AMA Pro GoPro Daytona SportBike

Martin Cardenas won the Sunday AMA Pro GoPro Daytona SportBike race at Road America, turning the fastest lap of the race on his final time around to take victory against a five-rider pack. Cardenas, winning his sixth victory of the season, took the race by 1.01 seconds on his GEICO Suzuki when his strongest rival in the race, Cameron Beaubier of Y.E.S./Graves/Yamaha, crashed in the last corner on the final lap.

“I made a good start and I tried to push and get into a good rhythm, to see if anyone could come with me to the front,” said Cardenaas, who set the fast lap of the race on the final time around. “I knew the last two laps were important so when the time came, I pushed hard.”

Cardenas now leads the point in the class 206 to 159 over Jason DiSalvo.

DiSalvo rallied to take second place on his Latus Motors Racing Triumph. DiSalvo started poorly but made his way up to the leading group by halfway.

J.D. Beach earned third place, the first Daytona SportBike podium for his RoadRace Factory/Red Bull team. Tommy Hayden took fourth for Y.E.S./Graves/Yamaha, just 0.1 off the podium after an overnight engine change helped his competitiveness.

Jake Zemke put the DucShop Ducati fifth again, less than a second ahead of Dane Westby (M4 Suzuki.) Huntley Nash was seventh for LTD Racing, putting in a strong race at Elkhart both times out.

AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport

Stefano Mesa of Kneedraggers.com Yamaha won a wild AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport race at Road America on Sunday. Mesa took victory in a dramatic race that came down to the final run to the stripe before first-time AMA Pro winner Mesa crossed the line first.

The last lap’s action spot was turn five. Mesa; Jake Lewis, who won Saturday’s SuperSport race; and reigning SuperSport champ James Rispoli all came into the corner hot. Rispoli, on the inside, lost the front and crashed. That forced Lewis--who led most of the event--wide, and Mesa took the point.

“In the last lap, we all went way too deep,” said Mesa “(James) crashed, and it was a bummer for him, but I got the drive out of there.”

Lewis came charging back, though, passing Mesa in the chicane. Not to be outdone, Mesa returned the favor in Canada Corner and was able to hold off Lewis to the flag.

“I was drafting Jake and trying to make a move like I did on Rispoli yesterday,” said Mesa. “It was really close.”

Corey Alexander (National Guard Fairhills Group) took third place, beating RoadRace Factory/Red Bull teammates Tomas Puerta and Hayden Gillim. Gillim gained one point on Rispoli, who remounted to finish sixth, in the West standings.