Double wins for Dainese riders last weekend at AMA Road Atlanta

Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Blake Young and M4 Monster Energy Suzuki's Martin Cardenas swept the top of the podiums last weekend in Georgia when they both scored a double-win for Round 5 and 6 of the AMA Pro road racing series.

 

The two Dainese riders battled hard in their respective classes to dominate their competition during the weekend.

In the American Superbike class, Dainese's Blake Young took his first win of the season on  Saturday, repeating his performance the next day after leading the whole race. Blake is now third in series standing, only 15 points from the leader, with 12 more races to go.

It was another positive weekend for AGV Dainese's Chris Ulrich who took his Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki GSX-R 1000 to two Top 10 finishes. Ulrich is now 6th in the series points standing.

In the Daytona Sportbike class, Dainese's Martin Cardenas dominated Road
Atlanta with 2 race wins for Team Monster Energy M4, making it 3 for the season. Cardenas now stands 3rd overall, 14 points from the leader.

Road Atlanta was a great weekend too for Vesrah Suzuki's Cory West. The AGV Dainese rider scored a very much deserved 2-3 finishes, taking him to 4th in the series points standing.

Joining West in the race for the podium on Sunday was AGV Dainese's Steve Rapp. Both riders were part of a group of 6 very close riders who diced it out until the the checkered flag. Despite leading the pack for a while, Latus Ducati's Rapp finished 6th on Sunday, repeating his Saturday results. 6th is also Steve's point standing position after 5 races.
 
In the Supersport class, Dainese's Tomas Puerta went 5-4, taking him to 4th in the points standing, while AGV Dainese's James Rispoli, after an unlucky Saturday race, finished 7th on Sunday.

We would like to also wish a prompt recovery to Dainese's Aaron Yates, the
Team Jordan Suzuki rider being out for a few rounds after breaking his leg
at the previous round at Fontana.

 

AMA Superbike 09 memories with Aaron Yates

Aaron on the podium at Barber 09OnTheThrottle.com

Blake Young and Aaron Yates Road America incident video

Before I get into the weekend's race results, here's a video of the racing incident between Dainese riders Yoshimura Suzuki's Blake Young and Jordan Suzuki's #23 Aaron Yates.

AMA Superbike - Round 1: Daytona

The various AGV and Dainese riders didn't do too bad at the first round of the AMA Superbike series in Daytona where the 2 Italian brands had strong representation.

In 2009 Dainese sponsors Team National Guard Jordan Suzuki, especially providing all the leathers and AGV helmets for the 2-up event at each race, and Team Road Racing World.

New AMA Superbike riders for 2009 include Aaron Yates, Neil Hodgson, Blake Young, Barrett Long, Shane Narbonne, all the Road Racing World team.
Great to see Geoff May extend his partnership with Dainese.

Aaron trying a perfect fit suit
Paradigm Racing's Barrett Long

Daytona 200:
Congrats to Ben Bostrom for a great win under the lights. A first at the Daytona 200. The AGV Dainese riders didn't make the podium, but come out on a rather positive note for a group of privateers and semi-privateers.
6th - Barret Long
12th - Steve Rapp
15th - Russell Wikle
41st - Shane Narbonne


AMA Superbike:
#100 Corona Extra Honda's Neil Hodgson (wearing an AGV GP-Tech helmet) finishes second ahead of Tommy Hayden, in a near dead heat that had to be decided by AMA Pro Racing's at-the-finish-line photography.
Rockstar/Makita/Suzuki Blake Young took 5th
Team Jordan Suzuki Aaron Yates took 7th
National Guard Jordan Suzuki's Geoff May finished 10th
Roadracingworld.com's Chris Ulrich clinched a Top 15th spot
Barrett Long - 17th
Hooters' Shane Narbonne - 19th


AMA Supersport:
From roadracingworld.com: "Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki’s Russ Wikle made a stunning AMA Pro SuperSport Series debut at the season-opening and inaugural round of AMA Pro SuperSport at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Thursday afternoon. The 17-year-old, Huntsville, Alabama, rider rode an aggressive race on his Roadracingworld.com Suzuki GSX-R600, leading multiple laps before taking third place in the race. Wikle is racing the East Coast championship in the dual-class series."

Inside Team National Guard Jordan Suzuki
Jason Pridmore getting ready for the Two-Up rideHooters' Shane Narbonne
Photos courtesy of John Hanson (www.hansonimages.com) and Allan Jones