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AMA DSB: Cameron Beaubier - Smooth Operator
Fast-rising Cameron Beaubier talks with SPEED.com about his sudden ascension to Daytona SportBike stardom.
Y.E.S./Graves Yamaha's Cameron Beaubier (Photo: Evan Williams)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: The AMA Pro Road Racing action from Laguna Seca will air on SPEED Sunday, July 29th starting at 11:00pm ET.
Cameron Beaubier has won three of the last four AMA Pro Daytona SportBike races and the young Californian has emerged as the top up-and-coming talent in America this year. There are a lot of young and fast riders, contemporaries of Beaubier, but Cam is the first to really break through and run up front consistently and win DSB races.
Beaubier impressed last year in a low-buck effort and showed Yamaha he was their man to headline their DSB effort with Josh Herrin graduating to Superbike. He promptly ran in the lead pack at Daytona, but a scooter crash away from the track left him broken and put the kibosh on any championship hopes he might have had. He missed the second round at Road Atlanta and skipped day two at Infineon.
When he got rolling again, he ran up front with Martin Cardenas and Jason DiSalvo. He was still hurt, but he didn’t take it easy. At Alabama, he did the double and was dominant in doing so. At Mid-Ohio, he was almost as good. A slight miscue late kept him from a shot at a win in the first race, but he cut the fast lap while battling to rejoin the fight. On Sunday, he won it and showed what he had planned to do on Saturday -- trade punches at the very front but then kick it up to another level in the closing laps.
When Graves Yamaha signed Cam and another youngster in Garett Gerloff, they took the risk of having two teen riders who’d never really raced at this level before going up against experienced vets who had. Yamaha isn’t a factor in the championship but the bet is paying off as Cameron has proven to be a race winner. Gerloff has missed almost the entire season with his Daytona crash. And the two are the only riders in the paddock with contracts for next season.
So Cam’s hot, having won three of the last four races and he seems to have perfected his style on the 600cc bikes; he’s very smooth but he pushes very hard. Now he goes to Laguna Seca to race in front of the MotoGP crowd. It probably goes without saying but… he’s 19 years old, winning races in the US, and has raced in Europe before. A big weekend in California could open some eyes to Cam’s ability on a wider stage.
SPEED.com: It’s been a crazy year. Are you happy with it?
Cameron Beaubier: I’m happy with it. It’s definitely been a crazy year and I am happy with my results and stuff. It’s kind of a bummer looking back on my injury and if I could have been there and racing. That’s always a bummer to look at but I’m happy with where I’m at now. My knee is healing up well.
Cameron Beaubier has won three of the last four AMA Pro Daytona SportBike races and the young Californian has emerged as the top up-and-coming talent in America this year. There are a lot of young and fast riders, contemporaries of Beaubier, but Cam is the first to really break through and run up front consistently and win DSB races.
Beaubier impressed last year in a low-buck effort and showed Yamaha he was their man to headline their DSB effort with Josh Herrin graduating to Superbike. He promptly ran in the lead pack at Daytona, but a scooter crash away from the track left him broken and put the kibosh on any championship hopes he might have had. He missed the second round at Road Atlanta and skipped day two at Infineon.
When he got rolling again, he ran up front with Martin Cardenas and Jason DiSalvo. He was still hurt, but he didn’t take it easy. At Alabama, he did the double and was dominant in doing so. At Mid-Ohio, he was almost as good. A slight miscue late kept him from a shot at a win in the first race, but he cut the fast lap while battling to rejoin the fight. On Sunday, he won it and showed what he had planned to do on Saturday -- trade punches at the very front but then kick it up to another level in the closing laps.
When Graves Yamaha signed Cam and another youngster in Garett Gerloff, they took the risk of having two teen riders who’d never really raced at this level before going up against experienced vets who had. Yamaha isn’t a factor in the championship but the bet is paying off as Cameron has proven to be a race winner. Gerloff has missed almost the entire season with his Daytona crash. And the two are the only riders in the paddock with contracts for next season.
So Cam’s hot, having won three of the last four races and he seems to have perfected his style on the 600cc bikes; he’s very smooth but he pushes very hard. Now he goes to Laguna Seca to race in front of the MotoGP crowd. It probably goes without saying but… he’s 19 years old, winning races in the US, and has raced in Europe before. A big weekend in California could open some eyes to Cam’s ability on a wider stage.
SPEED.com: It’s been a crazy year. Are you happy with it?
Cameron Beaubier: I’m happy with it. It’s definitely been a crazy year and I am happy with my results and stuff. It’s kind of a bummer looking back on my injury and if I could have been there and racing. That’s always a bummer to look at but I’m happy with where I’m at now. My knee is healing up well.
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