AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 52 ISSUE 29 JULY 21, 2015 P109
GAGNE'S
REDEMPTION
Again, as it was in the Superbike class, it was
all about redemption for Superstock 1000 points
leader Jake Gagne, who got back to his winning
ways in race two at Laguna Seca. RoadRace
Factory Yamaha's Gagne had a string of bad luck
that started at the previous round at Miller Motor-
sports Park where his lead of 44 points dwindled
down to 20 over TOBC Racing's Taylor Knapp.
Gagne made up for it in race two, taking the
win in his class and fourth overall in the combined
Superbike/Superstock 1000 results.
"Yeah, it felt good to get back up here," Gagne
said. "We had a rough last go at Miller. A couple
tough races and then this morning another tough
one. So it's been a few races since I've been up
here on the box so I had to remember what it felt
like."
HSBK Racing Aprilia's Sheridan Morais
finished second ahead of Knapp, further helping
Gagne get some of those points back.
Yamalube/Westby Racing's Josh Day also had
a much better result in the dry finishing fourth.
Chisum/Motul Racing Yamaha's Tyler O'Hara was
fifth ahead of race one winner Mark Heckles on
the Ryders Alley Racing Yamaha.
Steve Rapp brought the Atom Racing BMW
home in seventh in what was only his second
race with the team.
San Jose BMW's Cory Call was eighth ahead
of BP Racing Yamaha's Sebastiao Ferreira.
Rounding out the top 10 was Barrett Long on the
Longevity Racing Yamaha.
Jake Gagne got back to winning in the
much drier race two.
one last ditch effort and almost got
it, but just couldn't make the corner
and Cam did what he had to do and
we got second."
If Hayes was unhappy with third in
race two, he didn't show it.
"I just got beat today," Hayes
said. "But I had a really fun race. I
was glad I was there until the finish
with these two guys. That's what
championship racing's all about.
A very
determined
Roger Hayden
(95) was going
for his first
Superbike win
of the season,
but Beaubier
(6) got past him
in the end.
