VOLUME 57 ISSUE 41 OCTOBER 13, 2020 P107
IIIMY OWN RACE:
1 CAMERON BEAUBIER
DNF-3-2 SUPERBIKE
"A long me," Cameron Beaubier
said when asked how long Sunday's
second race felt like it lasted. "To be
honest, I felt like I just lost a li le
confidence a er three crashes this
weekend, and the li le electrical
gremlins we had, which it doesn't
happen o en, but the Superbikes, the
electronics are so complex that just
one li le thing you do wrong can just
kind of throw everything off. Luck-
ily everything was fine that last race
today, but a er the re's heat cycle,
I just had no confidence, man. Sure, I
could have gone faster, but I wanted
to bring this thing home a er crashing
three mes and having my guys stay
up un l midnight a couple nights this
weekend fixing my bike. Obviously,
I'm over the moon happy, but I'm just
relieved at the same me to get this
plate for my guys."
(Above) Race one gets underway, and it's about to get painful for Kyle
Wyman (33). The Arizona resident high-sided in the following corner,
crushing the screen with his neck and almost garroting himself and taking
a solid hit to the groin. He bounced back for races two and three.
(Left) Lorenzo Zanetti in
full send mode. The Italian
came out swinging at Indy
and took race two, the first
for Ducati in a decade.
It was a win that proved
the might of the factory
Panigale in MotoAmerica.
Will we see a full assault on
the series in 2021?
Lorenzo Zanetti (Celtic HSBK Racing Ducati) was the revelation of Indy.
The Italian arrived with a full WorldSBK-spec Ducati Panigale V4 R SBK
and made his own piece of history by taking third in race one but winning a
tight race two, Ducati's first AMA Superbike win since 2010. He continued
his podium charge to take third in race three, right behind Beaubier.
Bobby Fong (M4 Ecstar Suzuki) continued his upward climb as he
dominated race three for his second triumph of the weekend after taking
race one. He finished an ultra-close second to Zanetti in race two.
In the championship, Beaubier is untouchable at 361 to Jake Gagne's
264 points, with Fong third at 234.
