CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 54 ISSUE 34 AUGUST 29, 2017 P89
My Own Race:
83 VALENTIN DEBISE 2-2 SUPERSPORT
"It's funny because I think that's the first time since I've been in MotoAmeri-
ca that I actually got a good start," said Valentin Debise (M4 Ecstar Suzuki/
Team Hammer) after his second-place finish Saturday. "I was leading the
race until I made a huge mistake into the second corner. It was all my fault—I
got into the wrong gear and went sideways and I couldn't stop it. After that,
I knew I had to put my head down and keep going because my pace was
good. I tried to focus on my lines and my cornering. I just stayed consistent
and conserved my tires. I caught back up to the riders battling for second. I
waited one lap behind them to slow down and rest a little bit, and then I took
second place from that."
4 JOSH HAYES 8-3 SUPERBIKE
"Today was a better day, I got off of the line well," said Hayes. "I
tried to be more patient with my passes and made some pretty good
moves early on. There was some good racing going on and Roger
(Hayden) kind of broke away from us all early. It was unfortunate the
red flag came out and we had the restart. I was nervous about the
restart, but managed to get another good jump. I'm just happy to
finish ahead of the Superstock guys, who are going really fast at the
moment."
16 NICK MCFADDEN 2-4 SUPERSTOCK 600
"The race went pretty well for us," said Nick McFadden said after taking second Saturday.
"It's been a tricky weekend deciding which tire to race on. We had a good setup for the
hard rear, which we ran in the race. We put in consistent laps the whole time and stayed
up front. After getting into second and opening an advantage on third, we just managed
the gap at the end. We'll get things dialed in tomorrow, make the bike a little better, and
try to move up one spot on the box."
85 JAKE LEWIS
3-3 SUPERSTOCK 1000
"It was a good race," said Jake Lewis after
finishing third Saturday. "I got a good start
and was right there with the three Super-
bikes. Eight laps in, I was just sitting there
and the bike felt good. But over the second half of the race, I started
struggling a lot. The track tears up tires pretty good, and unfortunately I
think it affected my bike more than the others. I led it until the last lap. I
got passed going into the chicane and tried to get back by, coming out
of the last corner. We [Lewis and Fong] were side-by-side coming down
the straightaway, but
he had the inside line. I had to get off the throttle because I was
about to hit him, and that allowed another rider [Scholtz] by as well,
pushing me down to third in the end."
11 MATHEW SCHOLTZ 2-1 SUPERSTOCK 1000
"I was just barely holding onto the Superbike pack today," said
Mathew Scholtz after his win in the Superstock 1000 class Sunday.
"It took everything I had, which helped me pull away and gap the
Superstock guys. I didn't want to let the guys up front get away and
was on the absolute edge."
