Van Horebeek takes 6th in USA GP

Jeremy Van Horebeek and his CLS Kawasaki team joined up with the Pro Circuit Kawasaki Team in the USA to battle out the first USA GP in the last 11 years. Arriving in California earlier this week allowed the ‘Jerre’ to meet up with the team and head to some local practice tracks giving some extra acclimatizing before the big event.

In Saturday’s qualifying race Van Horebeek showed his speed and ability early as he rode a superb race, qualifying in 2^nd place.

The gate dropped for moto 1 on Sunday and as the 250F machines powered down the long start straight the number 89 Kawasaki was just inside the top 10. The wide open circuit with long hills and the high temperatures made for a tough race, but the ‘Jerre’ gave it everything, eventually crossing the line to take 5^th position.

Moto 2 got underway with almost a replay of the opening moto start for Van Horebeek, but this time a mistake on lap 2 left the ‘Jerre’ on the floor. Quickly getting going the CLS Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider was relegated to 14^th position. Getting back into a smooth rhythm Van Horebeek soon set charge on the riders ahead and managed to fight back to 8^th place by the finish, awarding the young Belgian 6^th overall for the day.

“We had so much support from everyone at Pro Circuit this week, they really did everything they could to host us in their country, so that made the whole trip a great experience. The racing was a little frustrating, in qualifying I was 2^nd and then in the Sunday morning warm-up I was also fast again, but then in both main races I got bad starts and had to battle through. I feel like I have the speed every week but at the moment it doesn’t reflect in my results.” Commented Van Horebeek.

Next week the GP stars all head to France for round 7 of the World Championship taking place on the 6^th June.

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Results:

Moto 1

1 MUSQUIN, Marvin 
2 FROSSARD, Steven 
3 ROCZEN, Ken 
4 OSBORNE, Zach 
5 VAN HOREBEEK, Jeremy 
6 BAKER, Travis 
7 TONUS, Arnaud 
8 HERLINGS, Jeffrey 
9 SIMPSON, Shaun 
10 NICHOLLS, Jake 

Moto 2
  
1 MUSQUIN, Marvin 
2 OSBORNE, Zach 
3 SIMPSON, Shaun 
4 FROSSARD, Steven 
5 ROCZEN, Ken 
6 VERBRUGGEN, Dennis 
7 NICHOLLS, Jake 
8 VAN HOREBEEK, Jeremy 
9 PAULIN, Gautier 
10 KULLAS, Harri 

Overall

1 MUSQUIN, Marvin 25 25 50
2 OSBORNE, Zach 18 22 40
3 FROSSARD, Steven 22 18 40
4 ROCZEN, Ken 20 16 36
5 SIMPSON, Shaun 12 20 32
6 VAN HOREBEEK, Jeremy 16 13 29
7 NICHOLLS, Jake 11 14 25
8 TONUS, Arnaud 14 10 24
9 VERBRUGGEN, Dennis 7 15 22
10 PAULIN, Gautier 10 12 22

GP Standings

1 MUSQUIN, Marvin 268
2 ROCZEN, Ken 228
3 FROSSARD, Steven 205
4 HERLINGS, Jeffrey 197
5 SIMPSON, Shaun 170
6 OSBORNE, Zach 163
7 VAN HOREBEEK, Jeremy 157
8 TONUS, Arnaud 154
9 ROELANTS, Joel 134
10 NICHOLLS, Jake 129