Yamaha Announces Road Racing Teams
Yamaha has announced their 2012 AMA Road Racing teams, with Josh
Hayes back to try for a third-straight AMA Superbike
Championship.
If Hayes does end up winning the title again this year, he'll match
the feat completed by American Ben Spies, who later moved up to
MotoGP. Hayes had his own taste of MotoGP last month when he filled
in for an injured Colin Edwards in the final race of the season.
Despite having never ridden a MotoGP bike before, Hayes finished in
an impressive seventh place and earned high praise from the Yamaha
crew he worked with.
Also joining Hayes on the Monster Energy/Graves Motorsports R1s is
Josh Herrin, who is moving up from the Daytona SportBike class.
"I'm stoked to get to race the new 2012
R1," Herrin said. "Josh Hayes and I have been teammates for a
few years, and he's been a tremendous help to me. Now, we'll be out
on the track together and in the same class. I couldn't ask for a
better teammate than Josh or a better bike to be on than the R1...
and in the American SuperBike class, too."
Cameron Beaubier will return for the Daytona team, where he will be
joined by newcomer Garrett Gerloff, who turned pro last year at
just 16 years old.