Uribe scores pair of second place finishes in MotoAmerica Stock 1000 races at Laguna Seca
OrangeCat Racing rider leaves July 12-14 event within seven points of championship lead.
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OrangeCat Racing By Marino Communications | July 15, 2024
OrangeCat Racing rider Jayson Uribe (No. 360). Photo credit: Fatal Visualz
MONTEREY, Calif. – Jayson Uribe’s string of success in his rookie season in MotoAmerica’s Stock 1000 Class continued this past weekend at the iconic Laguna Seca circuit. The OrangeCat Racing rider – who hails from Angwin, Calif. – looked right home when he topped the time sheets in practice and both qualifying sessions, claimed his first Stock 1000 pole position and secured a pair of runner-up results on Saturday and Sunday.
Uribe also extended his streak of consecutive MotoAmerica Stock 1000 podium appearances from three to five and is just seven points behind the championship leader with one round and two races remaining.
OrangeCat Racing’s second rider, Travis Wyman, put in his best qualifying performance of the year and collected two more top-10 finishes at the July 12-14 round.
Uribe kicked off the weekend by being the fastest rider in both on-track sessions on Friday. He edged out another frontrunning rider for the best time in Friday morning practice by 0.026 seconds, then provisionally qualified first in the Friday afternoon Qualifying 1 session by a margin of 0.316 seconds. Wyman wasn’t far behind his teammate on Friday’s time sheets. He wrapped up practice as the fourth-fastest rider and provisionally qualified fifth in Qualifying 1.
When Saturday morning’s Qualifying 2 session ended, Uribe had secured his first Stock 1000 pole position and improved his best lap time in Qualifying 1 by 0.445 seconds. Wyman ended up qualifying sixth for the weekend’s two Stock 1000 races after lowering his best lap time from a 1:26.557 in Qualifying 1 to a 1:26.196 in Qualifying 2.
Later Saturday, Uribe got a great start but a mistake a few laps into the race forced him to settle for a runner-up result. Uribe led the race for the first two laps. Then, at the start of Lap 3, Uribe ran wide as he approached Turn 2 and lost two positions. He moved up from third place to second on Lap 8 of the 14-lap race and ended up scoring his fourth podium appearance of the season. Wyman was running in eighth place at the end of Lap 1 and finished Lap 2 in seventh place. He fell back to eighth place on Lap 3, which is the position he finished the race in.
In Sunday’s race, Uribe got another good start and led the race for the first two laps. Another rider made a pass for the lead at the start of Lap 3, and one lap later Uribe lost another position and ran the next five laps in third place. Wyman lost a couple positions during the first lap and finished that lap in eighth place. Uribe gradually closed the gap to the second-place rider and overtook him on Lap 9. Unfortunately, Uribe’s strong pace wasn’t enough to close the gap to the race leader, but he still claimed his second second-place finish of the round. Wyman struggled a little for pace as the race went on, as he fell to ninth place on Lap 8 and ended up finishing the race in 10th.
The final round of the MotoAmerica Stock 1000 season takes place Sept. 27-29 at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, N.J.
Jayson Uribe / No. 360
“Overall, it was a good weekend at Laguna. I felt like I had the pace over the field when I really needed it, but my main focus was on the championship fight. Getting pole was a huge bonus. I honestly didn't think too much about it during the qualifying sessions. I just wanted to be in the first two rows. I tried to ride smooth and precise, I'm glad it worked out. The story for both races was pretty similar. Race 1 involved more mistakes on my end. However, both involved me leading for a few laps and then having to work my way through a pack. My main focus for Sunday was to minimize my mistakes and focus on riding well. I feel like I rode smart in Race 2 and did the best with the package we had. I really wanted to win this weekend, but it's more important to finish the races and get championship points. Huge shoutout to the entire OrangeCat Racing team. They gave me a great bike to ride all weekend. I'm ready to keep the ball rolling for New Jersey.”
Travis Wyman / No. 10
“It was another tough weekend for me. I had my best qualifying of the year but struggled with rear grip all weekend. I tried a big change for Race 1 but ended up falling back to eighth place. I tried another change for Race 2 and was feeling good with it for a handful of laps. But I again fell back a little and finished 10th. It was awesome to compete in three classes at the Laguna round and collect six top 10 finishes, but I’m going to work hard to be closer to the front in Stock 1000 at New Jersey.”
OrangeCat Racing's promotional and technical partners for the 2024 MotoAmerica season include Motoworks Chicago, Ohlins USA, and alpha Racing.
Travis Wyman’s promotional partners for the 2024 MotoAmerica season include SP Connect, Klingler Thrillers, Fast Line Motorcycle Performance, Stomp Grip, On Any Moto, Bilmola USA and Alpinestars.
Jayson Uribe's promotional partners for the 2024 MotoAmerica season include CT Racing, 4SR, San Jose Motorsport and Red Engine Brewing.
To learn more about OrangeCat Racing, visit the team’s website at http://orangecatracing.com and follow the team on Instagram at @orangecatracing.
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OrangeCat Racing rider Travis Wyman (No. 10). Photo credit: Fatal Visualz