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Round #2 of the SupermotoUSA Pros Series!

250 Pro Podium: L to R Gage McAllister 2nd  Fred Guerin and Translator 1st Casey Yarrow 3rd

05.15.2011

Update: Sunday 3:50pm: Frenchy Fred Guerin goes from last to first in 250 Main Event!

On a day that promised to be nothing if not drama filled, the kid that traveled the farthest to get to the wine country of California will be popping the Champagne on the podium as he rode from last to first in the Pro 250 Main event here at Infineon Raceway as part of Round #2 of the SupermotoUSA Pro Series in conjunction with the 2011 West Coast MotoJam!

 After a Heat race where he had a gap on the field only to DNF due to a clutch nut backing off, the kid from Evreux, France started on the back row and methodically picked off everyone in front of him before finally catching race leader and local favorite, Casey Yarrow with three laps to go and stretched the finish to around 8 seconds at the checkered flag.  On the last lap it was SupermotoUSA's Brok McAllister's son, Gage putting a pass on Yarrow for second spot on the podium and Yarrow gaining the last podium spot. Early leader and fast qualifier, Ronnie Jones got caught up in the five rider battle and finished a very respectable 4th after not riding Supermoto in almost a year.

An incredible turn of events for the kid who'd had nothing but mechanical problems and issues and hopefully insure that he'll be back in August to keep his lead in the 250 class and give Ryan Kearns and the rest of the 450 fast guys a run for their money on the big bike!

250 Pro Final Results:

1. Fred Guerin

2. Gage McAllister

3. Casey Yarrow

4. Joshua Pederson

5. Ronnie Jones

6. Dominic Colindres

7. Blake Farris

8. Josiah Rundall

9. Tyler Ohara

10. John Brown

11. Andrew Lee

Update: Sunday 1:55pm: 250 Pro Heat Race DRAMA!

The Pro race of the day had nothing but drama in the Heat race that will set the grid for the main event here in the next 45 minutes as French National 250 Supermoto Champ, Fred Guerin, came from 4th to put a little gap on fast qualifier Ronny Jones, Josh Pederson, Gage McAllister, and Casey Yarrow who were all tied together before Guerin's clutch let go on the last lap leaving the win to Jones followed by Pederson then McAllister in 3rd.

This craziness in the Heat races only means that there will be more of it guaranteed in the 250 Pro main event as Guerin will be lined up at the back of the grid due to his DNF.

250 Pro Heat Race Results:

1. Ronnie Jones

2. Joshua Pederson

3. Gage McAllister

4. Casey Yarrow

5. Tyler Ohara

6. Dominic Colindres

7. Blake Farris

8. Josiah Rundall

9. John Brown

10. Andrew Lee

Update: Sunday 12:15pm

The main event "show" of today here at the 2nd Round of the SupermotoUSA Pro Series is the Pro 250 class. Timed Qualifying just finished and a little surprise was the #1 time turned in by local Petaluma boy, Ronnie Jones. 2nd on the front row of the upcoming heat race will be our visiting Frenchman, Fred Guerin with Josh Pederson rounding out the top three. The 250 Heat race will be coming up just after 1pm with the Final at 3pm.

Stay tuned right here for all the action taking place here at Infineon Raceway's Russell Karting Center!

05.14.2011  Sonoma California:

Update 4:25pm: Round #2: Unlimited Pro Win goes to Flyin' Ryan Kearns!

Round # 2 of the SupermotoUSA Pro Series turned out to be all that it promised to be with a dog-fight between the top two Qualifiers and Heat race winners, Ryan Kearns and Danny Casey! Danny Casey got the holeshot and led the Stockton California hotshoe, Ryan Kearns with Casey Yarrow and Dustin Hoffman in tow. The 2009 AMA Supermoto Lites Champion Casey was shadowed by Kearns until Ryan put a wheel inside of him in the 90degree right hander at the end of the long front straightaway and led him into the dirt section where he held the lead and eventually pulled out a gap on the final laps to cross the finish line 5 seconds in front of Casey who had a gap over hard riding Dustin Hoffman in third.

Hoffman, worked his way past Yamaha mounted Casey Yarrow on the second lap of the race to claim the final spot on the podium. The 4th place finisher at Round #1, Fred Guerin, had to start dead last on his CRF250 after having brake issues in the Heat race on his 450 Honda. Changing bikes put him to the back of the grid and a last lap tangle with Reno's Steve Marty put him back in the 10th position after battling up through the pack.

After what was predicted to be less than great weather here in wine country, California, the sun came out and it was dry and not too cold all day long. The SupermotoUSA Pro Series takes a couple months off before heading North to Pacific Raceways in Seattle, Washington for Round #3 August 20-21.

The main feature on the schedule for tomorrow is the 250 Pro race which was an excellent battle between Guerin and Washington's Jacob Lehman at the first round at Stateline. Lehman unfortunately was not able to make the trip down for this event but there are a few other fast 250 riders that will be trying to keep Misseur Guerin in sight for the winners paycheck. Come on up to Infineon and see it for yourself!!  For Tickets and more Information on all the West Coast MotoJam events check out Infineon Raceway.com

Updated 2:55pm:

Unlimited Pro Heat Race action has concluded to set the grid for the Unlimited Pro Main Event and the results for the race were the same as the timed qualifying with Flyin' Ryan Kearns battling with Danny Casey right down to the checkers! Young Ryan, Frenchman Fred Guerin and Danny Casey led after the first lap but Guerin's race pretty much ended there with a front brake failure and it was left up to Kearns and Casey to battle to the end of the 10 lap heat.   Final Finishes listed below......

10:00am:

It's the second year of the multi-format ALL two-wheel racing event that kicks off the 2011 major race season here at Infineon Raceway in the lovely and scenic wine country of Northern California.

What SuperMotoOnline is focused on is SUPERMOTO of course! Today, Saturday, the "show" is going to feature the Unlimited Pro as the main event of the day and it's shaping up to be an epic battle.

Round #1 winner, Bakersfield's, Josh Chisum, who is doing double duty down at the big roadcourse....(he's competing in the Harley-Davidson XR1200 AMA Roadrace series) will be looking to take home the winners check like he did at Stateline four weeks ago. Making his first appearance racing anything since getting seriously injured in an AMA Flat-track incident last year, Pacifica California's, Danny Casey, who was the 2009 AMA Supermoto Champion. Danny was very fast in practice yesterday. Another "kid" that was on the gas yesterday, Friday, during the Pro practice sessions was, Stockton, California's, #990,"Flyin" Ryan Kearns. And speaking of FLYING....... flying into California from across the Atlantic ocean and going very fast yesterday....(he and young Kearns were tradin' paint for a BUNCH o' laps), all the way from Evreux, France, the 2010 French S3/250 Supermoto National Champion, Fred Guerin.

Joining the fray today to battle for the $1000 winners check will be Wallace, California's #108 Sam "Fort" Knox, Temecula, California's, Dustin Hoffman, one of the longest running Supermoto Pro's from a family of Supermoto Royalty, Vacaville, California's, Casey Yarrow, Jake Thompson out of Roseville, Ca., SupermotoUSA's bossman, Brok McAllister's kid, Gage McAllister, long time AMA Supermoto racer, ex-Hart & Huntington rider, Travis Marks, Brandon Case, and a very full grid of top USA talent!

Racing will be going on all day here at the Russell Karting facility located up the hill to the "left" when you enter the Infineon Raceway. The Pro Unlimited Main Event will be held at 1:00pm for Race#1 and 3:00pm is scheduled for Race #2.

Tomorrow will feature the Pro 250 race for the main show which will is scheduled to be run at the same 1pm/3pm timeframe.

If you are anywhere in the Northern California area you need to get on up here to Infineon Raceway for the best two-wheeled racing action ANYWHERE in the USA!!

For more information on the West Coast MotoJam go to www.infineonraceway.com