American Mikey Lou Sanchez, riding his AC RACING TEAM A.S.D. Honda on the 3.15-mile (5.07 km) track, finished 9th during European Talent Cup Race Sunday afternoon at MotorLand Aragón, in Spain, just 1.075 behind the race winner.
American Kensei Matsudaira finished the race in 23th on his Snipers Igaxteam Honda.
Race_ETC Race results
From a press release issued by Mikey Lou Sanchez Racing :
Mikey Lou Sanchez finishes P9 in the FIM JuniorGP European Talent Cup Race at Motorland Aragon, coming across the line only 1.075 seconds from the Win.
The weekend started off great with Mikey finishing P9 in FP1 and P5 in FP2. But unfortunately on Saturday, in Practice, Mikey finished P11 which put him in Q1, but he was able to put in a fast lap time to secure his spot in Q2.
Later Saturday afternoon in Q2 Mikey was caught in the middle of the group and wasnt able to get the results he wanted and finished P12 which would have put him 23rd on the grid for the only race on Sunday. After qualifying there were a lot of penalties handed out due to slow riding in sectors, so Mikey’s grid position was now P16 putting him on the 6th row.
The weather conditions were perfect for the only race on Sunday afternoon.
Mikey got a great start and was able to make his way up into 9th position before the race was red flagged due to an accident on the start of the race.
Mikey was ready for the restart and had another great launch moving his way up to 12th on the first lap. This time Mikey was able to stay with the front group the entire race moving all the way up to 8th. But in the last lap he lost one position and finished the race P9 only one second behind the winner!
“It was a very good race, i was glad to finally be up in the front group. I struggled with some grip issues but i continued to push. I’m grateful for my new team ACRacing, my rider coach Nico Ferreira, and Crew Chief Enrico Boni! They’ve made a huge difference!
Looking forward to my next in Misano, Italy September 20-21.”
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