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.