CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN - In what could be termed as destiny, Blake Young on his Rockstar Makita Suzuki took an extremely hard fought and popular win in race two of the Suzuki SuperBike Showdown at Road Atlanta on Sunday.
Josh Hayes on the Team Graves Yamaha passed Young's Rockstar Makita Suzuki teammate Tommy Hayden on lap four and Young and Hayes fought all the way to the end of the 20 lap AMA Pro National Guard American SuperBike race.
After the difficult situation surrounding Saturday's AMA Pro American SuperBike race where AMA Pro officials made an error enforcing a penalty to Hayes for a jumped start, it was determined after a thorough examination of various factors and information that a time penalty was given to Hayes, which moved him from first place in Saturday's race to sixth. Young was declared the winner, his first in AMA Pro American SuperBike competition but everyone, fans and participants would have liked to have seen Young take the checkers outright for his first victory.
On Sunday, once Hayes got past Hayden, he put on a demonstration of why he is a champion as he fought every inch of the way in battling only inches behind Young lap after lap.
Tuesday
October 8th, 2024
8:36PM
