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Big M Weekend AMA Pro National Guard Superbike Preview 27-30 May 2011. Hot on the heels of a great weekend of racing at Infineon Raceway’s May 13-15 West Coast Moto Jam, the AMA Pro Road Racing paddock is ready to celebrate Memorial Day with some international friends. May 28 through 30, AMA Pro will join the FIM World Superbike Championship for the BigM Weekend Presented by Lucas Oil, hosted by the spectacular Miller Motorsports Park facility in Tooele, Utah.
AMA Pro returns to MMP following a two-season hiatus, but the series’ official test at the circuit in early May proved the field is more than ready to work the flowing 3.048-mile track. That’s especially true of reigning AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike Champion Josh Hayes (Monster Energy Graves Yamaha), who was dominant in both days of MMP testing and is coming off a Race 1 win at Infineon’s Round 2.
Hayes won’t have it easy, though; having split Infineon wins with Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Tommy Hayden, Hayes enters MMP Round 3 with a slim 6-point lead in the standings. Hayden’s got more to worry about than the rider ahead, however; teammate Blake Young sits just two points behind in third overall, and despite a difficult Race 2 at Infineon, M4 Suzuki’s Martin Cardenas remains fourth overall, the reigning AMA Pro Daytona SportBike Champion having proved he’s a SuperBike contender by notching his first podium-finish (a third) in last round’s Race 1.
With a total of twenty-eight National Guard SuperBike riders entered thus far, the riders listed above will have more than their fair share of competition, and the same can be said for the infamously intense AMA Pro Daytona SportBIke class, currently boasting forty-one entries.
Though the depth of talent in the Daytona SportBike field is almost as incredible as the class’ tendency toward ten-deep lead changes that at times run four-wide, one rider has been unquestionably dominant in the results thus far: Team Latus Motors Racing’s Jason DiSalvo, who’s gone three-for-three in the series opening rounds. Infineon, however, saw him routinely challenged by Monster Energy Graves Yamaha’s Josh Herrin, GEICO Powersports/RMR Suzuki’s Danny Eslick, and then-privateer Jake Holden. With the latter having since picked up season sponsorship from RidersDiscount.com, DiSalvo’s sure to have his hands full at MMP.
The AMA Pro Motorycle-Superstore.com SuperSport class will also see its ranks swell at Round 3, as the BigM Weekend’s edition of the rising-star class—The AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport Larry H. Miller Challenge—will feature a host of top local talent, all vying for a piece of a purse that’s been doubled for this special event. Taking on all comers will be top series regulars like Roadracingworld.com’s Benny Solis, Y.E.S./LTD Racing’s Tomas Puerta and David Gaviria, Vesrah Suzuki’s Corey Alexander, and more.
MMP fans will also be treated to the sights and V-twin sounds of AMA Pro Road Racing’s newest class, the AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 division. These handlebar-to-handlebar, footpeg-dragging monsters are in their first full season of AMA Pro competition, and the already-packed field through which riders like Chris Fillmore, Kyle Wyman, Steve Rapp, and Michael Barnes barrel will see the return of reigning class champion Danny Eslick—joining RMR/Bruce Rossmeyer Daytona Racing teammates Fillmore and Wyman—aboard the #1 machine.
Event Schedule :
Saturday May 28
8:00 AM 8:40 AM Practice - LHM AMA Pro SuperSport
8:50 AM 9:30 AM Practice - AMA Pro Daytona SportBike
9:35 AM 10:20 AM Practice - AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike
10:25 AM 10:55 AM Practice - AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200
1:30 PM 2:15 PM Qualifying - AMA Pro Daytona SportBike
2:20 PM 3:05 PM Qualifying - AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike
4:40 PM 5:10 PM Qualifying - LHM AMA Pro SuperSport
5:15 PM 5:45 PM Qualifying - AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR 1200
Sunday May 29
8:00 AM 8:30 AM Qualifying - LHM AMA Pro SuperSport
8:40 AM 9:00 AM Qualifying - AMA Pro Daytona SportBike (Group A)
9:05 AM 9:25 AM Qualifying - AMA Pro Daytona SportBike (Group B)
9:35 AM 10:15 AM Qualifying - AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike
11:50 AM 12:15 PM Race - LHM AMA Pro SuperSport
4:10 PM 4:40 AM Race - AMA Pro Daytona SportBike
4:45 PM 5:15 PM Qualifying - AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR 1200
Monday May 30
9:50 AM 10:10 AM Warm-up - AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR 1200
10:20 AM 10:40 AM Warm-up - AMA Pro National Guard Superbike
1:20 PM 1:40 PM Race - AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR 1200
2:00 PM 2:35 PM Race - AMA Pro National Guard Superbike
