ROAD RACE
ROUND 4 / JUNE 3-4, 2017
ROAD AMERICA / ELKHART LAKE, WISCONSIN
P116
2017 MOTOAMERICA
My Own Race:
85 JAKE LEWIS 1-3 SUPERSTOCK 1000
"It's an amazing feeling because it feels like I really earned this
one," Jake Lewis (Team Hammer/M4 Ecstar Suzuki) said of
his exciting win in race one. "I got a really good start, but that's
because I qualified so well. I tried to hang with the superbike
guys and pull a little gap on the guys behind me. They were inch-
ing back late, but I knew where they were the whole time. I just
played it smart and brought home a win for the team. When you
work that hard and don't give up, that's what happens. I want to
keep these wins coming."
4 JOSH HAYES DNF-4 SUPERBIKE
Monster Energy Yamaha's Josh Hayes talked about his crash
in the first race. "I went through a section of the track that was
shaded by trees, and I couldn't see that it was damp on the race
line till it was too late," he said. "It happened so fast that there
was nothing I could do. I'm beat up, and I feel like I was hit by a
bus. But I've got my trainer Riggs [Klicka] here with me, and we're
working on a plan. My intention is to ride tomorrow."
53 VALENTIN DEBISE 7-3 SUPERSPORT
"It was very important for me to finish that race," said Valetin
Debise (Team Hammer/M4 Ecstar Suzuki) on Sunday after
making amends for his seventh-place finish in Supersport on
Saturday. In that race, the team elected to go with dry tires in the
wet-to-dry race. By the time the track dried out, it was too late to
make up for lost ground. But on Sunday, he got on the podium.
"I felt I could stay with the front two but only by taking too many
risks with my bike. I figured it was better to slow down, finish the
race, and get the podium. We'll step things back up next race
and look to fight for more wins."
176 GAVIN ANTHONY 3-6 KTM CUP
"It feels awesome being up here with Benjamin [Smith] and Draik
[Beauchamp]," said runner-up Gavin Anthony after the first KTM
Cup race. "I got off to a good start by pulling the holeshot, but
ran a little wide going into turn three and got passed by Benjamin
and Jackson. The leaders got away from me a little bit, but I'm
super happy with second place. I didn't expect to be up here on
the podium this quickly, but I thought I could get up here by the
end of the season.
