AMA Pro Daytona SportBike Subway Superbike Doubleheader Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin June 4 Provisional Race One Results (all on Dunlop tires): 1. Josh Herrin (Yam YZF-R6), 13 laps 2. Cory West (Suz GSX-R600), -0.748 second 3. P.J. Jacobsen (Duc 848EVO), -1.264 seconds 4. Danny Eslick (Suz GSX-R600), -1.382 5. Tommy Aquino (Yam YZF-R6), -1.491 6. Taylor Knapp (Suz GSX-R600), -1.957 7. Cameron Beaubier (Yam YZF-R6), -4.871 8. Dane Westby (Suz GSX-R600), -12.178 9. Jason Farrell (Kaw ZX-6R), -27.554 10. Fernando Amantini (Kaw ZX-6R), -30.067 11. Santiago Villa (Suz GSX-R600), -39.813 12. Tyler O’Hara (Yam YZF-R6), -39.877 13. Huntley Nash (Yam YZF-R6), -63.505 14. Matthew Sadowski (Duc 848EVO), -72.684 15. Matt Hall (Yam YZF-R6), -75.877 16. Brian Hall (Kaw ZX-6R), -87.714 17. Barrett Long (Duc 848EVO), -87.717 18. Dave Ebben (Kaw ZX-6R), -117.090 19. Michael Morgan (Suz GSX-R600), -166.817 20. Shawn Hill (Kaw ZX-6R), -1 lap 21. Calvin Martinez (Kaw ZX-6R), -3 laps, DNF, mechanical 22. Melissa Paris (Yam YZF-R6), -7 laps, DNF, crash 23. David Sadowksi, Jr. (Duc 848EVO), -8 laps, DNF 24. Jake Holden (Duc 848EVO), -9 laps, DNF, crash 25. Paul Allison (Yam YZF-R6), -10 laps, DNF, mechanical 26. Jason DiSalvo (Duc 848EVO), -11 laps, DNF, crash 27. Tyler Odom (Hon CBR600RR), -12 laps, DNF, crash Championship Point Standings (after 5 of 17 races): 1. DiSalvo, 110 points 2. West, 99 3. Herrin, 97 4. Jacobsen, 84 5. Eslick, 78 6. Beaubier, 77 7. Aquino, 72 8. Knapp, 51 9. Westby, 50 10. Allison, 47 11. Amantini, 43 12. Villa, 37 13. O’Hara, 35 14. Nash, 34 15. TIE, Holden/Josh Galster, 26 17. Jake Zemke, 23 18. TIE, J.D. Beach/Bryce Princce, 18 20. TIE, Farrell/Matthew Sadowksi, 17 More, from a press release issued by Geiger Media on behalf of GEICO RMR Suzuki: First SportBike race at Road America yields big upward move for Eslick ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (June 4) — Danny Eslick flirted with a podium finish before settling for a hard-fought, fourth-place result Saturday at Road America in the first of two AMA Daytona SportBike races at the Subway SuperBike Doubleheader. Eslick and the rest of the SportBike pros will do it all over again at 2:15 p.m. Sunday. “That was a great race,” Eslick said. “You could tell it was action-packed by the response from the fans. They are pumped up all the way around this racetrack.” The fourth-place finish will look bigger than normal in the championship standings as runaway points leader Jason DiSalvo wrecked early in the 13-lap main event and was unable to continue. Eslick saw DiSalvo’s bike going end-over-end in front of him and knew he had a great chance to make up ground. “I would never, ever wish bad on anyone, and I’m happy to hear Jason’s okay, but when you see the guy that’s been taking it to us all year go down you know the race becomes that much more important,” Eslick said. “It’s like you’ve been given a gift of points. It really helps all of us and now we’ll see the points bunch back up quite a bit.” Eslick reduced his deficit to DiSalvo by 17 points and is now fifth in the overall rankings, 32 markers behind. After DiSalvo’s wreck, the race leaders divided into two distinct clusters — the front-running trio of Josh Herrin, P.J. Jacobson, and Cameron Beaubier, and Eslick’s chase pack of five riders. At one point, the gap between the two groups grew to a couple of seconds but Eslick’s gang never lost sight of its target and began slowly reeling in the leaders. Near the end of the race, things got interesting as Beaubier dropped off the back and was swallowed up by Eslick’s group. Then a lapped rider held up Jacobson and a fight for second and third developed as Herrin pulled away. Eslick had his chances, and even moved into third by the last turn, but Jacobson was able to pull-draft his way by for third. “We waited a little too long,” Eslick said. “Three or four bikes working together can go a lot faster than one or two but we never really organized a good chase. Fortunately, the front three never got together either so we were able to track them down the hard way. Another lap would have made things awfully interesting, but it was still a good result.” Eslick will use the knowledge gained today for Sunday’s second main event. “We made a couple mistakes with the set-up of the A and B bikes and we didn’t get it figured out until after the morning practice session,” he said. “That kept us from being able to fine-tune what we had, although we still ran well. We won’t do that again and tomorrow will be better. All we needed was a fraction of a second more and I think I know where to find it.” More, from a press release issued by AMA Pro Racing: ELKHART LAKE, WI (June 4, 2011) – AMA Pro Daytona SportBike’s Race 1 lost one of the class’ most dominant riders early in today’s contest, kicking off an unusual three-way battle for the lead that stretched nearly from start to finish-a contest that came within a single lap of crowning an all-new class winner. Team Latus Motors Racing’s Jason DiSalvo started the race from his third consecutive pole position, grabbing the holeshot and leading PJ Jacobsen (Celtic Racing/Fast by Ferracci) and Josh Herrin (Monster Energy Graves Yamaha) into the first turn. Herrin and Jacobsen immediately began dicing for position, Herrin pulling up beside the younger rider before diving into a solid second. Behind them, Cameron Beaubier (GP Bike Parts Racing), Dane Westby (M4 Suzuki), Cory West (Vesrah Suzuki), Tommy Aquino (Y.E.S./Pat Clark/Graves Yamaha), and Danny Eslick (GEICO Powersports/RMR Suzuki) rode nearly atop each other while vying for fourth, with two more riders riding hard just behind. Shortly after the field started Lap 2, however, DiSalvo-by that point a few tenths ahead of Herrin-crashed out of the lead, leaving Herrin to contend with the two youngsters behind him, both new to the Daytona SportBike class this year. While the battle for fourth continued to fan out three- and occasionally four-wide at times, and while Jake Holden crashed out of ninth position, the lead trio maintained, none of them seeming able or willing to advance on the rider in front. Suddenly, Jacobsen took over the lead, sandwiching Herrin between himself and Beaubier, who likewise seemed to be eyeing the far more veteran rider. As Herrin continuously tested Jacobsen, frequently running up alongside him on the front and back straights (once briefly taking over the lead), Beaubier stayed stuck to Herrin’s rear wheel. The GP Bike Parts rider made his intentions clear by pulling up alongside Herrin then sliding into the overall lead, but then immediately went wide, quickly being relegated back to second by Jacobsen, then to third by Herrin a few turns later. As Herrin continued to put pressure on Jacobsen, Beaubier flexed his newfound speed a few more times, retaking second briefly and making another attempt at the lead. The second pack had by now seemed to loosely agree to set out after the lead trio, however, and the dicing inspired at the front by Beaubier allowed them to begin to gain ground. With three laps to go, the lead trio maintained their running order while West, Eslick, and Aquino all took their turns at the head of the second group. Up front, Jacobsen and Herrin, the former riding the wheels off his Ducati to try to shake the Yamaha rider, began to leave Beaubier behind. As the lead pair spun out an increasing gap on Beaubier, it became clear the latter was in serious danger of being sucked into the group charging up the track behind them. As the leaders approached the white flag, a game changer was delivered in the form of a lapped rider. While Herrin negotiated the situation perfectly, Jacobsen was shuffled back in the chase group and Beaubier sucked in almost entirely, the group suddenly spreading five wide and spitting West out as its new leader. Herrin, meanwhile, had netted some breathing room for the final lap and crossed the line .749 ahead of second-place West, Jacobsen hanging on for third. Eslick, Aquino, Taylor Knapp, Beaubier, Westby, Jason Farrell, and Fernando Amantini rounded out the top ten, the field treating fans to a four-rider-wide wheelie show. DiSalvo’s DNF and Herrin’s win have tightened the points race considerably. At press time, provisional points standings had DiSalvo at 110 followed by West (99) and Herrin (97). Today’s races will be aired on SPEED at 9 and 10 p.m. EST/6 and 7 p.m. PST. For detailed results, visit http://results.amaproracing.com/. To learn more and be a part of AMA Pro Racing, please visit www.amaproracing.com and join us on facebook.com/AMAProRoadRacing, twitter.com/AMAProSBK, and twitter.com/AMAProLIVE. Josh Herrin, 1st: “Luckily [DiSalvo] had a couple tenths on me, so I didn’t get tangled up with him. I think Cameron was pretty excited to be up there-he’s new to the series and just wants to get out in the lead-but it kind of hurt me and PJ a little bit; we were definitely losing time when he’d get out in front of us, and then burning our tires trying to get back past him. [In the final laps] I thought PJ was right behind me, but I put my head down and rode as hard as I could on the last lap and didn’t hear anyone behind me in the last corner. I’m sure tomorrow will be a different story, especially with DiSalvo up there.” “It sucks to see someone fall, but when you know they’re okay and you realize you just got a bunch of points you desperately needed, it’s kind of a big relief.” Cory West, 2nd: “After the halfway flag I could kind of see we were gaining on [the lead group]. But it was tough-Danny and Tommy were pushing me hard. We started dicing it up … and every time someone got to the front, we were like, ‘Okay, let’s get those guys!’ We slowly started reeling the leaders in … they were dicing pretty hard, which helped us catch up. Coming to the white flag, I knew for sure we’d catch Cameron, and then the lapper helped me catch PJ. I might have had something for [Josh] with one more lap. It was a good race. I’m glad to get second and start getting some points in this championship.” PJ Jacobsen, 3rd: “It was great. Josh was running great, so I just tried to push, same thing as at Miller; tried to get out front and stay out there. That last lap, it kind of sucked for me, but that’s racing. We’ll just try to go out there and get him tomorrow. We’ll definitely be up there again, it’s going to be a good battle between all of us, so I’m looking forward to it. [Leading] felt pretty good, I just knew I had to be calm and stay calm the whole time. I just kept working and working, and unfortunately the last lap I just lost all that ground, so we’ll come back strong tomorrow.” For Road America ticket and event information, visit www.roadamerica.com or call (800) 365-RACE. More, from a press release issued by Vesrah Suzuki: A PODIUM FINISH FOR VESRAH SUZUKI’S CORY WEST IN THE SUBWAY SUPERBIKE DOUBLEHEADER DAYTONA SPORTBIKE RACE 1. Cory West used his Vesrah Suzuki GSX-R 600 to return to the podium today with a hard fought 2nd place finish in the AMA Pro Racing Daytona Sportbike Race 1 at Road America in Elkhart Lake WI. Taylor Knapp was able to bring home a 6th place finish at the tail end of the lead group. With misfortune for the current Daytona Sportbike championship leader today Cory was able to make up ground and solidify his 2nd place points standing. Taylor moved up to 8th place in the 2011 Daytona Sportbike championship. Corey Alexander was able to battle back today qualifying in 6th position and finishing the AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport race in 4th place. Corey remains in 3rd place in the SuperSport West Championship Point Standings. Mark Junge Team Owner Vesrah Suzuki “All of the team riders did a great job today and Cory finishing on the podium at the team’s home track is awesome. We are refining our set-ups tonight and are looking forward to tomorrow’s races.” Cory West Vesrah Suzuki #57 “I didn’t get the best start in today’s race and found myself in the 2nd group battling for fifth. I saw the points leader crash out early and knew I needed to make up as many points as possible. The lead group was always in sight and the guys in my pack were doing a pretty good job of working together to try and catch up. As the laps wound down I could see we were finally catching up, so I tried to push as hard as possible. Coming to the white flag I was right on 3rd place and then I saw 2nd place get held up by a lapper. On the front straight I made the pass to get into 2nd place and I set sail for the leader. I managed to reel him in a little but I came up short at the finish. If I had one more lap I think we would have won today but I am happy with 2nd place. The championship has tightened up now and I just have to stay focused and keep turning in solid results. Thanks to my Crew Chief Tony Pogue and the entire Vesrah Suzuki crew for giving me an amazing Suzuki GSX-R 600 to race today. Tomorrow we will push for the victory.” Taylor Knapp Vesrah Suzuki #44 “The start didn’t go as planned it seemed like the lights went out quickly today but I put my head down and slowly started picking people off. I was in a really good position with 4 or 5 laps to go and I had sized up the guys ahead of me and knew right where I wanted to make the pass but the opportunity did not happen. All in all I was happy with my pace and the bike worked really well. I’m looking forward to tomorrow knowing that we are capable of a podium finish and hopefully we can keep this momentum rolling.” Corey Alexander Vesrah Suzuki #5 “Yesterday I wasn’t feeling so well but I woke up feeling much better this morning. We made a few small changes to the bike and made up some time this morning in qualifying putting us in 6th. During the race I got an okay start but made a few mistakes putting us a little behind. I eventually made me way back up to fourth. Overall I think it was a good day and based off of what I learned today, tomorrow should even better. Thanks to everyone at Vesrah Suzuki for all of their support, I really put their amazing brakes to the test today and they worked terrifically.” Vesrah Suzuki wants to thank all of their sponsors for their support for the 2011 season Vesrah, American Suzuki, Rockstar Energy Drink, Nielsen Enterprises Suzuki, Penske Racing Shocks, Traxxion Dynamics Fork Components, Yoshimura, Catalyst Racing Composites, Sudco Int., Bazzaz, Factory Pro, Maxima Racing Oils, Vortex, DID Chain, GPR Stabilizers, Trek Bicycles, GP Tech, Active, Pilot, Suzuka Tire Warmers, Pit Bull & Road Rage Designs