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Superstock 600 riders that was afforded the opportunity to contest the opening round of the 2017 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship at
shot out to a decent start aboard her Meen Motorsports Yamaha and she was able to beat the personal best lap time of regular Superstock 600 contender, JC Camacho, throughout the course of the race. Olsen circulated in tenth position for the majority of the shortened eight lap affair, sitting pretty as the fourth fastest Superstock 600 rider in the field. She’ll be raring to go as the Superstock 600 series is set to get underway at Road Atlanta where she’ll be looking to utilize the experience she gained from COTA to help her get a jumpstart on the competition.
the Circuit of the Americas. The Swedish born twenty-seven year old steadily improved her lap times in each session, moving from twelfth in the first practice to eleventh place in the qualifying session. The limited amount of track time was not ideal for the Norwegian rider, but she made the best of the situation and was able to put herself on the middle of the fourth row of the grid for the race. She
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