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ROUND 5 / JUNE 3-5, 2022 ROAD AMERICA / ELKHART LAKE, WISCONSIN P96 ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP give it a little bit of gas to make sure that he didn't touch me and push me wide. We crossed the finish line and I looked right, and he was right there next to me. I wasn't even sure that I had won, at that point." "I don't know if I was able to pass him on the straight before the finish line, so I tried to pass him in the last corner," said Petrucci. "I tried, but I'm happy because since VIR we are fac- ing a big problem with the engine brake. This morning we decided to completely change the setup on the engine brake, especially on braking. It seems this morning the bike was working a little bit better." Cameron Petersen was forced to watch from turn five after a final go-around to take victory by 1.3 seconds over Jacobsen with the New Yorker just 0.455 of a second ahead of Petrucci. The win was the second of Petersen's MotoAmerica Super- bike career with the first coming in a driving rainstorm last year at Barber Motorsports Park. This was Petersen's first victory with his new Yamaha team. Petersen's teammate Jake Gagne, the defending Mo- toAmerica Medallia Superbike Champion, finished fourth—14.3 seconds behind Petersen and four seconds ahead of the ageless Larry Pegram, who put his BMW into the top five in his first race since last year's Stock 1000 race at Road America. mechanical failure put him out of Saturday's race that he was lead- ing at the time. In Sunday's race two, Petersen put all that behind him and went out and won in iffy wet/dry conditions. The win was the Fresh N Lean Progressive Yamaha Racing rider's first of the season and the second of his Superbike career. Sunday's race was a good one with all the top men opting for full rain tires but searching for puddles by the time it concluded. The battle at the top featured three riders and it lasted for all eight laps of the shortened race with Petersen, Jacobsen and Pe- trucci all taking turns at the front. At the finish it was Petersen putting his head down on the Corey Alexander rebounded in a big way from his VIR crash at the last round, winning the Stock 1000 race.