MotoAmerica: Two In A Row For Bobby Fong
Andrea Wilson | August 7, 2015
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN J NELSON
INDIANAPOLIS, IN, AUG. 7— Latus Motors Racing Triumph’s Bobby Fong second-straight MotoAmerica Supersport Pole, holding off series-points leader JD Beach by .044 of a second at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Fong’s 1:39.848 held up even after crashing with two minutes remaining in the session.
Beach’s Yamalube/Y.E.S./Graves Yamaha teammate Garrett Gerloff was third ahead of Wheels In Motion/Motorsport.com/Meen Yamaha’s Josh Herrin and RoadRace Factory Yamaha’s Cameron Petersen.
In sixth was the newly crowned MotoAmerica Superstock 600 Champion Joe Roberts on the other Wheels In Motion/Motorsport.com/Meen Yamaha. Fellow Superstock 600 rider Travis Wyman was seventh on the Kyle Wyman Racing Yamaha.
Rounding out the top 10 was M4 Suzuki/SportBikeTrackGear.com’s David Anthony who split a pair of MV Agusta’s—Veloce Racing’s Hayden Gillim and H35 Racing’s Benny Solis, Jr.
2015 MotoAmerica
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Supersport Qualifying Results
1. Bobby Fong (Triumph) 1:39.848
2. JD Beach (Yamaha) 1:39.892
3. Garrett Gerloff (Yamaha) 1:40.521
4. Josh Herrin (Yamaha) 1:40.611
5. Cameron Petersen (Yamaha) 1:40.879
6. Joe Roberts (Yamaha) 1:41.419
7. Travis Wyman (Yamaha) 1:41.447
8. Hayden Gillim (MV Agusta) 1:41.637
9. David Anthony (Suzuki) 1:41.644
10. Benny Solis Jr. (MV Agusta) 1:41.938
Andrea Wilson | Managing Editor
Andrea has been shooting everything from flat track to road racing in her job as a professional freelance photographer, but she's made the move to a full-time staff position at Cycle News where her love of all things motorcycling will translate well. Wilson has proven her worth as more than a photographer as she migrates to the written word with everything from race coverage to interviews.
