Beaubier's crash sees him
go from second to fourth in the
standings with two rounds to
go. The points has Gagne on
337 to Herrin's 236, Jacobsen's
204 and Beaubier's 203.
SUPERSPORT
The Supersport championship
saw Xavi Fores (Warhorse HSBK
Racing Ducati) in with a shot of
taking the title should he leave
Pittsburgh with 100 points in
his pocket, but it didn't work out
that way.
Fores managed a pair of sec-
ond places, the first behind Ste-
fano Mesa (Tytlers Cycle Racing
Kawasaki)
and the second behind
Tyler Scott (Vision Wheel M4 Ec-
number-one Yamaha rider was
never
headed, gradually pulling
clear to a 1.8-second win over
Scholtz and Herrin, with Richie
Escalante (Vision Wheel M4
Ecstar Suzuki) getting the better
of Jacobsen for fifth.
Gagne's win tally after his
PittRace triumphs put him at 38
for his career, putting him fourth
on the all-time winner's list
behind Mat Mladin, Josh Hayes
and Cameron Beaubier, and his
third straight title put him in the
company of Reg Pridmore, Fred
Merkel, Doug Chandler, Mat Mla
-
din, Ben Spies, Josh Hayes and
Cameron
Beaubier as winners of
three or more AMA/MotoAmeri
-
ca Superbike titles.
Following
the restart after
Beaubier's crash, Gagne had
the second Tytlers Cycle Rac-
ing BMW of PJ Jacobsen for
company,
with the New Yorker
getting to within 0.264 of Gagne
at the flag. Herrin had also
made haste and moved into
third place, one second up on
Scholtz, with JD Beach in his
return to MotoAmerica com
-
petition in place of the injured
Cameron
Petersen on the sec-
ond Fresh N Lean Progressive
Yamaha,
taking a popular fifth
place, just 3.8 seconds behind
Gagne.
The final encounter for Pitt-
Race Superbike racing was a
Gagne walk in the park. The
ROUND 7, AUGUST 18-20, 2023
PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL RACE COMPLEX / WAMPUM, PENNSYLVANIA
ROAD RACE I FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIP
P76
The anomaly in this picture is JD
Beach (95). The Jiggy Dog proved
he'd lost none of his road-race craft
since moving full-time into AFT, and
would go very well if he returned
full-time to MotoAmerica.
