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Erion Honda’s Jake Zemke took his first AMA Supersport race win of the season and the second of his AMA career in a hard-fought battle Sunday at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Series point leader Jamie Hacking fought back on the final lap to bring his factory Yamaha YZF-R6 home second and extend his point advantage over title rival and teammate Damon Buckmaster, third Sunday.

Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies raced with the leaders for the second half of the contest but was bumped back to fourth by an aggressive pass by Buckmaster through lapped traffic in the next-to-last corner.

Pascal Picotte finished fifth on his Picotte Yamaha YZF-R6. Yamaha’s Jason DiSalvo faded back from the front group to finish sixth. Erion Honda’s Roger Lee Hayden led early-on before fading to seventh in front of Yamaha’s Aaron Gobert and Kawasaki teammates Tony Meiring and Tommy Hayden, ninth and 10th respectively. Alex Gobert finished 11th.

Bruce Transportation Group Honda’s Marty Craggill and American Honda’s Miguel Duhamel both crashed out of the race.

Darren Luck raced Chris Rankin and Chris Peris for 12th before crashing; Jason Curtis was 14th and Dirk Sanchez 15th.

Provisional AMA Supersport Results:

1. Jake Zemke, Honda, 16 laps
2. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha, -0.597 second
3. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, -0.651 second
4. Ben Spies, Suzuki, -0.770 second
5. Pascal Picotte, Yamaha, -2.211 seconds
6. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha, -6.558 seconds
7. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda, -7.754 seconds
8. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, -8.239 seconds
9. Tony Meiring, Kawasaki, -10.154 seconds
10. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, -10.253 seconds
11. Alex Gobert, Honda, -22.479 seconds
12. Chris Rankin, Honda, -40.782 seconds
13. Chris Peris, Honda, -40.876 seconds
14. Jason Curtis, Honda, -52.340 seconds
15. Dirk Sanchez, Kawasaki, -65.537 seconds


Provisonal AMA Supersport Point Standings:

1. Hacking, 285 points
2. Buckmaster, 254 points
3. Spies, 202 points
4. Alex Gobert/Zemke, 198 points
6. Roger Lee Hayden, 189 points
7. Meiring, 187 points
8. Aaron Gobert, 185 points
9. Tommy Hayden, 181 points
10. DiSalvo, 180 points