Hayes Completes AMA Sweep in Sonoma

ACTION SHOT OF JOSH HAYES

 

WINNER'S CIRCLE SHOT ALSO OF JOSH HAYES

 

BOTH PHOTOS BY ROBERT REDMOND

 

 

 

 

 

            

Yamaha's Hayes Completes SuperBike Sweep On Sunday at Infineon Raceway

 

DISCOVERY BAY'S ELENA MYERS FIFTH IN SUPERSPORT 

 

SONOMA, Calif. (May 16, 2010) -- Yamaha's Josh Hayes completed the sweep
on Sunday at Infineon Raceway, taking the victory in American SuperBike
at the West Coast Moto Jam.

 

Hayes has now won three of the last four SuperBike features in the
Sonoma Valley, including Sunday. He passed race-leader Larry Pegram
(Ducati) early on and never looked back, taking the checkers by 3.676
seconds over second-place Ben Bostrom (Yamaha), a Redding native and
graduate of Petaluma High School in the North Bay. Pegram held on for
third place.

 

Hayes entered the race weekend fourth in SuperBike points standings, but
leaves the Sonoma Valley in third (170). San Francisco native Jake Zemke
(Suzuki) maintained the points lead by just four points over Tommy
Hayden (Suzuki), 178-174.  

 

"I felt like I was cheating this weekend, the bike was so good. I felt
like I had an advantage," said Hayes. "It's still a very difficult
course to get around on any motorcycle, mine was just a little bit
easier than these boys to get around and it played in my favor. I think
we learned a few good things, and I think it will bode well for the rest
of the season."

 

Hayes led 17 laps of the 22-lap feature and clearly had the best bike in
the field. Bostrom placed second for the second consecutive day.

 

"I think the bike was better than the rider today. I didn't feel in
unison with the bike, I don't know what's going on," said Bostrom.  "I
had a blast racing with Larry, which kind of makes my weekend because
you live for the fight and want to come out ahead. Everything else is so
positive on the team and the bike.  I'm looking forward to the rest of
the season."

 

Discovery Bay's Elena Myers, who became the first female in history to
win an AMA Pro Road Race on Saturday, had hoped to make it two straight.
Unfortunately, the 16-year-old placed fifth in the SuperSport feature.
Roseville's Cameron Beaubier (Yamaha) took the win in the 18-lap main
event, with Huntley Nash (Yamaha) second and Petaluma's Tyler O'Hara
(Yamaha) third.

 

"It feels awesome. The bike was working great all weekend," Beaubier
said.

 

Danny Eslick claimed his first win of the season in the Daytona
SportBike main event by just .692 seconds over Josh Herrin (Yamaha).
Dane Westby (Yamaha) was third.

 

"I was going to be mad if I didn't win today after leading a bunch of
laps yesterday and today," Eslick said. "I just tried to keep good,
strong laps and keep my head down."

 

 

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West Coast Moto Jam

May 14-16

 

Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival

June 5-6

 

Toyota/Save Mart 350

NASCAR Weekend 

June 18-20

  

FRAM Autolite NHRA Nationals 

July 16-18 

 

NHRA Division 7 drag races, presented by Korbel  

July 23-25

 

Indy(r) Grand Prix of Sonoma

Aug. 20-22

 

PINKS All Out drag racing

Sept. 17-18

 

Classic Sports Racing Group Charity Challenge

Oct. 1-3

 

 

 

 

 

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VP of Communications and Marketing

Infineon Raceway

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Sonoma, Calif 95476

707-933-3907 (work)

707-334-9805 (cell)

 

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