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had to start from the back of the
21-rider grid in race one after he
missed the start of the warm-up
lap—he still won—but not by much.
Landers fought his way to the
front and engaged in a fierce
scrap with Dallas Daniels (Quar-
terley Racing/On Track Develop-
ment Kawasaki), who led onto
the straight on the last lap, only
for Landers to steal the win at the
line by 0.023 seconds.
Third in race one was Altus Mo-
torsports rider Kevin Olmedo, who
completed the Kawasaki podium
sweep. Yamaha riders Samuel
Lochoff (Yam) and Jackson Black-
mon rounded out the top five.
Race two, however, was a dif-
ferent story with Cameron Jones,
on the only Honda CBR500R in
the field, taking his and Honda's
first (in any class!) win. In treach-
erous conditions that saw the red
flag come out after two laps to al-
low riders to change to wet tires,
Jones took an 11-second win
over Blackmon (who received a
one position penalty for lining up
on the wrong grid position), and
Kawasaki riders Trevor Standish
with Daniels and Joseph LiMandri
Jr. completing the top five.
In the championship, Landers
leads on 80 from Daniels (73)
and Blackmon on 46.
Stock 1000
Team Norris Racing's Michael
Gilbert gave the fans what they
wanted with a 0.350-second vic-
tory in the Stock 1000 category
over Stefano Mesa (MESA37 Rac-
ing Kawasaki, with Travis Wyman
a further second back on the Weir
Everywhere Racing BMW.
After qualifying fourth with
Wyman on pole, Gilbert got the
holeshot and made up for his last-
lap defeat in round one at Road
Atlanta, holding his nerve to the
flag for his first national champion-
ship 1000cc race win. Current
champion and round-one winner
Andrew Lee (Franklin Armory/
Graves Racing Kawasaki) came
home fourth.
"My whole plan was to try to
get out front," said Gilbert. "I
know that I'm really good with
consistency and I wanted to try
and wear these guys down."
In the championship, Gilbert
Michael Gilbert (55) sent it to the line for this first
national 1000cc win in Stock 1000.
