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ROAD RACE ROUND 8 / AUGUST 24-26, 2018 PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL RACE COMPLEX / WAMPUM, PENNSYLVANIA P72 MOTOAMERICA ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP judging the start, pulling into the pits believ- ing there was going to be an extra warm-up lap. Thus, the number six started from pit lane and charged his way back up to fifth behind title rival Elias in fourth. Rounding out the race-one top 10 was Jake Lewis (M4 ECSTAR Suzuki) in sixth, Roger Hayden (Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing), Bobby Fong in his first race for the Genuine Broaster Chicken Honda team in eighth, David Anthony (FLY Street Racing) and Kyle Wyman (KWR Yamaha). Beaubier and Elias resumed the status quo in race two, however, with a heavy- weight tussle like their bar-bashing antics at Road America earlier this year. This time it was Elias who would come out on top after a last-lap tussle that saw the lead swap five times between himself and Beaubier, the veteran Spaniard extremely pumped to get his first win since Utah's race one. iii My Own Race: 85 JAKE LEWIS 6-4 SUPERBIKE "It was a pretty good race for us," Jake Lewis said after race two. "Starting further back than usual made it tougher, but we made some good passes and had a couple of crashes in front of us and then we were fighting for the podium again. The team worked very hard, as usual, and the bike was performing great in the race. With the rain this weekend, it left everyone looking for more grip but our bike was working well and it was up to me to make it happen for the podium. I didn't quite get it but we got fourth and we can build on that." 11 MATHEW SCHOLTZ 5-3 SUPERBIKE "I got a terrible start, which has unfortunately become a habit for me this year," Mathew Scholtz said on Sunday. "I had to make some aggressive passes in the opening laps, and I came together with Roger [Hayden], which caused him to crash. I'm very sorry that happened. The track temperature was higher today, and I was slipping and sliding everywhere. I got by Herrin at one point, and I held a pretty decent pace. Then, I got into a dogfight with Lewis for a couple of laps and almost high-sided on the final lap. I'm happy to be close to the podium, and we'll keep moving forward." 95 ROGER HAYDEN 7-DNF SUPERBIKE "I had a good start and made some good passes," Roger Hayden explained at the end of the meeting. "Then at turn six another guy got up inside of me hit my elbow and down I went. I was disappointed because we had pretty good pace, I'm looking forward to New Jersey. It's a track that I like and we're hoping to have a good weekend there." Josh Herrin looked behind at the end of lap one, race one, and no one was there.