RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 54 ISSUE 17 MAY 2, 2017 P95
is a really solid start. The condi-
tions before the race made me
rethink my strategy from trying to
break away to just battling in the
pack. I basically did the same
thing as yesterday, and on the
last couple laps I put my head
down to see if I could break the
draft down the back straightaway
so when I got to the final couple
corners I could just hold on. It
worked out." CN
in race one with Alex Dumas on
the JP43 Junior Team third in his
MotoAmerica debut.
Smith backed up his stellar
performance with a race two
victory, defeating Beauchamp by
1.039 seconds with Tyler Wissel
(Wissel Racing) just behind in
third.
"I couldn't imagine the season
starting any better," Smith said.
"To come away with 50 points
KTM RC CUP
Road Atlanta gave the KTM RC
Cup kids their first hit out of
2017, and we had an all new win-
ner with Quarterley Racing/On
Track Development's Benjamin
Smith taking both wins by over a
second each time, which is light
years in KTM RC Cup competi-
tion.
Smith pulled away to defeat
his teammate Draik Beauchamp
Winner Smith
leads Beauchamp
(77), Wissel (200)
and Dumas (690)
in race two.
