IIIMY OWN RACE:
Then just kept pushing consistent,
good laps and con nued to pull
away." A er his Junior Cup race-two
win, he said, "I changed my strategy
midway through the race and decided
I was going to follow [Doyle] like I
normally do and see what they were
doing. Then I just decided to leave a
li le bit more room going into the last
corner on the last lap and tried to pull
into his dra and stay as long as pos-
sible and pull out as late as possible. I
got by him up the hill and just tried to
pinch him off a li le bit."
45 CAMERON PETERSEN
1 STOCK 1000
"We've been having some pre y bad
brake problems all weekend," Cameron
Petersen said. "Right before the race,
the front wheel was off, and they were
trying to make a plan. New brake pads,
new everything. The brakes had a com-
pletely different feel just riding out on
the sigh ng lap. Then on the warmup
lap, going into turn seven, I had noth-
ing. I went to go grab the front brakes
and there was nothing there. So, I was
all over the rear brake. I did everything
I could, and that scared me. The brakes
came back to me kind of the rest of the
lap. I wanted this so bad. I was just like,
'You know what? It's life or death. I'm
going to do everything I can.' Thank-
fully the brakes held up. I didn't have
much brakes towards the end there.
It was a li le bit scary, but I'm doing
this for myself and especially the team.
They work so hard and they deserve
these results. Perfect weekend."
In the end, it was Fong who took the
impetus, scoring a first win in the class
and for his M4 Ecstar Suzuki team, with
Wyman, once again, taking third for a
career-first double SBK podium.
"Thankfully we got the win, but we have
some work to do to actually beat Cam-
eron," Fong said.
"I feel like I'm happy to bring it home
in second," Gagne said after race two.
"Obviously, we know we were fighting for
a win, so that's extra motivation to get it up
there. It was a fun race. There were some
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Richie Escalante (54)
proved round one was
no flash in the pan, as
the Mexican rode two
blisteringly fast races to
take two wins. Sean Dylan
Kelly (40) had to settle
for a pair of seconds.
Brandon Paasch (21)
scored a pair of thirds,
but gave Escalante some
grief in an excellent first
half of race two. These
three are the class of the
Supersport field in 2020,
with the rest of the pack
miles behind.
