ROAD RACE
MOTOAMERICA AMA FIM NORTH AMERICA ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 10 / SEPTEMBER 15-17, 2017
BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK / LEEDS, ALABAMA
P62
with the Airfence catching fire.
"It's a little difficult to stay focused when we have multiple
restarts like we did today," said Hayden. "After the first red flag,
it seemed like the tires took a drop, which they seemed to do
after each restart. There were a few wet spots and it's always
difficult to be the guy in the lead pushing the pace when it gets
like that."
Herrin took his second podium of the season after race two
at Laguna Seca and his first for the team he won the 2013 AMA
Superbike Championship with. Filling in for the injured Cameron
Beaubier, Herrin was on his game in race one, pushing hard for
the lead as he nearly threw the bike at the wall with two laps to
go in his eventual charge to second place.
"I was able to get a decent jump on the third start and drove
around the outside of Toni and was able to open a little bit of a
gap on him," Herrin said. "Roger pulled out on us with five laps
to go and then I had a surge and was able to reel him back in. I
had a big moment in the final laps by tucking the front and was
really lucky to save that from a crash."
Scholtz showed his style by claiming the third step on the
podium and the Superstock 1000 class win, a sign of things to
come after 2017 MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Toni Elias
(Yoshimura Suzuki) crashed out with four laps to go.
