Stock 1000 Ridge Sunday 2021
Corey Alexander (23) won in Stock 1000 Sunday at Ridge Motorsports Park. (Brian J. Nelson photo)

Win On Saturday, Win On Sunday In Washington

SHELTON, Wash. – Chances are if you won on Saturday, you won on Sunday in MotoAmerica support action at Ridge Motorsports Park.

As he did on Saturday in the Pacific Northwest, Corey Alexander won the Stock 1000 race to open the festivities, and he set the tone for what was a scorching hot day in Washington.

Jackson Blackmon Racing Yamaha’s Jackson Blackmon followed suit, taking the Twins Cup race win for the second straight day, and so did M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Sean Dylan Kelly, the Floridian winning Supersport on Sunday as he did on Saturday.
 
Things got changed up a bit in the SportBikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup, as Saturday’s fourth-place finisher Tyler Scott took the victory on his KTM on Sunday.

Ridge Motorsports Park is a long way from Blackmon’s home in South Carolina, but the track is now near and dear to Blackmon’s heart after he did the double aboard his Blackmon Racing Yamaha with two wins in Twins Cup this weekend.

On Sunday, Blackmon overtook polesitter Anthony Mazziotto on the opening lap, and he was never headed despite facing a very strong challenge from Mazziotto aboard his Veloce Racing Aprilia. At the checkers, Blackmon nipped Mazziotto by just .181 of a second.

Third place went to Robem Engineering Aprilia rider, who crossed the finish line a little over three and a half seconds after Mazziotto.

In Stock 1000 race two, Altus Motorsports Suzuki rider Jake Lewis started from the pole, but a mechanical issue took him out of the race before he completed the first lap. Ridge Motorsports Park/DiBrino Racing Kawasaki’s Andy DiBrino took over the lead for two laps until HONOS HVMC Racing Kawasaki’s Alexander moved to the front.

As the laps wound down, Jones Honda’s Ashton Yates moved into second place and put a serious challenge on Alexander for the lead. Alexander held off Yates, however, and got the win by a little under half a second over Yates.

Travis Wyman Racing BMW rider Travis Wyman, who had started second on the grid, was shuffled back in the pack, but he fought his way forward during the 13-lap race and finished third at the checkered flag.

M4 ECSTAR Suzuki Supersport rider Kelly was unstoppable at Ridge Motorsports Park as he followed up his race one win on Saturday with a race two win on Sunday.

Kelly started from the pole, and as has been the case for the better part of a couple of seasons now, HONOS HVMC Racing Richie Escalante was his staunchest challenger. Unlike race one, however, where Kelly won by a fairly comfortable margin, the gap in race two was far from comfortable, as Escalante kept gaining on Kelly as the race neared its conclusion.

At the finish line, Kelly took the checkers by a scant .107 of a second over Escalante. Third place again went to Kevin Olmedo, the Altus Motorsports Suzuki rider matching his podium finish from Supersport race one.

The final race of the weekend at Ridge Motorsports Park was in SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup, and it was a race that polesitter and Scott Powersports KTM rider Scott absolutely dominated from start to finish.

The only rider to hang with Scott, at least for a little while, was Landers Racing Kawasaki’s Ben Gloddy. At the finish line, Scott won with a gap of more than three and a half seconds over Gloddy. With the win, Scott took over the championship lead by just two points over Gloddy, so it looks like the title will go right to the end of the season.

Third place went to Veloce Racing Kawasaki rider David Kohlstaedt, who survived a scary moment right before the checkered flag when Rodio Racing Kawasaki’s Gus Rodio made contact with Kohlstaedt’s rear tire.

Thankfully, neither rider crashed and Kohlstaedt was happy to finish on the podium for the second straight day.