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Yamaha’s Jamie Hacking extended his AMA Supersport Championship points lead with a come-from-behind race win Friday at Laguna Seca.

Hacking passed both Jake Zemke and teammate Damon Buckmaster on consecutive laps in turn nine to take the lead in the early going. From there, Hacking pulled away to take his fourth win of the season.

Buckmaster and Erion Honda’s Zemke battled for most of the race, which allowed Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies to catch the pair. Buckmaster was passed for second late in the race by Zemke, and Spies demoted Buckmaster to fourth on the final lap.

Zemke’s teammate Roger Lee Hayden fought over fifth with brother Tommy until the elder Hayden’s Kawasaki suffered troubles in the second half of the contest. Roger Lee Hayden finished alone in fifth.

Erion Honda’s Kurtis Roberts dove inside Yamaha’s Jason DiSalvo going into turn five on lap five, but Roberts lost the front at the apex, crashed and took DiSalvo out with him. Both riders were seen walking away from the incident.

Provisional AMA Supersport Race Results:

1. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha, 17 laps
2. Jake Zemke, Honda, -7.377 seconds
3. Ben Spies, Suzuki, -7.793 seconds
4. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, -8.454 seconds
5. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda, -16.076 seconds
6. Ben Bostrom, Honda, -17.422 seconds
7. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, -22.338 seconds
8. Tony Meiring, Kawasaki, -22.619 seconds
9. Jamie Stauffer, Suzuki, -24.093 seconds
10. Alex Gobert, Honda, -28.329 seconds
11. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, -31.535 seconds
12. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki, -35.473 seconds
13. Lance Isaacs, Honda, -47.353 seconds
14. Jason Perez, Yamaha, -60.038 seconds
15. Chris Peris, Honda, -60.559 seconds
16. Jason Curtis, Honda
17. Marty Craggill, Honda
18. Dirk Sanchez, Kawasaki
19. Giovanni Rojas, Yamaha
20. Matt Zurbuchen

33. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, DNF, mechanical

36. Chris Rankin, Honda, DNF, crash

38. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha, DNF, crash
39. Kurtis Roberts, Honda, DNF, crash


Provisional AMA Supersport Point Standings:

1. Hacking, 252 points
2. Buckmaster, 226 points
3. Alex Gobert, 178 points
4. Spies, 175 points
5. Roger Lee Hayden/Meiring, TIE, 165 points
7. Aaron Gobert, 162 points
8. Zemke, 161 points
9. Tommy Hayden, 160 points
10. DiSalvo, 155 points


More, from a press release issued by AMA Pro Racing, posted verbatim:

On lap two of the Pro Honda Oils Supersports race rider #41 Shaun Summers of Sacramento, CA and rider of the #185 Matt Hartlieb of Mesa, AZ went down on the front grid.

#41 Shaun Summers was treated by Dr. Gary Zoellner and has been transported to Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP). “Shaun was is stable condition but was complaining of spinal pain” Said Dr. Zoellner. “So he was transported by ground to CHOMP.”

#185 Matt Hartlieb was treated by Dr. Gary Zoellner and has been transported to Salinas Hospital. “He was attended here at the infield center and was transported to the hospital to be treatment of a fractured leg.” Said, Dr. Zollner.