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Cycle News 2015 Issue 20 May 19

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AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP VOL. 52 ISSUE 20 MAY 19, 2015 P109 down his bike earlier in the week at near triple-digit speed. KNAPP SCORES FIRST VICTORY Veteran Michigan road racer Taylor Knapp had a weekend at VIR he won't soon forget. After over a decade on the profes- sional circuit, Knapp finally broke through to score his first national win, taking Superstock Briefly... the two-minute board and thought I would have another lap," Beaubier said. "But when I came around the checkered was already out." Josh Hayes VIR Superbike pole time of 1:24.868 was impressive, but still did not come close to match- ing the VIR motorcycle track record of 1:23.403 set by Yoshimura Suzu- ki's Ben Spies in 2008. Garrett Gerloff is slated to have sur- gery on his badly broken left pinky on Tuesday. He said he's hopeful that will give him enough time to come back in decent shape for Road America in two weeks. After a successful outing at Road At- lanta Josh Day and the Yamalube/ Westby team came into VIR riding a wave of optimism and good fortune. Unfortunately, on lap 11 of the Super- bike/Superstock 1000 race, he and Jake Gagne both had separate tip overs, and the race was red-flagged as a result. After waiting for the num- ber 00 Yamaha YZF-R1 to be re- turned to the pits on the crash truck, the Yamalube/Westby Racing crew went to work getting the bike ready for the restart. Unfortunately, they ran out of time and Josh was unable to make the grid. Things went better for Day in race two. He finished sec- ond in the race to end the weekend at VIR on an upswing. "I'm really hap- py with where we ended up in race two," Day said. "But we need to keep working on closing the gap. And, I have no doubt we'll get there. The new R1 is, by far, the best 1000cc bike I've ever ridden, and we're still learning more and more every time I ride it. My mission in race two was continued on next page Fans were treated to a masterclass of Superbike racing from Hayes (1).

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