ROUND 1 / APRIL 21-23, 2023
ROAD ATLANTA / BRASELTON, GEORGIA
ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA / FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
P76
SUPERBIKE
After Friday's action, you could be
forgiven for thinking it was going
to be a Jake Gagne (Fresh N Lean
Progressive Yamaha) benefit at
Road Atlanta. The current number
one was a massive 0.928 seconds
clear of Beaubier on his return to
MotoAmerica competition after two
years in the Moto2 World Champion
-
ship, and would start on pole despite
Mathew Scholtz (Westby
Racing
Yamaha) clocking the fastest time in
Q2 (he was still nearly 1.5 seconds
off Gagne's best from Friday).
Race one distilled into a battle
between the old rivals, Gagne and
Beaubier, with the former taking
the lead early and holding it until
lap eight when Beaubier used the
monstrous top-end of the BMW to
rocket past the Attack Performance
Yamaha at the end of the back
straight.
12 XAVI FORES
1/1 SUPERSPORT
"It was a great weekend," said Su-
persport winner Xavi Forés. "Today
was slightly difficult at the beginning
of the race because I didn't gain any
positions off the start, but lap by lap,
things got better. When I got the lead,
I put my rhythm on and knew I was
very strong under brakes at the end
of the back straight, so I used that
to my advantage. I just tried to do
consistent laps so I could relax a bit
at the end of the race. We have the
championship lead and now it is back
home to Spain to see my new baby!"
33 KYLE WYMAN
1/1 KING OF THE
BAGGERS
"That's how you want to do it, aside
from the challenge was a little bit of a
throwaway, but we won every session
and won both races. That's kind of
how you want to do it," King of the
Baggers winner Kyle Wyman said.
"We just kind of managed the pace.
Went a little bit quicker today than
yesterday, as did everybody I think. I
had hope of a '29 and didn't quite get
it this weekend, but it's no big deal if
we got the W."
MYOWNRACE
Toni Elias made a
welcome return to
the MotoAmerica pit
lane and came home
with a pair of top-10
finishes.
Gagne picked up the pieces
in race two to score a close
win and lead the points.
