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Cycle News 2020 Issue 43 October 27

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ROAD RACE FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 10 / OCTOBER 23-25, 2019 WEATHERTECH RACEWAY L AGUNA SECA / SALINAS, CALIFORNIA P86 just how dominant the 2020 and five-time MotoAmerica champion was. Behind Beaubier, it was a battle of the Europeans as Toni Elias (M4 Ecstar Suzuki) had one of his best rides of the season, taking 2-3-2 results. He scrapped all weekend with continent compa- triot Lorenzo Zanetti (Warhorse The Californian, free from the championship shackles that plagued his previous outing at Indianapolis, was in peerless form at Laguna, crushing the opposi- tion each race from the first cor- ner. His margin of victory in the three races at 10 seconds each in races one and two, and four seconds in race three, showing IIIMY OWN RACE: 1 CAMERON BEAUBIER 1-1-1 SUPERBIKE "It's been a whirlwind of a weekend emo onally," Beaubier said on Sunday a er his final MotoAmerica race on the Monster Energy A ack Performance Yamaha. "It felt good just to get ev- erything out of the way Friday and get the contract signed and have the press conference in here and let everyone know I'm moving on, just let Yamaha know how thankful I am. Truthfully, it's bi ersweet, like I've been saying all weekend. I'm leaving some great people behind here in MotoAmerica. I'm definitely going to look back and cherish these moments, all the good moments we've had in the past. I was si ng on the grid today and I was ge ng a li le emo onal. I was like, 'What are you doing? You've got to go race. Come on. Pull yourself together.' I just went out and abused my R1 for a li le bit and that made me feel a li le be er. Came back in and the emo ons started coming back, your throat starts ge ng heavy." 24 TONI ELIAS 2-3-2 SUPERBIKE "Yes, very good weekend," Elias said. "I really needed this. It's been a dif- ficult year for many reasons, not only racing, also personal side. Very nice to

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