0.252 seconds from Jackson
Blackmon (Jackson Blackmon
Racing Yamaha) and former
champion Chris Parrish (GCP
Suzuki).
Barry (Righteous Racing
Aprilia) made it a good weekend
in Virginia by taking pole position
and the race-two win, his first
in the category after a couple
of years away. His win came in
front of Blackmon by just 0.166
seconds and fellow Aprilia rider
Kaleb De Keyrel (Robem Engi-
neering Aprilia) with Hobbs in
fourth, the top four covered by a
mere 0.615 seconds.
the race-one win from Mesa and
the impressive Benjamin Smith
(North East Cycle Outlet Rac-
ing Yamaha). Escalante came in
fourth with the top four covered
by 1.9 seconds.
In the championship, Kelly still
sits pretty with 95 points over
Escalante's 78 with Mesa third
at 49.
>>TWINS CUP
Teagg Hobbs (Innovative Motor-
sports/Mike's Imports Suzuki)
and Jody Barry shared the wins
at VIR in two closely fought af-
fairs, Hobbs taking race one by
who left VIR with a seventh and
fifth place finish—third on 61.
>>SUPERSPORT
Sean Dylan Kelly's (M4 Ecstar
Suzuki) perfect season start
came to an end at VIR when
defending champion Richie
Escalante (Honos Racing Team
Kawasaki) took race two by 7.5
seconds. Kelly at least mini-
mized the championship dam-
age by taking second in race two
with Stefano Mesa (#37 Mesa37
Racing Kawasaki) taking third.
Kelly's Saturday was better,
as the Floridian took pole and
ROAD RACE
FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 2 / MAY 21-23, 2021
VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY / ALTON, VA
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Teagg Hobbs (not pictured)
and Jody Barry (717) shared
Twins Cup wins.
