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Medallia Superbike races going into Sat-
urday's race one at Road America. But he
refused to finish second again, the South
African going head-to-head with Petrucci and
coming out on top of a last-lap brawl to score
his first victory of the season and the fifth
Superbike win of his career.
With Scholtz and Petrucci well clear of the
battle for third place, it all came down to the
last lap. Petrucci led, but Scholtz had a plan
and he stuck to it. With a late-braking effort
and a block pass into turn five, Scholtz took
Medallia Superbike races going into Sat
urday's race one at Road America. But he
refused to finish second again, the South
African going head-to-head with Petrucci and
coming out on top of a last-lap brawl to score
his first victory of the season and the fifth
Superbike win of his career.
battle for third place, it all came down to the
last lap. Petrucci led, but Scholtz had a plan
and he stuck to it. With a late-braking effort
and a block pass into turn five, Scholtz took
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN J. NELSON
I
t was anything but the usual at the Elkhart
Lake round of the MotoAmerica Superbike
Championship, with Mathew Scholtz and
Cameron Peterson coming away with the
wins, while defending champ Jake Gagne
played catch-up all weekend, and former Mo-
toGP star Danilo Petrucci was unable to make
good use of good opportunities.
Westby Racing's Mathew Scholtz finished
second in five of the seven MotoAmerica
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