MOTOAMERICA
AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 3 / MAY 3-5, 2019
VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY / ALTON, VIRGINIA
P106
cleared off, taking a win of just
over three seconds from Richie
Escalante, who was aboard
the Hudson Motorcycles (H.B.
Racing Yamaha), and an old
Supersport face in former four-
time MotoAmerica Superbike
Champion Josh Hayes, riding for
wife Melissa Paris' MP13 Yamaha
outfit.
"I kind of had a good plan
there in the beginning," Jacob-
sen said after his first MotoAmer-
ica victory. "I was following
Bobby. I said to myself, with 10 or
eight laps left in the race, I was
going to try to get out front and
push and see what lap times I
could run to pull a gap. Obvious-
ly, that didn't work out with the
red flag, so I tried to do the same
thing in the restarted race, and it
worked out for me. With, like, six
laps to go, I really just managed
the gap. It worked out for us."
Yamaha riders Bryce Prince
and Jason Aguilar rounded out
the top five in race two.
In a drenched race two, Gillim
took an emotional win on the 12th
anniversary of his brother Ethan's
passing, topping Hayes and
teenage sensation Sean Dylan
Kelly (M4 Ecstar Suzuki).
"Those guys worked their butts
off," said Gillim, referring to the
team who rebuilt his smashed
bike after race one. "I think they
were here until 12:30 in the morn-
ing and then they had to get up
and come right back to the track.
So, this was for them. Yesterday
was my team owner Josh Bron-
fman's birthday, so this is for his
birthday. It's a late birthday pres-
ent for him. Today is the anniver-
sary of my little brother's passing,
so to do that on this day is pretty
amazing. It was such a fun race."
Rounding out the top five in
race two of Supersport were
Yamaha riders Xavier Zayat and
Nick McFadden (Yam).
In the championship, Jacob-
sen leads with 63 points over
Richie Escalante at 58; Gillim is
third with 56 points.
Liqui Moly
Junior Cup
It didn't matter for Rocco Landers
(Lander's Racing Kawasaki) if he
Jackson Blackmon
(18) may have
technically won
race two, but the
real win went to
Cameron Jones
(11) on the ill-
fancied Honda.
