I did a quick interview with Cameron Beaubier to get you ready for WSBK/MotoAmerica weekend.

http://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/five-questions-with-cameron-beaubier

His FP1 time was good enough to have transferred him directly into WSBK Superpole 2. He would have bumped Canepa on the PATA Yamaha (bike he rode at Donington) . Damn impressive for a MA spec R1 vs the WSBK spec R1.

WSBK team bosses should be paying attention...

Tony Elias winning a bunch, even though I think it's cool, didn't seem to impress the Euros either. I hope Beaubier gets a shot,  though. It looks to me like he can do it.

But I also hope Superbike teams are looking at PJ Jacobsen.

Laguna SPOILER ALERT.Coming up below:









to Nicky for race 1. Sure,  he needed a couple of crashes  but everyone knew that going in. That was a great ride. That track loves him.

Yay Nicky! New Honda for 2017 is in the tunnel, BTW.

It's very hard to get a decent ride with a good team unless the rider brings some solid financial backing with him. Even Ben Spies had American Yamaha pushing for him as the Italian-run squad was wary of his potential. American roadracing had already fallen to such a low esteem at that point and it's not gotten better. Somebody really needs to set the world on fire to get some attention, and even then there will be skepticism.