lowing him to make the restart.
Once back in the race, Salem
took victory over Kensei Matsud-
aira. Salem also claimed victory
in the second race.
Sunday saw Salem in a much
tighter battle for the wins and
title in the GP 190 class. Salem
and Matsudaira exchanged the
lead multiple times in race two,
with Salem taking the lead late in
the race for a close victory and
the national championship.
"I wasn't going to pass him
[Matsudaira] on the last lap
where I did, but I got a good drive
down that straight and had a lot
of speed," said Mahdi, who is
set to begin his first year of high
school this fall. "I almost hit his
rear tire when I came up on him,
but I was able to sweep by at the
last second to take the win."
Matsudaira finished runner-up in
GP 190 with all second-place finish
-
es and Williams Dalu took third.
Apex Racing's Chase Jazikoff
secured the Stock 50 Champion
-
ship by sweeping all four races.
He faced strong competition
from CTR/Roof Systems' Cruise
Texter in both of Sunday's races,
with Cruise leading at times.
Cruise's impressive performance
on Sunday earned him second
place in the Stock 50 class
championship, just ahead of
Lucky 13's Bron Macanga.
TopPro Racing's Gabriel Datis
was the first rider to complete a
clean sweep when he clinched
the Stock 110 Championship with
a perfect score racing his Kawa
-
saki. Team Sorrentino's Blake
Sorrentino finished second in the
class and Beastmode Racing's
Christian Berlowitz took third.
Jase Dill of Ohvale USA
achieved a perfect score in the
GP 160 class by the weekend's
end. Historic GP's Connor Ray
-
mond kept the pressure on by
staying close in Sunday's final
race, securing four consecutive
second-place finishes and taking
second overall. Datis claimed
third place, making him the only
rider in the championship to po
-
dium in two different classes.
CJR Performance's Cameron
Jones went unchallenged in the
Street GP class on his Honda
Grom. Jones took convincing
wins in all four rounds over the
weekend in the unrestricted age
class.
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Jase Dill (center) went Ken
Roczen-style for a clean-
cut suit as the winner of the
GP 160 category.
The 2024 champions from left:
Jase Dill (GP 160), Gabriel Datis
(Stock 110), Mahdi Salem (GP
190), Cruise Texter (Stock 50),
Cameron Jones (Street GP).
