MotoAmerica: Beaubier on pole in New Jersey
Cycle News Staff | April 30, 2016
Current MotoAmerica Superbike number one Cameron Beaubier topped the Superpole sessions for the third round of the 2016 season at New Jersey Motorsports Park.
Beaubier set the pace in Superpole 2, the defending MotoAmerica Superbike Champion earning his second pole position of the season and the seventh of his career with a lap of 1:21.390 on the factory Yamaha R1. But his rivals are close with teammate Josh Hayes just .174 of a second behind in second and Yoshimura Suzuki’s championship points leader Roger Hayden third and just .251 of a second off Beaubier.
Hayes walked away unscathed from two crashes in the final practice session and he wasn’t alone as several went down in the cold conditions.
Championship leader Roger Hayden, on the Yoshimura Suzuki, will fill the front row for Sunday’s two races. Hayden’s best lap was a 1:21.641 – just a tick slower than the two Yamaha teammates.
Row two for tomorrow’s Superbike races will be led by the surprising Hayden Gillim, the Cycle World Suzuki rider lapping in the 1:21s with a 1:21.816 on his Bazzaz Superstock 1000-spec GSX-R1000. He led Broaster Chicken Roadrace Factory’s Jake Gagne and Yoshimura Suzuki’s Toni Elias, the Spaniard having to come through from Superpole 1 as he was struggling in his first visit to New Jersey Motorsports Park.
Row three will consist of Latus Motors Racing’s Bobby Fong on his Kawasaki ZX-10R, TOBC Racing’s Danny Eslick and M4 Suzuki’s Larry Pegram, the racing veteran making his MotoAmerica debut as a replacement rider for the recently retired Chris Ulrich.