early stages, holding the lead
until the mandatory tire change
at the midway distance. When
the dust settled, Fores emerged
back in the lead, a position he
would hold until the finish with a
9.8-seconds margin over Mesa
with Anthony Mazziotto (North
East Cycle Outlet Racing Ya
-
maha) taking a second career
Supersport podium in third, 22.2
seconds down on Fores. The
top five was rounded out with
Michael Gilbert Racing Suzuki's
Michael Gilbert and Josh Hayes
(Squid Hunter Racing Yamaha).
Double points for this "Ex
-
tended" race means Fores is
sitting pretty at the top on a
perfect 100 points from Mesa's
73 and Hayes' 54.
(Vision Wheel M4 Ecstar Suzuki)
and Gillim.
In the championship, Gagne is
24 points clear of Beaubier, 95-
71, with Scholtz third on 59.
Supersport
The first-ever Supersport "Ex-
tended" race was held at Barber
but the man at the top was still
Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati's
Xavi Fores.
The only Supersport race on
the card at Barber was sched-
uled for Saturday afternoon but
changing weather prolonged the
start and dropped the lap count
from 37 to 28 laps.
Fores engaged in a race-long
battle with Tytlers Cycle Racing
Kawasaki's Stefano Mesa in the
weekend with tire issues to take
a pair of sixth places on the
Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati.
Richie Escalante was a big
improver of the weekend on the
Vision Wheel M4 Ecstar Suzuki.
The Mexican took seventh in
race one, 20 seconds behind the
race winner but charged up to
fourth in race two, 8.8 seconds
off Gagne in first.
Race one was rounded out by
Ashton Yates (Aftercare Scheibe
Racing BMW) in eighth from the
third Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW
of Corey Alexander in ninth with
Hayden Gillim (Disrupt Racing
Suzuki) in 10th. Race two's top
10 was Gagne, Scholtz, Beau
-
bier, Escalante, Jacobsen, Her-
rin, Alexander, Yates, Toni Elias
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