VOL. 50 ISSUE 31 AUGUST 6, 2013
Roger Lee Hayden barely made it to the finish line in
Sunday's race when his bike failed him, but he still
managed to finish second to Cardenas.
control. But longtime race observer and Jordan Suzuki consultant Roy Janson was the first
to spot trouble. "I saw a puff of
smoke come from the motor and
I looked around to see if anybody
else noticed it."
Something inside the motor of
Hayden's bike wasn't right and it
would ultimately cost him the race.
"It started with about six laps
to go," Hayden said. "It started
getting slower and slower out of
the flat corners and really started
backing in bad under the brakes.
The last lap I got on the throttle
and nothing was really happening. I don't know what it was, if it
was a cylinder tying up or what.
With about four laps to go, I really
didn't think I was going to finish.
Obviously, I'm about as disappointed as you can get. I felt like I
had the pace to win today."
In spite of his bike's issues,
Hayden was able to coax enough
out of his bike to give Cardenas,
who passed for the lead with two
laps to go, a hard battle until about
three turns from the end when the
bike lost nearly all power.
Cardenas was unaware of the
problem. He moved up behind
Hayden and was cautious about
going around too early, knowing
he'd have a fight on his hands. He
figured if there was to be a battle,
why not lessen the chances of a
prolonged engagement by waiting until late to make his move?
"It was a pretty hard race,"
Cardenas said. "At the beginning, these guys were a little bit
faster up to the point when Josh
[Hayes] crashed. Roger was
pretty fast, and I was just trying my best to keep with him. I
started to gain a little bit on him
and when I got to his rear wheel,
I stayed there for a couple laps
and was thinking about doing a
pass right at the end, the last five
laps or something like that. But a
pretty tough race - I did my best,
every lap as hard as I could. Two
laps from the end I think I passed
P91
Roger and he passed me back in
turn five I believe. He went a little
deep, and I went to his inside. I
was pushing that last lap as hard
as I could because I knew he was
going to try to overtake me again.
I didn't know that he had a problem and I ended up winning and
I'm very happy for me and the
whole Yoshimura Suzuki team."
Hayden said it was one of the
most disappointing losses of his
career. "It's by far the worst," he
said his luck. "Because I had the
pace today by myself. Nothing I
can do about it."
CN
Race One
1. Josh Herrin (Yamaha)
2. Roger Hayden (Suzuki)
3. Josh Hayes (Yamaha)
4. Martin Cardenas (Suzuki)
5. Danny Eslick Broken (Suzuki)
6. Larry Pegram (Yamaha)
7. David Anthony (Suzuki)
8. Chris Fillmore (KTM)
9. Geoff May (EBR)
10. Taylor Knapp (KTM)
Race Two
1. Martin Cardenas (Suzuki)
2. Roger Hayden (Suzuki)
3. Josh Herrin (Yamaha)
4. Danny Eslick (Suzuki)
5. Geoff May (EBR)
6. Aaron Yates (EBR)
7. David Anthony (Suzuki)
8. Taylor Knapp (KTM)
9. Chris Clark (Suzuki)
10. Dustin Dominguez (EBR)
