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Kawasaki’s Roger Lee Hayden came out on top of a close AMA Supersport battle Sunday at Road Atlanta, beating his brother and teammate Tommy Hayden and Yamaha’s Jason DiSalvo to the line by a fraction of a second.

It was Roger Lee Hayden’s third straight Supersport race win and his fourth victory of the season.

DiSalvo’s teammate Aaron Gobert contested the lead early before slipping back to fourth. Saying he was down on top speed, Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies took fifth. Back from injury, Damon Buckmaster finished sixth, after running the first half of the race with the lead group.

Corona Extra Suzuki’s Ben Attard placed seventh, after a race-long fight with Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki’s Steve Rapp (eighth) and Championsonline.com’s Michael Barnes (ninth). KWS Millennium Suzuki’s Danny Eslick rounded out the top 10.

Tommy Hayden now leads the AMA Supersport Championship by 11 points over Roger Lee Hayden, heading into the final round at Virginia International Raceway in two weeks.

Provisional AMA Supersport Race Results:

1. Roger Lee Hayden, Kaw, 15 laps
2. Tommy Hayden, Kaw, -0.103 second
3. Jason DiSalvo, Yam, -0.413 second
4. Aaron Gobert, Yam, -2.005 seconds
5. Ben Spies, Suz, -10.354 seconds
6. Damon Buckmaster, Yam, -17.175 seconds
7. Ben Attard, Suz, -23.858 seconds
8. Steve Rapp, Suz, -24.428 seconds
9. Michael Barnes, Yam, -24.728 seconds
10. Danny Eslick, Suz, -29.250 seconds
11. Tony Meiring, Kaw, -29.483 seconds
12. Lee Acree, Suz, -30.000 seconds
13. Chris Peris, Suz, -39.399 seconds
14. Blake Young, Suz, -50.109 seconds
15. Jason Perez, Yam, -50.314 seconds
16. Darren Luck, Suz, -50.920 seconds
17. Chris Ulrich, Suz, -51.420 seconds
18. William Meyers, III, Yam, -55.278 seconds
19. Darin Eli Edwards, Suz, -55.571 seconds
20. Giovanni Rojas, Yam, -57.951 seconds
21. Jason Farrell, Kaw, -67.721 seconds
22. Ben Carlson, Suz, -57.952 seconds
23. Nicky Moore, Hon, -85.380 seconds
24. Taylor Knapp, Yam, -90.733 seconds
25. Chris Siebenhaar, Hon, -1 lap
26. Daniel Doty, Yam, -1 lap
27. Montez Stewart, Yam, -1 lap
28. Daniel Ortega, Yam, -1 lap
29. Jason Moss, Yam, -1 lap
30. Joseph Ford, Yam, -1 lap
31. Scott Beckley, Yam, -1 lap
32. Ryan Andrews, Tri, -1 lap
33. Jim Wood, Suz, -1 lap
34. Stacy Summers, Kaw, -1 lap
35. Robert Ternado, Kaw, -2 laps, DNF
36. Martin Cardenas, Yam, -3 laps, DNF
37. Nathan Hester, Yam, DNF
38. Chad Simons, Yam, DNS


Provisional AMA Supersport Championship Standings:

1. Tommy Hayden, 327 points
2. Roger Lee Hayden, 316 points
3. TIE, Spies/Aaron Gobert, 255 points
5. DiSalvo, 236 points
6. Rapp, 229 points
7. Barnes, 226 points
8. Jamie Hacking, 201 points
9. Attard, 167 points
10. Eslick, 156 points
11. Peris, 151 points
12. Meiring, 150 points
13. Aaron Yates, 141 points
14. Luck, 137 points
15. Acree, 133 points
16. Perez, 127 points
17. Rojas, 103 points
18. Moore, 100 points
19. Blake Young, 97 points
20. Bukcmaster, 91 points


More, from a press release issued by Proforma:

STRONG RESULTS FOR BLAKE YOUNG AT ROAD ATLANTA

Sixteen-year-old Blake Young had two strong finishes in his first trip to Road Atlanta for round ten of the Chevrolet Superbike Series. He held off a late race charge from Heath Small to finish eighth in Saturday’s Formula Xtreme final, and had a race-long battle with three other riders to finish fourteenth in the very competitive Supersport class on Sunday.

Saturday’s Lockhart Phillips USA Formula Xtreme Final – 8th Place
“Heath Small and I passed each other two or three times in the race,” said Blake. “He passed me going into turn 10A and I got him back in 10B, then he passed me in turn one, and I ended up getting him back going into ten again.”

Sunday’s Pro Honda Oils Supersport Final – 14th Place
“Off the start, the guys kind of got away from me,” said Blake. “I tried to hang with (Chris) Peris, and he was running a little bit faster than I could. I stayed in front of those guys (Darren Luck, Jason Perez and Chris Ulrich) until about halfway through, and we came down through the esses and there was little bit of contact between me and (Jason) Perez. He went around me and another guy came into me and I got into the grass, and rolled the grass. By that time, Darren Luck and Chris Ulrich went by me. I passed Ulrich the same lap he went by me, and the rest of the guys through the rest of the race. It was a pretty good race, I’m happy overall.”