Confidence High For Chris After Brilliant Showing At Barber

Chris Clark backed up his pace from round one of the MotoAmerica Junior Cup series with a spirited and hard fought seventh in the opening race of round two at Barber Motorsports Park on Saturday, an incredible recovery after an FP1 spill saw him miss valuable track time.

The youngster, competing in his first full season of MotoAmerica continues to impress, his natural riding talent clear for all to see.

Bouncing back to qualify twelfth, Clark raced hard to take nine points in the opening eleven lap encounter at the undulating 2.3-mile circuit located near Birmingham, Alabama. A rocket ship start to Sunday’s second race saw the #27 rider latch on to the front group. Looking comfortable a crash midway through the race put paid to his podium challenge. Despite the race two DNF, Chris is satisfied with the weekend and is looking forward to lining up on the grid for round three at Road America in a couple of weeks.

Between now and then the talented teen will compete in the R3 Yamaha bLU cRU championship in Thailand after being invited to race as a wildcard entry.

Chris Clark:

“Practice one wasn’t the best. I had a small crash after a couple of laps which put us on the backfoot, but I was determined to bounce back in qualifying. We progressed in Q2 and improved our lap time and it put me twelfth on the grid. I started on row four and finished seventh and I was super proud of what me and the team were able to do considering how things went on Friday. Race two was great despite a crash halfway through. I got an incredible start and was in the first group after working my way through the pack. It was the first time I had been able to do that, and it was awesome. I had the top five and maybe even a podium in sight but unfortunately, I crashed. I proved to myself and a lot of others that I have the speed to be at the front in MotoAmerica and I can’t wait for the next round.”