Josh Herrin crashed out of Friday’s Q1 session at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, but not before earning provisional pole position. Photo by Brian J. Nelson
Superbike Points Leader Crashes Out, Still Bests Fong by .006 of a Second as It’s Tight at The Top in Monterey
MONTEREY, CA (JULY 11, 2025) – WARHORSE HSBK RACING DUCATI’S JOSH
HERRIN CARTWHEELED HIS DUCATI PANIGALE V4 R IN TURN FOUR MIDWAY THROUGH
Q1 AT WEATHERTECH RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, BUT IT
DIDN’T STOP HIM FROM EARNING PROVISIONAL POLE BASED ON THE 1:23.880 HE
SET BEFORE HE CRASHED.
JOSH HERRIN CRASHED OUT OF FRIDAY’S Q1 SESSION AT WEATHERTECH RACEWAY
LAGUNA SECA, BUT NOT BEFORE EARNING PROVISIONAL POLE POSITION. _PHOTO BY
BRIAN J. NELSON_
It was tight at the top with the top five within a half second of each
other when the 40-minute session concluded. Herrin led the way, but by
just .006 of a second from an on-form Bobby Fong and his Attack
Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing YZF-R1. Fong, who led the morning
session, turned in a 1:23.886.
Fong’s best was just .185 of a second better than Tytlers Cycle
Racing’s Cameron Beaubier. Then came Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s
Sean Dylan Kelly and Fong’s teammate Jake Gagne, who was the last
rider within half a second of Herrin.
Real Steel Honda’s JD Beach was sixth-fastest on his Stock 1000-spec
Honda CBR1000RR-R SP.
Richie Escalante had a scary highside on the exit of turn 11 early in
the session that brought out the red flag. The Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR
Suzuki rider injured his wrist, but he was back on track later in the
session, and he ended up seventh. He is not expected to miss any track
time this weekend due to his sore wrist.
FLO4LAW/SBU Racing’s Benjamin Smith was eighth with Real Steel
Honda’s Hayden Gillim ninth, one spot better than the third Honda
CBR1000RR-R SP ridden to 10th by Jones Honda’s Ashton Yates.
Motovation Supersport – Jacobsen Gets It Started
Rahal Ducati Moto w/XPEL’s PJ Jacobsen fired the first shot in the
battle for the 2025 Motovation Supersport Championship with last
year’s double winner at Laguna Seca snatching provisional pole
position on Friday afternoon.
Jacobsen ripped off a 1:26.819 on his 13th go-around to barely beat out
Strack Racing’s Blake Davis by just .050 of a second. Jacobsen’s
championship rival Mathew Scholtz, meanwhile, was third-fastest on his
Strack Racing Yamaha YZF-R9. Scholtz was .247 off Jacobsen’s best.
Celtic/Economy Lube+Tire/Warhorse HSBK Ducati’s Cameron Petersen was
fourth-fastest and within a half a second of Jacobsen. Ditto for Vision
Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott, the last rider to get within
half a second of provisional pole.
Jacobsen’s teammate Kayla Yaakov ended the session in sixth – the last
rider to lap in the 1:27s.
BPR Racing teammates Josh Hayes and Teagg Hobbs were seventh and eighth
with Altus Motorsports’ Maxi Gerardo and MP13 Racing’s Aiden Sneed
rounding out the top 10.
Mission Super Hooligan National Championship – Rispoli!
KWR Harley-Davidson’s James Rispoli put his Pan America on provisional
pole position on Friday afternoon at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
with his 1:29.103 topping defending class champion Cory West and his
Saddlemen Race Development Harley-Davidson by .213 of a second.
Andy DiBrino was the last of the riders in the 1:29s as he broke up the
Harley-Davidson party by putting his Competition Werkes Racing Triumph
765RS third on the provisional front row with a 1:29.725.
KWR Harley-Davidson’s Cody Wyman and Edge Racing’s Jason Waters, who
like DiBrino was Triumph-mounted, rounded out the top five.
The session was red-flagged with a scary incident on the front straight
when Saddlemen Race Development’s Jake Lewis ran into the back of KWR
Harley-Davidson’s Cody Wyman on his first lap of Q1. Lewis, the
championship points leader, was transported to hospital to get an MRI on
his shoulder, and he also suffered a concussion in the crash. He will
miss the remainder of the weekend.
SC-Project Twins – A Robem One-Two
Runaway championship leader Alessandro Di Mario led a Robem Engineering
one-two by topping teammate Hank Vossberg with the two teenagers taking
the top two spots in Q1.
Di Mario bested his teammate by .793 of a second with Vossberg
continuing to impress in just his second weekend on the team’s Aprilia
RS 660.
Bad Boys Racing’s Avery Dreher and Speeddemon Racing’s Logan
Cunnison rounded out the top four with all four riding Aprilia RS 660s.
The first non-Aprilia was the Suzuki GSX-8R ridden to the fifth-fastest
time by RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki’s Matthew Chapin.
Mission King Of The Baggers – Wyman Over Gillim
Championship points leader Kyle Wyman and his Harley-Davidson x Dynojet
Factory Racing Road Glide earned provisional pole position in Mission
King Of The Baggers Q1 action at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on
Friday, narrowly beating out RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines
Harley-Davidson’s Hayden Gillim by just .100 of a second.
Wyman’s best was a 1:28.057 that left him hungry for a 1:27 lap that
he believes will be obtainable tomorrow. Wyman was one of seven riders
in the 1:28s with Gillim the best of the rest on his Harley-Davidson
Road Glide.
The first of the Indians was third with S&S/Indian Motorcycle’s Loris
Baz’s best lap .385 of a second off Wyman’s provisional pole.
SDI Racing’s Cameron Petersen was fourth-fastest in his best
qualifying effort to date, but his session ended early with a crash in
the Corkscrew that brought out the red flag with just a few minutes
remaining in the session.
S&S/Indian Motorcycle teammates Tyler O’Hara and Troy Herfoss were
fifth and sixth, respectively. Gillim’s teammate Rocco Landers ended
the day seventh with Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s James
Rispoli and Bradley Smith eighth and ninth.
Lyndall Brakes/M3’s Max Flinders rounded out the top 10.
FRIDAY PHOTOS AVAILABLE HERE [5]
Friday results:
Superbike [6]
Motovation Supersport [7]
SC Project Twins Cup [8]
Mission Super Hooligan National Championship [9]
Mission King Of The Baggers [10]
Complete practice, qualifying and race results are available [11]HERE
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