Real Steel Honda's JD Beach
finished fifth, less than a second
ahead of teammate Hayden
Gillim. Beach also claimed the
MotoAmerica Superbike Cup
win for Stock 1000-spec rid
-
ers. Gillim narrowly beat Jones
Honda's
Ashton Yates, with all
three Hondas finishing in close
formation.
Gagne had early contact with
Sean Dylan Kelly, ruining both
riders' races. Gagne finished
eighth, Kelly 14th. Rounding out
the top 10 were Bryce Kornbau
"I wasn't expecting to get two
wins, that's for sure," Herrin said.
"Cam [Beaubier] was strong all
weekend, but I guess on race
pace, I was doing more laps, and
I was just more comfortable.
"Coming into this weekend,
I told my guys I didn't want
qualifying one on Friday to be a
qualifying run. That had to be a
practice run where we nailed the
setup and then qualifying two
on Saturday was the one to go
for a grid spot.
"I was happy with that pro
-
cedure, as I even ran a race tire
at the
end of Q2 on Saturday,
so I am super happy with how
everything worked out. Two new
babies, two new race wins. I
can't ask for anything more than
that."
Fong inherited second, finish
-
ing 8.6 seconds behind Herrin.
Escalante
took a hard-fought
third on the Suzuki, nursing his
ill-sounding bike across the line
three seconds ahead of Flo-
4Law/SBU Racing's Benjamin
Smith, who earned a career-best
fourth.
Superbike Race One Highlights
ROUND 3 / MAY 30-JUNE 1, 2025
ROAD AMERICA / ELKHART LAKE, WISCONSIN
ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
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