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AMA Pro Superbike
AMA SBK: Hayes Crashes, Young Capitalizes
Opportunity knocked and Blake Young answered to take control of the 2012 AMA Pro Superbike Championship lead on Sunday at Infineon Raceway.
Monster Energy Graves Yamaha's Josh Hayes crashed out of the lead on the second lap of Sunday's final at Infineon Raceway (Photo: Brian J Nelson)
Sunday's AMA Pro National Guard Superbike showdown at Infineon Raceway proved to be a complete reversal of fortunes.
Yoshimura Racing Suzuki's Blake Young responded to Josh Hayes' dominating showing on Saturday to score a crucial victory on Sunday, extending the season-long weekend victory split between himself and his title rival.
A second Great Clips West Coast Moto Jam triumph on the part of double class champion Hayes felt almost inevitable as the Superbikes took the grid. After all, the Monster Energy Graves Yamaha star led every single practice, every qualifying session, and every lap leading into the race -- and all by a sizable margin.
Hayes again scorched off into the lead at the race's opening, building up an imposing 1.033-second gap on the race's first lap. However, before the pack could even settle in for the battle for second, Hayes made an uncharacteristic error, crashing his #1 YZF-R1 while running alone out in front on the race's second lap.
And at almost the same moment, Young overhauled National Guard Jordan Suzuki's Roger Hayden to inherit the lead.
Young spent the next several laps outlasting an early-race challenge from both a resurgent Hayden and second works Yamaha pilot Josh Herrin.
Young finally ended their hopes of a maiden Superbike win, working his advantage up to around a second by lap 10 of 22 and steadily building it to well over three seconds by the time he finally took his checkered for his 13th career class victory.
"Obviously, I was battling with Roger at the beginning and I saw Josh go down," Young explained. "My first thought was maybe there was something on the track, and I kind of saw out the corner of my eye that he was okay. I knew there was a long race ahead of me so I knew I needed to concentrate and focus. It's pretty easy around this racetrack -- as I found out all weekend long -- to get excited, start grabbing the brakes hard, get on the gas a little bit aggressively, and find yourself going backwards pretty quick.
"I knew I needed to mellow out, ride my own race, and watch the board. With that said I knew there were a bunch of hungry guys behind me itching for their first win, and with Josh out of the way, everybody behind me was ready to take a shot at me.
"It's good to get a win out of here -- it's my first win here. I was just talking to (Yoshimura Racing Suzuki Team Manager) Pete Doyle and he told me the first time I came here I got sixth, the next race I got fifth, the next race I got fourth, the next race I got third, yesterday I got second, and today I won. It's kind of funny how things work out."
Yoshimura Racing Suzuki's Blake Young responded to Josh Hayes' dominating showing on Saturday to score a crucial victory on Sunday, extending the season-long weekend victory split between himself and his title rival.
A second Great Clips West Coast Moto Jam triumph on the part of double class champion Hayes felt almost inevitable as the Superbikes took the grid. After all, the Monster Energy Graves Yamaha star led every single practice, every qualifying session, and every lap leading into the race -- and all by a sizable margin.
Hayes again scorched off into the lead at the race's opening, building up an imposing 1.033-second gap on the race's first lap. However, before the pack could even settle in for the battle for second, Hayes made an uncharacteristic error, crashing his #1 YZF-R1 while running alone out in front on the race's second lap.
And at almost the same moment, Young overhauled National Guard Jordan Suzuki's Roger Hayden to inherit the lead.
Young spent the next several laps outlasting an early-race challenge from both a resurgent Hayden and second works Yamaha pilot Josh Herrin.
Young finally ended their hopes of a maiden Superbike win, working his advantage up to around a second by lap 10 of 22 and steadily building it to well over three seconds by the time he finally took his checkered for his 13th career class victory.
"Obviously, I was battling with Roger at the beginning and I saw Josh go down," Young explained. "My first thought was maybe there was something on the track, and I kind of saw out the corner of my eye that he was okay. I knew there was a long race ahead of me so I knew I needed to concentrate and focus. It's pretty easy around this racetrack -- as I found out all weekend long -- to get excited, start grabbing the brakes hard, get on the gas a little bit aggressively, and find yourself going backwards pretty quick.
"I knew I needed to mellow out, ride my own race, and watch the board. With that said I knew there were a bunch of hungry guys behind me itching for their first win, and with Josh out of the way, everybody behind me was ready to take a shot at me.
"It's good to get a win out of here -- it's my first win here. I was just talking to (Yoshimura Racing Suzuki Team Manager) Pete Doyle and he told me the first time I came here I got sixth, the next race I got fifth, the next race I got fourth, the next race I got third, yesterday I got second, and today I won. It's kind of funny how things work out."
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