CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 54 ISSUE 34 AUGUST 29, 2017 P85
his sixth victory of the season
in the Superstock 1000 class,
as he passed both of his rivals
Mathew Scholtz and Jake Lewis
on the final lap. Scholtz ended
up sixth on the Yamalube/
Westby Racing YZF-R1 with
finish he was just 4.8 seconds
off Beaubier and just a tick over
a second off Hayden and the
podium.
Fifth place went to Quicksil-
ver/Latus Motors Kawasaki's
Bobby Fong, and with it came
wouldn't relinquish as he put his
head down and gapped the two
chasing Suzukis, crossing the
line 1.4 seconds ahead of Elias.
"I got a good start and fol-
lowed Toni for the first few laps,"
said Hayden. "Cameron came by
me and those two up front had a
pretty good race going that set
me up to get back around Cam-
eron. With a couple of laps to
go Cameron got around us both
and had another gear."
Gagne was impressive in what
was by far his best Superbike
effort of the season in his first
year on the Honda. By the end
of the race he'd fought through
to fourth place and was nipping
on the heels of Hayden. At the
Bobby Fong (50) topped Saturday's Superstock 1000 class.
Cameron Beaubier
(1) leads Saturday's
Superbike class.
He went on to take
first place but saw
his three-race win
streak come to an
end Sunday.
