MOTOAMERICA
AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 3 / MAY 3-5, 2019
VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY / ALTON, VIRGINIA
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looked forward to my whole adult life since I was 16. So,
they both feel amazing, but this has a little bit of a sweeter
feel to it. To do it on the day that I did it, and for the last
person to do it [Nicky Hayden], it's amazing."
Gerloff, who had earlier qualified on pole for Saturday's
race one, was disappointed not to get that elusive Mo-
toAmerica Superbike race win, saying, "We all know we
give our lives to this," Gerloff said. "It just sucks to have a
win slip through my fingers again. I felt good and was right
there. I felt like I had the pace to win, but JD got back
around me. I just made one mistake after the next, after
the next. It's my own fault. It's nobody else's fault. The
bike was really good."
(Right) Race
one went to plan
for Cameron
Beaubier with a
win, but a crash
in race two did
not. (Below)
Roommates
and former
championship
rivals Hayden
Gillim (facing),
and Beach
embrace after
Beach's race-
two win.