At 1:15 today, the AMA Supersport riders will hit the track for the second race of the weekend at the Road America circuit at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. David Gaviria took the first race win, but will have to compete against James Rispoli, Tomas Puerta, and Benny Solis for the victory this afternoon.
Puerta exited the first race with a mechanical error and will be looking to make up some points this afternoon. Rispoli is also eager for a race victory. The Ant Racing rider took the third place spot during the first race and was the fastest rider on the track this morning during warm-ups. But if Rispoli wants the victory, he’ll have to fight off a group of capable Supersport riders.
Puerta, Gaviria, and Solis could easily find the podium today. Travis Wyman, who took second during race 1, should also be fighting at the top. The Supersport race could also see challenges from Corey Alexander, Elena Myers, and Stefano Mesa.
(You can see the ful race report from Saturday here.)
The AMA Supersport race starts at 1:15 today. All About Bikes will have live updates from the race.
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The Supersport riders are on the grid.
- Row 1: Puerta - Gaviria - Wyman - Mesa
- Row 2: Gillim - Alexander - Rispoli - Parker
- Row 3: Dominguez - Solis - Myers - Nash
The Supersport riders are off on their sighting lap. Racing will begin shortly.
And they're off!
Puerta and Gairia shoot of the line, but it's Elena Myers who take the lead.
Myers is passed up by Puerta, but takes the lead right back.
BIG CRASH!
Solis and Gaviria are done. Solis lost the front ent and took out Gaviria.
With the two Yamaha riders out, Myers will have to battle up front with Rispoli and Puerta.
Myers drops back to third behind Puerta and Rispoli.
Puerta leads the way but Rispoli makes the pass down the stretch. Rispoli crosses the line .03 seconds ahead of Puerta. Myers is another .15 seconds back.
Puerta - Rispoli - Myers - Wyman - Dominguez - Alexander
There's a lot ofa ction at the front.
Here they come down the stretch. Puerta and Rispoli cross the line first, but Myers shoots up the inside and takes the lead at turn 1.
Lap 3: Myers, Rispoli - Puerta, Wyman - Alexander
Rispoli takes the lead. Puerta takes the lead. Myers takes the lead.
Myers leads the way over the hill to the final stretch.
Myers crosses the line with the biggest gap so far. Myers leads by .29 seconds ahead of Rispoli, Wyman, and Puerta.
Two more riders are down. Corey Alexander and James Rispoli go down. Alexander lowsides and takes out Rispoli.
Four main competitors are out of the race. Solis, Alexander, Rispoli, and Gaviria have all gone down.
Travis Wyman take the lead from Myers. Wyman took a podium in the XR1200 class just minutes before the start of the Supersport race. He might not have enough in the tank to maintain the lead.
Myers drops down to fourth. Wyman leads the way ahead of Puerta, Dominguez, and Myers.
Lap 6: Wyman - Puerta - Dominguez - Myers - Parker - Mesa - Gillim - Ohge - Nash - Graham
Dominguez dips inside to take the lead.
Lap 7: Wyman crosses the line with the biggest lead of the day, a mere .34 seconds. Dominguez, Myers, Puerta, and Parker are all hot on his tail.
Wyman is starting to build a little bit of a gap. It might not be enough to last him the race though.
Wyman puts in the quickest lap of the day to extend his lead to 1.3 seconds. Wyman laps at 2'22.949. He is currently the only rider to lapping in the 1'22s.
Lap 8: Wyman - Dominguez - Puerta - Myers - Parker - Gillim - Mesa - Ohge - Nash - Graham.
Wyman is pulling away up front as the Supersport riders enter the final lap. Wyman has a three second led, if he can keep his bike rubber side down he should be able to pull out the victory.
Puerta and Dominguez look safe in 2nd and 3rd, but Myers could put in a late session push to take the podium.
Half a lap to go. Wyman - Dominguez - Puerta - Myers
The leaders are approaching the final stretch. Does Myers have enough in the tank for one last pass?
Wyman wins!
Dominguez takes second and Puerta takes the final spot o the podium. Myers finishes .1 seconds behind Puerta for fourth place.
AMA Supersport Results - Race 2 - Road America
- Wyman
- Dominguez
- Puerta
- Myers
- Parker
- Mesa
- Phge
- Gillim
- Nash
- Graham
Full race report to follow.
