ROAD RACE
MOTOAMERICA FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 6 / JULY 20-22, 2018
UTAH MOTORSPORTS CAMPUS / TOOLE, UTAH
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nist missing, as M4 Ecstar Suzuki rider Valentin
Debise's Suzuki GSX-R600 was pulled from the
race with a mechanical issue. That left the two pals
all alone up front, with Cory West (TSE Racing Ya-
maha) holding off the advances of Nick McFadden
(M4 medAge Suzuki), Braeden Ortt (Fastline Per-
formance/Tuned Racing Yamaha) and Bryce Prince
(SC Project/KWR Yamaha) in what was a four-rider
battle for the final podium spot.
In the championship race, Beaubier leads on
248 to Elias' 199; Scholtz sits third with 152, Her-
rin fourth on 151 and Gerloff fifth on 131.
SUPERSPORT
JD Beach (Monster Energy/Y.E.S./Graves Ya-
maha) made like a ball and bounced his way to a
double victory at Utah, extending his lead in the
series to a whopping 82 points over pole sitter
Hayden Gillim (Rickdiculous Racing Yamaha), who
left with 2-DNF results following his race-two crash.
Beach had to contend with Gillim throwing
everything at him in race one but coming up 1.3
seconds short; however, there was a protago-
Valentin Debise (53) made
it back for race two but
couldn't hold off Beach (95)
from taking win number
seven of the season.
