CHAMPIONSHIP
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN J. NELSON
D
efending Superbike Champion
Cameron Beaubier (Monster En-
ergy/Yamalube/ Yamaha Factory
Racing) and Roger Hayden (Yoshimura
Suzuki) split wins at Pittsburgh Interna-
tional Race Complex at round eight of the
2017 MotoAmerica Superbike Champi-
onship, with Beaubier extending his win
streak to three on Saturday and Hayden
capping off the busy weekend with an
emotional victory on Sunday, but it was
Toni Elias (Yoshimura Suzuki) who proba-
bly came away with the most success, as
he further extended his points lead with
just two rounds (four races) left.
In Supersport, Garrett Gerloff (Monster
Energy/ Yamalube/ Y.E.S./ Graves Ya-
maha) gave himself some breathing room
in the race for the Supersport Champion-
ship by taking a double win.
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CAMERON BEAUBIER, ROGER HAYDEN
TRADE WINS IN PITTSBURGH
Pittsburgh Split
