Beaubier Tops First MotoAmerica Superbike/Superstock 1000 Practice At COTA (Updated)

Beaubier Tops First MotoAmerica Superbike/Superstock 1000 Practice At COTA (Updated)

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Cameron Beaubier got his MotoAmerica Superbike Championship defense off to a good start Thursday when he led the first and only Superbike practice session of the day. Riding his Monster Energy/Graves Yamaha YZF-R1, the 23-year-old California topped the time sheet with a lap of 2:10.424.

“It was good, except that I had a tiny little tip over on the first lap,” Beaubier told Roadracingworld.com. “It was off the track. They put this really shiny sealer down outside of the track, and I had a tiny little tip over. I was like, ‘What the heck?’

“I picked up my bike and it was fine. It just scuffed the side a little bit, so I kept going and did my first stint. We worked on the basic stuff, just trying to get comfortable, trying to pick up where we left off at the test. The track felt a little bit slick, probably because we’re the first ones out there running around on it, but it will get better. I’m just excited to be back and riding. It’s been a long off-season, so it’s good to be back and in the racing mindset.”

Second-best was Roger Hayden, who did a 2:10.605 on his Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000. Toni Elias, Hayden’s teammate, for at least the first two rounds of the series, was third in the session with a lap of 2:11.184. Beaubier’s teammate Josh Hayes was second-fastest until the end of the practice when he got shuffled down to fourth with a 2:11.283.

Josh Day was fifth overall and the top Superstock 1000 rider in the practice thanks to the lap of 2:12.086 he did on his Yamalube/Westby Racing Yamaha YZF-R1.

The next time the MotoAmerica Superbike and Superstock 1000 classes go out on track at COTA will be a 30-minute provisional qualifying session at 11:55 a.m. local time on Friday.

MotoAmerica Superbike Championship of Texas

MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North America Road Racing Series

Circuit of The Americas, Austin, Texas

April 7, 2016

Free Practice One Results (all on Dunlop tires):

1. Cameron Beaubier (Yam YZF-R1), Superbike, 2:10.424

2. Roger Hayden (Suz GSX-R1000), Superbike, 2:10.605

3. Toni Elias (Suz GSX-R1000), Superbike, 2:11.184

4. Josh Hayes (Yam YZF-R1), Superbike, 2:11.283

5. Josh Day (Yam YZF-R1), Superstock 1000, 2:12.086

6. Jake Gagne (Yam YZF-R1), Superbike, 2:12.335

7. Steve Rapp (BMW S1000RR), Superstock 1000, 2:12.929

8. Claudio Corti (Apr RSV4 RF), Superstock 1000, 2:13.139

9. David Anthony (Kaw ZX-10R), Superstock 1000, 2:13.735

10. Taylor Knapp (Yam YZF-R1), Superstock 1000, 2:14.087

11. Bobby Fong (Kaw ZX-10R), Superstock 1000, 2:14.162

12. Sheridan Morais (Yam YZF-R1), Superstock 1000, 2:14.226

13. Hayden Gillim (Suz GSX-R1000), Superstock 1000, 2:14.690

14. Josh Herrin (Yam YZF-R1), Superstock 1000, 2:15.021

15. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R1000), Superbike, 2:15.102

16. Kyle Wyman (Yam YZF-R1), Superbike, 2:15.488

17. Danny Eslick (Yam YZF-R1), Superstock 1000, 2:16.145

18. Ryan Jones (Yam YZF-R1), Superbike, 2:16.938

19. Max Flinders (Yam YZF-R1), Superstock 1000, 2:19.436

20. Barrett Long (Yam YZF-R1), Superbike, 2:19.570

21. Johnny Rock Page (Yam YZF-R1), Superbike, 2:19.782

22. Anthony Kosinski (Yam YZF-R1), Superstock 1000, 2:19.955

23. Josh Chisum (Yam YZF-R1), Superstock 1000, 2:20.089

24. Sam Verderico (Yam YZF-R1), Superstock 1000, 2:21.812

25. Jeff Wrobel (Suz GSX-R1000), Superstock 1000, 2:21.905

26. Jason Madama (Yam YZF-R1), Superstock 1000, 2:22.145

27. Brandon Cretu (Yam YZF-R1), Superbike, 2:22.352

28. Aaron Hersh (Yam YZF-R1), Superstock 1000, 2:23.181

29. Roi Holster (Yam YZF-R1), Superstock 1000, 2:25.504

30. Darren James (Yam YZF-R1), Superstock 1000, 2:26.411

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