SUPERBIKE/SUPERSTOCK 1000
MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN
FINAL ROUND/SEPTEMBER 11-13, 2015
NEW JERSEY MOTORSPORTS PARK/MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY
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final MotoAmerica Superbike
race of 2015. Hayes needed to
win to keep his slim hopes of
defending his title alive, while
Hayden was hoping to finally
earn the victory that has eluded
him all season. So it was no
holds barred between those two
as they swapped the lead sev-
eral times in the season finale.
"I would have rather crashed
races, those are the things that
cost you the championship. Cam
rode well all year long, and I'm
proud of what he accomplished.
If someone other than me is go-
ing to win the championship, I'm
glad it's my teammate."
BIG INCENTIVES TO WIN
Hayes and Roger Hayden both
had major motivation to win the
tion of the series was even more
complete this year, with the two
factory Yamaha riders winning
all 18 rounds of the series with
Hayes claiming 10 wins to Beau-
bier's eight.
Reflecting on the race and
his Championship, Beaubier
said, "I was riding so timid. I was
doing everything I could to not
risk crashing or anything. I was
making sure I was staying off
the inside curbs... I was defi-
nitely riding pretty timid. But it
was pretty cool because I got to
watch Taylor [Knapp] and Josh
Day battle it out and it kind of
distracted me from what I had to
do so it was pretty cool. I started
the race and I was like, 'Okay, if I
have to stay behind Josh [Hayes]
and Rog [Hayden] and just try
to follow them around all race,
I'll be good,' But I got out there
and I started making a couple of
mistakes, got nervous and I was
like, 'No, I'm not going to follow
these guys today.' "
Hayes was as classy in defeat
as he was in victory and credited
his teammate for a great season.
"I'm super-proud to win both
races today," Hayes said. "This
was one of the hardest races I've
ever had here, and I gave it all
I had. Congratulations to Cam
[Beaubier]. My bad days were
just a little worse than his bad
days this season, and over the
course of nine rounds and 18
Jake Gagne secured the Superstock
1000 Championship, his second title
in a row after being crowned Daytona
SportBike Champion last year.
