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Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies, 19, won the red-flag-interrupted AMA Superstock race Sunday at California Speedway in Fontana, California.

Spies was second and pressuring Graves Yamaha’s Damon Buckmaster when the race was stopped on lap seven of 17 due to a crash involving Lion Racing Suzuki’s Jake Holden, who crashed exiting turn eight. Holden’s GSX-R1000 was lying in the track, which forced the race to be stopped.

After a short delay, the race was re-started. Spies jumped out to the lead right away, turned the fastest lap of the race (1:26.122) on the first flying lap (lap eight), quickly built a 1.9-second lead and was never challenged. After building a three-second lead, Spies put his Yoshimura Suzuki on cruise control to win by 1.8 seconds.

Buckmaster passed teammate Jamie Hacking halfway through the second segment to earn second place. Hacking held on for third, a few seconds ahead of the other Graves Yamaha riders, Jason DiSalvo, fourth, and Aaron Gobert, fifth.

Roger Lee Hayden beat his factory Kawasaki teammate and older brother Tommy for sixth. Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki’s Steve Rapp finished eighth on a Michelin-shod GSX-R750, just in front of a pack of GSX-R1000s ridden by No Limit Suzuki’s Jason Pridmore, Prieto Racing’s Geoff May, Hooters Suzuki’s John Haner and Millennium Technologies Suzuki’s Shawn Higbee.


Provisional AMA Superstock Race Results:

1. Ben Spies, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 17 laps
2. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha YZF-R1, -1.846 seconds
3. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha YZF-R1, -2.026 seconds
4. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha YZF-R1, -6.942 seconds
5. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha YZF-R1, -8.381 seconds
6. Roger Lee Hayden, Kawasaki ZX-10R, -9.411 seconds
7. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki ZX-10R, -9.976 seconds
8. Steve Rapp, Suzuki GSX-R750, -25.496 seconds
9. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -26.918 seconds
10. Geoff May, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -27.155 seconds
11. John Haner, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -27.601 seconds
12. Shawn Higbee, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -27.716 seconds
13. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki GSX-R750
14. Alex Gobert, Honda CBR1000RR
15. Lee Acree, Suzuki GSX-R1000
16. Anthony Gobert, Honda CBR1000RR
17. Chris Caylor, Suzuki GSX-R1000
18. Jake Holden, Suzuki GSX-R1000
19. Eric Wood, Suzuki GSX-R1000
20. Corey Eaton, Suzuki GSX-R1000


Provisional AMA Superstock Point Standings:

1. TIE, Aaron Gobert/Spies, 62 points
3. Hacking, 61 points
4. Buckmaster, 60 points
5. Tommy Hayden, 53 points
6. DiSalvo, 52 points
7. Roger Lee Hayden, 51 points
8. Rapp, 45 points
9. Haner, 41 points
10. TIE, Pridmore/Higbee, 39 points
12. May, 35 points
13. Acree, 34 points
14. Wood, 31 points
15. Holden, 29 points