Hayden Gillim won MotoAmerica Steel Commander Stock 1000 Race Two Sunday at Brainerd International Raceway, in Brainerd, Minnesota. Riding his Disrupt Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000R, Gillim took the lead early and pulled away to win the 12-lap race by 8.906 seconds. It was Gillim’s fourth win of the season.
Orange Cat Racing’s Kaleb De Keyrel made a late-race pass on Benjamin Smith to score second place and his fifth podium finish of 2023.
Smith, meanwhile, was very happy to take third in just his second Stock 1000 race of the season on his North East Cycle Outlet Racing- and Westby Racing-supported Yamaha YZF-R1.
Ezra Beaubier, the Championship point leader, crossed the finish line in fourth, but he was given a five-second penalty for jumping the start, which pushed him back to sixth.
With just one round and two races remaining in the Championship, Beaubier leads by eight points over Gillim and by 12 points over De Keyrel.
