South Carolina Motorsports Racing News
Contents www.SCMSRN.com Wednesday, June 23, 2010
AMA Pro Road Racing MotoConnect.net Pole
Award Halfway Report Two Riders Tied For $10,000 Award
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 15, 2010) -The AMA
Pro National Guard SuperBike Series has reached the halfway point of it's 2010
season and the MotoConnect.net Pole Award standings are tied with two riders
sitting at the top of the competition for the end-of-the-season prize of
$10,000 to the rider who takes the most pole positions in the premier National
Guard SuperBike class.
Aaron Yates, riding for the Jordan
Motorsports Suzuki team took the early lead in the season-long competition
supported by MotoConnect.net with a dramatic first pole position for the Jordan
team at the season opening race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona
Beach, Florida. Yates backed up his speed at the second round at Auto Club
Speedway in Fontana, California with another pole position, but was
unfortunately injured by a fall in the morning warm-up in preparation for the
race. Yates continues his recovery and is expected to return to the track
before the end of the season.
The next rider to stake his claim on the
$10,000.00 prize was Rockstar Makita Suzuki rider Blake Young at the third
round at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. Young immediately set the pace on
his Yoshimura prepared Suzuki and took the pole position in a convincing manner
which provided the icing on the cake as he swept the weekend races for his
first wins in the SuperBike class.
After three rounds, Yates was still leading
the MotoConnect.net Pole Award standings but with him on the sidelines, the
opportunity for another rider to stamp his mark on the Award was taken by Team
Graves Yamaha rider Josh Hayes. Hayes began his total domination of the
Infineon round of the National Guard SuperBike weekend by claiming the pole
position and, like Young at the previous race, Hayes went on to capture both
race wins at Infineon.
As the series moved to Elkhart Lake,
Wisconsin's Road America circuit, Hayes once again exhibited his speed by
claiming his second pole position of the season. This puts him in a tie with
Aaron Yates for the overall MotoConnect.net Pole Award lead with five possible
pole positions remaining to be claimed.
Will Hayes consolidate his advantage? Can Yates return in time to build
on his total? Or will Blake Young or someone else leap into contention for the
worthy $10,000 season-ending prize from MotoConnect.net, the global motorsports
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