Team Yoshimura Suzuki’s Aaron Yates won his second AMA Repsol Superstock race of the season and his 12th Superstock career victory in a tight 10-lap battle on Sunday afternoon. The defending AMA Superstock Champion is also the first rider to get back-to-back Superstock wins at Road America.
He said: “The Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 is just going really well at Road America. I’d really like to say thanks to my guys for putting me on such a fast bike.”
Starting out the weekend, Yates had a good qualifying session posting a 2:14.567 lap time and qualified on the front row of the grid in third position.
Sunday’s main event on the undulating four-mile circuit saw Yates get a good start and settle into third place. He put his head down and moved up into second place halfway through the race and, with just a few laps to go, he made a daring pass to take the lead and held it to the race’s end.
“I wasn’t really as comfortable as I would have liked to be in the race,” said Yates. “The last three or four laps were really stressful for me. But I tried to go as hard as I could because I knew Jamie Hacking would be charging hard. I just tried to concentrate on going forward, not backwards and I’m just glad to get the win and get some points.”
Going into the Miller Motorsports Park race later this month, Yates is just nine points off the championship lead.
Superstock Top 10 Finishers:1 Aaron Yates (Yoshimura Suzuki)
2 Jamie Hacking (Yamaha)
3 Jason Disalvo (Yamaha)
4 Geoff May (M4 EMGO Suzuki)
5 Josh Hayes (Honda)
6 Steve Rapp (Jordan Suzuki)
7 Jason Pridmore (Jordan Suzuki)
8 Damon Buckmaster (Kawasaki)
9 Marty Craggill (Hotbodies Racing Mat Mladin Motorsports Suzuki)
10 Matt Lynn (Suzuki)
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