RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 54 ISSUE 16 APRIL 25, 2017 P79
Superbike guys puts a little bit
of pressure on myself for the
rest of the season, but I'm just
going to take it race-by-race and
do my best each time out. This
track suits my style, braking is
one of my strong points, I'm go-
ing to try and repeat my perfor-
mance tomorrow."
Fourth place ended up going
to Scholtz, the South African
ending up second in the Bazzaz
Superstock 1000 class.
Jake Gagne finished fifth
Mathew Scholtz on the Yama-
lube/Westby Racing Yamaha
YZF-R1. Scholtz was second in
the Bazzaz Superstock 1000
class. Fong also had the fast-
est lap of the race on lap three
and ended a Superbike podium
drought for Kawasaki that dates
back to 2008 and Jamie Hack-
ing.
"I was riding 110 percent in
order to keep pace with these
two guys [Elias and Hayden],"
said Fong. "Running with the
I'm happy to start the season off
with a podium on the new bike."
Third place went to the
impressive Bobby Fong on the
Quicksilver/Latus Motors Rac-
ing Kawasaki ZX-10R and it also
gave him the Bazzaz Super-
stock 1000 victory as Fong was
able to mix it up with the top
Superbike men for most of the
race. The Californian finally ran
out of grip and dropped to 10-
some seconds behind, but he
was well clear of fourth-placed
