Joe Roberts Remains Undefeated in Superstock 600
Cycle News Staff | May 16, 2015
Photography by Brian J. Nelson
Alton, Va. (May 16, 2015) — Joe Roberts came away victorious in the Bazzaz Superstock 600 final. Roberts kept his perfect 2015 season intact with his third win in three starts on his Wheels in Motion/Motosport.com/Meen Yamaha R6. This time, Roberts had it a bit tougher with Escalante Racing’s Richie Escalante chasing hard until coming out on the bad end of a run through lapped riders. That allowed Roberts to open a lead that resulted in a margin of victory of 2.427 seconds.
“At the start of the race, I didn’t know he was there,” Roberts said of Escalante. “I thought I saw plus two [seconds]. I was trying to work out to keep that pace and see if I could pull away and all of a sudden down the front straightaway he came blowing by me. So it was point-two [of a second], not plus two. It was a great race. I wasn’t expecting him to be that close by looking at the qualifying times, but he definitely stepped it up for the race. It will definitely be a battle tomorrow.”
Roberts and his perfect points tally of 75 leads the series over Escalante by 22 points. Kyle Wyman Racing’s Travis Wyman, who scored his third podium of the season in three starts today with his third-place finish, is third in the title chase – just a point behind Escalante, the Mexican National Champion in his first full season of racing in the U.S.
SUPERSTOCK 600 RACE 1
- Joe Roberts (Yamaha)
- Richie Escalante (Yamaha)
- Travis Wyman (Yamaha)
- Bryce Prince (Yamaha)
- Nick McFadden (Suzuki)
- Andy DiBrino (Yamaha)
- JC Camacho (Yamaha)
- Jason Aguilar (Yamaha)
- Ryan Jones (Honda)
- Christian Crosslin (Suzuki)
