ROAD RACE
2017 MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING
ROUND 2 / APRIL 29-30, 2017
ROAD ATLANTA / ATLANTA, GEORGIA
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east with a win apiece, Beach only able
to take third on both occasions.
Gerloff needed a win to get his title
defense on track after being muscled
out of second place at COTA by Debise
at the final corner. But the champion is
nothing if not resilient, the Texan show-
ing his mettle by taking a thrilling victory
over Frenchman Debise in a restarted
race one by just 0.179 seconds.
"We had a really good bike today,"
Gerloff said of his Monster Energy/
Yamalube/Y.E.S./Graves' YZF-R6.
"We had some electrical problems to
get sorted out this morning, so that put
SUPERSPORT/
SUPERSTOCK 600
The MotoAmerica Supersport Cham-
pionship is, once again, distilling into
a three-way battle between Monster/
Yamalube/Y.E.S./Graves Yamaha se-
ries champion Garrett Gerloff and team-
mate JD Beach and Frenchman Valen-
tin Debise. The trio headed into round
two at Atlanta with Beach in charge of
the series after a commanding win in
the one-race meeting that was Circuit of
the Americas, but the former champion
would leave Atlanta third overall after
both Gerloff and Debise left the south-
(Above) Garrett
Gerloff knows
he's got it, and
crosses the line for
win number one
of 2017. (Right)
Valentin Debise
wouldn't be
denied in race two
and took a close
victory, his second
in MotoAmerica
Supersport.
