CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 55 ISSUE 25 JUNE 26, 2018 P83
TWINS CUP
There was one Twins Cup race
on the docket and polesitter
Jason Madama made the most
of it as he won the pole on his
Altus Motorsports Yamaha FZ-
07/MT-07, pulled the holeshot at
the start, and ran a flawless race
to take the checkers by nearly
nine seconds over second-place
finisher and current points leader
Chris Parrish, the Tennessee
rider aboard his Ghetto Customs
Suzuki SV650.
Third place went to Twins Cup
series newcomer Cody Newman,
who put GERT Racing Yamaha
FZ-07/MT-07 on the podium in his
very first race in the class. Par-
rish, who is four-for-four in podium
finishes this season, continues to
lead the championship but by just
two points over Madama.
a five-lap sprint to the checkered
flag decided the winner.
Points leader Alex Dumas rode
his KTM to his fifth victory this
season. Sean Ungvarsky, who
had a tough qualifying session
earlier on Sunday morning and
lined up 12th on the starting grid,
kept his KTM RC 390 R upright
and took advantage of the attri-
tion to notch his fifth podium of
the season. Quarterley Racing/
On Track Development's Dal-
las Daniels finished third on his
Kawasaki Ninja 400 for his first
podium result this year.
Polesitter Ashton Yates, who
crashed in qualifying but still
started first on the grid, crashed
again in the first lap of the re-
started race, and he was unable
to finish aboard his Yates Racing
Kawasaki Ninja 400.
Debise. Meanwhile, Hayden Gil-
lim sparred aboard his Rickdicu-
lous Racing Yamaha R6 with TSE
Racing Yamaha rider Cory West.
Beach got the holeshot in the
race, but he could not shake
Debise. In fact, the Frenchman
managed to pass Beach, but
it was short-lived as Beach got
back past Debise and stayed
there all the way to the check-
ers to take the win, his fifth of
the season, with Debise coming
home second.
Third place was very much
in flux until the last lap as West
hung tight to the back of Gillim
throughout almost the entire
contest, but he crashed in Turn 5
with his bike cartwheeling spec-
tacularly through the gravel.
"(Debise) was pushing hard,"
said Beach. "Every turn, I'd get
into the apex and then I'd hear
his bike. It was fun. I knew this
year, he would be really fast. It's
been great racing with him and
Hayden (Gillim). They both race
really hard. It's been a lot of fun.
I kept thinking, 'When's (Debise)
going to make a move?' Then,
on the last lap, I just stayed calm
and pushed and we did it."
JUNIOR CUP
The weekend's only Liqui Moly
Junior Cup race was an action-
filled event as the challenging
layout of WeatherTech Raceway
Laguna Seca proved to be a
handful for MotoAmerica's young-
est riders. There were a total of
13 crashes in the race, which had
to be restarted at one point, and
Eventual winner JD
Beach (95) and Valentin
Debise (53) had a great
race in Supersport.
