ROAD RACE
MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 2 / APRIL 17, 2016
ATLANTA, GEORGIA / ROAD ATLANTA
P62
best and he was there all the
time. We got lucky because the
Yamaha guys crashed and I'm
sorry because they had good
rhythm."
Third in race one went to Jake
Gagne on the Broaster Chicken/
Roadrace Factory Yamaha
YZF-R1 for his first Superbike
career podium, albeit a massive
25.201s behind race winner
Elias.
Claudio Corti (HSBK Aprilia
been struggling a lot all week-
end. I wasn't surprised when
Roger passed me. Today in
warm-up he was really fast.
He could stay with us for the
race and he showed me on the
second lap. After that I made a
mistake and I lose one second,
one second and a half, and in
two laps I could catch the group
again and that gave me a lot of
motivation. I could catch again,
especially the last section, but I
suffer all day. I try to keep calm
and try to not come too tired, I
have arm pump. Finally, I push
and where I want to pass Roger
every lap was yellow flags, yel-
low flags, yellow flags. I did my
was the only rider to dip into
the 1:24s, with his 1:24.844 on
the new Dunlop qualifying tire
putting put him 0.224s ahead of
Elias with Hayes completing the
front row.
Beaubier looked on course for
his first win of the season in race
one, leading a tight quartet of
Hayes and the Suzuki's of Elias
and Hayden but was punted into
the gravel by Graves teammate
Hayes on the 13th lap, leaving
Elias to take another thrilling
win by 0.343s over his hapless
teammate Hayden who took his
third second-place in a row.
"My plan was not this one,"
Elias said. "In turn one I had
Elias took his third straight win in
race one but crashed out of race
two, which was lucky for his rivals in
the title race. It remains to be seen if
Elias will ride the rest of the season,
but don't bet against it.
