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ond place ensuing the damage
to his championship was kept to
a minimum of five points.
With Petersen taking his sixth
podium of the year in third and
Scholtz once again fourth from
Barbera, it was Vision Wheel M4
Ecstar Suzuki's Richie Escalante
sixth by just 0.171 of a second.
Hayden Gillim (Disrupt Rac-
ing Suzuki GSX-R1000) got the
Race two was another Gagne
benefit as he blasted away from
pole position to lead into turn
one. It was as close as anyone
else would get to the current
champion, as Petersen and
Petrucci once again engaged
in a race-long battle. This time
it would be the Italian double
MotoGP race winner who would
see the checkers first, his sec-
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get the grip we were a er with our re
choice, but our race pace all weekend
was fast and we could get a gap in both
races and pull away. This is something that
hasn't happened many mes in my career
so I was really happy to stay consistent and
make the most of it."
31 KAYLA YAAKOV
3-1 JUNIOR CUP
For Kayla Yaakov, her career-first win was
a redemp on from Road Atlanta, where
she crossed the finish line first, only to be
docked me for passing under a yellow
flag. "Since Atlanta, it's been a big thing,"
said Yaakov, "even before Atlanta, even
before I started really racing, this is where
I wanted to be. To do it is really cool. This
is crazy. It's actually really cool to be up
here with these guys because I've raced
with them both. We all started around the
same me, and it's really cool."
23 COREY ALEXANDER
1-1 STOCK 1000
"Two rounds ago I'm like, 'I'm out of this
thing. I'm just going to go out and have
fun and try to win races,'" said Corey
Alexander. "That's literally all we focused
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