ROAD RACE
MOTOAMERICA AMA FIM NORTH AMERICA ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 7/ AUGUST 12-13, 2017
SONOMA RACEWAY / SONOMA, CALIFORNIA
P112
was like 'see you' and was very
far (away)! I saw a lot of mistakes
and crashes so I just tried to
stay calm and make my rhythm.
Everyone was pretty aggressive
and I didn't want to make a mis-
take so when everything started
to clear up I was able to find my
rhythm again. I honestly felt so
good during the race. Then it
was just a question of time and
luck. I knew I could arrive on
the podium but I didn't expect
to be second. We are in a good
position for a championship but I
don't think about that. Tomorrow
we have another race."
Beaubier's teammate Josh
Hayes rounded out the podium
but that wouldn't have had hap-
pened had it not been for a last-
lap pass on Lewis.
"The start was a little frantic
but okay," Hayes said. "As things
started to spread out I was able
to take advantage of Toni, jump
in there with him and just try to
focus on moving forward. A few
people made some mistakes
that helped me out a little bit. As
the race wore on I was able to
make some more passes but I
made a mistake and it cost me a
little bit of time. It wouldn't have
been so bad but we immediately
caught a large group of traf-
fic that hurt me. Towards the
end I got a good run off of turn
one and was able pass [Lewis]
heading into turn two, so third is
what I got today. We learned a
few things during the race and
hopefully we can improve a little
bit tomorrow."
Jake Lewis got the weekend
started with a win in Saturday's
Superstock 1000 class.
