ROAD RACE
ROUND 9 / SEPTEMBER 7-9, 2018
NEW JERSEY MOTORSPORTS PARK / MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY
P70
MOTOAMERICA ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
"I started club racing five
years ago," Khalil said. "It was
always my dream to be a pro-
fessional athlete and go racing.
I set a goal to just make an
AMA pro grid, just even qualify.
I always try and take the posi-
tive out of everything in racing.
So, I found myself here. I knew
if it rained that was going to be
the equalizer for me. I kind of
wanted the rain. These super
ultra-fast guys don't like the
rain. I like the rain. I welcome
it."
Rounding out the top five was
Frank Babuska Jr (Babuska Rac-
ing Yamaha) and Lee.
In the championship, Lee
wrapped it up with 141 points
ahead of Wyman with 108, Chad
Lewin with 71, Shane Richardson
(O'Hare Motorsports Yamaha).
"I qualified on pole but in
qualifying two I had a little tip-
over," championship winner Lee
said. "So, coming into the race,
I was a little timid and you could
definitely see that. It was really
tricky conditions. You could see
all weekend that people were
having problems and crashing. I
did it once. So, I knew if I want-
ed to wrap the championship up
this weekend and not take it to
Barber, I first of all had to finish
the race. So, my mindset com-
ing into the race was definitely
just keep it on two wheels, get
it across the checkered line and
hopefully it was enough to win
the championship."
For winner Khalil, the result
was a dream-come-true.
In the championship, Dumas
is clear at 245 points, Ventura
has 185, Yates dropped to third
with 172, Newton has 170 and
Sean Ungvarsky holds down fifth
at 134.
Stock 1000
RiderzLaw Kawasaki rider
Andrew Lee's 2018 season
just got even sweeter, after the
Suzuka 8 Hour rider and New
Jersey pole sitter netted his first
MotoAmerica Championship win
by carding a fifth-place finish in
the soaking Stock 1000 event
behind first-time winner, Khalil
Racing International Yamaha
rider, Tawfik Khalil. Second went
to Lee's title rival Travis Wyman
(Weir Everywhere Racing BMW),
with third going to Ricky O'Hare
Tawfik Khalil pulled a
major surprise to take
the Stock 1000 win.
