MOB Racing’s Patrick “P.J.” Jacobsen was initially declared the winner of Race One of the AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 doubleheader at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in spite of the young New Yorker crashing on the sixth lap of the 10-lap race. Jacobsen, who was making his first appearance in the class this season, had a 4.1-second lead over series regular Kyle Wyman on lap six when he crashed in oil on the track. Wyman crashed in the same oil immediately after Jacobsen, as did three other trailing riders: Michael Barnes, Dave Estok and Tyler O’Hara. No injuries were reported at post time. After a long delay, AMA Pro Racing officials declared the race complete and Jacobsen the winner because there was too much oil to be cleaned up and too little available time remaining to restart the race. It was the second career AMA Pro XR1200 win for Jacobsen, who raced the class full-time in 2010 and is currently competing in the British 1000cc Superstock National Championship. Wyman was scored second, giving him an early lead in the XR1200 Showdown/Championship. Former Pro Supermoto racer Benny Carlson earned his first podium finish in the class by taking third place. O’Hara, the XR1200 point leader coming into the event, was racing for the lead with Jacobsen until lap five, when O’Hara crashed in the next-to-last corner. O’Hara remounted and continued in the race without a right footpeg, and then he crashed again in the oily pileup. O’Hara was credited with 13th place. UPDATE: After the race, the red flag situation was reviewed by AMA Pro Racing officials to determine the cause. After an examination of all the motorcycles in the field and a review of video footage and photographic evidence, AMA Pro Racing determined that P.J. Jacobsen crashed in oil from his own bike and that same oil caused four other riders to crash and the race to be red flagged. Because Jacobsen was ruled as the cause of the red flag, he was demoted to the last position on the lead lap, 24th, and Kyle Wyman was declared the winner over runner-up Benny Carlson and third-place finisher Michael Corbino. It was the fourth XR1200 race win of the season for Wyman on his KLR Group/Spyke’s Harley-Davidson. GEICO Motorcycle AMA Pro Road Racing Championship/Red Bull Indianapolis GP AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 Series Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, Indiana August 18, 2012 Updated Provisional Race One Results (all on Harley-Davidson XR1200s and Dunlop tires): 1. Kyle Wyman, 5 laps, crash 2. Benjamin Carlson, -4.423 seconds 3. Michael Corbino, -4.878 4. Michael Barnes, -4.901, crash 5. Steve Crevier, -5.536 6. Bobby Fong, -5.590 7. Michael Beck, -8.345 8. Travis Wyman, -8.749 9. Shane Narbonne, -9.595 10. David Estok, -10.272, crash 11. Barrett Long, -13.326 12. Tyler O’Hara, -15.764, crashed twice 13. Josh Chisum, -32.951 14. Paul Schwemmer, -38.684 15. Charlie Long, -41.752 16. Lee Kuhn, -51.145 17. Paul James, -55.786 18. Brice Cooper, -56.995 19. Ray Delaney, -64.854 20. Matthew Heidel, -65.550 21. Richard Barnett, -67.639 22. Aaron Borello, -73.458 23. Calvin Martinez, -84.645 24. P.J. Jacobsen, -84.646, crash* 25. Gerry Signorelli, -5 laps, DNF, crash 26. Darren James, -5 laps, DNF, crash 27. Nicholas Hansen, -5 laps, DNF, crash 28. Josh Guyer, -5 laps, DNF, crash 29. Peter Cline, -5 laps, DNS * – moved to back of lap group for causing the red flag situation More, from a press release issued by KLR Group: Wyman wins wild one in Indy, takes championship points lead INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 18) — KLR Group rider Kyle Wyman captured his fourth victory of the season and first of the 2012 XR1200 Showdown Saturday after a wild, crash-filled race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. “This was one crazy race,” Wyman said. “I’ve experienced every emotion a person could have in the last few hours. Usually, when goofy stuff happens it never seems to fall my way, but today it did and I couldn’t be happier. The timing is perfect.” Running in conjunction with the Red Bull Moto GP, the AMA Pro Vance & Hines riders closed the day’s action with its first of two races slated for the weekend. As has been the case all year, the 10-lap tilt got off to a competitive start and soon settled into a back-and-forth battle for the lead between polesitter Patrick Jacobsen and Tyler O’Hara, with Wyman following in third place. But at the end of Lap 4, things began to change. First, O’Hara crashed in Turn 16, allowing Wyman to move up to second place. Half a circuit later, all hell broke loose with Jacobsen going down hard in Turn 10. Moments later, Wyman also went down in the same spot, followed by several more riders. “There was oil on the track,” Wyman said. “P.J. had a few seconds on me and I saw him crash but just as I processed what had happened I went down. It happened that fast. I got up and raised my arms to signal the guys behind us but everyone was coming and it was just total chaos.” The race was quickly red-flagged and most of the riders went back to pit row, some on damaged machines. Only Jacobsen and Wyman were left out as their bikes required major repair and needed to be towed. As teams scrambled to repair and prep for a possible restart, Wyman had to come to grips with the possibility of not being able to continue. “It was like our chance at the championship was slipping through our fingers,” Wyman said. “We couldn’t go to the back-up bike because we were past the second lap so if we either had to ride our primary bike or not race. The problem was our primary bike was on a tow truck somewhere.” After several tense minutes, race officials realized the oil spill would require a massive clean-up and the race was officially called. At the time, Jacobsen was determined the winner, with Wyman given the second-place trophy and Ben Carlson third-place honors. “I was good with that because P.J. isn’t in the championship points so we had the points lead,” Wyman said. “We even had a little cushion, so we were pretty relieved.” Things only got better for Wyman as it was later determined that Jacobsen had caused the oildown, resulting with him being moved to the bottom of the final standings. Wyman was then awarded the win, with Carlson moved up to second and Michael Corbino to third. “It’s a goofy deal but we’ll take it,” Wyman said. “To start off the Showdown like this…I couldn’t have asked for more. I’m so happy for Gaston Kearby and the KLR Group, plus everyone at Spyke’s Harley-Davidson who was here today. This is just unreal.” This race marks the first time all season that Wyman didn’t share the podium with O’Hara and Michael Barnes, who is now Wyman’s teammate. Every other race had the three in some order of first, second and third. Barnes ended up fourth and O’Hara 12th. “I thought I’d seen it all but today might beat ’em all,” said Barnes, who also was collected in the big pile-up. “I was happy with the race. I got a great start but maybe braked a little early into Turn 1. There was some bumping and banging going on but I settled into sixth and just kind of went to work from there. “A few laps in Corbino had a big moment and I got past him and Carlson so I was up behind Kyle. I really started struggling with front grip. We made some geometry spring changes in the back so now we need to make a geometry change to the front to properly compensate for that. If we get that done properly we’ll be good. I feel confident on the bike and with the way I’m riding. I’m ready for tomorrow.” A veteran of two decades of racing, Barnes applauded the decision to call the race early. “We’re here racing at Indy as guests of the MotoGP folks and we need to be gracious because the exposure this gets us and our sponsors is unparalleled,” he said. “The best thing to do was call the race and let them get to work on cleaning the track and prepping it for tomorrow’s GP race. “There were too many people caught up in that wreck who would have gotten the short end of the stick if they had tried to restart it. They definitely made the right call. This is the fairest decision for everyone involved.” Sunday’s second XR1200 race begins at 3:30 p.m. More, from a press release issued by AMA Pro Racing: Kyle Wyman Takes Home Saturday AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 Series Race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (August 18, 2012) – Kyle Wyman was declared the winner of the AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday. The race was red flagged working lap six, with many of the front-runners, including race leader P.J. Jacobsen, of the MOB Racing/K Tech/Orient Express/Moroney’s team, collected in a pile-up caused by fluids on the track. Wyman, who ran second at the time on his KLR Group/Spyke’s Harley-Davidson/Vesrah Racing XR1200, also crashed. Jacobsen was declared the race winner provisionally, but due to an extensive investigation that followed the race which involved the examination of all bikes as well as the race surface, plus reviewing hi- and lo-res video and high definition photographs of the incident, AMA Pro officials determined that Jacobsen’s bike was the cause of the red flag and he was therefore moved to the tail-end of the lead lap in the results. Supermoto ace Benny Carlson (Suburban Harley-Davidson) was second, earning his first class podium. Michael Corbino (XP Motorsports) earned third place in the race. Corbino’s podium was greatly aided by a miraculous save he made on lap two of the race. Jacobsen led much of the 10-lap race, shorted to five complete laps after the red flag. The race began with Jacobsen getting the holeshot, but he ran wide in turn two, and Tyler O’Hara (JCR/Srubblade/Bartel’s Harley-Davidson) was able to move past. Last year’s race winner O’Hara quickly earned a 1.133-second lead on the first lap over Jacobsen, with Wyman and Corbino following. O’Hara made his bid to escape but Jacobsen began to reel him back in on lap two after getting a better feel from his Dunlop tires. The New Yorker cut the lead to 0.7 the following lap, then made a pass for the front as lap four began. O’Hara was not to be denied and refused to give in, retaking the lead in the latter part of the lap with a strong outbraking maneuver. To begin lap five, Jacobsen drafted past down the straight and then turned a strong lap as his confidence rose. O’Hara lowsided in the final section of the track trying to keep up, remounting and immediately rejoining the fray. For a time, it appeared that Jacobsen had the race in hand at the halfway point of the ten-lap race. He had a lead of four seconds when disaster struck. Jacobsen crashed, and in short order, he was joined on the ground by Wyman, Michael Barnes, David Estok and O’Hara. Wyman now holds an early edge over season-long rivals Barnes and O’Hara in the XR Showdown, which will determine the class championship and pay out over $60,000 to the riders. Barnes was classified fifth and O’Hara 13th. Wyman’s bike took the worst of the carnage as it was struck by another crashed machine while on its side in the middle of the track. The New Yorker was worried the race would be restarted. “Tyler went down three or four laps in, and I was thinking I was in a pretty good position. P.J.’s not in the chase, and I had a gap back to third, so I figured we’d start settling in,” said Wyman. “But I looked up in Turn 10 and saw P.J. on the ground ahead of me and before I knew it, I was on the ground too. It’s not the way you want to end the race, but I can’t say enough about my KLR Group Harley — it was working great. We’ve had a little bit of a struggle trying to find the chassis set-up with the tire change last weekend. We’re making progress, and I’m glad to get a result.” Carlson’s return to racing after a few years away has gotten stronger as the season has gone on, with the former Supermoto champion gaining more confidence each time out as he qualified for the Showdown. “I rode pretty tight in the beginning. I feel like I had the speed to run up front but, every single race, it seems like I ride a little bit tight,” said Carlson. “Once we got out of that, I got drafted by Barnes and just kind of got held back from the leaders on the first and second lap. I feel like I have the pace. The race went pretty good — I just kept it on two wheels and, all of a sudden, everything cut loose, and there were guys laying on the track. It’s a good result. It’s a little bittersweet, but I’ll take it for sure, especially for the title chase and all that stuff. Hopefully we can move that momentum to tomorrow.” Corbino finished ahead of Barnes and former AMA Pro and current Canadian XR1200 standout Steve Crevier, who took fifth for MotoSport Plus Harley-Davidson, and AMA Pro GoPro Daytona SportBike star Bobby Fong. Fong earned sixth for Suburban Motors Harley-Davidson. Michael Beck (Parts Unlimited/Kyle Wyman Racing/Spyke’s H-D) was eighth. The abbreviated race sets the stage for tomorrow’s conclusion to the weekend, with a second race of ten laps scheduled for 3:30 PM local time. The race will be broadcast live on SPEED2, followed by a one-hour show on SPEED set to air at 6:00 p.m. ET/ 3:00 p.m. PT. Live Timing & Scoring and Social Media Channels GEICO Motorcycle AMA Pro Road Racing Live Timing & Scoring presented by Cortech offers fans real-time access to results from on-track sessions at http://live.amaproracing.com/rr/. Between the races, stay connected with GEICO Motorcycle AMA Pro Road Racing at www.twitter.com/AMAProSBK and www.facebook.com/AMAProRoadRacing. AMA Pro Racing is the premier professional motorcycle racing organization in North America, operating a full schedule of events and championships for a variety of motorcycle disciplines. Learn more about AMA Pro Racing at www.amaproracing.com. More, from a press release issued by MOB Racing: MOB Racing would like to thank David McGrath, Al Ludington and the rest of the AMA staff for what we as a team felt was a well conducted and above all professional investigation into the unfortunate chain of events that led up to Race 1 of the Vance & Hines XR1200 series being red flagged and cut short. They listened to, and considered our position in a situation that had more questions than answers. But in the end their decision was the right call. Congratulation to Kyle Wyman and his team for their win today. MOB Racing’s PJ Jacobsen, Shane Narbonne and Calvin Martinez will be back strong tomorrow in Race 2 looking to turn things around and improve over today’s results. Dennis Espinosa MOB Racing