CYCLE NEWS RIDER OF THE YEAR / MOTOAMERICA SUPERBIKE CHAMPION CAMERON BEAUBIER
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Interview
He also had a lot on his mind.
Two weeks removed from the
clinching of the MotoAmerica
title, and this time at Weath-
erTech Raceway Laguna Seca
in sun-splashed Monterey
County, California, Cameron
Beaubier found himself the
center of attention at a press
conference held on his behalf.
The date was Friday, October
23, 2020 and the Yamaha
Motor Corp., USA, was an-
nouncing to the world that it
was releasing Beaubier from
the second year of his contract
with the brand to take advan-
tage of an opportunity put forth
by American Racing Team
owner Eitan Butbul to compete
in the 2021 FIM Moto2 World
Championship.
"For me, I thought that I was
going to Europe with Yamaha
in World Superbike in 2021,"
pointed out Beaubier who actu-
ally competed in the 2009 FIM
125cc World Championship as
a teammate to the soon-to-be-
sensational Marc Marquez before
deciding he wanted to do his
racing back home in America on
a superbike. "I was like, 'I never
really even thought of getting back
in the GP paddock because it
just seemed so far away to me. It
was so long ago that I raced over
there.' We put the deal together,
IT'S BEEN
AWESOME,
BUT JUST
SEEING HOW
GOOD JOE
AND GARRETT
HAVE BEEN
DOING OVER
THERE, I'M
READY TO
JOIN THEM
AND TRY
TO DO THAT
MYSELF."
The dream team of Beaubier, manager
and former AMA champion, Jake Zemke
(center) and Attack Performance team
owner, Richard Stamboli. Stamboli's
machine was a class of the field in
2020, and with Cameron on it, proved
an irresistible force.
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