CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 52 ISSUE 16 APRIL 21, 2015 P115
HERRIN A WINNER AG AIN
The 2013 AMA Superbike
Champion Herrin got back to his
winning ways at Road Atlanta,
coming out on top of a race-long
battle with Yamalube/Y.E.S./
Graves Motorsports Yamaha
teammates Garrett Gerloff and
JD Beach. It marked his first
win since taking victory at New
Jersey Motorsports Park in Sep-
tember of 2013—during his AMA
Superbike Championship—win-
ning season.
Herrin admitted to feeling like
he was at home on his favorite
Yamaha R6, the bike he estab-
lished his career on.
"Just being able to come
back, it's really important," Her-
rin said. "I know there was a lot
of people doubting us. At COTA
we were riding in the rain so
this was our first dry race with
all these guys. I thought it was
really important for me to get the
win just so I could have a strong
year.
"I've been struggling a lot in
practice this weekend trying to
keep up with this guy [Gerloff]
and I was getting real nervous
right before the race, getting
nauseous. I was just wonder-
ing if we were going to be able
to keep the pace because we
weren't very fast this morning
in the dry. It kept me on my
toes, but that's the first race I've
ever been able to win from the
It was Herrin's (2)
day in the dry, but
Gerloff's (31) day
in the wet.
