Jiggy dog making a one round comeback https://www.roadracingworld.com/news/motoamerica-jd-beach-returning-to-supersport-at-laguna-seca/
I predict JD (provided the bike is good) will dominate. I personally dont think the current riders are at the level of Beach/Fong/Gillim when they were ripping 600's. But laptimes will tell soon enough!
Richie will give him a run. As will crybaby.... Not real sure how much supersport riding jd has been doing.
Yup. I'd be sweet if Gillim had a ride to just so him and Beach could just go at against each other. That dude is beast on a motorcycle. Both those guys had some epic bar banging battles the year before last.
Sad its a replacement ride and not another bike up front. I think JD's time away from full-time road racing will make things a bit easier for Richie.
Ah, this makes sense. Now that Zanetti is coming back for the final round(and won in Indy), I'm sure they'd like to place the R6 on the top of the box.
This. I think JD is the best racer of all of the MA SS frontrunners, but he's going to be a bit rusty so I'm not expecting him to show up and be the class of the field. I'd be fucking stoked if he put it on the box though!
in fairness, he's on the podium in nearly every race, with Richie going faster than the SDK that was the odds on fav for taking the title this year..both those guys have basically double the experience on a supersport bike than he does, and is 3rd in the points currently in his first full year on a 600.
I mean.. judging by JD’s Instagram he’s spent most of the year on a bike of some sort. I don’t think he’ll be TOOO rusty. But time will tell if he tries to flat track it into turn one