The AMA Superbike riders will take to the grid shortly for their one and only race of the weekend. The blue skies have disappeared and the temperature is hovering just below 50 degrees.
Josh Hayes will lead the grid. Hayes has scored every pole position so far this season but only has one race win to his name this season. The 2010 AMA Superbike champion will be joined by Blake Young, Tommy Hayden, and Roger Hayden on the front row.
Hayes, Young, or T. Hayden have taken every race win so far this season. Roger Hayden, Martin Cardenas, and Larry Pegram have all shown some speed this weekend, and you can’t count Ben Bostrom out for the race win either.
The Superbike riders will hit the track at 1:45 today for a warm-up lap before the AMA Superbike race at Miller Motorsports Park.
The AMA Superbike Grid
- Row 1: Hayes - Young - T. Hayden - R. Hayden
- Row 2: Pegram - Cardenas - Beach - Peris
- Row 3: May - Anthony - Clark - Rapp
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The AMA Superbike riders are on the grid.
And they're off!
Hayes gets off the line quick and takes the lead around MMP during lap 1.
Hayes, Young, Cardenas, T. Hayden cross the line with a second gap between them.
The top four riders have about a second before Roger Hayden and the second group.
The top riders are lapping in the low 1'54s. Hayes has the fastest lap of the day, a 1'54.3.
Lap 2: Hayes - Young - Cardenas - T. Hayden - R. Hayden - Beach - Peris - Rapp - Pegram
Roger Hayden and JD Beach are beginning to close the gap to the front pack.
Peris is down. Peris low sides into gravel. Peris is up and ok, but it doesn't look like he'll be re-entering the race.
Hayes lowers his lap time down to 1'50.8. Hayes is putting his head down and trying to pull away, but Young and Cardenas are hot on his tail.
Martin Cardenas goes down.
Martin Cardenas can't hang on and slides into the mud. Cardenas is up and riding a muddy bike back into the pits.
Hayes continues to hold the lead, but Young is just .2 seconds behind. Tommy Hayden has dropped back to a second behind the leader, while Roger Hayden and JD Beach are battling for fourth.
Lap 6: Hayesm, Young, T. Hayden, R. Hayden, Beach, Rapp, Bostrom, Pegram, May
Hayes can't shake Young. Hayden also puts in a quick lap to bring himself back within a half second of the race leader.
Blake Young makes a pass and takes the lead.
Young can only hold on to the lead for a few turns before Hayes makes a pass.
Hayes and Young go into turn 1 side by side. Only .08 seconds separate the two at the line.
Tommy Hayden is now in the mix upfront. Roger Hayden has fallen behind Beach and is now ten seconds behind the top trio.
Lap 11: Hayes - Young - Hayden - Beach - R. Hayden - Rapp - Bostrom - Pegram - May - Clark
There have been four crashes so far this race. Burgess, Peris, Trounson, and Cardenas are all watching the race from the paddock.
Blake makes a pass, but Hayes takes it back. Hayden and Hayes go side by side into witchcraft but Hayes comes out in front.
Pegram is down. Beach is down.
Pegram ends his race with a mechanical error. Beach slides into the gravel to end his day. Both riders are fine.
Young crosses the line .15 seconds ahead of Hayes, but the 2010 champ is quick to overtake.
Young makes the pass at Witchcraft but Hayes takes it back on the next turn. Young Hayes, Hayes Young, the two riders are riding wheel to wheel.
Tommy Hayden is shadowing the front two riders and could be making a pass soon.
Last lap. It's anybody's race right now.
Young takes the lead.
Young has the biggest lead he's had all race, but don't expect the win to be easy.
Young has two bike lengths on Hayes as they head to the final half lap.
Young looks like he has the win in the bag. Hayes and Hayden are battling for second.
Young Wins!
Young crosses the line .7 seconds ahead of Hayes. Hayden crosses the line .05 seconds behind Hayes for the final spot on the podium.
AMA Superbike Race Results:
- Young
- Hayes
- Hayden
- R. Hayden
- Rapp
- Clark
- May
- Bostrom
- Anthony
- Toye
Full race report to follow.
