PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN J. NELSON
INDIANAPOLIS, IN, AUG. 8—Yamalube/Y.E.S./Graves/Yamaha’s Garrett Gerloff came out on top of the six-lap MotoAmerica Supersport sprint race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to take his second win of the season. While Gerloff won the battle, his teammate JD Beach won the war, securing his first MotoAmerica Supersport championship a weekend early after rival Josh Herrin crashed on the restart.
The race was red flagged due to Nick McFadden’s crashed Suzuki was in the middle of the track. mired flagged with 10 laps to go after Suzuki rider Nick McFadden crashed and his bike was in the middle of the track. McFadden was helped off the track by the corner workers with what appeared to be a leg injury.
Before the red flag it was the usual suspects—Beach, Wheels In Motion/Motorsport.com/Meen Yamaha’s Herrin, Latus Motors Racing Triumph’s Bobby Fong and Gerloff. Although Beach grabbed the hole shot, an error on lap two (and also a fantastic save) allowed Herrin to take the lead. It was then a battle between Herrin and Fong with Herrin in the lead at the time of the red flag, Fong second, Beach third and Gerloff fourth.
On the restart it was a bit of déjà vu with Beach taking the hole shot and Herrin close behind. Then it all went south for Herrin as he had a wicked tank slapper that ended up with him on the ground. All Beach needed then to clinch it was a single point.
On the next lap his teammate pulled off the double draft to take the lead, with Fong in second and Beach in third. Fong tried to draft past Gerloff across the line, but Gerloff was able to hold him off to take his second win of the season.
In fourth was Herrin’s teammate Joe Roberts who won his battle with RoadRace Factory’s Cameron Petersen. Robert’s fellow Superstock 600 regular Travis Wyman was sixth on the Wyman Racing Yamaha.
Beach’s good friend Hayden Gillim brought his Veloce Racing MV Agusta home in seventh. Behind Gillim was Tuned Racing Yamaha teammates Bryce Prince and Corey Alexander. H35 MV Agusta’s Benny Solis rounded out the top 10.
2015 MotoAmerica
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Supersport Results:
1. Garrett Gerloff (Yamaha)
2. Bobby Fong (Triumph)
3. JD Beach (Yamaha)
4. Joe Roberts (Yamaha)
5. Cameron Petersen (Yamaha)
6. Travis Wyman (Yamaha)
7. Hayden Gillim (MV Agusta)
8. Bryce Prince (Yamaha)
9. Corey Alexander (Yamaha)
10. Benny Solis Jr. (MV Agusta)
