Beaubier Vs. Baz on Fast Friday at Barber Motorsports Park

Cameron Beaubier Quickest On Opening Day Of
Steel Commander Superbike Action At Barber

BIRMINGHAM, AL – May 18, 2024 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Cameron Beaubier ended the opening day of Steel Commander Superbike action at Barber Motorsports Park with the five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion on top of the timesheets at the conclusion of Q1.

Cameron Beaubier earned provisional pole position on Friday for this weekend’s three Steel Commander Superbike races at Barber Motorsports Park. Photo by Brian J. Nelson

Tyler Scott earned provisional pole in the Supersport class at Barber Motorsports Park on Friday afternoon. Photo by Brian J. Nelson

Beaubier’s best lap in the 40-minute session was a 1:22.468 on his 18^th go-around and it put him .855 of a second ahead of Warhorse HSBK Ducati Racing’s Loris Baz with the Frenchman lapping at 1:23.323 on his 15^th lap.

TopPro Racing Team’s Sean Dylan Kelly continued his fast start to his rookie season of Superbike racing by clocking the third fastest time on his BMW M 1000 RR.

Fourth fastest and the last rider on the same second as Beaubier was Baz’s teammate Josh Herrin.

Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s defending three-time series champion Jake Gagne rounded out the top five on opening day and was just a tick over a second slower than his championship rival Beaubier.

Wrench Motorcycles’ Bobby Fong ended up sixth with Gagne’s teammate Cameron Petersen seventh. Eighth fastest was the first of the Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s in the hands of Spaniard Xavi Forés, who was making his debut on the team as a replacement for the injured Richie Escalante.

Gagne’s teammate JD Beach and Real Steel Motorsports’ Hayden Gillim rounded out the top 10.

Supersport – Scott On Top

Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott earned provisional pole position in Supersport on Friday afternoon by just .096 of a second over Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz in what was an ultra-close Q1 session. How close? The top 10 are all within a second of Scott’s best time of 1:26.607.

TopPro Racing Team’s Maximiliano Gerardo put in his best effort to date on the new team’s Suzuki GSX-R750 to earn a spot on the provisional front row leading into tomorrow’s Q2 session. Kayla Yaakov was the fastest of the three Rahal Ducati Moto teamsters with her best lap putting her fourth and just half a second off Scott’s pace. Her teammates, Corey Alexander and PJ Jacobsen,…