Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Blake Young got credited with the first AMA Superbike win of his career Saturday at Road Atlanta, after officials docked on-the-track victor Josh Hayes. Many fans had already left the track before Young even knew he won the race. Most most fans at the track and watching TV saw Graves Yamaha’s Josh Hayes make a dramatic pass on Young under braking into Turn 10 on the final lap to cross the finish line first. Earlier, however, Hayes was ruled by AMA Pro Racing to have jumped the original start of the race. Hayes was shown the “meatball” flag, indicating he needed to serve a ride-through penalty on pit lane. After leading the first three laps of the race, Hayes pulled onto pit lane at the end of lap four to serve his penalty. While Hayes was serving his ride-through on pit lane, however, the race was stopped at the start of lap five by a red flag. The red flag came out due to a crash involving Vesrah Suzuki’s Tray Batey, who needed medical attention. AMA Pro Racing officials initially ruled that Hayes had served his ride-through under green-flag conditions and allowed him to restart the race from pole position because he was leading at the end of lap three, the last lap completed by the entire field. But this ruling was confusing to many paddock veterans. Hayes went on to win the restarted race over Young with Tommy Hayden a close third, but the results were immediately protested by the Rockstar Makita Suzuki and National Guard Suzuki teams. After the race, AMA Pro Racing officials reviewed the timing of Hayes’ ride-through penalty in relation to the red flag coming out and then held a press conference. During that press conference Race Director David McGrath said that he had been provided bad information from timing and scoring and that Hayes had, in fact, not completed his ride-through under green-flag conditions. As a result, AMA Pro Racing assessed Hayes with a 21.4-second time penalty, the time difference between a green flag lap and a lap that included a ride-through penalty, according to McGrath. That penalty resulted in Young being awarded the first Superbike win of his AMA career, and Young’s teammate Hayden and National Guard Suzuki’s Jake Zemke being promoted to second and third, respectively. Pat Clark Motorsports’ Ben Bostrom moved up to fourth, and Team M4 Monster Energy Suzuki’s John Hopkins was promoted to fifth. Hayes was scored in sixth place. AMA Pro National Guard American Suzuki Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia April 17, 2010 Revised Race One Results (all on Dunlop tires): 1. Blake Young (Suz GSX-R1000K9), 20 laps 2. Tommy Hayden (Suz GSX-R1000K9), -.0457 second 3. Jake Zemke (Suz GSX-R1000K9), -0.611 second 4. Ben Bostrom (Yam YZF-R1), -9.450 seconds 5. John Hopkins (Suz GSX-R1000K9), -19.155 6. Josh Hayes (Yam YZF-R1), -21.216 (including 21.4-second penalty) 7. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R1000K9), -39.046 8. Taylor Knapp (Suz GSX-R1000K9), -42.648, ride-through penalty 9. Chris Clark (Yam YZF-R1), -69.749 10. Barrett Long (Duc 1098R), -78.312 11. Tim Hunt (Suz GSX-R1000K8), -81.306 12. Shane Narbonne (Suz GSX-R1000K8), -81.431 13. Skip Salenius (Suz GSX-R1000K8), -89.829 14. Larry Pegram (Duc 1098R), -1 lap, pitted 15. Johnny Rock Page (Suz GSX-R1000K8), -4 laps, DNF, retired 16. Eric Pinson (BMW S1000RR), -5 laps, DNF, crash 17. Brett McCormick (Suz GSX-R1000K9), -12 laps, DNF, crash 18. Tray Batey (Suz GSX-R1000K9), -17 laps, DNF, crash