Fresh N Lean Progressive Yamaha Racing Team Sets Sights on Road Atlanta Comeback

“So we had a tough day, but we don’t focus on the negatives because we know our pace and potential. We will rebuild and come back swinging tomorrow!”

“It was nice to have a smooth start to the weekend and to get some laps in, with a good practice session and a good qualifying result. I was feeling good in the race, and during those first five laps, the lap times were coming really easy. I was even telling myself that it’s a long race and to just stay calm and click off the laps, then I made one little mistake there in Turn 5. I’m not exactly sure what happened. I might have gotten up in there a little too much on the inside, or maybe gone on the paint or touched the curb or something. It was my bad, and I did some damage to the bike today and took some wind out of our sails. That’s racing, though, and we’re ready to come back tomorrow. We’ve just got to be smart. There’s a lot more racing left this year.”

“After I saw Jake go down, I knew I had to bring the bike home for the guys and at least get a podium. I was going through the Esses, and I noticed the guys in front of me were cutting the curb a little bit more. So I just tried to cut the curb and tucked the front in Turn 3. I picked the bike up, still in third, but I was in a rush to get back on the track before those guys came past me that I just got a little eager on the gas, and it high-sided me in the grass. It’s such a disappointment to get the weekend started this way, but we’ve got tomorrow. We’re going to put it behind us, go to work tonight and think of some things, and we’ll go get these guys tomorrow.”