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pion and former Yamaha
Factory Racing Team rider Josh
Herrin will replace injured two-
time MotoAmerica Superbike
Champion Cameron Beaubier on
the Monster Energy/Yamalube/
Yamaha Factory Racing Super-
bike Team at the final two rounds
of the 2017 MotoAmerica Super-
bike Championship, beginning
with round nine at New Jersey
Motorsports Park, September
8-9.
Beaubier, who suffered a
dislocated right shoulder during
Superbike race two at Pittsburgh
International Race Complex,
is scheduled to have surgery
this week, and his recovery is
expected to take six weeks.
"After talking with Dr. (Tom)
Bryan (of the Orthopaedic
Medical Group in West Covina,
California) and then discussing
the situation with Keith (McCarty,
Motorposrts Racing Division
Manger) and the team, we de-
cided it's best to get my shoulder
fixed now," said Beaubier. "It's a
bummer because I would love to
finish out the season, especially
after winning three races in a row
before this happened. But it's
just not possible, and I've had
problems with my right shoulder
in the past. So, I'm going to have
surgery this week, which will fix
the shoulder so it doesn't con-
tinue being an issue down the
road."
Josh Herrin will be reunited
with the same Yamaha Factory
Superbike crew members he
worked with when he won the
2013 AMA Superbike Champi-
onship, with Rick Hobbs as his
crew chief. Herrin's entire crew
became Cameron's crew when
Herrin left the team to race in
the Moto2 World Champion-
ship.
"I'm very excited to race for
Monster Energy/Yamalube/
Yamaha Factory Racing at these
final two rounds of the season,"
Herrin said, "although, I wish
the circumstances were differ-
ent because you never want to
replace a rider who's injured. I
wish Cameron all the best dur-
ing his surgery and recovery,
and I will try to represent him,
the team, and Yamaha well dur-
ing these final two rounds." CN
Josh Herrin will
fill in for Cameron
Beaubier for the
remaining two
rounds of the 2017
MotoAmerica
Championship.
