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diculous Racing Yamaha). Kelly
would eventually hold firm, with
Prince crashing out two corners
from the flag while running a
close second place. Jacobsen
would take second, Gillim third
from teammate Nick McFadden,
and Cory Ventura (CV28 Racing
Yamaha) taking fifth.
Race two showed Fong's
mettle, as the bruised and
battered Californian headed a
race-long freight train that in-
cluded Kelly, Jacobsen, Gillim,
and Richie Escalante (2 Wheel
Legal—Hudson Motorcycles
Yamaha).
However, it was Kelly who
forced the issue on the penul-
timate corner, forcing his way
past leader Fong and holding
him to the line by the scant mar-
gin of just 0.005 seconds with
Jacobsen in third from Gillim
and Escalante.
In the championship, Fong
has an 11-point lead over Gil-
lim—220-209—from Jacobsen
on 200, Kelly still in with a
chance on 175 and Escalante
fifth on 153.
At the restart, Kelly hit the
front early but couldn't get away,
engaging in a race-long scrap
with first-time pole sitter Bryce
Prince (Tuned Racing Yamaha),
PJ Jacobsen (Celtic HSBK Rac-
ing Yamaha) and championship
contender Hayden Gillim (RICK-
IIIMY OWN RACE:
to keep it going like this and get to New
Jersey feeling confident and strong and
keep on with this pace."
97 ROCCO LANDERS
DNF-1 JUNIOR CUP
"It feels great to be able to bounce back
to the podium," Landers said in race two.
"Super, super, super stoked for these
guys, too. I know they ran super hard.
I was trying to get as much of a gap as
I could the first couple laps, just see if I
could manage that. I did decent mes.
Can't thank everyone enough. It's just su-
per, super, super great for the team. We'll
see what we can do in New Jersey."
1 ANDREW LEE
1 STOCK 1000
"First of all, it's a shame to see those guys
go down," Lee said of May's, Mesa's and
Gilbert's crashes. "That's not how you
want to win a race. It looks like, judging
by how close these guys were in the last
stages, that it was probably going to be
a really good race with those three. So,
I'm a li le bummed out about that, but
Ashton and Corey really kept me honest
that race. I was star ng to drop off a li le
bit with the re, and it just turned into
management. My pit board said that they
crashed out. So, I didn't know in what
form, but I hope they're all okay. Moving
forward, it's looking like my lead is 48
points. It's a good margin, healthy. Hope
to keep it up."
Superbike Race Two
