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Cycle News 2026 Issue 22 June 2

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The weekend's results dramati- cally reshaped the championship battle. Kelly departed Wisconsin with a one-point lead over Scholtz, 106-105, while Fong moved into third, 26 points behind the new championship leader. Real Steel Honda's Andrew Lee took another double win in Superbike Cup and tightened his stranglehold on the points lead aboard his Honda CBR1000RR- R Fireblade SP. He now holds a 63-point lead over Super Carl Racing 57 Rider Development's Carl Soltisz, also aboard a Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP. the season by 0.381 of a sec - ond, followed by Jacobsen and Fong. Beach finished fourth, while Hayden Gillim (Real Steel Honda) narrowly defeated Rich- ie Escalante (Mission Foods M4 Ecstar Suzuki) for sixth by just two-thousandths of a second. "I knew there were a lot of guys behind me, but not many people were able to pass. I just tried to focus on my pace, focus on myself, and not make any mis - takes," Kelly said. "I am proud of the performance I did. And yeah, coming up to the last lap, finish line, P1, man, it felt so good." four when Scholtz suffered an engine failure aboard his Ya- maha YZF-R1. The South African was forced to retire from sixth position, ending what had been another solid points-scoring run. At the front, Kelly and Jacob- sen gradually edged away from the chasing riders in the clos- ing laps. Fong secured the final podium position after passing teammate Beach, while Peters- en completed another impres- sive comeback from 14th on the grid to finish fifth. Kelly crossed the finish line for his first Superbike victory of ROUND 3 / MAY 29-31, 2026 ROAD AMERICA / ELKHART LAKE, WISCONSIN ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP P110 PJ Jacobsen (15) leads the way early in race two from JD Beach (95) and Sean Dylan Kelly (40).

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