SUPERBIKE SHOOTOUT
SUPERBIKE SHOOTOUT SERIES
ROUND 2/MAY 4, 2014
SONOMA RACEWAY/SONOMA, CALIFORNIA
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he [Beaubier] got by he had just
that little bit of gap and I tried as
hard as I could to close it up. And
when it didn't happen, man I was
already wrecked just from trying
to chase the little punk."
Hayes is generally considered
a favorite at Sonoma. He's had
a lot of wins there, including his
first-ever AMA Superbike victory.
"A lot of people have been like,
'man this is your track…'," Hayes
said. "Yeah, it's still hard though.
I was trying as hard as I could.
And, really, honestly, the only
problem I had today was… he
had a name: Cameron Beaubier.
The kid's fast, but I know what
he's riding. So I know how he's
fast. I'm going to go home and
work on it."
Yoshimura Suziki's Martin
Cardenas, last week's Pro Super-
bike winner, finished third. The
Colombian struggled all week-
end and although some Sunday
morning changes made a differ-
ence for the race, an early mis-
take, running off in the chicane,
cost him.
"We improved quite a bit, but
not enough to fight with the two
Yamahas," Cardenas said. "May-
be if I didn't make those mistakes
that I made at the beginning [run-
ning off track in the chicane]…
maybe with Hayes a little bit, I
was running a similar pace than
him. But for Beaubier we didn't
have anything today. He was rid-
ing awesome all weekend. Just
too fast for us. Third was a good
result - all we could do this week-
end. We'll try next time."
Fourth went to ADR Motors-
port's David Anthony, who got
his first ever front-row Superbike
start, qualifying in second, but
unfortunately an out of balance
rear wheel took away his shot to
fight for the lead.
"Yeah, was just huge chat-
ter," Anthony said. "Was a thump
in the rear every time the wheel
(Above) Josh Hayes (4) took the lead
from Chris Fillmore (11), who was
fast all weekend on the KTM.
(Right) Pro Sportbike winner Garrett
Gerloff: Dragging elbows, going fast.
