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The One Moto Show 2017

I spent most of my weekend at the One Moto show manning the Latus Motors booth with our Used Parts department. So, unfortunately I don’t have a ton of photos of all of the amazing things that were happening in this old pickle factory. 

There were all kinds of amazing stuff, Icon had their own VIP room, there were a TON of incredible vendors. Not to mention the freaking mini bike races, which I’m bummed I didn’t get to do, but it was pretty awesome. I did get to ride our HD Street 500 Tracker build up and down a steep ramp which was fun as shit! 

I did get to meet a lot of lovely new people. No one will ever be able to clearly explain how odd it is to have handfuls of people you’ve never met in person come up to you, know your name, what you’ve been up to, and ask you specific questions about future plans. But! It’s also pretty incredible to actually see and meet these faces in real life that you know so well from the internet, and immediately pick up conversation like you’ve known each other personally for months. It’s almost nice to be able to skip the awkward “oh um. cool.. what do you do for a living? what are you into? .... are we into the same things?” 

Anyway! I got to see my babes of Hinterland Empire, and finally meet the man behind Inked Iron in the flesh,got to see my favorite Montana builder from Number 8 Wire Motorcycles, not to mention hang out with my all time fave @motolady ! 

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I don’t know about you, but I’m here for the beards. ;)  Rocking all of these event posters. Woo. 

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NCIS: LOS ANGELES – “A Fait Accompli” Act Two

Devin is watching Fatima on a TV show.  She was on a soap.  “does the rest of the team know?” he asks.  Since they have all the intelligence in the world at their fingertips – probably.  Nell found Okoye’s home so Devin and Fatima are on their way.

Sam and Kilbride sell a story to Okoye’s boss – Okoye is an engineer.  He’s a perfect employee, brilliant, hard-working, no trouble.  Sam asks if classified file could be stolen from their company.  Okoye is a suspect.

Deeks calls Kensi.  He’s been washed out from FLETC.  He has no idea why he’s failed.  He’s on his way back to LA.

Eric traces Okoye to an Angela Brown, working for a military company.  Castor is going to pick her up and bring her to the boat shed for Sam and the Admiral.

No surprise – bun boy Sabatino played in an East Village band.  I live in the East Village.  He’d fit right in.

Fatima has a zippy red sports car from the motor pool.  They get to Okoye’s home and the door is opened.  Going in saying “Federal Agents” (mistake!), the place is empty.  The safe in the closet is empty – he knew they’d be looking for him.  Whatever he took from the safe – his computer is gone too – was worth being caught.

Sabatino and Kensi are in the jewelry store – the pieces there aren’t for them according to the store saleswoman.  The jewelry was a custom piece, the biggest the store ever made.  It was sold to a Simi Latu.  The saleswoman and Sabatino could take their banter to their own sitcom.  

Sabatino and Eric are Big Foot fans.  Who knew?  

Latu has a criminal background – “big and violent, sounds like a peach” to Sabatino.

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Mathew Scholtz Makes History In Barber Thriller 

Mathew Scholtz made history on a rainy Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park, the Yamalube/Westby rider becoming the first rider to win a Motul Superbike race on a Superstock-spec 1000. Scholtz, with his first career AMA Superbike win, also became the first South African to take victory in the 41-year history of the series.

The race was wet and wild and it took three starts to get it completed. The first start was a dry race that was stopped when a light rain began. The second start was called a wet race but was aborted after just one lap when heavy rains and puddles caused Scholtz to crashed on the front straight. The third time was the charm and Scholtz didn’t let his first high-speed slide through the water slow him. He reeled in fast starter Josh Hayes, passed him and then held off the last-lap advances of Genuine Broaster Chicken Honda’s Jake Gagne until Gagne crashed out while on Scholtz tail on the final lap. That allowed newly crowned MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Elias to finish second and four-time AMA Superbike Champion Hayes to take third.

“On the final lap, I looked back and saw that Jake (Gagne) was maybe one second back and I was just trying to hold tight lines,” said Scholtz. “I had no idea that Jake had actually crashed and thought that he was right on me the entire time. I was focusing on getting a good drive that last lap and nearly tossed it away twice. I couldn’t be happier taking the overall win today since this means so much to the Westby Yamaha guys and I think they’re over the moon with what we accomplished.”

Scholtz crossed the line just 1.01 seconds ahead of Elias and the Yoshimura Suzuki to win the Honda Championship of Alabama, presented by Genuine Broaster Chicken.

“The track was good on the final restart except for the sealer in certain areas that made it really slick and scary to ride,” said Elias. “The team did a good job to give me a competitive bike, but for me, I just lacked some confidence in the conditions. I’m happy with this second position even though I would have liked to have a little bit more. We have to enjoy this moment a little bit, but we will need to continue to work because many riders are going fast and will be coming for me.”

Hayes ended up 4.3 seconds adrift on the Monster Energy/Yamalube/Yamaha Factory YZF-R1.

“In the beginning of the race, experience or whatever, I kind of felt like I knew where things were,” said Hayes. “We had that red flag and that actually was a good thing for me since we had a technical issue with the bike. There was a little extra water on the track for the restart and I think that helped me early in the race, but once it began to dry the guys behind me seemed to have a little bit more. I think Mathew (Scholtz) and Toni (Elias) were a little bit more comfortable running on that lean angle. I just gave it my best with where I felt comfortable running at.”

Fourth place went to Cycle World Suzuki’s Hayden Gillim, the Kentuckian finishing second in the Bazzaz Superstock class behind Scholtz, who in the process of winning the Superbike class won his 10th Superstock race of the season.

Team WD-40/Scheibe Racing’s Jason DiSalvo had his best result of the season, riding the team’s BMW to fifth place. Sixth, and third in the Bazzaz Superstock class, went to TOBC Racing’s Danny Eslick.

Hudson Motorcycles/Helmet Sounds’ Bryce Prince, M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Jake Lewis, Strugess Cycle Kawasaki’s Kenny Riedmann and Quicksilver Latus Motors Kawasaki’s Bobby Fong rounded out the top 10 finishers.

Yesterday’s winner Roger Hayden elected not to race in the wet conditions. Ditto for Monster Energy/Yamalube/Yamaha Factory Racing’s Josh Herrin, the fill-in rider for the injured Cameron Beaubier leading the dry portion of the race prior to the first red flag.

Elias, who wrapped up the title last week in New Jersey, ended the season with 410 points after finishing first or second in every race except for two non-finishes. Hayden, despite sitting out Sunday’s race, finished second in the title chase with 322, 67 more than Beaubier.

Hayes managed to hold off Scholtz for fourth in the final standings, 223-216.

Gerloff Ends The Season In Style Garrett Gerloff wanted to wrap up the Supersport title on Saturday at Barber Motorsports Park with a win, but instead he was forced to take the championship with a third-place finish after an off-track excursion early in the race. But on Sunday, Gerloff put a ribbon on his season by scoring his 11th victory of the year.

Gerloff and his Monster Energy/Yamalube/Y.E.S./Graves teammate and Saturday’s winner JD Beach had a battle until the closing stages when Beach was baulked by a pack of slower riders. That was all she wrote as Gerloff rode off to a 4.7-second win.

“JD (Beach) and I were both going fast out there,” said Gerloff. “The track was hot today and when it gets hot it gets greasy, which only allows you to go so fast I feel like. I had a good bike underneath me and there were a few places I thought my bike and I would be a little bit better than it was. It’s all about getting to the lappers first, JD got to a few early on before me and then I got to some others before him. My strategy is always to be the first guy to the lappers. I wasn’t going to hand this race over easy and was ready to push this thing until the end today. It was an awesome day and more memories were made here in my old hometown.”

Third place again went to M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Valentin Debise, the Frenchman replicating his finish from Saturday’s race. The same goes for Team H35 Honda’s Benny Solis, who finished fourth for the second straight day.

Riderz Law/Aguilar Racing’s Jason Aguilar won the Superstock 600 class again on Sunday, matching his effort from Saturday. This time, however, the win gave him the 2017 Superstock 600 title over his friend Michael Gilbert, who failed to make the start after crashing his Team MG55 Yamaha in the morning session and destroying it.

“Michael (Gilbert) made it a bit easy on me today with his bike catching on fire, which is unfortunate and not how you want to win it,” said Aguilar. “I had a great pace this weekend in both races and was able to get out front, run my pace, and not push it any harder than I really needed. This championship means a lot to me as I’ve been in this class a couple of years and have dealt with some injuries that set me back in recent years.”

Aguilar topped M4 medAge Suzuki’s Nick McFadden with Braeden Ortt finishing third on the Tuned Racing Yamaha R6.

Smith Takes KTM RC Cup Crown Quarterley Racing/On Track Development’s Benjamin Smith won five KTM RC Cup races in 2017, but none meant as much as race win number five at Barber Motorsports Park on Sunday. That one earned him the 2017 KTM RC Cup Championship.

Smith beat Anthony Racing’s Gavin Anthony to the finish line by just .008 of a second after a hectic final lap that saw some 10 riders in the lead pack. Smith set himself up for a good drive out of the final corner and drafted past Anthony to take the victory. Anthony held on for second with Savage Racing’s Sean Ungvarsky on the podium for a second straight day with third place – just .128 of a second behind Smith.

Dylan Deutschlander had his best MotoAmerica finish in fourth with Smith’s teammate Draik Beauchamp and JP43 Junior Team’s Alex Dumas finishing sixth. The top six were separated by just .951 of a second and there would have been more in that group if not for a three-rider crash in the final corner on the last lap that included yesterday’s winner and the points leader going into the season finale, Cory Ventura.

Ventura, Toby Khamsouk and Trevor Standish crashed together in the last turn but all came away without serious injury.

The win gave Smith the title over Ventura by 16 points, 265-249, with Dumas ending up third with 233 points. Those three will represent MotoAmerica and KTM USA in the World Finals of the KTM RC Cup in Spain in Jerez in October. The race will be held in conjunction with the World Superbike race at Jerez.

“Five wins this season is awesome, but man this one is really special,” said Smith. “It was a hard-fought battle today, everyone up front was riding amazing, and these two guys (Gavin Anthony and Sean Ungvarsky) next to me were just flying. I had to do everything I could on that last lap to try and get the win. I’m really glad I got the win and pulled off the championship. Overall, it was a fantastic year and I learned so much throughout the course of the season.”

RESULTS

Motul Superbike

Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha

Toni Elias, Barcelona, Spain, Suzuki

Josh Hayes, Gulfport, Miss., Yamaha

Hayden Gillim, Philpot, Ky., Suzuki

Jason DiSalvo, Tiladega, AL., BMW

Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha

Bryce Prince, Bakersfield, Calif., Yamaha

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky, Suzuki

Kenny Riedmann, Belfountain, ON., Kawasaki

Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki

Motul Superbike Championship Standings

Toni Elias, Barcelona, Spain, Suzuki – 410

Roger Hayden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 322

Cameron Beaubier, Roseville, Calif., Yamaha – 255

Josh Hayes, Gulfport, Miss., Yamaha – 223

Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha – 216

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky, Suzuki – 165

Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki – 160

Josh Herrin, Dublin, Ga., Yamaha – 157

Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha – 148

Kyle Wyman, Macedon, N.Y., Yamaha – 128

Bazzaz Superstock 1000

Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha

Hayden Gillim, Philpot, Ky., Suzuki

Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha

Bryce Prince, Bakersfield, Calif., Yamaha

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky, Suzuki

Kenny Riedmann, Belfountain, ON., Kawasaki

Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki

Martin Biernacki, Jaslo, Poland, BMW

Max Flinders, Preston, England, Yamaha

Alastair Hoogenboezem, South Africa, Kawasaki

Bazzaz Superstock 1000 Championship Standings

Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha – 422

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 321

Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki – 308

Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha – 297

Hayden Gillim, Philpot, Ky., Suzuki – 221

Bryce Prince, Bakersfield, Calif., Yamaha – 200

Max Flinders, Preston, England, Yamaha – 146

Anthony West, Australia, Kawasaki – 81

David Anthony, Murrieta, Calif., Kawasaki – 66

Tyler O’Hara, Petaluma, Calif., Kawasaki – 54

Supersport

Garrett Gerloff, New Waverly, Texas, Yamaha

JD Beach, Owensboro, Ky., Yamaha

Valentin Debise, Albi, France, Suzuki

Benny Solis, North Hollywood, Calif., Honda

Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha

Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

Braeden Ortt, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Yamaha

Connor Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki

Jody Barry, Lake Hills, Ill., Kawasaki

Miles Thornton, West Point, Ga., Suzuki

Supersport Championship Standings

Garrett Gerloff, New Waverly, Texas, Yamaha – 387

JD Beach, Owensboro, Ky., Yamaha – 345

Valentin Debise, Albi, France, Suzuki – 268

Benny Solis, North Hollywood, Calif., Honda – 231

Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha – 147

Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 133

Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha – 129

Connor Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki – 110

Braeden Ortt, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Yamaha – 102

Daytona Anderson, Riverside, Calif., Suzuki – 92

Superstock 600

Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha

Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

Braeden Ortt, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Yamaha

Connor Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki

Miles Thornton, West Point, Ga., Suzuki

Lucas Silva, Miami, Fl., Yamaha

Andrew Lee, Clovis, Calif., Yamaha

Brandon Cleland, Fort Worth, Texas, Suzuki

Nolan Lamkin, Indianapolis, Ind., Yamaha

Nick Doolan, Houston, Texas, Yamaha

Superstock 600 Championship Standings

Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha – 300

Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha – 258

Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 247

Conner Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki – 215

Braeden Ortt, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Yamaha – 209

Shane Richardson, Wellington, New Zealand, Kawasaki – 173

Anthony Mazziotto III, Hammonton, N.J., Yamaha – 155

JC Camacho, Deer Park, Texas, Suzuki – 117

Andrew Lee, Clovis, Calif., Yamaha – 107

Brandon Cleland, Fort Worth, Tx., Suzuki – 82

KTM RC Cup

Benjamin Smith, Glenmoore, Pa., KTM

Gavin Anthony, Hilliard, Oh, KTM

Sean Ungvarsky, Phoenix, Ariz., KTM

Dylan Deutschlander, Lake Jackson, Tx., KTM

Draik Beauchamp, Knoxville, Tn., KTM

Alex Dumas, Quebec, Canada, KTM

Tyler Wissel, Medina, Oh. KTM

Jamie Astudillo, Gilbertsville, Pa., KTM

Ryan Wissel, Medina, Oh. KTM

Setin West, Decatur, Ill., KTM

KTM RC Cup Championship Standings

Benjamin Smith, Glenmoore, Pa., KTM – 265

Cory Ventura, Union City, Calif., KTM – 249

Alex Dumas, Quebec, Canada, KTM – 233

Jackson Blackmon, Rock Hill, SC, KTM – 192

Draik Beauchamp, Knoxville, Tn., KTM- 189

Toby Khamsouk, Banning, Calif., KTM – 143

Trevor Standish, Roswell, Ga., KTM – 131

Gavin Anthony, Hillard, Oh., KTM – 129

Dylan Deutschlander, Lake Jackson, Tx., KTM – 96

Nate Minster, Oak Grove, Minn. KTM – 82

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About MotoAmerica

MotoAmerica is the new North American road racing series created in 2014. MotoAmerica is an affiliate of KRAVE Group LLC, a partnership that includes three-time 500cc World Champion, two-time AMA Superbike Champion, and AMA Hall of Famer Wayne Rainey, ex-racer and former manager of Team Roberts Chuck Aksland, motorsports marketing executive Terry Karges, and businessman Richard Varner. For more information on MotoAmerica, visit www.MotoAmerica.com. Also make sure to follow MotoAmerica on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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Who doesn’t love Moto Pancakes right? :P More Event Posters for work. Sorry I know it’s a little boring guys, I promise I have other things in the work! 

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Guys! Look at this sick shirt I made for work! :3 We’re going to make shirts! I’m so excited! 

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Another Month Another Ride Poster. wooooo. 

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Loving working at Latus Motors Harley-Davidson & Triumph in Gladstone, OR. Love being around the bikes, love getting paid to draw bikes, love the people I work with. I don’t think if I told my past self I’d be working at a Harley shop, getting paid to use my degree, I wouldn’t believe it.

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My first store ride for Team Latus Motors. 32+ people showed up on all kinds of bikes and followed me through potholes, gravel, and tree branches to the Grand Central Bakery in Multnomah Village, OR. Everyone I talked to had a good time, and we didn’t loose anyone on the route. No one dumped their bike in the gravel. I call that success.  

Kind of proud that a ride that could have gone pretty badly, went so well. It was definitely a confidence booster. 

There were a couple people who got there and just left after the ride that I didn’t get to talk to, so I hope they had a good time too. *crossed fingers* 

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A short little teaser of Karl's Mystery Ride! Following Karl on his Triumph Tiger through the MT Hood  National Forest on my new CB500x.

A little background; after I finished the Pilgrimage and came back to Portland in August 2016 last year, I knew I wanted to get a job that would let me be around motorcycles all the time. It worked out that I joined the team at Latus Motors Harley-Davidson and Triumph in Gladstone Oregon. This is a video I shot as a kind of promo for Karl's Mystery Ride, a once a month big adv bike ride, that our service writer - Karl- leads on his Tiger 800. You can follow Karl's Mystery Ride on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karlsmysteryride/ and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karlsmysteryride/ to keep up and see when the next ride is happening!

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Roger Hayden Wins Motul Superbike At Barber Motorsports Park

Roger Hayden made it through three starts to earn his third win of the 2017 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship, the Yoshimura Suzuki rider holding off the advances of Monster Energy/Yamalube/Yamaha Factory Racing’s Josh Herrin to win by .700 of a second in the Honda Championship of Alabama presented by Broaster Genuine Chicken at Barber Motorsports Park.

After earning his seventh pole position of the season earlier in the day during Superpole, Roger Hayden nailed the holeshot to lead the first part of the race, only to see a red flag on the second lap when Sylvain Barrier and Josh Hayes crashed in separate incidents.

Roger Hayden grabbed the holeshot again on the restart, but was again shown the red flag when David Anthony crashed in turn one with his Fly Racing/Motul/ADR Motorsports Kawasaki and the Airfence catching fire.

The third time was the charm, however, and Hayden was never headed in recording his third victory of the season.

“It’s a little difficult to stay focused when we have multiple restarts like we did today,” said Hayden. “After the first red flag it seemed like the tires took a drop, which they seemed to do after each restart. It was really slick and easy to make a mistake out there, especially with Josh (Herrin) pushing me. There were a few wet spots and it’s always difficult to be the guy in the lead pushing the pace when it gets like that. Everything has been working well on the bike and I feel comfortable leading the race now.”

Herrin, who is filling in on the factory Yamaha for the injured Cameron Beaubier, piled the pressure on Hayden for the duration, surviving a near crash with two laps to go to finish second.

“I can’t thank the guys on the team enough as they’ve been working above and beyond to get me comfortable on the bike,” said Herrin. “I could tell as soon as we pulled the bike out of the truck yesterday that it was going to work a lot better for me. We’ve been constantly changing things in between sessions. The race was pretty crazy today with the red flags and it made it difficult putting the tires through so many heat cycles. I was able to get a decent jump on the third start and drove around the outside of Toni (Elias) and was able to open a little bit of a gap on him. Roger (Hayden) pulled out on us with five laps to go and then I had a surge and was able to reel him back in. I had a big moment in the final laps by tucking the front and was really lucky to save that from a crash.”

Third place went to Yamalube/Westby Racing’s Mathew Scholtz, the South African earning his first Motul Superbike podium of the season while also winning his ninth Bazzaz Superstock 1000 win of the year. Scholtz wrapped up the Bazzaz Superstock 1000 Championship last weekend with a victory at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

“It definitely helps to not think about the championship and just focus on riding my own pace,” said Scholtz. “I was able to hang onto the Superbike guys for about 10 laps today, but maybe I can improve my consistency some towards the end of the race. Bobby (Fong) showed it’s possible to get on the podium with the Superbike guys earlier in the season and I’m just really happy to be up here.”

A day after destroying his Genuine Broaster Chicken Honda, Jake Gagne bounced back to finish fourth in the race. Gagne held off the constant barrage of attacks by TOBC Racing’s Danny Eslick to beat the Oklahoman by .286 of a second after his crew pulled an all nighter to get the CBR1000RR repaired.

Not far behind Eslick came Cycle World Suzuki’s Hayden Gillim with Gillim winning the Suzuki battle with fellow Kentuckian Jake Lewis on the M4 ECSTAR Suzuki. Team WD-40/Scheibe Racing’s Jason DiSalvo, Hudson Motorcycles/Helmet Sounds’ Bryce Prince and Quicksilver Latus Motors Kawasaki’s Bobby Fong rounded out the top 10.

In addition to Barrier, Hayes and Anthony, newly crowned MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Toni Elias was also a crasher, the Spaniard losing the front of his Yoshimura Suzuki on the eighth lap while running third behind Hayden and Herrin.

The top three in the championship are secure, but there is a chance that Scholtz would stake fourth in the Motul Superbike Championship from Hayes in Sunday’s race. Hayes currently leads Scholtz by 16 points.

Supersport: Gerloff Crowned Garrett Gerloff wrapped up his second successive MotoAmerica Supersport Championship on a sunny Saturday at Barber Motorsports Park, but not before a little self-proclaimed “brain fade” forced him into an off-track excursion that left him in 16th place.

Gerloff didn’t have to do much to claim the title, but he still put his head down and fought through the pack to finish third – and that was plenty to take the crown. It was the Monster Energy/Yamalube/Y.E.S./Graves Yamaha rider’s 16th podium of the season, including his 10 wins, and he’s the champion with Sunday’s race left to run.

“The nice thing about coming into this weekend was I had no pressure except to need to finish the races,” said Gerloff. “I came close to not finishing when I ran off of the track, but made the most of it. I really wanted to win the race today, not just the championship. I pushed as hard as I could once I got going because finishing off of the podium when you win the championship is not how you want to do it. I’m looking forward to the race tomorrow and after that we’ll take a little break and enjoy some time off. It was nice to walk away with what we came here for and that is to win the championship.”

JD Beach, meanwhile, took victory, his fifth of the season and it ended an eight-race winless streak for the 2015 MotoAmerica Supersport Champion. Beach dominated this one, winning by 9.8 seconds.

“It’s never easy to win a race when you’re racing against these guys,” said Beach, “I knew that Garrett (Gerloff) was going deep when he went for the pass on me and I wasn’t sure if he crashed or not. With the way he’s been riding this year, I knew that there was a chance he could catch back up and I just focused on lap times and kept pushing forward. I’m looking forward to the race tomorrow and finishing the season out strong.”

Second place went to M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Valentin Debise, the Frenchman’s 13th podium of the season, with Gerloff third, some 11 seconds behind after passing Team H35 Honda’s Benny Solis in the closing laps.

The Superstock 600 race was won by Riderz Law/Aguilar Racing’s Jason Aguilar and his fifth win of the season couldn’t have come at a better time. With Aguilar’s championship rival Michael Gilbert finishing fifth, Aguilar will take a 17-point lead into tomorrow’ season finale.

M4 medAge Suzuki’s Nick McFadden finished second to Aguilar with Tuned Racing’s Braeden Ortt rounding out the podium finishers.

Excel Machine Racing’s Connor Blevins ended up fourth with Gilbert and his Team MG55 Yamaha rounding out the top five.

Ventura Takes Points Lead Into Finale With the battle for the 2017 MotoAmerica KTM RC Cup Championship going down the wire at Barber Motorsports Park, the battle for the title is truly winner take all. And in part one of the two-part saga, the big winner was CSVMoto’s Cory Ventura.

Ventura came out on top of an incredible battle for victory, the Californian beating Savage Racing’s Sean Ungvarsky in a photo finish. More importantly for Ventura was the fact that Quarterley Racing/On Trace Development’s Benjamin Smith finished third. With Ventura and Smith coming into race one tied on points, Ventura now goes to Sunday’s race two with a nine-point lead. Still, nothing is settled and Smith was just .190 of a second behind Ventura at the finish line.

Smith’s teammates Draik Beauchamp and Gavin Anthony rounded out the top five finishers.

The most important non-finisher in terms of the championship was JP43 Junior Team’s Alex Dumas, the French Canadian crashing out of the lead group on the eighth of 11 laps. Dumas came into race one just a point behind Ventura and Smith, but he’s now 26 points behind with only 25 points up for grabs. Thus, he’s been eliminated from title contention. Ditto for Jackson Blackmon, who also crashed out of the race in his effort to get to the front after starting 16th on the grid.

With his fourth win of the season, Ventura leads Smith going into tomorrow’s finale, 249-240. Dumas is third with 223 points.

“It’s really all on the line this weekend with the championship going down to the wire,” said Ventura. “I just have to make sure I try my best again tomorrow. It was a crazy race, I honestly didn’t think I had the win today. The finish was so close I couldn’t really tell if I beat him (Sean Ungvarsky) until I looked up and saw the board.”

RESULTS

Motul Superbike

Roger Hayden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

Josh Herrin, Dublin, Ga., Yamaha

Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha

Jake Gagne, San Diego, Calif., Honda

Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Ok., Yamaha

Hayden Gillim, Philpot, Ky., Suzuki

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky, Suzuki

Jason DiSalvo, Tiladega, AL., BMW

Bryce Prince, Bakersfield, Calif., Yamaha

Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki

Motul Superbike Championship Standings

Toni Elias, Barcelona, Spain, Suzuki – 390

Roger Hayden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 322

Cameron Beaubier, Roseville, Calif., Yamaha – 255

Josh Hayes, Gulfport, Miss., Yamaha – 207

Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha – 191

Josh Herrin, Dublin, Ga., Yamaha – 157

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky, Suzuki – 157

Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki – 154

Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha – 138

Kyle Wyman, Macedon, N.Y., Yamaha – 128

Bazzaz Superstock 1000

Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha

Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha

Hayden Gillim, Philpot, Ky., Suzuki

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky, Suzuki

Bryce Prince, Bakersfield, Calif., Yamaha

Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki

Max Flinders, Preston, England, Yamaha

Martin Biernacki, Jaslo, Poland, BMW

Bazzaz Superstock 1000 Championship Standings

Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha – 397

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 310

Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki – 299

Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha – 281

Hayden Gillim, Philpot, Ky., Suzuki – 201

Bryce Prince, Bakersfield, Calif., Yamaha – 187

Max Flinders, Preston, England, Yamaha – 139

Anthony West, Australia, Kawasaki – 81

David Anthony, Murrieta, Calif., Kawasaki – 66

Tyler O’Hara, Petaluma, Calif., Kawasaki – 54

Supersport

JD Beach, Owensboro, Ky., Yamaha

Valentin Debise, Albi, France, Suzuki

Garrett Gerloff, New Waverly, Texas, Yamaha

Benny Solis, North Hollywood, Calif., Honda

Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha

Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

Braeden Ortt, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Yamaha

Daytona Anderson, Riverside, Calif., Suzuki

Connor Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki

Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha

Supersport Championship Standings

Garrett Gerloff, New Waverly, Texas, Yamaha – 362

JD Beach, Owensboro, Ky., Yamaha – 325

Valentin Debise, Albi, France, Suzuki – 252

Benny Solis, North Hollywood, Calif., Honda – 218

Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha – 132

Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha – 129

Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 123

Connor Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki – 102

Braeden Ortt, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Yamaha – 193

Daytona Anderson, Riverside, Calif., Suzuki – 92

Superstock 600

Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha

Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

Braeden Ortt, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Yamaha

Connor Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki

Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha

Anthony Mazziotto III, Hammonton, N.J., Yamaha

Miles Thornton, West Point, Ga., Suzuki

Lucas Silva, Miami, Fl., Yamaha

Andrew Lee, Clovis, Calif., Yamaha

Brandon Cleland, Fort Worth, Texas, Suzuki

Superstock 600 Championship Standings

Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha – 275

Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha – 258

Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 227

Conner Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki – 202

Braeden Ortt, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Yamaha – 193

Shane Richardson, Wellington, New Zealand, Kawasaki – 173

Anthony Mazziotto III, Hammonton, N.J., Yamaha – 155

JC Camacho, Deer Park, Texas, Suzuki – 117

Andrew Lee, Clovis, Calif., Yamaha – 98

Brandon Cleland, Fort Worth, Tx., Suzuki – 74

KTM RC Cup

Cory Ventura, Union City, Calif., KTM

Sean Ungvarsky, Phoenix, Ariz., KTM

Benjamin Smith, Glenmoore, Pa., KTM

Draik Beauchamp, Knoxville, Tn., KTM

Gavin Anthony, Hilliard, Oh, KTM

Trevor Standish, Roswell, Ga., KTM

Dylan Deutschlander, Lake Jackson, Tx., KTM

Tyler Wissel, Medina, Oh. KTM

Ryan Wissel, Medina, Oh. KTM

Jamie Astudillo, Gilbertsville, Pa., KTM

KTM RC Cup Championship Standings

Cory Ventura, Union City, Calif., KTM – 249

Benjamin Smith, Glenmoore, Pa., KTM – 240

Alex Dumas, Quebec, Canada, KTM – 223

Jackson Blackmon, Rock Hill, SC, KTM – 192

Draik Beauchamp, Knoxville, Tn., KTM- 178

Toby Khamsouk, Banning, Calif., KTM – 143

Trevor Standish, Roswell, Ga., KTM – 131

Gavin Anthony, Hillard, Oh., KTM – 109

Dylan Deutschlander, Lake Jackson, Tx., KTM – 83

Nate Minster, Oak Grove, Minn. KTM – 82

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Roger Hayden Takes Emotional Win In Pittsburgh

Until today, Roger Hayden didn’t have fond memories of Pittsburgh International Race Complex. It was here, during the test on May 17-18, that the Hayden family learned of Nicky Hayden’s tragic bicycle accident in Italy, an accident that took his life a few days later on May 22. Today, Roger Hayden put that behind him, taking his second Motul Superbike win of the season and the most emotional of his long career – a victory he dedicated to his late brother and his grieving family.

Hayden had to win not once, but twice as the race was red-flagged while he was leading by over two seconds on the 11th lap. But there was no stopping him on this day as he went out and won the second part of the race as well, a six-lap sprint for his second win of the season and first since race one at VIRginia International Raceway on May 12.

“I had a lot of motivation today since Cameron (Beaubier) has been putting it to us the last couple of races,” said Hayden. “I was able to get a good jump on the restart and just put my head down. I really wanted a win bad and this was one of the toughest weekends for me since my brother’s accident happened while I was testing here a few months back. I had a lot on my mind, but we’re professionals and there was no way that I was going to let the win slip away at the end today.”

Hayden’s margin of victory at the end of six laps was .263 of a second over his Yoshimura Suzuki teammate Toni Elias, the Spaniard on the cusp of winning his first MotoAmerica Superbike Championship. Elias now leads the title chase by 79 points over Hayden, 340-261, after earning his 14th podium of the season.

“My team improved the bike quite a bit for me this morning,” said Elias. “Roger (Hayden) was so strong today and there was nothing I could do with him. All I could do was try to protect myself from Cameron (Beaubier) and Josh (Hayes), but I was still struggling to do that. Roger did a great job today and I’m very happy for him. I still was able to leave with good points today.”

Monster Energy/Yamalube/Yamaha Factory Racing’s Josh Hayes finished a close third, the four-time Superbike Champion just .194 of a second behind Elias as the top three raced to the flag together.

“Today was a better day, I got off of the line well,” said Hayes. “I tried to be more patient with my passes and made some pretty good moves early on. There was some good racing going on and Roger (Hayden) kind of broke away from us all early. It was unfortunate the red flag came out and we had the restart. I was nervous about the restart, but managed to get another good jump. I’m just happy to finish ahead of the Superstock guys, who are going really fast at the moment.”

Cameron Beaubier had a day to forget just a day after winning his fifth race of the season when he ran off the track and out of the re-started portion of the race just after passing Elias for second place. The non-score puts Beaubier 85 points behind Elias with just two rounds (four races) left to run.

Fourth place went to Yamalube/Westby Racing’s Mathew Scholtz, the South African running right with the top three Superbikes and finishing just .910 of a second behind Hayes. He was fourth overall and the top Bazzaz Superstock 1000 finisher, giving him his seventh win of the season and a comfortable 64-point lead in the championship as the series heads to New Jersey Motorsports Park in two weeks.

Bobby Fong was second in the Bazzaz Superstock 1000 class and fifth overall after winning yesterday’s Superstock battle. The Quicksilver/Latus Motors Kawasaki rider was 2.8 seconds behind Scholtz and 1.2 seconds clear of third-placed Jake Lewis on the M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R1000.

Genuine Broaster Chicken Honda’s Jake Gagne ended up seventh, just behind Lewis and just ahead of Brixx Performance BMW’s Sylvain Barrier. TOBC Racing’s Danny Eslick and Décor Briliance/Lucas Oil/KWR’s Kyle Wyman rounded out the top 10.

Scholtz now leads Lewis in the championship by 64 points, 331-267. Fong is third, eight points behind Lewis in the fight for second in the title chase.

“I was just barely holding onto the Superbike pack today,” said Scholtz. “It took everything I had, which helped me pull away and gap the Superstock guys. I didn’t want to let the guys up front get away and was on the absolute edge. This is a brilliant track, I’d suggest a few minor changes, but overall this is one of the best tracks that I’ve been to in a while.”

Supersport: Gerloff x Two Garrett Gerloff didn’t win by as much as he did on Saturday, but he still won and in dominating fashion at Pittsburgh International Race Complex, the Monster Energy/Yamalube/Y.E.S./ Graves Yamaha rider winning his eighth Supersport race of the season and his fifth in a row. This time by 8.3 seconds.

Second place for the second straight day went to M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Valentin Debise, the Frenchman running off track again but not to the extreme of yesterday’s run-off. Thus Debise ended up second, 6.1 seconds ahead of yesterday’s third-place finisher JD Beach.

Fourth place, barely, went to Team H35’s Benny Solis over Riderz Law/Aguilar Racing’s Jason Aguilar, who came away with the victory in the Superstock 600 class.

“It was a tougher race today for sure,” said Gerloff. “The tires dropped off a lot quicker for me today and it made it tough to maintain the same speed and consistency that I had yesterday. The track was awesome all weekend and I think that it’ll only continue to improve with more time on the new surface for when we come back. I’m looking forward to New Jersey and hope that we can keep the ball rolling.”

Gerloff now leads the Supersport Championship over Beach by 32 points, 296-264, with two rounds (four races) remaining. Debise is third, but 100 points behind Gerloff.

Yesterday’s Superstock 600 winner Anthony Mazziotto III was second in class today with Michael Gilbert rounding out the podium on his Team MG55 Yamaha.

Aguilar leads Gilbert by 17 points in the Superstock 600 title chase. Nick McFadden, fourth today, jumps to third – 55 points behind.

Dumas Doubles Up In KTM RC Cup Fifteen-year-old Canadian Alex Dumas won his first-ever KTM RC Cup race yesterday. Today he went out and won his second, the JP43 Junior Team rider again barely holding off Quarterley Racing/On Track Development’s Jackson Blackmon. This time the gap was larger, .239 of a second compared to .045 of a second, but the race was better with five riders running at the front for most of the 10 laps of the Pittsburgh International Race Complex.

While first and second were the same as yesterday, third place was different with points leader Benjamin Smith bouncing back from yesterday’s crash to finish third, just .293 of a second behind Dumas. CSVMoto’s Cory Ventura, third yesterday, slipped to fourth today and just under a second off the victor. Quarterley Racing/On Track Development’s Draik Beauchamp rounded out the top five.

Although he lost some points in his championship lead, Smith is still in control. He now leads Ventura by 24 points with two rounds (four races) remaining. Blackmon is third, 32 points behind Smith.

“It was a perfect weekend for me,” said Dumas. “I was good in practice Friday, qualifying, and really strong all weekend. I’m very happy with the setup that my mechanic has done this weekend as we have worked really hard. It was nice to win my first race yesterday, but even better to leave with both wins.”

RESULTS

Motul Superbike

Roger Hayden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

Toni Elias, Barcelona, Spain, Suzuki

Josh Hayes, Gulfport, Miss., Yamaha

Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha

Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky, Suzuki

Jake Gagne, San Diego, Calif., Honda

Sylvain Barrier, Oyonnax, France, BW

Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Ok, Yamaha

Kyle Wyman, Macedon, N.Y., Yamaha

Motul Superbike Championship Standings

Toni Elias, Barcelona, Spain, Suzuki – 340

Roger Hayden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 261

Cameron Beaubier, Roseville, Calif., Yamaha – 255

Josh Hayes, Gulfport, Miss., Yamaha – 180

Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha – 159

Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki – 138

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky, Suzuki – 136

Josh Herrin, Dublin, Ga., Yamaha – 114

Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha – 111

Kyle Wyman, Macedon, N.Y., Yamaha – 98

Bazzaz Superstock 1000

Mathew Scholtz, Dublin, South Africa, Yamaha

Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky, Suzuki

Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha

 Bryce Prince, Bakersfield, Calif., Yamaha

Anthony West, Australia, Kawasaki

Max Flinders, Preston, England, Yamaha

Bazzaz Superstock 1000 Championship Standings

Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha – 331

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 267

Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki – 259

Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha – 220

Bryce Prince, Bakersfield, Calif., Yamaha – 167

Hayden Gillim, Philpot, Ky., Suzuki – 161

Max Flinders, Preston, England, Yamaha – 117

David Anthony, Murrieta, Calif., Kawasaki – 66

Anthony West, Australia, Kawasaki – 57

Tyler O’Hara, Petaluma, Calif., Kawasaki – 54

Supersport

Garrett Gerloff, New Waverly, Texas, Yamaha

Valentin Debise, Albi, France, Suzuki

JD Beach, Owensboro, Ky., Yamaha

Benny Solis, North Hollywood, Calif., Honda

Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha

Anthony Mazziotto III, Hammonton, N.J., Yamaha

Brandon Paasch, Freehold, N.J., Yamaha

Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha

Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

Braeden Ortt, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Yamaha

Supersport Championship Standings

Garrett Gerloff, New Waverly, Texas, Yamaha – 296

JD Beach, Owensboro, Ky., Yamaha – 264

Valentin Debise, Albi, France, Suzuki – 196

Benny Solis, North Hollywood, Calif., Honda – 179

Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha – 110

Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha – 104

Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 94

Connor Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki – 82

Shane Richardson, Wellington, New Zealand, Kawasaki – 80

Daytona Anderson, Riverside, Calif., Suzuki – 79

Superstock 600

Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha

Anthony Mazziotto III, Hammonton, N.J., Yamaha

Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha

Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

Braeden Ortt, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Yamaha

JC Camacho, Deer Park, Texas, Suzuki

Brandon Cleland, Fort Worth, Texas, Suzuki

Connor Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki

Eziah Davis, Hopkinton, R.I., Yamaha

CJ LaRoche, Bellaire, Ohio, Yamaha

Superstock 600 Championship Standings

Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha – 226

Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha – 209

Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 171

Conner Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki – 168

Shane Richardson, Wellington, New Zealand, Kawasaki – 155

Braeden Ortt, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Yamaha – 141

JC Camacho, Deer Park, Texas, Suzuki – 117

Anthony Mazziotto III, Hammonton, N.J., Yamaha – 110

Andrew Lee, Clovis, Calif., Yamaha – 91

Brandon Cleland, Fort Worth, Texas, Suzuki – 58

KTM RC Cup

Alex Dumas, Quebec, Canada, KTM

Jackson Blackmon, Rock Hill, SC, KTM

Benjamin Smith, Glenmoore, Pa., KTM

Cory Ventura, Union City, Calif., KTM

Draik Beauchamp, Knoxville, Tn., KTM

Sean Ungvarsky, Phoenix, Ariz., KTM

Toby Khamsouk, Banning, Calif., KTM

Dylan Deutschlander, Lake Jackson, Texas, KTM

Trevor Standish, Roswell, Ga., KTM

Setin West, Decatur, Ill., KTM

KTM RC Cup Championship Standings

Benjamin Smith, Glenmoore, Pa., KTM – 208

Cory Ventura, Union City, Calif., KTM – 184

Jackson Blackmon, Rock Hill, SC, KTM – 176

Alex Dumas, Quebec, Canada, KTM – 173

Draik Beauchamp, Knoxville, Tn., KTM- 165

Toby Khamsouk, Banning, Calif., KTM – 120

Trevor Standish, Roswell, Ga., KTM – 105

Gavin Anthony, Hillard, Ohio, KTM – 83

Nate Minster, Oak Grove, Minn. KTM – 70

Sergio Rodriguez, Oxnard, Calif., KTM – 63

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Cameron Beaubier Doubles In Return To Sonoma Raceway

Cameron Beaubier put together a dream weekend for himself in the MotoAmerica Championship at Sonoma Raceway, the two-time defending MotoAmerica Superbike Champion sweeping both Motul Superbike races at his home track for his first double-win of the season.

After storming to victory in Saturday’s Motul Superbike race, Beaubier came back to the track in Northern California’s wine country with aspirations of doing the same thing. And that he did, the Monster Energy/Yamalube/Yamaha Factory Racing-backed Beaubier winning Sunday’s race by 7.2 seconds for the 23rd AMA Superbike win of his career.

“I’m just really happy with how the whole weekend went,” the 25-year-old Beaubier said. “We made a few changes here and there to get a bit more comfortable but I think we made a good step fine tuning the electronics, which we had been struggling with a bit this year. All in all it was a really successful weekend for us. Today’s race was quite a bit tougher than yesterday. Yesterday when Josh (Herrin) and Roger (Hayden) went down I think that made the race. It made the race a little easier midway. When I went to settle down I had about a 4.3-second gap and I started calming down a little bit to not make any big mistakes. I didn’t want to go throw it down the road and then Toni (Elias) shrunk the gap so I just kept my head down, kept pushing the whole way and tried to keep that gap the same. We were able to hold on, he (Toni) was riding really good, and I’m just happy I can get this done for Yamaha. I know how hard they work and they want to win real bad. I’m ready to go win in Pittsburgh.”

For the second straight day, Yoshimura Suzuki’s Toni Elias finished second to Beaubier. This time the Motul Superbike Championship points leader got to second place quicker than yesterday after again starting from ninth on the grid. Once he got to second, the Spaniard was able to chip away a little bit at Beaubier’s lead, but the Yamaha rider responded in kind to pull back away. Elias, with a 70-point lead in the championship, didn’t keep up the fight and faded to finish a tick over seven seconds behind. It was Elias’ 13th podium finish in 14 races.

“After yesterday’s race I felt there was nothing left to lose so we tried the super soft (Dunlop) tire, not the extra soft like yesterday,” Elias said. “What we calculated was perfect. I did a good start and quickly passed some riders and soon I was in second. We tried to keep that pace (with Beaubier) without making any mistakes, but he did an incredible job. He maintained that pace and was so strong. Of course, I wanted to win but I tried with all my horses and second was only so good. Sorry again for Roger (Hayden), it’s not good, but races are like this. We would like to continue like this (in the championship) and to win races. When that’s impossible, like today, then second is enough. A big thanks to my team, they always work hard and give me the best bike possible.”

Elias’ points lead didn’t suffer this weekend as his closest rival coming into Sonoma Raceway failed to finish either race. Roger Hayden was taken out of yesterday’s race by Helmet Sounds/Western Services/Meen Racing’s Josh Herrin on the opening lap. Today, Hayden crashed by himself on the third lap, leaving Northern California with no points gained in the two races. Hayden’s bad luck allowed Beaubier to move into second, 70 points behind Elias, 300-230. Hayden is third with 220 points.

Beaubier’s teammate Josh Hayes put himself on the podium for the second straight day, the four-time Superbike Champion finishing third again.

“Today at the beginning of the race it was a little bit cleaner and everybody got through a little bit better so I had some more work to do during the race,” Hayes said. “It took me a little while to get through everybody and I had to pick my spots a little more carefully. I had what felt like a little bit better pace than yesterday and overall felt like I had a little bit better motorcycle. Overall, I felt like it was a more solid day. The work I did on the bike this weekend felt like an improvement so hopefully I can carry that through to Pittsburgh and the rest of the series and be a little bit more of a permanent fixture closer to the front.”

Yamalube/Westby Racing’s Mathew Scholtz finished fourth and with that earned his sixth Bazzaz Superstock 1000 victory of the year, the South African suffering from arm pump but still holding off M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Jake Lewis and Quicksilver Latus Motors Kawasaki’s Bobby Fong in the final laps.

“Yesterday was a really difficult race,” Scholtz said. “After the Friday practice I felt like I had the pace to battle with these Superbike guys and take the Superstock win, but it just didn’t seem to work out like that. Jake Lewis was phenomenal, he made me look silly. We went back to the drawing board last night and changed the bike slightly and that definitely seemed to help me out, but I had some serious arm pump. I’m really happy to take the Superstock win and open up the championship lead, that’s why we’re here. Next we head into Pittsburgh and that’s where I had a really good test and I’m hoping I can just carry on taking some more wins and take the championship. That’s the ultimate goal for us.”

Herrin ended up seventh on his Superbike-spec Yamaha R1, the Georgian some 16 seconds behind Fong and three seconds ahead of Brixx Performance’s Sylvain Barrier. Genuine Broaster Chicken Honda’s Jake Gagne and TOBC Racing’s Danny Eslick rounded out the top 10 finishers.

Gerloff Again In Supersport The start wasn’t an exact repeat of Saturday’s Supersport race at Sonoma Raceway, but the outcome was the same as Monster Energy/Yamalube/Y.E.S./ Graves Yamaha’s Garrett Gerloff won again, this time by 8.004 seconds over his teammate and championship rival JD Beach.

While Gerloff streaked away at the start of yesterday’s race, today he got off to a fourth-place start while Beach tried to make a break at the front. But before two laps were complete, Gerloff was out front. From there he methodically pulled away, a 10th of a second here, a 10th there until the gap at the finish was just a tick over eight seconds.

Beach managed to limit the damage to as little as possible, the Owensboro, Kentucky resident finishing second and losing five more points to his teammate Gerloff, who now leads the series standings by 14 points, 246-232, with three rounds (six races) remaining in the series.

“It feels good after a month off to come back and feel good on the bike and feel comfortable,” Gerloff said. “I felt a lot better in that race – just everything was clicking real nice. We made some changes to our bike yesterday because I knew there were a few things to improve for consistency and it definitely helped today. It’s nice to win again, to get the double, I haven’t done that all year and I’ve been wanting that. It’s a good track for me and we have a couple of tracks coming up that are good for me too so we’re going to go there (Pittsburgh) and try my best to get some more wins.

M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Valentin Debise finished third, matching his effort from Saturday. Team H35 Honda’s Benny Solis again had a lonely ride to fourth.

The battle for fifth overall was fought out until the very end with Team MG55’s Michael Gilbert getting the spot and victory in the Superstock 600 race, Presented by Riderz Law. The win was Gilbert’s third of the year and it allowed him to gain some points on championship leader Jason Aguilar. Aguilar ended up fifth in the Superstock 600 class on Sunday at Sonoma and he leads the standings by 14 points, 191-177.

Andrew Lee Racing/Tri-County Power Sports’ Andrew Lee and Palmetto Motorsports Team New Zealand’s Shane Richardson finished sixth and seventh overall and second and third in Superstock 600, respectively.

Ventura Turns The Tables On Smith A day after getting beat up by Benjamin Smith in the first of two KTM RC Cup Presented by Riderz Law races at Sonoma Raceway, CSVMoto’s Cory Ventura turned the tables on the Quarterley Racing/On Track Development rider by beating him to the flag by .394 of a second to win his third KTM race of the season.

On Saturday, Smith won the race by over 11 seconds but Ventura was having none of that on Sunday, the resident of nearby Union City, California, catching Smith before the Pennsylvanian could get away and eventually passing him for victory.

Ventura not only scored the victory, but the win also propelled him into second in the championship standings. He now trails Smith, 192-155.

“With struggling a bit with mistakes yesterday and with him (Smith) putting a little bit of a gap on me, it was definitely a good confidence builder going into Pittsburgh,” Ventura said. “Last night I sat down with my coach and talked about it a bit. I was losing a lot of time in sector one and we really broke it down. We noticed that Ben really got a good drive out of one and today we knew we just had to do it.”

RESULTS

Motul Superbike

Cameron Beaubier, Roseville, Calif., Yamaha

Toni Elias, Barcelona, Spain, Suzuki

Josh Hayes, Gulfport, Miss., Yamaha

Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky, Suzuki

Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki

Josh Herrin, Dublin, Ga., Yamaha

Sylvain Barrier, Oynnax, France, BMW

Jake Gagne, San Diego, Calif., Honda

Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Ok, Yamaha

Motul Superbike Championship Standings

Toni Elias, Barcelona, Spain, Suzuki – 300

Cameron Beaubier, Roseville, Calif., Yamaha – 230

Roger Hayden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 220

Josh Hayes, Gulfport, Miss., Yamaha – 156

Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha – 136

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky, Suzuki – 117

Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki – 116

Josh Herrin, Dublin, Ga., Yamaha – 114

Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha – 97

Kyle Wyman, Macedon, N.Y., Yamaha – 88

Bazzaz Superstock 1000

Mathew Scholtz, Dublin, South Africa, Yamaha

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky, Suzuki

Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki

Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha

David Anthony, Melbourne, Australia, Kawasaki

Bryce Prince, Bakersfield, Calif., Yamaha

Tyler O’Hara, Petaluma, Calif., Yamaha

Wyatt Farris, Calistoga, Calif., Kawasaki

Jeremy Coffey, Vancouver, Wa., Kawasaki

Sam Verderico, Wenatchee, Wa., Yamaha

Bazzaz Superstock 1000 Championship Standings

Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha – 286

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 235

Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki – 214

Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha – 194

Hayden Gillim, Philpot, Ky., Suzuki – 151

Bryce Prince, Bakersfield, Calif., Yamaha – 147

Max Flinders, Preston, England, Yamaha – 108

David Anthony, Murrieta, Calif., Kawasaki – 58

Tyler O’Hara, Petaluma, Calif., Kawasaki – 54

Anthony Kosinski, Crumstown, Ind., Yamaha – 37

Supersport

Garrett Gerloff, New Waverly, Texas, Yamaha

JD Beach, Owensboro, Ky., Yamaha

Valentin Debise, Albi, France, Suzuki

Benny Solis, North Hollywood, Calif., Honda

Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha

Andrew Lee, Clovis, Calif., Yamaha

Shane Richardson, Wellington, New Zealand, Kawasaki

Braeden Ortt, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Yamaha

Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha

Jayson Uribe, Napa, Calif., Yamaha

Supersport Championship Standings

Garrett Gerloff, New Waverly, Texas, Yamaha – 246

JD Beach, Owensboro, Ky., Yamaha – 232

Valentin Debise, Albi, France, Suzuki – 156

Benny Solis, North Hollywood, Calif., Honda – 153

Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha – 95

Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha – 89

Daytona Anderson, Riverside, Calif., Suzuki – 79

Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 79

Shane Richardson, Wellington, New Zealand, Kawasaki – 75

Connor Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki – 73

Superstock 600

Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha

Andrew Lee, Clovis, Calif., Yamaha

Shane Richardson, Wellington, New Zealand, Kawasaki

Braeden Ortt, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Yamaha

Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha

Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

Deion Campbell, San Jose, Calif., Yamaha

Ashton Yates, Milledgeville, Ga., Yamaha

Andy DiBrino, Tualatin, Or., Yamaha

Conner Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki

Superstock 600 Championship Standings

Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha – 191

Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha – 177

Conner Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki – 147

Shane Richardson, Wellington, New Zealand, Kawasaki – 144

Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 138

Braeden Ortt, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Yamaha – 121

JC Camacho, Deer Park, Texas, Suzuki – 99

Andrew Lee, Clovis, Calif., Yamaha – 91

Anthony Mazziotto III, Hammonton, N.J., Yamaha – 65

Ashton Yates, Milledgeville, Ga., Yamaha – 58

KTM RC Cup

Cory Ventura, Union City, Calif., KTM

Benjamin Smith, Glenmoore, Pa., KTM

Draik Beauchamp, Knoxville, Tn., KTM

Alex Dumas, Quebec, Canada, KTM

Tyler Linders, Mission Viejo, Calif., KTM

Brett Voorhees, Placerville, Calif., KTM

Gavin Anthony, Hillard, Oh., KTM

Trevor Standish, Roswell, Ga., KTM

Nate Minster, Oak Grove, Minn., KTM

Toby Khamsouk, Banning, Calif., KTM

KTM RC Cup Championship Standings

Benjamin Smith, Glenmoore, Pa., KTM – 192

Cory Ventura, Union City, Calif., KTM – 155

Draik Beauchamp, Knoxville, Tn., KTM- 141

Jackson Blackmon, Rock Hill, SC, KTM – 136

Alex Dumas, Quebec, Canada, KTM – 123

Toby Khamsouk, Banning, Calif., KTM – 102

Trevor Standish, Roswell, Ga., KTM – 91

Gavin Anthony, Hillard, Oh., KTM – 83

Sergio Rodriguez, Oxnard, Calif., KTM – 63

Nate Minster, Oak Grove, Minn., KTM – 60

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Toni Elias Pads Championship Lead on Saturday with Win in Monterey

Yoshimura Suzuki’s Toni Elias won his seventh Motul Superbike race of the season today on a blazing hot afternoon at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in the first of the two races that make up the Honda Superbike Championship of the Monterey Peninsula.

Elias was in a fight for the majority of the race with his teammate Roger Hayden, the Kentuckian coming up half a second short at the finish after the Spaniard was badly balked by a lapped rider on the penultimate lap. Elias’ seventh victory of the season gives him a 35-point lead over Hayden going into tomorrow’s Race 2 of what is Round 6 of the 2017 MotoAmerica Series.

“I’m so happy (to avoid an incident with a lapper on lap 22),” Elias said. “I was trying to open a gap (on second) and I could do it two or three times, but always I found some slow guys (lappers) in the middle who blocked me and blocked Roger (Hayden). Then I lost that little gap, especially the last two laps, it was worse for me, but at the end everything was good. I continue doing my pace the last lap and still open a little gap.

“My team was really good because the ride (on the bike) was so nice. I felt more or less comfortable. The race was hard, but my momentum (lap times) was always the same. I’m so happy, my dream was to win here in Laguna Seca and at the end I really came through and it was perfect.”

Hayden was helped by the lapped rider with two laps to go, but he needed just a bit more pace to beat his teammate.

“That lapper did me a favor there those last couple laps and let me close back up on Toni (Elias),” Hayden said. “I tried to push the last lap, but he was just a little bit stronger than I was today. Hopefully, we can make a couple changes and be a little faster tomorrow. He (Elias) was a little better than me in a couple places and he kind of opened the gap back up. That lapper just needed to hold him up a little bit more. He almost did me a favor, but it was a good race. Tomorrow I think will be a better fight, (especially) if Cameron (Beaubier) is there at the beginning. He’s also really tough here. It could be three guys (battling for the win).”

Third place today went to Monster Energy/Yamalube/Yamaha Factory Racing’s Cameron Beaubier, the two-time defending MotoAmerica Superbike Champion having a tough time in Turn 1 on the opening lap that pushed him back to sixth place at the end of the lap. From there he fought through to third, but, despite having the fastest lap of the race, couldn’t make serious inroads into the Yoshimura Suzuki pair’s lead. He ended up 7.0 seconds behind and is now 57 points behind Elias in the title chase.

“There right at the beginning my nose got cut off a little bit in the first corner,” Beaubier said. “It put me back to eighth or so, and I just fought my way (forward) and put my head down. I fought as hard as I could. My teammate (Josh Hayes) is hard to pass, he’s really good around here (at Laguna Seca). We had a little scrap going that kind of set us back about a half second or so. I just kept my head down, chipping away, but these guys (Elias and Hayden) were on rails today. I’ve got a great bike and a great team. We’re going to put our heads together and see what we can come up with for tomorrow, and see if we can fight for a win. We’re right over halfway (into the season) and we’re going to fight ‘til the end.”

Fourth place went to Yamalube/Westby Racing’s Mathew Scholtz, the South African coming out on top of the Bazzaz Superstock 1000 class in the process. Scholtz was also hampered in Turn 1 on the opening lap, but had clear sailing to victory after that.

“In the first corner quite a few things happened there,” Scholtz said. “Beaubier touched (Josh) Herrin and I was on the outside of them and kind of got a terrible first lap from there. I was putting my head down and set some pretty decent times [that allowed me] to work my way through. I managed to actually open up a pretty decent lead over the Superstock guys, and I was really happy with that. I just have to thank the Yamalube Westby guys. They worked really hard for me and gave me a perfect bike. That really showed now, I did 23 laps at roughly the same pace. I was really happy. I could have picked things up [my pace] there at the end if I needed to. Overall, I’m really happy. I’m looking forward to the second race to see what we can do.”

Behind him there was a battle to the line between MotoAmerica first-timer Anthony West on the Fly Street/Motul Oils/ADR Motorsports Kawasaki, M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Jake Lewis and Quicksilver Latus Motors Kawasaki’s Bobby Fong. Aussie West got the nod by .432 of a second over Lewis in the battle for fifth with Fong a shadow seventh. Those three were second, third and fourth in the Bazzaz Superstock 1000 results.

TOBC Racing’s Danny Eslick rode mostly alone to eighth place with Scheibe Racing/Hayes Brakes BMW-mounted Jason DiSalvo and Helmet Sounds.com/Western Services/Meen Motorsports’ Bryce Prince rounding out the top 10.

Four-time AMA Superbike Champion Josh Hayes crashed out of fourth place near the end of the race; Helmet Sounds.com/Western Services/Meen Motorsports’ Josh Herrin pitted after running with the leaders early on and rejoined to finish 11th; Kyle Wyman was a non-finisher after running fifth early on when his Motovation USA/Lucas Oils/KWR Yamaha suffered a mechanical failure.

KTM RC Cup: Ventura Gets His Second

The only other MotoAmerica race to take place today was the sole KTM RC Cup race of the weekend. The victory went to Cory Ventura in his home round, the Californian watching early as two of his rivals – Jackson Blackmon and Benjamin Smith – crashed out on the opening lap. He was then embroiled in a battle with Francesc Perez, but the Spaniard also crashed out on the ninth lap. The Toni Elias protégé remounted to finish 10th.

Second placed ended up going to JP43 Junior Team’s Alex Dumas, the French Canadian beating Quarterley Racing/On Track Development’s Draik Beauchamp by .373 of a second. Team MotoTriad’s Gray Pham was just behind those two in fourth place.

The win was Ventura’s second of the season and he moved to fourth in the title chase, 46 points behind Smith who stayed in the lead despite his first-lap crash. Smith has 147 points to Blackmon’s 118 with Beauchamp third on 115 points, five clear of Ventura.

“It was a great race,” Ventura said. “I got a great start; I’ve been working on those a lot. I just kept my eyes forward and kept my momentum going from earlier today. Just had a good race, had some fun, and that’s all the matters. This is front of my home crowd and is technically my home race. This is the track I do have the most time on and I had a lot of fun.”

RESULTS

Motul Superbike

Toni Elias, Barcelona, Spain, Suzuki

Roger Hayden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

Cameron Beaubier, Roseville, Calif., Yamaha

Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha

Anthony West, Melbourne, Australia, Kawasaki

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki

Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha

Jason DiSalvo, Stafford, N.Y., BMW

Bryce Prince, Bakersfield, Calif., Yamaha

Motul Superbike Championship Standings

Toni Elias, Barcelona, Spain, Suzuki – 235

Roger Hayden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 200

Cameron Beaubier, Roseville, Calif., Yamaha – 178

Josh Hayes, Gulfport, Miss., Yamaha – 111

Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha – 102

Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki – 97

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 93

Josh Herrin, Dublin, Ga., Yamaha – 84

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 89

Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha – 75

Bazzaz Superstock 1000

Mathew Scholtz, Dublin, South Africa, Yamaha

Anthony West, Melbourne, Australia, Kawasaki

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki

Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha

Bryce Prince, Bakersfield, Calif., Yamaha

Tyler O’Hara, Petaluma, Calif., Yamaha

Max Flinders, Preston, England, Yamaha

Hayden Gillim, Philpot, Ky., Suzuki

Sam Verderico, Parauna Goias, Brazil, Yamaha

Bazzaz Superstock 1000 Championship Standings

Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha – 216

Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 190

Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki – 178

Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha – 152

Hayden Gillim, Philpot, Ky., Suzuki – 127

Bryce Prince, Bakersfield, Calif., – 116

Max Flinders, Preston, England, Yamaha – 92

David Anthony, Murrieta, Calif., Kawasaki – 47

Anthony Kosinski, Crumstown, Ind., Yamaha – 37

Tyler O’Hara, Petaluma, Calif., Yamaha – 26

KTM RC Cup

Cory Ventura, Union City, Calif., KTM

Alex Dumas, Quebec, Canada, KTM

Draik Beauchamp, Knoxville, Tenn., KTM

Gray Pham, San Diego, Calif., KTM

Gabe Hernandez, Huntington Park, Calif., KTM

Toby Khamsouk, Banning, Calif., KTM

Sergio Rodriguez II, Oxnard, Calif., KTM

Trevor Standish, Roswell, Ga., KTM

Nate Minster, Oak Grove, Minn., KTM

Frances Perez, Barcelona, Spain, KTM

KTM RC Cup Championship Standings

Benjamin Smith, Glenmoore, Pa., KTM – 147

Jackson Blackmon, Rock Hill, S.C., KTM – 118

Draik Beauchamp, Knoxville, Tenn., KTM – 115

Cory Ventura, Union City, Calif., KTM – 110

Alex Dumas, Quebec, Canada, KTM – 101

Toby Khamsouk, Banning, Calif., KTM – 89

Trevor Standish, Roswell, Ga., KTM – 77

Gavin Anthony, Hilliard, Ohio, KTM – 74

Sergio Rodriguez II, Oxnard, Calif., KTM – 63

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Toni Elias Again In MotoAmerica Superbike From Utah

Last year Toni Elias won his sixth MotoAmerica Superbike race in the 18th and final race of the season in New Jersey. Today the Yoshimura Suzuki rider matched that win total in just the 10th Motul Superbike race of what will be a 20-race season and that doesn’t bode well for the competition.

Like most of his previous five wins, the victory for Elias in today’s Championship of Utah didn’t come without a fight. This time the squabble up front was with his teammate Roger Hayden, the Kentuckian having found a better setup than the one he used to finish second yesterday and it kept him in the battle to the very end. The margin of victory today: .459 of a second after 20 laps of the 3.048-mile Utah Motorsports Campus.

“It was a really good weekend, especially yesterday when I made the mistake (in Race 1), (but still) win the race,” Elias said. “I think it is a thing we didn’t expect, but it was good. Today I didn’t want to touch too much my (bike) setup, but I know these guys (my competitors) are always working a lot and improving. I was thinking ‘tomorrow (Sunday) I need to do something extra, no?’ And we did it. This morning was really good, our pace was better than yesterday, but the bike very hectic on the bumps. I made three or four mistakes during the race, that was because on the bumps the front was (reacting). It was good for me to see that because I understood what was my limit, what corners I could push more than the others, and at the end I push where I could push. I didn’t push where I couldn’t.”

Hayden was pleased to be closer to his teammate after losing out by 2.4 seconds to Elias on Saturday.

“I’m a lot more pleased with today’s performance than yesterday’s,” Hayden said. “Yesterday Toni (Elias) was just a couple notches above the rest of us, and me for sure, so we made some changes and the bike was working a lot better today. I tried to hang on to Toni as along as I could and he made a couple mistakes, (and) I got by him (briefly). Then I just tried to stay close enough to him in case I ever got the chance to try and make a move towards the end, but his last couple laps were really solid. Definitely a lot more satisfied than yesterday’s results. I definitely want to win, but at the same time being consistent is important too.”

Third place in the Motul Superbike race went to Monster Energy/Yamalube/Yamaha Factory Racing’s Cameron Beaubier, the two-time defending MotoAmerica Champion back on the podium after a mostly disastrous weekend that saw him crash out of yesterday’s race. Beaubier started slowly and finished Lap 1 in sixth place, and by the time he got to third he couldn’t make much of a dent in the lead the two Suzukis had established. He ended up just a tick over six and a half seconds behind.

“It’s nice to get a podium after how horrible the last two days were,” Beaubier said. “It’s frustrating, honestly. I started out Friday practice feeling great. The first five, six, seven laps I was thinking ‘alright, this is going to be a good weekend.’ I just had a good flow with the bike and a decent time right away on the hard tire (compound), and then boom, I crashed and destroyed the bike. The bike that we repaired I was just kind of struggling with. I was right at the end of the top 10 (in) pretty much all the practices and qualifying, and it was really frustrating because I felt like the (Yamaha) R1 is good around this place. And I like this place.

“To go and crash yesterday (in Race 1)… that was a bummer, making my crew stay two nights in a row (repairing the bike) until midnight. You never want to do that. But hats off to those guys for working so hard for me, they’re definitely the backbone of the team and that’s in the back of my head every lap, pushing for those guys, and, obviously, myself too. It’s definitely a little weight off my shoulders getting back up on the podium and moving on to the next race.”

Beaubier’s teammate Josh Hayes finished fourth after running with the lead duo for most of the race. He ultimately succumbed to his teammate Beaubier before finishing a lonely fourth.

Helmet Sounds.com/Western Services/Meen Motorsports Yamaha’s Josh Herrin finished fifth after a near race-long battle with Motovation USA/Lucas Oil/KWR’s Kyle Wyman, the pair separated by just .155 of a second.

Seventh place went to Yamalube/Westby Racing’s Mathew Scholtz, the South African taking the Bazzaz Superstock 1000 win in the process. It was Scholtz’s third win of the season and gives him a 17-point lead in the Bazzaz Superstock 1000 Championship over Jake Lewis, the M4 ECSTAR Suzuki rider finishing eighth and second in the Superstock category. Bryce Prince earned his second podium finish of the season in Superstock with his ninth-place finish. Cycle World Suzuki’s Hayden Gillim rounded out the top 10.

“Things worked out great,” Scholtz said. “I didn’t get the best jump off the start, and I got shuffled back a bit, but then there was a really long train (of bikes) and no one really started gapping anyone, yet. I kind of saw that Bobby (Fong) crashed out and I knew that he had the outright pace. Unfortunately [for him], once I saw he bailed out it kind of left the door open for me, and I’m pretty sure I had Jake (Lewis) right there following me, but something must have happened (to him). I looked back with probably about six laps left and I saw that I had a really solid gap. From there I just kind of conserved the tires and maintained the gap, and kept running at a comfortable pace. They weren’t catching very quickly, but (regardless) I still had a hold on first. I’m really thankful for the team because they worked extremely hard. We took quite a big gamble this morning and it seemed to pay off us.”

Yesterday’s Bazzaz Superstock 1000 winner Bobby Fong crashed the Quicksilver Latus Motors Kawasaki out of the lead while battling with Beaubier for fourth in the Superbike class.

Broaster Genuine Chicken Honda’s Jake Gagne elected to sit out today’s race after yesterday’s Superpole crash to get healthy for the next round at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in two weeks.

After five of 10 rounds (and 20 races), Elias now leads the championship by 30 points over Hayden, 210-180. Beaubier is third with 162 points.

Supersport: High Drama And A Win For Debise What seemed inevitable based on the hard battles the two have had all season long turned into reality today when Monster Energy/Yamalube/Y.E.S./Graves Yamaha teammates Garrett Gerloff and JD Beach crashed together on the final lap of the Supersport final at the Utah Motorsports Campus. The error, which Beach took full responsibility for, allowed M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Valentin Debise to take the victory, his second of the season as the two Yamaha men were literally left in the dust trying to free their bikes from each other’s.

For Debise it was a gift win that he was happy to take.

“When I saw the dust I knew there were only two guys in front of me, so it was easy to know who it was,” Debise said. “So I look and they weren’t working towards the front, or they weren’t in the same position, and after that I just go and take my win. At VIR, I crash twice and give them (Gerloff and Beach) the win, so (today) they made a mistake and I take it (the win). It was a really good points (day) for me, and I was the same as them (in speed) for about four to five laps, which was good. I tried to keep up, but I wasn’t able. It feels good to be back with a win.”

With the top two men in the championship crashing out, the podium featured two fresh faces in M4 Rickdiculous Racing Suzuki’s Daytona Anderson and Rickdiculous Racing’s Jayson Uribe, the latter in his first-ever MotoAmerica weekend. For both it was their first foray onto a MotoAmerica podium.

Anderson ended up getting the better of Uribe, who races in the Spanish Moto2 Championship, by just .843 of a second.

Fourth place went to Aguilar Racing’s Jason Aguilar with the Californian picking up his second straight Superstock 600 victory in the process. He was some 12 seconds clear of Team MG55’s Michael Gilbert, the SportRider Magazine editor taking the runner-up spot for the second straight day.

Sixth fell to M4 medAge Suzuki’s Nick McFadden, the Kentuckian braving the pain of having his collarbone operated on just a week before the race to earn the final Superstock 600 podium spot.

Following his perfect weekend in Utah, Aguilar now leads the Superstock 600 title chase by nine points over Gilbert, 135-126. Connor Blevins, seventh today, is third with 125 points.

“I was behind Daytona (Anderson) and Jayson (Uribe) pretty much the whole time,” Aguilar said. “I was kind of watching them go at it. I was just kind of thinking in the back of my head that this isn’t my class (Supersport), so I don’t want to get involved in this. I was just trying to bring it home and saw I had a big gap off my pit board. I just laid down a couple good laps and paced myself. I just rode it home.”

KTM RC Cup: Blackmon’s Turn Quarterley Racing/On Track Development’s Jackson Blackmon missed the first two KTM RC Cup races of the season because of an off-season training accident. But since then the 16-year-old South Carolinian has proven to be a front-runner and today he won his third race of the season at the Utah Motorsports Campus. The win, like all the KTM RC Cup races, was close with Blackmon topping his teammate Benjamin Smith by .169 of a second after nine laps.

“It’s a little easier planning, for sure, with two people (up front),” Blackmon said. “I tried to have a plan going into that last lap, but it just kind of worked out how I did it and it worked well. I went into the first turn [on the last lap] and I just tried to put my head down. I knew he (Smith) was going to go for the spot where he normally got me in Turn 5, so I went in a little hot and he got the drive off it. I was able to draft him into (turn) six and just put my head down. I think going into (turn) 11, I just tried to let off the brakes and pick up the gas, and it worked out.”

Some nine seconds behind the lead duo came Spaniard Francesc Perez, the Toni Elias protégé making the most out of his first visit to America by finishing on the podium in his second-ever MotoAmerica race (he was fourth yesterday). Perez came out on top of a battle with yesterday’s race winner Cory Ventura.

“I enjoyed (the race) a lot,” Perez said. “This is my first time here in this amazing country, and I liked it a lot. I started in the back, but then I started moving up and I finished third. We did a great battle with Cory (Ventura) for third and I am happy. Toni (Elias) has been helping me since four years ago, since 2013, and he helps me a lot, so I am very happy to get this result (to show his help is working).”

RESULTS

Motul Superbike

1. Toni Elias, Barcelona, Spain, Suzuki

2. Roger Hayden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

3. Cameron Beaubier, Roseville, Calif., Yamaha

4. Josh Hayes, Gulfport, Miss., Yamaha

5. Josh Herrin, Dublin, Ga., Yamaha

6. Kyle Wyman, Macedon, N.Y., Yamaha

7. Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha

8. Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

9. Bryce Prince, Bakersfield, Calif., Yamaha

10. Hayden Gillim, Philapot, Ky., Suzuki 

Motul Superbike Championship Standings  

1. Toni Elias, Barcelona, Spain, Suzuki – 210

2. Roger Hayden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 180

3. Cameron Beaubier, Roseville, Calif., Yamaha – 162

4. Josh Hayes, Gulfport, Miss., Yamaha – 111

5. Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha – 89

6. Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki – 88

7. Josh Herrin, Dublin, Ga., Yamaha – 84

8. Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 83

9. Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha – 67

10. Kyle Wyman, Macedon, N.Y., Yamaha – 65 

 Bazzaz Superstock 1000  

1. Mathew Scholtz, Dublin, South Africa, Yamaha

2. Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

3. Bryce Prince, Bakersfield, Calif., Yamaha

4. Hayden Gillim, Philapot, Ky., Suzuki

5. Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha

6. David Anthony, Melbourne, Australia, Kawasaki

7. Max Flinders, Preston, England, Yamaha

8. Matthew Orange, Half Moon Bay, Calif., BMW

9. Roi Holster, Napa, Calif., Yamaha 

Bazzaz Superstock 1000 Championship Standings  

1. Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha – 191

2. Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 174

3. Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki – 165

4. Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha – 141

5. Hayden Gillim, Philapot, Ky., Suzuki – 120

6. Bryce Prince, Bakersfield, Calif., Yamaha – 106

7. Max Flinders, Preston, England, Yamaha – 84

8. David Anthony, Murrieta, Calif., Kawasaki – 47

9. Anthony Kosinski, Crumstown, Ind., Yamaha – 37

10. Frankie Babuska, Pelham, N.Y., Yamaha – 17

Supersport  

1. Valentin Debise, Albi, France, Suzuki

2. Daytona Anderson, Riverside, Calif., Suzuki

3. Jayson Uribe, Napa Valley, Calif., Yamaha

4. Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif. Yamaha

5. Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha

6. Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

7. Connor Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki

8. Braeden Ortt, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Yamaha

9. JC Camacho, Deer Park, Texas, Suzuki

10. Nolan Lampkin, Indianapolis, Ind., Suzuki 

Supersport Championship Standings

1. JD Beach, Owensboro, Ky., Yamaha – 172

2. Garrett Gerloff, New Waverly, Texas, Yamaha – 171

3. Valentin Debise, Albi, France, Suzuki – 124

4. Benny Solis, North Hollywood, Calif., Honda – 111

5. Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha – 67

6. Daytona Anderson, Riverside, Calif., Suzuki – 66

7. Connor Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki – 65

8. Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha – 62

9. Brandon Paasch, Freehold, N.J., Yamaha – 60

10. Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 53 

Superstock 600

1. Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha

2. Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha

3. Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

4. Conner Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki

5. Braeden Ortt, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Yamaha

6. JC Camacho, Deer Park, Texas, Suzuki

7. Nolan Lampkin, Indianapolis, Ind., Suzuki

8. Shane Richardson, Wellington, New Zealand, Kawasaki

9. Caroline Olsen, Halden, Norway, Yamaha

10. Ezra Beaubier, Roseville, Calif., Yamaha

Superstock 600 Championship Standings

1. Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha – 135

2. Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha – 126

3. Conner Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki – 112

4. Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 104

5. Shane Richardson, Wellington, New Zealand, Kawasaki – 92

6. JC Camacho, Deer Park, Texas, Suzuki – 90

7. Braeden Ortt, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Yamaha – 73

8. Anthony Mazziotto III, Hammonton, N.J., KTM – 65

9. Andrew Lee, Clovis, Calif., Yamaha – 54

10. Brandon Cleland, Fort Worth, Texas, Suzuki – 34

KTM RC Cup

1. Jackson Blackmon, Rock Hill, S.C., KTM

2. Benjamin Smith, Glenmoore, Pa., KTM

3. Francesco Perez, Barcelona, Spain, KTM

4. Cory Ventura, Union City, Calif., KTM

5. Toby Khamsouk, Banning, Calif., KTM

6. Gavin Anthony, Hilliard, Ohio, KTM

7. Brett Voorhis, Citrus Heights, Calif., KTM

8. Jake Leahey, Hammonton, N.J., KTM

9. Trevor Standish, Roswell, Ga., KTM

10. Dylan Deutschlander, Lake Jackson, Texas, KTM

KTM RC Cup Championship Standings

1. Benjamin Smith, Glenmoore, Pa., KTM – 147

2. Jackson Blackmon, Rock Hill, S.C., KTM – 118

3. Draik Beauchamp, Knoxville, Tenn., KTM – 99

4. Cory Ventura, Union City, Calif., KTM – 85

5. Alex Dumas, Quebec, Canada, KTM – 81

6. Toby Khamsouk, Banning, Calif., KTM – 79

7. Gavin Anthony, Hilliard, Ohio, KTM – 74

8. Trevor Standish, Roswell, Ga., KTM – 69

9. Jake Leahey, Hammonton, N.J., KTM – 54

10. Sergio Rodriguez II, Oxnard, Calif., KTM – 54

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Toni Elias Comes From Behind To Win In Utah

Toni Elias made his race a difficult one today at the Utah Motorsports Campus, the Yoshimura Suzuki rider bungling his downshifts in Turn 1 and finishing the opening lap in 11th place. But from there he was faultless, the Spaniard patiently working his way through the pack to take the lead on the 12th of 17 laps. It was a lead he wouldn’t relinquish as he rode to his fifth Motul Superbike victory of the season and his 11th career MotoAmerica victory at the Championship of Utah.

The win also puts Elias 25 points (a full race) ahead of his Yoshimura Suzuki teammate Roger Hayden in the 2017 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship, 185-160, as the series reached its halfway mark at the 3.048-mile racetrack on the outskirts of Salt Lake City.

“It was really difficult (to come back from the first-turn mistake),” Elias said. “I didn’t expect that mistake. After that I was trying to be calm and trying to find some space because in the middle of the group (of riders) is tough. I tried to overtake very slowly, I didn’t do crazy things, and I also tried to control what was behind me. I could come back step-by-step, very slowly, taking my time. In the end when the tires dropped a little bit it was more easy for me. My team gave me a really good bike for the race distance. At the end, I lap easy and pass them (Hayes and Hayden). It was difficult to open up (a lead). I was trying very hard but Roger gave me good contest. The [lead] was 0.3, 0.4, 0.7, and then at the end I say ‘Okay, it’s mine.’ I know these guys are going to work a lot tonight and tomorrow I would just like to be safe in the first corner, don’ t make any mistakes. I’m really happy with the consistency (of the bike).”

Elias won by 2.461 seconds as the others failed to match his pace late in the race. Hayden finished second, the Kentuckian leading several laps before his teammate made his way through. Still, Hayden was able to hold off the advances of Monster Energy/Yamalube/Yamaha Factory Racing’s Josh Hayes, the four-time AMA Superbike Champion also leading at times during the race before ending up third.

“I knew he (Elias) was coming,” Hayden said of Elias. “Every time I would get in the lead I would try to lower the pace, but I was just struggling with some stuff and couldn’t go any faster. Josh (Hayes) was right there the whole time (too), and it was a pretty fun little back and forth with him (for the lead). But once Tony came by I hung on for one lap and just made some mistakes and I couldn’t hang on, and he was faster. So I’ll have to regroup tonight, look at some things, and try to see where we can close the gap.”

Hayes was trying not to make any costly mistakes as the race wore on and third was the best he could do on this day.

“That’s how it goes through the year, (you have) strong spots and weak spots,” Hayes said. “Their (Yoshimura Suzuki) bike is good in areas, our (Yamaha Factory Racing) bike is good in areas. A lot of the race was, since I haven’t seen these guys on the track that much, I was trying to figure out what we have where. What we can do good and what they can do good, so it was a bit of a chess match. It seemed like it was hard right in the beginning, but then it got a little better for a while and kind of wobbled back and forth a little bit. The second half of the race was pretty tough for me. Seeing all the mistakes on the first lap, I felt like grip was down just a touch from what it was earlier in the day, but overall I just tried to ride a smart race and bring it home. I had a few opportunities to get in there a race a little bit, but every time I tried it was just easy to make mistakes, so I had to take third, which is fun, but I was in the race (for the win) for a good while. I think we learned a lot and hopefully we come back tomorrow and are a little bit better than what we were today.”

Fourth place went to Bazzaz Superstock 1000 winner Bobby Fong, the Quicksilver Latus Motors Kawasaki rider in the mix near the front of the Superbike pack early on before finishing 8.7 seconds behind. He was well clear of Helmet Sounds.com/Western Services/Meen Motorsports’ Josh Herrin and his Yamaha R1 Superbike with Kyle Wyman finishing sixth on the Motovation USA/Lucas Oil/KWR Yamaha.

“I honestly haven’t been feeling that good,” Fong said. “Everyone I’ve been around has been sick, so I’ve been a little under the weather. I was on the grid and I didn’t know if I was going to last this race, I was just so depleted of energy. We did the best we could to stay with the Superbikes, but their straight-line speed is just insane compared to us. We actually had some corner speed on them. In a lot of the corners I could gain some pretty good time so that at least I could pull in on a straight line and in sector one and two it seemed like I could catch back up pretty quickly. But as soon as I saw the gap to Mathew (Scholtz), I just backed it down a little bit. It would have been nice to back on the Superbike podium again.”

Yamalube/Westby Racing’s Mathew Scholtz ended up seventh and second in the Bazzaz Superstock 1000 class, some four seconds clear of third-place Superstock finisher Jake Lewis on the M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R1000. Cycle World Suzuki’s Hayden Gillim and TOBC Racing’s Danny Eslick rounded out the top 10.

Defending two-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier’s difficult weekend continued with his second crash of the weekend, and this time it was costly. Beaubier sped away at the start, but crashed out of the lead on the second lap. He was able to dust himself off and finish, but could only muster 16th and thus didn’t score any championship points. He now finds himself 39 points behind Elias after nine of 20 races (10 rounds).

“I had a terrible Superpole, so we changed the engine in my R1, and we were looking forward to the race,” Beaubier said. “With the motor change, I was confident that we could run up front. I got a really good start, which has been my weakness, so I felt really good about that. I was in third coming out of the first corner, but when everything settled, I was in the lead. So, I settled into a rhythm, and got a good pace going. I got into turn six a little hot, so I gave myself some room to make the turn. I didn’t expect the front to tuck as easily as it did, and I slid into the dirt. I got the bike restarted and, other than the windscreen, it was mostly okay. It took me a few laps to make sure everything was good. My lap times kept getting quicker as the laps wound down despite my head getting buffeted pretty good going down the front straight without the windscreen. Being so far back, the best I could hope for was a red flag. It’s been a terrible weekend for me so far, and to lose all those points, plus causing my guys to have to stay late again tonight to fix my bike just makes it all the worse. I’ve got a great team, though, and I’m confident that we’ll turn it around for tomorrow.”

Broaster Genuine Chicken Honda’s Jake Gagne was a non-starter after a crash during Superpole damaged his Honda badly enough that the team couldn’t get it repaired for today’s race. They are hoping to have the CBR1000RR back on the grid for tomorrow’s Race 2.

Supersport: Beach Wins Fifth In A Row In Utah JD Beach came into Utah riding a four-race win streak on the fast and flowing Utah Motorsports Campus racetrack. Make that a five-race win streak after Beach and his Monster Energy/Yamalube/Y.E.S./Graves Motorsports Yamaha R6 won his fourth Supersport race of the season and his fifth in a row in Utah. The win also gave the 2015 MotoAmerica Supersport Champion the points lead for the first time in the 2017 season.

Beach won this one with two very fast opening laps while his teammate Garrett Gerloff struggled to find a way around M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Valentin Debise. After two laps, Beach led Gerloff by 2.1 seconds and that gap would hold steady until the closing laps when Gerloff gained ground in traffic. At the finish line it was Beach by 1.060 seconds. Debise, meanwhile, faded to third place and was 24.128 seconds behind at the finish.

“I kind of just went into the race with the same plan I always do and tried to get a good start,” Beach said. “I pushed the first few laps and we had some really good pace, but I definitely used up my tires a lot because towards the end of the race the bikes started to move a lot. I think I lapped five or six guys and I didn’t even see a blue flag (requiring lapped riders to move out of the way) until the last rider I lapped. That kind of threw off my rhythm a little bit towards the end of the race, but we’ve got some really good notes for tomorrow and we need to make some improvements so we can stay in front of Garrett (Gerloff) and (Valentin) Debise. I hope we can get back up there tomorrow and get another win.”

Fourth place went to Team H35 Honda’s Benny Solis over M4 The 22 Project’s Daytona Anderson.

Aguilar Racing Yamaha’s Jason Aguilar finished sixth overall, but that was good enough to give him his first career MotoAmerica victory in the Superstock 600 class. The win also moved Aguilar to within two points of series points leader Connor Blevins, the Excel Machine Racing Kawasaki rider finishing third today.

“It was a really good race,” Aguilar said. “We made a lot changes to the bike before the race and I actually struggled quite a bit the first couple laps. I was a little bit worried, honestly, I thought I made the wrong decision, but I ended up coming (on) good. We ran really good lap times that were a second faster than where we were in qualifying, so I’m happy with it. We’ve got to go back to the drawing board and make a little more happen tomorrow because the other guys are going to be right there.”

Second in the Superstock 600 class went to Team MG55’s Michael Gilbert, the Californian who led the series prior to Road America now just six points behind Blevins in the title chase.

Palmetto Motorsports Team New Zealand’s Shane Richardson and M4 medAge Suzuki’s Nick McFadden finished fourth and fifth in class, respectively.

KTM RC Cup: A First Time Winner In Ventura Cory Ventura showed what he was capable of at the previous round of the KTM RC Cup Series in Road America when he finished second. Today he went one better, the 15-year-old Californian winning his first MotoAmerica race after a thrilling three-way battle to the finish with Benjamin Smith and Jackson Blackmon.

It all came down the last lap and Ventura got through the final three miles the best, taking victory over Smith by just .021 of a second with Blackmon third – just .061 of a second behind.

“The race was really good,” Ventura said. “We got off to a good start, probably my best start of the season, and I just stuck with these two fast guys (Smith and Blackmon). I tried to get up there and mix it up early on in the race, and tried to break away one lap, but both of them draft past me about halfway down the straight. I knew that wouldn’t have been eligible to do, so I just kind of sat back and knew I had to save my tires a little bit to wait for the right moment and time to make my move. They pulled a gap on me for a second and had me worried, so I to push really hard to get back up there. I just happened to make moves really fast and coming into that last lap there were those lappers, which spooked me a little bit because I didn’t know what they were doing. Jackson (Blackmon) got around one but maybe lost some momentum getting around the other one and I came up on these fast guys. I did whatever I could going into Turn 14. Jackson was killing it through that corner and I had to do something. I knew he was faster than me through (Turns) 15 and 16, and had me down there. I got the pass made and led the rest of the race to the finish line.”

Fourth place went to Toni Elias protégé Francesco Perez, the young Spaniard in his first MotoAmerica race and on his first trip outside of Europe. Perez came out on top of a battle with Gavin Anthony and Brett Voorhees and Trevor Standish. Perez was riding an M4 Roadracing World-backed wild card.

Smith continues to lead the championship standings over his Quarterley Racing/On Track Development teammate Draik Beauchamp, 127-99. Beauchamp crashed on the final lap but was able to remount and finish 11th. Blackmon, who also rides in the Dale Quarterley-owned team, is third in the series standings with 93 points.

RESULTS 

Motul Superbike  

1. Toni Elias, Barcelona, Spain, Suzuki

2. Roger Hayden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

3. Josh Hayes, Gulfport, Miss., Yamaha

4. Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki

5. Josh Herrin, Dublin, Ga., Yamaha

6. Kyle Wyman, Macedon, N.Y., Yamaha

7. Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha

8. Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

9. Hayden Gillim, Philpot, Ky., Suzuki

10. Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha 

Motul Superbike Championship Standings

1. Toni Elias, Barcelona, Spain, Suzuki – 185

2. Roger Hayden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 160

3. Cameron Beaubier, Roseville, Calif., Yamaha – 146

4. Josh Hayes, Gulfport, Miss., Yamaha – 98

5. Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki – 88

6. Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha – 80

7. Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 75

8. Josh Herrin, Dublin, Ga., Yamaha – 73

9. Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha – 63

10. Kyle Wyman, Macedon, N.Y., Yamaha – 55

Bazzaz Superstock 1000

1. Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki

2. Mathew Scholtz, Dublin, South Africa, Yamaha

3. Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

4. Hayden Gillim, Philapot, Ky., Suzuki

5. Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha

6. Bryce Prince, Bakersfield, Calif., Yamaha

7. David Anthony, Melbourne, Australia, Kawasaki

8. Max Flinders, Preston, England, Yamaha

9. Matthew Orange, Half Moon Bay, Calif., BMW

10. Roi Holster, Napa, Calif., Yamaha

Bazzaz Superstock 1000 Championship Standings

1. Mathew Scholtz, Durban, South Africa, Yamaha – 166

2. Bobby Fong, Stockton, Calif., Kawasaki – 165

3. Jake Lewis, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 154

4. Danny Eslick, Tulsa, Okla., Yamaha – 130

5. Hayden Gillim, Philapot, Ky., Suzuki – 107

6. Bryce Prince, Bakersfield, Calif., – 90

7. Max Flinders, Preston, England, Yamaha – 75

8. David Anthony, Murrieta, Calif., Kawasaki – 37

9. Anthony Kosinski, Crumstown, Ind., Yamaha – 37

10. Frankie Babuska, Pelham, N.Y., Yamaha – 17

Supersport  

1. JD Beach, Owensboro, Ky., Yamaha

2. Garrett Gerloff, New Waverly, Texas, Yamaha

3. Valentin Debise, Albi, France, Suzuki

4. Benny Solis, North Hollywood, Calif., Honda

5. Daytona Anderson, Riverside, Calif., Suzuki

6. Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif. Yamaha

7. Jayson Uribe, Napa Valley, Calif., Yamaha

8. Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha

9. Connor Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki

10. Shane Richardson, Wellington, New Zealand, Kawasaki 

Supersport Championship Standings

1. JD Beach, Owensboro, Ky., Yamaha – 172

2. Garrett Gerloff, New Waverly, Texas., Yamaha – 171

3. Benny Solis, North Hollywood, Calif., Honda – 111

4. Valentin Debise, Albi, France, Suzuki – 99

5. Brandon Paasch, Freehold, N.J., Yamaha – 60

6. Connor Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki – 56

7. Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha – 54

8. Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha – 51

9. Daytona Anderson, Riverside, Calif., Suzuki – 46

10. Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 43

Superstock 600  

1. Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha

2. Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha

3. Conner Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki

4. Shane Richardson, Wellington, New Zealand, Kawasaki

5. Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki

6. JC Camacho, Deer Park, Texas, Suzuki

7. Braeden Ortt, Calgary, Alberta, Yamaha

8. Ezra Beaubier, Roseville, Calif., Yamaha

9. Andrew Lee, Clovis, Calif., Yamaha

10. Gauge Rees, Roy, Utah, Yamaha

Superstock 600 Championship Standings  

1. Conner Blevins, Oklahoma City, Okla., Kawasaki – 112

2. Jason Aguilar, Placentia, Calif., Yamaha – 110

3. Michael Gilbert, Santa Ana, Calif., Yamaha – 106

4. Nick McFadden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki – 88

5. Shane Richardson, Wellington, New Zealand, Kawasaki – 84

6. JC Camacho, Deer Park, Texas, Suzuki – 80

7. Anthony Mazziotto III, Hammonton, N.J., Yamaha – 65

8. Braeden Ortt, Calgary, Alberta, Yamaha – 64

9. Andrew Lee, Clovis, Calif., Yamaha – 49

10. Ashton Yates, Milledgeville, Ga, Yamaha – 32

KTM RC Cup 

1. Cory Ventura, Union City, Calif., KTM

2. Benjamin Smith, Glenmoore, Pa., KTM

3. Jackson Blackmon, Rock Hill, S.C., KTM

4. Francesco Perez, Barcelona, Spain, KTM

5. Gavin Anthony, Hilliard, Ohio, KTM

6. Brett Voorhis, Citrus Heights, Calif., KTM

7. Trevor Standish, Roswell, Ga., KTM

8. Toby Khamsouk, Banning, Calif., K

9. Gray Pham, San Diego, Calif., KTM

10. Alex Dumas, Quebec, Canada, KTM 

KTM RC Cup Championship Standings  

1. Benjamin Smith, Glenmoore, Pa., KTM – 127

2. Draik Beauchamp, Knoxville, Tenn., KTM – 99

3. Jackson Blackmon, Rock Hill, S.C., KTM – 93

4. Alex Dumas, Quebec, Canada, KTM – 79

5. Cory Ventura, Union City, Calif., KTM – 47

6. Toby Khamsouk, Banning, Calif., KTM – 68

7. Gavin Anthony, Hilliard, Ohio, KTM – 64

8. Trevor Standish, Roswell, Ga., KTM – 62

8. Sergio Rodriguez II, Oxnard, Calif., KTM – 50

10. Jake Leahey, Hammonton, N.J., KTM – 46