Three Superbike Races To Keep It Interesting As It’s Texas Time For MotoAmerica

Josh Herrin Has His Sights Set On Superbike Title, But It’s Not Over Yet As
COTA Awaits, September 13-15

IRVINE, CA – September 11, 2024 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Josh Herrin arrives this weekend at the Circuit of The Americas with a 52-point lead in the 2024 MotoAmerica Steel Commander Superbike Championship. If he leaves Texas on Sunday afternoon with a similar point lead, he will be crowned as the Superbike Champion for the second time in his career and for the first time in 11 years.

Josh Herrin brings a 52-point lead in the 2024 MotoAmerica Steel Commander Superbike Series this weekend as the series will holds its penultimate round at Circuit of The Americas.
Photo by Brian J. Nelson

But with that being said, there is plenty of racing still to be raced at COTA with 75 points up for grabs from the time the lights go green for race one on Saturday until the checkered flag comes out at the end of race three on Sunday afternoon.

And there are still all kinds of hungry racers behind him that will be determined to at least make Herrin wait until the unpredictable, anything-can-happen New Jersey Motorsports Park round and the season finale.

Let’s back up a little bit.

Herrin has gotten where he is by pouring it on when it matters most. The championship isn’t won in the early rounds at Road Atlanta, Barber or even Road America. Those are three ingredients, but the bread is baked in the last half of the season and that’s where Herrin has put a dagger in the hearts of his competition.

In the past nine races, Herrin has won five times and stood on the podium three other times. His only real miscue came in race one at Ridge Motorsports Park when he chose to use slicks on a wet racetrack. He wasn’t alone in making that poor decision and he paid for it, scoring just five points in the race.

Since then, Herrin has been virtually unstoppable with four wins in the past five races, including three in a row heading into COTA – a racetrack he’s won on before and a racetrack that suits the Ducati.

Two men are tied for second in the championship heading to Texas and one of them won’t be racing. Wrench Motorcycles’ Bobby Fong and Attack Performance/Progressive/ Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne are tied – 52 points behind Herrin – but Gagne won’t be racing at COTA as he’s opted to sit out the rest of the season in an attempt to get his arm-pump problem sorted out for the 2025 season. Gagne has finished…