AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 52 ISSUE 26 JUNE 30, 2015 P103
THE ONE-TWO-PUNCH
The advantage of a doubleheader, especially
on the same day, is that you get a second
chance to win. If you're Hayes, you also have
the chance to strengthen your first blow with
another win. In this case it was a second win,
more decisive than the first; the bonus—a
four-point lead in the championship.
"It's been an incredible weekend," Hayes
said. "It's tough sometimes when Cam [Beau-
bier] keeps beating you session after ses-
sion. Just keep your wits about you and stay
the course. The team's always a huge help
and a big inspiration for me when it comes
time to do the work. We work together well
and we stay steady and we find ourselves in
positions like this. So I'm just excited I'm still
in the show after falling down at Atlanta. We'll
keep plugging away and find ourselves in a
good spot."
Beaubier got a bit lucky with Roger
Hayden's misfortune—a dropped valve while
battling with Hayes for the lead had him limp-
ing the bike home to finish third. So Beaubier
still scored valuable runner-up points, but
was left scratching his head as to why he was
off Hayes' pace.
"Yeah to be honest I rode my heart out,"
Beaubier said. "I rode as hard as I could and
it was everything I had to be
51s and 52s. I'm not sure why. I
don't want to make any assump-
tions just yet before we figure
out what really happened. But
it's pretty frustrating honestly. I
know how hard my guys work
and I know how good the R1 is.
I'm sure everyone else does.
It's early days with this thing and
we're just trying to get all the
wiggles out, I guess you could
say.
"But these guys rode awe-
some. I saw a puff of smoke
going through one and I was
wondering who it was and I saw
Roger going back. Turns out he
dropped a valve which is a bum-
Briefly...
pean Junior Cup in the World Super-
bike Championship and Paasch, the
Moriwaki Junior Cup in the British
Superbike Championship. The pair
were asked to compare the competi-
tion level over there to the new Mo-
toAmerica spec series—the KTM RC
390 Cup. "It's a tough call because
there're competitors from every-
where around the world and different
riding styles and different levels of
aggression, but I think the competi-
tion is very similar," Ortt said. Paasch
concurred. "Like Braeden just said,
the competition's very close," said
Paasch. "These kids are slightly
more aggressive. If you're in the lead
they're going to come after you real
quick, but the Moriwaki Junior Cup
they just try to follow and go as fast
as possible. That's really the main
difference. There's still packs of peo-
ple and they're all going for the win."
easy there. Last year I led
from start to finish and that
was a good feeling. I don't
know what it is about the
track, but even from the
first practice I just felt really
comfortable, so I'm hoping
for another good weekend.
The key to the weekend is
just starting out fast in the
first practice and having a
good setup for the race.
Hopefully I can put it all together and
be up there."
Jake Lewis (right) talks with crew
chief Daisuke Hashimoto (left).
