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Josh Hayes destroyed his second Suzuki GSX-R in two weeks when he crashed on the third lap of 600cc practice at Road Atlanta Saturday morning.

Hayes hit a shaded portion of the racetrack in turn two and got tossed over the front of the fairing. The motorcycle, still on two wheels, ran over Hayes and then ghost-rode down the track, ramming a wall in the esses. The impact pushed the front wheel through the radiator.

Ambient temperature at the time was about 45 degrees F.

Hayes was uninjured.