ROUNDS 6-7/JULY 13-14, 2013
MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE/LEXINGTON, OHIO
AMA DAYTONA SPORTBIKE
P90
AMA GOPRO DAYTONA SPORTBIKE SERIES
On Sunday, Beaubier had his hands full
with JD Beach (95) but still managed to
win his sixth race of the season.
ever for JD Beach. The RoadRace Factory rider led the race
(shortened from 21 to 15 laps due
to a massive oil spill from a fanlap ride at lunch) for five laps.
And then once Beaubier got
by, he hung tough and actually
turned the fastest lap of the race
with two to go in an effort to catch
the leader. He came up just .655
of a second short at the end, but
it was one of the most serious
challenges Beaubier has had all
season in the class.
"At the beginning, I was a little
timid going into the left-hander,"
said Beaubier. "I could hear JD
on me the whole race, especially
in the last turn. He was there the
whole time, and it was tough."
He added that he had tried
to pull away, but couldn't shake
Beach.
For Beach it marked what he
hoped would be a breakthrough.
He credited much of his success
on Sunday by taking full advantage of the 10-minute free practice given to the riders to help
clean off the oil dry from the fan
ride incident. He said he found
a good line through the turns involved.
"I think I put the most laps in
during the practice," Beach said.
"A lot of people decided to pull
in and I guess save their tires
and stuff, but I just kept doing
laps and found my line through
all the slick stuff and a good start
and put my head down through
there. I know in the first few laps
of these races there are a lot of
people that get up to the front
that don't finish there. So I kind of
wanted to break away from there.
"I was leading and felt good
and then Cameron came past me
and I knew Jake [Gagne] was going to be right there. I made a bit
of a mistake and Cameron got a
gap on me and I just put my head
down and really pushed hard and
did a pretty decent lap time and
brought it home in second."
Gagne was third in Sunday's
race, continuing his string of solid podium finishes.
"I didn't have the pace today,"
Gagne said. "I just struggled a
lot. JD and Cameron rode awesome. I stayed with them for a
little while, but then just had too
many moments and just decided
to bring it home in third."
Gerloff held off James Rispoli
in a nice battle over fourth that
came down to the last lap. CN
