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Cycle News 2024 Issue 37 September 17

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Superbike Race One 1. Cameron Beaubier (BMW) 2. Josh Herrin (Duc) 3. Richie Escalante (Suz) 4. Loris Baz (Duc) 5. JD Beach (BMW) Superbike Race Two 1. Sean Dylan Kelly (BMW) 2. Cameron Beaubier (BMW) 3. Josh Herrin (Duc) 4. Loris Baz (Duc) 5. Bobby Fong (Yam) Superbike Race Three 1. Cameron Beaubier (BMW) 2. Josh Herrin (Duc) 3. Sean Dylan Kelly (BMW) 4. Richie Escalante (Suz) 5. Loris Baz (Duc) to race to win every stage of the year. I was extremely comfort- able, as I said on the podium; a little bit of a smart-ass com- ment, but I have also been super respectful all the year because I was so comfortable, I don't go back on that. I felt like it was a puppet show, and I felt like I was in charge of it. I tried to get Kyle [Wyman] to do something he didn't want to do, and I knew he was too smart to try. It's even, and we're going to the last round. Best man can win. I un - derstand full well that it's a track that he's really good at. I've got a lot of respect for that. I can't wait to go there and see what I can do there." Wyman leads on 315 to Her - foss' 313 with Gillim out of it in third on 213. CN He didn't have it all his own way in race one—which saw Herfoss dubbed as "an ambi - tious young lad"—with Rocco Landers (RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson) slip- ping and sliding his way to his first KOTB victory ahead of the Australian. Crucially for Herfoss' title aspirations, O'Hara beat Wyman to the line for third and stole another four points off him, which then became another five points when Herfoss beat Wyman straight up in race two, with Landers coming home in third. "Today was a really good day," Herfoss said on Sunday. "Yes - terday I got caught out. It was a tough race yesterday. Just hav- ing young Rocco again. I see a lot in him. I know that he's going ROUND 8 / SEPTEMBER 13-15, 2024 CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS / AUSTIN, TEXAS ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP P92 Troy Herfoss closed right up on Kyle Wyman (33) in King of The Baggers points standings after an excellent weekend at COTA.

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