ROAD RACE
ROUND 9 / SEPTEMBER 7-9, 2018
NEW JERSEY MOTORSPORTS PARK / MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY
P66
MOTOAMERICA ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
podium. We didn't finish some races. That is
at the end not good thing if you want to win
the championship. We improve. We learn. We
will try to be better next year. At the end, today
was a really difficult race. Stay on the line was
so, so difficult. Finally, we did it and the most
important thing right now is second position for
the championship then start to work for the next
year. Congratulations, again. Cameron and his
team did an amazing job."
The top 10 in race two was rounded out by
Gerloff, Lewis, David Anthony (Fly Street Racing
Kawasaki), Wyman, Eslick and Flinders. Race-
one winner Herrin was unable to make the start
after suffering a mechanical issue before the
green light.
In the championship, Beaubier has the title
sealed at 370, Elias is at 289, Herrin has 253,
Scholtz has 210 over Gerloff with 199.
Supersport
It was a weekend of double delight for the
Yamaha factory team. Not only did Cameron
Beaubier wrap up the Superbike gold but his
fellow factory racer teammate JD Beach took
his second MotoAmerica Supersport Champi-
onship title on Saturday.
The Kentucky resident wrapped it up by
crossing the line in second place to pole sitter
and race-one winner Hayden Gillim (Rickdicu-
lous Racing Yamaha), with the ever-improving
Richie Escalante (Quicksilver/Hudson Motor-
cycles Yamaha) third.
Mathew Scholtz
proved his skills
in the wet in
race one, taking
second to Herrin.
"I've been working my butt off this year," Beach
said in reflecting on his championship year. "It's been
really good. We've been lucky at times and good at
times. We put the whole year together. Today was
stressful. One of my goals going into this year was
to win in the rain. I really wanted to win the race, but
once Hayden [Gillim] got by me, I knew that was out
the window. So, I was just trying to finish the race. It
was the longest race of my life."
Gillim was happy with another win, saying, "The
race win at Road Atlanta was really good, and it was
