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Cycle News 2021 Issue 31 August 3

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ROAD RACE P68 FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 7 / JULY 30-AUGUST 1, 2021 BRAINERD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY / BRAINERD, MINNESOTA MYOWNRACE 32 JAKE GAGNE 1-1 SBK "I'm happy with this weekend," Jake Gagne said a er race two. "Thursday and Friday we were s ll fast, but it wasn't the bike that I had all year. So yesterday we kind of changed some stuff up and it felt more like my bike again. I was just fortunate I got off to a good start. I was spinning the rear re all the way into turn one. It was weird having pole posi on on the inside, so you're entering that turn one from the inside on the dirty stuff and that thing was just bucking me. I managed to get a good couple laps in there and was just keeping an eye on my pit board." 76 LORIS BAZ DNF-3 SBK "It's been a challenging weekend but what a fantas c job by the team to set up the bike for this bumpy track," Baz said. "Ev- erything was thrown away in race one due to some silly decision where the organizers only gave us five minutes on the pre-race grid. We had cold res, and I did lap one easy to warm the res but then started to push on lap two and crashed. This was the same thing that happened to Jake. So, a er that, the bike was dead and I couldn't restart. And I had to take the second bike for Sunday, which was not perfect in the warmup. I must say a big thanks to the (Above) Loris Baz (76) ripped through the field after starting 10th in race two to finish third. (Below) Bobby Fong bullied his way to second in race one.

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