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ROAD RACE FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 1 / APRIL 30-MAY 2, 2021 ROAD ATLANTA / BRASELTON, GEORGIA P84 one going down in his Mo- toAmerica debut and causing leg injuries to Mesa in the process. Nolan Lamkin (Cycle Gear Rac- ing Yamaha) would benefit from the carnage, holding off Max Angle Fernandez (PDR Motors- ports Yamaha) for the final place on the race-one podium. Landers would regroup for race two, showing the speed everyone knew he had by taking third behind winner Kelly and Escalante with Mesa fourth and Xavier Zayat (North East Cycle Outlet Racing Yamaha) in fifth. In the series points, Kelly leads on a perfect 50 from Escalante's 20 with Benjamin Smith third on 20 points after carding a fourth and sixth in the two races at Road Atlanta. Supersport Just like in 2020, the MotoAmer- ica Supersport class distilled into a battle between M4 Ecstar Suzu- ki's Sean Dylan Kelly and Honos Racing Kawasaki's current series champion, Richie Escalante, and it would be the former who would emerge victorious in the green of Road Atlanta. Kelly started his season in perfect style, landing on pole position and controlling the race at the front on both occasions, his second win a massive (by Su- persport standards) 5.1 seconds over Escalante. Rocco Landers (Landers Racing/Tyrant CNC/Yamaha/ Yamalube YZF-R6) collided with Stefano Mesa (Mesa37 Racing Kawasaki) at turn one of race super hard," Scholtz said a er race two. "I nearly tucked the front in a couple corners. He was stronger in some of the corners, I was stronger in some of the other sec ons. But we were just going backwards and forwards and it kind of seemed to just wear my res out pre y quickly. It kind of helped me to see where his bike is definitely be er than where ours is. We need to just work on ge ng off the corner, but otherwise I'm just happy to be back up here." 2 JOSH HERRIN 3-3 SBK "Today for me, performance-wise, was a lot be er," Herrin said a er race two. "I think Mathew's [Scholtz] me was the same, as fast as me. Jake obviously didn't make the whole race yesterday. So I was happy to improve my lap me. I was closer to the guys in the beginning of the race. I made a lot of improvements overnight and from this morning. We were able to get a lot of laps in. Richard (Stanboli, his team owner/crew chief) really put his head down and made a lot of improve- ments to the bike to get me a lot more comfortable. That one was just on me. I'm super happy leaving here with two podiums, good points. Stoked that Jake was able to get his first win. I didn't know it was his first win. I know it's a great feeling." The battle of the Ducatis went to Kyle Wyman after Baz (76) suffered a crash in race one and a gearshift linkage problem in race two. MYOWNRACE