The Championship Battles Get Closer After A Dramatic Day In Texas
AUSTIN, TX – September 15 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Roughly 30 minutes after taking his first-career MotoAmerica Mission King Of The Baggers victory, it all went horribly wrong for Rocco Landers when he crashed out of the Bellissi Moto Twins Cup race twice – one he could remount from, the other terminal. And, just like that, his 19-point lead had turned into a six-point deficit with only tomorrow’s final round at Circuit of The Americas left in the Twins Cup season.
The high drama started right away when championship points leader Landers crashed his RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki on the second lap while giving chase to Rodio Racing – Powered by Robem Engineering’s Alessandro Di Mario. Fortunately, Landers was able to remount and knife his way through the pack to climb to 13th after three laps. Then came the ultimate reprieve as Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Rossi Moor crashed out in a vicious highside that brought out the red flag, thus gifting Landers another crack at it.
But it was more of the same in the five-lap restart as Di Mario took off out front, leading Giaccmoto Yamaha Racing’s Dominic Doyle and Landers in the five-lap restart. Then it all went wrong for Landers – again – as he crashed out of third with three laps to go.
The win was 15-year-old Di Mario’s second victory of the year, and his sixth consecutive podium finish… and he’s now in the catbird seat heading into tomorrow’s season-ender for the Twins class.
Di Mario’s teammate Gus Rodio finished fourth with BARTCON Racing’s Mathew Chapin rounding out the top five.
“First of all, I hope Rossi (Moor) is all right,” Di Mario said. “I saw the crash on TV, and it was bad. Rocco (Landers), too. That was a gnarly highside. i just hope they’re all right. I crashed at Barber, and I lost many points, and today was the day I made them up. So, I’m really happy. I just want to thank everybody, the whole team, Kevin, Freddy from home. I didn’t forget you. I love you. My parents. They’ve done everything for me. Thank you. Matt, Chad, Mike, and all my sponsors. HJC, Dainese, Moto Liberty, just everybody. Thank you so much.”
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