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Cycle News 2016 Issue 19 May 17

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ROAD RACE ROUND 4 / MAY 15, 2016 ALTON, VIRGINIA / VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY P60 MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP Supersport Race One 1. Garrett Gerloff (Yam) 2. Cameron Petersen (Suz) 3. Joe Roberts (Yam) 4. Michael Gilbert (Yam) 5. Benny Solis Jr (Hon) 6. Travis Wyman (Yam) 7. Bryce Prince (Yam) 8. Deion Campbell (Yam) 9. Valentin Debise (Suz) 10. Nick McFadden (Yam) Supersport Race Two 1. Garrett Gerloff (Yam) 2. Valentin Debise (Suz) 3. JD Beach (Yam) 4. Cameron Petersen (Suz) 5. Benny Solis Jr (Hon) 6. Joe Roberts (Yam) 7. Bryce Prince (Yam) 8. Richie Escalante (Yam) 9. Jason Aguilar (Yam) 10. Dakota Mamola (Yam) get around him. I had no idea who won until I saw the second monitor on the track. So until about turn seven, I was thinking that I was second or maybe first. It was exciting and a fun race." In the title standings, Gerloff holds sway over Debise, 145 to 114 with Beach third on 111. The second Superstock 600 victory went to Bryce Prince on the Discount/Tuned Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 by just 0.006 seconds from HB Racing/Meen Motorsports' Richie Escalante who was having his first ride back from injury in four races. Third went to Prince's team- mate Jason Aguilar with Dakota Mamola fourth. After six races and three rounds, Prince leads Mamola by 33 points, 122-89. Travis Wyman, sixth today, is third with 78 points. pass]—seven, 14 and one," Gerl- off said. "That was the hard part about leading the race. I had my pitboard saying plus-0 every lap, but I had no idea what was going on behind me—who it was and how many. The last lap I was trying to make it my best and the first half felt good and I was thinking I had a little bit more than anybody else, but Valentin came right under the inside of me in 14 and I don't know what I was thinking at that point. It was like, 'Okay, here we go.' I didn't want to risk my drive onto the front straightaway so I sat behind him and tried to square up that last corner as best I could and not spin up at all. I was able to get on his rear wheel on the straightaway—fifth, sixth gear the bike caught the draft and I was able to get on the edge of the tire and keep the rpms up and Bryce Prince (74), Escalante and Xavier Zayat (34) in all out warfare.

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