SUPERBIKE
MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 8 / AUGUST 7-9, 2015
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY/INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
P88
Josh [Day] and Shed [Sheridan
Morais] and all these guys were
really hauling, especially towards
the end. So I wanted to stay on
those guys and get that gap and
make it a little easier on me at
the end."
Josh Day and Taylor Knapp
major chatter. Up to that point,
he'd been battling with Hayes
and Lewis for third, but after the
tire issue he had to hold on and
watch his big lead over Josh
Day diminish to just over two
seconds by the end. In Sunday's
race two, Gagne said everyone
was bouncing off one another
in the early going and he was
caught up in the scuffle.
"I hung in with Lewis as long
as I could; he was riding re-
ally good," Gagne said. "I knew
Jake Gagne was the top
non-factory rider in the overall
results and won both legs of
the Superstock 1000 division.
It marked his 11th victory of
the season, and he now has a
glide path to the championship
with a 43-point advantage over
Taylor Knapp going into New
Jersey. Gagne had to over-
come problems in both races
to win. In race one the tires on
his RoadRace Factory Yamaha
spun on the rim and caused
Hayes (right) and Beaubier show
a bit of respect. The Yamaha duo
are the class of the field, with
Beaubier now sitting 18 points
clear at the top of the standings.
Superstocker Gagne
(32) got mixed in
with the Superbikes
of Hayes (1) and
Lewis, eventually
finishing fifth on
the road and first in
class.
