CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 54 ISSUE 37 SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 P63
ing practice on Friday, with his crew pulling an
all-nighter to get the machine ready in time.
Not far behind Eslick came Cycle World Su-
zuki's Hayden Gillim with Gillim winning the Su-
zuki battle with fellow Kentuckian Jake Lewis on
the M4 Ecstar Suzuki. Team WD-40/Scheibe
Racing's Jason DiSalvo, Hudson Motorcycles/
Helmet Sounds' Bryce Prince and Quicksilver
Latus Motors Kawasaki's Bobby Fong rounded
out the top 10.
"I was able to hang on to the Superbike guys
for about 10 laps today, but maybe I can im-
prove my consistency some towards the end of
the race," Scholtz said. "Bobby (Fong) showed
it's possible to get on the podium with the Su-
perbike guys earlier in the season and I'm just
really happy to be up here."
Fourth went to Genuine Broaster Chicken
Honda rider, Jake Gagne, a day after destroy-
ing his Honda CBR1000RR SP2 in a crash dur-
(Left) Roger Hayden (95)
and Josh Herrin (2) were
on the gas in race one.
(Below) The second start
of race two and you can
see just how bad the
conditions were.
