VOL. 54 ISSUE 28 JULY 18, 2017 P27
Logan Lowery
was fourth
overall but took
the Pro 2-class
victory.
Tanner Whipple
was the top
A-class finisher
in sixth overall.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
JOHN
GASSO
Adam Bonneur (Suzuki/Fly Racing)
finished fourth in the Pro class and fifth
overall, followed by the KTM of hard charg-
ing A Class winner Tanner Whipple.
John Gasso
OVERALL
1. Mike Witkowski (KTM)
2. Chris Bach (KTM)
3. Cody Barnes (Yam)
4. Logan Lowrey (Beta) Pro 2
5. Adam Bonneur (Suz)
6. Tanner Whipple (KTM) A
7. Steve Leivan (KTM)
8. Brandon Farnum (Yam) Pro 2
9. Colten Zuidema (KTM) Pro 2
10. Tristin Melgoza (Yam) Pro 2
smart, strategic race and beat me straight
up. I think we both pushed the pace at
the end. I don't know if I want to go much
faster than that. It was a good day and a
great course, and it is super hot."
In the Pro 2 division, series points
leader Mark Heresco suffered a rare me-
chanical failure on the last lap, opening
the door for Logan Lowrey (Beta/O'Neal)
to lock in the win.
made a pass back."
The pair—Witkowski and Bach—poured on the speed
when they broke free of the pack, and continued to log
laps in the low 18-minute range, while their fastest com-
petitors hovered around the mid-19-minute mark. The
fastest lap of the race, an 18-minute, six-second run,
was logged by Witkowski on his final lap.
"It was actually a really fun course," said Witkowski.
"I was kind of surprised. A few years ago, I came here
and kind of got my butt handed to me. I definitely
figured it out today, and it was fun. It's actually super
exciting to win against good competition. It was a long
day, and Chris made it interesting."
Witkowski's teammate and unofficial RPM Racing
team mentor, Bach, was happy with his own race per-
formance, and more so with that of Witkowski's.
"I obviously would have liked to win," said Bach, "but,
from a team aspect, I am super happy with the way
Mike rode. He managed the race like a professional
today. It [race course] was really tight and didn't allow
for a lot of passing, so the racing was pretty tough. It
was fun again. If someone asked you to describe a Bill
Gusse course, today would have been it. It's hard to
come and find tracks like this anymore. It had the off-
cambers and stuff we don't see anymore."
Recapping his race day, Bach said, "I chased Mike
[Witkowski] around all day. I definitely feel like I was faster
than he was, but he had me covered and rode a very
