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Racer Bryan Paquette was killed Friday at New Hampshire International Raceway, during an LRRS race weekend.

According to Paquette’s long-time friend Eric Wood, Paquette crashed when his motorcycle lost its front brake pads and he ran into the tire wall in front of the barrier outside turn three.

Wood said that Paquette was a former AMA Pro Superbike racer making a return to road racing, running in a class for riders over age 40, for fun. Paquette, who had been participating in track days at Loudon, was married and had three children, Wood said.

Paquette often worked as a member of the Dunlop tire fitting crew at AMA Nationals, Wood said.

Further details will be posted as they become available.

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1. Chris Vermeulen, Honda, 28 laps
2. Pierfrancesco Chili, Ducati, -4.127 seconds
3. Steve Martin, Ducati, -5.707
4. James Toseland, Ducati -8.347
5. Regis Laconi, Ducati, -8.390
6. Noriyuki Haga, Ducati, -18.560
7. Garry McCoy, Ducati, -21.290
8. Mauro Sanchini, Kawasaki, -31.795
9. Leon Haslam, Ducati, -34.166
10. Troy Corser, Foggy Petronas, -38.175
11. Marco Borciani, Ducati, -43.554
12. Lucio Pedercini, Ducati, -57.948
13. Piergiorgio Bontempi, Suzuki, -78.242
14. Horst Saiger, Yamaha, -82.532
15. Chris Walker, Foggy Petronas, -2 laps, DNF
16. Warwick Nowland, Suzuki, -2 laps, DNF
17. Gianluca Nannelli, Ducati, -11 laps, DNF
18. Ivan Clementi, Kawasaki, -13 laps, DNF
19. Alessio Velini, Yamaha, -19 laps, DNF
20. Jiri Mrkyvka, Ducati, -21 laps, DNF
21. Miguel Praia, Ducati, DNS

Note: Haga started last, from pit lane, after stalling his Renegade Ducati on the grid before the warm-up lap.


More, from a press release issued by Foggy Petronas Racing:

Disappointing opener for FPR at Laguna

Foggy PETRONAS Racing riders Troy Corser and Chris Walker endured a disappointing first race of the seventh round of the Superbike World Championship at Laguna Seca today.

The omens were ominous when Chris’s first bike suffered an engine problem on his formation lap and the spare bike had to be wheeled onto the grid. He was running in 12th spot when, with two laps remaining, he was lucky to avoid a crash on the fast downhill section of the Californian circuit when further engine problems forced him to retire.

Troy Corser, starting from fifth on the grid, finished in 10th. He said: “I was losing too much acceleration on Sanchini and Haslam in front of me, who were pulling away out of the corners. I used the harder tyre compound but will consider trying a softer compound for the second race, although the difference in lap times between me and the riders in front remained pretty constant.”

Chris said: “I don’t deserve the luck I am having at the moment. I think the only reason I didn’t crash was because there was so much oil that the bike didn’t grip and I was able to use the camber to stay on. I was stuck behind Borciani for the whole race.”

Race one results, Superbike World Championship, round 7, Laguna Seca, USA: 1 Vermeulen; 2 Chili +4.127; 3 Martin +5.707; 4 Toselnd +8.347; 5 Laconi +8.390; 6 Haga +18.560; 7 McCoy +21.290; 8 Sanchini +31.795; 9 Haslam +34.166; 10 Corser (Foggy PETRONAS Racing) +38.175; 11 Borciani +43.554; 12 Pedercini +57.948; 13 Bontempi +1.18.252; 14 Saiger +1:22.532

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American Honda’s Ben Bostrom won the restarted AMA Superbike race at Laguna Seca.

Mat Mladin extended his series points lead by finishing second, with second-in-points Miguel Duhamel third, passing Aaron Yates for the position with two laps to go.

Mladin closed on Bostrom on the final lap but couldn’t get past.

1. Ben Bostrom, Honda
2. Mat Mladin, Suzuki, -0.630 second
3. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, -3.997 seconds
4. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, -4.293
5. Eric Bostrom, Ducati, -15.767
6. Josh Hayes, Kawasaki, -20.474
7. Jake Zemke, Honda, -32.596
8. Jake Holden, Suzuki, -40.372
9. Larry Pegram, Yamaha, -50.833
10. Geoff May, Suzuki, -50.971
11. Jeremy Toye, Yamaha, -51.472
12. John Haner, Suzuki, -56.911
13. Eric Wood, Suzuki, -57.122
14. Shawn Higbee, Suzuki, 57.764
15. Marty Craggill, Suzuki, -58.177
16. Chris Siglin, Yamaha
17. Lee Acree, Suzuki
18. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki
19. Mike Sullivan, Yamaha
20. Mark Lesdesma, Honda
21. Ken Hill, Suzuki
22. Marco Martinez, Suzuki
23. Ricky Orlando, Kawasaki
24. Scott Jensen, Honda
25. Opie Caylor, Suzuki
26. Tom Montano, Ducati
27. Brien Whitlock, Suzuki
28. Kim Nakashima, Suzuki
29. Corey Eaton, Suzuki
30. Rob Mesa, Suzuki
31. Dave Kunzelman, Suzuki
32. Garry Combs, Suzuki
33. Cory West, Suzuki, DNF, Crash
34. Jeff Tigert, Honda, DNF, Crash
35. David Bell, Suzuki, DNF, Crash
36. Jason Curtis, Suzuki, DNF, mechanical
37. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki, Crash
38. Jack Pfeifer, Honda, Crash


Provisional AMA Superbike Point Standings:

1. Mladin, 391 points
2. Duhamel, 381 points
3. Zemke, 372 points
4. Eric Bostrom, 288 points
5. May, 262 points
6. Ben Bostrom, 247 points
7. Haner, 219 points
8. Yates, 216 points
9. wood, 199 points
10. Hayes, 186 points


More, from a press release issued by Mat Mladin Motorsports:

MLADIN EXTENDS AMERICAN SUPERBIKE POINTS LEAD AFTER SECOND PLACE FINISH AT LAGUNA SECA

Monterey, California, USA (Sunday, July 11) – An action packed twelfth round of the American AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship has seen Australian Mat Mladin extend his standing at the top of the series after finishing second in today’s round.

The result could have been one better for the four times and defending series champion if not for an incident midway through the 28-lap Superbike National which resulted in officials stopping the race as the field was on lap seventeen and Mladin holding the race lead.

Fourth from the restart, Mladin worked his way up to second and with two laps to run made a bold challenge to race leader Ben Bostrom, trimming a second out of the margin, but the charge went unrewarded as he trailed Bostrom across the finish line by 0.630 of a second.

The points that he earned for second, along with the additional point for leading the most number of laps during the race has allowed Mladin to extend his lead in the championship to ten, from Miguel DuHamel (391 – 381) who passed Mladin’s Yoshimura Suzuki teammate Aaron Yates with two laps to run to claim the final podium position, 3.3 seconds in arrears to Mladin. Jake Zemke (372) continues to hold third place on the point’s table, but with an increased margin after finishing seventh today.

Starting from the front row of the grid after recording the third fastest time during yesterday’s qualifying session, Mladin was determined to make the most of today’s race and take out as much of an advantage over his rivals DuHamel and Zemke as possible. The morning’s free practice session showed that Mladin was the fastest rider on the circuit in race set up.

“The red flag didn’t do us any favours that’s for sure, as the bike was starting to feel good at that stage of the race and I felt like we could really get going,” said Mladin. “You can’t be upset about the red flag though. A guy crashed and there was fluid on the track, so they did the right thing in stopping the race and clearing it up.”

“The bike felt very good and I was feeling very confident. It’s the best bike I’ve had around here with the way it works over a longer period of time.”

“I got off the line a little slower in the restart as I didn’t want to damage the clutch and just make sure that we got away. From there, I got held up a little behind Miguel and then Aaron and by the time I got past them Ben got a little bit of a gap, we closed that down a little, but just needed a few more laps. That was OK though as it was nice to get some extra points on Miguel in the championship.”

The American AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship heads to the Mid Ohio Sports Car Course for round thirteen of the championship on the weekend of July 24 – 25. Mladin, along with a number of the other leading teams in the series tested at the circuit less than two weeks ago, with Mladin posting the fastest time of the two day test.


More, from a press release issued by Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin:

BOSTROM GAINS VALUABLE POINTS AT LAGUNA SECA

Monterey (California) – July 11, 2004: Eric Bostrom gained valuable points at Laguna Seca Raceway with a fifth place finish aboard his Ducati 999R to maintain his fourth overall standing in the AMA Superbike series.

After a weekend marked by lack of track time for the 27-year-old from Las Vegas, Nevada, Bostrom struggled to find a comfortable set-up for the technical track.

“The track time this weekend was real short,” said the Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin rider. “Having never tested here I never really got quite comfortable. I qualified poorly but this morning we were quick again and the times were competitive. I thought that if we could run those times in the morning we’d be able to go out there and run mid to low 26s in the race and we’d be right there, but it didn’t happen. I was out there pushing hard into the corners but the lap times never came.”

The race was red-flagged just past half distance due to a crash.

“We put a new rear tire on after the red flag and we ran a bit quicker but not nearly as fast as we did this morning. It wasn’t where we needed to be, but it was better,” added the 27-year-old from Las Vegas, Nevada.

“We really did suffer from not having enough testing time here,” explained Tom Bodenbach. “We’re still learning a lot and although we would’ve preferred a better finish, we’re still glad to get the points. Now it’s time to focus on the next round.”

Mid-Ohio hosts round 9 (races 13 and 14) of the AMA Superbike Championship at Lexington, Ohio on July 23-25.


RACE: 1. B Bostrom (Honda); 2. Mladin (Suzuki); 3. Duhamel (Honda); 4. Yates (Suzuki); 5. E Bostrom (Ducati); 6. Hayes (Kawasaki); etc.

POINTS: 1. Mladin 391; 2. Duhamel 381; 3. Zemke 372; 4. E Bostrom 288; 5. May 262; 6. B Bostrom 247; etc.

From a press release issued by FGSport Group:

ATTENDANCE – Laguna Seca

As usual the seventh round of the World Superbike Championship in Laguna Seca, USA, has been a very successful event attracting a huge crowd and thus fulfilling the expectation. The attendance figure is 93,000 people over the three days of the event.

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Combined AMA Supersport Qualifying Results:

1. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha, 1:27.930
2. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, 1:27.940
3. Roger Lee Hayden, Kawasaki, 1:28.317
4. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, 1:28.793
5. Ben Spies, Suzuki, 1:29.085
6. Ben Attard, Suzuki, 1:29.326
7. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, 1:29.412
8. Michael Barnes, Yamaha, 1:29.658
9. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, 1:29.790
10. Chris Peris, Suzuki, 1:30.097
11. Tony Meiring, Kawasaki, 1:30.279
12. Jason Perez, Yamaha, 1:30.739
13. Chris Siglin, Yamaha, 1:30.771
14. Jeff Tigert, Honda, 1:31.632
15. Darren Luck, Suzuki, 1:31.958
16. Blake Young, Suzuki, 1:32.015
17. Nicky Moore, Suzuki, 1:32.021
18. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki, 1:32.142
19. Alan Schmidt, Yamaha, 1:32.337
20. Heath Small, Yamaha, 1:32.610
21. Grant Riggs, Yamaha, 1:32.926
22. Danny Eslick, Suzuki, 1:33.092
23. Nathan Hester, Yamaha, 1:33.254
24. Ben Carlson, Suzuki, 1:33.398
25.Darin Eli Edwards, Suzuki, 1:33.662
26. Gio Rojas, Yamaha, 1:33.848
27. Chris Siebenhaar, Honda, 1:33.922
28. Matt Zurbuchen, Yamaha, 1:33.985
29. Daniel Doty, Yamaha, 1:34.426
30. Scott Jackson, Suzuki, 1:34.996
31. Montez Stewart, Yamaha, 1:35.759
32. Jeremy Haiduk, Yamaha, 1:35.885
33. Tyler Jones, Yamaha, 1:36.047
34. David Lambert, Suzuki, 1:36.108
35. Lance Williams, Yamaha, 1:36.351
36. Matthew Weathers, Honda, 1:36.358
37. Phil Clarke, Yamaha, 1:36.651
38. Brad Gua, Suzuki, 1:36.733
39. Darren Murray, Yamaha, 1:36.886
40. Corey Sarros, Honda, 1:37.451
41. Hector Romero, Honda, 1:37.494
42. Eric Pinson, Triumph, 1:37.813
32. Andy Carman, Yamaha, 1:38.813

Qualifying Time = 112% of pole = 1:38.481

Did Not Qualify
Jamie Hacking, Yamaha, no times
John-O Bowman, Yamaha, no times
Dirk Sanchez, Kawasaki, no times
Charlie Hewett, Kawasaki, no times

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Results
1. Chris Vermuelen, Honda, 28 laps
2. James Toseland, Ducati, -0.465 second
3. Regis Laconi, Ducati, -13.520 seconds
4. Noriyuki Haga, Ducati, -13.742
5. Pierfrancesco Chili, Ducati, -21.770
6. Steve Martin, Ducati, -27.964
7. Garry McCoy, Ducati, -43.631
8. Marco Borciani, Ducati, -48.268
9. Mauro Sanchini, Kawasaki, -49.327
10. Ivan Clemente, Kawasaki, -54.021
11. Lucio Pedercini, Ducati, -69.618
12. Piergiorgio Bontempi, Suzuki, -84.444
13. Warwick Nowland, Suzuki, -1 lap
14. Horst Saiger, Yamaha, -1 lap
15. Leon Haslam, Ducati, -7 laps, DNF, crash
16. Troy Corser, Petronas, -11 laps, DNF, mechanical
17. Chris Walker, Petronas, -21 laps, DNF, mechanical
18. Alessio Veline, Yamaha, -22 laps, DNF, crash
19. Miguel Praia, Ducati, -26 laps, DNF
20. Jiri Mrkyvka, Ducati, -28 laps, DNF, crash
21. Gianluca Nannelli, Ducati, -28 laps, DNF, crash


Provisional Superbike World Championship Point Standings:

1. Toseland, 201 points
2. Laconi, 198 points
3. Vermeulen, 187 points
4. Haga, 162 points
5. Chili, 160 points
6. McCoy, 146 points
7. Haslam, 120 points
8. Martin, 119 points
9. Corser, 101 points
10. Borciani, 94 points


More, from a press release issued by FGSport Group:

VERMEULEN AND HONDA DOUBLE UP AT TENTH LAGUNA SBK RACE

TEN BY TEN: The tenth anniversary of the joint AMA and SBK World Championship event at Laguna Seca delivered some outstanding racing in the high temperatures of a sizzling Californian afternoon. Among many landmarks passed today was a new record number of SBK race starts for Pierfrancesco Chili, who has now ridden in 230 races, beating Aaron Slight’s record in the process. The races themselves were both won by Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR rider Chris Vermeulen, who has now taken the last three SBK race wins in a row.

RACE ONE: Noriyuki Haga (Renegade Ducati 999RS) was forced to start from pitlane, ruling himself out of any chance of a podium finish but there were five others who looked like they could take a top three score. Chris Vermeulen (Ten Kate Honda) was the eventual victor, taking the win from Pierfrancesco Chili (PSG-1 Ducati 998RS) by 4.127 seconds. James Toseland (Ducati Fila 999 F04) had a great run at the front but had to settle for fourth place after a huge fight with his team-mate Regis Laconi. Steve Martin (DFX Ducati) broke his recent run of bad luck to finish a popular third.

RACE TWO: Chris Vermeulen, shadowed throughout by the chasing James Toseland, took his second win of the day, squeezing his Honda ahead at the flag by a mere 0.465 seconds. The fight for third place was no less frantic, as Regis Laconi and Noriyuki Haga went through an epic battle right to the flag, with Laconi edging out the Japanese rider, who had started the race from the fourth row.

POINTS TO PROVE: The dynamics of the World Championship battle changed once more, as the leading Ducati duo swapped places in the table, with Toseland now leading by 201 points to Laconi’s 198. Vermeulen, thanks to a whopping 50 points earned today, is third on 187, only 14 points off the lead. Haga is fourth on 162, with Chili shadowing on 160.

OFF PISTE: The battle for the off podium places was as frantic as the ones for silverware, with Chili fifth in race two. Steve Martin could not repeat his race one success and finished a distant sixth, still ahead of Garry McCoy (Xerox Ducati 999RS) who took a brace of seventh places.
Top Kawasaki rider was Mauro Sanchini, who took his Bertocchi ZX-10 to 11th and ninth.

PETRONAS STRUGGLE: The Foggy Petronas FP-1 team, of Troy Corser and Chris Walker had only one point scoring finished after a tough weekend in Laguna. Corser’s tenth in race one was a poor reward for a rider on the second row after Superpole. Walker had two DNFs, and Corser had to limp back to the pits, after his machine malfunctioned in the second 28-lap race.

Brands Hatch is the venue for round eight of the World Superbike Championship, on August 1, where Supersport and Superstock classes will be in attendance once more.

More, from a press release issued by Foggy Petronas Racing:

Treble trouble for FPR at Laguna Seca

The mid-season blues continued for Foggy PETRONAS Racing today with three retirements in two trouble-strewn races in the seventh round of the Superbike World Championship at the American circuit of Laguna Seca.

Troy Corser’s 10th place in the opener was the only finish for the team after both he and team-mate Chris Walker were forced to pull into the pits with technical problems in the second race.

Troy said: “This has been a very frustrating and disappointing weekend, especially considering I was reasonably happy with my set-up and race tyres. In the second race the bike was okay for a few laps but then I started to lose the rear going into the right-handers. But I was right on the back of Clementi and the track was busy so I did not get a chance to look down until Sanchini came passed. There was too much oil on the bike and I knew I wouldn’t be able to finish and I didn’t want to crash like I did in Germany.”

Walker’s day of woe started when, after an engine problem on the formation lap of the first race, he narrowly escaped crashing with two laps remaining when a gearbox problem caused an oil leakage. His day went from bad to worse when a clutch failure brought an end to his second race after eight laps.

Chris, riding with three fractured ribs after a trouble-strewn previous outing at Silverstone, said: “I don’t deserve the luck I am having at the moment, especially at a time in the championship when you need as many points as you can get. It’s a shame that, having struggled in qualifying, I wasn’t able to finish either race after being up near the top ten. I didn’t get my normal start in the second race as the clutch didn’t release properly. I was pushing the lever out with my finger for a while but it got gradually worse.”

Both races were won by Australian Chris Vermeulen, at his first visit to the technically demanding Californian circuit.

Race two results, Superbike World Championship, round 7, Laguna Seca, USA: 1 Vermeulen; 2 Toseland +0.465; 3 Laconi +13.520; 4 Haga +13.742; 5 Chili +21.770; 6 Martin +27.964; 7 McCoy +43.631; 8 Borciani +48.268; 9 Sanchini +49.327; 10 Clementi +54.021; 11 Pedercini +1:09.618; 12 Bontempi +1:24.444; 13 Nowland one lap; 14 Saiger one lap


More, from a press release issued by Xerox Ducati Nortel Networks – Scuderia Caracchi

Grip problems for Garry McCoy, only seventh at Laguna races

Dramatic grip problems after a third of race distance ruined today races of Garry McCoy on the demanding Laguna Seca circuit. The Australian rider, after a good start in both the races, has lost the pace for grip problems and has been able just to finish the races, looking to earn the most of World Championship points.

“I was quite happy this morning after the warm up session.” – confessed a disappointed Garry McCoy at the end of the day. “Then during the races we had unattended grip problems, either during race-1 as during race-2, problems that we hadn’t during all the week end and that we’ve not been able to solve quickly. In both the legs I had a very good start, I was running with the leaders for 8-10 laps, but late the bike started to slide all around the track and I wasn’t able to manage the throttle as I’m used to. So I’ve been not able to contest the attack of Haga in race-1 and of Haslam in race-2, I could just try to finish the race without bigger problems.”

Bad day for Miguel Praia too: forced to miss race-1 because a broken new engine, installed this morning, during morning’s warm up session, during race-2 joined the pit after a few laps because an oil waste from a lubrication pipe of the second engine.

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Sunday Morning World Superbike Practice Times:

1. Pierfrancesco Chili, Ducati 998RS, 1:26.687
2. Chirs Vermeulen, Honda CBR1000RR, 1:26.699
3. Regis Laconi, Ducati 999F04, 1:27.113
4. James Toseland, Ducati 999F04, 1:27.197
5. Noriyuki Haga, Ducati 999RS, 1:27.564
6. Troy Corser, Foggy Petronas FP1, 1:27.626
7. Steve Martin, Ducati 999RS, 1:27.674
8. Leon Haslam, Ducati 999RS, 1:27.796
9. Garry McCoy, Ducati 999RS, 1:27.807
10. Mauro Sanchini, Kawasaki ZX-10R, 1:27.943
11. Chris Walker, Foggy Petronas FP1, 1:28.549
12. Lucio Pedercini, Ducati 998RS, 1:28.652
13. Alessio Velini, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:28.866
14. Marco Borciani, Ducati 999RS, 1:28.870
15. Piergiorgio Bontempi, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:28.935
16. Gianluca Nannelli, Ducati 998RS, 1:28.942
17. Ivan Clementi, Kawasaki ZX-10R, 1:28.954
18. Jiri Mrkyvka, Ducati 998RS, 1:30.116
19. Warwick Nowland, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:30.221
20. Miguel Praia, Ducati 999RS, 1:30.696
21. Horst Saiger, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:31.494

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Graves Yamaha’s Jamie Hacking, who raced to an amazing sixth-place finish in Saturday’s AMA Superstock race in spite of riding with a freshly-plated 11-day-old broken collarbone, will not attempt to race in Supersport Sunday at Laguna Seca.

Factory Yamaha Team Manager Tom Halverson told Roadracingworld.com earlier in the weekend that due to the weekend’s unique schedule Hacking could wait until the Superstock race was over before deciding if he would qualify or race in Supersport.

But after his crash in Superstock qualifying and his amazing but draining performance in the 17-lap Superstock final, which helped him retain his Superstock Championship point lead, Hacking decided to not race in Supersport.

“I can’t. I just can’t,” said Hacking, the defending AMA Supersport Champion, in his motorhome moments after the Superstock race. “This was hard for me. That was all I had right there. It’s hard to let that thing (Supersport number one plate) go off my bike, but the Superstock class is my focus now.”

Coming into the Laguna Seca event, Hacking was third in the AMA Supersport Championship point standings, 36 points behind leader Tommy Hayden.

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Kawasaki’s Roger Lee Hayden won his second AMA Supersport of the season, and the second of his career, Sunday at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Hayden took the lead on lap 10 of 17 when then-leader Aaron Gobert crashed his factory Yamaha YZF-R6 in the final corner. Gobert tried to re-mount and continue on his Yamaha but could not.

Hayden inherited a seven-second lead over Jason DiSalvo, which he maintained well to the checkered flag. DiSalvo took second.

The seat pad on Tommy Hayden’s Kawasaki ZX-6RR came loose mid-race, but it didn’t keep him from passing Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies for the final podium position three laps from the end.

Tommy Hayden’s Supersport Championship lead is now 18 points – where it had been 31 – over his younger brother Roger Lee Hayden.

Spies finished fourth, ahead of Corona Extra Suzuki’s Ben Attard, Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki’s Steve Rapp and Attack Kawasaki’s Tony Meiring.

Some distance back, Championsonline.com’s Michael Barnes took eighth, Rapp’s teammate Chris Peris finished ninth and privateer Jason Perez placed 10th.

Damon Buckmaster, in his first race back since suffering a broken hand/wrist in May, finished 11th.

Provisional AMA Supersport Race Results:

1. Roger Lee Hayden, Kawasaki, 17 laps
2. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha, -6.596 seconds
3. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, -9.884 seconds
4. Ben Spies, Suzuki, -13.164 seconds
5. Ben Attard, Suzuki, -19.011 seconds
6. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, -20.028 seconds
7. Tony Meiring, Kawasaki, -21.993 seconds
8. Michael Barnes, Yamaha, -33.361 seconds
9. Chris Peris, Suzuki, -38.380 seconds
10. Jason Perez, Yamaha, -38.877 seconds
11. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, -38.879 seconds
12. Nicky Moore, Suzuki, -47.912 seconds
13. Danny Eslick, Suzuki, -47.937 seconds
14. Blake Young, Suzuki, -52.814 seconds
15. Darren Luck, Suzuki, -56.335 seconds
16. Alan Schmidt, Yamaha, -63.661 seconds
17. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki, -70.380 seconds
18. Darin Eli Edwards, Suzuki, -73.503 seconds
19. Jeff Tigert, Honda, -77.005 seconds
20. Giovanni Rojas, Yamaha, -78.699 seconds
21. Ben Carlson, Suzuki, -82.830 seconds
22. Grant Riggs, Yamaha, -88.369 seconds
23. Matt Zurbuchen, Yamaha, -1 lap
24. Daniel Doty, Yamaha, -1 lap
25. Montez Stewart, Yamaha, -1 lap
26. Andy Carman, Yamaha, -1 lap
27. Chris Siebenhaar, Honda, -1 lap
28. Jeremy Haiduk, Yamaha, -1 lap
29. Hector Romero, Honda, -1 lap
30. David Lambert, Suzuki, -1 lap
31. Phil Clarke, Yamaha, -1 lap
32. Darren Murrey, Yamaha, -1 lap
33. Lance Williams, Yamaha, -1 lap
34. Corey Sarros, Honda, -1 lap
35. Tyler Jones, Yamaha, -1 lap
36. Matthew Weathers, Honda, -1 lap
37. Brad Gua, Suzuki, -1 lap
38. Scott Jackson, Suzuki, -2 laps
39. Nathan Hester, Yamaha, -2 laps
40. Eric Pinson, Triumph Daytona 600, -3 laps, DNF, mechanical
41. Chris Siglin, Yamaha, -7 laps, DNF, crash
42. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, -8 laps, DNF, crash
43. Heath Small, Yamaha, -17 laps, DNF, crash


Provisional AMA Supersport Championship Point Standings:

1. Tommy Hayden, 263 points
2. Roger Lee Hayden, 245 points
3. DiSalvo, 207 points
4. Spies, 195 points
5. Rapp, 181 points
6. Barnes, 178 points
7. Attard, 139 points
8. Meiring, 130 points
9. Luck, 122 points
10. Eslick, 115 points

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The AMA Formula Xtreme race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca was red-flagged on lap nine of 17 after Erion Honda’s Jake Zemke started smoking badly on lap nine and Zemke pulled off the track.

Zemke had a 5.8-second lead at the time his bike started smoking.

Miguel Duhamel and Ben Bostrom had been racing for second, but Duhamel was slowed by a broken shifter, which allowed Bostrom to move into second place.

Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki’s Vincent Haskovec was leading a tight group racing for fourth, consisting of Alex Gobert, Jason Pridmore and Doug Chandler.

Just before course control called for a red flag, Ben Bostrom came by the pits and made a hand signal to his crew.

During the red flag delay, Zemke’s and Duhamel’s crews were seen working on their motorcycles.

Both Duhamel and Zemke took the restart, but Zemke did so from the back of the grid, because he officially caused the red flag.

The restart wasn’t called until after Zemke’s crew had found and fixed an oil leak.

In the past, AMA Pro Racing’s Ron Barrick has said that he will delay restarts to allow crews to make bike repairs.



AMA Formula Xtreme Running Order (at the time of the red flag):

1. Jake Zemke, Honda
2. Ben Bostrom, Honda
3. Miguel Duhamel, Honda
4. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki
5. Alex Gobert, Honda
6. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki
7. Doug Chandler, Ducati
8. Larry Pegram, Yamaha
9. Nicky Moore, Suzuki
10. Danny Eslick, Suzuki
11. Mike Ciccotto, Buell
12. Blake Young, Suzuki
13. Heath Small, Yamaha
14. Tom Montano, Honda
15. Ty Howard, Yamaha