CHAMPIONSHIP
Briefly...
The M4 Suzuki squad hosted former
Norwegian road racing champion
Caroline Olsen in her return to rac-
ing in America. Olsen turned in a
solid ride, taking sixth in Sunday's
Superstock 600 final on her Loxy
M4 Suzuki GSX-R600.
Melissa Paris suffered a massive
high side crash early in Saturday's
Supersport race, but still man-
aged to remount and carry on to a
12th place finish. Sunday's rematch
would be no easier, as she was still
very much suffering from the effects
of Saturday's big fall. However, she
overcame the pain to fight her way
to an 11th place result in the end.
Following the season finale, Paris
said, "It was a bumpy weekend. Fri-
day morning, I started out with a silly
crash in practice, my first of the year,
and it made for a lot of work for my
mechanic. I was mad at myself, but
I went faster than I had ever gone at
New Jersey in first qualifying. Satur-
day, I improved quite a bit in the first
session and then it started raining.
On the third lap of the race, I had the
biggest high side of my life. I picked
it up and tried to finish and I did. I
was sore on Sunday and I think I
had sprained my ankle. It was hard
to shift gears and I had basically no
mobility. My mechanic did a great
job to make the bike easier for me
to ride. I felt the last thing I wanted
to do was not finish the race after my
supporters with the Dark Horse Pros
campaign had helped me keep rac-
ing. I wanted to give it 100 percent. I
actually managed to enjoy myself to
get in a battle with someone and end
the year on a good note."
Cameron Petersen became one of
newly-crowned Superstock 600
champ Joe Roberts stepped
up to the Supersport class, but
after finishing sixth at Austin
and fourth at Indy, this weekend
Roberts suddenly had class-
leading speed. The 18-year-old
Californian won his first-ever
Supersport race in race one,
completely dominating the race
that was held in a rainstorm.
Roberts led by as much as 17
seconds before slowing in the
closing laps to win by an even-
tual 6.3 seconds in what was
his third Supersport race after
wrapping up the Superstock
600 Championship at Mazda
Raceway Laguna Seca in July.
"I love this track," Roberts
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STREETS
Teammates
Joe Roberts
(27) and Josh
Herrin (2) split
Supersport
wins at the
MotoAmerica
season finale.
