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appearance was in the mix with
West, O'Hara, Herfoss, Schultz
and the third Saddlemen/Harley-
Davidson of Travis Wyman,
hitting the front at three-quar
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ters race distance and looked
good for the win until he was
swamped at the end of the back
straight, crossing the line third
behind West and O'Hara.
Drama followed as Fillmore
was prevented from joining the
podium celebrations due to his
race entry being allowed to race
but, according to MotoAmerica,
not being eligible for points or
trophies, much to the surprise of
his team in parc ferme.
That elevated Herfoss to third
behind race winner West and
runner-up O'Hara, with West
now only just leading the series
ahead of O'Hara, 147 to 143.
Jake Lewis is third on 113.
Harley-Davidson benefit, Jake
Lewis emerging the clear win
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ner in race one after making
the break at mid-race distance
from teammate Cory West and
KWR/Harley-Davidson's Hayden
Schultz, the Motor Company
locking out the top three.
Reigning champion Tyler
O'Hara (S&S/Indian Motorcycle)
had teammate Troy Herfoss
to contend with but still pulled
an important fourth for his title
challenge, Herfoss settling for
fifth, 5.5 seconds off the race-
winning pace.
Race two was one of the
races of the weekend, where
wildcard Chris Fillmore (HMC
KTM USA), who suffered a
clutch failure just off the start of
race one, had no such troubles.
The former AMA Superbike
rider in his first Super Hooligans
Sean—I tried one pass on him,
and he passed me straight back
so I didn't want to risk anything.
I just sat there and relaxed and
went for it in the last two laps."
The double win—Herrin's first
in his lengthy MotoAmerica
Superbike career and Josh's
third straight race win after tri
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umphing in race two at Laguna
Seca—sees him in the box seat
in the series heading into the
penultimate round at Circuit
of The Americas, where they'll
have three races and 75 points
to play for. He leads the title
on 244 points, with Fong and
Gagne tied for second on 192.
SUPER HOOLIGANS
Two races for the fourth round
of the Misson Foods Super
Hooligans National Champion
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ship were a Team Saddlemen/
Matthew Chapin (95)
was on fire in Junior Cup,
taking two wins.
