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Racing Suzuki). The contact saw
both Scholtz and Cardenas hit
the deck, putting Cardenas out
of the race, but Scholtz was able
to rejoin in 30th.
A spirited fightback from the
South African saw him within
striking distance of a point or
two, ultimately ending up 16th
for no points.
Up front, Lewis led all the
way for a popular win ahead of
N2 Racing/BobbleHeadMoto
Yamaha rider Blake Davis in sec
-
ond place. Third place went to
Jacobsen's Rahal Ducati Moto
teammate, Corey Alexander,
who overcame a problem with
his bike's gearshift to complete
the podium.
Race two had Scholtz and
Jacobsen firmly at it, but they
were also joined by Davis and
300 points to Beaubier's 254, and
Fong is now out of it on 213.
SUPERSPORT
The Supersport class' two races
were drama-filled, with Altus
Motorsports Suzuki's Jake
Lewis taking his first national
win in a decade in race one.
But that wasn't the only talking
point, as series leader Mathew
Scholtz (Strack Racing Yamaha)
went tumbling down the road
after chief title rival PJ Jacob
-
sen (Rahal Ducati Moto) got a
little too close for comfort at
turn one.
Jacobsen was up the inside
of Scholtz into turn one on lap
one, which pushed Scholtz
wide and into the path of the
returning Martin Cardenas
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to where I could keep the track
open and get to the line first,"
Beaubier said. "Josh [Herrin]
and I were stuffing each other
left and right, pretty much all
day. It was a pretty fun race this
afternoon, honestly. I think to
go out and push as hard as you
can this afternoon was going to
be pretty tough, so I felt like the
way we were racing each other,
it kind of kept it light and kept us
on our toes, and not just drilling
the pace lap after lap after lap. I
felt like that was honestly pretty
fun. It was a good fight. I was
pretty surprised he was fighting
me that hard with as much as
he has to lose."
The points have Herrin only
needing to finish the first race at
the finale in New Jersey to take
the title for Ducati. He leads on
Mathew Scholtz
(11) beat Tyler
Scott (70) and Blake
Davis (22) to win the
Supersport race on
Sunday at Circuit of
The Americas.
