Apart from the first race in Atlanta, Jack Gagne has achieved a flawless performance so far this season, and the Fresh N' Lean Attack Performance Yamaha rider has just reached the symbolic threshold of 10 consecutive victories on the Brainerd International Raceway. at the end of a more than chaotic race!
During all the preliminary sessions, we could see the pressure that the American and Loris Baz, the only driver able to endanger the domination of the Californian after a first qualifying where only 0,128 seconds separated the two men.
However, the Iwata representative did it again on Saturday morning, improving his best time by more than half a second, thus crossing the 1'30 mark and relegating the Frenchman to 3 tenths, despite his strong chronometric progress. .
The clash, however, promised great things during Saturday's race, but it did not take place and, after a somewhat chaotic start which saw him almost come into contact with Loris Baz, Jack Gagne quickly took over the short-lived leader Cameron Petersen (M4 Ecstar Suzuki), just like Loris Baz a few seconds later.
In the wake, Jack Gagne made a mistake and his motorcycle was stopped in the middle of the track, causing the race to be stopped with a red flag. Unfortunately, Loris Baz, then leader, suffered the same fate at the next corner, with more consequences since the Frenchman's heavily damaged Ducati Panigale could not take the second start, unlike the Yamaha of Jack Gagne who lined up his 10th consecutive success in front of Bobby Fong (M4 Ecstar Suzuki) and Matthew Scholtz (Westby Racing LCC).
Jake Gagne, Fresh N' Lean Performance Yamaha Racing attack: “C’était une course folle ! Dans la première course, j’ai fait une erreur dans le virage 3 et j’ai perdu l’arrière. Heureusement, je me suis glissé sous la moto et j’ai pu la ramener aux stands après le drapeau rouge. L’équipe a fait un travail fantastique en réparant la moto juste à temps, et nous avons pu revenir sur la piste pour nous battre à nouveau. J’ai fait quelques tours propres après le redémarrage et j’ai pu ramener à la maison une autre victoire pour cette équipe et cette machine géniales.”
The explanation for these falls? Loris Baz gives it to you himself: ” pneus froids après avoir passé 5 minutes sur la grille. J’ai chuté avec 25 degrés de moins sur les pneus ! Merci à ceux qui se sentent concernés ! On essaiera à nouveau demain.”
