ROUND 5 / JUNE 28-30, 2024
THE RIDGE MOTORSPORTS PARK/ SHELTON, WASHINGTON
ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
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Herrin's teammate Loris Baz.
"Great weekend," Petersen
said. "Can't complain with two
podiums. The only reason why
I'm a little bit frustrated was just
we had a bike that was capable
of winning both races. The bike
felt good in the beginning. I felt
comfortable. Even when Josh
[Herrin] came past me, I felt
like I had a good rhythm and
pace. Was just losing a little bit
in the last sector. I was good
everywhere else. About halfway
through the race, my left arm
just completely locked up. My
hand came off the handlebar a
few times. It got a little bit scary
out there. Just super-stoked at
the weekend."
you've got to qualify on front
row to do something, unless you
have crazy outright speed," Fong
said after race two. "Everybody
is so close. When you're trying
to make your way up to Josh, it's
basically too late. It's like World
Superbike nowadays. You got
to qualify good, like MotoGP. I
need to work on my qualifying.
I've been struggling in qualifying
a little bit. What can I say? We've
got the points lead, but there's
still a lot of races to go."
Third place went to Petersen,
a day after the South African
won his third race of the sea
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son on Saturday. Petersen was
four seconds
behind Fong and
another four seconds clear of
right there, with the exception
of the rain. Maybe Dunlop will
let us go use the rain track for
the end of the year and try to get
a little bit better. It's mainly my
fault with all the stupid choices
I've made with tires the last
couple years, running slicks in
the rain. I'm just happy to be up
here, happy to claw back in the
points again."
Bobby Fong salvaged the
championship lead he gained
at the previous round at Brain
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erd and lost in race one at The
Ridge,
taking second behind
Herrin by five seconds and mov
-
ing a single point ahead in the
title
chase over Gagne.
"The class is so tight now,
Cameron Beaubier (6) made
a faster than expected return
from injury at The Ridge and
came away with a DNF in race
one and ninth in race two.
