CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 53 ISSUE 15 APRIL 19, 2016 P63
0.415s with Hayden taking the
final spot on the Atlanta podium.
Elias lost the chance to make it
four wins in a row after he laid it
laid it down on lap 14 while lying
in fourth place.
"At the time, I'm not going to
lie, a little bit," Beaubier said
when asked if he wanted to
smack Hayes after being struck
from behind by his teammate in
race one. "It happened. Obvi-
ously, Josh has been racing
for a long time, I look up to the
guy and he would never do that
on purpose, obviously. It's just
something I want to put behind
me and move on. I'm really
happy to get on the podium and
to get a win after the disaster of
a weekend we had in COTA and
in the first race. All in all, I felt
one Superstock 1000 winner
Bobby Fong (Latus Motors Rac-
ing Kawasaki ZX-10R), the trio
separated by just under 0.5s at
the flag.
In race two Beaubier wasn't
going to be satisfied with any-
thing other than his first win of
the year, as he bested Hayes by
RSV4) took his first Superstock
1000 win (and fourth overall in
Superbike/Superstock 1000)
since relocating to America,
getting the better of a race-long
battle between his round one
nemesis Josh Herrin (Wheels in
Motion/Motosport.com/Meen
Yamaha YZF-R1) and round
But a bit of man love made up
for it at the end of race two.
Every team manager's worst fear
landed at Chuck Graves' feet
in race one as Hayes ploughed
Beaubier out of the lead…
