Photography by Larry Lawrence
MILLVILLE, NJ (Sept. 13, 2015) – Josh Herrin won a barnburner of a race in the season finale of the MotoAmerica Supersport Championship. Herrin came out on top in a four-way dogfight on the last lap over Wheels in Motion Yamaha teammate Joe Roberts and Yamalube/YES/Graves Yamaha’s Garrett Gerloff and JD Beach. Herrin held off bids by Gerloff and Roberts to take the lead on the final lap and won by a scant 0.205 seconds. The spread between first and fourth was just 0.486 seconds.
It marked Herrin’s fourth victory of the season.
“I didn’t get the championship, but I felt this was a great comeback for me after last year,” Herrin said. “Hopefully I can keep this momentum going into next season. I plan on returning with Meen Motorsports next year, but I’m not sure what class yet.”
Gerloff, Beach and Herrin took off and gapped the field early. By lap four the front group was joined by four other riders and it was a seven-rider freight train.
JD Beach went to the front of a tightly-knit lead pack on lap five. At that same point Tomas Puerta crashed out of the lead group and it became a six-rider pack.
On lap seven Joe Roberts suddenly emerged leader from the group and turned a 1:22.6, the fastest lap of the race to that point, to start to gain some breathing room. His lead didn’t hold though as his teammate Herrin caught and passed going into turn one on the tenth lap.
In the second half of the race it was Herrin leading most of the laps with the teammates Beach and Gerloff there, swapping second along with Roberts. Cameron Petersen also began to close the gap in effort to gain on the leading four.
MotoAmerica Supersport Race 2 Results from New Jersey Motorsports Park – Sept. 13, 2015
1. Josh Herrin, Yamaha.
2. Joe Roberts, Yamaha.
3. Garrett Gerloff, Yamaha.
4. JD Beach, Yamaha.
5. Cameron Petersen, Yamaha.
6. Corey Alexander, Yamaha.
7. Benny Solis, Jr., Honda.
8. David Anthony, Suzuki.
9. Ben Young, Yamaha.
10. Hayden Gillim, MV Agusta.
