SUPERBIKE
MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 8 / AUGUST 7-9, 2015
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY/INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
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rode to the limits and beyond to
stay with Beaubier and Hayes.
He commented that over-riding
allowed him to stay with the lead-
ing duo, but he said ultimately
he had no margin, no way to get
around them and make it stick,
so he finished the weekend with
a pair of thirds and likely in need
of help to have any chance of
retaining his title in New Jersey
banking to get any grip off of.
Any problems that I might have
been able to find my way around
by being familiar with the race-
track is gone. Anything I seemed
to have in my pocket is gone and
I'm struggling on both ends right
now just trying to make things
work."
In Sunday's race two, Hayes
threw caution to the wind and
throw the red flag so I was doing
everything I could just to stay
in front just in case it would go
back a lap or whatever—if it didn't
go to the checkered."
For Hayden, Indy was another
case of being so close and com-
ing up short. If Suzuki is to be
kept from being blanked out with
zero wins in AMA Superbike for
the first time in 13 years, Hayden
or Lewis will to have to come up
with something special at New
Jersey Motorsports Park next
month.
"It's a little disappointing to
keep getting second by point
zero something," Hayden said.
"But the whole Yoshimura Suzuki
team has given me a great bike.
It's fun fighting with the two lead-
ers. We want to win and we only
have two races left to try to get
one. I'm looking forward to New
Jersey already and we'll try to
get a win there."
While Beaubier and Hayden,
both of whom had raced the Indy
circuit before, looked solid, de-
fending champ Josh Hayes was
uncharacteristically tentative.
He'd never raced Indy before
and freely admitted that circuit
was much more difficult to grasp
than he originally thought.
"I figured it was a flat infield
road course that it should be fair-
ly simple to learn," Hayes said.
"But everything was hidden. You
can't see the apexes, there's no
Gagne (center) Day (left) and Taylor
Knapp lap it up on the podium for a
Yamaha clean sweep.
