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ROUND 3 / MAY 20-22, 2022 VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY / ALTON, VIRGINIA P78 ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA / FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP Royal Enfield Build. Train Race. Royal Enfield's Build Train Race program had its first road race of the 2022 season, and Kay- leigh Buyck was the standout of the weekend. The Central New Yorker led every practice ses- sion, both qualifying sessions, and she won the race by just a little over 0.8 seconds over runner-up Crystal Martinez who made great strides in her riding over the course of the weekend. Third-place finisher Chloe Peter- son also lowered her lap times dramatically over the three days at VIR, and she was delighted to make it onto the podium. CN Wyman, who came back from a crash in race one to land on the middle step of the podium on Sunday. Third place went to Calishine Racing Kawasaki rider Aden Thao, who reached the podium for the first time in his Mo- toAmerica career at Atlanta and repeated the feat at VIR. Following a post-race techni- cal inspection, Van's Kawasaki was found to be illegal, and he was subsequently disqualified. As a result, Wyman was declared the winner of Sunday's Junior Cup race two, Thao was moved up to second, and Gus Rodio (Rodio Racing/Warhorse HSBK Racing) was credited with third. to the finish line against a hard- charging James Rispoli aboard his Cycle Tech/Speed Weapon- ry/Mydigitalli Yamaha, and Barry beat Rispoli in a photo finish by just 0.020 of a second. Rispoli's teammate Hayden Schultz fin- ished a close third. Barry was another rider who had a perfect weekend. He re- peated the feat with another win on Sunday despite being punted off the track by Teagg Hobbs after the race was red-flagged by another incident. Barry shared the podium with the same two riders as he did in race one, but the order of finish was swapped. Schultz and Rispoli finished sec- ond and third, respectively. JUNIOR CUP The Junior Cup race one was red-flagged and restarted, which created a five-lap dash to the checkered flag. Road Atlanta Junior Cup race winner Max Van won his second race in a row aboard his SportbikeTrackGear. com Kawasaki. His teammate Joseph LiMandri Jr. finished sec- ond and just a little over 0.010 seconds behind Van. Bad Boys Racing Kawasaki's Avery Dreher earned his first Junior Cup podium and became the first rider to move up from Mo- toAmerica's Mini Cup and finish on the podium in one of MotoAmeri- ca's "full-size" race classes. Van got the victory again on Sunday, this time by just three- 10ths of a second over Alpha Omega Kawasaki rider Cody SUPERBIKE RACE 1 1. Jake Gagne (Yam) 2. Mathew Scholtz (Yam) 3. Cameron Petersen (Yam) 4. Danilo Petrucci (Duc) 5. Jake Lewis (Suz) 6. Hector Barbera (BMW) 7. PJ Jacobsen (BMW) 8. Ashton Yates (BMW) 9. Hayden Gillim (Suz) 10. Travis Wyman (BMW) RACE 2 1. Jake Gagne (Yam) 2. Mathew Scholtz (Yam) 3. Danilo Petrucci (Duc) 4. Cameron Petersen (Yam) 5. PJ Jacobsen (BMW) 6. Richie Escalante (Suz) 7. Jake Lewis (Suz) 8. Ashton Yates (BMW) 9. Hector Barbera (BMW) 10. Travis Wyman (BMW) Kayleigh Buyck won the first Royal Enfield Build Train Race road race of the year.