Graves Motorsports Yamaha’s Jason DiSalvo won his first AMA Superstock race of the season on his Dunlop-shod YZF-R1 LE Sunday at California Speedway, in Fontana, California. DiSalvo, the pole-sitter, took the lead shortly after the race was restarted and turned into a 10-lap sprint. Turning low-1:25 laps, he crept away from his Graves Motorsports Yamaha teammate and chief rival Jamie Hacking to win by just under two seconds. Hacking fought off defending AMA Superstock Champion Aaron Yates to finish second, tying him with DiSalvo for the Championship points lead. Slowed by a nagging shoulder injury, Yates placed third on his Yoshimura Suzuki, three seconds ahead of Team M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Geoff May, the highest non-Dunlop finisher on his Pirelli-equipped GSX-R1000. Eric Bostrom, the third Graves Motorsports Yamaha rider, finished fifth. Michael Jordan Motorsports Suzuki riders Steve Rapp, Jason Pridmore and Jake Holden finished sixth, seventh and ninth, respectively. Holden came back from a crash in the first portion of the final. Parts Unlimited PJ1 Erion Honda’s Josh Hayes was ninth, after losing a drag race to the checkered flag to Pridmore, and Millennium KWS Suzuki’s Matt Lynn finished 10th. The race was red-flagged on the eighth lap when Chris Weiss crashed and his GSX-R1000 was left lying on the racetrack. Attack Kawasaki’s Damon Buckmaster and Hotbodies Racing Suzuki’s Cory West crashed out on lap four when they collided in turn five. West took responsibility for the incident. Neither rider was injured, but the incident sent Roadracingworld.com’s Chris Ulrich off track and over a curb, losing 20 seconds and bending his bike’s front wheel. At the restart, Ulrich went from hear the back of the grid to 12th. Hotbodies Racing/Mat Mladin Motorsports Suzuki’s Marty Craggill DNF when his rear axle seized during a rear wheel change during the red flag break. Repsol Lubricants AMA Superstock Championship California Speedway Fontana, California April 30 Provisional Race Results: 1. Jason DiSalvo (Yam YZF-R1 LE), 17 laps 2. Jamie Hacking (Yam YZF-R1 LE), -1.958 seconds 3. Aaron Yates (Suz GSX-R1000), -4.419 seconds 4. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R1000), -6.717 seconds 5. Eric Bostrom (Yam YZF-R1 LE), -7.426 seconds 6. Steve Rapp (Suz GSX-R1000), -13.744 seconds 7. Jason Pridmore (Suz GSX-R1000), -16.432 seconds 8. Josh Hayes (Hon CBR1000RR), -16.443 seconds 9. Jake Holden (Suz GSX-R1000), -19.392 seconds 10. Matt Lynn (Suz GSX-R1000), -21.611 seconds 11. Aaron Gobert (Hon CBR1000RR), -22.515 seconds 12. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R1000), -31.084 seconds 13. Ben Attard (Kaw ZX-10R), -33.973 seconds 14. Ben Thompson (Suz GSX-R1000), -35.810 seconds 15. Robertino Pietri (Suz GSX-R1000), -39.341 seconds 16. Fernando Amantini (Kaw ZX-10R), -41.408 seconds 17. Corey Eaton (Suz GSX-R1000), -41.578 seconds 18. Brad Hendry (Suz GSX-R1000), -42.427 seconds 19. Martin Szwarc (Suz GSX-R1000), -50.541 seconds 20. Premek Glinz (Suz GSX-R1000), -64.223 seconds 21. Ricardo Sune Falcon (Kaw ZX-10R), -70.696 seconds 22. Tim Knutson (Kaw ZX-10R), -70.941 seconds 23. Mark Simon (Suz GSX-R1000), -73.469 seconds 24. Robbie Dowie (Kaw ZX-10R), -82.920 seconds 25. C.R Gittere (Suz GSX-R1000), -83.198 seconds 26. Lance Williams (Suz GSX-R1000), -83.653 seconds 27. Marty Craggill (Suz GSX-R1000), -10 laps, DNF, mechanical 28. Chris Weiss (Suz GSX-R1000), -10 laps, DNF, crash 29. Jason Perez (Yam YZF-R1), -13 laps, DNF, crash 30. Damon Buckmaster (Kaw ZX-10R), -13 laps, DNF, collision/crash 31. Cory West (Suz GSX-R1000), -13 laps, DNF, collision/crash 32. Jay Tanner (Yam YZF-R1), -14 laps, DNF 33. Reno Karimian (Suz GSX-R1000), DNF Repsol Lubricants AMA Superstock Championship Point Standings (after 3 of 11 races): 1. Tie, DiSalvo/Hacking, 101 points 3. Yates, 94 points 4. May, 82 points 5. Hayes, 75 points 6. Pridmore, 67 points 7. TIE, Holden/Gobert, 65 points 9. Ulrich, 56 points 10. Attard, 53 points 11. Bostrom, 51 points 12. Pietri, 50 points 13. Rapp, 49 points 14. Lynn, 47 points 15. Craggill, 39 points
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