ROUND 5 / JULY 11-13, 2025
WEATHERTECH RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA / MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA
ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
P86
going on. I'm happy to get out of
here with two wins and just to
continue our progression."
Herrin's 1-2-2 result sheet
sees the current champion
move a comfortable 31 points
clear of Beaubier, 224 to 193,
although Fong's double win
means he's now well and truly
part of the championship fight
in third on 187.
Motovation
Supersport
Strack Racing Yamaha's Blake
Davis made it a perfect weekend
in California with two perfectly
ridden races, the teenager using
racecraft beyond his years to
better teammate and current
Fong cleared off to a 0.99-of-
a-second win. Herrin held off
Beaubier for second, with Gagne
and Escalante rounding out the
top five.
"I didn't think we were going
to get the W for how I felt in the
first few laps out there," Fong
said. "The thing would just break
loose out of nowhere. Right
in the middle of the turn, you
would just tip in, and the thing
would just let go. [It was] worse
in the second race, but the tem
-
peratures got up, so we kind of
managed and just kept
our roll
speed. I knew the guys behind
me for a little bit would be fight
-
ing it out and maybe slowing the
pace up.
I'm not sure what was
Race three would be another
disappointment for Kelly, his
GSX-R1000 throwing its chain at
the start of lap four and ending
what was a frustrating weekend
for the Floridian.
Later that lap, Herrin sliced
up the inside of Beaubier at
the penultimate corner, a move
Fong replicated at the same cor
-
ner a lap later to push Beaubier
back into
third.
They remained that way for
the next 10 laps until Fong
dived down the inside of Herrin
at the final corner to take the
lead. Herrin sat up down the
front straight and missed an
opportunity to strike back, and
from then it was game over as
Herrin's (1) race-one
win came after a
massive crash on
Friday, thoroughly
bashing up the
current number one.
