Before long, Gagne was in
front and took Petersen along
for the ride, the two Yamaha's
carving a path through the rain
for the others to follow. Beau
-
bier also had an early turn at
the front but ran off at Canada
Corner, charged back through
the field and ultimately had a big
off in turn one. He was taken to
hospital for X-rays on his heel.
Kelly would also bite the dust/
mud later in the race after his
BMW aquaplaned at the end of
the backstraight.
Warhorse HSBK Racing
Ducati's Loris Baz was a strong
contender throughout the race,
closely matching the two Yama
-
has. His only mistake came with
two laps to go when he attempt-
ed an ambitious pass on Peters-
en at turn five. The maneuver
backfired as he braked too late,
costing him contact with the
leaders. Nonetheless, Baz se-
cured an impressive third-place
finish, leaving the Frenchman in
high spirits.
With three corners to go, Pe-
tersen made a lunge up the in-
side of his teammate, but Gagne
refused to give up the place, the
two Yamahas bashing into each
other on the run to the line. Up
the hill, side-by-side, it would be
Petersen who would take the
spoils by four-thousandths of
a second from Gagne. Baz was
four seconds back ahead of
Beaubier's teammate JD Beach,
and Vision Wheel M4 Ecstar
Suzuki's Brandon Paasch, who
was having his best ride of the
season to date, in fifth.
Sunday's race two was a
much more traditional affair, but
it was conducted without Beau
-
bier—whose crash on Saturday
rendered him unfit to take to
the grid with a broken heel—and
left him unable to claw back the
points he lost yesterday. Due to
the nature of his injury, it ap-
pears that he'll also be out of
the Brainerd round in two weeks'
time, which could prove terminal
to his chances of taking a sixth
MotoAmerica Superbike title.
VOLUME ISSUE JUNE , P89
1 MIKAYLA MOORE DNS-1
ROYAL ENFIELD BTR
"I went over to the Arai tent, and I told
them I needed my helmet and make
sure it's good, since it was the same
helmet that I crashed in," Moore said,
who was able to swap helmets prior
to the race after realizing she couldn't
see out of her faceshield. "He said it
was all checked out, but at the last
minute I went to go put it on and I put
the visor down and I could not see no
one in front of me. It was super blurry.
I had Kendall with K Tech come over
and I was like, 'I need that other
helmet ASAP, because I'm blind right
now. I can't see nobody.'"
MYOWNRACE
(Left) The drag to the line in race one
saw Cameron Petersen (45) grab his
second win of the season, but only
just. (Bottom) Cameron Beaubier (6)
led early, but a big crash saw him
suffer a heel injury and he'll be out
for at least one more round.
