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COMING UP, LEAN, MEAN, AND
PLENTY HUNGRY.
ASPHALT, LEAN, MEAN AND PLENTY
HUNGRY.
>> THERE IS NOT MUCH MORE
THRILLING THAN SUPER BIKES
CHARGING THE CORNER WITHIN
INCHES OF EACH OTHER AT 150
MILES AN HOUR.
A SOMETIMES BRUTAL VAL CREE OF
GRIT AND RESOLUTION TO LAY IT
ON THE LINE.
HOW DO YOU REQUIRE THE SKILLS
TO SURVIVE THE COMBAT?
CLEARLY, YOU GO TO SCHOOL.
THE NAME OF THAT SCHOOL, PH.D.
IN SPEED, IF YOU WILL, THE GO
PRO DAYTONA SPORTBIKE SERIES.
THAT TITLE DEFINES A CAMPUS
FILLED OF THOSE READY TO
CHALLENGE IN THE SUPERBIKE
RANKS.
LAST YEAR, CARDENAS GRADUATED
WITH HONORS, WITH EIGHT WINS ON
THE WAY IT HIS SECOND SPORTBIKE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
HIS IMPACT ON SUPERBIKE HAS
CAPTURED THE TOP STEP OF THE
PODIUM IN THE SEASON OPENER.
THIS YEAR AFTER EARNING HIS
MASTERS, LOOKING TO GAIN A
VICTORY, JAMES RISPOLLI.
CAMERON BEAUBIER DECLARED HIS
INTENTION TO GRADUATE WITH
HONORS.
CONFRONTING NEW BARRIERS, A
SCHOLAR FROM THE WEST CAPABLE
OF SEIZING THE PRIZE.
RISPOLLI COULD BE TOUGHER THAN
YOU THINK.
>> PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
TOUGHER THAN WE IMAGINED.
IT'S WHAT WE'VE WORKED FOR.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE I WANT TO
BE.
>> HE TRIES TO COME BACK.
TO THE LINE.
RISPOLLI GETS HERE.
>> GOALS FOR THE BEGINNING OF
THE SEASON IS JUST TO RUN.
GET UP WITH THE GUYS AND
TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE
SEASON, I WANT TO BRUSH SOME
ELBOWS, MAKING SOME MOVES,
SCRUFF SOME PAINT OFF AND
HOPEFULLY BATTLE THE LAST THREE
LAPS.
IT'S A BIG ASK.
I KNOW I'M ASKING A LOT.
BUT IT CAN BE DONE.
IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF WORK.
>> WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO THE
SECOND ROUND OF THE AMA GO PRO
SPORTBIKE.
TODAY WE'RE COMING TO YOU FROM
ONE OF THE GREATEST CIRCUITS IN
THE UNITED STATES, ROAD AMERICA.
HEY, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME TO ELKHART LAKE.
I'M JONATHAN GREEN.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I
AM TO BRING YOU OUR INAUGURAL
COVERAGE OF THE AMA PRO ROAD
RACING SERIES HERE ON THE CBS
SPORTS NETWORK.
AS WELL AS THE BIG BROTHER,
SUPERBIKE, WE BELIEVE WITH CBS
BEING PART OF THE TEAM, WE CAN
BRING THIS SPORT TO WHERE IT
DESERVES TO BE AND WE HAVE A
HOST OF TALENT TO HELP US TO DO
THAT.
WE HAVE DANIELLE TEAL, WHO WILL
BRING YOU THE SPORTS.
AND SCOTT RUSSELL, WHO IS DOWN
ON THE GRID WITH A GRADUATE OF
SPEED.
>> BOBBY FONG DOWN HERE.
AFTER A GREAT TOP THREE AT
DAYTONA, A NEW TEAM, A NEW BIKE.
HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR CHANCES
DOWN HERE TODAY AT ELKHART LAKE?
>> IT'S GOOD.
THEY GAVE ME A CALL AND WANTED
ME TO COME OUT THIS WEEKEND.
THE BIKE IS GOOD.
WE HAVE A LITTLE WORK TO DO,
BUT WE'LL PUT OUR HEAD DOWN AND
SEE IF WE CAN GET TO THE FRONT
TODAY.
>> NOW YOU HEAR IT.
LET'S KEEP OUR EYE ON NUMBER
50, AS HE TRIES TO REGAIN THAT
FORM HE HAD IN DAYTONA.
BACK TO YOU.
>> IT WILL BE TOUGH FROM THE
THIRD ROW, BUT HE'S UP FOR IT.
WEATHER COULD BE A FACTOR.
A LOT OF OVERNIGHT RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS.
AND OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF
COMPETITION.
SO MANY YOUNGSTERS WITH A
CHANCE HERE.
AND ONE MAN YOU MIGHT WANT TO
LOOK OUT FOR IS JASON DISALVO.
HE COULD BE THE DARKHORSE OF
THIS RACE.
I THINK HE IS REFUELING.
WATCH OUT FOR THE NUMBER 40.
THAT EXPECTED RAIN HAS NOT
DEVELOPED, BUT I CAN TELL YOU
THAT THE WINDS HAVE PICKED UP
AND NOW THEY'RE AT ABOUT 15
MILES AN HOUR.
THE ACTION ABOUT TO GET UNDER
WAY HERE AT A WINDY WISCONSIN
AT ROAD AMERICA.
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>> WELCOME BACK.
WE'RE ABOUT TO GO RACING IN
SPORTBIKE FROM ELKHART LAKE.
LET'S GO DOWN TO THE GRID WITH
DANIELLE TEAL.
>> WITH THE NUMBER 32 OF JAKE
GAGNE.
GREAT QUALIFYING EFFORT.
P2 ON THE GRID.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
>> WE'RE FEELING GOOD.
THEY GAVE ME AN AWESOME BIKE
AND THE REST IS UP TO ME.
SHOULD BE GREAT.
>> HE SAID IT, REST UP TO HIM.
NUMBER 32, JAKE GAGNE.
>> WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT GOING
TO SCHOOL TODAY AND THESE
RIDERS ARE ALL TOP CLASS
STUDENTS COMPETING FOR GRADUATE
DEGREES.
BEHIND THEM, A GROUP OF EAGER
PUPILS PURSUING THEIR CHANCE TO
EARN SPEED SCHOLARSHIP.
>> IN 2012, JAKE LEWIS BECAME
THE YOUNGEST RIDER TO TAKE HOME
THE AMA SUPER SPORT EAST
CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE CONTINUES TO CHASE THE DREAM
IN 2013 BY GRITTING UP IN THE
EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE SPORTBIKE
CLASS.
JAKE LIVES IN A TOWN LIKE THIS,
WITH THE ADDED BENEFIT OF NICKY
HAYDEN LIVING DOWN THE STREET.
>> GROWING UP HERE, THERE IS
NOT A LOT GOING ON.
SO YOU HAVE TO STAY BUSY.
FOR ME, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN RACING
MOTORCYCLES.
IT'S A WAY OF LIFE FOR ME AND
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE GROWING UP
RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM A
WORLD CHAMPION.
NICKY WAS THE BEST IN THE WORLD
2006 AND STILL FIGHTING TO BE
THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
WE'VE BEEN RACING FOR A LONG
TIME.
SO WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT RACING,
YOU LISTEN TO EVERYTHING THEY
SAY AND TRY TO LEARN FROM
ANYTHING THEY TALK ABOUT.
>> JAKE'S GOT A LOT GOING FOR
HIM.
HE HAS GOOD EQUIPMENT.
HE HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND
HIM AND HE'S FROM KENTUCKY AND
THAT NEVER HURTS IN MY BOOK.
>> KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THIS
KENTUCKY NATIVE BECAUSE HE JUST
MIGHT BE THE NEXT MOTO CHAMPION.
>> NUMBER 85, WE'LL WATCH HIM.
AND THEY'RE READY TO GO.
READY TO BE IN ACTION IN A FEW
MOMENTS' TIME.
YOU CAN SEE RIDERS ON THEIR
WARM-UP LAPS.
SLIGHTLY WINDY.
HERE'S YOUR GRID.
CAMERON BEAUBIER.
JUST HEARD FROM JAKE LEWIS.
FOLEY IS LOOKING GOOD, TOO.
BUT GARRETT GERLOFF IS A THAN
ON THE MISSION.
ELENA MYERS, NOT JUST ONE OF
ONE GIRL OUT THERE, THERE'S
PLENTY, BUT SHE'S ON THE
TRIUMPH AND LOOKING FOR JUST
THAT.
DISALVO COULD BE THAT
DARKHORSE, I MENTIONED EARLIER.
.
HE GAINED SOME CONFIDENCE BACK.
NINE WEEKS OFF WITH THAT SPLEEN
INJURY.
NOT EASY AT ALL.
>> A GUY THAT CAME OUT SO
STRONG AT DAYTONA.
I THINK I PICKED THE WRONG GUY.
5 IS SEVENTH IN THE PACK.
SO HE'S STILL ALIVE IN THE PACK.
>> GAGNE MAKING THE MOVE UP TO
THE INSIDE.
REALLY LOOKING GOOD AND STRONG,
AS WE EXPECTED HERE IN THE
EARLY STAGES OF THIS ROUND TWO.
>> GAGNE SAID WHEN I TALKED TO
HIM SAID, I NEED TO KEEP IN IN
SIGHT.
IF WE GET BACK TO THE LONG
STRAIGHT ASSAY WAY, IF I CAN
GET THROUGH THERE WITH CAMERON,
WE CAN MAKE A BREAK.
THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE SEEING THEM
TRY TO DO HERE.
>> IF YOU AGREE IN SUPERBIKE AS
IN SPORTBIKE, YAMAHA IS THE
PACKAGE TO HAVE?
>> YOU CANNOT ARGUE WITH THAT.
LOOK AT QUALIFYING AND LOOK AT
THE RACES WE'VE HAD OVER THE
LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
LOOK AT FONG ON THE INSIDE ON
THE TRIUMPH.
MAKING GOOD INROADS.
TOP SIX RIGHT THERE.
>> SECOND PLACE, JAKE GAGNE.
FONG GOING LONG.
>> HE JUMPED OFF THE YAMAHA TO
A TRIUMPH.
TRYING TO FIND HIS WAY STILL.
HAD A TOP THREE RUN.
>> LOOK OVER THE SHOULDER,
YEAH, YOU HAVEN'T GOT AWAY WITH
THIS ONE YET.
GAGNE IS THERE AND GAINING ON
YOU.
>> HE'S RIGHT THERE.
THIS IS TWO DIFFERENT TEAMS
HERE.
SO THE YAMAHAS FAIRLY EQUAL.
>> HAD A LOOK UP THE INSIDE.
CAN'T QUITE DO IT.
I ALWAYS THINK IT'S CRAZY FOR
RIDERS TO LOOK OVER THEIR
SHOULDERS.
YOU LOSE .10.
>> SOME GUYS FEEL BETTER DOING
THAT.
THERE'S A BOARD THERE TO TELL
YOU THAT.
ON THE FIRST LAP, IT'S HARD TO
GET THE GAS AND GIVE THE GUY
THE INFORMATION HE NEEDED.
SO HE DECIDED TO LOOK OVER HIS
SHOULDER.
NOT WHAT HE WANTED TO SEE WITH
THE 32 STARING AT HIM IN THE
FACE.
>> FOLEY IN SEVENTH.
UP TO THIRD.
AND I THINK J.D. BEACH COULD BE
ANOTHER TO WATCH.
>> THAT'S THE CORNER WHERE
EVERYBODY GETS IT WRONG.
>> IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO
OVERTAKE AND A GREAT PLACE TO
MAKE A MISTAKE.
>> ELENA MYERS IS UP TO 13th
POSITION.
NASH, BIRTHDAY BOY, IN 11th.
SO STARTING TO SPREAD OUT IN
THE FRONT.
WE HAVE A DEFINITE BATTLE.
>> LET'S HAVE A LOOK GOING INTO
TURN FIVE.
WATCHING THE 43 BIKE.
GOT IN THERE AND GOT SIDEWAYS.
THERE IS EXTRA PAVEMENT SO WHEN
DRIVERS MAKE A MISTAKE, THEY
CAN REJOIN THE RACE WITHOUT
GOING INTO THE WET GRASS.
SO STILL A FIGHTING CHANCE TO
GET INTO THE RACE.
>> WE HAVE A BATTLE IN FRONT.
PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON AT
EVERY CORNER.
SAW HIM LOOK OVER HIS SHOULDER
AND NOW HE KNOWS GAGNE IS RIGHT
THERE.
THEY'RE PULLING AWAY FROM THE
REST OF THE FIELD HERE.
THE FIRST RIDER, THERE WERE A
LOT OF RIDERS THAT RAN WITH HIM.
WHEN HE WAS READY TO PULL THE
PIN, HE PULLED IT AND HE WAS
GONE.
NOBODY COULD RUN WITH HIM.
WILL THAT BE THE CASE?
WE'LL SEE.
>> J.D. BEACH AND LEWIS, ALL
HAVE TO GET ON THEIR MARK.
THEY'RE LEAVING HIM AT THE
MOMENT.
BEAUBIER AND GAGNE.
PLENTY MORE ACTION COMING FROM
ROAD AMERICA AS THIS ONE HOPS
UP NICELY IN THE WIND.
STILL NO OVERTAKE BY GAGNE, BUT
HAS PLENTY OF TIME
>> WHAT A SHOW IT WAS FOR THE
FANS TWO WEEKS AGO.
THE RACE FOR THE SPORTBIKE WIN
WAS UP IN THE AIR.
FOUR-WAY ARGUMENT FOR THE LEAD.
AMONG THEM, HERRIN AND RACK.
THEY PULLED AWAY TO SETTLE IT
AMONGST THEMSELVES ON THE LAST
LAP.
HERRIN WENT INSIDE ON THAT LAST
TURN.
RISKY MOVE CONSIDERING THAT
RACK HAD TO GO PAST HIM AT THE
FINISH LINE.
TUCKED IN BEHIND AND DRAG RACE
TO THE VICTORIA BY .8 OF A
SECOND.
LET'S GET BACK TO THE SPORTBIKE
ACTION HERE FROM ELKHART LAKE
AND ROAD AMERICA.
IT'S A GREAT BATTLE AND
EXTENDED AT THE FRONT.
CAMERON BEAUBIER IS DOING WELL,
BUT STILL HAS GAGNE BEHIND HIM.
THESE TWO ARE IN THEIR OWN
WORLD.
AS YOU REMEMBER, DAYTONA, FIRST
ROUND, WE HAD THREE YAMAHAS ON
THE PODIUM.
CAMERON BEAUBIER IN FIRST FOR
THE MOST.
BOBBY FONG IS IN THIRD.
GAGNE STARTED IN FOURTH.
15 POINTS NOW ADRIFT.
FOLEY, 19 POINTS ADRIFT.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN
INTERESTING DAY IF IT FINISHES
UP LIKE THIS.
AS THEY COME BACK UP THE HILL,
A LITTLE BIT OF A GAP.
GOOD LAP BY BEAUBIER.
HE PUT IN A COUPLE OF LAPS
THERE.
>> TOOK .7 OF A SECOND OUT OF
GAGNE.
THE NUMBER 5 CONTINUES TO MARCH
FORWARD SLOWLY BUT SURELY.
NOW THE NEXT MAN IN HIS SIGHT
WILL BE J.D. BEACH.
I'VE WATCHED BEFORE WE WENT TO
COXER BREAK, GAGNE BACK INTO
THE CORNER THERE.
JUST THE LITTLE BIT OF BIKE IN
SIDEWAYS WHEN YOU WATCH THEM
KEEPING IT IN LINE.
COST .2 HERE AND .2 HERE.
THAT'S WHAT YOU SAW.
>> I HAD A GREAT CHAT WITH
WESTFIELD.
LOOK AT LEWIS ON THE INSIDE.
AROUND GREAT STOP!
JUST WENT WIDE THERE, BUT
NEEDED TO TO HOLD HIM OFF.
LEWIS GOES THROUGH.
GREAT RACING.
>> I TELL YOU WHAT, THAT'S THE
SPOT RIGHT THERE ON THIS
RACETRACK FOR OVERTALKING.
NO BETTER SPOT.
RIDERS CAN MAKE A MISTAKE THERE.
IT WAS SO BACKED IN.
AS HE TURNED THE BIKE IN, HARD
TO SEE, BUT THE FRONT END
DRIFTED OUT WIDE.
>> THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT GREAT
STOP FROM
>> LET'S HAVE ANOTHER LOOK.
WENT WIDE AND LET JAKE GO WIDE.
I WAS SO IMPRESSED.
DANE SAID THAT HE WAS SIXTH AND
SEVENTH IN QUALIFYING, BUT HE'S
FULL OF IT NOW.
>> HE IS FULL OF IT.
HE GOT KNOCKED OFF THE BIKE AND
TAKEN OUT FOR EIGHT WEEKS.
THAT DOES SOMETHING TO A RIDE
ARE'S PSYCHE.
HIS CREW CHIEF DOWN INSIDE.
WESLEY AT IT AGAIN.
AND HE IS REALLY HAVING A HARD
TIME MAKING THE PASS STICK ON
JAKE LEWIS.
>> HE BLEW IT THERE.
HE TRIED TOO HARD.
IF HE'S NOT CAREFUL, HE WILL BE
CAUGHT BY WONG.
>> BOBBY FONG, TOP TRIUMPH
RIGHT NOW.
>> HOW HARD IS IT TO REGAIN
THEIR COMPOSURE AFTER MAKING A
MISTAKE AND YOU ARE CURSING
YOURSELF SURELY.
>> I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THERE
ARE WORDS COMING OUT OF HIS
MOUTH.
TALKING TO HIMSELF.
HE'S DONE IT A COUPLE OF TIMES.
NOW HE'S GOT A LOT OF WORK TO
DO.
IF THEY BREAK INTO THE CORNER,
SIDEWAYS, RUNS IT WIDE.
AND THE FAST CORNERS INTO THE
-- STRAIGHTAWAYS INTO SLOW
CORNERS, SO HE'SY TO OUTBREAK
YOURSELF.
>> THERE ARE PLACES LIKE THAT
IF YOU DO MAKE A MISTAKE, YOU
CAN RECOVER.
OUT IN FRONT FOR FOLEY.
>> LOOKING DOWN THE INSIDE.
NOTHING THERE.
AND E FALLS BACK IN BEHIND AND
THAT HEAT IS HEATING UP BEHIND
HIM.
>> CRACKING BATTLE.
BEAUBIER LEADING 1.4 SECONDS
OVER GAGNE.
WE'RE WATCHING THE BATTLE
FURTHER BACK THOUGH, WITH JAKE
LEWIS UP TO FOURTH.
>> SLOWLY CAME BACK AT THE END
OF THE YEAR AND HIS TEAMMATES
FOUND HIS FORM.
HAS TO BE HARD TO SEE YOUR
TEAMMATE LAY DOWN THE HOT LAPS.
>> SIMILAR PACE BEABIER AND
GAGNE.
1.4 SECONDS BETWEEN THEM.
>> THAT'S THE TRICK.
BEAUBIER HAS MADE NO MISTAKES
YET.
>> LEADING BY 1.4.
LET'S GO TO THE PITS WITH
DANIELLE.
>> NUMBER 6, CAMERON BEAUBIER'S
CREW CHIEF, OLIVER HUTCHINSON,
WHAT WAS THE GAME PLAN?
>> TO RIDE HIS OWN RACE.
HE KNEW THAT HE HAD HIS PACE.
KEEP HIS HEAD DOWN AND EAT
AWAY, WHICH IS WHAT HE IS DOING
HERE AND SAME WITH DAYTONA.
IT'S GOING TO PLAN AT THE
MOMENT BUT STILL A WAYS TO GO.
>> I LOVE IT WHEN THERE'S A
PLAN THAT COMES TOGETHER AND I
LOVE IT WHEN THERE'S A BRIT
DOWN THERE LIKE ME.
>> I THINK HE'S AUSTRALIAN.
>> THERE'S A BRIT AROUND HERE
SOMEWHERE, I'M SURE.
>> CAMERON BEAUBIER ON THE 6
DOING WHAT HE DID AT DAYTONA
AND LEADING.
HE'S IN THE ZONE HERE NOW.
THE MAN IS DOING SOME WIZARDRY
HERE.
MORE ACTION TO COME VERY SOON.
>> WELCOME BACK TO THE DAYTONA
SPORTBIKE FROM ROAD AMERICA,
ROUND 2.
AND WE HAVE A CRACKING BATTLE.
MIDWAY THROUGH AND WITH SIX TO
GO, YOU SEE THIS GROUP, GERLOFF
AND FONG.
JUST AHEAD, 85 IN HIS OWN
BATTLE, JAKE LEWIS.
UP THE INSIDE GOES FOLEY.
>> THEY LIKE IT CLOSE, DON'T
THEY?
>> THEY LOVE IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE HONDA MAYBE
DOESN'T HAVE THE SPEED.
HE IS ABLE TO DRAFT, BUT IN
FRONT, EASY TO PULL UP.
>> IT'S A VERY FAST TRACK.
>> SO FAST.
IT'S PROBABLY SECOND FASTEST
THAT WE'LL GO THROUGH.
>> GERLOFF TO THE OUTSIDE.
THEY'RE COMING EITHER WAY.
AND UNDER PRESSURE, GOES WIDE
AND HOLDS IT UP THE HILL.
SIDE BY SIDE.
OH!
>> SOMEBODY HAD TO GIVE WAY.
AGAIN, HAD PROBLEMS IN TURN
FIVE.
ABLE TO FEND OFF CHRIS FOLEY
FOR A MOMENT, BUT GERLOFF MADE
HIS WAY BY.
>> AND WESTNEY HAD TO REBUILD
AS HE HAS ALREADY TWICE IN THIS
RACE.
BEAUBIER IS LEADING AND JUST
DID 2:19.8.
>> HE'S IN A CLASS OF HIS OWN.
.5 SECOND FASTER THAN GAGNE.
THIS BATTLE HERE IS SOMETHING
ELSE.
GERLOFF IF THEY BATTLE WILL EKE
AWAY A LITTLE BIT.
>> TALK ABOUT BEING IN A CLASS
OF HIS OWN, GETTING THAT
EDUCATION THAT HE'S TALKING
ABOUT.
GETTING IT RIGHT THERE.
>> HE IS.
AND DOING A GREAT JOB RIGHT
THERE.
NEXT CLOSEST TRIUMPH IS JASON
DISALVO.
SO FONG FOUND A BETTER SETUP
THAN ANY OF THE TRIUMPHS AND 50
IS LOOKING TO MOVE ON 43.
>> AND BEAUBIER INCREASED HIS
LEAD.
WATCHING THIS FANTASTIC,
FOUR-WAY BATTLE, AS FOLEY IN
THE 43 TRYING EVERY WHICH WAY,
SIDEWAYS AND FORWARDS, TO GET
BACK TOGETHER TO THE TWO IN
FRONT OF HIM.
>> LET'S LOOK AT THE 5 AND 6.
HAD A GREAT RUN IN THE LAST
CORNER.
NOW ABLE TO STAY IN THE DRAFT.
BUT DOES HE HAVE THE POWER TO
PULL OUT AND MAKE THE PASS?
LET'S LOOK.
>> SO THE HONDA RUNS BETTER
THAN I THOUGHT.
MAYBE I SPOKE OUT OF TURN RIGHT
THERE.
THE GEICO HONDA, HE CLEANED UP
HIS ACT RIGHT THERE.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN KEEP THE
REST OF THE RACE CLEAN.
>> THIS IS JUST WHAT WESTNEY
WANTED.
DIDN'T GET TO RACE AT DAYTONA
AND REALLY WANTED TO GET
AMONGST IT, GET THE CONFIDENCE
BACK.
REAL CAT AND MOUSE.
IT'S WHAT HE NEEDS.
>> IT IS.
IT'S THE BEST MEDICINE FOR A
GUY LIKE THAT THAT'S BEEN OUT
FOR A WHILE TO GET OUT THERE
AND HAVE TO FIX IT UP WITH THE
43 AND THE 50.
IT'S PUTTING HIM BACK ON TRACK.
HE'S NOT GOING TO BE HAPPEN
BECAUSE HE MADE THE MISTAKES
EARLY.
LAST CUT WITH THE RIDER IN
FRONT OF HIM AND NOW RELEGATED
TO BATTLE FOR A FIFTH SPOT.
>> THIS IS A CRACKING BATTLE.
IT'S EDUCATION AND AT THIS
LEVEL, TAIL PIPE TO TAIL PIPE,
LAP AFTER LAP, THAT'S WHERE THE
EDUCATION COUNTS.
>> THIS IS WHERE YOU LEARN YOUR
RACE CRAFT AND YOU HAVE FIVE
GUYS LIKE THIS, HAVE TO KEEP IT
CLEAN.
>> JUST COMING OFF A MAJOR
INJURY, HAVE TO BE HAPPY WITH
THE WAY HE'S RUNNING.
>> DEFINITELY.
THE GUYS WE'RE RACING WITH
RIGHT NOW, WE'VE NEVER RACED
AGAINST.
THEY'RE UP-AND-COMERS.
THEY'RE ON EXCELLENT EQUIPMENT.
WE'LL GET IT SORTED OUT.
I'M NOT WORRIED.
NUMBER 5 GEICO TEAM IS HAPPY TO
BE RACING LIVE ON CBS SPORTS
AND WE ARE, TOO.
>> WHAT IS THE LEARNING CURVE
TO GET BACK OUT HERE AND PUT IT
DOWN LIKE THAT?
>> IT'S UP TO HIM.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT THE
BIKE IS PERFECT.
HE GOT FRUSTRATED YESTERDAY.
WE HAD A TALK.
I THINK THAT THINGS WILL COME
AROUND.
IT'S TOUGH FOR HIM BECAUSE HE
WANTS TO BE UP FRONT WITH CAM.
WE KNOW HE CAN BE.
WE HAVE TO WORK OUR WAY BACK
THERE.
>> NEEDS TO GET SOME MUSCLE
MEMORY BACK AND GET BACK TO
BEING RACE FIT.
WE'VE HAD A LONG BREAK.
I THINK WE'RE IN FOR GOOD
THINGS.
I REALLY DO.
>> THERE YOU HAVE IT.
>> AND THERE'S YOUR LEADER,
CAMERON BEAUBIER LEADING BY 1.7
SECONDS.
GAGNE GAINED A LITTLE.
HE MAY BE THE DANGER MAN ON
THIS ONE.
>> REALLY UP TO PACE.
I DON'T THINK THEY CAN DRAFT
HIM:
>> AND TRY TO BE IN CONTENTION
FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> NOW YOU HAD TWO RACE WINS
LAST YEAR, BUT IN A DIFFERENT
CLASS, DIFFERENT TEAM, AND ON A
DIFFERENT BIKE.
WHAT ARE THE FEELINGS GOING
INTO THIS WEEKEND.
>> THE FIRST IMPRESSION, THIS
PRACTICE WAS THE BIKE IS
EXTREMELY PAST.
EVERYTHING IS A LOT QUICKER.
I HAVE TO ADJUST ON THAT AND
WORK ON THE SETUP, BUT IT FEELS
GOOD.
>> WE'LL WAIT FOR QUALIFYING
AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED.
>> MARTIN CARDENAS, BACK TO YOU.
>> LARRY PEGRAM HAD SOME
PERSONAL ISSUES GOING ON.
FIRST OF ALL.
HOW IS YOUR FATHER?
>> MY DAD'S DOING GOOD.
HAD THE HAD THE SKIN CANCER CUT
OFF AND HE'S DOING GREAT.
EVERYBODY IS UPBEAT.
>> COMING INTO THIS WEEKEND,
THIRD IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND A
BRAND-NEW BIKE FOR THE SEASON.
THE YAMAHA, NOT RIDDEN IT
BEFORE, BUT YOU'VE RIDDEN SO
MANY OTHERS.
HOW DO YOU LIKE THE BIKE?
>> IT IS DOING EVERYTHING YOU
WANT IT TO DO.
CAN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE OUT
OF IT.
IT'S BEEN PERFECT FOR ME.
I'M OVER THE MOON WITH THE WAY
THAT YAMAHA HAS TREATED US.
AS FAR AS OUR FINISHES, BEING
THIRD AT DAYTONA, WE GOT LUCKY
THERE WITH JOSH BEING OUT, BUT
THIS IS A GOOD PLACE FOR US
HERE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
WEEKEND HERE.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MAGIC AT
THIS PLACE IN THE PAST.
>> EXACTLY RIGHT.
THIS IS A GREAT WAY.
THE BIKE YOU WANT, AND I
BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME SPEC AS
JOSH'S.
WHAT ARE YOUR ASPIRATIONS?
>> TO GO OUT AND WIN RACES.
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT THAT THE BIKE
CAN WIN.
IT'S MY TIME TO DO THAT.
I'M HERE THIS WEEKEND TO WIN
RACES.
>> THANKS, LARRY.
LET'S GET BACK TO THAT JOSH
HAYES STORY.
THERE ARE SO MANY COMPETITORS
WITH THREE-TIME, CONSECUTIVE
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
SO IT'S CLEAR THAT JOSH HAYES
HAS HIS WORK CUT OUT, AS WE'VE
HEARD ALREADY TO ENSURE THAT
CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE'S IN THE COMPANY OF
IMPRESSIVE RIDERS.
WITH ANYONE THAT KNOWS JOSH
HAYES, KNOWS THAT HE WILL NEVER
REST ON HIS LAURELS.
AND, OF COURSE, WELL UNDERSTAND
THERE ARE MANY WAITING TO MAKE
THE 2013 JOURNEY A BUMPY ROAD.
BACK IN A MOMENT.
>> CBS COVERAGE TODAY, AS IT
WILL THROUGHOUT THE SEASON,
ALSO FOLLOWS THE GO PRO DAYTONA
SPORTBIKE SERIES THAT SHOWCASES
THE BRIGHT, UP AND COMING
TALENT OF THE FUTURE, BUT ALSO
LAYS CLAIM TO THE MOST
PRESTIGIOUS MOTORCYCLE RACE IN
THE WORLD.
>> THAT NUMBER 6, GRAVES
YAMAHA, DROPPING LOW, DOWN TO
THE DOUBLE YELLOW STRIPE, ON TO
THE THROTTLE, STRAIGHTENING IT
UP.
LET'S HIP GO AND THERE YOU HAVE
IT!
BEAUBIER HAS WON IT.
>> THAT WIN BY CALIFORNIAN
BEAUBIER GAVE NOTICE THAT THE
YOUNG MAN FROM ROSEVILLE COULD
BE A THORN IN THE SIDE OF MANY
A COMPETITOR FOR 2013.
YET EVEN AFTER ACHIEVING THAT
ABOUT WHICH MOST CAN ONLY
DREAM, IT'S CLEAR THAT THE LAD
ON THE NUMBER 6 YAMAHA
SPORTBIKE HAS HIS SIGHTS SET ON
DISTANT HORIZONS.
>> NUMBER 6 DOMINATED ROUND ONE.
WE'RE HERE AT ROAD AMERICA FOR
ROUND TWO.
TOTALLY DIFFERENT TRACK.
HOW DO YOU PLAN TO CHANNEL WHAT
YOU DID AT DAYTONA HERE THIS
WEEKEND?
>> I JUST WANT TO KEEP THE BALL
ROLLING.
WE HAD AN AWESOME PERFORMANCE
AT DAYTONA.
MY BIKE WAS AMAZING.
MY TEAM DID THEIR HOME WORK IN
THE OFF-SEASON.
5 WANT TO KEEP THE BALL ROLLING.
>> WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS TEAM
THAT ALLOWS US TO DO WHAT YOU
DO OUT THERE?
>> THEY GIVE ME AN AWESOME BIKE.
THEY PUT IN THE HOURS AT THE
SHOP.
THEY TRY TO FIND ANY LITTLE
THING THEY CAN, HORSEPOWER,
ANYTHING FOR THE GEOMETRY OF
THE BIKE.
WHEN WE COME TO THE TRACK,
WE'RE READY TO GO.
DAYTONA IS -- TRUTHFULLY IN THE
PAST, I DIDN'T LIKE DAYTONA
MUCH BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT
DRAFTS AND STUFF AND WE WIDE
RECEIVER ABLE TO PULL A LITTLE
GAP AND RIDE ON OUR OWN THROUGH
THE WHOLE 200.
SO, HOPING, LIKE I SAID, TO
CONTINUE THAT THROUGHOUT THE
SEASON.
>> THERE YOU HAVE IT, CAMERON
BEAUBIER READY TO DO THINGS
HERE AT ROAD AMERICA.
>> THE OTHER RIDERS THAT SCORED
PODIUM FINISHES, GARRETT
GERLOFF AND BOBBY FONG, EACH
RIDING A WOMAN YAMAHA, SWEEPING
THE PODIUM.
IT TRANSLATES INTO A PERCENTAGE
OF OVER 20% DURING THE PAST
FOUR DECADES.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE SPORTBIKE AND SUPERBIKE?
THEY'RE BOTH QUICK AND
CERTAINLY HARD TO HANDLE.
SCOTT RUSSELL, YOU HAVE RIDDEN
BOTH STYLES OF BIKE.
CARE TO CLARIFY?
>> AT FIRST GLANCE, IT'S HARD
TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE.
LET'S LOOK AT THE TIRE ON THE
SPORTBIKE.
THIS IS THE KIND OF TIRE YOU
WILL SEE BIKES ON THE STREET
WITH.
THEY'RE RACETRACK-BUILT AND
WORK WELL OUT HERE.
IT RUNS OFF A 600 CC ENGINE,
PUMPING OUT 125 HORSEPOWER.
THIS BIKE IS AN ELECTRONIC
PACKAGE.
THERE'S A CAP ON IT AT $7,500.
NOW LET'S MOVE OVER HERE.
IT RUNS ON A SLICK RACING TIRE,
BUILT BY DUNLOP.
IT'S A SPEC TIRE, SO NOT A LOT
OF CHOICES FOR THE RIDERS, A
COUPLE OF COMPOUNDS.
THIS RUNS A 1,000 CC ENGINE
DUMPING OUT 180 TO 220
HORSEPOWER, DEPENDING ON THE
BRAND.
ELECTRONIC PACKAGE ON THIS, YOU
ARE ALLOWED TO SPEND $18,000.
THAT CONTROLS PRETTY MUCH
EVERYTHING ON THIS MOTORCYCLE
IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY.
IN MY EXPERIENCES IN THE PAST
FROM RUNNING A DAYTONA
SPORTBIKE, IT'S MUCH EASIER TO
FIND THE LIMIT.
WHEN YOU HOP ON A SUPERBIKE,
MAN, YOU BETTER BE READY.
IT'S ABOUT 7 SECONDS DIFFERENCE
IN LAP TIME.
>> THANKS, SCOTT.
GREAT COMPARISON.
EITHER OF THE BIKES SCARES A
MERE MORTAL LIKE ME.
LET'S LOOK AT THE POINTS.
WAS.
I WAS TRYING TO FIGHT MY WAY
OUT OF THE HOSPITAL TOOTH AND
NAIL AND THE THING WAS, I CAN
LEAVE WHEN I WANT, BUT THEY
WILL NOT MEDICALLY CLEAR ME.
COULDN'T RIDE DAYTONA.
SOMEBODY ELSE HAD TO RIDE MY
BIKE.
I'M HERE.
IT'S MY 10th YEAR OF RIDING.
SO MY FIRST RACE I GOT MESSED
UP AND SO NOW THIS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO ME.
IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE TRACKS
AND WE'RE HERE TO DO THE
BUSINESS.
>> THESE ARE THE LEATHERS, AND
THIS IS THE FAMILY OF NUMBER
28, RYAN KERR.
WE'RE USED TO SEEING YOU IN THE
SUPER SPORT CLASS, THE FEEDER
SERIES, BUT YOU HAVE ELECTED TO
MAKE THE JUMP TO SUPERBIKE.
WHAT PROMPTED THE BOLD MOVE?
>> I HONESTLY WANTED TO RIDE
WITH THE BEST THERE IS.
I CAN LEARN A LOT FROM THESE
GUYS AND I WILL GIVE IT MY ALL.
THE MAIN THING IS LEARNING AND
KEEPING IT UP ON TWO WHEELS.
>> RYAN KERR IS A BIG GUY WITH
A LOT OF BIKE CONTROL.
HE WILL BE JUST FINE IN
SUPERBIKE.
>> GEOFF MAY, 99, AND OVER
HERE, AARON YATES.
YOU HAD A CAREER-ENDING INJURY.
NOW YOU ARE BACK.
HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING?
>> LOOKING BETTER NOW.
THIS BIKE, IT'S A BIT DIFFERENT
THAN MOST OUT THERE.
IT'S A LOT OF FUN TO RIDE.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THE BIKE
FASTER AND BE IN THE MIX.
SO FAR, THINGS ARE GOING WELL.
>> AS YOU CAN SEE, STORIES
EVERYWHERE WE GO.
IT WILL BE THAT WAY ALL SEASON
LONG.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE GREAT, UP
AND COMING RACING EVENTS.
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>> JUST HOW GOOD IS JOSH HAYES?
CONSIDER THIS.
HE RODE TO THE TOP OF THE
PODIUM 16 TIMES WITH ONLY ONE
RACE A LESS-THAN TOP 10 FINISH.
ADD TO THAT, THE FACT THAT IT'S
BEEN A THIRD YEAR IN A ROW WITH
ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING,
CLINCHING THE SUPERBIKE TITLE,
TO SAY THE LEAST, WITH
AUTHORITY.
>> CHECKERED FLAG AND SWEEP OF
THE WEEKEND FOR JOSH HAYES.
AT THE BEGINNING OF 2013, A MAN
WHO HAD ALREADY WRIT SON MUCH
INTO THE HERITAGE OF THE SPORT
STOOD READY TO MAKE HISTORY AND
BECOME THE FIRST RIDER TO
ACHIEVE FOUR CONSECUTIVE
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
ALL AWAITED THE START OF A
CORONATION.
>> RIGHT NOW, THINGS ARE GOING
GOOD.
WE'RE STAYING ON OUR PROGRAM
AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING.
>> WE'RE GREEN!
>> THEN CAME DAYTONA.
>> I THINK JOSH HAYES HAS A
PROBLEM.
HE'S GOT ISSUES.
>> AND THEN DISASTER.
>> AND A HUGE ISSUE.
WE'RE GETTING REPORTS THAT HE'S
PULLING IT OFF AND PARKING IT.
>> MAN, MY DAYTONA SUCKED.
WE SAID IT FOR YEARS.
>> JOSH IS OUT.
HE WILL HAVE A LONG SEASON TO
RECOUP POINTS.
>> I'VE DONE PROBABLY MORE
TRAINING THAN I'VE EVER DONE.
WE HAD SUCH A BAD DAYTONA, I
WANT IT TO HURT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN I
SHOW UP, IT'S ALL I THOUGHT
ABOUT, SO I WANT TO HURT THE
REST OF THE GUYS AND MAKE THEM
FEEL WHAT I'VE BEEN FEELING.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING
BACK ON TRACK.
I GET TO FOCUS ON ONE THING.
THAT IS, I DON'T CARE ABOUT
SECOND PLACE.
SO I HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE
TRYING TO GET MYSELF IN THE
SHOW.
>> SO THE QUESTION IS, CAN THIS
MAN CHANGE AROUND HIS FORTUNES
OF JUST NINE PALTRY POINTS AND
GOOD FOR HIS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE
TITLE?
>> WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO THE
SECOND ROUND OF THE AMA PRO
NATIONAL GUARD SUPERBIKE
SERIES, TODAY FROM THE ROLLING
HILLS OF WISCONSIN.
HI, EVERYBODY.
AS WE'VE SEEN ALREADY, THIS
SEASON HAS STARTED IN THE MOST
UNPREDICTABLE MANNER.
TO FIND OUT WHAT IS BREWING
HERE ON THE GRID, LET'S GO TO
SCOTT.
>> DOWN HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE
RIDERS GETTING READY TO GO OUT.
FIRST OFF, I HAVE TO ASK, HOW
IS EVERYBODY BACK HOME IN
OKLAHOMA?
>> OH, MAN, ALL MY FAMILY'S
GOOD.
IT'S DEFINITELY A MAJOR
DEVASTATION DOWN THERE IN
OKLAHOMA CITY AND MORE.
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO THE
FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES AND
EVERYBODY, SO IT'S A BAD
SITUATION AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN
GO OUT AND GET A WIN UNDER OUR
BELT FOR EVERYBODY OUT THERE.
>> I'D LIKE TO KNOW YOUR PLAN
FOR THE RACE?
>> WE'LL GAS IT UP.
WE'LL TWIST THE GRIP OFF THIS
THING AND TRY TO GET IT UP TO
THE FRONT.
>> THERE YOU HEAR IT.
LET'S KEEP AN EYE ON DANNY,
TRYING FOR HIS FIRST PODIUM OF
THE YEAR.
>> THAT MEANS HE WILL TURN THAT
THROTTLE ALL DAY LONG TO
MAXIMUM SPEED.
IT WILL NOT BE DECEMBER PRAPT
DAN.
IT WILL BE TIME FOR WINNING IN
WISCONSIN FOR THE AMA SUPERBIKE
ROAD AMERICA RACE ROUND TWO IN
A MOMENT.