ROAD RACE
MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 5 / JUNE 6, 2016
ELKHART LAKE, WISCONSIN / ROAD AMERICA
P88
1000 rider home over Claudio Corti
(Aprilia HSBK Racing) and South African
Matthew Scholtz (Team Rabit Transit
Yamaha) in his MotoAmerica debut.
Race two was another thriller, only
this time Elias found the speed required
to stay with the top three. He not just
stayed with them but very nearly took
the win, coming up just short in sec-
ond after a breathless four-way battle
between eventual race winner Beau-
bier, Hayes in third and fourth-placed
Hayden. The top four were covered by
just 1.287 seconds after 13 hectic laps.
"The race was crazy and was proba-
bly the most fun superbike race I've ever
had," said Beaubier. "Battling back and
forth and you don't get a four-bike battle
for the lead all the time in superbike
racing. I especially didn't want to throw
another bike down the road but you
have to ride on the edge if you're going
to beat these guys. It was really good to
be able to get the double here."
In the Honda Superbike Showdown,
a three-round series run over six races
(Road America, Barber Motorsports
Park and Laguna Seca Raceway) within
the MotoAmerica Series that will award
its winner a 2016 Honda Civic Sedan,
Beaubier leads the charge, 50-33, over
Roger Hayden.
Josh Herrin backed up his Super-
stock 1000 win in race one with another
in race two, again over Corti, with Cycle
World Suzuki's Hayden Gillim taking the
third step on the class podium.
In the Superbike Championship,
Beaubier heads the standings on 176
points from Hayes with 169 and Hayden
on 149. Superstock 1000 points sees
Corti on top with 185 from Herrin on 168
with Latus Motors Kawasaki rider Bobby
Fong third with 160.
Frankie Babuska (16)
came home 12th in
race two but Corey
Alexander (23) failed
to finish on the Ride
HMC Ducati Panigale.
