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ROAD RACING NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 6 / JULY 12-14, 2019 LAGUNA SECA / MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA P74 and make a little gap," Landers said. "I just tried to never look back. I didn't believe it. Coming into the last corner, I was like, 'I did not expect to do that.' Then I just tried to push and tried to make really good lap times." In the championship, Landers' win hands him a 26-point title lead over Daniels, 200 to 174. Olmedo is third at 113. Stock 1000 Current champion Andrew Lee (Franklin Armory/Graves Kawasaki ZX-10RR) capped off a dominant weekend at Laguna Seca, taking pole position and leading every lap to take his third race victory of the 2019 Stock 1000 season and second in a row, after his triumph at Utah Motorsports Park. Lee was in perilous form at Laguna, controlling the race from the green light to head home Geoff May (Ameris Bank Junior Cup Ninja400R.com/Norton Mo- torsports/Dr. Farr Kawasaki's Rocca Landers laid waste to the Junior Cup field at Laguna Seca, taking pole position and put- ting in a dominating ride to take the win by nine seconds over championship rival Dallas Dan- iels (Quartley Racing/On Track Development Kawasaki). Landers was simply in a class of his own over the 12-lap race distance, immediately opening up a one-second advantage within the first lap and pulling clear of the chasing pack with ease to the flag. It was ac- tion stations for the remaining podium positions, with Daniels just getting the better of Kevin Olmedo (Altus Motorsports Ka- wasaki) after the latter ran wide on a last corner pass. "My plan was to just go as fast as possible in the beginning, Fong said. "I never knew I had a one-second gap, so I just kept on pushing. Honestly, I was making quite a few mistakes and going a little bit slower than I felt like I should have been. My guys gave me the chill board, and I had to back it down a little bit. I came back around, and then I saw the plus two, and I was like, 'Okay, we've got a little cushion.' I don't know what happened. I try not to look back really when I'm racing. I just ran a consistent pace the whole time and just raced my board, basically. It was good." With Gillim out, Celtic HSBK Racing Yamaha rider PJ Jacob- sen took second, and 2 Wheel Legal/Hudson Motorcycles Yamaha rider Richie Escalante came home in third. Fong now heads the title tables with 160 points to Gillim's 142, Jacobsen is third at 123.