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Graves Yamaha’s Jamie Hacking took the first AMA Formula Xtreme victory of his career in a action-packed contest Sunday at Road Atlanta.

Hacking got the holeshot at the start, but the lead was shuffled back and forth between Hacking, Erion Honda’s Jake Zemke, Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies and Hackings’ teammate Damon Buckmaster.

Buckmaster and Spies turned the race into a dual from lap four until lap nine when Spies ran off the track in the new, turn three chicane. Spies lost the rear in the wet grass and fell as he slowed to re-enter the track at turn four. Spies then slid face-down onto the track.

Hacking, Zemke and Marty Craggill took evasive action to avoid Spies, as Buckmaster jumped out to a new three-second lead.

Spies was not able to re-start his GSX-R1000.

Buckmaster was only able to enjoy his new lead for three laps, because on lap 12, the Australian’s Yamaha suffered mechanical troubles in turn two forcing him to pit and retire.

Hacking was promoted into the lead officially on lap 12 and crossed the line to finish lap 13 just before an incident in turn five stopped the race.

Television replays of the incident showed Roger Lee Hayden getting up from a crash at the exit of turn five. Hayden’s Erion Honda came to rest on the track just before Corona Extra Suzuki’s Adam Fergusson fell off the lowside in the same corner. Fergusson slid into Hayden’s bike and appeared to suffer an injury, but the Australian rider was able to walk away.

Hayden was demoted in the running order because he causeed the red flag, results reverted to the lap-12 running order and Hacking was awarded the win over Zemke and Craggill.

Buckmaster, who did cross the timing and scoring loop on pit lane, was scored as finishing 12th.

AMA Formula Xtreme Race Results:

1. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha, 12 laps
2. Jake Zemke, Honda, -2.004 seconds
3. Marty Craggill, Honda, -3.083 seconds
4. Josh Hayes, Suzuki, -4.030 seconds
5. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, -18.413 seconds
6. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki, -19.223 seconds
7. Adam Fergusson, Suzuki, -26.230 seconds
8. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, -33.415 seconds
9. Geoff May, Suzuki, -36.154 seconds
10. Ty Howard, Suzuki, -36.309 seconds
11. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki, -41.246 seconds
12. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, -44.752 seconds
13. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, -52.835 seconds
14. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda, -77.970 seconds, crash
15. Doug Duane, Suzuki, -1 lap
16. Kevin Hanson, Suzuki, -1 lap
17. Nathan Hester, Suzuki, -1 lap
18. Ben Spies, Suzuki, -4 laps, crash
19. Chuck Allen, Suzuki, -4 laps
20. Doug Chandler, Honda, -5 laps, DNF, mechanical
21. David Guy, Suzuki, -5 laps
22. Jason Curtis, Honda, -8 laps, DNF, mechanical


Provisional AMA Formula Xtreme Point Standings:

1. Zemke, 96 points
2. Spies, 89 points
3. Hayes, 78 points
4. Buckmaster, 75 points
5. Rapp, 74 points
6. Fergusson, 73 points
7. Craggill, 72 points
8. Aaron Gobert, 70 points
9. Moore, 64 points
10. Howard, 61 points
11. Ulrich, 57 points
12. Hacking, 56 points