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VOL. 50 ISSUE 28 JULY 16, 2013 so quickly is a big surprise, especially considering none of these guys have been on the ground in a race. I kind of thought I was going to have to have something like that, some zero point weekends, to get myself back into this. Martin's [Cardenas] had only one fourth-place finish and the rest of them he's been on the podium. I'm quite surprised I've got back so quickly." And even in Sunday's race, where Hayes was given a fivesecond penalty for anticipating the start that cost him the victory, he was able to come out smelling like a rose. Despite finishing second, Hayes found his points lead grow to four points, now over Monster Energy Yamaha teammate Herrin, who won the race because of the penalty. And what of Martin Carde- P81 Briefly... With Jorge Lorenzo reinjuring his collarbone in Germany and Tweeting that he would see everyone in Indy, speculation immediately turned to Josh Hayes taking the potentially open factory Yamaha seat at Laguna Seca. When asked about the possibility of riding as a wild card on a track he knows well, Hayes had hopes, but doubted it could happen. "As awesome as it would be to maybe get the opportunity I think there's a slim-to-no chance," Hayes said. "I think Keith McCarty… I've already come back from one deficit to fight my way to where I am now in the championship. I have my doubts that he would okay me to do that, but who knows. I've been with them a long time; I've done a lot of things. Maybe he'll cut me some slack. I don't know. They have a pretty significant investment in me. Whatever he decides I think will be the right decision and I'll do my best no matter what." Josh Hayes' race-one victory at Mid-Ohio was his 38th-career AMA Superbike win. Hayes is second on the all-time AMA Superbike wins list and first among active riders. Josh Herrin's win in race two was his second-career victory. That puts Herrin in company with Kurtis Roberts, Alessandro Gramigni, Mike Hale, John Ashmead, John Bettencourt, Ron Pierce and Paul Ritter - all riders who have won two AMA Superbike races. The first of two AMA Superbike Nationals gets started on Saturday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with Josh Herrin (2) and Josh Hayes (1) ready to tussle over the lead. Roger Lee Hayden (54), Martin Cardenas (36) and the rest give chase. This year was the 30th anniversary of AMA Pro road racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Mike Baldwin won the first road race National in the inaugural AMA event at MidOhio on a Honda in the old Formucontinued on next page