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June 13th, 2016, 12:40 PM
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The start of Saturday’s MotoAmerica*Supersport Race at Barber Motorsports Park meant everything to the Yamaha*Extended*Service/Graves/Yamaha team, and defending MotoAmerica Supersport*Champion JD Beach got a great start, while his teammate and 2016 Supersport*Championship*points leader Garrett Gerloff’s start was not as good as he would*have liked.
JD*used his prodigious flat-tracking skills, where getting a good start is so*vitally important, and he rocketed his #1 Yamaha YZF-R6 from the second row on*the grid. Once*the “Jiggy Dog” got into the lead, he was never headed, taking*his second win and ninth podium of the season.
Garrett*started from second position on the grid, and he struggled initially to keep*the front wheel of his powerful #31 R6 planted on the Barber asphalt. Steeling*his*determination, the Texan focused on passing riders on his way to JD in the*lead. Garrett caught up to his teammate, but he was never able to get around*him, as JD was*on rails throughout the 17-lap event (the 21-lap race was*red-flagged and declared final due to lightning visible in the vicinity).
After*the win, JD said,*“I like to lead the races and, if I can get out front,*that’s what works best for me. I was able to do that today, and I concentrated*on clicking off*consistent laps after I got up front. I was able to make clean*passes through most of the backmarkers so that helped me stay in front of*Garrett.”
Garrett said, “The biggest*thing is, I wish I would have gotten a better start. I could see JD and Joe*(Roberts) putting in hot laps, and I thought, ‘Man, this is going to be*even*harder than I thought.’ I caught back up and got behind JD, but by that time,*we were into lappers, and timing those passes is critical. I didn’t get around*the*backmarkers as cleanly as I would have liked to, and that was pretty much*the race. I had to settle for second.”
After Saturday’s race, Garrett*leads the 2016 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship by 38 points over JD.
The*two Y.E.S./Graves/Yamaha teammates will be back at it again on Sunday in*Supersport Race 2, which will go green at 2:45 PM.
Watch Round 6 Of The MotoAmerica Championship On beIN*SPORTS And beIN SPORTS CONNECT
beIN SPORTS:
– Sunday, June*12, 12:00 PM CST: Superbike Race 1, Supersport Race 2, Superbike Race 2
beIN SPORTS CONNECT (beIN SPORTS 6):
– Sunday, June*12, 12:00 PM CST: Superbike Race 1, Supersport Race 2, Superbike Race 2
For information and airtimes*for MotoAmerica races on BeIN SPORTS and BeIN SPORTS CONNECT, check out*http://www.beinsports.com/us/motoamerica/*and*http://beinsportsconnect.tv/
For more Yamaha racing news,*results, photos, and videos, visit*http://www.yamahamotorsports.com/Racing
Also,*check out “YamahaMotorUSA” on*your favorite social media site.
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The start of Saturday’s MotoAmerica*Supersport Race at Barber Motorsports Park meant everything to the Yamaha*Extended*Service/Graves/Yamaha team, and defending MotoAmerica Supersport*Champion JD Beach got a great start, while his teammate and 2016 Supersport*Championship*points leader Garrett Gerloff’s start was not as good as he would*have liked.
JD*used his prodigious flat-tracking skills, where getting a good start is so*vitally important, and he rocketed his #1 Yamaha YZF-R6 from the second row on*the grid. Once*the “Jiggy Dog” got into the lead, he was never headed, taking*his second win and ninth podium of the season.
Garrett*started from second position on the grid, and he struggled initially to keep*the front wheel of his powerful #31 R6 planted on the Barber asphalt. Steeling*his*determination, the Texan focused on passing riders on his way to JD in the*lead. Garrett caught up to his teammate, but he was never able to get around*him, as JD was*on rails throughout the 17-lap event (the 21-lap race was*red-flagged and declared final due to lightning visible in the vicinity).
After*the win, JD said,*“I like to lead the races and, if I can get out front,*that’s what works best for me. I was able to do that today, and I concentrated*on clicking off*consistent laps after I got up front. I was able to make clean*passes through most of the backmarkers so that helped me stay in front of*Garrett.”
Garrett said, “The biggest*thing is, I wish I would have gotten a better start. I could see JD and Joe*(Roberts) putting in hot laps, and I thought, ‘Man, this is going to be*even*harder than I thought.’ I caught back up and got behind JD, but by that time,*we were into lappers, and timing those passes is critical. I didn’t get around*the*backmarkers as cleanly as I would have liked to, and that was pretty much*the race. I had to settle for second.”
After Saturday’s race, Garrett*leads the 2016 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship by 38 points over JD.
The*two Y.E.S./Graves/Yamaha teammates will be back at it again on Sunday in*Supersport Race 2, which will go green at 2:45 PM.
Watch Round 6 Of The MotoAmerica Championship On beIN*SPORTS And beIN SPORTS CONNECT
beIN SPORTS:
– Sunday, June*12, 12:00 PM CST: Superbike Race 1, Supersport Race 2, Superbike Race 2
beIN SPORTS CONNECT (beIN SPORTS 6):
– Sunday, June*12, 12:00 PM CST: Superbike Race 1, Supersport Race 2, Superbike Race 2
For information and airtimes*for MotoAmerica races on BeIN SPORTS and BeIN SPORTS CONNECT, check out*http://www.beinsports.com/us/motoamerica/*and*http://beinsportsconnect.tv/
For more Yamaha racing news,*results, photos, and videos, visit*http://www.yamahamotorsports.com/Racing
Also,*check out “YamahaMotorUSA” on*your favorite social media site.
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