Fong dominated Saturday's
race one at VIR, leading all 20
laps under persistent pressure
from Beaubier. Beaubier passed
Herrin on lap three and set the
fastest lap of 1:24.287 as he
chased after Fong but faded late
due to grip issues, finishing 7.3
seconds back at the flag.
Herrin finished third despite
intense final-lap pressure from
Kelly and Jake Gagne (At
-
tack Performance Progressive
Yamaha Racing). Kelly bumped
Herrin twice on the last lap but
came up just short—0.144 of
a second behind at the line.
Gagne dropped off the fight and
finished five seconds adrift.
JD Beach impressed again on
his Stock 1000-spec Real Steel
Honda, finishing sixth overall
and winning the Superbike
Cup for Stock 1000 machines.
Ashton Yates took seventh for
Jones Honda, narrowly beat
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40 SEAN DYLAN KELLY
4TH/2ND SUPERBIKE
"It was insanely important [to finish
on the podium]," Kelly said after race
two. "I think it's been coming since
the first race weekend. If you look at
Atlanta, I finished fourth a few tenths
from the podium. It took six race
weekends, or I don't know how many
we're at now, and a lot of close mo-
ments, a lot of good battles, a lot of
good speed, but it just wasn't going.
A lot of frustrating moments. Prob-
ably the most I've ever had in racing.
I always managed to keep my head
down and keep focused."
MYOWNRACE
95 JD BEACH
1ST/1ST STOCK 1000
"I wasn't being patient," Beach said. "I
wanted to make that move sooner be-
fore that, but I just kept fighting, kept
fighting. I didn't want to wait until the
last lap to do something, but I thought
I had a pretty good move there. I tried
the lap before and about highsided.
I was going all in. I got to thank my
whole [team and] American Honda."
(Below) The battle for
second in race two was all-
consuming and resembled
a Talent Cup race at times
as Sean Dylan Kelly (40),
Jake Gagne (32), Richie
Escalante (54), Cameron
Beaubier (6) and Hayden
Gillim (69) all went at it.
ROUND 6 / AUGUST 1-3, 2025
VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY / ALTON, VIRGINIA
ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
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