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ROAD RACE ROUND 9 / SEPTEMBER 7-9, 2018 NEW JERSEY MOTORSPORTS PARK / MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY P62 MOTOAMERICA ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP UNFIT TO RACE Valentin Debise, of the M4 Ecstar Suzuki Team, did not suit up for the feature races in the Supersport class over the weekend. Debise suffered a concussion from a crash in the sec- ond Supersport race at Pittsburgh two weeks earlier and rode Friday practice and qualifying at New Jersey but didn't feel well. Afterward, Debise was exam- ined by MotoAmerica medical officer Dr. Ray Rossi and was declared unfit to race. WHERE'S HERRIN? After winning the first Superbike race, Josh Herrin was nowhere to be seen when the Superbikes gridded for race two on Sunday. Herrin never made it out for the warm-up lap or, eventually, the race. In an Instagram post, Herrin suggested that an electrical glitch was the problem. He went on to say, "we couldn't get the bike started. It was a bummer for sure, but we have had a great year!" Briefly... Josh Herrin hoists it up after demolishing the field in race one. ship, Andrew Lee (RiderzLaw Racing Kawasaki) taking his first national championship in the Stock 1000 category, and Alex Dumas (KTM Orange Brigade/ JP43 Training) topping a sensa- tional year by winning the 2018 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Cham- pionship. The only class still to be de- cided is the Twins Cup, with two points separating Chris Parrish (Ghetto Customs Suzuki) and Jason Madama (Syndicate/AP MotoArts' Suzuki) heading into the finale at Barber Motorsports Park in two weeks' time. Superbike In treacherous conditions, Josh Herrin made the most of a light- ning start from the second row to jet into the lead into turn one for the first MotoAmerica Superbike race of the weekend, lead- ing champion-elect Beaubier, and pole sitter Mathew Scholtz (Westby Racing Yamaha). Herrin put his head down and pulled a gap of over 1.5 seconds by the end of lap one, and by the finish he was a staggering 37.130 seconds clear of Scholtz. He, in turn, was 19 second ahead of Beaubier, Roger Hayden (Yoshimura Suzuki) another 20 seconds back, and Genuine Broaster Chicken Honda rider Cameron Petersen showing his best result of the season in fifth— the last rider on the lead lap. The top 10 was rounded out by Kyle Wyman (Cambr/KWR Yamaha), Garrett Gerloff (Monster Energy/ Yamalube/Yamaha Factory Racing), Jake Lewis (M4 Ecstar Suzuki), Max Flinders (Thrashed Bike Racing Yamaha) and Danny Eslick Scheibe Racing BMW). "I was scared," Herrin said. "We got a really good start and