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AMA returns to Miller

Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:55 GMT
AMA returns to Miller
The fifth World Superbike round at Miller Motorsports Park coincided with the return to the circuit of the main categories of the domestic AMA Pro Road Racing championship as support events to WSBK.


Even though the three classes making up the series this year - Superbike, Supersport and SportBike - have lost a bit of their shine of the past, with the departure of Mladin, Spies and others, the races all went down to the line.


In the Superbike category the win went to Blake Young (Suzuki), the young Canadian (in the photo, courtesy of AMA Pro Road Racing) who rode a Suzuki Alstare machine at Donington in 2009, from points leader Josh Hayes (Yamaha) by seven-tenths. Next up were the two Hayden brothers, Tommy and ex Pedercini Kawasaki man, Roger Lee, both on Suzukis. With this win Young moves closer to Hayes in the standings.


In SportBike Josh Herrin (Yamaha) took the win from PJ Jacobsen on a Ducati 848, while another ex from the world stage Jason Di Salvo (Ducati) finished sixth to consolidate his leadership. Melissa Paris (Yamaha) finished 16th.


The Supersport race was won by Corey Alexander (Suzuki Yoshimura), while Elena Myers (Suzuki) finished fifth. Points leader Benny Solis (Honda) was 20th but holds on to his championship lead.