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Scholtz repeated on Sunday,
winning over Jacobsen. The
wins, combined with champi-
onship rival Jacobsen's two
second-place finishes, saw
Scholtz cut
the championship
points lead in half, and the two
will head to the next round sepa
-
rated by just 10 points.
Davis
improved by one spot
from Saturday to finish on the
podium on Sunday, with the
youngster passing BPR Racing's
Teagg Hobbs on the last lap and
beating him to the flag by 0.088
of a second.
Those two were some three
seconds ahead of Alexander, who
was over 10 seconds ahead of
Scott, who was running second
prior to an off-track excursion.
Altus Motorsports' Torin
Collins ended up seventh, nip
-
ping Vesrah Racing's Japanese
import
Ryota Ogiwara. Altus
Motorsports' Jake Lewis and 3D
Motorsports' Alexander En
-
riquez rounded out the top 10.
finishing
4.2 seconds ahead of
Jacobsen, who had resigned
himself to third before Scott
crashed his Suzuki.
A resilient Cameron Peters
-
en's mood shifted from dismay
to
elation as he fought through
the pain of his injured shoulder
to finish third on his Celtic/
Economy Lube+Tire/Warhorse
HSBK Ducati Panigale V2 for his
second podium of the season.
To get on the podium, Peters
-
en had to pull off a last-lap pass
on
Strack Racing's Blake Davis,
beating the teenager to the flag
by 0.333 of a second.
Jacobsen's teammate Kayla
Yaakov finished fifth, with Scott
remounting to take sixth. Altus
Motorsports' Jake Lewis was
close behind Scott and just
ahead of BPR Racing Yamaha's
Teagg Hobbs, who won a race-
long battle with his teammate
Josh Hayes.
Corey Alexander finished 10th
on the third of the Rahal Ducatis.
Although the front lacked
passes, the battle was filled with
suspense as Scholtz led, while
Scott and Rahal Ducati Moto
with Xpel's Jacobsen pressed
from behind. As Jacobsen
faded slightly later in the race,
it became a two-man contest
that seemed it would go to the
finish. However, with three laps
remaining, Scott crashed his
Suzuki GSX-R750 in the chicane,
repeating Scholtz's earlier crash
that had ended his Q2 session
earlier that day.
Riding a Yamaha YZF-R9 with
a setup he was largely unfamil
-
iar with, since he had crashed
early
in Q2 and missed testing
the team's latest configuration,
Scholtz grabbed the holeshot
from pole position (earned
in Friday's Q1). He played it
patiently, ensuring the motor
-
cycle was set up just right. It
turned out
to be good enough,
as Scholtz went on to secure
his third win of the season,
Mathew Scholtz (1) cut PJ Jacobsen's (15)
lead in the Supersport Championship in
half after posting double wins.
