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ROAD RACE 2017 MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING ROUND 3 / MAY 12-13, 2017 VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY / ALTON, VIRGINIA P82 with second today and to get good points after yesterday was a sad day for me, with the acci- dent between Josh [Herrin] and I. Today I must go like this [tip of the cap] to Josh [Hayes], what he did was incredible." Fong didn't stop believ- ing and, once again, came up trumps in race two on the Quicksilver Latus Motors Kawa- saki for his second double win in Superstock 1000 in three races. He headed home Wyman and Roger Hayden, who was in the fight for the podium before run- ning off the track on the final lap. "The pace was definitely a little bit faster at the beginning of the race today," Fong said. "I feel like I could have stayed with the Suzuki boys (Elias and Hayden) a little bit longer in the middle of the race, but my tire ending up spinning on the rim 180 degrees and I started getting this huge vibration, but I accomplished my goal in the Superstock class." Elias, who failed to score points on Saturday after crash- ing, still leads the championship points chase with 115 points, 10 more than Beaubier and 11 more than Hayden. Hayes jumps to fourth with 69 points, four more than Fong, who leads the Baz- zaz Superstock 1000 Champion- ship standings by 15 points over Scholtz. win at least one of these races," Beaubier said. "To make the mistake once yesterday is one thing, but to do it twice is dumb and pretty frustrating. I tried to tuck in behind Toni on the last lap and draft him in hopes of making something happen, but I just wasn't close enough to make a move." Elias was elated with second place, labeling it as good as a win as he managed to hang onto his championship lead, now 10 points clear of Beaubier. "It was really hot and a physi- cal day, not necessarily more than others, but when you're not 100 percent comfortable with the bike it's easy to experi- ence strange problems like arm pump," Elias said. "I'm happy U.S., as he stretched a winning margin of 4.4 seconds clear of second placed Elias. "About a half hour before the race I didn't feel comfortable, however, I just kept telling myself positive things and that I needed to be relentless by making everyone ride the pace that I'm capable of," Hayes said. Hayes was helped out in his quest for victory after Beau- bier again ran off track on lap seven. Understandably mad at his mistake, Beaubier rejoined in seventh place and eventually worked his way up to third at the flag to minimize the champion- ship damage. "I'm pretty disappointed in myself, I felt like I was riding well all weekend and had the pace to America's first Superbike racing couple—Josh Hayes and wife Melissa Paris—embrace after Hayes' dominant race-two win.