PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN J. NELSON
MONTEREY, CA, JULY 19—Monster Energy Graves Yamaha’s Cameron Beaubier held off Yoshimura Suzuki’s Roger Hayden to take a thrilling MotoAmerica Superbike victory in race two at Laguna Seca. Joining them on the podium was Beaubier’s teammate Josh Hayes.
The race was shortened to 18 laps after a delayed restart to attend to injured riders involved in a horrific crash at the start of the race that included Spaniards Daniel Rivas and Bernat Martinez; HSBK Racing Aprilia’s Devon McDonough, Zlock Racing’s Kevin Pinkstaff and Josh Chisum. Chisum walked away, but there are no updates on the other riders.
After the restart, Hayes took the lead early, but Hayden took over around the halfway mark. Beaubier, not wanting to miss out on the fun joined the pair and got past his veteran teammate to take second. The young Californian then made his move on Hayden at the top of the corkscrew. Hayden, also hungry for the win tried to take the top spot back on the last corner before the checkered flag but left the door open for Beaubier and had to settle for second.
Rounding out the top five in Superbike was Hayden’s teammate Jake Lewis and Geico Suzuki’s Chris Ulrich.
In the Superstock 1000 class RoadRace Factory Yamaha’s Jake Gagne got back to his winning ways. The series points leader earned valuable points over third place finisher Taylor Knapp on the TOBC Racing Yamaha who has been eating away at Gagne’s points lead. HSBK Racing Aprilia’s Sheridan Morais was second.
Rounding out the top five in the Superstock class was Yamalube/Westby Racing’s Josh Day and Chisum/Motul Racing’s Tyler O’Hara.
2015 MotoAmerica
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Superbike/Superstock 1000
Race Two Combined Results
1. Cameron Beaubier (Yamaha)
2. Roger Hayden (Suzuki)
3. Josh Hayes (Yamaha)
4. Jake Gagne (Yamaha)
5. Sheridan Morais (Aprilia)
6. Taylor Knapp (Yamaha)
7. Josh Day (Yamaha)
8. Jake Lewis (Suzuki)
9. Tyler O’Hara (Yamaha)
10. Chris Ulrich (Suzuki)
Superbike Results
1. Cameron Beaubier (Yamaha)
2. Roger Hayden (Suzuki)
3. Josh Hayes (Yamaha)
4. Jake Lewis (Suzuki)
5. Chris Ulrich (Suzuki)
6. Elena Myers (Suzuki)
Superstock 1000 Results
1. Jake Gagne (Yamaha)
2. Sheridan Morais (Aprilia)
3. Taylor Knapp (Suzuki)
4. Josh Day (Yamaha)
5. Tyler O’Hara (Yamaha)
6. Mark Heckles (Yamaha)
7. Steve Rapp (BMW)
8. Cory Call (BMW)
9. Sebastiao Ferreira (Yamaha)
10. Barrett Long (Yamaha)
