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SPEED Staff  |  Posted October 07, 2012   New Orleans, LA

AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport

Y.E.S./Graves/Yamaha's Garrett Gerloff won the AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport race at NOLA Motorsports Park on Sunday, topping Saturday's winner Hayden Gillim of the RoadRace Factory/Red Bull team and overall championship winner James Rispoli of Celtic Racing/ Orient Express Racing.

Gerloff took the lead early and was never challenged, winning by 11.725 seconds. The young standout, who began the year in GoPro Daytona SportBike before being injured, ran away from the field in a dominating performance in the 15-lap race. It was reminiscent of Gerloff's first Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport win in New Jersey last year.

"Everything went really well and I got a good start for once," said Gerloff. "I was just trying to get into my rhythm and pull a gap."

Tomas Puerta finished fourth for RoadRace Factory/Red Bull.

In the SuperSport East championship, Dustin Dominguez finished fourth but unfortunately his effort wasn't enough to win the divisional title. Jake Lewis of the Riders Discount Vesrah Suzuki team finished 11th and managed to hold on to the title by a margin of 11 points, 256 to 245, respectively.

"I knew where I had to finish," said Lewis. "I kept an eye on Dustin, then I laid back a little bit and brought the championship home."

Travis Wyman (Harv's H-D) was sixth, just ahead of Miles Thornton (Eyeball NYC) and Ryan Kerr (Best Book 1 Kawasaki) and Suzuki SportBike TrackGear.com's Elena Myers.
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