VOLUME 62 ISSUE 14 APRIL 8, 2025 P87
and Danilo Lewis (Aftercare
Scheibe Racing BMW).
Sunday dawned black and
grey. The Alabama skies opened
up and drenched the 2.38-mile
venue, forcing the Royal Enfield
race to be canceled.
In treacherous conditions,
Beaubier got the jump into turn
one, but the man on the move
was Gagne. Exiting the chicane
onto the back straight, Gagne
current number one Josh Herrin
(Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati),
who knew Barber would be a
struggle in the dry but would not
have expected to be 24.9 sec
-
onds off the race-winning pace.
The top
10 was rounded out
by Hayden Gillim (Real Steel
Honda), Benjamin Smith (Flo
-
4Law/SBU Racing Yamaha), JD
Beach (Real
Steel Honda), Bryce
Kornbau (BPR Racing Yamaha)
the Attack Yamaha team. His
teammate and former three-
time series champion Jake
Gagne made a welcome return
to the podium after curtailing
his 2024 season early due to
persistent arm-pump problems,
finishing 6.5 seconds behind
Beaubier.
Kelly came home a lonely
fourth, six seconds behind
Gagne and 12 seconds up on
What a difference a
day makes! The rain
belted down for race
two, but it mattered
not to the number 32
of Gagne, who was
about to pounce on
Beaubier (6).
