ATTESA, AZ (February 23, 2025) – It wasn’t a matter of if Cameron Beaubier was going to get down to business at the two-day MotoAmerica/Dunlop Preseason test, it was just a matter of when.

In his first day on the 2.32-mile Podium Club road course on Saturday, Beaubier and his Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW M 1000 RR ended up third fastest, behind the two Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing teamsters,

Bobby Fong and Jake Gagne.



On Sunday, Beaubier became the first rider to lead a session other than Fong when he ripped off a 1:27.224 in session five, besting Fong and Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Sean Dylan Kelly. In session six, Beaubier went even quicker with his 1:27.048.



Although Fong turned the tables back in his favor in session seven by breaking his lap record for the second time in two days with his 1:26.461, Beaubier had the final punch.



Actually, two punches.



Beaubier ripped off a lap-record-breaking 1:26.390 with 24 minutes to go in the eighth and final session. Oddly, shortly thereafter, both Beaubier and Fong crashed in separate incidents in the same corner - turn one.



Beaubier, however, got back on track and went quicker still, lowering the lap record to 1:26.385. It was a time that wasn’t bettered.



Fong’s 1:26.461 from session seven put him second overall with Gagne’s 1:26.972 putting him third and just a tick over half a second from Beaubier’s best.



When all was said and done, Kelly was fourth-quickest with his best coming in session six.



Jayson Uribe was the fastest of the Stock 1000 riders and the best of the two OrangeCat Racing BMWs with Andrew Lee less than half a second off his teammate’s best.



Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Josh Herrin did two sessions on Sunday with his best lap coming in session six – a 1:30.404. Herrin was riding the Panigale V2 in preparation for a run at his fourth Daytona 200 victory in a few weeks.



Herrin’s teammate Cameron Petersen didn’t take part on the second day of the test after aggravating a knee injury in his Saturday afternoon tipover.



MP13 Racing’s Aiden Sneed topped Group B on his MV Agusta, ending up a tick quicker than Celtic/Economy Lube+Tire/Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Wristin Grigg. TAB Performance’s Kyle Ohnsorg was the only Mission King Of The Baggers testers on Sunday and he ended up third fastest overall.



Koch Racing teammates Sean Ungvarsky and Romeo Chiavini were fourth and fifth, respectively.

Cameron Beaubier (BMW) 1:26.385
Bobby Fong (Yamaha) 1:26.461
Jake Gagne (Yamaha) 1:26.972
Sean Dylan Kelly (Suzuki) 1:27.320
Jayson Uribe (BMW) 1:28.506
Andrew Lee (BMW) 1:28.888
Josh Herrin (Ducati) 1:30.404

Podium Club Test: Fong Leads Yamaha One-Two On Day One In Arizona

Bobby Fong Breaks The Motorcycle Lap Record At Podium Club

ATTESA, AZ (February 22, 2025) – No MotoAmerica team has more experience at the Podium Club than the Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing team and on the first day of the two-day MotoAmerica Dunlop preseason test, it showed with teammates Bobby Fong and Jake Gagne one-two at day’s end.



It was Fong who led the way with his 1:26.13, a time that broke his own lap record set last year during a test session on the Wrench Motorcycles Yamaha YZF-R1 in what Fong said were “perfect conditions.” Today may not have been perfect, but the conditions were ideal with 80-degree temperatures and a slight breeze.



“The test today went good and I went faster than I did the last time we were here,” Fong said. “We’ve been working through a lot of different chassis stuff on the R1. I got comfortable pretty easy because I raced a Yamaha last year. The team and I are working well together, and I feel very comfortable so I’m looking forward to continuing the progress and starting the season strong.”



Fong’s best put him .493 of a second ahead of his teammate and three-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Jake Gagne, who lapped a 1:27.106.



Gagne’s quick lap put him slightly ahead of Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Cameron Beaubier, who was enjoying his first day at the Podium Club. The five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion only recently inked his contract to remain with the team, which has been downsized to just a one-man Superbike team.



Fourth-fastest on day one at the 2.32-mile Podium Club course was Sean Dylan Kelly in his first ride on the Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R1000r after a late off-season team change. Kelly, who was working out of a van with a skeleton crew that included his crew chief Jeremy Toye, said the team only decided to the attend the test a day prior to it starting.



Meanwhile, Andrew Lee was the fastest of the two OrangeCat Racing Stock 1000-spec BMWs with Lee .399 of a second quicker than his teammate Jayson Uribe.



Josh Herrin was the fastest of the Supersport testers with the two-time AMA Superbike Champion riding the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Panigale V2 on which he will be trying to win his fourth Daytona 200 title in a few weeks.



Herrin’s pseudo-teammate Cameron Petersen was the second-fastest Supersport rider on his first outing on the Celtic/Economy Lube+Tire/Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati Panigale V2, though his day ended early in the final session of the day with a tipover in turn one.



The test was divided into two groups, A and B, and it was SDI Racing’s Petersen who led Group B on the team’s Mission King Of The Baggers Indian Challenger with the South African’s 1:32.639 besting MP13 Racing’s Aiden Sneed. Wristin Grigg ended the day third-fastest in that group on his Celtic/Economy Lube+Tire/Warhorse HSBK Ducati Panigale V2. Petersen was the only rider on a Bagger on day one.



Today was also Petersen’s first day back on a motorcycle since he tested for the factory Indian Motorcycle team at the Podium Club at the end of last year. Petersen said he was a bit worn out at the end of day one after pulling double duty with the Indian and his Supersport Ducati Panigale V2.



MotoAmerica/Dunlop Test: Day 1

Bobby Fong (Yamaha) 1:26.613
Jake Gagne (Yamaha) 1:27.106
Cameron Beaubier (BMW) 1:27.326
Sean Dylan Kelly (Suzuki) 1:28.282
Andrew Lee (BMW) 1:28.809
Jayson Uribe (Ducati) 1:29.208
Josh Herrin (Ducati) 1:30.841
Cameron Petersen (Ducati) 1:31.305