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08-31-2006
Cameron Beaubier, JD Beach and Kris Turner will have to wait one week for the final list
Picture by Philip Rispoli
Cameron Beaubier, JD Beach and Kris Turner had their final test today with 40 other participants from around the globe. Each rider got two 20 minute long sessions. For the Americans it was another great day with each young rider consistently improving their times with each running lap and each outing on the track. It was a tremendously positive day. From our view in the stands with the clock, Cameron tore up the track and was clearly the fastest American. JD and Chris fought hard and their times appeared to be equal and their best of all the sessions they tested previuosly. Assuming they analyse more than just the fastest lap times, we should end up with at minimum one rider for the CUP, possibly more. In my oppinion, given an opportunity to learn the bike each of these riders would have dropped even more lap time. As a side note and taking nothing away from talent, each of the three riders were the lightest and smallest of the group. A trait that is highly saught after by design over here..
At the end, the RedBull officials called everyone to the paddock. They had RedBull's main representative Thomas addressed the riders and parents. He was grateful for those who came to the event and hoped that everyone had a fun and eventful time. He went on to state that RedBull will continue to support the academy and welcomes those who may not make this years CUP the best as they practiced for next years opportunity.
In addition, Alberto Puig, Competition Director of the MotoGP academy also echoed the same sentiments. He apologized to everyone about any discrepancies with the motorcycles and was encouraged about all the talent he saw during the three day event.
While we all thought the final list will be administered today, it was announced that to be objective they committee will take about a week to review the result and data they collected of the final 40 group in order to come up with a best group of 20 riders for the 2007 CUP series.
Philip Rispoli
