Monster Energy/Graves Yamaha rider Cameron Beaubier controlled the MotoAmerica Honda Superbike Showdown at Road America on Sunday, taking the win in both Superbike 1000 races.
Race One was the tamer of the two, with Beaubier establishing a comfortable lead over Yoshimura Suzuki’s Roger Hayden and keeping a few bike lengths between them until crossing the finish line.
Race Two provided more drama, as Beaubier swapped the lead with teammate Josh Hayes several times before Yoshimura Suzuki’s Toni Elias joined the mix, managing to take the second spot from Hayes and build a gap between them. On the final lap Elias made a desperate lunge at Beaubier entering Turn 5, but the reigning champion executed an effective crossover and regained the inside position from the late-braking Spaniard.
Beaubier’s perfect weekend (his fifth and sixth wins of the season) puts him in the championship points lead by seven points over teammate Hayes.
Running on track at the same time as the Superbikes was the Superstock 1000 class. Former Superbike champion Josh Herrin piloted his Wheels in Motion/Meen Motorsports Yamaha to the win in both races, taking fifth overall and edging out Aprilia HSBK Racing’s Claudio Corti in both events.
In the Supersport 600 class, Y.E.S./Graves Yamaha’s Garrett Gerloff won a wet Race One over his teammate and defending Supersport champion J.D. Beach. In Race Two, Frenchman Valentin Debise took his first Supersport victory in dramatic fashion, losing the lead and then retaking it at the end of the final lap.
