Testing, testing, 1-2-3. The MotoAmerica racing season doesn’t start until April, but many of the top teams are already out there burning laps in preparation to compete for the checkered flag.
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WILLOWS, CA ? December 8, 2017 ? The top two teams in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship headlined those testing at Thunderhill Raceway in Northern California for three days, December 6-8, as preparation began in earnest for the 2018 MotoAmerica season. Joining the Yoshimura Suzuki and Monster Energy/Yamalube/Yamaha factory Motul Superbike class teams were M4 ECSTAR Suzuki?s Valentin Debise and Team M55?s Michael Gilbert on their Supersport-spec 600s and Andrew Lee on his Kawasaki ZX-10R. On the Friday, Junior Cup racer Cory Ventura also took to the track on a Yamaha R3. At the completion of the three days, the last of which was focused heavily on testing new Dunlop tires, Yamaha?s Cameron Beaubier was the fastest of the fast, the two-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion showing no signs of struggling with his surgically repaired shoulder and lapping at a personal best of 1:44.896.
Yoshimura Suzuki?s Toni Elias led two of the three days, but ended up second to Beaubier on the final day. | Photo by Brian J. Nelson
?The shoulder is good,? Beaubier said of the right shoulder he injured in race two at the Pittsburgh International Race Complex in August. ?Coming into the test, I?ve been struggling a little bit with it at home and feel like it?s a good 85 perc...