2018 MOTOAMERICA SEASON PREVIEW
P100
Feature
Yamaha seems to have found improvements in their
already impressive Yamaha R1 Superbike. Cameron
Beaubier continued to hold the hot hand through
off-season testing as the two-time MotoAmerica
Superbike Champion came out on top of the Dunlop
Preseason Test at Barber Motorsports Park. Beau-
bier had previously led all the test sessions coming
into the final shakedown and looks more than ready
as the season opener looms this week with the Su-
zuki Championship at Road Atlanta.
"The two days here at Barber went well," Beaubier
said after the recent tests. "I was stoked to be able to
ride here again. Yesterday, I was a little rusty since I
didn't get to race here last year [due to injury]. Thanks
to my team, they dialed me in and I got comfortable.
I ended up fastest right there at the end, but what
I'm happiest about is that I was within a tenth [of a
second] on the soft race tire. It's going to be a tough
year. There are a lot of fast guys…my teammate Gar-
rett [Gerloff], Toni [Elias] and Roger [Hayden] and
[Mathew] Scholtz are all riding really well right now. So
now, I'm ready to go racing. My off-season has been
a little bit longer than everyone else's, so I'm ready to
"ONE THING I'LL BE
TRYING TO IMPROVE
IS FINDING A WAY TO
THROW CAUTION TO THE
WIND AND PUSH A LITTLE
HARDER IN THE FINAL
LAPS OF THE RACES."
– ROGER LEE HAYDEN
2017 Supersport
Champ Garrett
Gerloff finally gets
his chance in the
Superbike class
alongside teammate
Beaubier.
Roger Lee
Hayden feels
he has the
speed to win the
championship
but needs to
control his
consistency.
