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AMA Pro Superbike
AMA SBK: Fight Or Flight
Will provisional polesitter Josh Hayes be able to break free comes the races or find himself caught up in another NJMP slugfest?
Monster Energy Graves Yamaha's Josh Hayes (Photo: Evan Williams)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: The AMA Pro Road Racing race action from New Jersey Motorsports Park will air on SPEED Saturday, September 8 at 9:00pm ET and Sunday, September 9 at 11:00pm ET.
Defending AMA Pro Superbike king Josh Hayes put his Monster Energy Graves Yamaha R1 on provisional pole on Friday at New Jersey Motorsports Park.
At this point, pole position almost feels like a formality. The Mississippian is closing on his 11th in a row, dating back to the '11 season.
And frankly, race wins have become almost as expected; Hayes is looking to up his streak to an AMA Superbike record ninth in succession on Saturday.
However, despite having taken five of six victories at NJMP, the last time Hayes did battle on the circuit, he came inches short in what's widely regarded the most exciting race in series history.
True, the Mississippian did what he had to in order to secure the #1 plate in the process, but the race represented yet another close defeat to season-long rival Blake Young.
Hayes has been piling on his revenge in 2012. Saturday will be just another checkbox to tick off in a long list of 2011 grievances.
Whether or not he is able to make another of his trademark escapes or be forced to fight his way out of one of the circuit's trademark multi-rider melees is the question.
Hayes explained, "I like close racing, but I would like it to be where everybody was doing the pace that we're capable of. And I think that last year the race when that happened was slow. It's a pretty difficult track to pass on and it's pretty difficult to get away on also. It's provided big groups -- even when I was able to get away the day before, there was a big group behind me and a great race happened behind me.
"Could it happen again? Yeah, absolutely. You get a couple guys who get in there and jump on you. And once they slow you down a little bit it seems like you're easy pickings for a few people because you're looking around somebody and leaving holes.
"But if you can get clear track and get out of town and hurt them early, it seems that I can stretch it out on them a little bit.
"Some of the areas where we were lacking last year that really allowed (Blake) to stay in the race last year, we've improved those things. Even the brakes -- he kind of had me covered in Turn 1 last year -- so even on one of my stronger points on the track I couldn't do a whole lot with. We're trying to make improvements to make his life hard in case we end up in that situation again."
Defending AMA Pro Superbike king Josh Hayes put his Monster Energy Graves Yamaha R1 on provisional pole on Friday at New Jersey Motorsports Park.
At this point, pole position almost feels like a formality. The Mississippian is closing on his 11th in a row, dating back to the '11 season.
And frankly, race wins have become almost as expected; Hayes is looking to up his streak to an AMA Superbike record ninth in succession on Saturday.
However, despite having taken five of six victories at NJMP, the last time Hayes did battle on the circuit, he came inches short in what's widely regarded the most exciting race in series history.
True, the Mississippian did what he had to in order to secure the #1 plate in the process, but the race represented yet another close defeat to season-long rival Blake Young.
Hayes has been piling on his revenge in 2012. Saturday will be just another checkbox to tick off in a long list of 2011 grievances.
Whether or not he is able to make another of his trademark escapes or be forced to fight his way out of one of the circuit's trademark multi-rider melees is the question.
Hayes explained, "I like close racing, but I would like it to be where everybody was doing the pace that we're capable of. And I think that last year the race when that happened was slow. It's a pretty difficult track to pass on and it's pretty difficult to get away on also. It's provided big groups -- even when I was able to get away the day before, there was a big group behind me and a great race happened behind me.
"Could it happen again? Yeah, absolutely. You get a couple guys who get in there and jump on you. And once they slow you down a little bit it seems like you're easy pickings for a few people because you're looking around somebody and leaving holes.
"But if you can get clear track and get out of town and hurt them early, it seems that I can stretch it out on them a little bit.
"Some of the areas where we were lacking last year that really allowed (Blake) to stay in the race last year, we've improved those things. Even the brakes -- he kind of had me covered in Turn 1 last year -- so even on one of my stronger points on the track I couldn't do a whole lot with. We're trying to make improvements to make his life hard in case we end up in that situation again."
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