ROAD RACE
MOTOAMERICA FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 8 / AUGUST 24-26, 2018
PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL RACE COMPLEX / WAMPUM, PENNSYLVANIA
P76
JUNIOR CUP
Alex Dumas (KTM Orange
Brigade/JP43 Training KTM RC
390R) had a perfect weekend
at Pittsburgh, with pole position
and two race wins as his main
title rival, Ashton Yates (Yates
Racing Kawasaki) threw away a
possible 25 points in race two,
crashing out while trying to make
a break in the lead.
Dumas now holds a 64-point
advantage over Yates with two
rounds remaining, meaning all
he needs to do at the next round
in New Jersey is leave with more
than 50 points in hand, and he
the race yesterday after about
lap six or so," Beach said. "I
think we figured out what it was,
and it definitely didn't happen
again in the race for today. There
were definitely parts of this track
that I was struggling at, but I was
trying to just be real quick in
the parts that I was good at. We
were able to get the win."
In the series standings, Beach
has one hand on the champion-
ship with 303 points to Gillim's
205, Debise is still third on 150,
Prince on 136 and Nick McFad-
den (M4 ECSTAR Suzuki) fifth
on 128.
local hospital for a precautionary
check-up. He was cleared to fly
home to France and released.
More drama was to follow
after Mauricio Roque (AGS Rac-
ing Yamaha) crashed with two
laps remaining, his abandoned
bike lying in a precarious spot
and causing the red flag. With
75 percent of the race gone,
Beach was declared the winner
over Gillim, with Prince again in
third from Anthony III Mazziotto
(YCRS/Mazziotto Racing Ya-
maha) and Rickdiculous Racing
Yamaha's Jason Aguilar.
"We struggled quite a bit in
Alex Dumas (23) cemented his
championship lead with two wins.
