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Two-time AMA Superstock Champion Jimmy Moore is planning on returning to the AMA series at the Road Atlanta event in September and riding with Corona Extra Suzuki, the team he won his Championships with.

That’s the word from Moore, who was at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Sunday spectating and having meetings.

Moore said he felt physically strong enough to race at Mid-Ohio, the AMA event, but said, “I don’t want to come back until I’m 100 percent. If I wait until Road Atlanta, it’ll give me almost two months of lifting weights and riding my dirt bike so I can be as normal as I’ve ever been. I want to build up my strength before trying to wrestle these beasts around.”

Among several other injuries, Moore badly broke his left upper arm when he crashed in Brainerd International Raceway’s turn one at over 160 mph and slid into a tree in 2003. Moore aggravated the injury in a near-crash during the 2004 AMA event at California Speedway and has been out of action since.