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WSBK and MotoAmerica at the Dry Lake
« on: July 08, 2016, 05:38:31 PM »
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

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Re: WSBK and MotoAmerica at the Dry Lake
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2016, 07:55:19 PM »
Great read. I really enjoyed reading about his thoughts on the WSBK opportunity and about how Wayne Rainey called him.

Have a great weekend at Laguna.
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Re: WSBK and MotoAmerica at the Dry Lake
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2016, 08:50:06 PM »
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...

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Re: WSBK and MotoAmerica at the Dry Lake
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2016, 08:18:11 AM »
The bosses are paying attention, but MotoAmerica is still looked down upon and there are questions about the young stars. They'll mention Josh Herrin and nod knowingly.
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Re: WSBK and MotoAmerica at the Dry Lake
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2016, 04:49:33 AM »
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.

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:bigok: 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.
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Re: WSBK and MotoAmerica at the Dry Lake
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2016, 05:37:39 AM »
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it was good seeing him spraying Champaign after race one.  I'm looking forward to some good racing today. 
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Re: WSBK and MotoAmerica at the Dry Lake
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2016, 10:29:25 AM »
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.
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