Rockstar Makita Suzuki rider Tommy Hayden then took his inaugural win in the Superbike class which was followed by his teammate Blake Young taking his first series wins at the next race at Road Atlanta. Josh Hayes and his Team Graves Yamaha team then took center stage with Hayes delivering a pair of totally dominant performances at Infineon Raceway and adding another win at the last race at Road America.

Hayden also took a win at Road America and will have a new teammate at Mid-Ohio and beyond as Young has suffered an injury incurred during a testing session. Young's replacement, reigning Australian Superbike Champion Josh Waters was also unfortunately injured during testing and his status was unclear as of today.

As mentioned above, Eric Bostrom will also be returning to action at Mid-Ohio aboard the new Cycle World Attack Performance Yoshimura Suzuki in the first of four races for the team. Eric's brother Ben and his Pat Clark Racing Yamaha teammate Chris Clark have been regular frontrunners, Ben taking a couple of second place finishes at Infineon. He last won at Mid-Ohio in 2008.

Another former winner at Mid-Ohio, Ulrich will be aboard his M4 Monster Energy Suzuki along with his teammate, Jake Holden. Series regular Johnny Rock Page will also be competing at Mid-Ohio after missing the last race.

The overall points battle in the National Guard Superbike championship has Hayden (229) leading, just one point ahead of Hayes (228) with Zemke (215) in third place The absent Young (197) is fourth ahead of Pegram (170) with Ben Bostrom (149) and Ulrich (125) in sixth and seventh respectively. Eighth in points is Taylor Knapp (107), who has been doing a great job with his small but effective team. Bostrom's teammate Chris Clark (80) is in ninth and rounding out the top ten is Canadian Brett McCormick (69) on the second Jordan Motorsports Suzuki doing a fine job filling in for Aaron Yates, who continues to recover at his Georgia home in anticipation of a return later this season.

Practice and the first round of qualifying begin on Friday, July 16th. Final qualifying and race one of two will be Saturday, July 17th. Also on Saturday will be the Fan Walk with all three AMA Pro Road Racing classes on the grid. The second National Guard Superbike race, rider autograph session and second grid walk will be Sunday, July 18th. Visit www.midohio.com for ticket and further information. Visit www.amaproracing.com for full standings and series information.

SPEED TV will televise both Mid-Ohio rounds of AMA Pro National Guard Superbike racing in same-weekend coverage. Race One will be broadcast late Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 11:00 p.m. ET (8 p.m. PT) with Race Two debuting late Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 1:00 a.m. ET (10 p.m. PT). A full TV Schedule can be found at www.speedtv.com.
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