Friday Recap: MotoAmerica Superbikes In New Jersey

2020-09-14 07:34
Iffy conditions ruled the day on a damp Friday at New Jersey Motorsports Park with Monster Energy Attack Performance Yamaha’s Cameron Beaubier tip-toeing through the puddles better than the rest to lead the first day of practice and qualifying in the HONOS Superbike class.

Beaubier lapped at 1:23.802 in qualifying practice two to lead M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Bobby Fong by a tick over half a second in perilous conditions with at least two streams running across the track in different spots.

Jake Gagne, on the second Monster Energy Attack Performance Yamaha, ended the day third fastest, but paid a price for his efforts with a crash early in the final session. Although Gagne limped away from the crash, he was none the worse for wear except for the damage to his YZF-R1. Things then got worse for the Californian when he was DQd from the session because his bike was deemed to be out of MotoAmerica technical control after he rode it back to his garage instead of straight to parc ferme.

Westby Racing’s Mathew Scholtz was just .07 seconds behind Gagne and just .3 of a second ahead of M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Toni Elias. KWR Ducati’s Kyle Wyman ended the day fifth on his rebuilt Ducati Panigale V4 R after his disastrous weekend in Washington State two weeks ago left him with a lot of repairs.

FLY Racing ADR Motorsports’ David Anthony, his teammate Bradley Ward, Scheibe Racing BMW’s Josh Herrin, Superbike Underground’s Jeremy Coffey and Thrashed Bike Racing’s Max Flinders rounded out the top 10 from day one.

All five classes faced similar conditions and there were several crashes and near crashes.

M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Sean Dylan Kelly led Supersport Q1 over Celtic HSBK Racing’s Brandon Paasch and N2 Racing’s Xavier Zayat, though Zayat had a crash that ended his day.

Stock 1000 saw Ride HVMC Racing’s Corey Alexander slip in a fast lap right at the end to take the top spot away from Altus Motorsports’ Cameron Petersen.

Rocco Landers rode his Norton Motorsports/Ninja400R/Dr. Farr/Wonder CBD-backed Kawasaki to the fastest lap of the Liqui Moly Junior Cup, a 1:32.723, to best Bauce Racing/CyberSafe Solutions/JL62 Racing’s Joseph LiMandri Jr in Q1 with LiMandri suffering a crash after his best lap. Third fastest was BARTCON Racing’s Dominic Doyle, the South African having the save of the day when he was completely off the side of his Ninja 400, went on to the grass and rode the bike to a stop without tipping over.

Twins Cup Q1 was the final session of the day and was led by Landers and his SportbikeTrackGear.com Roadracingworld.com Suzuki over Hayden Schultz Racing’s Hayden Schultz and Trackworx Motorsports’ Teagg Hobbs.

Superbike Q2

Cameron Beaubier (Yamaha) 1:23.802
Bobby Fong (Suzuki) 1:24.303
Mathew Scholtz (Yamaha) 1:24.504
Toni Elias (Suzuki) 1:24.883
Kyle Wyman (Ducati) 1:25.061
David Anthony (Suzuki) 1:25.482
Bradley Ward (Kawasaki) 1:25.646
Josh Herrin (BMW) 1:26.364
Jeremy Coffey (BMW) 1:27.516
Max Flinders (Yamaha) 1:28.639

Supersport Q1

Sean Dylan Kelly (Suzuki) 1:26.555
Brandon Paasch (Yamaha) 1:26.657
Xavier Zayat (Yamaha) 1:26.958
Lucas Silva (Suzuki) 1:27.051
Richie Escalante (Kawasaki) 1:27.604
Benjamin Smith (Yamaha) 1:27.656
Kevin Olmedo (Suzuki) 1:27.929
Jason Aguilar (Yamaha) 1:30.070
Nate Minster (Yamaha) 1:30.545
Jaret Nassaney (Suzuki) 1:30.956

Liqui Moly Junior Cup Q1

Rocco Landers (Kawasaki) 1:32.723
Joseph LiMandri Jr. (Kawasaki) 1:33.642
Dominic Doyle (Kawasaki) 1:34.090
Benjamin Gloddy (Kawasaki) 1:34.188
Samuel Lochoff (Kawasaki) 1:34.541
David Kohlstaedt (Kawasaki) 1:34.567
Blake Davis (Kawasaki) 1:34.676
Jack Roach (Kawasaki) 1:35.727
Cody Wyman (Yamaha) 1:36.687
Liam Grant (Kawasaki) 1:36.908

Stock 1000 QP2

Corey Alexander (Kawasaki) 1:25.009
Cameron Petersen (Suzuki) 1:25.069
Travis Wyman (BMW) 1:25.742
Michael Gilbert (Kawasaki) 1: 25.749
Ashton Yates (Honda) 1:26.301
Danilo Lewis (BMW) 1:27.506
Jeremy Cook (BMW) 1:28.586
Joseph Giannotto (Kawasaki) 1:30.440
Corey Heflin (Yamaha) 1:31.915
Josh Gerardot (Kawasaki) 1: 32.155

Twins Cup Q1

Rocco Landers (Suzuki) 1:30.497
Hayden Schultz (Yamaha) 1:31.450
Teagg Hobbs (Suzuki) 1:32.195
Trevor Standish (Suzuki) 1:33.470
Ryan Max Johnson (Yamaha) 1:34.287
Dominic Doyle (Suzuki) 1:34.797
Toby Khamsouk (Suzuki) 1:36.346
Jackson Blackmon (Suzuki) 1:35.352
Corey Hart (Suzuki) 1:36.741
Paul Hopkins (Suzuki) 1:36.973

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Monster Energy Attack Performance Yamaha's Cameron Beaubier mastered the difficult conditions better than the rest on Friday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Photo by Brian J. Nelson
Defending Liqui Moly Junior Cup Champion Rocco Landers ended the day with the fastest lap times in both Junior Cup and Twins Cup at NJMP. Photo by Brian J. Nelson
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Friday results by class:

HONOS Superbike

Supersport

Liqui Moly Junior Cup

Stock 1000

Twins Cup

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