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ROAD RACE P74 FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 5/ JULY 10-11, 2021 WEATHERTECH RACEWAY / MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA in the dirt. But I kind of dropped the throttle. The Yamaha still hooked up good in the dirt with the slicks on, so I just got back up on the curb. Loris came by, then Mat came by the Cork- screw. They both kind of ran wide in the Corkscrew, so I was able to just dive up tight on the Corkscrew and around the side of Rainey [Curve]. I managed to kind of get that back and I knew I got to go." From there, Gagne and Baz slowly pulled away from the field, though Westby Racing's Mathew Scholtz had the leading duo in his sights for much of the race track on the run from turn five to turn six. This allowed Baz to pass the leader, Gagne, and what immediately followed was a frenzy of passing that somehow resulted in Gagne back in the lead. "That turn five, when you get out there on a Superbike you start sliding," Gagne said about his off-track excursion. "That curb comes back. If you get out on the curb, it's almost tough to get back off it. I just slid out there a little too much. I thought I was going to save it, and then the rear tire kind of hopped back off. Then all of a sudden, I was MYOWNRACE 51 KALEB DE KEYREL 1ST TWINS CUP "Overall, it was an awesome weekend at Laguna Seca," Kaleb De Keyrel (Robem Engineering) said. "Everyone was really close in terms of lap mes in qualifying, and I got bumped down from third to fi h on the last lap of qualifying. I knew that it wouldn't be easy star ng a li le ways back from where I usually have this year. I made some quick passes almost right away and later made a pass for the lead within the first couple laps. I found a comfortable pace out front and was able to stay calm and hit my marks. My Aprilia RS 660 was working awesome, and I was able to stay focused on being smooth. I got passed a couple mes but was able to pass right back." Despite finishing second, Baz was thrilled to have kept Gagne in his sights the whole way. "I was just trying to keep the pressure as much as I could on Jake, try- ing to come back without making any mistakes," Baz said. "He didn't do any mistakes. He was just a little bit too fast again, but we're closing. I think he won in Virginia with nearly 20 seconds. I could not see him after lap two. Now I could see him until the checkered flag, so that's a big improvement." In Sunday's race two, most of the action took place during the first lap when Gagne ran off the