Photo credits: Yamaha Racing | Garrett Gerloff and Cameron Beaubier
Monster Energy Yamalube Yamaha Factory Racing team’s Garrett Gerloff has just claimed his first ever career win for MotoAmerica Superbike at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on Sunday. Not to mention, defending champion Cameron Beaubier secured a podium win in both race one and race two.
Up next for Monster Energy Yamalube Yamaha Factory Racing team is round seven of the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship at Sonoma Raceway this upcoming August 10 to 11.
Photo credits: Yamaha Racing
“It’s hard to put into words. It feels so good to get that first win because I’ve had a tough kind of year-and-a-half or so, and to finally do it, it just brings up a lot of emotions. It just feels so good,”: says Gerloff as quoted from Yamaha Racing.
“The weekend was perfect! Well, not perfect, but it feels that way right now. Getting the Superpole, that was really awesome. It’s something that I’ve always wanted to do here more than any other track, so I was really happy to be able to do that. From then on, the bike just felt really good, the R1. In the first race, I didn’t have the tire I felt like to be able to battle for the win, or to actually make the pass for the win, at the end of the race, but today everything felt perfect. Honestly, it was just kind of a perfect day. So I couldn’t be happier. Big thanks to the team and everybody who has been behind me. I’m ready to go on to the next one. I hate to have to wait a month.”
Photo credits: Yamaha Racing
Photo credits: Yamaha Racing
“This weekend was a rough one. I was pretty confident going into the races. I felt really good in practice and had good pace, but in Saturday’s race that all went out the window. We did our homework and made some adjustments for Sunday’s race. I had a really good bike but got caught up in a battle for second and was unable to get up front early. All in all, two podiums is important for the championship. We will keep working and move forward!”
Photo credits: Yamaha Racing