"I wasn't too happy about starting on the back row," Young said of the restart. "But I guess that's the rule. It was a good race for us today -- I got a spectacular start. I tried to settle in but I found myself trying to get a breath and it was pretty tough. I was taking a lot of short breaths -- I don't know if it was a result of the crash or because of the adrenaline.

"Once I got to the back of Josh, it seemed like he had a pace that I didn't think I could keep up with but maybe try to do something toward the end there and get a wheel in and mount a pass. I would have been happy to come away with second today.

"Josh came up in the inside on the last lap. He came up there pretty fast and I knew it was going to be tough to get slowed down there and I just squared him up and took it back."

In a show of sportsmanship, Hayes bowed to the victorious Young on his victory lap.

Hayes said, "All-in-all, for me it was a pretty good day. I'm not even that upset about losing the race. More than anything I was really upset when me and Blake tangled up and I realized he wasn't there. It scared me pretty bad.

"For him to be able to get his stuff together and get back out there and race the way he did... bravo. Man, I think it's a great story. It was a hero ride and it's great for our sport. Big congrats to him."

Herrin and Hayden did an admirable job to stick with the leading duo in the post-red flag sprint. Rookie Herrin ultimately scored the first SuperBike podium of his career, finishing less than a second behind the win.

"At the first start I just didn't have the pace to race with Josh and Blake -- they were riding really good," Herrin admitted. "When the red flag came out, it gave me a second chance and I decided to take advantage of it. I felt really good going back out and just gave it everything I had. I didn't give up at all. I was hoping for (the win). It didn't come but I got on the podium, which was my main goal for the weekend."

Hayden came home in fourth while Team Amsoil/Hero EBR's Geoff May picked up an impressive top-five at his home circuit.

Chris Fillmore (KTM/HMC) finished in sixth, with Steve Rapp (Attack Performance Kawasaki), Ben Bostrom (Jordan Suzuki), Chris Clark (Yoshimura Racing Suzuki) and Danny Eslick (Team Hero EBR) rounding out the top ten.