VOLUME ISSUE MAY , P61
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN J. NELSON
C
ameron Beaubier (Tytlers
Cycle Racing BMW) was
at his devastating best for
almost all of the second round
of the MotoAmerica Steel Com
-
mander Superbike Championship
at Barber Motorsports Park in the
lush green Alabama forests.
Having qualified on pole by
three-tenths of a second ahead
of Warhorse HSBK Racing Duca
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ti's Loris Baz and a near half-sec-
ond clear of chief title rival and
current number one Jake Gagne
(Attack Performance/Progres
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sive/Yamaha Racing), Beaubier
was operating on another plane.
He took the holeshot in race
one and immediately slammed
the hammer down, putting in a
remarkable 1:24.9 opening lap to
position himself almost a second
clear of the other Attack Perfor
-
mance/Progressive/Yamaha
Racing of Cameron Petersen.
Sideways over the paint at
turn 13, Beaubier was well on
his way to being clear and home
when he lost the rear exiting turn
14A on lap three. The black and
blue BMW spun around under
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neath him, luckily not finding the
rear-tire grip that would have
launched him into the mother of
all highsides.
still rode
"Peace!" Cameron Beaubier begins to
check out in race one before checking
himself clean a crash two laps later.
He made up for it by smashing home
wins in races two and three.
Beaubier
