IIIMY OWN RACE:
1 CAMERON BEAUBIER
1-1 SUPERBIKE
"Truthfully, I thought I was going to
have a li le advantage on these guys
going into the second part of that
race a er the red flag because I was
on that harder op on re," Beaubier
said. "I knew the so er re heat
cycles, and the grip definitely drops
a li le bit. I was riding as hard as I
could from them. I was barely, barely
inching away and some mes I really
wasn't. I'm super happy that we had
a good weekend here in New Jersey.
It was an incredible weekend. We
had perfect weather both days. It was
great to ride in front of all these fans.
We just need to keep going. We can't
get comfortable because both these
guys keep making steps."
97 ROCCO LANDERS
1-1 TWINS CUP
"I'm stoked," Landers declared a er
his race-two win. "It's a great week-
end. This is my new favorite track.
A er the first lap, I was trying to get
a couple good laps. I figured it would
be me and Sam (Lochoff) the whole
race, and then lap two, I looked back,
and he wasn't there. I had a moment
going through turn six, I believe,
mid-race. I just tried to se le down
in the mid-30 lap mes. I'm stoked.
Awesome weekend."
ROAD RACING
FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 6 / SEPTEMBER 11-13, 2020
NEW JERSEY MOTORSPORTS PARK / MILLVILLE, NJ
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However, it's clear now that Beaubier's
talents would be best tested at the world level,
against the best WorldSBK riders. There's a
spare Pata Yamaha without a rider for 2021, and
Beaubier himself has said he'd welcome the op-
portunity to race it should the team give him the
nod. Jonathan Rea has singled Beaubier out
as one of the best talents outside WorldSBK,
and it might be time the MotoAmerica head
honchos use their administrative weight to get
Beaubier that bike and prove their mantra of
grooming riders for the world stage.
(Right) Kyle Wyman (33) had a
rejuvenated weekend in New
Jersey. Following his disastrous
round at The Ridge, the Ducati
man piloted the V4 R to fourth
in race one but faded to sixth in
race two. (Below) Turn one, race
one, and Gagne (32) is looking
racy. He was close to Beaubier
(1) before throwing it away
halfway around the first lap.
