FINAL ROUND/SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA/MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA
AMA SUPERBIKES
P80
AMA NATIONAL GUARD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
Aaron Yates
ended up fifth –
a good finish to
his comeback
season of racing
with the Team
Amsoil EBR
squad.
(Above) Taylor Knapp (44) leads
Cory West (13) in their battle for
what would be fourth place. West
got the position for his best result of
the season.
(Left) A stand-up wheelie? Why not?
Josh Herrin crossed the finish line
in style.
the last corner. He passed me
back and I think we went back
and forth like three times. The
only place I was worried about
was him stuffing me going up
the hill into the Corkscrew and
I came down through 10 and it
had a funny pop. I opened it up
and it popped, popped, popped
and was dead. I knew that because we were running close on
fuel that I'd run out of gas. I had
to coast it to the finish. What are
you going to do? It happened and
it's over with. It's frustrating for
sure because I was also in a bat-
tle for sixth in the championship
with him [Pegram]. And I don't get
to redeem myself until next year.
That's a tough one to sit on for six
months or whatever it is."
Pegram, meanwhile, was
pleased to get back on the podium – his first since the two thirdplace finishes at Daytona.
"I knew he [Fillmore] was going
to try to make a move at the end
and he put a block pass on me
in the last corner," Pegram said.
"His bike was really good there.
I passed him going into two and
ran wide. I passed him going into
five and it ran us both wide and I
got stuff all in my tires. I got really
