Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Graves Motorsports Yamaha’s Damon Buckmaster won his second straight AMA Formula Xtreme race, at Road America Sunday. It was Buckmaster’s second win of the 2003 season, and the eighth FX win of his AMA career (making him third on the all-time FX win list), and moved him from third to first in the point standings.

Buckmaster was second from the start and passed early leader Ben Spies in turn five on the third lap. From there, Yoshimura Suzuki’s Spies, Buckmaster and Attack Suzuki’s Josh Hayes raced closely to the end, but Buckmaster was able to get through lapped traffic better to beat second-place Hayes and third-place Spies.

Erion Honda’s Jake Zemke, the Formula Xtreme points leader coming into the race, crashed when he ran wide and dropped his wheels off the track after passing teammate Roger Lee Hayden on the third lap. Zemke dropped back to fifth in provisional point standings.

Provisional AMA Formula Xtreme Race Results:

1. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha YZF-R1, 10 laps
2. Josh Hayes, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -2.128 seconds
3. Ben Spies, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -2.411 seconds
4. Marty Craggill, Honda CBR954RR, -17.191 seconds
5. Adam Fergusson, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -21.251 seconds
6. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -27.783 seconds
7. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda CBR954RR, -31.071 seconds
8. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -31.419 seconds
9. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha YZF-R1, -34.315 seconds
10. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -55.620 seconds
11. Craig Connell, Honda CBR954RR, -75.316 seconds
12. Jason Curtis, Honda CBR954RR, -99.294 seconds
13. Jeff Bostrom, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -131.478 seconds
14. Doug Duane, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -135.221 seconds
15. Jason Knupp, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -152.446 seconds
16. Mark Vandal, Yamaha YZF-R1, -1 lap
17. Mark Kittel, Honda, -1 lap
18. David Bell, Suzuki GSX-R750, -1 lap
19. Steve Rapp, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -5 laps, DNF, mechanical
20. Jake Zemke, -8 laps, Honda CBR954RR, DNF, crash


Provisional AMA Formula Xtreme Point Standings:

1. Buckmaster, 149 points
2. Spies, 147 points
3. Hayes, 136 points
4. Fergusson, 131 points
5. Jake Zemke, 125 points
6. Craggill, 119 points
7. Moore, 111 points
8. Steve Rapp, 110 points
9. Hacking, 100 points
10. Pridmore, 90 points