ROAD RACE
ROUND 8 / JULY 10, 2016
LAGUNA SECA / MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA
P86
MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
KTM RC CUP
The only race for the KTM RC
Cup was chaos as usual, with
Ashton Yates coming out the
surprise victor at the line after
Anthony Mazziotto III ran onto the
dirt at the final corner while lead-
ing the race. Mazziotto went on to
cross the line in what he thought
was a disgusted third place.
Yates, Brandon Paasch and
Mazziotto went at each other
like they had all season long
at Laguna and it was anyone's
guess as to who would take the
win. For a while it looked to be
Paasch until he spun up exit-
ing turn 10, then Mazziotto ran
wide at turn 11, with a drag race
ensuing between Paasch and
Yates for the win that went to the
Georgian by just 0.46 seconds.
"On that last lap, third wasn't
where I wanted to be but I made
it happen," Yates said. "Brandon
(Paasch) and Anthony (Mazzi-
otto) made a mistake and I was
able to clean it up and take the
win. The rest of the race I was
hoping to be able to pull away,
but they were behind me the
whole time. I'm happy to get this
win. It feels good."
In the title chase, Paasch
is still in the driver's seat with
266 to Mazziotto 247. Yates is
assured third in the title with 210
points. CN
KTM RC CUP
1. Ashton Yates (KTM)
2. Brandon Paasch (KTM)
3. Anthony Mazziotto III (KTM)
4. Alejandro Gutierrez (KTM)
5. Josh Serne (KTM)
The drag to the line saw Ashton
Yates (120) barely eek out an
unlikely victory in the RC Cup.
The drag to the line saw Ashton
Yates (120) barely eek out an
unlikely victory in the RC Cup.
