CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 54 ISSUE 32 AUGUST 15, 2017 P111
"Overall, it's been a good
weekend so far," Beaubier
said. "As soon as we rolled
the bike off the truck on
Friday I felt comfortable on
the thing. We made a couple
changes here and there but
we put ourselves in a good
position after superpole and
I just tried to nail my start. I
knew I was first going into the
second corner, but I didn't ex-
pect to see a one-second gap
coming into the second lap.
I just put my head down after
that. From what Toni (Elias)
said it was pretty crazy on
that first lap so I think I got a
little relief from that. I'm super
happy with how today went
and I know tomorrow is going
to be a little tougher."
Elias didn't get the start that
he was hoping for and found
himself buried in the field.
While Beaubier ran up front,
Elias fought just to get into
second, which he finally did
after passing Jake Lewis (M4
Ecstar Suzuki) late in the race,
but by that time he had no
chance of catching Beaubier.
"I felt very comfortable dur-
ing the weekend," Elias said.
"The bike is working good.
The pace is good. Cameron is
another step this weekend. Of
course my goal was to have
a good start and then try to
win, but I saw in the second
corner that was impossible
because everyone was so
aggressive trying to pass. In
five or six corners Cameron
Despite getting second, it was a great
weekend for Toni Elias (24) who was still
able to pad his points lead even more.
