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MotoAmerica: Beaubier’s 90th Gets Him Back In Championship Contention At Mid-Ohio
MotoAmerica: Five-Time MotoAmerica Champion Breaks Win Record, Keeps Title Hopes Alive
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MotoAmerica: Five-Time MotoAmerica Champion Breaks Win Record, Keeps Title Hopes Alive
Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Cameron Beaubier won his 90th career AMA road race on Sunday at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, making him the all-time winningest AMA road racer in history. The 90th win came today via his 69th career AMA Superbike victory, and it ended a winless streak that dated all the way back to May 2 at Road Atlanta in a weekend that saw him sweep the Superbike doubleheader. Since then, the five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion has struggled, yet somehow remained in the hunt for a sixth title.
Today’s 90th victory was a big one as it moved him to within 17 points of championship points leader Bobby Fong and 10 points ahead of Josh Herrin with the defending MotoAmerica Superbike Champion ending what was a miserable weekend for the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati rider with a crash that left him with lower-leg injuries.
It all started with Herrin and Fong making contact in turn six at the end of the backstraight on the seventh of 19 laps while disputing second place. Fong had moved to the inside to protect from being passed, but Herrin still tried to go there. The two made contact and ran off track, with Herrin getting the worst of it. Fong was able to get back on track quickly, rejoining in seventh place. Herrin wasn’t as fortunate as he had to remove his Ducati from the air fence. By that time, Herrin was way back in 17th, and it only got worse.
With five laps to go, as he was trying to make up positions and championship points, Herrin crashed out of the race, bringing out the red flag and ending the race prematurely.
By the time Fong and Herrin had their altercation, Beaubier was in the lead. With his top two rivals buried at the middle and back of the pack, the Californian was able to control the pace to win by 3.4 seconds over Fong’s teammate Jake Gagne, with the three-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion continuing to gain strength in his right arm.
Fong, meanwhile, was on a charge that got him all the way to third by the time the red flag was thrown. Fong and his Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing YZF-R1 ended up 7.4 seconds behind Beaubier and just .224 of a second ahead of Real Steel Honda’s Hayden Gillim, who was fighting to try and get his first Superbike podium with the Honda CBR1000RR-R SP after his teammate JD Beach was able to make that happen in Saturday’s race one.
Beach, meanwhile, was a tick over a second behind the Fong/Gillim battle and some four seconds clear of Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante, who in turn was eight seconds ahead of his teammate Sean Dylan Kelly.
Jones Honda’s Ashton Yates, FLO4LAW/SBU Racing’s Benjamin Smith, and BPR Racing Yamaha’s Bryce Kornbau rounded out the top 10.
With two rounds and five races left on the MotoAmerica Superbike schedule, Fong leads Beaubier by 17, 278-261, with Herrin third with 251 points. Gagne and Escalante round out the top five with 220 and 154 points, respectively.
Superbike Race 2
- Cameron Beaubier (BMW)
- Jake Gagne (Yamaha)
- Bobby Fong (Yamaha)
- Hayden Gillim (Honda)
- JD Beach (Honda)
- Richie Escalante (Suzuki)
- Sean Dylan Kelly (Suzuki)
- Ashton Yates (Honda)
- Benjamin Smith (Yamaha)
- Bryce Kornbau (Yamaha)
Quotes…
Cameron Beaubier – 90th Victory
“Honestly, it doesn’t really even feel real. I remember sitting on the couch with my dad watching the Daytona 200 when Miguel Duhamel high-sided and his shield flew off, and they were duct-taping it back on in the pit lane. I was like, ‘Man, that is some cool stuff.’ To be sitting here with 90 wins to my name, it doesn’t even feel real. I have so much respect and look up to all those guys that are up there, too. Like I said out there on the podium, I have so many people that have helped me along the way. Just too many people to even thank them. My mom and dad for all the sacrifices. Not only just them, but my grandpa, Josh. Too many people to thank. Super special. I remember growing up racing with these guys. Me and Bobby (Fong) would be out on Monday nights playing cards. I remember just trying to keep up with this guy and his little brother, Anthony, too. To see how far we’ve both come since then… it’s been pretty amazing. Also, Jake (Gagne). I spent most of my pro career racing against him. It’s pretty special.”
Cameron Beaubier – Winner
“Not going to lie, at the beginning of the year I had a lot of confidence going. I was like, I’m going to reel 90 off pretty quick. Then the last three rounds have been just a straight struggle. We’ve been struggling so bad with tire life. The Tytlers guys have been flipping the bike upside-down trying to find grip, trying to keep up with Bob (Fong). The Superbike field right now is just stacked. It’s pretty crazy how much the points have flip-flopped in the last few rounds. I’d say after VIR last week, we were scratching our heads pretty bad. To get one (a win) today felt awesome. I know (Josh) Herrin and Bob (Fong) kind of got into it earlier on in the race, because I saw my gap grew pretty big all of a sudden. So, I knew something happened. But I just kept my head down and tried to bring it home.”
Jake Gagne – Second Place
“It’s a bummer to lose those two guys (Fong and Herrin) out of the race. Luckily Bob (Fong) came back on track and was reeling me in pretty quick. It’s hard to say (what happened). Josh (Herrin) was just trying to get up the inside. From my perspective, I think he (Herrin) kind of ran into Bobby’s leg there and stood them both up. From then on, I didn’t have the pace to run with Cam (Beaubier) but just kind of settled into my own rhythm. It was kind of nice the last couple races not getting starts and duking it out with some of those guys. I was kind of struggling yesterday. It sucked because that’s not like this bike and this team. I’m happy to get a second even if it’s under those circumstances. At least I was a little bit closer to those guys than yesterday, that’s for sure. We’re doing all that we could.”
Bobby Fong – Third Place
“Before all that, congratulations for 90. It’s so cool to see a Nor Cal boy get 90 wins. It’s really cool. We grew up together. I can’t imagine winning 90 races. It’s unreal. About the incident, that sh*t happens. It’s a part of racing. He (Herrin) tried. He failed. I would have probably done the same thing. So, it happens. I’m happy to get third and get some points. But you could hear him behind me and I knew at some point he was going to do something. Unfortunately, he ended up going down. Hopefully, he’s okay. No hard feelings. Like I said, we all ride aggressive up here. We want to win, and we want to pay the bills. It’s a part of it. I’m sure I’m going to be dive-bombing him at some point, too. So, it’s part of it.”
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