Pro Honda Oils AMA Supersport Championship Presented by Shoei VIRginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 20 Provisional Results: 1. Jamie Hacking (Yam YZF-R6), 17 laps 2. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R600), -1.752 seconds 3. Michael Barnes (Suz GSX-R600), -4.935 seconds 4. Chris Peris (Yam YZF-R6), -10.430 seconds 5. Ben Attard (Kaw ZX-6RR), -14.708 seconds 6. Blake Young (Suz GSX-R600), -16.556 seconds 7. Damon Buckmaster (Kaw ZX-6RR), -21.951 seconds 8. Danny Eslick (Suz GSX-R600), -25.084 seconds 9. Jeff Wood (Suz GSX-R600), -30.291 seconds 10. Tony Meiring (Suz GSX-R600), -34.332 seconds 11. Michael Beck (Yam YZF-R6), -36.016 seconds 12. Alastair Seeley (Yam YZF-R6), -36.229 seconds 13. Garrett Carter (Yam YZF-R6), -53.874 seconds 14. Barrett Long (Yam YZF-R6), -62.029 seconds 15. Keith Marshall (Suz GSX-R600), -73.283 seconds 16. Scott Jackson (Kaw ZX-6RR), -82.872 seconds 17. Jimmy Wood (Kaw ZX-6RR), -82.933 seconds 18. Chris Siebenhaar (Suz GSX-R600), -83.019 seconds 19. Joseph Ford (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap 20. Dirk Sanchez (Kaw ZX-6RR), -1 lap, 1.458 seconds 21. Johnny Rock Page (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap, 21.268 seconds 22. Dafan Zhang (Kaw ZX-6RR), -1 lap, 44.554 seconds 23. Josh Herrin (Yam YZF-R6), -7 laps, DNF, crash/mechanical 24. Shea Fouchek (Suz GSX-R600), -7 laps, DNF 25. Roger Hayden (Kaw ZX-6RR), -10 laps, DNF, crash 26. Ryan Clay (Yam YZF-R6), -12 laps, DNF 27. David Anthony (Kaw ZX-6RR), -13 laps, DNF 28. Shane Narbonne (Suz GSX-R600), -15 laps, DNF, crash 29. Trey Yonce (Yam YZF-R6), -16 laps, DNF Provisional AMA Supersport Championship Point Standings (After 9 of 11 races): 1. Hacking, 294 points 2. Eslick, 204 points 3. May, 201 points 4. Attard, 199 points 5. Roger Hayden, 197 6. Barnes, 191 points 7. Young, 180 points 8. Meiring, 154 points 9. Beck, 130 points 10. Buckmaster, 127 points 11. Chris “Opie” Caylor, 107 points 12. Ben Spies, 106 points 13. Herrin, 99 points 14. Jeff Tigert, 97 points 15. Seeley, 90 points 16. Ryan Elleby, 80 points 17. TIE, Carter/Tyler McDonald, 74 points 19. Fouchek, 73 points 20. Long, 72 points More, from a press release issued by Pirelli: Pirelli Racers May and Barnes Crowd the Top of Supersport Podium Pirelli demonstrated its performance heritage by taking second and third in the hotly contested AMA Supersport race at Virginia International Raceway. M4 EMGO Suzuki teammates Geoff May and Michael Barnes stood on either side of race winner Jamie Hacking, after a tightly contested, race-long battle for the lead. May and Barnes were in a train with Hacking throughout the race, with May taking the lead in turn one a couple of times. Having an advantage both on the throttle and on the brakes showed off the incomparable traction of the Pirelli SuperCorsa Pros mounted on each end of May’s Suzuki. Before taking the lead, May had to fight his way up from fourth place. At the checkered flag May was merely 1.7 seconds behind the race winner, having been finally interrupted in his attempts to pass for the lead by racers being lapped. This was Pirelli’s second double podium of the year in the AMA Superbike series, made more remarkable by the few number of teams that understand that “power is nothing without control”. In Sunday’s Superbike Race Two, Millennium KWS Suzuki racer Matt Lynn felt as though he was on the podium by finishing 9th, as the second-placed privateer. A few spaces behind Lynn was Cory West, another privateer on Pirelli Diablo Superbike Slicks. The Superstock race at VIR saw Geoff May finish seventh on his M4 EMGO Suzuki GSX-R1000, with Matt Lynn taking a close eighth on his Millennium KWS Suzuki GSX-R1000. Other Pirelli riders using the Diablo Superbike Slicks in the Superstock top 15 include Chris Ulrich in 12th, John Haner in 13th, and Cory West in 14th, with Ulrich’s Roadracingworld.com teammate Roberto Pietri taking 16th. More, from a press release issued by Celtic Racing: Celtic Racing in the Top Dozen at VIR Celtic Racing’s Alastair Seeley finished 12th in both the Supersport 600 and the Formula Xtreme races at this weekend’s AMA Superbike Championship meeting at Virginia International Raceway. Seeley finished 12th in Saturday’s Formula Xtreme race before repeating the result in Sunday’s Supersport race, during which he joined the elite list of 600 riders who have lapped the circuit at under 1:30. Seeley did a 1:29.9 on the team’s Pirelli shod Yamaha R6. Seeley had qualified 15th for both races. Considering it was Seeley’s first visit to the very technical circuit, many seasoned observers were impressed by the circuit newcomer’s results.