CamBeau Slices ‘Em At Indy In MotoAmerica Superbike Race 1

2015-08-08 22:26
Coming into Round 8 of the 2015 MotoAmerica SuperBike Championship, Monster Energy/Graves/Yamaha teammates Josh Hayes and Cameron Beaubier were all tied up in points, but Josh held the tiebreaker with eight race wins to Cameron’s six.

In Saturday’s Superbike Race 1 from Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Cameron notched victory number seven to move into sole ownership of the Championship.

Cameron, who earned the pole with a blistering lap in Friday’s Superpole final qualifying, slotted in behind Roger Hayden at the start, and the battle was on. The lead changed hands quite a few times during the 18-lap feature event, with Cameron and Roger swapping the lead and Josh following in third. As the dynamic duo crossed start-finish to begin the final lap, Cameron made a perfect draft pass going into the high-speed sweeper in turn one, took the lead, and held onto it all the way to the checkers. Josh, who was solidly in third place, kept his position to the end to fill the final spot on the podium and salvage as many points as he could in what has been a somewhat difficult weekend for him on a track he’s never turned a lap on until Thursday.

After his victory, Cameron said, “That was a really important race for me to win, in this tight championship with Josh. Who knows? Tomorrow, it’ll be his third day on this track, and I’m sure they’re going to go back and work hard on the bike for tomorrow. It’s gonna be tough. The battle I had with Roger was awesome. Going into turn one, trying to outbrake each other, it seemed like that was the only place we could pass each other. I had fun, and I’ve got to thank my team. We’ll go back, and hopefully find a little bit more grip for tomorrow.”

“We kind of threw something at the bike, to see if we could improve, Josh commented. “And, there were some aspects of it that I thought were OK, but for the most part, later in the race, I couldn’t match my laptimes from earlier in the race, and it was hard to watch those guys (Cameron and Roger) ride away from me. All in all, it was just a very difficult race.”

With Cameron and Josh very much in a dogfight for the title, the two teammates will race again tomorrow afternoon in MotoAmerica Superbike Race 2, which will go green from Indy at 3:30 PM EST. Don’t miss it!


Watch Round 8 Of The MotoAmerica Championship on CBS Sports

MotoAmerica Round 8 from Indianapolis Motor Speedway will air on Sunday, August 15, at 10:30 AM EST, with a re-air at 10:00 PM EST.

Source: Yamaha

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