RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 54 ISSUE 22 JUNE 6, 2017 P113
"We've made a lot of big
changes here recently on
the bike and it seems like I've
always kind of struggled with
the Kawasaki at Road America,"
Blevins said. "It's a good bike,
but I've just struggled a little bit
with it and we made some big
changes coming into this week-
end. I was a little skeptical com-
ing into the weekend, but overall
the bikes working really good.
There are a few things I found
that I believe can make the bike
work even better and I'm just
really stoked to win these two
races this weekend."
finish third, the Frenchman some
17 seconds behind the battling
Yamahas at the front but 28 sec-
onds clear of the fight between
Solis and TSE Racing's Brandon
Paasch for fourth place. That
tussle ended up going to Solis
by less than a second.
Blevins finished fifth and with
that took his second straight
Superstock 600 victory. Blevins
was just ahead of Richardson,
on the Palmetto Motorsports
Team New Zealand Kawasaki.
Anthony Mazziotto III, Day-
tona Anderson and Andrew Lee
rounded out the top 10.
tin were going to be really fast
so I just tried to push from the
start, but I've learned from racing
dirt track and back home at the
house that you don't quit until
the checkered flag. I was having
some issues with the front end
and it was a little scary for sure,
but I knew where I was going to
have the issues at and tried to
make sure I had my knee down
and was off the front brake in
that spot. It's been a fun season
so far and we just need to keep
doing what we're doing."
Debise recovered from Sat-
urday's tire-choice debacle to
Bobby Fong was second in
Superstock 1000 both days.
