News - June 7 Elkhart Lake Race #2
AMA Suzuki Superbike Doubleheader
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WIRockstar Makita Suzuki’s Hayden finishes 7th
Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Mat Mladin continues to lead the AMA Superbike championship after finishing second in Sunday afternoon’s race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Sunday’s race was the second of two in the AMA Suzuki Superbike Doubleheader weekend, which saw six-time AMA Superbike Champion Mladin winning the first race of the event on Saturday. So far this year, Mladin has won nine AMA Superbike races and finished on the podium a total of 10 out of 11 times.
Jordan Suzuki’s Aaron Yates joined Mladin on the podium in third place after passing Mladin’s Rockstar Makita Suzuki teammate Blake Young, who ran in third for most of the 13-lap event. After Yates’ pass, Young fell and wound up finishing eighth. Finally, Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Tommy Hayden finished up the weekend with a seventh-place result.
Tommy Hayden
“I got a better start today and it was good to have a dry race. We’ve been struggling a bit all weekend, though it was definitely a better race today than yesterday. I did my fastest times all weekend in that race. But I’ve had a tough time this weekend and I feel like I’ve really had to work hard for every little bit of progress we made on the track. But we’ve got to keep on working on the bike and get back to where we need to be.”
