{"id":57318,"date":"2024-03-28T07:29:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/?p=57318"},"modified":"2024-03-28T10:30:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T17:30:34","slug":"road-atlanta-memories-part-one-2015-2017-rain-teammate-takeouts-and-a-war-of-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/road-atlanta-memories-part-one-2015-2017-rain-teammate-takeouts-and-a-war-of-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Atlanta Memories, Part One 2015-2017: Rain, Teammate Takeouts, And A War Of Words"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first-ever MotoAmerica Superbike weekend at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta featured horrendous weather. Roger Hayden (95) leads Cameron Beaubier (6), Josh Hayes (1) and the rest of the Superbike pack into turn one in April of 2015. Photo by Brian J. Nelson<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>

For some reason, at least in the MotoAmerica era, the Road Atlanta round has always been one of high drama. From the pouring rain that very nearly cancelled MotoAmerica\u2019s first venture to the iconic racetrack to the temper-flaring, post-race press conference war of words between Cameron Beaubier and Toni Elias, to factory Yamaha teammates knocking each other down and out, to last-lap battles aplenty\u2026 if you like your racing with a dash of the unexpected, Road Atlanta never disappoints.<\/em> Here is part one of three parts as we look back at the nine MotoAmerica rounds held thus far in Georgia.<\/em><\/p>

2015 \u2013 Rain, Rain, Go Away<\/strong><\/p>

There\u2019s rain and then there\u2019s the rain. And the storm that hit the first MotoAmerica weekend at Road Atlanta in 2015 was horrendous. For the want of a more daunting word to describe heavy rain and flooding, let\u2019s go with torrential.<\/p>

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