AMA PRO SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
AMA SUPERBIKE
BY LARRY LAWRENCE
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN J. NELSON
H
istory is not likely to look
favorably on the Daytona
Motorsports Group era
of running motorcycle road rac-
ing in America, but one rider
who thrived during the six years
(2009-2014) of DMG control was
Yamaha's Josh Hayes. During
that era Hayes won four AMA Su-
perbike Championships and was
the winningest rider in the series
during the period. So it's only ap-
propriate that it was Hayes who
closed the book on this chapter
of racing history by not only win-
ning the final DMG-run champi-
onship, but the final race as well.
At New Jersey Motorsports
Park, Hayes crossed the line first
both in Saturday's rain race and
Sunday's season finale. In Sat-
urday's race it was determined
that he'd passed Roger Hayden
under a waving yellow, so he was
given a 20-second penalty. That
handed the victory to Hayden,
the first win for Yoshimura Suzuki
FINAL ROUND/SEPTEMBER 13-14, 2014
NEW JERSEY MOTORSPORTS PARK/MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY
P38
The DMG era in road racing
closes with Josh Hayes winning
the AMA Superbike title.
THE FINAL
CURTAIN
