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ROUND 3 / MAY 20-22, 2022 VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY / ALTON, VIRGINIA P76 ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA / FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP STOCK 1000 Yuasa Stock 1000 race one start- ed the day at VIR, and on-track in- cidents led to the race being red- flagged and shortened in length. With a nine-lap sprint to the finish line, Disrupt Racing Suzuki rider Hayden Gillim showed his prow- ess and race craft by taking the victory in dominant fashion. The Kentuckian crossed the finish line more than four seconds ahead of second-place finisher Geoff May, who was aboard his VisionWheel/ DiscountTire/KWS Honda. Tytlers Cycle/RideHVMC Racing BMW's Travis Wyman completed the podium in third. Gillim made the most of the weekend on Sunday. He over- came a few bike "gremlins" during the early part of the race, but the technical issue resolved itself, and he was able to go to the front and stay there. VisionWheel/DiscountTire/ KWS Honda's Geoff May finished second, a little over five-and-a- half seconds behind Gillim. The surprise of the day was Uruguay- an rider Maximiliano Gerardo, who made the first podium visit of his MotoAmerica career after finishing third aboard his PDR Motorsports Kawasaki. TWINS CUP In Twins Cup race one, Mo- toAmerica's middleweight, twin- cylinder class did not disappoint. Polesitter Jody Barry won his second race in a row, but it was far from easy. The Veloce Racing Aprilia rider battled all the way a third of his age, and he battled throughout the 18-lap event to emerge as the winner by a little over 0.7 seconds. Racing for Squid Hunter Ya- maha, Hayes held off the chal- lenges of both 16-year-old Vision Wheel M4 Ecstar Suzuki rider Tyler Scott, who finished second, and 17-year-old Landers Racing Yamaha rider Rocco Landers, who was third. After finishing fourth in race one, Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC's Josh Herrin and Hayes swapped positions at the front without incident. Herrin prevailed over his former teammate Hayes and took the checkers just three- 10ths of a second over Hayes. Sixteen-year-old phenom Tyler Scott, meanwhile, had another great result, finishing on the podium for the second day in a row aboard his Vision Wheel M4 Ecstar Suzuki and raising a few eyebrows about the level of talent in the young man. ing with braking late and kind of parking the bike that Danilo and Cam would start fighting and help me a little bit." Tytlers Cycle Racing's PJ Ja- cobsen finished fifth on his BMW M 1000 RR and was challenged to the end by the pair of Escalan- te and Jake Lewis. Escalante ended up 0.270 seconds behind Jacobsen in sixth and 0.257 ahead of seventh-placed Lewis. Yates ended a solid weekend with an eighth-place finish, ahead of Hector Barbera. Tenth place went to a lonely Travis Wyman. SUPERSPORT Supersport race one at VIR was also red-flagged and restarted with 18 laps instead of 19. The event was quite literally one for the ages, as 47-year-old road racing legend Josh Hayes showed that he's still got some- thing left in the tank. The four- time AMA Superbike Champion went up against riders who are Jody Barry was a double winner in Twins Cup.