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AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP VOL. 52 ISSUE 26 JUNE 30, 2015 P101 ence won over youth, Hayes made his move and Beaubier was unable to respond. "That's what racing's all about right there," Hayes said. "It was a great race. We had good speed and it really was a bit of a chess match. We each had our advantages in different areas of the racetrack and sometimes just different areas of the corner. I think we were both kind of sizing each other up and trying to figure out how it would all play out. Honestly it was an easier race to lose than it was to win. It came down to who could just put all the right pieces together on the final lap. This time my roll of the dice was pretty good." The pair's different riding styles made it a very interesting chess match indeed. After the battle, Beaubier was left with something to think about for the upcoming race two. "It was kind of weird because I almost had to give him a little bit of space so I could run my own lines," Beaubier said. "Because when I was right on him I would almost run into him in some spots and then he would just gap me like off the exits and entries— definitely totally different riding styles. "But he kind of out-rode me on the last lap; that is what it comes down to. I hate getting second place honestly but he rode awesome. Going to go back and talk to Rick [Hobbs, his crew chief] and put my head down for the next race." Briefly... Josh Hayes was asked his thoughts on the future of Miller Motorsports Park. "It sounds like there's at least a glimmer of hope," Hayes said. "There are some interested parties in wanting to continue with this facility. It's hard to imagine that in 10 years a world-class facility like this would go away and not be able to be a part of our calendar. One of the three FIM approved racetracks that we have here in America. I don't think there is much of a better racetrack that we have. So I have high hopes that we'll be able to keep it on the calen- dar and somebody will step up and keep this place going." While Hayes went on to offer praise of the facility, he acknowledged its challenges as well. "I think the most difficult thing is they put a beautiful racetrack in the middle of nowhere with one city to pull from which makes it pretty dif- ficult," he said. "When they brought a World Championship here people would travel for that. So I think with- out having that draw here it's going to be hard. I think we can make it bet- ter, but I think it's still hard to draw people because it's an awful lot of travel if you come to see this race- track. But I don't see why it couldn't. They've got some great faculties. They have the big jumbotron screens around the whole racetrack. The viewing from the spectator point of view is fantastic here. You can see so much racetrack from the grand stands and some excitement in turn one and have a jumbotron across the way for you. I think it's an incredible venue." Braedon Ortt and Brandon Paas- ch have experience in other spec series overseas—Ortt with the Euro- you there," said Ortt when asked if it was his best ride of the year. "To be on the podium it's awesome, let alone being first place. It's an amazing feeling and it was an awesome race. There were so many people battling back and forth. Coming up on the last lap I knew that I had to be in first place because the finish line is so close to the last corner. I managed to line it up perfectly and tried to break the draft. It worked out really well for me." The KTM RC390 Cup's youngest podium to date—(Left to right) Brandon Paasch, Braedon Ortt and Anthony Mazziotto III. continued on next page

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