Wrap Up: Day Two Of Dunlop Preseason Test From Barber2020-03-16 10:20Bad weather again led to less track time for the teams taking part in the MotoAmerica Dunlop Preseason Test at Barber Motorsports Park, but Mother Nature cooperated in the afternoon of day two with cloudy skies and a dry racetrack. And the riders responded with quicker laps as four-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier knocked yesterday’s fast man Toni Elias from the top spot with his 1:24.332. Cameron Beaubier ended up the fastest of the Superbike men in the MotoAmerica Dunlop Preseason Test at Barber Motorsports Park. Photo by Brian J. Nelson. Beaubier’s best lap came in the seventh session of the two-day test and the first dry session on Wednesday, the 1:24.332 on his Monster Energy Attack Performance Yamaha knocking M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Toni Elias from the top spot with Elias’ best of 1:25.371 coming on Tuesday afternoon. "I think we got in 25-plus laps this afternoon, which is better than nothing considering the weather,” Beaubier said. “Everything was okay. It was actually pretty nice, riding my new bike on this track and trying to compare it with last year. I’ve ridden it at Buttonwillow the last few times, so it was nice to do kind of a back-to-back because the track surface really hasn’t changed other than it just being clean from the race. It was just nice to get on a new track. I feel like we have a couple things to work on. For the most part, everything was pretty damn good. Right now, I’m leaving content, even with just a few laps. We’re already down to a closer race pace on a super green track than we did last year. All in all, it was good." Second fastest on Wednesday and third overall went to Beaubier’s new teammate Jake Gagne with his 1:26.494 moving him ahead of KWR’s Kyle Wyman, who left early to start his drive to Daytona Beach, Florida, where he will defend his Daytona 200 victory this coming weekend. Wyman lapped at 1:26.336 on his Ducati Panigale V4 R on Tuesday. Celtic HSBK Racing’s PJ Jacobsen, meanwhile, was third fastest on Wednesday and fifth overall on the second Ducati in the class. Altus Motorsports’ Cameron Petersen was another who opted out of Wednesday’s proceedings, but his fourth quickest time from Tuesday put him sixth overall after the two-day test. FLY Racing ADR Motorsports’ David Anthony, M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Bobby Fong and Scheibe Racing BMW’s Josh Herrin rounded out the top 10 overall from the two days of action. MP13 Racing’s test rider Josh Hayes ended up the fastest of the Supersport riders over the course of the two days, topping Altus Motorsports’ Kevin Olmedo and M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Sean Dylan Kelly. The Liqui Moly Junior Cup riders were led by Rodio Racing’s Gus Rodio, the Kawasaki rider topping Celtic HSBK Racing’s Sam Lochoff. Superbike/Stock 1000 (Overall) Cameron Beaubier (Yamaha) 1:24.332 Toni Elias (Suzuki) 1:25.371 Jake Gagne (Yamaha) 1:25.919 Kyle Wyman (Ducati) 1:26.336 PJ Jacobsen (Ducati) 1:26.494 Cameron Petersen (Suzuki) 1:26.667 David Anthony (Suzuki) 1:27.124 Bobby Fong (Suzuki) 1:27.386 Josh Hayes (Yamaha) 1:27.635 Josh Herrin (BMW) 1:28.178 Supersport (Overall) Josh Hayes (Yamaha) 1:29.297 Kevin Olmedo (Suzuki) 1:29.639 Sean Dylan Kelly (Suzuki) 1:29.897 Brandon Paasch (Yamaha) 1:30.290 Maximiliano Gerardo (Yamaha) 1:30.318 Lucas Silva (Suzuki) 1:30.769 Joseph Giannotto (Yamaha) 1:30.835 Nolan Lamkin (Yamaha) 1:31.424 Jaret Nassaney (Suzuki) 1:31.791 Benjamin Smith (Yamaha) 1:31.972 Liqui Moly Junior Cup (Overall) Gus Rodio (Kawasaki) 1:39.456 Samuel Lochoff (Kawasaki) 1:39.990 Benjamin Gloddy (Kawasaki) 1:40.631 Cody Wyman (Yamaha) 1:40.790 Matías Mulet (Kawasaki) 1:40.825 Jack Roach (Kawasaki) 1:42.685 Cameron Jones (Honda) 1:43.054 Kody Kopp (Kawasaki) 1:49.081 For the full MotoAmerica Series schedule, click HERE To purchase tickets for all MotoAmerica events, click HERE For information on how to watch the MotoAmerica Series, click HERE About MotoAmerica MotoAmerica is the North American road racing series created in 2014 that is home to the AMA Superbike Championship. MotoAmerica is an affiliate of KRAVE Group LLC, a partnership that includes three-time 500cc World Champion, two-time AMA Superbike Champion, and AMA Hall of Famer Wayne Rainey, ex-racer and former manager of Team Roberts Chuck Aksland, motorsports marketing executive Terry Karges, and businessman Richard Varner. For more information on MotoAmerica, visit www.MotoAmerica.com. Also make sure to follow MotoAmerica on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Source: MotoAmerica Click here to visit our forums to discuss this story |
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