VOL. 50 ISSUE 31 AUGUST 6, 2013
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Roberts (center) is five
for five in his AMA races
in 2013. He was joined
on Sunday's podium by
Puerta (left) and Wyatt
Farris (right).
ly good package
all weekend and it
felt really good. It
Joe Roberts
(2) battled with
was nice to get a
Tomas Puerta
good start, get up
(12) and won
front, and battle
both AMA
with these guys."
Supersport
races at Miller
Farris posted
Motorsports
his best lap of the
Park.
day (1:56.899)
on the final lap
of the race, but it
wasn't enough to get by Roberts,
who posted a final lap of 1:56.827
to hold of his challenger.
"I thought I might be able to
get him at the end, but he got a
little gap on me and I didn't make
it happen," Farris said. "Either
way, it is good to get up here on
the blocks and really just a huge
weight lifted off my shoulders."
In Sunday's race, Roberts
found himself in third going into
the final lap, but first he got
around Farris to take over second and then a few turns later
"This has been a
great season," said the
Colombian who rides
for RoadRace Factory Yamaha. "I'm really
happy for the Championship. I've been fight
a lot for this. I thank
the RoadRace Factory
team for the support
and hopefully New Jermoved past Puerta to take the sey will be even better."
CN
lead. Puerta tried to fight back,
but couldn't find a way around Race One
and Roberts crossed the line in 1. Joe Roberts (Honda)
first, by a narrow .198 of a sec- 2. Wyatt Farris (Yamaha)
onds ahead of Puerta. Farris was 3. Tomas Puerta (Yamaha)
third, earning his second-straight 4. Sebastiao Ferreira (Yamaha)
5. Stefano Mesa (Yamaha)
podium.
"On the last lap I got passed 6. Miles Thornton (Yamaha)
by Tomas and Wyatt coming into 7. Hayden Gillim (Yamaha)
turn one," Roberts explained. "I 8. Jeffrey Tigert (Yamaha)
had two bikes ahead of me, so I 9. Brandon Cleland (Triumph)
was a little freaked out because 10. Ryan Matter (Yamaha)
I didn't know how I was going to
pass them back. An opportunity Race Two
came up in turn five and I went for 1. Joe Roberts (Honda)
the pass, to pass Wyatt. I knew 2. Tomas Puerta (Yamaha)
if I didn't pass him there I wasn't 3. Wyatt Farris (Yamaha)
going to win the race… I went 4. Erick Sanchez (Yamaha)
through turn seven really good 5. Miles Thornton (Yamaha)
and was riding on the outside 6. Charles Weaver (Yamaha)
and just tried to stick it into eight 7. Jeffrey Tigert (Yamaha)
8. Ryan Matter (Yamaha)
and made the pass and tried to
9. Royce McLean (Yamaha)
keep it on the pass."
10. Andrew DiBrino (Yamaha)
For Puerta the Championship
was sweet after three years of
trying and coming up short.
