RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 54 ISSUE 17 MAY 2, 2017 P93
journalist Michael Gilbert (Team MG55
Yamaha).
Like Elias in Superbike, however, the
Sunday Supersport 600 race would
see a European on the top step of
the box, as Debise pulled a rabbit out
of his hat, beating Gerloff to the line
by 0.308 seconds with Beach 0.734
seconds behind in third.
The top three positively ran away
with the race. Brandon Paasch, in only
his third 600cc start was an excel-
lent fourth, but a massive 36 seconds
behind at the flag. Rounding out the
top five was Solis, 0.4 seconds off
Paasch.
"They were tight to me and I had a
plan, different than yesterday of course
us behind the eight ball a little bit. It was a little difficult to
keep up with Valentin in the first part of the race, but that
red flag allowed us to make some changes to our bike.
It was working a little bit better on the restart. Valentin is
definitely riding strong, but we definitely have a fast bike
that has a lot of strengths."
Beach led the re-started race early, but ran off the
track in the final corner early, dropping to 11th before
charging through to third, putting two Monster Energy/
Yamalube/Y.E.S./Graves Yamahas on the podium.
Team H35 Honda's Benny Solis was fourth with im-
pressive class rookie Brandon Paasch rounding out the
top five on his M4 The 22 Project Suzuki.
The Superstock 600 race saw the coming-of-age of
M4 medAge Suzuki's Nick McFadden. The 19-year-old
Kentucky rider rode a controlled race to finish just three
seconds off his Supersport-mounted
teammate Paasch, leading home the
Agullar Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 of Ja-
son Agullar and Sport Rider magazine
(Right) Nick
McFadden smoked
the competition in
Superstock 600.
