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Cycle News 2014 Issue 21 May 28

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SUPERBIKE SHOOTOUT SUPERBIKE SHOOTOUT SERIES FINAL ROUND/MAY 25, 2014 MILLER MOTORSPORTS PARK/TOOELE, UTAH P102 was his championship, and his to win. His to lose. It's really a bummer to see that happen. But he's a bright young talent and I'm sure he's going to get a lot more chances at it." And this time it was someone else on the blue bike besides Hayes having bad luck. In addi- tion to Beaubier's mistake in the race, he had a mechanical early in qualifying and wasn't able to challenge Hayes for pole. So with the shift in momentum back to Hayes, did he feel like his luck was turning around? "I don't know," Hayes an- swered. "I've had a few years that have had some rough spots, but I still had a pretty bright few years. And I'm pretty happy with how they've gone. The last couple of weeks I think have been a little tough more than anything. I'm happy to just have a good day. I was pushing really hard early. I really didn't want him to get away and it would've been really easy for me to fall down trying to fig- ure out how to race with him. I'm glad I managed to keep my wits about me so that I would be able to be there to pick up the pieces if needed to be. It's really cool to win this first championship in the Superbike Shootout." On the flip side, Beaubier, ob- viously, was gutted. "It just really sucks because my team's been working really hard and so have I," Beaubier said. "And to lose the champi- onship - even though it's just a three-race championship - I still want to win it and the race. I'm just going to take what I can from this weekend and focus on the AMA races." Beaubier didn't give up though. After the crash he got up quickly and with the gap he had accumu- lated on the rest of the field he was still fourth in spite of the mis- hap. But, unfortunately, for Beau- bier when he put his foot on the foot peg it broke off. "I did another lap and I couldn't even put my foot up to lean off," Beaubier said. "I couldn't ride around so I came in the pits. They hurried up and fixed my bar and threw a shifter and a peg on there and I just went out and rode around and finished the race." Beaubier wasn't the only one to make a mistake and end up in the dirt. In fact the only other rid- er to challenge Hayes was KTM HMC Racing's Chris Fillmore, but he also tucked the front earlier in Garrett Gerloff dominated the Pro Sportbike race and took home his first professional title.

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