Dwelling-track benefit undoubtedly got here into play in SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup race one because the podium was made up of riders who’re all from the Northeast and think about New Jersey Motorsports Park their native monitor. Hammonton, New Jersey’s Gus Rodio prevailed with the victory aboard his Rodio Racing Kawasaki, whereas Bauce Racing/JL62 Workforce Kawasaki’s Joseph LiMandri Jr., who hails from Backyard Metropolis, New York, was second. Third place went to new BARTCON Racing Kawasaki staff member Spencer Humphreys, who’s from Easton, Pennsylvania.
There was a number of dicing for the lead, as is normally the case with MotoAmerica’s class of entry-level street racers, however on the ultimate run to the checkers, Rodio had a transparent path to the entrance, and he took benefit of it to win the race by simply .016 of a second.
REV’IT! Twins Cup
The day concluded with the REV’IT! Twins Cup class’s one race of the weekend, and it was an excellent one. Blake Davis notched his third win of the season aboard his N2 Racing/and he did so in a surprisingly dominant vogue.
The 16-year-old stretched out a spot of greater than three seconds by the point he took the checkered flag. In the meantime, Robem Engineering Aprilia teammates Ben Gloddy and Teagg Hobbs completed second and third, respectively.
Friday
Superbike
With 5 minutes left in Q1 at New Jersey Motorsports Park on Friday, normalcy returned to the timing sheet within the MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike class with the highest two within the championship – Recent N Lean Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne and Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC’s Danilo Petrucci – transferring as much as first and second, respectively. Or so it appeared.
Previous to the five-minute mark, it was Tytlers Cycle Racing’s PJ Jacobsen with the quickest lap time. Then, with simply 5 minutes left, Gagne and Petrucci threw of their quick laps and moved to the entrance. However then – with lower than a minute to go within the session – Jacobsen confirmed that he means enterprise this weekend and shot again to the highest together with his 1:20.365, which put him simply half a second from Cameron Beaubier’s Superbike lap document at NJMP.
Jacobsen’s flyer left the 2 championship protagonists, Gagne and Petrucci, scratching their heads and hoping to revive order in tomorrow morning’s Q2 session.
So, the provisional entrance row is Jacobsen, Gagne, Petrucci as Friday ended.
“I believe we’re placing within the work that we’ve got to be,” Jacobsen stated. “We’re on provisional pole proper now and we’ll get the qualifying tires tomorrow. I believe the lap occasions will be fairly quick, possibly low 19s.”
Jacobsen’s teammate Hector Barbera ended the day in fourth, .491 of a second behind however forward of Gagne’s teammate Cameron Petersen. Petersen is the final rider on the identical second as Jacobsen. Westby Racing’s Mathew Scholtz accomplished the session in sixth.
Supersport
4-time AMA Superbike Champion Josh Hayes was again onboard his private Squid Hunter Yamaha YZF-R6 at NJMP after spending just a few races as a fill-in rider for Kevin Olmedo on the N2 Racing/BobbleHeadMoto R6.
Apparently, he discovered his consolation zone as he ripped off a 1:23.001 on Friday afternoon to steer Warhorse HSBK Racing’s Josh Herrin, Hayes’ former Yamaha Superbike teammate on the verge of incomes his first MotoAmerica Supersport Championship.
Landers Racing’s Rocco Landers, the one particular person mathematically nonetheless alive within the championship posted the third quickest time in Qualifying 1. The highest seven riders ended the session on the identical second as Hayes with the returning-from-injury Sam Lochoff ending up seventh on the Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki.
Inventory 1000
Disrupt Racing’s Hayden Gillim might have seen his championship aspirations disappear on the previous spherical, however he’s not giving up and is out to complete the season with two sturdy finishes within the Yuasa Inventory 1000 class. Gillim bought his NJMP spherical off to an excellent begin with provisional pole place coming his means on Friday afternoon.
Gillim lapped at 1:21.823 to finest Mesa37 Racing’s Stefano Mesa by .261 of a second with champion-elect Corey Alexander third on the Tytlers Cycle/RideHVMC Racing BMW third quickest in Q1.
REV’IT! Twins Cup
Veloce Racing’s Jody Barry has been on the wrestle bus of late, ending off the rostrum in six straight races. This after ripping off 4 wins in a row early within the season. Properly, Barry appears to have discovered his groove once more at NJMP as he flew to provisional pole with a recood-setting finest lap of 1:24.929.
Robem Engineering’s Teagg Hobbs ended the session second with Cycle Tech’s Hayden Schultz third. The highest two within the championship had been fourth and fifth with Anthony Mazziotto fourth and Blake Davis fifth. N2 Racing/BobbleHeadMoto’s Davis leads Rodio Racing’s Mazziotto by only a single level with three races left within the sequence.
SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup
Rodio Racing’s Gus Rodio must win this weekend’s two SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup races to have any likelihood of catching Cody Wyman within the championship. So why not begin the weekend heading in the right direction by incomes provisional pole place on Friday afternoon?
It was Wyman and his Alpha Omega Kawasaki Ninja 400 who ended up second on the day with Max Van surviving a close to crash on his SportbikeTrackGear.com Kawasaki to finish up third. Altus Motorsports’ Kayla Yaakov completed the day in fourth.
Mission King Of The Baggers
If the battle for the Mission King Of The Baggers Championship had been a prizefight, then H-D Screamin’ Eagle’s Travis Wyman has received the primary two rounds after main the way in which in each Friday’s morning’s apply session and the afternoon’s Q2 session.
Wyman led Q1 together with his 1:25.713 to steer his brother and teammate Kyle, the defending sequence champion simply .047 behind his youthful brother. Travis Wyman’s championship rival Tyler O’Hara was third and .673 of a second off Wyman’s finest on his Mission Meals/S&S Cycle/Indian Challenger.
Roland Sands Design’s Bobby Fong was fourth quickest, using wingman to O’Hara. Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson’s James Rispoli ended the session fifth quickest.
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