ROAD RACE
MOTOAMERICA AMA FIM NORTH AMERICA ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 7/ AUGUST 12-13, 2017
SONOMA RACEWAY / SONOMA, CALIFORNIA
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tougher than yesterday," Beau-
bier said. "Yesterday when Josh
[Herrin] and Roger went down I
think that made the race. It made
the race a little easier midway.
When I went to settle down I had
about a 4.3-second gap and I
started calming down a little bit
to not make any big mistakes. I
didn't want to go throw it down
the road and then Toni shrunk the
gap, so I just kept my head down,
kept pushing the whole way and
tried to keep that gap the same.
We were able to hold on."
"I'm just really happy with
how the whole weekend went,"
Beaubier added. "We made a
few changes here and there to
get a bit more comfortable, but I
Lewis enjoyed his best race
of the season but struggled with
lapped traffic, which allowed
Elias and Hayes to get around
him. Still, he was happy with
fourth and the Bazzaz Super-
stock 1000-class win.
"That was the plan after
about halfway through the race
[to get on the Superbike podi-
um]," Lewis said. "I got a good
start because of my qualifying.
I saw Roger [Hayden] and Josh
[Herrin] crash at the beginning
and I was kind of stuck behind
Matthew [Scholtz] and saw
Bobby [Fong] getting away so
I knew I had to go because for
me and Bobby we both have
to win for the championship.
Once I caught up to him he
crashed in the carousel so I just
decided to keep pushing. Josh
[Hayes] passed me late in the
race but at that point I decided
to play it safe and win the Su-
perstock race, not pitch it down
the road."
Fifth in the race went to
Superstock 1000 points leader
Mathew Scholtz (Yamalube
Westby Racing Yamaha), while
sixth went to Sylvain Barrier
(Brixx Performance BMW).
SUNDAY
Beaubier again dominated on
Sunday, taking the checkered
flag 7.2 seconds ahead of Elias.
"Today's race was quite a bit
Garrett Gerloff (1) pulled
away from JD Beach in
both Supersport races.
