Home track hero Blake Young will look to respond to Josh Hayes' MMP dominance with a strong outing at Road America.
AMA Pro Racing
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Posted June 01, 2012
Elkhart Lake, WI
AMA Pro GoPro Daytona SportBike
Martin Cardenas (GEICO Suzuki) continued to build on his AMA Pro GoPro Daytona SportBike Championship aspirations with a last-lap pass at Miller Motorsports Park to top Jason DiSalvo (Latus Motors Racing Triumph) and improve his class win record to 20 victories. The Colombian has won GoPro Daytona SportBike races at Road America twice (2010 Race 2 and 2009 Race 2) and currently leads the standings with 144 points, 31 ahead of second-place Tommy Hayden (Y.E.S. Graves Yamaha) with DiSalvo a single marker back at 112.
DiSalvo has finished second or better in four of six races this season and is one of three Triumph riders entered in this weekend's contest, joined by Kris Turner (Turner's Cycle Racing Triumph) and Kenny Riedmann (Sturgess Cycle Triumph).
Dane Westby (M4 Suzuki) is sitting fourth in the points with 109. The Oklahoman has finished once in each position from second through seventh this season and is looking to pick up his first win at Road America. DAYTONA® 200 winner Joey Pascarella (Riders Discount Vesrah Suzuki) was picked up by a new team last weekend and had a consistent run to 15th place by race end, currently classified fifth in the standings with 94 points.
Just one point back, Jake Zemke (Ducshop Racing Ducati 848) is still threatening for a podium finish, finishing fourth for the third time this season at Miller. Cameron Beaubier (Y.E.S. Graves Yamaha YZF-R6) kept his start-to-podium ratio at 1:1 with another third place finish last weekend. The young rider feels that he is fully recovered and looked strong throughout the event at Miller.
The AMA Pro GoPro Daytona SportBike division will contest 13-lap race finals on Saturday, June 2 at 2:00 p.m. and Sunday, June 3 at 2:15 p.m. local time. SPEED will broadcast flag-to-flag coverage of each race in same-day delayed broadcasts beginning each night at 11:00 p.m. ET/ 8:00 p.m. PT.
AMA Pro GoPro Daytona SportBike Point Standings (After Round 4): 1. Martin Cardenas (Medellin, Colombia) - 144; 2. Tommy Hayden (Owensboro, KY) - 113; 3. Jason DiSalvo (Batavia, NY) - 112; 4. Dane Westby (Tulsa, OK) - 109; 5. Joey Pascarella (Vacaville, CA) - 94; 6. Jake Zemke (Paso Robles, CA) - 93; 7. Bobby Fong (Stockton, CA) - 82; 8. JD Beach (Philpot, KY) - 79; 9. Cory West (Eureka Springs, AR) - 70; 10. Cameron Beaubier (Roseville, CA) - 63.