ROAD RACE
2017 MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING
ROUND 4 / JUNE 3-4, 2017
ROAD AMERICA / ELKHART LAKE, WISCONSIN
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really well and it was a really
good time."
Gavin Anthony ended up
second on the Anthony Racing
KTM, the 14-year-old earning
his first career MotoAmerica
podium. He barely beat Draik
Beauchamp and his Quarterley
Racing/On Track Development
KTM. Jake Leahey and Sergio
Rodriguez III rounded out the
top five.
On Sunday, Blackmon made
up for his mistakes on Saturday.
The 15-year-old rode to vic-
tory after a race-long duel with
KTM RC CUP
Saturday's KTM RC Cup ended
up as a runaway victory for
points leader Benjamin Smith,
though it didn't look like it. Smith
battled for nearly the duration
with Jackson Blackmon, but his
Quarterley Racing/On Track
Development teammate had
jumped the start and was later
penalized for speeding in pit
lane. Blackmon was penalized
and credited with ninth plac e.
Alex Dumas also jumped
the start and was penalized 20
seconds for failing to heed the
ride-through penalty. He ended
up 14th.
"I saw a couple laps into the
race that Jackson [Blackmon]
had a ride-through penalty, it
took a little bit for me to see it,
but on the pit board they put
that I was nine seconds ahead,
which is when I realized what his
penalty was and I was techni-
cally ahead of him," Smith said.
"Most of the race I just managed
out front and tried to control the
gap that Jackson Blackmon and
I had. It was a lot of fun riding
with him, we know each other
