MILLVILLE, N.J. — As improbable as it seemed just 24 hours earlier, Cameron Beaubier emerged from a suspenseful Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park with the 2025 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship — the sixth of his illustrious career.
It was a Sunday chock-full of shocking Superbike action with Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Beaubier somehow coming out of it all with the title, despite going into the final day of the season on the outside looking in and 13 points behind Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong. Overhauling Fong was going to be a difficult proposition. After all, he was having a career year, scoring points in every round, and winning his sixth race of the year in race one on Saturday at NJMP.
Then came Sunday. In the second of the three races, Fong was in a battle with championship rivals Beaubier and Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Josh Herrin.
The trio were at the front of the field and battling for victory and championship points. Herrin led Fong and Beaubier on the final lap with the trio together. Then it all went wrong for Fong as he crashed out of second and could only watch as Herrin won with Beaubier second.
Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante had caught the lead trio as they battled, watched as Fong crashed, and earned his third podium of the year after an impressive ride.
Real Steel Honda’s Hayden Gillim was fourth, a few seconds clear of Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Sean Dylan Kelly. Fong’s teammate Jake Gagne was sixth, well clear of OrangeCat Racing’s Jayson Uribe, who had his hands full with Jones Honda’s Ashton Yates. Real Steel Honda’s JD Beach and BPR Racing Yamaha’s Bryce Kornbau rounded out the top 10.
And, just like that, it had all changed at the top. The order was flipped, and it was Beaubier who was seven points ahead of Fong and 13 clear of Herrin. To take the title, Fong would have to win with Beaubier third or worse.
On to race three and more mayhem. This time, it was Fong out front with Beaubier, and his points lead, tucked in behind. Herrin didn’t have the pace of the top two and was instead being hassled by Kelly and Gillim for third.
On the eighth lap, the fight for the championship ended with Fong crashing for a second time and allowing Beaubier to race unmolested to victory. And a sixth title.
Herrin, meanwhile, ran a bit wide on the final lap, and Kelly didn’t waste any time in passing him up the inside. The gap was suddenly wide and Gillim liked what he saw and followed Kelly’s lead to move into third. The pair crossed the line in formation with Kelly second and Gillim third for his first-career Superbike podium.
Herrin was fourth with Uribe fifth, a tick ahead of Escalante. Gagne was seventh with Beach, BPR Racing’s Deion Campbell and Flo4Law’s Benjamin Smith completing the top 10.
The final championship standings have Beaubier on top with 371 points, 25 more than Herrin’s 346 and 32 more than Fong’s 339. Gagne and Kelly rounded out the top five with Escalante, Beach, Gillim, Yates, and Kornbau rounding out the top 10.
