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Cycle News 2023 Issue 38 September 26

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"Today was a dream come true for me," Beach said. "I was really nervous before the race with the mixed conditions, but once the lights went out, I went to work. The team had the bike working great on this tricky track. I'm over the moon about getting another Superbike win to go with my AFT wins this year. I want to thank Attack and Yamaha for giving me this op - portunity to come in and fill in at these last few rounds, and also to the Estenson Racing team for allowing me to do it." It was another podium in race two, this time fully earned with - out a rider ahead getting demot- ed, to Corey Alexander to make it two BMWs on the podium. Gagne buttoned off in the last race and bought it home fourth, 27.9 seconds behind teammate VOLUME ISSUE SEPTEMBER , P99 1 BLAKE DAVIS 1-1 TWINS CUP "It was super crazy," Davis said. "The track conditions were really, really tricky. Just the red flags to add all the tension into it. I hope everyone is okay from all the red flags. This really isn't how I wanted to win it, but I kind of knew either me or Gus was going to go down. We both had to beat the other one, so we were both going to push and either win or crash." MYOWNRACE However, those who made the correct choice of wets were home and hosed, but there was a surprise name at the top of the listing. JD Beach, the full-time AFT rider for Estensen Yamaha and a former MotoAmerica Supersport Champion and Superbike race winner, used every ounce of his renowned wet-weather skills to march towards the front and gap PJ Jacobsen by 5.4 seconds for a hugely popular second career MotoAmerica Superbike win. "Jiggy Dog" was sublime in the changeable conditions, slipping and sliding the Fresh N Lean Progressive Yamaha all the way to the flag. (Below) Josh Herrin leads Mathew Scholtz in race one. Both would gamble on slicks for race two, and both would crash. Escalante Paasch.

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