MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North America Road Racing Series

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Indianapolis, Indiana

August 8, 2015

Provisional Superbike/Superstock 1000 Combined Race One Results (All on Dunlop tires):

1. Cameron Beaubier (Yamaha), SBK, 18 laps, total race time 29:39.714, fastest lap time 1:38.075

2. Roger Hayden (Suzuki), SBK, -0.040 second, 1:38.067

3. Josh Hayes (Yamaha), SBK, -6.023 seconds, 1:38.601

4. Jake Lewis (Suzuki), SBK, -6.110, 1:38.621

5. Jake Gagne (Yamaha), STK, -17.639, 1:38.458

6. Josh Day (Yamaha), STK, -20.194, 1:39.047

7. Taylor Knapp (Yamaha), STK, -26.355, 1:39.035

8. Sheridan Morais (Aprilia), STK, -31.286, 1:38.924

9. Steve Rapp (BMW), STK, -38.113, 1:40.133

10. Shane Narbonne (Yamaha), STK, -56.814, 1:40.890

11. Elena Myers (Suzuki), SBK, -56.830, 1:40.885

12. Barret Long (Yamaha), STK, -82.105, 1:42.546

13. Matt Carr (Ducati), STK, -82.549, 1:42.689

14. Mark Heckles (Yamaha), STK, -1 lap, 1:41.377, crash

15. Chris Ulrich (Suzuki), SBK, -1 lap, 1:41.580, ran off track, jump start/ride-through penalty

16. Brad Burns (Suzuki), STK, -1 lap, 1:43.558, crash

17. Max Flinders (Yamaha), STK, -10 laps, 1:43.328, DNF, crash

18. Kyle Wyman (Yamaha), STK, -18 laps, DNF, crash

19. Tyler O’Hara (Yamaha), STK, -18 laps, DNF, crash

20. Eddie Thornton (Aprilia), STK, -5 laps, 1:43.757, DQ

21. Jake Zemke (Ducati), SBK, DNS

22. Garrick Schneiderman (Yamaha), STK, DNS

Provisional Superbike Race One Results:

1. Cameron Beaubier (Yamaha), 18 laps, total race time 29:39.714, fastest lap time 1:38.075

2. Roger Hayden (Suzuki), -0.040 second, 1:38.067

3. Josh Hayes (Yamaha), -6.023 seconds, 1:38.601

4. Jake Lewis (Suzuki), -6.110, 1:38.621

5. Elena Myers (Suzuki), -56.830, 1:40.885

6. Chris Ulrich (Suzuki), -1 lap, 1:41.580, ran off track, jump start/ride-through penalty

7. Jake Zemke (Ducati), DNS

Provisional Superstock 1000 Race One Results:

1. Jake Gagne (Yamaha), 18 laps, total race time 29:57.353, best lap time 1:38.458

2. Josh Day (Yamaha), -2.555 seconds, 1:39.047

3. Taylor Knapp (Yamaha), -8.716, 1:39.035

4. Sheridan Morais (Aprilia), -13.647, 1:38.924

5. Steve Rapp (BMW), -20.474, 1:40.133

6. Shane Narbonne (Yamaha), -39.175, 1:40.890

7. Barret Long (Yamaha), -64.466, 1:42.546

8. Matt Carr (Ducati), -64.910, 1:42.689

9. Mark Heckles (Yamaha), -1 lap, 1:41.377, crash

10. Brad Burns (Suzuki), -1 lap, 1:43.558, crash

11. Max Flinders (Yamaha), -10 laps, 1:43.328, DNF, crash

12. Kyle Wyman (Yamaha), -18 laps, DNF, crash

13. Tyler O’Hara (Yamaha), -18 laps, DNF, crash

14. Eddie Thornton (Aprilia), -5 laps, 1:43.757, DQ

15. Garrick Schneiderman (Yamaha), DNS

Superbike Championship Point Standings (After 15 of 18 races):

1. Beaubier, 311 points

2. Hayes, 302

3. Hayden, 225

4. Lewis, 210

5. Bernat Martinez (RIP), 127

6. Myers, 123

7. Ulrich, 113

8. Danny Eslick, 92

9. Chris Fillmore, 82

10. Mathew Orange, 40

More, from a press release issued by MotoAmerica:

Beaubier Over Hayden In Indy Thriller

JD Beach Wraps Up Supersport Title Early

Cameron Beaubier (6) and Roger Hayden (95) battled for the duration in Saturday’s MotoAmerica Superbike race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Photo by Brian J Nelson.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN, AUG. 8 – Monster Energy/Graves Motorsports Yamaha’s Cameron Beaubier won his seventh MotoAmerica Superbike race of the season on Saturday afternoon at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the 22-year-old Californian extending his championship lead to nine points over his teammate and series rival Josh Hayes in the process. The win, however, didn’t come without a race-long battle with Yoshimura Suzuki’s Roger Hayden, the Kentuckian coming up just .040 of a second short at the finish line. That means Hayden has lost the last two races to Beaubier (Indy and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca) by a combined .124 of a second.

Hayes, meanwhile, was never a factor in this one as he battled to the finish just to earn the final podium spot, besting Yoshimura Suzuki’s Jake Lewis by .087 of a second as the pair crossed the famous yard of bricks.

The win was not only the seventh on the season for Beaubier, but he will also go down in history as the first-ever winner of a Superbike race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

A champion was also crowned at the Brickyard on Saturday with Yamalube/Y.E.S./Graves Motorsports Yamaha’s JD Beach clinching the 2015 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM Supersport Championship with a third-place finish in the red-flag interrupted final.

With his nearest rival Josh Herrin crashing out of the battle for victory on the first lap after the re-start, Beach didn’t have to do much to earn the crown. But he still finished third behind his teammate Garrett Gerloff and the Latus Motors Racing Triumph of Bobby Fong, with those two battling to the bitter end. At the finish it was Gerloff taking his second win of the season and his first since May by .036 of a second over Fong.

“The one thing I can tell you is that everybody at the house is going to be a lot more happy because I’ve been grumpy and mean and have just been so stressed over this,” Beach said after earning his first professional title. “It’s something that I’ve wanted for a long time and I’ve worked since I was a kid to have this. It was just me and my dad going dirt track racing and then moving away from my dad and moving back east and living with a great family. We all had the same goal and having Hayden (Gillim) win the Supersport Championship last year and being able to bring it home this year… it’s just an amazing thing. I’m just thankful to have a team behind me like I do and a family there that has the same goals as me. Me and Hayden are always pushing each other each day and it’s just amazing.”

With just the two races at New Jersey Motorsports Park remaining, Beach has an insurmountable 57-point lead over Gerloff, who moved ahead of the non-scoring Herrin by five points with his victory today at Indy.

Fourth place in today’s Supersport final went to newly crowned Superstock 600 Champion Joe Roberts, the Wheels in Motion/Motosport.com/Meen Motorsports Yamaha rider moving up to the Supersport class after wrapping up the Superstock 600 title at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca three weeks ago. Roadrace Factory’s Cameron Petersen rounded out the top five, the South African chasing Roberts across the finish line.

With Beaubier and Hayden fighting for the victory and Hayes and Lewis battling over third in the Superbike final, fifth place went to a lonely Jake Gagne, who in the process won his 10th Superstock 1000 race of the season to extend his championship points lead to 29 points over TOBC Racing’s Taylor Knapp. Knapp ended up third in the Superstock 1000 class and seventh overall, one spot behind Westby Racing’s Joshua Day.

HSBK Aprilia’s Sheridan Morais was eighth with Atom Racing’s Steve Rapp and GN Gonzales Racing’s Shane Narbone rounding out the top 10 overall. All three were in the Superstock 1000 class where they finished fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively.

A second Superbike/Superstock 1000 race will be held on tomorrow (Sunday) at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Beaubier will take a nine-point lead over Hayes into that race, 311-302, with Hayden now a solid third with 225 points.

In the Superstock 1000 points chase, Gagne leads Knapp by 29 points, 269-240.

“That was a really important race for me to win in this tight championship with Josh (Hayes),” Beaubier said. “I know tomorrow it might be a little tougher. It will be his (Hayes) third day on this track and I’m sure they are going to go back and work hard on the bike for tomorrow. The battle was awesome, like Roger (Hayden) said, going into turn one and trying to out-brake each other. That seemed like the only place where we could really pass each other because we had the rest of the track really dialed. I felt like I was sliding all over the place, entry, mid-corner, exit, and when I was behind him I know he was doing the same. I know we were hanging out. I had fun and I have to thank my team.”

SUPERBIKE RACE 1: 1. Cameron Beaubier (Yamaha); 2. Roger Hayden (Suzuki); 3. Josh Hayes (Yamaha); 4. Jake Lewis (Suzuki); 5. Elena Myers (Suzuki); 6. Chris Ulrich (Suzuki).

SUPERSPORT FINAL: 1. Garrett Gerloff (Yamaha); 2. Bobby Fong (Triumph); 3. JD Beach (Yamaha); 4. Joe Roberts (Yamaha); 5. Cameron Petersen (Yamaha); 6. Travis Wyman (Yamaha); 7. Hayden Gillim (MV Agusta); 8. Bryce Prince (Yamaha); 9. Corey Alexander (Yamaha); 10. Benny Solis Jr. (Honda).

More, from a press release issued by Geiger Media Global:

GEICO Suzuki rider Chris Ulrich finishes sixth in race No. 1 in Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 8) — Chris Ulrich and his GEICO Suzuki team finished just one position short of extending his recent string of top-five finishes. After finishing in the top five in both races at the July 17-19 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM event in Laguna Seca, Calif., Ulrich came home sixth in the first of two Superbike/Stock 1000 feature races today at the MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Superbike Championship event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The MotoAmerica events are part of the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix, and most of the teams, Ulrich’s included, never had competed on the historic facility’s 16-turn, 2.5-mile road course.

Race weekend did not begin well for the 35-year-old California native. Practice on Thursday was held under wet conditions. The weather cleared up on Friday and the team participated in qualifying with little usable reference information on the new track while also attempting to sort out a problem with the bike’s electronics. At the end of the 30-minute qualifying session, Ulrich and the GEICO Suzuki were slated to start both of the weekend’s races 16th on the grid.

Ulrich was moved up one position, to 15th, on the starting grid when a competitor withdrew due to mechanical problems. Three riders crashed in front of Ulrich in the second turn on the opening lap and he was forced to go off course, into the grass, to avoid them. The mishap cost him at least five positions. On Lap 5, Ulrich was assessed a ride-through penalty down pit road when officials determined he jumped the start. Considering both unfortunate instances into account, some riders might have been satisfied to take home a sixth-place finish in an 18-lap race.

“It’s eventful but I’m on the ground, so that’s a positive,” Ulrich said. “Starting where I was starting, I was really keen to get a good start. When the light came on, I moved. I think I moved a little bit too much and then I stopped. Then the launch wasn’t so good, and then in Turn 2 those three guys got together and I had to run off the track to avoid them. I was in last place, so I was hoping maybe they’d (race officials) would take mercy on me and not give me a jump-start penalty. Unfortunately we got the penalty, and I had to come down pit lane at 60 kilometers per hour and that pretty much was the race.

“I had some hope of getting a better finish without the penalty, but once it was assessed it was just basically, ‘OK, let’s gather 18 laps of race data, get through this, and come home,’ ” he added. “I rode as hard as I could the rest of the race. I had two laps that were longer than two minutes thanks to the penalty, and that really gave away a lot of time.

“It’s a bummer, but we went a lot quicker than we qualified, and we went a lot quicker than we did in this morning’s warm-up. That’s positive and we’ll take that into tomorrow morning and try to make some changes for the warm-up to improve, then improve for the race. It’s a big improvement from where we were, but we’ve still got more to go. We’ll see if we can leave Indy with a good result.”

The final day of the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix begins at 7:30 a.m. Sunday with the Superbike/Stock 1000 Warm-up. The second 18-lap Superbike/Stock 1000 feature is the grand finale of the weekend, scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

More, from a press release issued by Yamaha:

CamBeau Slices ‘Em At Indy In MotoAmerica Superbike Race 1; Teammate Hayes Finishes Third

Indianapolis, IN – August 8, 2015 – Coming into Round 8 of the 2015 MotoAmerica SuperBike Championship, Monster Energy/Graves/Yamaha teammates Josh Hayes and Cameron Beaubier were all tied up in points, but Josh held the tiebreaker with eight race wins to Cameron’s six.

In Saturday’s Superbike Race 1 from Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Cameron notched victory number seven to move into sole ownership of the Championship.

Cameron, who earned the pole with a blistering lap in Friday’s Superpole final qualifying, slotted in behind Roger Hayden at the start, and the battle was on. The lead changed hands quite a few times during the 18-lap feature event, with Cameron and Roger swapping the lead and Josh following in third. As the dynamic duo crossed start-finish to begin the final lap, Cameron made a perfect draft pass going into the high-speed sweeper in turn one, took the lead, and held onto it all the way to the checkers. Josh, who was solidly in third place, kept his position to the end to fill the final spot on the podium and salvage as many points as he could in what has been a somewhat difficult weekend for him on a track he’s never turned a lap on until Thursday.

After his victory, Cameron said, “That was a really important race for me to win, in this tight championship with Josh. Who knows? Tomorrow, it’ll be his third day on this track, and I’m sure they’re going to go back and work hard on the bike for tomorrow. It’s gonna be tough. The battle I had with Roger was awesome. Going into turn one, trying to outbrake each other, it seemed like that was the only place we could pass each other. I had fun, and I’ve got to thank my team. We’ll go back, and hopefully find a little bit more grip for tomorrow.”

“We kind of threw something at the bike, to see if we could improve, Josh commented. “And, there were some aspects of it that I thought were OK, but for the most part, later in the race, I couldn’t match my laptimes from earlier in the race, and it was hard to watch those guys (Cameron and Roger) ride away from me. All in all, it was just a very difficult race.”

With Cameron and Josh very much in a dogfight for the title, the two teammates will race again tomorrow afternoon in MotoAmerica Superbike Race 2, which will go green from Indy at 3:30 PM EST. Don’t miss it!

Watch Round 8 Of The MotoAmerica Championship on CBS Sports

MotoAmerica Round 8 from Indianapolis Motor Speedway will air on Sunday, August 15, at 10:30 AM EST, with a re-air at 10:00 PM EST. For the complete MotoAmerica TV broadcast schedule on CBS Sports Network, visit http://www.motoamerica.com/motoamerica-tv-schedul…

For live, online streaming during the race weekend, go to www.MotoAmerica.com and click on “Streaming” under the “LIVE” header in the top-left corner of the page.

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More, from a press release issued by Yamalube/Westby Racing:

Yamalube/Westby Racing’s Josh Day Finishes Second In Saturday’s MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Race At Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Indianapolis, IN – August 9, 2015 – Racing in front of what was one of MotoAmerica’s largest crowds this season, and on the world stage that is MotoGP weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Yamalube/Westby Racing’s Josh Day rose to the occasion and finished a solid second in Saturday afternoon’s Superstock 1000 race at the famed Brickyard.

After qualifying fourth in class in Friday’s Superpole session, and lining up 8th overall on the combined Superbike/Superstock 1000 starting grid, Josh raced his #00 Yamalube/Westby Racing YZF-R1 to sixth place overall and second to class to points leader Jake Gagne. It was Josh’s fifth Superstock 1000 podium this year, with three more races left to go in MotoAmerica’s inaugural season.

Following the celebration with his entire Yamalube/Westby Racing team and accepting the second place trophy on the podium alongside team owner Tryg Westby, Josh said, “We made a couple of little changes to the bike in morning warmup, but nothing too drastic. But, come race time, things really turned around for us, and I was happy to get second. We were closing in on Jake (Gagne) towards the end there, so I’m looking forward to Sunday’s race because I think we have a pretty good setup.”

Josh will race the #00 Yamalube/Westby Racing R1 again on Sunday in Superstock 1000 race 2, which is scheduled to start from Indy at 3:30 PM EST.

Watch Round 8 Of The MotoAmerica Championship on CBS Sports

MotoAmerica Round 8 from Indianapolis Motor Speedway will air on Sunday, August 15, at 10:30 AM EST, with a re-air at 10:00 PM EST. For the complete MotoAmerica TV broadcast schedule on CBS Sports Network, visit http://www.motoamerica.com/motoamerica-tv-schedule

For live, online streaming during the race weekend, go to www.MotoAmerica.com and click on “Streaming” under the “LIVE” header in the top-left corner of the page.

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More, from a press release issued by TOBC Racing:

Taylor Knapp Podiums For The 12th Time This Season, Finishes 3rd Aboard His #44 TOBC Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 In Saturday’s MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Race At Indy

Indianapolis, IN – August 9, 2015 – On Saturday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, TOBC racing’s Taylor Knapp maintained his solid grip on the MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 podium, while also successfully maintaining his grip on his #44 Yamaha YZF-R1 despite a loose clip-on handlebar that required his attention during the 18-lap race.

Finishing third in his first-ever race on the challenging Indy road course, Taylor extended his streak of podium finishes to 12 races out of the 15 that have taken place so far in the 2015 season. And, as if the 16-turn, 2.591-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course weren’t challenging enough, Taylor also had to deal with a right handlebar that loosened up in the race and forced him to turn his bike mostly with the left handlebar, while carefully applying the front brake.

“I felt really good in the beginning of the race,” Taylor said. “We had good grip in the tires, and I felt like I could run a good pace. Towards the end of the race, when I was coming into turn one, I noticed that my brake lever was rotating up, higher and higher, each lap. I thought that the brake lever was loose, and it took me a couple of laps to figure out that my entire right handlebar was loose, and it started wiggling back and forth. In my head, I was thinking that it was cracked and might break off completely, and if that happened, I wouldn’t have finished. So, I decided to ease up and maintain third. I kind of did all my steering with the left handlebar, kept a light touch on that loose bar, and brought it on home.”

Taylor and his TOBC racing team will line up again on Sunday afternoon in MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Race 2, which will go green from Indy at 3:30 PM EST.

Watch Round 8 Of The MotoAmerica Championship on CBS Sports

MotoAmerica Round 8 from Indianapolis Motor Speedway will air on Sunday, August 15, at 10:30 AM EST, with a re-air at 10:00 PM EST. For the complete MotoAmerica TV broadcast schedule on CBS Sports Network, visit http://www.motoamerica.com/motoamerica-tv-schedul…

For live, online streaming during the race weekend, go to www.MotoAmerica.com and click on “Streaming” under the “LIVE” header in the top-left corner of the page.