Cameron Beaubier Scores His Second Win Of The Younger MotoAmerica Season At Highway Atlanta.
Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Cameron Beaubier turned in a masterful wet-weather using efficiency in Saturday’s MotoAmerica Superbike race at Michelin Raceway Highway Atlanta, with the five-time champion placing within the quickest two laps of the race on the ultimate two laps to thwart the efforts of Assault Efficiency Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne.
The win was Beaubier’s tenth MotoAmerica Superbike win at Highway Atlanta and the 67th Superbike win of his profession. It was additionally his first wet-weather race win on the BMW M 1000 RR.
Beaubier led each little bit of the race, however not with out strain. Gagne latched on to the again of Beaubier and didn’t let go, trailing the BMW for all 15 laps. Gagne and his Yamaha YZF-R1 had been faster on the primary a part of the two.54-mile monitor, however Beaubier had him coated on the remaining, making it tough for Gagne to get shut sufficient to try a move.
These two cleared off on the entrance, leaving Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Josh Herrin to complete third, some 12 seconds behind. Herrin rode largely alone, however a mistake allowed Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Sean Dylan Kelly to shut in and virtually beat the defending MotoAmerica Superbike Champion.
On the end line it was Herrin by simply .147 of a second over Kelly.
FLO4LAW/SBU Racing’s Benjamin Smith put in a formidable experience to a Superbike profession greatest end of fifth. Smith battled with and beat Imaginative and prescient Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante by 1.1 seconds.
The Actual Metal Honda pairing of Hayden Gillim and JD Seashore ended up seventh and eighth, respectively. Aftercare Scheibe Racing’s Danilo Lewis and Jones Honda’s Ashton Yates rounded out the highest 10.
Assault Efficiency Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong ended up eleventh after crashing out of third place and remounting to attain 5 invaluable factors.
The highest 4 finishers had been mounted on 4 completely different makes of bike: BMW, Yamaha, Ducati, and Suzuki.
After three races within the 2025 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship, Beaubier leads Jake Gagne by 9 factors, 70-61. Herrin is third, 27 factors behind Beaubier and 4 factors forward of Kelly. Fong rounds out the highest 5 within the title chase, three factors adrift of Kelly.
Seashore, in the meantime, retains his unbeaten streak alive within the MotoAmerica Superbike Cup, with three wins on his Inventory 1000-spec Honda CBR1000 RR Fireblade SP.
The second of two Superbike races at Highway Atlanta will happen on Sunday at 3:12 p.m.
Superbike Race 1
Cameron Beaubier (BMW)Jake Gagne (Yamaha)Josh Herrin (Ducati)Sean Dylan Kelly (Suzuki)Benjamin Smith (Yamaha)Richie Escalante (Suzuki)Hayden Gillim (Honda)JD Seashore (Honda)Danilo Lewis (BMW)Ashton Yates (Honda)
Quotes…
Cameron Beaubier – Winner“I used to be simply making an attempt to remain targeted on each a part of the monitor. Like Jake (Gagne) stated, there are some corners on the market that can simply catch you. You’re feeling such as you’ll undergo the identical as you probably did the lap earlier than, and your entrance tire will push proper out from underneath you. Down into flip three, I knifed the entrance a pair occasions within the sighting lap session and in addition within the race. Then, the place I fell over within the sighting lap session, there a pair occasions I had the entrance sort of push round slightly bit. So, I positively had my spots the place I felt like I might roll round fairly good, after which different spots the place I needed to be actually cautious. I noticed zero on my board, after which I began Jake’s pit board. I noticed our hole rising and I felt fairly comfy at that tempo. I knew Jake wasn’t going anyplace. So, I didn’t attempt to experience over my head. I simply tried to remain in my lane. I figured one thing occurred in direction of the top, however I felt like simply with how sketchy the monitor is, it will be fairly powerful to make any passes. I really feel like we might hardly go any sooner than we had been going. I’m stoked simply to get a superb rain race underneath my belt on this bike, a superb win. That is my first rain race win on the BMW. We’ve had some powerful days on this factor within the moist, in order that felt actually good to really feel good on the bike.”
Jake Gagne – Second Place“He was getting actually good drives. He was utilizing the rear tire, and I used to be sort of utilizing the entrance tire. So, any alternative of getting shut sufficient to attempt to make a move was powerful. I’m glad. Coming into this, a rain race here’s a lot completely different than Barber. Simply surviving out right here is precedence primary. To me, that is the sketchiest monitor to experience within the rain most likely all 12 months. There’s some actually tough stuff. You’ve acquired to know the place there’s some slick spots. It’s actually, actually tough. It’s not like Barber with tremendous constant grip. So, I’m simply glad I saved her up on two. Cam (Beaubier) was hauling and ran away from the start. I used to be fairly impressed with how arduous he was going straight off the bat. I sort of was simply rolling round behind him. Couldn’t do something about it. Then that final lap he was in a position to placed on a cost and I couldn’t keep there. Good to get one other podium. Tomorrow we’ve acquired a dry race, so wanting ahead to that.”
Josh Herrin – Third Place“It was sort of disturbing. I went out for the warm-up and the sensation I acquired from the bike was precisely the identical as I had the final two years. So, I used to be panicking, after which we made an enormous change. It was 90 % to the place it was at Barber, so the blokes did a fast change and it helped me out loads. The error, I believe for a lap or two I simply began using tremendous tense as a result of I went from a two-and-a-half second hole to now he (Sean Dylan Kelly) was proper there. I believe I virtually high-sided in 5. It was the primary time I had the rear come round. It was fairly huge. So, he caught me. I believe that was on the final lap. So, I had tried to construct up slightly hole within the esses and stuff. I don’t know if I had one, but when I did it was gone after that. He acquired me moving into 10A. He ran it fairly huge, so I believed he was going to attempt to simply park it in 10B, simply to verify I didn’t lower it beneath him. However he ran the common line. I used to be telling myself, if he didn’t shield the road on the high then I used to be going to attempt to get him there. He left a pair ft there and I used to be in a position to simply stab again beneath him. Then he launched the brakes. So, we had a type of seize brake, launch brake, seize brake, launch brake. Most likely 3 times, I believe. I knew there was an enormous hole behind him, so I used to be ready to simply preserve going till it was the final second. So, it labored out. I’m glad. It was only a cool little battle on the final lap. Hopefully, it offered some leisure for everyone on the market that caught it out within the rain. I’m simply comfortable, like I stated on the rostrum, to be up right here. We’ve had such a tough time within the rain the final two years on this bike. It looks like we’ve figured one thing out. Immediately I believe we misplaced 9 factors. Final 12 months, we’d have misplaced 25 factors as a result of we weren’t scoring factors, actually. So, I’m tremendous proud of that step. Hopefully tomorrow we will have a superb day, too.”
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