ROUND 6 / JULY 29-30, 2023
BRAINERD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY / BRAINERD, MINNESOTA
ROAD RACE I FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIP
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he would not be deterred from
getting his first MotoAmerica
podium in his rookie season. He
finished third.
ROYAL ENFIELD
BUILD. TRAIN. RACE.
The ladies of the Royal Enfield
Build. Train. Race. program had
one featured race, and after
their Sunday morning final quali-
fying session, it looked like the
outcome of the afternoon's race
might be different than the pre
-
vious four races this season had
been. Instead of Mikayla Moore
starting from the pole as she'd
Badie (Badie Racing Kawa-
saki) traded wins in Junior Cup.
Moore won big on Saturday by
seven seconds over runner-up
Hayden Bicknese (Bicknese
Racing Kawasaki), who edged
out third-place finisher Max Van
(SportbikeTrackGear.com/Ka-
wasaki).
Sunday's race was much
closer. Moor led seven of the 11
laps, including the penultimate
lap, but Badie overtook Moor in
the final lap. Moor was unable to
strike back before the finish line.
Jayden Fernandez had a
battle of his own going on, but
board at the end of the week
-
end.
O'Hara caught and passed Gil-
lim's teammate James Rispoli in
the closing laps to take the final
podium spot. Rispoli and H-D
Screamin' Eagle's Kyle Wyman
completed what, for him, was
a lackluster weekend in fifth
place. Wyman and Rispoli are
tied for second in the champi
-
onship, just two points behind
Gillim.
JUNIOR CUP
Rossi Moor (Fairium NGRT –
Gray Area Racing KTM) and Levi
Levi Badie out-ran Rossi Moor to the finish line in Sunday's
Junior race. Moor won Saturday's race.
