Supersport: Panigales On Parade

Supersport race one began with M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott starting from the pole after breaking his own lap record from last year at Road America. As the field established itself in the early parts of the race, Scott was in third place and chasing two Ducati Panigale V2s, who were having an intense, back-and-forth battle at the front.

As Rahal Ducati Moto with Desnuda Organic Tequila’s Josh Herrin and Celtic/Economy Lube + Tire/Warhorse rider Darryn Binder diced for the lead, Scott was also feeling racy, and with two laps to go, he decided to try to break up the Ducati lovefest at the front. Unfortunately, the Pennsylvanian ran out of lean angle, lost the front, and slid off the track unhurt.

Meanwhile, Herrin’s teammate Kayla Yaakov, who was chasing Scott, moved up to third as a result of Scott’s miscue. On the final lap of the 11-lap event, Herrin made a spirited attempt to overtake Binder, but he ran and lost his drive.

That enabled Binder to pull a gap, and for Yaakov to close up to Herrin a little bit. Ducati produced a brand lockout of the podium, with Binder notching his third win out of five races, Herrin finishing as runner-up, and Yaakov getting her fourth podium result so far this season.

“That race was awesome,” Binder said. “I really enjoyed it. It was a good dogfight at the front there. I was trying to get to the front the whole time and set the pace. I felt like I had low 16’s in me. We were scuffling with the straights obviously with the draft, but I was giving it my all every lap. At the end, I braked as late as I could going into one and Josh came up my inside. When he ran a bit wide, I knew if I could just get a clean lap I should be able to hold it to the line if I could get a bit of advantage. I did my best. I can’t thank the team enough for all their hard work. My bike is really feeling so good. Looking forward to tomorrow.

Mission King Of The Baggers: Go Time For Gillim

MotoAmerica’s uniquely American race class—the Mission King Of The Baggers Championship—is always a spectacle to see as the riders hustle highly modified Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycle touring bikes (complete with fairings and hard saddlebags) around the road course at a feverish pace.

At Road America, the riders really get to explore the space, with long straightaways that enable their “big dogs” to eat.

After J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian rider Hayden Gillim earned the pole position earlier on Saturday, and Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Kyle Wyman won the two-lap Mission King Of The Baggers Challenge, along with the $5,000 winner-takes-all purse that goes with it, the stage was set for what looked to be a race one result that had Gillim and Wyman in the mix.

True to form, it was Kentucky native Gillim who got his fourth victory out of five races so far this year, and he won by a margin of more than two seconds over second-place finisher Wyman. For the New Yorker, it was his fourth podium result as he defends the #1 plate he earned by winning the championship last year. Farther back was Wyman’s teammate Bradley Smith, with the British rider grabbing his second podium finish of the year so far.

Since we got this Indian Challenger, everything has been going really good,” commented Gillim. “These guys work their butts off. They’ve given me a bike that I can ride to what I know I can do and to what this bike can do. I’m just so thankful to have the whole Indian, J&P Cycles, Motul, Vance & Hines guys and all the guys in the shop—Steve, Craig, Josh, Colby, Terry. Having Mike here. It’s just really cool. It’s just been an unbelievable road right now. I’m just really enjoying it. That beginning of the race, it was tough. I knew from the Challenge race it was going to be hard to get by Kyle. Luckily, he made a little mistake out of three and got me just enough of a run on him that I could do something. From there, I tried to just put my head down.”

Twins Cup: Paige Was All The Rage In The Two-Banger Class

Twins Cup race one wrapped up the first day of racing at Road America, and it was M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Bodie Paige who took the win, his first victory in the class and third podium result this year.

For runner-up Jody Barry, it was a poignant result for him and his Righteous Racin’ team. Barry, who has not raced in MotoAmerica for the past couple of years, returned to the series to not only race his former Aprilia RS 660, but also to honor Righteous Racin’s team owner Ray Hofman, who passed away last year.

Wisconsin rider Hank Vossberg, who is only 15 years old and has another week of high school next week before summer vacation begins, brought his Robem Engineering Aprilia home in third. For Vossberg, he extended his string of consecutive podium results to seven.

“My plan was to get a good start and try and mess up Hank’s rhythm because I know he had some serious pace, and just make aggressive moves,” Paige said. “I felt like I made some improvements in the race. I did see him start to get away a little bit there, so I just tried to find some stuff through the infield, which I felt like I did. I just can’t thank my team enough. They gave me a great bike. Helped me improve myself on the track. I just can’t thank them enough. My dad, everyone behind the screen supporting me. I just can’t thank everyone who supports me. My team, all the fans for coming out. I tried to put on a good race. In that last sector, I came out of the last chicane. I was like, I got a gap, so I was trying to put in the best sector of my life. I felt like I did, and I came across the line, and it was close, but I just got the win.”

Royal Enfield Build.Train.Race.: Flag To Flag Victory For Everitt

The ladies of Royal Enfield’s Build.Train.Race. program kicked off Saturday’s racing with their five-lap feature event. South Carolina rider Bryanna Everitt started from the pole position and led every lap to take her first win in the one-brand spec-racing series.

New Mexico’s Jasmine Noelle finished as runner-up, just as she did in this season’s previous two races, and São Paulo, Brazil’s Tati Paze improved on the two fourth-place results she got at Road Atlanta to complete the podium in third at Road America.

The race was red-flagged after Virginian Brianna Cutler unfortunately crashed out of fourth place with one lap left to go, and the race was declared complete.

“This is a dream come true,” said Bryanna. “Last year, I didn’t know if this would be possible. Last round, I didn’t know if this would be possible. These girls are making me work for it, for sure. I just focused on getting a good start, putting in some hot laps, getting that sub-three that I wanted so bad in qualifying. I actually was telling Jasmine (Noelle) I looked up at the screen in turn one, glanced, and saw her there. I knew I had to keep going. Good job, Jasmine. Good job, Tati. Her first podium. That’s awesome. Thank you, Royal Enfield, for making this possible. Thank you to all of our sponsors. Alpinestars, Arai, you’re all great. Awesome.”

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