M4 Suzuki

Team M4 Suzuki wrapped up a memorable 2011 AMA Pro Road Racing season on a high note on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Dane Westby and Martin Cardenas registered stellar performances to close out their impressive respective SportBike and Superbike campaigns.

Westby vindicated his Saturday disappointment by scoring his fourth podium finish of the season on Sunday. The Oklahoman once again demonstrated a unique acumen for effortlessly dicing up to the front, once again arriving in first position after being stacked down the order earlier in the contest.

Westby took his turn at the front thanks to some creative overtaking maneuvers aboard his GSX-R600 and ultimately finished a scant 0.135 seconds off the victory with an inspired runner-up result.

Dane finished the season ranked seventh in the Daytona SportBike Championship standings with 188 points, four podiums, and a first-career SportBike triumph.

"I felt like I had the speed to win today, just like yesterday," Westby said. "There were a couple of spots I was faster but they didn't really count because it wasn't across the finish line. It was a really fun race. It's too bad it's the end of the season -- I'd really like to keep racing."

Cardenas similarly bounced back from a tough lead-up to Sunday's race, fighting his way up from tenth earlier to race with the lead pack in the fight for the Superbike season finale.

The determined Colombian ultimately crossed the line in fourth, just over two seconds removed from the win after struggling to find the pace all weekend long.

Cardenas finished his rookie Superbike campaign ranked fourth with 231 points, three podiums, and a first-career premier class victory.

Sunday was less kind to Chris Ulrich and Santiago Villa. Ulrich was a Sunday scratch after his mending injuries made it too difficult to compete while Villa crashed out of the SportBike race, bringing out a red flag.

The tough racers wound up 18th and 14th in their respective championship races following injury-marred campaigns.

Altogether M4 Suzuki racked up seven podiums and two victories during one of the most exciting seasons of AMA Pro Road Racing in recent memory.