CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 52 ISSUE 32 AUGUST 11, 2015 P85
front was just going a little bit
slower because they didn't know
how much grip there was. It was
easier to ride around in second
than to lead in those conditions.
I knew the last couple of laps,
it was raining pretty good, and I
had a feeling they were going to
type weekend. I'm hoping for
dry weather there and just do
the best I can. This weekend
was awesome. This race was
pretty tough the last few laps
when it was raining. I think all of
us were riding a little timid, and
it seemed like whoever was in
Briefly...
2008 when Suzuki won all 19 rounds
with Ben Spies and Mat Mladin. One
manufacturer winning every round of
the AMA Superbike Series only hap-
pened twice, once in 2008 as men-
tioned and in 2007, also Suzuki.
With Yamaha's dominance this sea-
son, Suzuki is in danger of going
winless in AMA Superbike for the first
time since 2002. That was the sea-
son Nicky Hayden won the champi-
onship with Honda. Honda, Yamaha
and Kawasaki all won races that
season, but Suzuki factory riders
Mat Mladin, Aaron Yates and Jamie
Hacking went winless.
Monster Energy/Graves Motors-
ports Yamaha's Josh Hayes's Indy
weekend got off to a rough start after
he smacked a curb with his knee in
qualifying. "We struggled with front-
end grip all weekend, and I ended up
tucking the front and sliding into the
curbing with the bike on my knee,"
Hayes explained. "It [the knee] kind
of got thumped pretty good and then
hooked the front of the knee puck
and kind of levered me up. It kept me
from crashing, but it beat the hell out
of my knee. Overnight it got better
and I felt fine for the races."
Cameron Beaubier won the pole
for the MotoAmerica Superbike final
by clocking a 1:37.247 on his fac-
tory Monster Energy Yamaha R1. It
marked his third pole of the season.
Trailing Beaubier by .702 of a sec-
ond was Yoshimura Suzuki's Roger
Hayden. Josh Hayes rounded out
the front row. Superstock rider Jake
Gagne was fourth fastest and head-
ed up the second row with Sheri-
dan Morias and Jake Lewis. Both
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