AMA Pro National Guard Superbike Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida March 12, 2011 Provisional Race Two Results (2.9-mile course, all on Dunlop tires): 1. Blake Young (Suz GSX-R1000), 15 laps 2. Josh Hayes (Yam YZF-R1), -0.071 second 3. Tommy Hayden (Suz GSX-R1000), -0.209 second 4. Martin Cardenas (Suz GSX-R1000), -3.801 seconds 5. Ben Bostrom (Suz GSX-R1000), -14.778 6. Larry Pegram (BMW S1000RR), -31.089 7. Chris Clark (Yam YZF-R1), -36.731 8. Eric Bostrom (Kaw ZX-10R), -44.319 9. David Anthony (Suz GSX-R1000), -45.650 10. Chris Peris (BMW S1000RR), -47.418 11. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R1000), -47.752 12. Geoff May (Buell 1125RR), -52.255 13. Jeremy Toye (BMW S1000RR), -58.312 14. Shane Narbonne (Suz GSX-R1000), -58.467 15. Roger Hayden (Suz GSX-R1000), -84.059, crash 16. Eric Haugo (Suz GSX-R1000), -84.148 17. Trent Gibson (Suz GSX-R1000), -88.449 18. Jeffrey Lampe (Kaw ZX-10R), -88.456 19. Jordan Burgess (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap 20. Johnny Rock Page (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, 22.365 seconds 21. Skip Salenius (Yam YZF-R1), -5 laps, DNF 22. Eric Pinson (BMW S1000RR), -14 laps, DNF, mechanical 23. Bostjan Skubic (Yam YZF-R1), -15 laps, DNF 24. Chris Trounson (Suz GSX-R1000), DNS More, from a press release issued by AMA Pro Racing: DAYTONA BEACH, FL (March 12, 2011) Reigning AMA Pro Daytona SportBike champ Martin Cardenas (M4 Suzuki) used today’s National Guard SuperBike Race 2 to put a stop to theories that the new class would throw him much of a learning curve, instead immediately putting himself into podium contention with a lead pack that included Monster Energy Graves Motorsports Yamaha’s Josh Hayes, Rockstar Makita Suzuki riders Blake Young and Tommy Hayden, and Jordan Motorsports teammates Ben Bostrom (Jordan Suzuki) and Roger Hayden (National Guard Jordan Suzuki). Though Cardenas’ efforts ultimately weren’t enough to knock any of the class veterans off today’s stage, it’s clear the series’ big-bore class contains a new threat for regulars. Today, though, belonged to Hayes””almost. The Graves rider led lap after lap in the contest while behind him five riders jostled for podium position, Hayden, Cardenas, and Young swapping spots several times before the Rockstar Makita Suzuki teammates managed to shake Cardenas. Roger Hayden slid out of the infield on lap seven, leaving Ben Bostrom to rep for the squad. With two to go Hayes’ lap-led record was still unblemished, but he was under increased pressure from Young and Hayden, the teammates now in position to help each other in the upcoming drafting battle””though only up to a point, of course. The trio stretched out as they readied for the final pass across the banking, but when Young drew close enough to Hayes to go fishing, he caught the draft he wanted and soared past the blue bike just before the line by a margin of .072. Cardenas brought his M4 Suzuki home several seconds later, followed at a significant distance by Bostrom, Foremost Insurance Pegram Racing’s Larry Pegram, Y.E.S. Pat Clark’s Chris Clark, Cycle World/Attack Performance Kawasaki’s Eric Bostrom, ADR Fly Racing’s David Anthony, and Team Iron Horse BMW’s Chris Peris. Hayden, 3rd: “Really, Josh was just setting a really good pace. He’s real fast in the infield, in particularly the second half of the infield; he was getting away two or three bike lengths there every lap. He just kept that up; it just went like that for several laps. A couple times I though maybe we were gonna get close, but he seemed to be able to get that gap somehow. We got into a bit of a battle amongst ourselves””a couple of braking battles going into Turn1″”and that wasn’t helping ourselves much I think. “Overall, it was a pretty good race. I hoped to be able to run a little bit better today””we definitely made some improvements to our entry into the corners “¦ but we gave a little bit of traction away, so overall I kind of leveled out and couldn’t really go any faster than yesterday comfortably. But we’ll take two podiums here. It’s something to start the season, something to build on, and we’ll try to be a little stronger at the next one. Hayes, 2nd: “We made a change from yesterday and it was definitely an improvement, so I felt pretty confident and just did my game plant to a T. And I got away with it for what, fourteen laps? I rode the best I could, and the last lap was a good lap””I did everything right, I did exactly what I wanted and tried to do, but you get beat sometimes. But that right there, that’s a hard pill to swallow. I did everything right for so long [in this race]”¦. To get bit there at the line was pretty tough. But like I said, this is glorious compared to how I left Daytona last year. We’ve proved without a doubt that we have a really good bike, so we’ll go home and think about it, go to Infineon, and get back to business. It’s been two good days of racing, and I really enjoyed myself.” Young, 1st: “I got off to a little bit of a slow start there, saw Josh put his head down, and congrats to him””he rode a really tough and smart race. More than once I thought, ‘Boy, he’s gone.’ It was everything I could do to stay near him. I hate to kind of win that way, but it seems like it’s kind of the characteristic of the track. I would have liked to get out there and race with him a little bit more, but “¦ like I said. He was going really, really well through the infield. I thought he was doing it a lot better than I could; sitting back and watching was all I could do. But I’m happy for my guys, I want to be a contender in the championship, and it’s nice to get out of here with some points. We’re going to a track that Josh really, really likes next and it’s going to be hard for us to stay with him there, but I’m ready for this year, and ready to put up a fight for it.”