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Cycle News Issue 18 May 8

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ROAD RACE ROUND 3 / MAY 4-6, 2018 VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY / ALTON, VIRGINIA P112 MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP Xavier Zayat and the RBoM Rac- ing Suzuki, as he took pole and cleared off to a 7.615-second vic- tory over round one winner Chris Parrish (Ghetto Customs Suzuki) and Curtis Murray (RBoM 180 Racing Suzuki). "Practice and qualifying was my first time on the bike, first time racing in this new series," the 19-year-old Zayat said. "We ran into a couple of tire issues. We ran the same front tire all weekend and it didn't give us any grief. It gave us a little grief in the race, so we should have "This is a memorable weekend for me," Wyman said. "I've never actually led every session and I got the holeshot for once, which I've been kind of struggling with my starts." In the championship, Wyman leads on a perfect 50 points from Lee's 40, Timothy Bemis- derfer third on 26, Stephen Incledon on 19 and Smathers fifth on 16. Twins The second round of the Twins championship was all about Stock 1000 The single race for Stock 1000 was a watershed for Travis Wyman as he continued his steamrolling of the opposition on the Weir Everywhere Racing BMW. Younger brother to KWR Superbike star Kyle, Travis took pole by 0.9 seconds and cleared off to record a 9.7-second victory over Andrew Lee (Riderslaw Rac- ing Kawasaki), runner-up for the second race in a row. He held off Samuel Smathers (Superbike Unlimited Kawasaki) by 0.145 of a second. Travis Wyman (24) made light work of the Stock 1000 race.

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