SUPERBIKE/SUPERSTOCK 1000
MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN
ROUND 7/JULY 17-19, 2015
MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA/MONTEREY CALIFORNIA
P106
Beaubier was on the slicks as
well, but he just couldn't hang
with Hayes.
"It was tough," Beaubier said.
"I was struggling out there the
first three or four laps. Josh
[Hayes] just got away and I was
like, 'man, there's no way I'm
catching him right now.' He was
riding really good. He was on
rails. It was like he was on a dif-
ferent track. It was a bummer. I
just settled. I didn't want to throw
another bike away [referring to
his Superpole crash]. My crew
worked really hard on getting
that bike put back together
So points for experience,
but more importantly, points for
nerves of steel and the talent to
take it to another level.
"I'm fortunate, I'm a lucky
man," Hayes said. "I have a lot of
AMA Superbike championships
and so I didn't have probably
the same nerves that these
guys are feeling, and I was able
to use this opportunity to take
advantage of if they were careful
at all. I felt confident to go out
there and see what I can make
happen. I was careful. I tiptoed
in the right places, I went fast
where I needed to. Just tried to
keep my cool and put in a good
race and not make too many
mistakes."
time I raced here and it was
wet Tommy Hayden lapped me
twice. So that is no joke on
DOTs [in] 1999. So I might have
been a little nervous about today
to start with. But by turn four on
the warmup lap I knew I wanted
slick tires. I knew I was going to
take that gamble no matter what
everybody else did. It was dry
enough, I thought. There were
definitely sections of the track
where I was going tiptoe and
struggle but as the race goes
on it's going to get better and
better. And this just comes down
to experience. I've done this
enough times and kind of seen
how this plays out that I had no
questions about my decision."
Hayes was very happy after,
dominating the Superbike field.
