AMA
SUP€R5PORT
Round 2
April
23,
2OO5
AMA Pro
Honda Oils
Supersport
Senies
Roger
Lee
Hagden
staas
perfect
BY HENNY
RAY ABRATAS
PHoros
BY Nrsor &
Rtr:s
and came
out
ahead of both.
Hayden
passed
race
leader Hacking
on the inside
of the
penultimate
comer,
a iooping
right-hander
before
the final left
onto the front
stretch,
on the l5th of
17 iaps.
"l
was
kind of setting
him
[HackinS]
uP,"
Hayden said.
"He
was
a lot stronger than
me on
this
side of
the track, and
I was a
little stronger in
the back section
there.
I knew that was
the only
spot I could
8et
by him.
There were
only three
laps to
go,
and I
wanted to make
my move. He
went a
liftle wide, and
I went for
it. I tried to
Put
in some
good laps, and it
just
worked out
for
me."
Starting
the
final lap, he had a
2.s|-second
lead,
but Hacking cut
into it, only
to be stymied
by backmarkers.
The margin of victory
was .380
o{ a
second.
"l got
a
little bit
lucky with traffic
-
that
always
helps,"
Hayden said.
"My
crew
had my ZX6
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class, Roger Lee
is left to
fly the Kawasaki
flag in
the smaller
class. Today,
on a beautifully
sunlit
afternoon
at Barber Motorsports
Park, Roger
Lee
won his second
race in
a row to
further
extend his eady-season
championship
lead.
Yamaha's.lamie
Hacking
was second, and
Team
M4 EMGO
Suzuki's Geoff
May
carded his first-
ever Supersport
podium
in third.
Roger Lee
battled
with Yoshimura Sr.tzuki's
Ben Spies early and
Yamaha's
.lamie
Hacking
late
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when he held off
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