AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 Series

Veteran ace Michael Barnes scored his first AMA Pro Road Racing victory in 16 years on Sunday with a well-measured strike at the checkered flag to defeat his Bartel's Harley-Davidson teammate, Tyler O'Hara.

O'Hara and Barnes broke free off polesitter KLR Group/Vesrah's Kyle Wyman in the early going and turned the race into an all-Bartels affair at the front. Barnes was content to just sit on O'Hara's rear wheel and just wait for an opportunity to make his move. That opportunity came at the last possible moment, and Barnes capitalized by out-accelerating his teammate in the lunge to the flag.

Barnes ripped past O'Hara, whose machine momentarily popped out of gear, to claim his third career AMA Pro win by a just 0.149 seconds (his previous wins came in 1989 and 1996).

Daytona winner Wyman took a lonely third while Suburban Motors Harley-Davidson's Shane Narbonne won out in an exciting fight for fourth with XP Motorsport's Michael Corbino.

Next Event

AMA Pro Road Racing will share the spotlight with the stars of the Superbike World Championship at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele Valley, UT for the BigM Weekend on May 26-28.

AMA Pro Racing is the premier professional motorcycle racing organization in North America, operating a full schedule of events and championships for a variety of motorcycle disciplines. Learn more about AMA Pro Racing at www.amaproracing.com.

For additional information contact:
AMA Pro Racing Communications, (386) 492-1014, communications@amaproracing.com