ROAD RACING
AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 5 / JUNE 14-16, 2019
UTAH MOTORSPORTS CAMPUS / ERDA, UTAH
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a little defensive riding,
and it paid off."
Third place went to Rich-
ie Escalante on the Hudson
Motorcycle Yamaha YZF-
R6. Like Gillim, Escalante
also had his hands full with
an M4 Ecstar Suzuki—only
this one was ridden by
rookie Sean Dylan Kelly.
Escalante beat the 17-year-
old Kelly to the line by just
0.628 of a second, with
get back into the lead before the
finish."
Elias now leads the champi-
onship with 201 points to Beau-
bier's 175, Gerloff's double po-
dium puts him third at 136 ahead
of Herrin with 119 and Beach fifth
with 111.
Supersport
As usual, this season, Hayden
Gillim (RICKdiculous Racing
Yamaha) and Bobby Fong (M4
Ecstar Suzuki) shared the race
wins at Utah, with Gillim striking
first in race one and Fong steal-
ing a thrilling win at the line in
race two.
Gillim's race-one win didn't
come easy, as Fong hounded
him for the full 14 laps of the
Utah Motorsports Campus East
Course, ultimately coming up
0.101 of a second short.
"This morning started off
well, and I was able to qualify on
pole," Gillim said. "The first few
laps were amazing, but I started
dropping off pretty good. Bobby
[Fong] was really pressuring
me. The last lap, I tried to push
as hard as I could and try to do
Andrew Lee pulled
out a champion's
ride with the Stock
1000 race win.
You can imagine the words being
screamed in the #69's helmet
as Dallas Daniels takes his first
career MotoAmerica win.
