VOLUME ISSUE AUGUST , P
on my side. We finished almost
every race, besides one. It's
going to be a hell of a fight for
that championship run with a lot
of guys in it next year. I'm
looking forward to going to
the last couple rounds and
just duking it out with these
guys with nothing else to
worry about."
Beaubier had earlier tried
to make a race of it in race
one, but Gagne's metro
-
nomic pace meant he was
3.6 seconds in arrears at
the end of the first 17-lap
-
per. Scholtz was third, three
seconds behind Beaubier,
ahead of the impressive
Bobby Fong (Wrench Motor
-
cycles Yamaha), who had earlier
qualified on pole in Q2.
hours later, so I knew that would play
a factor. Lost the grip on the rear on
the last lap. Thought I would lose
the draft on the front straightaway
but ended up pulling it together. I'm
just super happy with the results this
weekend. I don't know how many
points I have left to clinch the title,
but I'm just going to keep working
hard between rounds and hopefully
get that jersey."
70 TYLER SCOTT
SUPERSPORT 2-1
"Yesterday, I got a decent start the
first time, starting from the second
row on the grid," Scott said. "Couldn't
get a clear lap in qualifying, so
right off the bat it was hard to lead
the race and try and set the pace.
Overnight we thought about it. This
morning we made some changes
to be able to push the pace. In the
race today, I got a pretty similar start
to yesterday, but I saw an opening
to pass Xavi [Fores] and I took it.
I wanted to see if I could lead the
race and start pulling a gap. It was
0.0 for what felt like an eternity, and
then 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, one second, one
second, one second, two seconds... I
just kept pushing the pace every lap
and was able to create that gap."
MYOWNRACE
(Left) Mathew
Scholtz (11) put
up some good
fights, with a
second place in
race three his
reward. (Below)
Gagne puts the
hammer down
and the rubber
to the road as he
leaves Scholtz,
Richie Escalante,
Josh Herrin and
PJ Jacobsen in
race three.
