SUPERBIKE/SUPERSTOCK 1000
MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN
ROUND 3/MAY 16-17, 2015
VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY/ALTON, VIRGINIA
P110
1000 race one aboard his TOBC
Racing Yamaha. Knapp took
advantage after two of the lead-
ers, Jake Gagne and Josh Day
both crashed in the same turn,
possibly from oil on the track.
Gagne was able to restart after
the red flag, Day was not.
"I've got to say thanks to the
whole TOBC crew who helped
me out," Knapp said. "It made
a big difference having that
group behind me so I could
focus on my riding. I got a
decent start and was catching
Josh Day—I could see them up
there. And then the red flag
came out and I got another
good start. It's pretty tough
with the Superbikes out there
because obviously they've got
some power on the Superstock
bikes. Jake Lewis was hard to
pass, but I put a pretty hard
pass on him and was working
on Gagne when coming down
the front straightway I saw him
check up a little bit. Unfortu-
nately he went out because
that was shaping up to be a
good battle, but something was
up with his bike. I'm just really
excited with the win and we
have the bike handled and run-
ning good now. Hopefully we
can get up here again."
In race two, it was RoadRace
Factory Yamaha's Jake Gagne
bouncing back from a mechani-
cal DNF in race one to take his
fourth victory of the season with
Yamalube/Westby Racing's Josh
Day finishing second after crash-
ing out of race one.
"After that first race go-
ing down I was definitely
bummed," said Gagne, who
has won four of the six Super-
stock 1000 races so far this
season. "I just made a little
mental error and hit a crack.
The crew really worked their
butts off to get the bike back
out there for the restart; unfor-
tunately I couldn't bring it home
for them. So to get this win in
the second race is awesome. It
was a long race and I thought
I was all alone and then Lewis
came by me, but yeah it was a
Taylor Knapp
earned his first
national win in
race one of the
Superstock 1000
class.
