Six-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier is used to challenges over a near 20-year professional racing career, but 2026 is something different.

His move to the Ducati factory under the guise of the championship-winning Warhorse HSBK Ducati Flo4Law team hasn’t gone as smoothly as either he or the team would have liked, but round three of the Quad Lock Superbike Championship at Road America presents a chance to right the ship after two tough opening rounds.

“I feel like Road America suits my style and suits the Ducati, even if I haven’t had the best of luck here in recent years,” Beaubier said. “I’ve got 10 or 11 Superbike wins at the track and seeing what Josh Herrin did on the Panigale V4 R here over the past couple of years gives me plenty of hope to get up front and start gaining back some points.”

Beaubier is currently fifth in the 2026 points standings, 48 points shy of runaway leader Mathew Scholtz, and he admits he has not yet gotten comfortable as a Ducati rider due to circumstances out of his control.

“The bike is incredible,” Beaubier says. “Each time I get on it, my crew chief, Simone Toso, has made the bike a little better, but we’ve been on our back foot from the get-go. The bike is all-new, and it arrived late. I was fortunate enough to get over to Portimao for the WorldSBK test, but then it rained us out, so we haven’t had a lot of time to dial in a setup I have been comfortable with.

“During the Barber round, the bike was the best it has been. I put it on pole and was feeling fast, felt like I could challenge for the win, but I tipped it over. It’s hard to settle when you feel everything clicking with the bike, and I had to go for it, but it didn’t work out.”

Beaubier feels he and his Warhorse HSBK Ducati Flo4Law team have a real understanding of how to work with each other to get the best out of the 2026 V4 R package. Should Beaubier claw back that 48-point deficit to Mathew Scholtz to claim a seventh championship, he would be the first rider in the 50-year history of AMA Superbike racing to premier American road racing championships on three different brands of motorcycle.

“Everything’s a work in progress. The Ducati runs Pirellis in Europe and Dunlops here, and the bike reacts differently to this rubber, so we’re trying to understand which direction to go. But we’re getting stronger all the time. Road America is already three rounds in, so we’ve got to get going in the championship, but we’re going to be strong in the second half of the year.”