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ROUND 5 / JULY 11-13, 2025 WEATHERTECH RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA / MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA P84 maha. JD Beach held on for his best ride of the season on the Real Steel Honda CBR1000RR-R SP with Richie Escalante fifth on the second Vision Wheel M4 Ecstar Suzuki. Fong may have played second fiddle to Herrin in race one, but the NorCal native wasn't in the mood to repeat the result in race two. After stalking leader Herrin for three-quarters of the race, Fong dived up Herrin's inside at the final corner on lap 14, held the place as the Ducati began to wind up its motor down the front straight and immediately started to check out, ending the race 1.6 seconds to the good over Herrin, with Beaubier a demoralized 6.5 The current MotoAmerica Superbike Champion bounced back to qualify at the head of the second row in fourth, 0.69 of a second off pacesetter Beau- bier, who rocketed to a 1:23.059 after wholesale changes made by the team to his BMW M 1000 RR following a subdued Friday practice session. Fong qualified second, with Sean Dylan Kelly upholding Suzuki honors in third on the Vision Wheel M4 Ecstar Suzuki GSX-R1000. Race one will be one Beaubier will rue for a long, long time. After leading for much of the first seven laps, Beaubier lost the front of the BMW at turn two and gifted the race lead and a potential 25-point swing in the title race to Herrin. Despite Beaubier's gift, Herrin still had to fight for it, as Fong latched onto the back of the Ducati with Kelly grimly hang - ing on in third until he lost the front of the GSX-R at the top of the Corkscrew on lap 12 and tumbled out of the race. Despite repeated attempts by Fong to snatch the lead, Herrin held on to take his fifth race win in a row from Fong, with three- time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Jake Gagne taking third on the second factory Ya - ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP Cameron Beaubier (6) leads off the start of race three from Fong (50), Jake Gagne (32) and Josh Herrin (1). Sean Dylan Kelly (40) has trouble keeping the front-end down, and three laps later his chain would snap. seconds behind Fong at the flag. Kelly rebounded from his race- one crash to take fourth, with Gagne rounding out the top five. Race three saw Beaubier once again shoot off the pole into turn one with Herrin in his wheel tracks. Herrin's speed up the hill out of turn six was his secret weapon all weekend as he motored past Beaubier on the run up to the Corkscrew, but the five-time champion, Beau - bier, just let the brakes off and pushed Herrin back into second at the top of the hill.