ROAD RACING
NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 6 / JULY 12-14, 2019
LAGUNA SECA / MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA
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ground. That was frustrating, but
I felt like I had a really good race."
Gerloff's disappointment was
exceeded by that of Beaubier's,
who lamented a lack of pace on
race tires, the three-time champi-
on commenting, "To be honest, it
was a pretty frustrating race there
at the beginning. I knew I had a
really good pace all weekend.
We got a little time now on race
tires in practice, and for whatever
reason, I just couldn't get down
to anywhere close to where I was
in practice. So that was pretty
frustrating. I was just trying to
find my way up front and try to
put my head down, but none of
these guys would let me. I felt
[Josh] Herrin clip my right elbow."
Josh Herrin's race ended after
running up front, but the Califor-
nia resident got into turn six too
hot, clipping Beaubier and crash-
Kyle Wyman got punted by Jason
Uribe's Honda at turn two of the first lap
in race one. A broken scaphoid was the
result for the Ducati pilot.
Elias bought his son onto the podium for the first time in race one.
being super quick on race tires.
That was our strategy. We tried to
stop that. In the first lap, I passed
four riders."
For Gerloff, that first Superbike
win was still elusive, with the
Texan clearly annoyed at another
second-place finish.
"That was the most frustrating
part, just seeing him [Elias] pull
me in the first section and me
catching the back of him the last
three [sections]," Gerloff said.
"And not being able to make any
