ROUNDS 7-8/JULY 13-14, 2013
MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE/LEXINGTON, OHIO
AMA SUPERBIKES
P82
AMA NATIONAL GUARD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
Herrin (2) leads Hayes
and Cardenas in race
one, but Hayes would
find a way past to take
the victory – his fifth
in a row.
nas? Mid-Ohio won't be an event
he writes home about. Even with
his pair of third-place finishes, the
Yoshimura Suzuki rider who led the
standings coming into the weekend
left Ohio in third. Cardenas is nothing if not a realist. When asked if
he thought his team could find anything to narrow the gap between his
factory Suzuki and the Yamahas, he
simply shrugged his shoulders and
said he didn't know. For whatever
reason there seems to be no sense
of urgency in Cardenas. While seeing his championship hopes slip
away, he seems almost resigned to
the fate.
It was a mixed weekend for the
Jordan/National Guard Suzuki
crew. Danny Eslick had his best
weekend of the season, scoring a
pair of fourths on his Jordan Suzuki.
Frustrated by his performances at
Barber last month, Eslick openly
admitted that if he didn't do better
he might be looking for a job next
season. Never one to make excuses about his machine, Eslick turned
in a pair of solid races, and although
there's still a big gap up to the top
three or four riders, Eslick seems to
finally be making progress heading
towards that latter part of the season.
It was a tough weekend for Roger
Hayden. A rider who has done well
at Mid-Ohio in the past, Hayden
was looking forward to running with
the leaders at the technical circuit
and he did until things went wrong
in both races. In Saturday's race he
ran into tire problems - something
a number of riders experienced on
the weekend – and from about halfrace fell back to eighth. On Sunday
Hayden again was battling Yamaha
On Sunday, Hayes (1) held
the lead over Herrin (2)
and Hayden (54) on the
racetrack, but not in timing
and scoring after being
penalized five seconds for
jumping the start.
