VOLUME 58 ISSUE 26 JUNE 29, 2021 P73
It was Barbera's best finish thus
far in his debut season of racing in
the MotoAmerica Series.
Saturday's third-place finisher
Petersen was fighting with Baz for
third again when he was slowed
by a technical issue that pushed
him down the order to sixth. He
ended up some 20 seconds
ahead of teammate Fong.
Anthony got the better of
Alexander and teammate Uribe to
finish eighth. Alexander and Uribe
possible in the race. I just had no
feeling. I think the setup window
on this bike is just so narrow. It's
the first time we raced this bike
in that heat. We're just too slow
at the moment compared to Jake
and Josh today."
Scholtz improved to fourth
from his fifth-place finish on
Saturday, the South African just
two seconds clear of Scheibe
Racing BMW's Hector Barbera
of Spain.
Stanboli] and Jake," Herrin said.
"He's like, if you're there, let's
not do any dumb moves until
you guys get a break. It all went
out the window. I just saw an
opportunity. I knew Jake was
going to be going fast today. I
just wanted to honestly try and
get in his head a little bit and just
do something to stir up the mix.
Maybe it worked, maybe it didn't.
I don't know. I'm overall super
happy with the weekend. I think
we've turned my year around.
This is the best I've been riding
since '18. Jake is just a little bit
better right now."
Third place went to Baz, the
Frenchman struggling to ride the
Ducati Panigale V4 R in the heat
around the 2.47-mile racetrack. It
was Baz's third podium finish of
the season.
"We've been the fastest we've
ever been on this bike since
Thursday," Baz said. "I felt so
comfortable on the bike every
day. We still have to work. It's
obvious. I was really thinking
that I could be faster in the race,
especially yesterday. I had a
good feeling on the right side,
but we had the rough tire, and
the left side was so hot, I nearly
high-sided 10 times. I just tried
to bring it home in fourth place
yesterday. Today, I started not
too bad, but I was hoping to be
able to come back at the end be-
cause we had such a great pace
all weekend. I rode all weekend
with 10, 15, 20 laps tire, even 25
laps front tire and I was able to
do some low 40s. It was just im-
Herrin (left) and Gagne went 1-2—twice.
