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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get into the top five by the end
of the first lap and slowly picked
guys off."
Beach turned the tables on
his teammate Gerloff in Sunday's
race two, the Kentucky resident
beating Gerloff after losing out to
the Texan the day before.
Gerloff still leads the champi-
onship standings by four points
over Beach, 151-147.
"I want to win every race that
I start, but this weekend with
everything going on and wearing
Nicky's [Hayden] helmet I really
wanted to go out and get a win,"
Beach said. "Garrett and Valen-
ther scored championship points.
Gilbert now leads Jason
Aguilar by just four points with
McFadden nine points behind.
Aguilar finished fourth in the
Superstock 600 class.
"It was a very difficult race,
I wanted to be on a DOT in
these conditions, but I think we
made the right choice," Blevins
said. "Starting from the sixth
row made it tough, but I was
able to fight and make it work
in the end. It was slippery and
everything out there, but overall
it turned out well. I made a lot
of moves early and was able to
and JC Camacho giving chase.
Camacho would end up third in
the Superstock 600 class.
M4 Ecstar Suzuki's Valentin
Debise, who sits fourth in the
Superstock title chase, ended
up 14th after making a bad tire
choice and opting for slicks,
front and rear.
It wasn't a good day for Super-
stock 600 points leader Michael
Gilbert or his rival in the series,
Nick McFadden. McFadden
suffered a broken collarbone in
a crash on Saturday morning in
qualifying and Gilbert crashed out
of the race on the first lap so nei-
Conner Blevins won both Superstock 600 races.
