Petersen Rides to 11th in Superbike Race 1 at COTA
Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Cameron Petersen finishes 11th in a challenging start to the MotoAmerica Superbike tripleheader in Texas / Sep 14, 2024 /
Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Cameron Petersen overcame adversity to score an 11th-place finish in the opening race of the MotoAmerica Superbike tripleheader at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas. Filling in for Jake Gagne, Xavi Forés unfortunately crashed in the challenging conditions and withdrew from the race.
Riders were met with high temperatures at the penultimate round of the championship, making for tricky conditions on the newly resurfaced 3.4-mile track. It was a challenging beginning to the weekend as Petersen unfortunately had a technical issue in the second qualifying session and was 11th in the combined times. The South African found himself 15th after the opening lap and was struggling with grip, but rode on to cross the line 11th.
Making his Superbike debut with the team, Forés worked to find his comfort zone on the bike. Despite crashing and missing most of the second qualifying session, the Spaniard qualified sixth to start from the second row of the grid. From there he got a good start in fifth, but ultimately was shuffled to seventh on the second lap. Undeterred, he continued to push and advanced to sixth after the halfway mark, but the competition regained the position. Unfortunately Forés lost the front on the following lap going into Turn 1. He rejoined the race in 16th but ultimately withdrew with damage to the bike from the crash.
The Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing team looks to come back swinging tomorrow for MotoAmerica Superbike Race 2 and Race 3 of the tripleheader at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas.
Richard Stanboli – Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing Team Manager
“It was a tough start to the weekend. Xavi crashed, and Cam was struggling with grip. We will come back tomorrow and are confident that we can do better.”
Cameron Petersen – Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing #45
“It’s been a tough weekend so far, and unfortunately Race 1 wasn’t any better. I’m looking forward to bouncing back tomorrow.”
Xavi Forés – Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing #34
“It was a tough day. We improved quite a lot from yesterday with our feeling on the bike, but unfortunately I had a crash early in Q2. We had to repair the bike and head out on the Q tire, but I was able to improve my lap times and get on the second row, which I was happy with. I had a good start in the race but I started to not have a good feeling with the tire. I tried to manage it, but in the end, I crashed trying to get close to the top four. Unfortunately, the footpeg came off, and I couldn’t finish the race. Two more to go tomorrow. We are going to do some work overnight with the bike to improve a little bit. Let’s see if we can get closer to the front pack and get the most information possible for Jersey.”
2024 MotoAmerica Superbike Results
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