AMA Pro National Guard Superbike Subway Superbike Doubleheader Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin June 4 Provisional Race One Results (all on Dunlop tires): 1. Blake Young (Suz GSX-R1000), 13 laps 2. Josh Hayes (Yam YZF-R1), -0.439 second 3. Tommy Hayden (Suz GSX-R1000), -0.449 second 4. Martin Cardenas (Suz GSX-R1000), -19.092 seconds 5. Larry Pegram (BMW S1000RR), -23.629 6. Roger Hayden (Suz GSX-R1000), -25.328 7. Ben Bostrom (Suz GSX-R1000), -25.451 8. Chris Clark (Yam YZF-R1), -39.274 9. Jason Farrell (Kaw ZX-10R), -44.648 10. Geoff May (Buell 1125RR), -45.294 11. J.D. Beach (Kaw ZX-10R), -47.477 12. David Anthony (Suz GSX-R1000), -58.952 13. Jordan Burgess (Suz GSX-R1000), -103.343 14. Brian Hall (Kaw ZX-10R), -119.488 15. Trent Gibson (Suz GSX-R1000), -123.835 16. Reese Wacker (Suz GSX-R1000), -142.813 17. Steve Rapp (BMW S1000RR), -167.005, pitted 18. Tony Kasper (BMW S1000RR), -6 laps, DNF, crash 19. Chris Peris (BMW S1000RR), -13 laps, DNF, mechanical Championship Point Standings (After 6 of 18 races): 1. TIE, Young/Hayes, 160 points 3. Tommy Hayden, 143 4. Cardenas, 85 5. Pegram, 80 6. Ben Bostrom, 78 7. Clark, 73 8. Roger Hayden, 72 9. May, 56 10. Rapp, 53 11. Anthony, 48 12. Jeremy Toye, 47 13. Peris, 39 14. Chris Ulrich, 33 15. Beach, 28 16. Chris Siebenhaar, 23 17. Gibson, 21 18. Kasper, 20 19. Burgess, 17 20. TIE, Chris Trounson/Shane Narbonne, 16 More, from a press release issued by AMA Pro Racing: ELKHART LAKE, WI (June 4, 2011) – AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike’s current power-trio immediately took over Saturday’s contest, Rockstar Makita Suzuki riders Blake Young and Tommy Hayden launching into the lead with Monster Energy Graves Yamaha’s Josh Hayes, reigning National Guard SuperBike champ, overcoming a less than stellar start to quickly attach himself to their rear wheels. Hayes took over second position a lap later, and from there kicked off an intense, race-long battle with Young for the Race 1 Road America victory. Young, however, wasn’t about to let his home track and hometown fans down: for every challenge from Hayes, he had a swift and aggressive answer. While Hayden, in a repeat of the class’ Miller Motorsports Park action, watched the fury from third, Young and Hayes traded the lead as if there was a point available for most seconds lead, as opposed to most laps. Behind them, Larry Pegram (Foremost Insurance/Pegram Racing) had captured fourth from M4 Suzuki’s Martin Cardenas, who in turn led National Guard/Jordan Suzuki teammates Roger Hayden and Ben Bostrom, Y.E.S./Pat Clark/Graves Yamaha’s Chris Clark, Cycle World/Attack Performance Kawasaki’s JD Beach, and Speed Tech Performance’s Jason Farrell. While Cardenas and Pegram diced for the lead, the former retaking it, Hayes and Young, who had tied for most laps led, tore toward a tiebreaker, continuing to exchange the frontrunner position. As the white flag flew, Hayes was tucked in tightly behind Young, poised to strike, while Hayden likewise maneuvered for position. When Hayes made his move, however, it was an attempt up the inside that didn’t hold, Young hanging on and Hayes going wide. Though Hayes managed to prevent Hayden from capitalizing on the bobble, it shook him back enough to give Young a few bike-lengths of safety while heading for the checkers. At the line, Young took the win by .440 seconds over Hayes, with Hayden heading Cardenas, Pegram, Roger Hayden, Bostrom, Clark, Farrell, and EBR Racing’s Geoff May. Young’s win put him tied in the championship points standings with Hayes at 160 points, the advantage currently with Young and his four 2011 victories. Today’s races will be broadcast on SPEED tonight at 9 and 10 p.m. EST/6 and 7 p.m. PST. Fans at home have several additional ways to follow this weekend’s action: click the green Living Timing bar at the top of www.amaproracing.com, download an AMA Pro Road Racing Living Timing app for either iPhone or Android, and join us on facebook.com/AMAProRoadRacing, twitter.com/AMAProSBK, and–when the light goes green for races–via twitter.com/AMAProLIVE for live play-by-plays. Blake Young, 1st: “This race kind of felt a little bit like Utah, you know, where I just ended up on the better side of things at the end of race, but I know it’s not going to be like that forever. It just seems like it falls right for me, when it does. Josh was riding hard and then he kind of laid off me and I thought, ‘He’s going to see what I got,’ but it seemed like as soon as I got out front, maybe I was riding more defensive and not doing the lap times I should have been doing. I definitely think tomorrow’s race is going to be a lot more difficult. That being said, I think it’s going to be a lot faster. I’m just happy. Happy to be home, happy to be at Elkhart Lake, happy to give a good show for the home crowd.” Josh Hayes, 2nd: “It was a good race, a lot of fun. I probably didn’t take every opportunity I had to jump in there; I tried to settle down a little bit and let Blake take the lead and tried to make him work hard. At one point I got through and got a few good clear laps, and I thought I could get the pace a little faster than I did, but maybe I got a little lazy made a couple mistakes. It was hard to find the same rhythm I had in practice and qualifying; it seemed like the lap times dropped a little bit, but I thought we could go a little quicker than that, and unfortunately that didn’t happen today.” Tommy Hayden, 3rd: “I’m ready for a new view. Those guys were riding really good … when they were basically side by side every corner, there’s only so much track left, so I just tried to hang in there. My bike was working well, and toward the end it seemed like I was getting close to Josh a couple times, but in the end I just couldn’t make it happen. I thought I had a pretty good shot there on the last corner, but for whatever reason couldn’t carry the speed I thought I could up the hill to get by him. Luckily, tomorrow we’ll get another shot at it. It felt close.” For Road America ticket and event information, visit www.roadamerica.com or call (800) 365-RACE. More, from a press release issued by Team M4 Suzuki: M4 Suzuki’s Martin Cardenas notched up his third top-five finish of the 2011 AMA Pro Superbike season with a strong run at Road America on Saturday. Starting from the lead position on the second row after qualifying fifth earlier in the morning, Cardenas chased the lead trio early before falling into a battle for fourth position. After scrapping with a pair of riders for a number of laps, the reigning AMA Pro Daytona SportBike champion shook his rivals and escaped to claim a clear fourth-place result. “Not the result I was expecting,” Cardenas admitted. “But to finish fourth and not crash the bike is good for now. I made a good start and ran with the front group for a couple laps but I was making a lot of mistakes and a little bit over my head. I backed down a little bit and found myself racing with a couple others. In the end I relaxed a little bit and tried to ride good but without risking too much. Fourth”¦ it’s okay. “Tomorrow we will try again. I think we can improve the set-up of the bike a little bit and see if we’ve got anything for the guys on the podium tomorrow.” The team’s Daytona SportBike contenders had a day packed with drama. Near the end of qualifying, Dane Westby and Santiago Villa crashed in succession in the same corner while attempting to post a fast lap when they encountered a slower rider on the racing line. Both men had to quickly pull it together in order to compete in the afternoon’s 13-lap final. Westby, who qualified on the second row with the sixth best time at 2:21.555, fought among a large pack of riders disputing fourth position deep into the race. Towards the end, he fell off from that fight and ultimately finished in eighth. Meanwhile, Villa, who also crashed at the end of qualifying on Friday after encountering another rider on the cool down lap, was forced to race his backup GSX-R600. The Colombian made the best of the situation and clawed his way to an eleventh-place result Villa explained, “It was unfortunate with the crash situation but I raced on my ‘B’ bike which I hadn’t ridden all weekend and still finished 11th. I’m fairly happy but I’m hoping to improve for tomorrow.” M4 Suzuki will conclude the Road America weekend on Sunday with the second half of the Superbike and SportBike doubleheaders.