RideFast July 2020 2
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Words by Greg Moloney | Pics by JKanter Photography, Brian J. Nelson & Jessica Johnk<br />
SA RIDERS SHINE<br />
ONCE AGAIN IN U(SA)<br />
It was another<br />
spectacular<br />
weekend in the<br />
USA for the boys<br />
from SA at Road<br />
America 2. As we<br />
stated last time<br />
the “U of SA”<br />
seems to be the<br />
apt name for this<br />
championship.<br />
And if it<br />
continues into<br />
the shortened<br />
version of<br />
the <strong>2020</strong><br />
Championship,<br />
the top steps<br />
could be filled<br />
and owned by<br />
SA riders in all<br />
three of the<br />
classes they are<br />
fighting in.<br />
Dominic “Dominator” Doyle<br />
once again put his Bartcon<br />
Racing Kawasaki on the top<br />
step of the <strong>2020</strong> Junior Cup<br />
race one, and then was joined<br />
by Sam Lockhoff in race two,<br />
as the two South Africans<br />
secured yet another podium<br />
spot, albeit not the top step.<br />
The man closest to Doyle, and<br />
we say this with all puns and<br />
meaningful parts of speech<br />
intended, is none other than<br />
2019 champion, Rocco Landers,<br />
Cam Petersen<br />
(45) leads the<br />
Superstock<br />
1000 field.<br />
who only finished a mere 0.069<br />
of a second behind Doyle in<br />
the heat. Landers returned<br />
the favour in heat 2 and Doyle<br />
is going to have his work cut<br />
out for him to stay on top but<br />
considering the fact that every<br />
time he climbs on his Little<br />
Ninja, he keeps lowering the lap<br />
records at tracks he races at is<br />
a big concern for all his rivals<br />
and they are definitely going to<br />
have to work on something to<br />
keep him off the podiums.<br />
Dominic<br />
Doyle makes<br />
it 3 wins ina-row<br />
Another podium<br />
for Sam Lockhoff<br />
Cameron Petersen just keeps<br />
improving all the time and this<br />
time went all out to ensure his new<br />
fiancé was suitably impressed, not<br />
only by the ring Petersen had given<br />
her in the week, but crowned it off<br />
with a race win too. He did have<br />
a few brake issues and the team<br />
literally re-adjusted his setup just<br />
before the bikes rolled out for the<br />
heat. His holeshot and win makes us<br />
at <strong>RideFast</strong> think he should maybe<br />
propose every race weekend if the<br />
results are that he wins races.<br />
“If I knew this would change the<br />
game, I would have done it a long<br />
time ago...” said Petersen at the post<br />
race press conference.<br />
“Melissa and Eric put me on a<br />
machine that would not be a risk<br />
to my life, but as my confidence<br />
grew in the race I was able to keep<br />
ahead. I look forward to the next<br />
round where hopefully we have<br />
now ironed out any of the gremlins<br />
from Round 1.”
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