PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN J. NELSON
MONTEREY, CA, JULY 19—Yamalube/Y.E.S/Graves/Yamaha’s JD Beach kept his win streak alive in the MotoAmerica Supersport class, earning his sixth-straight win this season at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The win, his eighth in 2015, put him 49-points ahead of Wheels In Motion/Motorsport.com/Meen Yamaha’s Josh Herrin.
Meanwhile it was a fierce battle for second between Herrin and Latus Motors Racing Triumph’s Bobby Fong. The pair were sizing each other up the whole race, but lurking behind at a distance was M4 Suzuki/SportbikeTrackGear.com’s David Anthony.
The Australian caught up to the pair with a few laps to go. Anthony made his move on the inside in the final corner and Fong went down. Anthony went on to score third, his second podium this season, while a less than happy Fong remounted to finish sixth.
Beach’s teammate Garrett Gerloff crossed the line in fourth ahead of RoadRace Factory Yamaha’s Tomas Puerta. Team owner/rider Kyle Wyman rode his Yamaha home in a lonely seventh, as did Tuned Racing Yamaha’s Corey Alexander for eighth.
Rounding out the top 10 was Veloce Racing MV Agusta’s Hayden Gillim and Puerta’s teammate Ben Young.
2015 MotoAmerica
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Supersport Results
1. JD Beach (Yamaha)
2. Josh Herrin (Yamaha)
3. David Anthony (Suzuki)
4. Garrett Gerloff (Yamaha)
5. Tomas Puerta (Yamaha)
6. Bobby Fong (Triumph)
7. Kyle Wyman (Yamaha)
8. Corey Alexander (Yamaha)
9. Hayden Gillim (MV Agusta)
10. Ben Young (Yamaha)
