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Martin Cardenas GEICO Suzuki video
Martin Cardenas talks about what it takes for him to go fast on his GEICO Suzuki GSX-R600. Cardenas and his team executed a perfect weekend, earning pole position, leading the most laps and winning both AMA Pro GoPro Daytona SportBike races during the Triumph Big Kahuna Nationals at Road Atlanta. Cardenas now has a 20-point lead on the rest of the field going into this weekend’s Great Clips West Coast Moto Jam at Infineon Raceway.
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O’Hara Wins AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 at Road Atlanta
Kyle Wyman Charges from Back of Grid to Podium
Braselton, GA (April 23, 2012) – Bartels’ Harley-Davidson’s Tyler O’Hara converted pole position to a race win in the second round of the AMA Pro Racing Vance & Hines XR1200 series Sunday at Road Atlanta to earn his second career victory in the class and the championship points lead.
O’Hara survived an opening lap red flag incident that forced fellow front row starter Kyle Wyman (KLR Group/Vesrah)...
Cardenas wins again, surfs away with Big Kahuna title
BRASELTON, Ga. (April 22) — It wasn’t quite as easy as Saturday’s wire-to-wire job, but GEICO Suzuki rider Martin Cardenas still managed to win his second AMA Pro Daytona SportBike trophy of the weekend Sunday at Road Atlanta to sweep the Triumph Big Kahuna Nationals and claim the unique top prize — a brand new surfboard.
“I have to learn how to surf now,” Cardenas joked in the winner’s circle. “I...
Yoshimura Suzuki Captures Dramatic Victory in Road Atlanta SuperBike Race
BRASELTON, Ga (April 22, 2012) – The Yoshimura Suzuki team tasted victory and then some at round two of the AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike Championship at Road Atlanta in Braselton, GA, this past weekend. The double-header event saw Yoshimura Suzuki’s Blake Young card a thrilling, come-from-behind win on Saturday and a well-earned podium finish on Sunday, while teammate Chris Clark earned two impressive top-10 finishes.
Young came...
Down, Not Out: Blake Young Crashes, Charges Through Field To Win AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike Race 1 at Road Atlanta
PHOTO BY BRIAN J. NELSON
BRASELTON, Ga. (April 21, 2012) - Blake Young scored one of the more improbable and remarkable victories in AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike history on Saturday at Road Atlanta in the opening half of the Triumph Big Kahuna Atlanta presented by Dunlop Tire and LeoVince.
The opening 13 laps of the battle went exactly to script; title rivals Josh Hayes on the Monster Energy Graves Yamaha YZF-R1 and Young aboard the...
Monster Energy/Graves/Yamaha Riders Hayes & Herrin Both On SuperBike Podium At Road Atlanta
Hayden Also On Podium In Daytona SportBike
Braselton, Ga (April 21, 2012) – It was a day filled with podium finishes for the Yamaha U.S. Road Racing Teams in AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike and AMA Pro GoPro Daytona Sportbike.
Reigning two-time SuperBike champion and Road Atlanta polesitter Josh Hayes finished second on his Monster Energy/Graves/Yamaha YZF-R1® in the hotly contested SuperBike race one. His teammate Josh Herrin, who lives...
Riders Discount Vesrah Suzuki Kicks Off Big Kahuna Atlanta Weekend
PHOTO BY BRIAN J. NELSON
ATLANTA, Ga (April 21, 2012) - The Riders Discount Vesrah Suzuki team returned to action this weekend on the team’s Dunlop equipped Suzuki GSX-R 600s at the Big Kahuna Atlanta at Road Atlanta in Braselton, GA with the first practice sessions and Provisional Qualifying being held Friday and Final Qualifying and the first of the doubleheader races being held on Saturday.
In the AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport...
KLR Group rider Wyman earns No. 2 starting slot at Road Atlanta
BRASELTON, Ga. (April 21) — A deep bruise in his right heel of points leader Kyle Wyman probably kept the popular rider from putting his KLR Group Harley-Davidson on the pole for Sunday’s AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 race at the Triumph Big Kahuna Nationals.
Pulling double duty at this event, Wyman got crossed up on his other bike — a Triumph Daytona SportBike — during Saturday’s qualifying action when his...
GEICO’s Cardenas wins Atlanta opener, surges into AMA Pro points lead
BRASELTON, Ga. (April 21) — Martin Cardenas’ love affair with Road Atlanta continued Saturday as the 29-year-old Colombian rode his GEICO Suzuki GSX-R600 to a wire-to-wire victory in the first of two AMA Pro Daytona SportBike races this weekend.
This was Cardenas fourth win at Road Atlanta and his record 17th in the class. The performance lifted him from fourth in the rankings to a seven-point lead over Daytona 200 winner Joey Pascarella,...
Josh Hayes Earns Provisional Pole Despite Two Crashes at Road Atlanta in First Day of Triumph Big Kahuna Atlanta Action
PHOTO BY BRIAN J. NELSON
BRASELTON, Ga. (April 20, 2012) - Defending champion Josh Hayes watched the final ten minutes of Friday’s AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike qualifying session tick off from pitlane alongside a pair of crashed No. 1-plated Monster Energy Graves Yamaha YZF-R1s.
Despite encountering a lot more drama than he might have hoped for, Hayes ultimately walked away from the opening day of action for the Triumph Big Kahuna...