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ROAD RACE ROUND 6 / JULY 7-9, 2017 MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA / MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA P84 2017 MOTOAMERICA ahead of Blackmon at 118 and Beauchamp sits third at 115. CN Superbike Race One 1. Toni Elias (Suz) 2. Roger Hayden (Suz) 3. Cameron Beaubier (Yam) 4. Mathew Scholtz (Yam) 5. Anthony West (Kaw) Race Two 1. Tony Elias (Suz 2. Roger Hayden (Suz) 3. Josh Herrin (Yam) 4. Josh Hayes (Yam) 5. Kyle Wyman (Yam) Supersport 1. Garrett Gerloff (Yam) 2. JD Beach (Yam) 3. Benny Solis (Hon) 4. Daytona Anderson (Yam) 5. Jason Aguilar (Yam) KTM RC Cup 1. Cory Ventura (KTM) 2. Alex Dumas (KTM) 3. Draik Beauchamp (KTM) 4. Gray Pham (KTM) 5. Gabe Hernandez (KTM) a top-five, easily," said Dumas. "Then I saw the Spanish guy (Perez) crash so I say, 'I need the second place here!' and I managed to hold on so I'm very happy." Beauchamp's tilt at sec- ond place on the podium was stopped by a strong pass by Du- mas at the Corkscrew, however the rider who sits in third in the series ended up satisfied with his result. "That was a really hard fought race," Beauchamp said. Be- ing a little behind the pace was challenging, I was trying to figure out what to expect and how I was going to make up time. Then some of my teammates got taken out and Corey gapped us so I couldn't hang with him, but Alex and I got into a good battle. Then Perez crashed and suddenly there were two podium spots on offer, so I tried to put in a good last lap but Dumas made a good pass at the top of the Corkscrew, props for that. We'll try to do better at the next round." In the RC Cup championship, Benjamin Smith leads with 147 Quarterly Racing/On Track Devel- opment's Draik Beauchamp. There was drama on the opening of 12 laps when Jack- son Blackmon lost the rear out of turn three, taking Benjamin Smith with him. With the top two in the championship gone, Ventura and Francesc Perez (M4 Roadracing World Wild Cards Team) battled for the rest of the race until Perez lost the front going into the Corkscrew. He would remount to finish 10th. "It was a great race," said Ven- tura. "I got a great start, some- thing I've been working a lot on lately, and tried to keep that momentum going. This is techni- cally my home race, it's the track I have the most experience on, and I had a lot of fun today." For Dumas, his third podium of the season in second place came after holding off a large train of riders that included Beauchamp, Team MotoTriad's Gary Pham and the second M4 Roadracing World Wild Cards Team machine of Gabe Hernan- dez in fifth place. "I saw Jackson and Benjamin crash, so I thought we could do the front. I was able to pick up my bike again and get going, but I only managed to do so much because my handle- bars were bent. So, now, we've got a break. I'm looking forward to going home and working on getting stronger." 85 JAKE LEWIS 3-DNF SUPERSTOCK 1000 "It was a pretty good weekend to start," said Jake Lewis, who's luck also took a turn for the worse on Sunday. "I got a terrible start in race one and was in 16th on the first lap, and got up to sixth overall and third in Superstock 1000. But I barely got third—we worked hard all race, but that first lap killed me. In race two, I was right behind Mathew for the win, just flowing it because I had a faster pace than him, and honestly I felt like I could have won pretty easy today, but then the engine blew seven laps in. So today was a real shit day, honestly."