AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 52 ISSUE 37 SEPTEMBER 15, 2015 P49
sixth overall, but it was okay for
him because the next Superbike
in line was Chris Ulrich, who was
running ninth overall, but fourth
Superbike. So in other words Ul-
rich would be the only rider who
could theoretically jeopardize
Beaubier's chances. Still any-
thing could happen and tension
was high in the Beaubier camp
until the checkered flag.
Hayes led and Beaubier began
falling back outside of the top
three overall. The concern was
for naught however, since they
were forgetting that Beaubier
needed only to finish third in Su-
perbike. The Superstock 1000
riders passing him didn't matter
to his series points.
Beaubier was playing it very
safe and dropped from third to
than not get this win," Hayes
said afterwards.
PLAYING IT SAFE
After finishing second to Hayes
in race one, Beaubier was 13
points up and only needed to
finish on the Superbike podium
to secure the title. At first there
was some confusion among the
announcers at the track when
MCALLISTER SCORES
KTM RC CUP TITLE
The KTM RC 390 Cup Champi-
onship was decided on Saturday at
New Jersey Motorsports Park with
Gage McAllister nailing down the
title by winning the race. McAllister
was in a battle for the duration,
however, though that tussle ended
up whittling down to two riders by
the end of the race. At that point it
was McAllister vs. Anthony Mazzi-
otto III, with McAllister drafting past
for the lead at the finish line to take
the victory by just .079 of a sec-
ond. With McAllister's closest rival,
the injured rival Braeden Ortt only
able to finish sixth, the title was his
with just Sunday's race remaining
in the series.
"Going into the race, I knew
that all I really had to do was finish
ahead of Braeden Ortt and keep
myself up on two wheels," McAllis-
ter said. "So going in I really wasn't
anticipating going for the win, but
after the first lap I found myself in
the lead, and from that point on I
just tried to make sure I stayed up
front, and until the last couple of
laps I seemed to be able to stay
in the lead. I knew if I could get
a good drive and give myself just
enough space that I could creep
up on him and get a good drive on
to the straightaway, I could draft by
him. That was the plan and I made it
work."
Local fans were happy when
New Jersey rider Anthony Mazziotto
III made up for Saturday's close loss
by turning the tables on McAllister
to win Sunday's race. Mazziotto and
his Jimmy Winters Motorsports-
backed RC 390 beat McAllister
to the finish line by just .029 of a
second.
Gage McAllister took home the
number one plate in the KTM
RC390 Cup.
