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American Honda’s Nicky Hayden won Sunday’s red-flag-interrupted Superbike final on his Dunlop-equipped Honda RC51 Superbike.

The win is Hayden’s eighth Superbike race win of the season and the 16th of his young career. The victory moves Hayden into a tie for third on the all-time AMA Superbike win list, with Wayne Rainey.

Kawasaki’s Eric Bostrom led the most laps and ran the fastest lap of the race, but Hayden slipped past when Bostrom ran wide and was unchallenged to the finish on Sunday.

Team Blimpie Yoshimura Suzuki’s Mat Mladin turned a good start into a third-place finish on his GSX-R750.

The race was stopped on lap 12 of 26 when Mladin’s teammate Aaron Yates crashed hard into the haybales outside of turn seven. At post time, Yates was being treated for a deep gash in his left arm, above the elbow.

AMA Superbike Race Two Results:

1. Nicky Hayden, Honda RC51, 26 laps
2. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki ZX-7RR, -1.616 seconds
3. Mat Mladin, Suzuki GSX-R750, -14.277 seconds
4. Kurtis Roberts, Honda RC51, -18.059 seconds
5. Doug Chandler, Ducati 998RS, -18.811 seconds
6. Jamie Hacking, Suzuki GSX-R750, -19.353 seconds
7. Miguel Duhamel,Honda RC51, -23.119 seconds
8. Brian Livengood, Suzuki GSX-R750, -60.437 seconds
9. Jason DiSalvo, Suzuki GSX-R750, -65.413 seconds
10. Robert Jensen, Suzuki GSX-R750, -67.940 seconds
11. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki GSX-R750, -72.759 seconds
12. Chris Caylor, Suzuki GSX-R750, -76.036 seconds
13. Michael Himmelsbach, Aprilia RSV1000R, -76.447 seconds
14. Andy Deatherage, Suzuki GSX-R750, -81.284 seconds
15. John Haner, Suzuki GSX-R750, -87.347 seconds
16. John Jacobi, Suzuki GSX-R750, -90.084 seconds
17. Christopher Rankin, Suzuki GSX-R750, -92.182 seconds
18. Brian Parriott, Suzuki GSX-R750
19. Jake Holden, Suzuki GSX-R750
20. Douglas Duane, Suzuki GSX-R750

31. Pascal Picotte, Ducati 998RS, -1 lap, crash

33. Aaron Yates, Suzuki GSX-R750, DNF, -15 laps, crash


Provisional AMA Superbike Point Standings:

1. Hayden, 450 points
2. Bostrom, 415 points
3. Duhamel, 346 points
4. Yates, 316 points
5. Picotte, 304 points
6. Parriott, 263 points
7. Mladin, 262 points
8. Hacking, 256 points
9. Livengood, 246 points
10. Chandler 235 points