Barber Goes To Beach As JD Wins MotoAmerica Supersport Race 1 At Barber Motorsports Park; Four Yamaha R6 Machines Finish In The Top Five

2015-06-13 19:26
Once again, the Yamaha YZF-R6 is the hot bike to have in MotoAmerica--and not just because of air temperatures hovering in the 90s at Barber Motorsports Park. Yamalube/Y.E.S./Graves rider JD Beach won his fourth race of the season to best second-place finisher Josh Herrin, who rides for Wheels In Motion/MotoSport.com/Meen Yamaha. JD’s teammate Garrett Gerloff finished fourth and RoadRace Factory/Yamaha rider Tomas Puerta rounded out the top five.



Throughout the race, JD took a noticeably different line around the 2.38-mile, 17-turn road course than did Josh, and it paid off for the Kentuckian as he and Josh swapped the lead several times throughout the race. JD always seemed to get the better of Josh in the final turn on the track, and with a couple of laps to go in the race, JD got under Josh and held on to the lead all the way to the checkers. Both riders ran their fastest laps of the race on the final lap, but JD had pulled enough of a gap to prevent Josh from catching him.



“I’ve watched a lot of old races from here,” JD commented. “I learned a little something for this weekend from watching Ben Spies’ go around this track. I also took a tighter line because I’m a dirt tracker, and I like to take the shortest way around the track, if I can. It worked for me today. There are still a couple of things that I want to work on for tomorrow, but my #95 Yamalube/Y.E.S./Graves R6 ran awesome today!”



The situation remains tight at the top of the 2015 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship, with JD now leading Josh by four points.



MotoAmerica Supersport Race 2 will go green from Barber Motosports Park tomorrow afternoon at 2:40 PM CST. Go to www.MotoAmerica.com, click on “Streaming” under the “LIVE” header in the top-left corner of the page, and then click on “WATCH SUPERSPORT” to watch the race live online.



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Source: Yamaha

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