ROAD RACE
MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 3 / MAY 4-6, 2018
VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY / ALTON, VIRGINIA
P110
YCRS/Mazziotto Racing's An-
thony Mazziotto III separated by
just one second at the flag.
"I want to go faster than we did
last year at all the tracks. I want a
superbike ride bad," said Beach
of his one-man race. "I'm mad at
myself that I messed up last year
and didn't get that ride that my
teammate (Garrett Gerloff) got.
But that's the past, and I'm just
working towards the future."
The title chase sees Beach
atop the standings on 95 points
from Gillim (65), West with 53,
Ortt fourth on 42 and McFadden
fifth with 39.
Yamaha rider Richie Escalante
the best of the rest in third from
veteran Cory West (M4 Ecstar
Suzuki) who is still filling in for the
injured Valentin Debise in fourth,
and Braeden Ortt (Tuned Racing
Yamaha) in fifth.
Race two was even better
for the diminutive Beach, who
cleared off to 28 seconds—yes,
28 seconds—after Gillim crashed
out midrace.
At least the battle for the minor
places was intense, with eventual
second-placed Ortt, third-placed
West, M4 medAge Suzuki's
Nick McFadden, Escalante and
Alex Dumas (23) won
both races despite
losing 1000 rpm in
performance under the
parity rulings.
Liqui Moly Junior Cup
The Liqui Moly Junior Cup is
starting to get an orange over-
tone as Alex Dumas and his KTM
Orange Brigade/JP43 Training
KTM RC 390 made light work
of the pack, taking pole posi-
tion and clearing off to a double
victory in Virginia to open up a
22-point lead at the top of the
standings.
The second round of the
series also saw the first parity
measures taken by MotoAmerica
to level out the three motorcycles
of KTM's RC 390, Kawasaki's
Ninja 400 and Yamaha's YZF-
