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there. We were pretty similar in most of the corners, but there were two or three corners where [Gagne] would pull out probably one and a half 10ths just in those corners. For the rest of the track, I felt we were similar in maybe one or two corners. I would catch him by a bike length, but for the most part on those parts where he was strong, he was a lot stronger. Just really happy to take second after battling and seeing the board with plus 0.1 for 15 laps straight and just hearing Cam's bike, Danilo's bike. Danilo passed me one time and kind of pushed me a little bit wide, which I wasn't the happiest with be- cause we were upright braking. I passed him back and started riding my own pace to make sure I got out of the corners well and broke late. I was kind of hop- any mistakes. I could see I was just inching out on those guys. Going through turn four or five or whatever, you've got that big screen and sometimes I could go through there and I saw Mat, Danilo, Cam, all in a good battle there for second. So, I just tried to keep an eye on my pit board." Scholtz was happy with sec- ond. "If you had told me last night I would take another second today, I probably would have punched you in the face. I'm tired of getting seconds. But after this morning's crash, I'll happily take it. The bike was totaled. We have a totally different tank, which I had to get used to. We haven't done a single lap on the bigger tank with the weight over the front tire. It's just a completely different bike, really. Just the first couple laps, I was sensitive out The scrap for second lasted the entire race and featured Scholtz, Petrucci and Gagne's teammate Cameron Petersen. Petersen was dropped from the battle in the closing laps and fin- ished fourth, 1.5 seconds behind Scholtz/Petrucci. "I think, in the beginning at least, the pace was a little quicker," Gagne said of race two. "I think all of us, at least me, for sure. I was a little surprised that the pace yesterday wasn't what I was hoping. We didn't make a lot of changes. We were a little off on tire pressure yesterday, I think. We definitely knew that. So, with that little bit of a tire- pressure adjustment, I was able to run the times I wanted to a little bit easier in the beginning. Those first five, six, seven, eight laps were pretty strong. I didn't make ROUND 3 / MAY 20-22, 2022 VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY / ALTON, VIRGINIA P74 ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA / FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP Hayden Gillim won both Stock 1000 races.