VOL. 56 ISSUE 15 APRIL 16, 2019 P87
MotoAmerica delivered two intense races,
Suzuki—albeit with two different riders.
Josh Herrin
(2) held firm
in race two,
charging to
his first win
in Yoshimura
Suzuki
colors.
settling for a safe third behind Herrin and
Elias and ensuring damage to his quest for
a fourth MotoAmerica Championship crown
was kept to a minimum.
"I tried to go up the inside of him [Elias]
in the second-to-last corner because I felt
like I was getting through that right pretty
good," Beaubier said. "He tightened up his
line pretty good going in there, just because
obviously it's the last lap. Then he didn't
take the same line he did, so I kind of had
to square off that corner a little bit, and I just
had no drive going into the last corner. He
got me going into the last corner. He stood
it up, played it smart. There was nothing I
could really do about it."
Pole sitter Elias was surprised at the feroc-
ity of Beaubier's attack. "Today was pretty
particular," he said. "It rained a lot. The
track was not the same as yesterday; was
so different. Big difference to lead the race
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