Copyright 2002, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Corona Extra Suzuki’s Adam Fergusson won the AMA Formula Xtreme race at VIR, and Attack Suzuki’s Jason Pridmore won the Championship with a second-place finish.

Fergusson and Pridmore ran first and second virtually the entire race, following a first-lap, first corner incident involving Roger Lee Hayden and Jake Zemke, who collided with Hayden crashing and Zemke running off the track.

Damon Buckmaster ran third for much of the race before fading back to 21st, several laps down, with mechanical problems.

Zemke charged back from about 11th to third at the finish.

The finish made Pridmore and Zemke tied with 273 Championship points, but Pridmore’s two race wins beat Zemke’s one race win to secure the title.

1. Adam Fergusson, Suzuki GSX-R1000
2. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki GSX-R1000
3. Jake Zemke, Honda CBR954RR
4. Mike Hale, Honda CBR954RR
5. Tom Kipp, Suzuki GSX-R1000
6. Lance Isaacs, Yamaha YZF-R1
7. Josh Hayes, Suzuki GSX-R1000
8. Alex Gobert, Honda CBR954RR
9. Geoff May, Suzuki GSX-R750
10. Ben Spies, Suzuki GSX-R1000
11. Jason Curtis, Yamaha YZF-R1
12. James Compton, Suzuki GSX-R1000
13. Marco Martinez, Suzuki GSX-R1000
14. Scott Carpenter, Suzuki GSX-R1000
15. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha YZF-R1, -1 lap
16. Tim Falcone, Suzuki GSX-R750, -1 lap
17. Michael McAllister, Yamaha YZF-R1, -1 lap
18. Rick Narup, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
19. Jeff Bostrom, Suzuki GSX-R750, -1 lap
20. James Bonner, Yamaha YZF-R1, -1 lap
21. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha YZF-R1, -2 laps
22. Steve Rapp, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -11 laps, DNF, mechanical
23. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda CBR954RR, -17 laps, DNF, crash

Final Formula Xtreme Point Standings:

1. Pridmore, 273
2. Zemke, 273
3. Buckmaster, 256
4. Hale, 237
5. Isaacs, 175
6. Spies, 174
7. Marty Craggill, 159
8. Alex Gobert, 156
9. Curtis, 150
10. Compton, 139
11. Kipp, 133
12. Fergusson, 125
13. Bostrom, 104
14. Hayes, 99
15. Kenyon Kluge, 69
16. Eric Haugo, 68
17. Hayden, 68
18. Aaron Gobert, 60
19. Rapp, 57
20. Martinez, 56