ROUND 8 / AUGUST 13-15, 2021
PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL RACE COMPLEX / WAMPUM, PENNSYLVANIA
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ROAD RACE I FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
to 10 to winner Kelly.
Landers had Benjamin Smith
(North East Cycle Outlet Rac-
ing Yamaha) to deal with in race
one and Kelly's teammate Sam
Lochoff in race two, holding both
at bay for three podiums in a row.
In the championship, Kelly is
clear out front ahead of Escalante
with Lochoff third at 163. Landers is
hunting him down in fourth at 156.
Stock 1000
Jake Lewis (Altus Motorsports
Suzuki) extended his lead in the
championship over Corey Al-
exander (Honos HVMC Racing
Kawasaki) to 20 points by taking
victory in the single Stock 1000
race in Pittsburgh.
Lewis came home 1.4 seconds
ahead of BMW's Travis Wyman,
who made one of the saves of the
year in the first Superbike Cup
even tighter margin of victory of
0.064 seconds over Escalante,
thus extending his lead in the
championship 320 to 259.
Rocco Landers (Landers Rac-
ing/Tyrant Designs/Yamalube Ya-
maha) is starting to come alive in
the 600cc class as he took a par
of podiums in third, impressively
halving the gap from 20 seconds
Supersport
Two nail-biting races between the
class riders of the field, defend-
ing champion Richie Escalante
(Honos Kawasaki) and Sean
Dylan Kelly (M4 Ecstar Suzuki),
saw Mexican Escalante take the
first win by 0.144 seconds.
Kelly would make up for it in
race two, the Floridian pulling an
Superbike Race One
(Left) Sean
Dylan Kelly
turned the
tables on Richie
Escalante for an
ultra-close win
in Supersport
race two. (Right)
Jake Lewis (85)
took another
win in Stock
1000 to pad out
his title lead.
