first four riders in race one and
seven-tenths of a second cover-
ing the first five in race two.
Road Atlanta
star, 16-year-old
Avery Dreher (Bad Boys Racing
Kawasaki) took his third straight
win in his debut MotoAmerica
season in race one ahead of
Max VanDenBrouck (Sportbike-
TrackGear.com Kawasaki) and
Yandel Medina (Yandel Racing
Kawasaki), while there was a
bit of history in race two with
the first Belgian rider to take a
MotoAmerica win in Levi Ba
-
die (Badie Racing Kawasaki).
Badie took
the win
by a wheel's
length, 0.003 of a second, over
Hayden Bicknese (Bicknese
Racing Kawasaki) and Dreher
with VanDenBrouck dropping to
came out. Rodio thus went on
a tirade on live television aimed
at MotoAmerica that must have
gone down like a lead balloon in
the race-official offices.
Race two was no better,
as Rodio was taken out in an
overambitious pass attempt by
Doyle, and his zero points haul
from Alabama means he drops
to second behind Davis 87-85,
with Hayden Schultz tied for
third. Fourth was the coming
Landers on 75, who is planning
on contesting the remaining
rounds of the series.
Junior Cup
As usual, the closest racing was
that in the Junior Cup, with six-
tenths of a second covering the
put the hammer down to take
a 5.4-second win over current
class number-one Blake Davis
(N2 Racing/BobbleHeadMoto
Yamaha) with Yaakov third.
The weekend was nothing
short of a disaster for Landers'
teammate Gus Rodio. Erstwhile
title leader, Rodio crashed out of
race one when rain began to fall,
and the race was red-flagged.
He and his Rodio Racing - Pow
-
ered By Robem Engineering
Aprilia team assumed under
the rules they would
be able to
restart and got the bike back to
the pits and put hasty repairs to
it, only to be denied track entry
by the MotoAmerica official who
cited Rodio was not actively
competing when the red flag
ROUND 2 / MAY 19-21, 2023
BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK / BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA / FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIP
P72
Xavi Fores holds
Stefano Mesa at bay
in the Supersport
"Extended" race. The
Spaniard wouldn't
be denied and has a
healthy lead in the
championship now.
