CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 52 ISSUE 37 SEPTEMBER 15, 2015 P59
Briefly...
rare riders to earn an AMA National
road race podium finish after their fa-
ther had done so. Petersen's runner-
up result in Saturday's Supersport
race was his first career podium. His
father Robbie Petersen scored podi-
ums in AMA 250 Grand Prix compe-
tition in 1989.
Wyman and Mach 1 Motorsports'
Wyatt Farris to win his first race of the
season. Ironically, those three had all
crashed out of Saturday's race.
"This track has definitely had its
ups and downs for me," Prince said.
"It's been very nice to me and very
unforgiving at the same time. We went
out there this morning and we had the
pace. In the race I felt I had the pace
to get out and break away. Once I got
past him [Wyman] I put my
head down, turned some 24s
and set a gap."
When all was said and
done, Wyman narrowly missed
out on finishing second in the
championship [Joe Roberts
wrapped up the title at Laguna
Seca] by just three points to
Richie Escalante, who was a non-
starter in Sunday's race.
Former Red Bull Rookie rider Bryce
Prince (74) scored his first Superstock
600 victory on Sunday.
said. "It's like one of my favorite
places to come. It really suits my
style—it's fast and flowy. I really
wasn't looking forward to riding
in the rain because riding here
last year in these conditions it
was definitely a little sketchy.
I came into the race knowing
how the track was going to be.
It seems like every track I come
to now I just do way better and
have a better feeling with this
bike. When I saw my pit board
and saw 10 seconds [his lead] I
was a little surprised to see that
big of a gap. The last few laps I
Rain wreaked havoc on Saturday's
race, but rookie Cameron Petersen
(45) bested his teammate Tomas
Puerta (12) to take second, his first
podium in the championship.
