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ROAD RACING FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 2 / JUNE 26-28, 2020 ROAD AMERICA / ELKHART L AKE, WISCONSIN P46 have? I'm happy, me just being up here. It's a long road, but we're back to the podium after three years." Beaubier now leads the cham- pionship by just nine points over Gagne, 75-66, with Fong jumping up to third with 58 points, just two points ahead of Wyman's 56. In the Supersport class, it was more of the same with Richie Escalante going four for four so far in 2020. Cameron Petersen took advantage of PJ Jacobsen's absence for a career-first Stock 1000 win, Dominic Doyle and Rocco Landers shared the Junior Cup wins, and Landers also took his first Twins Cup victory. Unlike Road America 1, this race was extra special as it opened its doors for spectators. sections, the first section and last section, where I could close in and then there was some sec- tions in the middle where Bobby really pulled away. So, we were kind of teeter-tottering and that makes it real tough to even try to find a place to stick it in." Wyman waited 1022 days between podiums, ending his drought in Saturday's race. Then he only waited a day to do it all gain, the New Yorker getting his second podium in a row after holding off the ever-persistent Mathew Scholtz on the Westby Racing Yamaha. "When you've been off the pace for a while you go into the race wondering if you have the pace," Wyman said after race one. "What are you going to IIIMY OWN RACE: 54 RICHIE ESCALANTE 1-1 SUPERSPORT "A er finishing the two tests in the preseason and then it stopped for two months, I don't have the feeling this year to win," Richie Escalante said. "Last race I am feeling very good in the bike. So, this track for this, bike is good. Right now is the moment to change the track for the next race, so we'll see. I'm really happy. The race is very fun. I take a long- me ba le like this. So, it's fun to pass on every corner. I'm really happy. The HONOS Racing Kawasaki is working really good and my team all weekend. I'm happy and ready for the next races." BURNING RING OF FIRE PJ Jacobsen was absent from Sunday's races after suffering burns in a crash at Canada Corner in the Stock 1000 warm-up. The New York-native was taken to a hospital for precautionary checkups but was later released. He took consolation by winning race one in the Superbike Cup (MotoAmerica Stock 1000 race run at the same time as Superbike) but lost the Stock 1000 points lead to Cameron Petersen. ELIAS AND THE YELLOW Toni Elias was denied a first podium of the season in race one when the Spaniard passed Kyle Wyman under a yellow flag on the final lap. Elias was unfazed, focused on the battle with Wyman and accepted the pen- alty of relegation to fourth. That pro- moted Wyman to a first-ever podium on the Ducati, a feat he repeated in race two following Beaubier's crash. THE FOREIGNER FIGHTS South African Mathew Scholtz and Spaniard Toni Elias crossed each other off their Christmas card list after Scholtz made an ambitious move on former champion Elias at The Kink in race two. Scholtz went for an outside pass to set himself up for the inside cut-back but clouted Elias and sent him crashing into the gravel trap. The Spaniard was none too pleased but remounted with a damaged right han- dlebar to take an impressive seventh. THE BRITTEN IS BACK The MotoAmerica Exhibition Heritage Cup saw a very special entrant Bob Robbins who was piloting his CR&S yellow and black 1994 Britten V1000. Robbins' machine is the same one piloted by Stephen Briggs to second in the 1995 BEARS World Champi- onship and one of only two Brittens in the world that still gets ridden at speed on the track. Cycle News test rode the other one, owned by Kevin Grant, which you can read here. In all, 10 of the hand-built racers were created by John Britten and his New Zealand team, with each bike valued in excess of $1 million. Briefly...

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