ROAD RACE
MOTOAMERICA AMA FIM NORTH AMERICA ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 8 / AUGUST 27, 2017
PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL RACE COMPLEX / PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
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on May 12.
"I had a lot of motivation today
since Cameron has been putting
it to us the last couple of races,"
said Hayden. "I was able to get
a good jump on the restart and
just put my head down. I really
wanted a win bad and this was
one of the toughest weekends
for me since my brother's ac-
cident happened while I was
testing here a few months back.
I had a lot on my mind, but we're
professionals and there was no
way that I was going to let the
win slip away at the end today."
Hayden's margin of victory at
the end of six laps was 0.263
of a second over his teammate
Elias.
learned of Nicky Hayden's tragic
bicycle accident in Italy, an
accident that took his life a few
days later. Hayden, however, put
that behind him, taking his sec-
ond Motul Superbike win of the
season and the most emotional
of his long career—a victory he
dedicated to his late brother and
his grieving family.
Hayden had to win not once,
but twice as the race was red-
flagged while he was leading
by over two seconds on the 11th
lap. But there was no stopping
him on this day as he went out
and won the second part of the
race as well, a six-lap sprint for
his first win since race one at
Virginia International Raceway
Lewis seventh on the M4 Ecstar
Suzuki.
Monster Energy/Yamalube/
Yamaha Factory Racing's Josh
Hayes finished eighth in what
was his 300th AMA start across
all classes. TOBC Racing's
Danny Eslick battled back from
an off-track excursion to finish
ninth with Australian Anthony
West 10th on the Fly Street/
Motul Oils/ADR Motorsports
Kawasaki.
SUNDAY
Until Sunday, Hayden didn't have
fond memories of Pittsburgh
International Race Complex. It
was here, during the test on May
17-18, that the Hayden family
Mathew Scholtz (11) turned the
tables on Fong in race two.
