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AMA Pro Superbike
AMA SBK: Road America Recap
Josh Hayes continued to assert himself with another dominating AMA Pro Superbike performance at Road America.
(Photo: AMA Pro Racing/Brian J Nelson)
In the span of seven days and three AMA Pro National Guard Superbike contests, double defending champion Josh Hayes significantly altered the shape of the developing 2012 title fight.
What was once an evenly matched showdown featuring the Monster Energy Graves Yamaha pilot and his Yoshimura Suzuki-mounted rival Blake Young has shifted decidedly in Hayes' favor.
The warning signs were actually visible a round earlier in Sonoma, Calif. However, despite his vastly superior pace, Hayes opened the door for Young with a Sunday crash, and the Suzuki man rushed through it to complete the third straight Hayes/Young victory split to open the season.
Sonoma was thought by some to be a special case -- a track where Hayes and his Yamaha YZF-R1 have repeatedly proven to hold an edge over the rest of the field. Young fully expected to be back on even ground, if not hold an advantage of his own, once the tour travelled to Miller Motorsports Park and Road America -- circuits on which he was victorious last season.
It didn't play out that way. Hayes further solidified the trend and came away with three unchallenged victories to complete back-to-back perfect points weekends.
Hayes registered two crushing double-digit margins of victories on Young's home track this past weekend in the Subway Superbike Doubleheader and took control of the championship chase in the process, now boasting a relatively healthy 20-point lead (257-237).
"I've had a great race weekend," Hayes remarked." I've got good starts and my bike was just great from the beginning. We haven't really changed anything chassis-wise since last weekend at Miller. Things are just clicking and rolling well."
While Hayes hopes to continue his recent run of form, he admits it won't be easy and expects Young to come back swinging: "Hopefully I can take this same thing to Barber when we go there next, and some of the other tighter, more twisty tracks, and continue to push my limits and figure out how far I can take the bike and keep this rolling. I don't necessarily think it's going to work out that way. It gets to be a little bit harder to put much time into it -- the splits are shorter and things happen faster and it's pretty easy to make mistakes.
"But I'm definitely looking forward to it and I'm in a comfortable spot championship-wise. I can just focus on racing well and keep going and putting down the laps and making them work to catch up to me."
What was once an evenly matched showdown featuring the Monster Energy Graves Yamaha pilot and his Yoshimura Suzuki-mounted rival Blake Young has shifted decidedly in Hayes' favor.
The warning signs were actually visible a round earlier in Sonoma, Calif. However, despite his vastly superior pace, Hayes opened the door for Young with a Sunday crash, and the Suzuki man rushed through it to complete the third straight Hayes/Young victory split to open the season.
Sonoma was thought by some to be a special case -- a track where Hayes and his Yamaha YZF-R1 have repeatedly proven to hold an edge over the rest of the field. Young fully expected to be back on even ground, if not hold an advantage of his own, once the tour travelled to Miller Motorsports Park and Road America -- circuits on which he was victorious last season.
It didn't play out that way. Hayes further solidified the trend and came away with three unchallenged victories to complete back-to-back perfect points weekends.
Hayes registered two crushing double-digit margins of victories on Young's home track this past weekend in the Subway Superbike Doubleheader and took control of the championship chase in the process, now boasting a relatively healthy 20-point lead (257-237).
"I've had a great race weekend," Hayes remarked." I've got good starts and my bike was just great from the beginning. We haven't really changed anything chassis-wise since last weekend at Miller. Things are just clicking and rolling well."
While Hayes hopes to continue his recent run of form, he admits it won't be easy and expects Young to come back swinging: "Hopefully I can take this same thing to Barber when we go there next, and some of the other tighter, more twisty tracks, and continue to push my limits and figure out how far I can take the bike and keep this rolling. I don't necessarily think it's going to work out that way. It gets to be a little bit harder to put much time into it -- the splits are shorter and things happen faster and it's pretty easy to make mistakes.
"But I'm definitely looking forward to it and I'm in a comfortable spot championship-wise. I can just focus on racing well and keep going and putting down the laps and making them work to catch up to me."
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