Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Cameron Beaubier had a troublesome season final yr, lacking races on account of harm, but nonetheless clawing his method again to complete second within the 2024 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship.
This yr, the five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion is hoping for extra, and it’s a case of “to date, so good” as Beaubier received the opening race of the sequence at Barber Motorsports Park on Saturday.
However it was removed from simple. The race was a Beaubier vs. Bobby Fong battle with Fong’s Assault Efficiency Progressive Yamaha Racing teammate Jake Gagne watching the proceedings from third place. Beaubier led early, stalked by Fong, then Fong took over, stalked by Beaubier. It seems that Beaubier was saving his greatest for final as he dropped the hammer with two laps remaining, turning the quickest lap of the race on the ultimate lap.
On the end line it was Beaubier over Fong by .833 of a second. Gagne held on for a lonely third, 6.5 seconds behind the battle in entrance of him and an identical distance to the rider behind him.
That rider was Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 Suzuki’s Sean Dylan Kelly. Kelly didn’t get off the beginning line very properly, however he saved pushing till moving into fourth place, a place he would maintain to the end. It was an excellent outcome for the Floridian in what was his first Superbike race on a GSX-R1000R.
Defending MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Josh Herrin was a lonely fifth, properly behind Kelly and a few seven seconds forward of Actual Metal Honda’s Hayden Gillim. FLO4LAW/SBU Racing’s Benjamin Smith was seventh with Superbike Cup winner JD Seaside eighth on his Inventory 1000-spec Actual Metal Honda.
BPR Racing Yamaha’s Bryce Kornbau and Aftercare Scheibe Racing’s Danilo Lewis rounded out the highest 10.
Notables who failed to complete the race have been Jones Honda’s Ashon Yates and Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante. Yates was taken out by a mechanical difficulty whereas Escalante crashed out of fourth on the third lap.
Superbike Race One
Cameron Beaubier (BMW)Bobby Fong (Yamaha)Jake Gagne (Yamaha)Sean Dylan Kelly (Suzuki)Josh Herrin (Ducati)Hayden Gillim (Honda)Benjamin Smith (Yamaha)JD Seaside (Honda)Bryce Kornbau (Yamaha)Danilo Lewis (BMW)
Cameron Beaubier – Winner“Yeah, to be trustworthy, at first of the race I simply put my head down. I noticed half a second on the board. Stored my head down and the hole simply began shrinking. I regarded up on the tower and I noticed there was a zero out. I noticed 5 was the primary quantity. I used to be like, ‘There’s Fong.’ Then slowly, possibly six laps into the race or one thing like that, he lastly caught as much as me. I heard the R1 down into Charlotte’s Internet. I used to be like, ‘All proper, right here we go.’ I bought into a reasonably robust tempo. We have been going round fairly good. Then Bob (Fong) got here by me and dropped the tempo a few tenths. Then I noticed Jake (Gagne), and my hole saved closing as a result of Jake was catching us. So, it was a little bit difficult there to start with. I used to be like, ‘I don’t know if I ought to make a lunge on Bob or simply settle in right here.’ However he was having an superior day. Jake and I have been simply speaking about it. He was so quick out of (flip) two. I don’t know what he was doing. I don’t know what line he was taking or what he was doing out of there. It was form of like we have been yo-yo-ing fairly good. I had some good spots. He had some good spots. There on the finish, I saved lining him up going into flip one, however didn’t fairly get there. Lastly, I did it with a few laps to go. Simply put my head down these final couple of laps. I feel he bought hung up a little bit bit with a lapper going into flip one. However I’m tremendous proud of how these final couple of laps went, my instances, and the way I felt. It’s going to be robust. This man, he’s been ripping up on the Podium Membership, hitting the gymnasium. I’m stoked Jake is again and wholesome once more. Similar with me. It was a reasonably crappy center of the yr final yr. I’m positive for each of us for various causes. Superior racing with these guys. It’s going to be an extended yr.”
Bobby Fong – Second Place“I knew he’d pull one thing. He’s not a champion for nothing. Each of those guys. That’s why, in the course of the race, I noticed Jake (Gagne) was arising. I’m like, I do know Cam was simply taking a breather for a second, as a result of I knew he had a half second within the bag each time he needed. I’m like, ‘I bought to go as a result of Jake’s catching us!’ Then I knew he was going to make a transfer, for positive. These guys are driving so good. It’s good to stand up right here, for positive, to begin the season off. The entire crew has been actually good all through theoff-season. Like I mentioned, it’s cool to get some second-place factors and roll into tomorrow.”
Jake Gagne – Third Place“Yeah, I really feel good. Clearly, such as you mentioned, I really feel prefer it’s been a very long time since I’ve ridden for a full race at velocity. Final yr I used to be form of simply farting round on the market. So, it feels good. I had an excellent low season. I’ve been driving rather a lot. We examined an excellent quantity. Rode my filth bike rather a lot. Simply tried to get my power again and a few depth. Actually, I felt a little bit bit higher than I assumed I’d. Third place form of seems like a win, to be trustworthy with you. To be on the field and to form of be smelling these guys for a short time there was cool. We simply didn’t have it. There have been instances we have been off a bit. I’m pleased. It’s an excellent place to begin. First race of the yr, all the time bringing it house is primary. It’s candy. It’s going to be an extended yr, numerous races. Going up in opposition to these guys, they’re no joke. So, I’m pleased.”
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