Toni Elias and JD Beach continue to dominate the 2018 series at VIRginia International Raceway.
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Elias Does The Double At VIR
JD Beach Dominates Supersport
The race came down to three – Elias, Beaubier and Scholtz but in the end it was Elias picking up his fifth win of the season.|Photo by Brian J. Nelson
ALTON, VA (May 6, 2018) ? Yoshimura Suzuki?s Toni Elias continued to roll through the early portion of the 2018 MotoAmerica Motul Superbike Series, the defending class champion winning today at VIRginia International Raceway in the Championship of Virginia after winning yesterday for his fifth win in six starts.
Unlike yesterday when he stalked race leader Cameron Beaubier until two laps from the end, Elias did the leading this time around. In fact, he led all of the 23 laps of race two on another sunny afternoon at VIR. But his lead didn?t come without pressure from behind as at first there were three riders tailing him ? Beaubier, Yamalube/Westby Racing?s Mathew Scholtz and Attack Performance/Herrin Compound Yamaha?s Josh Herrin. Herrin was the first to fade, but the other three stayed mostly together. With two laps to go, Beaubier tried to outbrake Elias going into the first corner but ran wide and very nearly off track. The Monster Energy/Yamalube/Yamaha Factory Racing rider regrouped, re-passed Scholtz, and then tried to make up for the mistake with the fastest lap of the race on the last lap to catch Elias, but he came up .546 of a second ...