CHAMPIONSHIP
It was also Beach's third win
of the season, heating up the
championship in spite of the
crisp couple days of racing.
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
You can always expect the
unexpected in racing, especially
in the Supersport class. You can
definitely expect at some point
over the three-day race weekend
at Road America there's going to
be some rain.
Mother Nature loves to mix it
up at Road America. And she
can be less than kind, catching
many racers out on the four-mile
circuit. This year's first Supers-
port race was no different.
Herrin was mindful not to
repeat his first round heartbreak
at the Circuit of Americas, when
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Briefly...
That whole adage, if you don't like
the weather wait around 5 minutes
and it will change? That pretty much
sums up the fourth round of the Mo-
toAmerica AMA/FIM North American
Road Racing Championship at Road
America, in Elkhart Lake Wisconsin.
It was three different seasons over
the weekend—hot and a bit humid,
cold and rainy, and then sunny and
just cold. It made setup a bit chal-
lenging as there was not much track
time in any of the variable conditions.
Garrett Gerloff is holding off on hav-
ing surgery to repair his broken little
finger that he injured at the previous
round in VIR until after the season
has finished. While not ideal, the
young Texan said that it's not much of
an issue. "In the back of my head…
I think there's an area where it's like,
'don't crash' because it could be
bad, but I crashed twice yesterday
and never touched it," he said.
After a few rough seasons, 2015 is a
welcome turning point for JD Beach.
He's tied in the championship lead,
won his first race in the series and
followed that up with two more. "Up
until now I haven't had any wins, so
to get three wins, one in the wet and
some in the dry is awesome," Beach
said. "My Yamalube Yamaha Extend-
ed Service Graves team has been
working so hard. After the season
we had last year for them to believe
in me and bring me back again this
year is awesome. For this new Moto-
America series they've been working
really hard and the race structure just
keeps getting better and better each
weekend, and having all these great
fans out here, it's just awesome. To
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JD Beach (95) came
out on top over Josh
Herrin (2) and teammate
Garrett Gerloff (31) in a
thrilling photo finish in
Supersport race two.
TWO RACES
N S A T R O A D A M E R I C A
