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SUPERBIKES SET FOR THREE-RACE
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hree-time AMA
Superbike Cham-
pion Josh Hayes
will highlight the list
of road racers en-
tered to take part in
what is being called
Pro Superbike and
Pro Sportbike rac-
ing in three non-AMA
events scheduled for
Auto Club Speedway
in Fontana, Califor-
nia, Sonoma Race-
way in Sonoma,
California and Miller
Motorsports Park in
Tooele, Utah.
The three races are
scheduled for April 26-27 (Auto
Club Speedway), May 3-4 (So-
noma) and May 24-25 (Miller) –
all during the 11-week break be-
tween the opening two rounds
of the AMA Superbike Cham-
pionship at Daytona and Road
America.
The group putting the races
together (led by team owner and
magazine publisher John Ulrich)
says it is currently working on a
television package for the series.
That's two things the five-round
2014 AMA Superbike Champion-
ship has failed to deliver: racing
on the west coast and a televi-
sion package.
Others who have entered the
race, according to releases from
the various event promoters, in-
clude Yamaha's JD Beach, Cam-
eron Beaubier and Garrett Gerl-
off, GEICO Honda's Jake Zemke
and the Yoshimura Suzuki team
of Roger Lee Hayden, Martin
Cardenas and Chris Clark.
"From a racer's perspective,
I'm excited that someone has
put in the effort to give us racers
the opportunity to spend more
time racing our awesome Super-
bikes," Hayes said in a press re-
lease. "A big thank you for that.
We've always had good crowds
at Sonoma Raceway. It's one of
the best tracks we go to in the
country and one that's always
brought me a lot of success."
Ulrich said he was motivated
by the lack of west coast races.
"When I learned that there
were no national-level profes-
sional road races scheduled
west of the Mississippi River for
the 2014 season, I realized that
I had to try to make something
happen," said Ulrich. "This event
is the first step, and is modeled
after the successful formula
used by British Superbike. I'd
like to thank the AFM (which will
sanction the Sonoma race) the
club I started racing with in 1973,
for working with me on this effort
to rebuild our sport in the United
States."
Yamaha's three-time AMA
Superbike Champion Josh Hayes
will take part in the three-race Pro
Superbike series scheduled for
Sonoma, Fontana and Utah.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
BRIAN
J.
NELSON
