FILE PHOTO BY BRIAN J NELSON
INDIANAPOLIS, IN, AUG. 6—Yoshimura Suzuki’s Roger Hayden has hit the ground running, leading the first MotoAmerica Superbike/Superstock 1000 session in the wet at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Trailing Hayden by 2.228 seconds was Monster Energy Graves Yamaha’s Josh Hayes. In third was Hayes teammate and championship rival Cameron Beaubier.
Yamalube/Westby Racing’s Josh Day was fourth overall, ahead of fellow Superstock rider series-points leader Jake Gagne on the RoadRace Factory Yamaha. Tyler O’Hara was sixth on the Chisum/Motul Racing Yamaha.
Longevity Racing Ducati’s Barrett Long was seventh ahead of Aprilia HSBK Racing’s Sheridan Morais and series newcomer Garrick Schneiderman on a privateer Yamaha. Rounding out the top 10 was last year’s Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson race-two winner Steve Rapp on the Atom Racing BMW.
2015 MotoAmerica
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Superbike/Superstock Practice Results
1. Roger Hayden (Suzuki) 1:49.895
2. Josh Hayes (Yamaha) 1:52.123
3. Cameron Beaubier (Yamaha) 1:52.942
4. Josh Day (Yamaha) 1:53.988
5. Jake Gagne (Yamaha) 1:54.266
6. Tyler O’Hara (Yamaha) 1:55.191
7. Barrett Long (Ducati) 1:55.453
8. Sheridan Morais (Aprilia) 1:55.619
9. Garrick Schneiderman (Yamaha) 1:55.920
10. Steve Rapp (Suzuki) 1:57.329
