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ROUND 4 / JUNE 27-29, 2025 RIDGE MOTORSPORT PARK / SHELTON, WASHINGTON ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP P98 Benjamin Smith, who crashed out on Sunday. After four rounds and eight races, Herrin leads Beaubier by eight points, 159-151. Gagne is third with 125 points, eight more than his teammate Fong. Es - calante sits fifth with 81 points. Supersport Strack Racing's Mathew Scholtz went into Saturday's Mo- tovation Supersport race know- ing it was go-time as he trailed championship leader P J Jacob- sen by 20 points. The South African responded accordingly, pushing hard in the final laps to pull away from Jacobsen, who had inherited second place after Vision Wheel M4 Ecstar Suzuki's Tyler Scott crashed out while chasing Scholtz with three laps remaining. his Honda CBR1000RR-R SP continues to improve. Gillim was well clear of BPR Racing's Bryce Kornbau, with sixth also a high-water mark for the Californian and his Yamaha YZF-R1. Real Steel Honda's JD Beach was seventh, which earned him the win in the Super - bike Cup for those racing Stock 1000-spec motorcycles in the Superbike class. Fong struggled with mechani- cal ills on his Yamaha YZF-R1, and he barely topped Thrashed Motorcycles' Max Flinders and BPR Racing's Deion Campbell at the finish line, with half a second covering the threesome that rounded out the top 10. Notable non-finishers were Yates, with the Georgian crash - ing for the second straight day, and Flo4Law/SBU Racing's thing home.' He was on another level today." Gagne was third for the second straight day, making for identical podiums. Gagne is get- ting closer to being the Gagne of old, and he turned in another solid ride on Sunday, finishing 2.8 seconds behind Beaubier. "I feel like I kind of am get- ting closer to trying to remem- ber how to ride after farting ar ound all last year," Gagne said. "Honestly, I'm happy with how I rode because I feel like I haven't ridden that hard in a while." Escalante was fourth, one spot better than his Saturday result, as he showed good speed all weekend and ended up slightly less than 10 seconds behind race-winner Herrin. Gillim was fifth for his best finish of the season thus far as Gagne (32) showed signs of his old speed en route to a pair of thirds.