Herrin would eventually hold
on for a four-tenth-of-a-second
victory from Fong and Baz, and
with chief title rival Cameron
Beaubier (Tytlers Cycle BMW)
back in fourth, Herrin's title was
assured.
"When I was in the lead, I saw
Bobby [Fong] behind me, and
I just didn't want to take any
chances with him being there,"
Herrin said. "So, I let him go by
on the straight. I thought he was
going by on the left, but he went
by on the right. Then the last
three laps I saw I had pace. So, I
just wanted to get by with two to
go and put my head down and
see what I could, and we were
able to get it done."
Richie Escalante (Vision
Wheel M4 Ecstar Suzuki) came
home fifth, with the top 10
ROUND 9 / SEPTEMBER 27-29, 2024
NEW JERSEY MOTORSPORTS PARK / MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY
ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
P72
1 HAYDEN GILLIM
1ST/1ST STOCK 1000
"It means a lot," Hayden Gillim said.
"Haven't had a weekend like this
since Barber. We had a couple of
crashes, which made it a lot harder
on ourselves. Jayson [Uribe] was
making us work for it. Ashton [Yates]
was really getting it going here at the
end. It's cool to have Honda one and
two and wrap up the championship
for the Real Steel Southern Honda
Powersports team."
MYOWNRACE
95 MATTHEW CHAPIN
2ND/1ST JUNIOR CUP
"Oh, man. That race was fun," Mat-
thew Chapin said. "I had fun battling
with Eli, Avery and Ella. They were
all ripping. It was overall a great race.
None of us made any mistakes. It
was hard to close the gap to Avery at
first. He was fast right from the start.
I just want to give a huge thanks to
[team owner] Colin Barton and [crew
chief] Mike Skowronek for everything
they've done for me this season."
