CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 55 ISSUE 36 SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 P69
said El Salvadorian Olmedo. "I tried to
carry more corner speed, and I saw
that the track is good in the rain. So for
my first time on this track I feel pretty
good."
The top five in race one was rounded
out by Damian Jigalov (BARTCON
Racing Kawasaki) and Joseph Blasius
(Tuned Racing Yamaha).
Race two was another gold affair for
the Monkey Moto/AGV Sport Yamaha
team, as Newton took the win ahead
of Cory Ventura MP13 Racing Yamaha)
and Blasius.
"Honestly, I'm speechless right now,"
Texan Newton said. "I heard Mark
(Edwards) just skidding right behind me.
I'm like, 'Oh, man, please don't take me
out." Luckily, out of the corner of my
eye, I saw his bike kind of go off when
I started turning in. At that point, I knew
it was me and Kevin (Olmedo). Unfortu-
nately, he went down. My whole crew
did a great job on my bike this morning.
I can't thank them enough. I'm super-
pumped for this first win."
diminutive French Canadian's first AMA
championship.
"I felt good in qualifying this week-
end and got a good start in Saturday's
race," Dumas said. "My KTM RC 390 R
was feeling good and I had good pace
despite the difficult conditions. I made
a small mistake late in the race and
crashed out. The conditions today were
even more difficult than yesterday, but I
got another good start and rode a smart
race to claim my first MotoAmerica
championship! I never thought I'd win
a national championship, but we had a
great start to the season and I had really
good pace in every round this season."
It was a weekend of firsts, as Teagg
Hobbs (Hobbs 79 Kawasaki) took his
first pole position, while Kevin Olmedo
took his first win from Marc Edwards
and Jay Newton, marking a clean
sweep of the podium for the Monkey
Moto/AGV Sport Yamaha team in race
one.
"I saw that on the track it's slippery
but on every lap I saw that I feel good,"
The new
champion Alex
Dumas (orange)
is flanked by race
two winner Jay
Newton (left),
Cory Ventura
(right) and
Joseph Blasius
(far right).
(Below) Incredibly
treacherous
conditions
made it a race
of survival for
both Supersport
encounters. JD
Beach (95) and
Hayden Gillim (69)
took a win each,
with the title going
to Beach.
