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ROAD RACE MOTOAMERICA FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 7 / AUGUST 10-12, 2018 SONOMA RACEWAY / SONOMA, CALIFORNIA P94 cruised into the championship and took a 3.58-second victory over series regular Chris Parrish (Ghetto Customs Suzuki SV650) and Darren James (Ruthless Racing Inc. Yamaha MT-07). "This feels really good," Tigert said. "It is a homecoming. My first race here was 20 years ago on a twin. It's a special place for me. I'm living in LA now, so I don't get up here like I used to. To be able to come up here and ride in MotoAmerica with you guys in a class that is suited for a guy like me that's not riding much and don't have a lot of money to build a bike—really my hat's off to you guys for creating a class and platform for guys like us that still want to ride. This is a great class. I'm up here with some impressive competitors." In the championship, Parrish leads with 130 points ahead of Sonoma fourth-place finisher Jason Madama (96), Ryan Roth (36) Daniele Diaz (33) and Curtis Murray (32). CN RR) in a red-flagged race after Jeremy Coffee (Superbike Under- ground) crashed out with 75 per- cent of the race completed. "The top five was rounded out by busy boy Andy DiBrino (see briefly) (EDR Performance/DiBrino Racing Ya- maha YZF-R1) and Chad Swain (Hustle Hard Racing BMW S 1000 RR). "Coming into this weekend, I had a little bit of nerves," Lee said. "I had a good showing over in Japan doing the Suzuka 8 Hour, so I knew I had a good confidence coming in here and coming into my home track. So, hav- ing the family and friends out here for my first win was also pretty amazing." In the standing, Lee leads with 105 over Wyman's 75 followed by Lewin (45), the absent Shane Rich- ardson Jnr (36) and Timothy Bemis- derfer at 34. Twins The Twins category saw a familiar face atop the podium, as Jeffery Tigert (Spears Racing Suzuki SV650) Saturday Superbike 1. Cameron Beaubier (Yam) 2. Josh Herrin (Yam) 3. Toni Elias (Suz) 4. Garrett Gerloff (Yam) 5. Jake Lewis (Suz) Supersport 1. JD Beach (Yam) 2. Valentin Debise (Suz) 3. Hayden Gillim (Yam) 4. Bryce Prince (Yam) 5. Richie Escalante (Yam) Junior Cup 1. Ashton Yates (Kaw) 2. Jay Newton (Yam) 3. Jackson Blackmon (Yam) 4. Kevin Olmedo (Yam) 5. Toby Khamsouk (Yam) Twins Cup 1. Jeffery Tigert (Suz) 2. Chris Parrish (Suz) 3. Darren James (Yam) 4. Jason Madama (Yam) 5. Justin Filice (Suz) Sunday Superbike 1. Cameron Beaubier (Yam) 2. Toni Elias (Suz) 3. Josh Herrin (Yam) 4. Garrett Gerloff (Yam) 5. Mathew Scholtz (Yam) Supersport 1. JD Beach (Yam) 2. Valentin Debise (Suz) 3. Hayden Gillim (Yam) 4. Richie Escalante (Yam) 5. Bryce Prince (Yam) Junior Cup 1. Cory Ventura (Yam) 2. Alex Dumas (KTM) 3. Ashton Yates (Kaw) 4. Jay Newton (Yam) 5. Gavin Anthony (Yam) Stock 1000 1. Andrew Lee (Kaw) 2. Chad Lewin (Yam) 3. Travis Wyman (BMW) 4. Andy DiBrino (Yam) 5. Chad Swain (BMW) Veteran Jeffery Tigert came out for a one-off ride at Sonoma and took a popular Twins win.