Round 6 AMA Supermoto del Mar.

AMA SUPERMOTO CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 6 DEL MAR

Darryl's report.

Kurtis Roberts, son of Road Race legend Kenny Roberts, shows Darryl how good he's looking.

 

Not far from San Diego California was the 6th round of the American Supermoto Championship, set up in a parking lot of the Del Mar Fairground, this is how my weekend went.

TIME QUALIFICATION - 7th

HEAT RACE - 4th

FINAL - 6TH

COMMENTS:

It rained really hard from 1am in morning till 8am, so practice was delayed for 2 hours so the AMA officials could drain the water from the track. In my heat race I got a 4th place start and worked my way close to battle for 2nd, I tried to pass into third on the last lap but ran wide and went back into 4th.

It started to rain a little before the start of the final so we were unsure which tires to fit in the bike for the final, I took the chance and went with the slicks. As I was on the second row I started not to bad, but in the second corner a ride went down and I got stuck on his bike, once I got going I was in 8th, within 3 laps I was in 5th and just on the fight for 3rd position. I was pushing hard but could not stay with Dymond and Carlson and with 5 laps to go French rider David Baffeleuf passed me along the start straight and I finished 6th.

I was happy to finish 6th and am now back to 8th in the Championship, as this is my first year racing this sport. I still feel I can be on the podiums, but I just need to work a little harder the next 3 weeks before the final round in Las Vegas.

Thank you to all of you for your support.

Kind Regards,

Darryl Atkins
Team HMC KTM

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