AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 52 ISSUE 26 JUNE 30, 2015 P99
Briefly...
The MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North
American Road Racing Champion-
ship switched its timing and scor-
ing system at the Miller Motorsports
Park round. The official word on
abandoning the Track Intel system:
"we reached a mutual agreement to
terminate." The Track Intel system
was not popular in the paddock as it
was plagued with issues. The newer
system ran much smoother at the
Utah round.
Although Jake Lewis' results were
the same in both Superbike races
(fourth place), the rookie said that
race two was more of a struggle for
him personally, even though the bike
was better. "Race two the bike was
a lot better but I was just struggling,"
Lewis said. "My back got really tight
and I don't know why it happened.
Once in 2013 it was just kind of lock-
ing up and I just couldn't ride like
myself. I was just struggling a lot and
figured bringing it home in fourth was
an okay result and get some points.
Pretty disappointed with race two be-
cause I thought I could be up there
and be battling for a podium again,
but just kind of struggled."
As of now, Miller Motorsports Park
is to be no more after October 31
when the lease runs out. Although
its future is uncertain, there are in-
terested parties and Alan Wilson, the
architect of the track, is helping the
county—in an unofficial capacity—to
help them in dealing with potential
operators. In an interview on the
MotoAmerica site, Wilson said that
he was 100 percent certain that the
facility will be under new ownership
next year.
opposition; demoralize them.
Well that didn't exactly go to
plan. Beaubier had other ideas
and despite a less than great
start, he chased down his veter-
an teammate, and gave him fits.
"Josh [Hayes] pulled about
half a second and I just pushed
really hard to try to catch back
up," Beaubier said. "I was
feeling good. I felt solid. I had
a couple mistakes and had to
close the gap again. But once I
got up to him I felt good."
It was a chess match on the
racetrack. The two title contend-
ers took turns leading, sizing
each other up—thinking about
that last lap, that last push to the
finish line. In the end, experi-
continued on next page
JOSH HAYES TAKES OVER
THE LEAD IN THE SUPERBIKE
CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THE
DOUBLE WIN AT MILLER
MOTORSPORTS PARK
CHANGER
