SUPERBIKE/SUPERSTOCK 1000
MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN
ROUND 6/JUNE 26-28, 2015
MILLER MOTORSPORTS PARK/TOOELE, UTAH
P104
mer. But I was able to capitalize
on that and get second to Josh.
Josh was on it this weekend. He
was ripping."
In the end, Beaubier's answer
to the conundrum at Miller, "I'm
going to go back and just get
ready for Laguna and put this
one out of my head."
ON THE VERGE
Yoshimura Suzuki's Roger
Hayden has been so close to
a Superbike win this year he
could taste it. But unfortunately
for Hayden, it's been just out of
his reach. The dice hasn't rolled
in his favor. It was more of the
same for Hayden at Miller.
After riding a distant third from
the Factory Yamahas in race
one, Hayden was motivated to
come back fighting in race two.
And fight he did.
Hayden kept Hayes in his
sights and battled with the
four-time Superbike champ until
disaster struck the youngest of
the famous Hayden brothers.
"About six or seven laps to go
I dropped a valve or something
in the engine and just had no
acceleration," Hayden said. "So
Josh was just pulling away and
then Cam caught me. At that
point I was just trying to short
shift it. It was getting a little
slower and slower and to just
make sure I tried to get it to the
finish line the best I can."
His second podium finish of
the day was not enough to ease
the disappointment of just being
out of reach of a potential win,
once again.
"Yeah, I thought so, but there
was still a lot of racing, six or
seven laps," Hayden said about
whether he had something for
Hayes. "I felt pretty comfortable
and I felt like he was starting to
slide a little bit. I felt more com-
fortable, but you always think
that with six laps to go."
So more disappointment for
Hayden, but he still saw the
silver lining.
"It was pretty disappointing to
have such a strong race in the
beginning and then have that
happen," he said. "It's part of
racing. It seems like it's always
something. But I'm going to keep
my head down. I'm still lucky to
race a motorcycle. Whenever
it feels tough, on days like this
when things are out of control,
I'm [happy that I'm] leaving here
Josh Day (00)
turned his luck
around and won
both Superstock
1000 races.
