The potential that Team Hammer saw when they signed Sean Dylan Kelly following the 2018 MotoAmerica season paid off big-time in 2021. In “SDK’s” third season with the M4 ECSTAR Suzuki Supersport team, he battled hard with defending class champion Richie Escalante in every race during the 2021 season. The racing was close on the track, but it wasn’t nearly…
It’s been a trial by fire this year for five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier, who is a rookie in the Moto2 World Championship. But, it all came together for him this past weekend at the Circuit of The Americas where track familiarity paid obvious dividends. Beaubier was our special guest on this episode of Off Track, and Carruthers and…
In Saturday’s Moto2 qualifying at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, American Racing Team’s Cameron Beaubier put his Triumph-powered #6 Kalex Moto2 machine fifth on the starting grid for Sunday’s race. It was, by far, Beaubier’s best qualifying effort of the season, far eclipsing the 13th-place start that he qualified for at Portugal in round three of the…
With rain forecast for Austin, Texas, on Saturday, getting into the top 14 in today’s Moto2 practice sessions may be of the utmost importance, and Cameron Beaubier made that happen, the American Racing team rider ending up 14th in FP2 at the Circuit of The Americas on Friday afternoon. If it rains tomorrow, Beaubier will slot directly into Q2 on…
Newly crowned MotoAmerica Supersport Champion Sean Dylan Kelly will join the American Racing team for the 2022 and 2023 Moto2 World Championship, joining five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier in the two-rider team, after signing a two-year contract with the Eitan Butul-owned team. Kelly, who won the Supersport title on an M4 ECSTAR Suzuki, will become the first member of…
Both Americans finished in the points today in the Motoi2 Grand Prix of Aragon with Italtrans Racing’s Joe Roberts and American Racing’s Cameron Beaubier battling to the end to finish 13th and 14th, respectively, on Sunday in Spain. At the end of the Grand Prix, it was Roberts taking the top American spot as he beat Beaubier to the finish…
Italtrans Racing’s Joe Roberts and American Racing’s Cameron Beaubier will line up oine row apart in tomorrow’s Moto2 Grand Prix at Motorland Aragon after the pair took different paths to the 18th and 19th spots on the grid. Roberts was able to make the cut from Q1 to Q2 by posting the second fastest time, a 1:52.400, in Q1, but…
Americans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier finished in the top 20 of today’s Grand Prix of Austria at the Red Bull Ring after an eventful race for the pair. American Racing’s Beaubier and Italtrans Racing’s Roberts were both involved in a first-turn melee with Beaubier charging into turn one after a good start but making contact with Roberts and others…
Americans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier ended the opening day of Moto2 action in the Michelin Grand Prix of Styria at the Red Bull Ring in Austria with the 24th and 29th best times of the day, respectively. On a day of mixed weather conditions, and in the return of MotoGP from the summer break, both Roberts and Beaubier were…
Former Yamaha teammates and roommates Cameron Beaubier and Garrett Gerloff went to work today in the Dutch Grand Prix with both missing out on scoring World Championship points in the Moto2 and MotoGP classes, respectively, on the historic Assen Circuit. American Racing’s Beaubier was in 15th place on the final lap of the Moto2 GP but was beaten to the…
Americans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier suffered through a difficult Grand Prix of Catalunya today, the pair finishing 10th and 19th, respectively, after a hard-fought race in Spain. Italtrans Racing’s Roberts ended up 10th – seven spots better than where he qualified – after getting the best of a battle with MB Conveyors Speed Up’s Jorge Navarro in the closing…
Both Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier have some work to do to make it through directly to Q1 on Saturday in the Grand Prix of Catalunya with the two Americans ending up 16th and 25th, respectively, on Friday in Spain. Italtrans Racing’s Roberts improved his time in FP2 this afternoon, but his session was cut short by a crash that…
It was a stellar day in Italy for Americans today in Italy with Italtrans Racing’s Joe Roberts finishing fourth while American Racing’s Cameron Beaubier finished eighth in the Moto2 GP after qualifying 26th. For Roberts, the outcome was tarnished by heartbreak, however, as he crossed the line in third before his podium finish was snatched away after it was deemed…
Americans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier will start tomorrow’s Italian Grand Prix from the fourth and ninth rows, respectively, after qualifying 10th and 26th in today’s Q1 and Q2 sessions. Italtrans Racing’s Roberts went straight through to Q2 from FP3 on Saturday where he lapped at a best of 1:51.541, which put him 10th fastest and .818 behind polesitter Raul…
Italtrans Racing’s Joe Roberts definitely got a sample of all conditions on a day of mixed weather in France, the California topping Q1 in the dry and then finishing his day with the third fastest time and a front-row start for tomorrow’s Shark Grand Prix of France at Le Mans. It will be Roberts’ first front-row start of the young…
Cold weather and mixed track conditions greeted the Shark Grand Prix of France on opening day at Le Mans, though the Moto2 class was fortunate enough to get two dry sessions in on an otherwise day of changing weather. Americans Cameron Beaubier, in his first visit to Le Mans in 10 years, and Joe Roberts ended the FP2 session in…
Italtrans Racing’s Joe Roberts finished eighth in the Moto2 Red Bull Grand Prix of Spain today while fellow American Cameron Beaubier crashed his American Racing Kalex on the final lap while battling for 10th place. The race was won by Federal Oil Gresini Moto2’s Fabio DI Giannantonio by 1.7 seconds over Marco Bezzecchi, who in turn was half a second…
MotoAmericans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier will start tomorrow’s Red Bull Grand Prix of Spain in eighth and 16th, respectively, after an eventful day for the pair on Saturday at the Jerez Circuit. Roberts looked to be on his way to a better qualifying position in Q2, but the Italtrans Racing rider suffered a crash late in the session. Although…
It was an up-and-down day for the two Americans in the Moto2 World Championship on the opening day of practice for Sunday’s Red Bull Grand Prix of Spain. Italtrans Racing’s Joe Roberts had a solid day, ending up fifth fastest after the two sessions. American Racing’s Cameron Beaubier, meanwhile, suffered a crash early in FP2 and only got back out…
It was a great day for Americans in the Grand Prix of Portugal with both Italtrans Racing’s Joe Roberts and American Racing’s Cameron Beaubier finishing in the top 10 at the Algarve International Circuit with Roberts fighting for victory to the bitter end. Beaubier, in just his third Moto2 Grand Prix, finished ninth after heated-race long battles. Roberts led several…
MotoAmericans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier will start tomorrow’s Grand Prix of Portugal from 8th and 13th, respectively, with Beaubier enjoying his best qualifying position of the season after fighting his way into Q2 with a strong effort in Q1. Roberts, who ended Friday with the fastest lap of the day, slipped down the order on Saturday on his Italtrans…
American Joe Roberts earned provisional pole position for Sunday’s Grand Prix 888 of Portugal with the former MotoAmerica 600 Superstock Champion leading both sessions today at the Algarve International Circuit in Portimao. Roberts’ Californian counterpart Cameron Beaubier completed FP1 in 10th but faltered in FP2 to end the opening day in Portugal in 22nd. Roberts and his Italtrans Racing Team…
It was a tough day at the office for Americans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier in Qatar with the two Californians crashing out of the Grand Prix of Dohan at the Losail International Circuit today. Roberts was the first to go, the Italtrans Racing rider crashing out of a fifth-place battle with IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia’s Ai Ogura on the…
The following is from the American Racing Team… Cameron Beaubier will start Sunday’s Grand Prix of Doha, the second round the FIM Moto2 World Championship, from the middle of the 28-rider grid. The 28-year-old Californian qualified 14th, a marked improvement from his eighth-row series debut a week ago at the 16-turn, 3.34-mile Losail International Circuit in Qatar. “I was looking…
Italtrans Racing’s Joe Roberts and American Racing Team’s Cameron Beaubier will start tomorrow’s Tissot Grand Prix of Doha from rows three and five, respectively, with the two Californians ending up eighth and 14th in final qualifying at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar. For the second straight week, Sam Lowes will start the Moto2 GP race from pole position, the…
Both Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier will likely feature in the Q2 session tomorrow at the Losail International Circuit after both of the MotoAmericans were in the top 14 in today’s Free Practice 2 for Sunday’s Tissot Grand Prix of Doha in Qatar. Roberts rode his Italtrans Racing Team Kalex to the fifth best time in the evening Friday session,…
MotoAmericans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier were impressive in the opening round of the 2021 Moto2 World Championship at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar, with the Californians finishing sixth and 11th, respectively, to open the season. Italtrans Racing Team’s Roberts lost out on fifth place by just .641 of a second as he was beaten to the line by…
MotoAmericans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier will line up fifth and 22nd, respectively, for tomorrow’s Moto2 World Championship opener at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar, the two separated by just .505 of a second but six rows apart. Such is Moto2. Italtrans Racing Team’s Roberts’ best lap came in Q2, his 1:59.168 putting him fifth and on the second…
MotoAmericans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier just completed their first day of action in the Barwa Grand Prix of Qatar with the pair of Californians ending the day third and 24th, respectively, on the timesheets from the second practice session at the Losail International Circuit today. Italtrans Racing Team’s Roberts improved from 14th in the afternoon session to third in…
The two MotoAmericans in the Moto2 World Championship ended today’s third session of preseason testing at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar nestled nicely in the top 20 with Italtrans Racing Team’s Joe Roberts and American Racing Team’s Cameron Beaubier ending the day 10th and 19th, respectively. Roberts’ best lap of the day, a 1:59.245, came on his 19th of…
