MOTOAMERICA
AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICA ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 2 / APRIL 12-14, 2019
CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS / AUSTIN, TEXAS
P92
weekend with fourth on the
factory Yamaha; however, he
didn't have the outright speed he
showed in Saturday's race one in
Sunday afternoon's encounter.
Behind Gerloff, Jake Lewis
had a lonely race in fifth, some
16 seconds off the Texan. He
was, in turn, 19 seconds clear of
Petersen, with Wyman, Anthony,
Travis Wyman (Weir Racing BMW
S 1000 RR) and Max Flinders
(Yamaha) rounding out the top 10.
In the championship, Elias
holds down first with 90 points to
Beaubier's 77, Herrin is next with
49, Mathew Scholtz, who had a
disastrous weekend with seventh
in race one and 13th in race two
following technical problems sits
fourth with 45, and JD Beach (5/
DNF) is fifth with 40. CN
I lost everything, and I couldn't
fight. It's okay. These things hap-
pen in race. A little bit pissed off
because I could fight a little bit
more. Maybe we could have a
big battle with Josh.
Beaubier was happy enough
with a close third, saying, "I gave
110 percent that race just to hang
onto those guys. They were
riding so good. The pace was
a second and a half faster than
it was yesterday. I don't know
where the hell they found that. I
was just hanging on for dear life.
"All in all, I'm really happy that I
was even able to keep pace with
the Yosh boys this weekend. This
is always a pretty tough track for
us. It just gives me confidence
going into the rest of the year."
Gerloff capped off a good
"Just mentally, I feel like I was a
lot more prepared today," Herrin
said. "We spent a lot of time at the
track last night. We ran a different
tire today, but it's two totally differ-
ent weather conditions today, so I
don't think that really had much to
do with it for us. It feels so good
to be able to get a win for Suzuki.
Two wins this weekend. They won
a MotoGP race, so it's a big day
for them. Thank you to everybody
at Suzuki and Yoshimura for be-
lieving in me."
Elias came home second with
a myriad of issues on his factory
Suzuki, complaining about tire
performance and having gearbox
problems.
"I didn't expect at the end
to have this little issue with the
shifter," Elias said. "After that,
Travis Wyman leads David Anthony in
the battle of the privateers.
