RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 54 ISSUE 22 JUNE 6, 2017 P109
into Utah. I need to work on
and improve my starts, there's
no reason to put myself in the
middle of the pack like I have
been doing and play catch up
the rest of the race. I need to
speed my race craft up at the
beginning of the race, because
anything can happen as you
saw today. Overall, I'm happy
to be back on the podium and
I was able to get some decent
points today. I feel good go-
ing into Utah, I really enjoy that
track and my Yamaha R1 works
great there."
With his second Superstock
1000 win of the season, Lewis
topped Fong by a tick over half
a second. Scholtz was right
on Fong at the line, finishing
seventh overall and third in the
Superstock 1000 class.
Gagne, Eslick and Prince
rounded out the top 10.
Fong now leads the Super-
stock 1000 championship by 13
than yesterday. Toni got by me
and was running a good pace
and we went back and forth a
couple of times. I tried to race
him as hard as I could and when
there was a hole to pass I tried
to make it happen. Sometimes
the red flags help you and some-
times they can hurt you, it's part
of it and it was still a good race
to finish second and leave here
with good points. I love Utah, it's
a good track for me, while this
track has been one of my worst
and I'm happy to leave here with
a podium."
Beaubier was in the same
boat, though he said he was hav-
ing some front-end issues that he
didn't have in yesterday's victory.
"I was pretty bummed out
that our race got called after
the red flag," Beaubier said.
"Obviously our race only had
like two laps left, but it was
just kind of a bummer and I got
some stuff to work on heading
ine Broaster Chicken Honda
Superbike to eighth with Cycle
World Suzuki's Hayden Gillim
and Helmet Sounds/Western
Services/Meen Motorsports'
Bryce Prince rounding out the
top 10. The latter two were third
and fourth in the Superstock
1000 class, respectively.
Hayden was relatively pleased
with his second-place finish to
Elias, though like the other two in
the top three he was left wonder-
ing what could have been had
the race run the full distance.
"It would have been nice if
the race went the distance or
was event one lap shorter to
benefit me," Hayden said. "The
team made a lot of changes to
my bike from yesterday and I
felt quite a bit stronger today
in some of the areas that were
my weakness yesterday. I got a
good start and just put my head
down and tried to be fast right
away, which was a little bit faster
Garrett Gerloff
(1) battled his
teammate JD
Beach (95) in
Supersport and
came away with
the win Saturday.
