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the slingshot move before the fin-
ish line but, being a longtime flat
tracker, he is no stranger to draft-
ing and he pulled his TOBC Rac-
ing Suzuki into the slipstream of
Alexander's bike and then pulled
out and made the perfect pass
right at the line to earn a photo-
finish win. The margin of victory
told the story - .015 of a second.
Alexander's winning streak
was broken and the possibility of
an undefeated season dashed,
but he was still upbeat, leaving
Wisconsin with a solid 29-point
lead over Gillim in the standings
and racing very well in spite of
just having staples taken out of
his shoulder two days before the
race.
"For sure I was definitely be-
ing cautious," Alexander said.
"I'm still pretty hurt and I'm in it for
the championship. I don't want
to go down because I'm pushing
out there. You don't know what's
going to happen in the next turn
[when it starts to rain in different
sections of the track]. You kind of
saw what happened," Alexander
said referring to the multi-rider
crash on a dry to suddenly wet
section of the track. "I checked
up on the front straightaway be-
cause there's no point in going
down.
"I'm happy to come out of here
in the position I'm in. Sometimes
you've got to be smart to win ti-
tles, even though you want to win
every time out."
For Gillim, Sunday's win was
incredibly satisfying.
"It means a lot," Gillim said of
his win. "Before this weekend
I've only finished in the top-five
once and never qualified on the
front row. This weekend, I don't
know what it was, but it was
working good. All weekend we've
been chasing Corey and Dustin
[Dominguez]. Finally for this race,
I don't know if it was the weather,
or the track being a little colder
or what, but we were able to be
right there.
"Corey caught me and from
there it was all out war. I honestly
thought he had me beat at the
line, but somehow I was able to
get just enough of a draft to get
by at the end."
Dustin Dominguez was sec-
ond in Saturday's race on his
HSBK Racing Yamaha, but he
crashed after a controversial col-
lision with Celtic/HVMC Racing
Suzuki's Wyatt Farris at the end
of the back straight in Sunday's
race. The red flag played to his
advantage since he was able to
restart and finish eighth.
Farris and Dominguez are third
and fourth in the standings after
Road America. CN
Race One
1.Corey Alexander (Suzuki)
2. Dustin Dominguez (Yamaha)
3. Hayden Gillim (Suzuki)
4. Wyatt Farris (Suzuki)
5. Kaleb De Keyrel (Yamaha)
6. Jason Aguilar (Yamaha)
7. Conner Blevins (Kawasaki)
8. JC Camacho (Yamaha)
9. Erick Sanchez (Yamaha)
10. Hayden Schultz (Yamaha)
Race Two
1. Hayden Gillim (Suzuki)
2. Corey Alexander (Suzuki)
3. Jason Aguilar (Yamaha)
4. Kaleb De Keyrel (Yamaha)
5. Wyatt Farris (Suzuki)
6. JC Camacho (Yamaha)
7. Conner Blevins (Kawasaki)
8. Dustin Dominguez (Yamaha)
9. Cody Wyman (Suzuki)
10. Andre Ochs (Yamaha)
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Corey Alexander (5)
leads Hayden Gillim (69),
Wyatt Farris (19), Dustin
Dominguez (68) and the
rest of the Supersport
pack in Sunday's second
race. Although he won on
Saturday, Alexander was
beaten to the line by Gillim
on Sunday.
STREAK BUSTER
GILLIM TAKES RACE TWO TO STOP ALEXANDER STREAK
