PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN J NELSON
INDIANAPOLIS, IN, AUG. 7—With five minutes left of today’s MotoAmerica Superbike/Superstock 1000 qualifying session, Cameron Beaubier laid down a flier to take his third pole of the season at Indy. Trailing Beaubier by .702 of a second was Yoshimura Suzuki’s Roger Hayden.
Both Beaubier and Hayden have experience at Indy–Beaubier on a 125cc Grand Prix machine in 2009 and Roger Hayden in Moto 2 in 2010. Hayden however said in spite of that experience he wasn’t comfortable on the bike yet.
Beaubier’s championship rival/Monster Energy Graves Yamaha teammate Josh Hayes was third, overcoming a rough morning session down in eighth place. Hayes was happy with the improvement this afternoon, but still not comfortable at the Brickyard after limited time on the 2.591-mile circuit. To add to the rough day, Hayes saved a low side with his knee; great for the bike, perhaps not so great for his knee. The four-time AMA Superbike champ was going to have a look at it after the press conference and was not sure about the damage at that time.
Road Race Factory Yamaha’s Jake Gagne was fourth ahead of fellow Superstock 1000 rider Sheridan Morais on the HSBK Racing Aprilia.
Hayden’s teammate was sixth, unable to improve on his time after crashing around the halfway point in the session. TOBC Racing Yamaha’s Taylor Knapp was seventh ahead of Yamalube/Westby Racing’s Josh Day. Rounding out the top 10 was Steve Rapp on the Atom Racing BMW and Chisim/Motul Racing’s Tyler O’Hara.
2015 MotoAmerica
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Supersport Qualifying Results
1. Cameron Beaubier (Yamaha) 1:37.247
2. Roger Hayden (Suzuki) 1:37.949
3. Josh Hayes (Yamaha) 1:38.343
4. Jake Gagne (Yamaha) 1:38.421
5. Sheridan Morais (Aprilia) 1:38.446
6. Jake Lewis (Suzuki) 1:38.470
7. Taylor Knapp (Yamaha) 1:39.135
8. Josh Day (Yamaha) 1:39.184
9. Steve Rapp (BMW) 1:39.737
10. Tyler O’Hara (Yamaha) 1:39.876
