ROAD RACE
ROUND 5 / JUNE 6, 2016
ELKHART LAKE, WISCONSIN / ROAD AMERICA
P92
KTM RC 390 Cup
The KTM RC 390 Cup was
normal action stations at Road
America, with the massive
straights on the lowest capac-
ity machines on the AMA grid
meaning slipstreaming was the
order of the weekend.
Race one went to AXcess
Racing's Brandon Paasch as
he came from 10th on the grid
to take a 0.034-second victory
over Mexico's Alejandro Guti-
errez. Paasch's rival Anthony
Mazziotto III was just .137 of a
second behind after leading
out of the final corner but got
passed by both Paasch and
Gutierrez at the finish line.
"I had a good start, I just
didn't know what to expect from
the track with all the condi-
tions," Paasch said. "I got off to
a slow start and picked it up to-
wards the end. I honestly didn't
think I was going to win when I
came out (of turn 14) in second.
He (Mazziotto) had a little bit of
a gap so I thought he was going
to get a good drive and beat us
to the line."
The second race on Sunday
saw a first time race winner
in Ashton Yates. The son of
famous father Aaron Yates had
been knocking on the door
of a win all season and finally
broke through in Wisconsin,
taking the victor y in a four-way
battle to beat Double B Rac-
ing's Jody Barr y by just 0.049
seconds. Brandon Paasch
was just 0.211 seconds from
victor y with his championship
rival Anthony Mazziotto finish-
ing fourth, 0.244 seconds
behind Yates.
"I didn't want to be the first
one coming out of the final cor-
ner because I knew I was going
to get used," Yates said. "I had
to think a little bit. I checked up
in Canada Corner a little bit and
in the final corner I checked up
a lot and let them both by. Then I
made my pass."
In the points, Paasch leads on
164 from Mazziotto on 157 while
Yates and Barry are tied for third
at 104. CN
MOTOAMERIC A AMA/FIM NOR TH AMERIC AN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
Is it just us or does
anyone else think
Ashton Yates' riding
style is an exact
replica of his dad's?
The youngster broke
through for his first
RC Cup win.
