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Kilmacrennan motorcyclist Richard Kerr secured a fourth-place finish on his MotoAmerica debut at the weekend.
Kerr and the AMD Motorsport/RK Racing team made their debut in the MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Championship.
Round one of the series took place at the picturesque Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama.
On his first run at the 2.38-mile circuit, Kerr ran in sixth place in his qualifying group with a best time of 1’26.568, a more than encouraging 1.657s adrift of pole position man and reigning champion Hayden Gillim.
On the overall qualifying times, the Donegal man had to settle for 12th place and a fourth-row start.
With two races on the schedule, Kerr had plenty of opportunities to improve and did so immediately with a solid eighth place in the opening 14-lap race.
However, lapping a full second than he’d managed in qualifying, the second encounter saw him move up the order to take an excellent fourth place at the chequered flag.
That made him the second Honda rider to finish with the excellent results already placing him third overall in the early championship table behind fellow Honda rider Gillim, who won both races at Barber Park, and Bryce Prince.
In addition to the two Stock 1000 races, Kerr also contested the three MotoAmerica Superbike races which featured multiple champions Cameron Beaubier and Jake Gagne as well as World Superbike Championship podium finishers Loris Baz and Xavi Fores.
Kerr acquitted himself well and with 15th in Saturday’s race, he improved to 11th and 12th on Sunday to pick up ten hard-earned points.
“Overall, it was a good weekend what with a new track for me to learn, first time racing against the American riders and my first time on Dunlop tyres,” Kerr said.
“There was a lot to take in during the weekend. We did a two-day test at Hastings Motorsports Park to get used to the Dunlops and blow off some cobwebs as it’d been two months since I’d been on a bike.
“Understanding the Dunlops was the biggest hurdle to overcome and it wasn’t until the Sunday that we got the bike set-up in a decent window although there’s still more to improve on.”
The next round of the Championship takes place in Brainerd in June.
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