ROAD RACE
ROUND 6 / JULY 20-22, 2018
UTAH MOTORSPORTS CAMPUS / TOOLE, UTAH
P80
MOTOAMERICA ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
close to those guys but used a
lot of energy and had to burn
up a little bit of tire. After Toni
crashed pretty early on in the
race, it was tough managing that
gap plus 0, plus 0, plus 0. We're
excited to get the whole team
this podium."
The top 10 for race two was
rounded out by Kyle Wyman (SC
Project/KWR Yamaha), Danny
Eslick (Scheibe Racing BMW S
1000 RR), Cameron Petersen
(Genuine Broaster Chicken
Honda CBR1000RR), Jayson
Uribe (Genuine Broaster Chick-
en Honda CBR1000RR) and
Bruno Silva (ART Performance
Yamaha YZF-R1).
wherever I wanted," Gerloff
said. "I was just trying to put my
head down and just do my thing
because I knew my bike was on
point and I knew I had the pace
to at least be there at the last lap,
if not have a little bit of a gap (over
Lewis). Luckily we had the gap."
Lewis too stepped it up at
Utah for his first podium, finally
breaking free of his run of mainly
fifth-place finishes this year.
"I've been pretty consistent all
year, but it feels amazing to get
up on the podium," Lewis said.
"I've been working real hard this
season. I tried to go with Cam
and Toni, but obviously the pace
was unbelievably fast. Got pretty
Elias made a
tough last-lap
pass stick in
race one, but
couldn't back it
up in race two.
and it said I had a decent gap,
so I backed it down. I was just
trying to hit my marks and be
consistent and take as little risk
as possible. That was the most
stressful for me, just try and
make it to the finish. I feel really
relieved after today to be able to
win here and get a second place
and come out with the points
lead makes me feel really good
going into the remaining races."
Second place was Gerloff's
best result in his debut Mo-
toAmerica Superbike season
and the Texan had broken
through another barrier in an
ever-improving turn of form.
"I felt like I could put my bike
