It was another big weekend for Princeton native Jake Lewis on the racetrack at Pittsburgh International Race Complex.
Lewis won his fourth Stock 1000 race of the season on Sunday to stretch his points lead to 20 as the series heads to New Jersey Motorsports Park, Sept 10-12.
On Saturday, Lewis placed first in the SBK Cup race and was ninth overall in racing action.
Coming into this weekend, the Altus Motorsports Suzuki rider had said that he was looking forward to Pitt Race because it’s one of his favorite tracks. And in Sunday’s Stock 1000 race, the current championship points leader showed exactly why it’s a favorite racecourse for him.
Lewis started from the pole and led every lap of the 10-lap race to notch his fourth win of the season and extend his championship lead to 20 points over Corey Alexander.
“It was a good race,” Lewis said. “That was my plan to get out front and try to go. I felt like I had a little bit of pace on these guys all weekend to do 43s pretty easy. This race was so tough because my pit board, I wasn’t getting a gap. I was just pushing honestly as hard as I could. I looked back once there. I was telling Travis (Wyman), I didn’t know who it was when I looked back. I was just trying like heck to break him. I was honestly a little tired. I was trying to relax my arms and stuff and focus on breathing. I was just focused on putting down those 43s. But it feels good to win. I didn’t know where Corey was, if he crashed, or where he finished, but it’s a nice points weekend for us, especially in the Superbike cup and this class as well. It’s a good weekend.”
