CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 55 ISSUE 29 JULY 24, 2018 P77
SMASH IT UP
Josh Herrin was lucky to walk away
from a monster crash in morning warm
up for Sunday's race when he high-
sided his Attack Performance Herrin
Compound Yamaha at over 130 mph,
the bike going end-over-end and
ripping the front-end clean off. As a
result, Herrin was unable to take part
in the second race on Sunday.
FONG GONE
Bobby Fong was a notable absentee
from race two on Sunday. After retiring
his Quicksilver/Lexin/Hudson Motor-
cycles Yamaha YZF-R1 with a mechan-
ical issue in race one, Fong was all set
to compete in race two but was told on
race morning he would not front the
grid. When asked by Cycle News why
this was the case, Fong said, "This
weekend was again a challenge for
the team and myself and the decision
was made by the team that I would not
race (Sunday). I wanted to race and
was there in the morning ready, willing
and able to race. I hope that everyone
understands the frustration by all of us
in this situation as the team and I work
through it." Fong was unable to con-
firm if he would be back for the next
round at Sonoma in two weeks' time.
BBQ TIME
Toni Elias had a spectacular crash
during practice on Friday, losing the
front of his Yoshimura Factory Suzuki
machine going into Toole Turn. His
machine hit the ground hard, split the
gas tank open and burst into flames,
rendering it a trash bin job once the
marshals put the fire out. Elias came
back the following day to set the
second-fastest time during Superpole
behind Beaubier.
Briefly...
Cameron Beaubier
is sitting pretty in the
championship after
a blunder in race two
by Elias.
