Defending MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier managed to produce a sterling victory in race two and runner-up finish in race one at the New Jersey Motorsports Park. In this penultimate round, Monster Energy Yamalube Yamaha Factory Racing came through with a stellar performance. Teammate Garret Gerloff scored a win on Saturday but crashed in Sunday morning’s warm-up so he had to forego race two.
The final round of the championship will be held at Barber Motorsports Park on September 20 to 22.
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“At the beginning, I tried to make a pretty big push like I did yesterday, and I just didn’t have it. I think the track was a little hotter. For whatever reason, I wasn’t going anywhere. I was spinning up. I was like, ‘oh man. This is going to be a tough fight with JD (Beach),’ because I know how good of a racer he is. It felt so good to win this one. It’s more of a relief than anything because we’ve been kind of on the back foot all year and it feels so good every time we win. It just puts everything back into perspective. We had three Yamahas on the box both days. I think that’s a testament to how good this R1 is,” says Beaubier as quoted from Yamaha Racing.
“I’m only 16 points out now, so just got to keep grinding. I’m bummed that Garrett wasn’t out there today, because he’s been on rails all weekend. It would have been another Yamaha in the mix. Bummed for him, but he’ll be back in Barber and we’ll be ready to go.”
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“This weekend started out fantastic for us. It was full of highs and some lows, as well, but it started off incredibly well with Garrett setting a new track record, getting the pole position and winning race one. It was a Yamaha sweep on the podium, which was great. Then, unfortunately in warmup this morning, Garrett crashed after setting another lap record. Luckily, he is okay, but he was unable to race today and will be ready for Barber.
“Cameron stepped up today and took race two. It was also another Yamaha sweep, so it’s an incredible job from all the Yamaha guys today. With Cameron’s win, he is definitely in the series points fight with two races to go. We’re really looking forward to it. Again, an incredible job by Cameron, Garrett, JD Beach and Mathew Scholtz. We can’t wait for Barber.”
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