AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
Briefly...
The mixed conditions in the first of
the two Superbike/Superstock 1000
races started to look like an endur-
ance race towards the end. So many
riders coming in to change tires and
riders racing with different comfort
levels meant that there was a lot of
different races going on and multi-
layers of lapped traffic. So when the
blue flag came out it was a bit con-
fusing. "It was confusing because
I'm lapping guys and then [Cam-
eron] Beaubier and [Josh] Hayes,
they were obviously at the front and
although my lap times were decent
by the end, I'd given away way too
much time and Josh was going re-
ally good," Chris Ulrich said. "When
he came by it wasn't that confusing,
but then when Beaubier was there it
was like, I'm lapping two people. I've
got two people I'm racing, and oh
shoot, there's Cam. And it's like, at
that point you just got to make a con-
scious decision to ignore it because
I don't know who it's for. But they did
a good job. I saw Josh's pit board.
I knew he had 14 seconds on Cam
so it wasn't like I messed Cam's race
up, or any of us did." In the end the
GEICO Suzuki rider was happy with
a pair of fifth-place Superbike finish-
es after a rough few races struggling
with electronics issues on his bike.
For Roger Hayden Laguna Seca
is a special place with a lot of great
memories. "Yeah, Laguna's always
been a pretty good track for my
whole family," Hayden said. "Nicky
won his first Grand Prix race, I won
my first and only championship here.
Always seem to do pretty good here.
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The MotoAmerica Superbike
title fight heated up at Laguna
Seca as teammates Josh Hayes
(1) and Cameron Beaubier (6)
are now tied in points.
