Free Trial:
Cameron Petersen took the lead in MotoAmerica’s practice session at Ridge Motorsports Park. Laying a 1:41.529 on his YZF-R1, the Yamaha rider returned to the lead after a tough weekend in Brainerd.
Attack Performance teammate Jake Gagne brought home a one-two for the team with a 1:41.689 lap. Josh Herrin was well within range of a top-two finish, but fell just eleven thousandths behind Gagne with the Panigale V4 R.
Current championship leader, Bobby Fong ranks eighth, and doesn’t seem to be able to dominate the weekend as much as he did two weeks ago.
Loris Baz started the meeting discreetly, and took sixth place in practice, almost a second from the lead. The Ducati rider, however, kept some on hand, as the results of the following session will show.
Qualification 1 ;
Loris Baz wakes up in Qualifying and dominates the first of the two sessions that allow the starting grid to be determined. The Frenchman sets the best time and secures provisional Pol position in 1:40.034, 1.5 seconds faster than in the morning (local time).
After Attack Performance, it was Warhorse Racing who took the double thanks to Josh Herrin’s second fastest time. The No. 2 finished almost two tenths behind the Tricolore.
The gaps are tight in this second session of the day, and the top six are within a second. Bobby Fong completed the top-3 in 1:40.304 behind the Ducati, as the first Yamaha in the standings.
P1 leader Cameron Petersen drops to fourth as the going gets tough.
The fifth round of the championship is also the one which welcomes the big return of Cameron Beaubier. The man who won three of the first five races before getting injured finished the session in sixth position with a time of 1:41.113. Note that he achieved this performance just after suffering a fall without consequences.
