ROUNDS 2/3/JUNE 1-2, 2013
ROAD AMERICA/ELKHART LAKE, WISCONSIN
P48
AMA DAYTONA SPORTBIKE
hind me. I started pushing pretty
hard to pull a little gap and I was
able to and held it for a while. I
made a couple of mistakes that
were pretty stupid. I missed a
shift going down the hill into turn
three and almost ran wide and
had to backshift coming out of
there to get up the hill. I'm really
happy with the win today. Hopefully I can come back and do it
tomorrow."
If Saturday saw Beaubier make
only one major mistake, on Sunday he made several and it cost
him.
In the early going it was Gagne
taking the lead. By the second
lap a five-rider breakaway was
established with Gagne leading Beaubier, Lewis, Rispoli and
Beach. On the third lap Beaubier
Garrett Gerloff
(8), Dane Westby
(5), James Rispoli
(43) and Bobby
Fong (hidden)
battle for fifth in
Saturday's race.
AMA GO-PRO DAYTONA SPORTBIKE SERIES
made his move to the front going into turn one. Beaubier and
Gagne went back and forth several times on the brakes and exiting corners that lap.
A little past mid-point it appeared that Beaubier would pull
away to his third straight win, but
then he made a major error and
nearly highsided. Those errors
gave Gagne the chance to get
back in front and the battle was
on. With two laps to go going into
turn 11 Gagne led, Beaubier went
in hard on the brakes, nearly hit
the back of the leader, and ran
off the track.
"I had a pretty frustrating race,"
Beaubier admitted. "I made a lot
of mistakes. I was running wide
in one and down the hill I wasn't
too good on the brakes. I almost
highsided and then almost hit
Jake on the third to last lap down
the hill. I'm just happy to pick up
some points and move on to the
next race."
The off-track ride by Beaubier gave Gagne the chance he
needed to get some distance on
the series leader and he rode a
clean race to the end to win by
4.191 seconds.
"Earlier in the race on new
tires I didn't feel good," Gagne
said. "Cameron at that point had
more pace than I did. Anytime he
left the door open, I had to take
it. Towards the end of the race
I started to feel better. On used
tires I actually started to pick it
up a little bit. We went back and
forth so many times I don't even
remember. We both had a few
