SUPERBIKE SHOOTOUT SERIES
VOL. 51 ISSUE 21 MAY 28, 2014 P103
the race while chasing Hayes.
"I told myself that I was just go-
ing to ride my own race," Fillmore
said. "And then the race started
and I felt really good and I actu-
ally felt like I had pace on Josh
[Hayes] in a couple of spots. I
acted like it was a five-lap race
instead of a 20-lap race. And
instead of riding my own race,
I tried to outbrake and make
ground where I should've just
hung there and let the race play
out. It's easy not to push when
the thing's not feeling good, but
my bike was feeling good. And I
hadn't found that limit yet. Unfor-
tunately, I found it in the race."
Fillmore picked the bike back
up, rejoined the race and worked
his way back up to fifth before
Utah Sportbike Association's
(USBA) president Ryan Brand
highsided and brought out the
red flag with his bike still on
track, ending the race three laps
early. Brand's bike was laying in
the track for a couple laps, which
was more laps than comfortable
for most race series. But both
Hayes and ADR Motorsport's
David Anthony felt that in this in-
stance it wasn't an issue.
"I got the red flag at the front
straight away and it was cleared
[the bike] by the time I came back
around. I think it had just hap-
pened not far in front of me," said
Hayes, who only saw the bike in
the track for one lap. "I saw the
corner workers running there…
It was pretty easy to avoid. There
were flags prior to the right hand
part of the corner so I was look-
ing to see what it was going to be
before hand. Fortunately, I think
we all had some gaps, so it was a
little bit easier to check up a little
bit and see what was going on."
Since the accident occurred
right after Hayes passed Brand
and Matthew Orange, it was only
one lap for Hayes. But for the
rest, including the next in line,
Anthony, it was on the track for
two laps. The Australian still con-
curred with Hayes.
"I think given the way the race
panned out it wasn't really an is-
sue," Anthony said. "Had we all
have been racing it might have
got a bit sketchy. But as he
[Hayes] said there was plenty of
flags. You could see it coming
and it was far enough on the exit
it wasn't really an issue."
Anthony finished second, fol-
lowed by GEICO Honda's – and
series promoter – Chris Ulrich.
For both Anthony and Ulrich it
