INTERVIEW
2016 MOTOAMERICA SUPERBIKE CHAMPION CAMERON BEAUBIER
P80
Teammates
and rivals:
Beaubier
(left) and
Hayes (right)
have a good
relationship
unlike the
days of Mat
Mladin and
Ben Spies.
The season started out rough,
with two DNFs and a fourth-
place finish in the first three
races. It was not exactly the
dream start to a title defense.
"I went into the season with a
lot of confidence after last year
and then the pre-season tests…
everything was going good," he
said. "The first two rounds, the
first three races, were kind of a
disaster, really. We were a big
gap down already just right off
the bat. I was like, 'holy crap!
This is going to be tough to turn
around and come back.' But we
were able to do it. Every race I
just focused on each race and
dug deep when I needed to."
Beaubier was able to turn his
season around and went into
