ColdTrackDays correspondent, Raymond Moore, headed to the Barber Motorsports Park last weekend for the AMA Honda Superbike Classic. A weekend that promised great racing, high speeds and tornados?! Follow the link for a look at how Raymond's weekend unfolded... [read more]
Hard rain, to peeking sun, and repeat, all weekend. You could walk around the pits and feel the tension during the downtime.
Moore was absent for Saturday's afternoon race, but caught the MotoGT class Endurance race, which was red-flagged after 1.5 hours of some pretty cautious racing in the wet due to excessive oil on the track surface.
Sunday: After a tornado warning and quite violent wind/rain storm passed over the track, the officials made a pretty daring (see: ballsy) call to run the race as soon as the puddles were scrubbed out.
Turns out it was a good call, as Supersport, Sportbike, and Superbike races went off without a hitch at a decreased amount of laps--16 laps down from 21-- because of the 2.5 hour weather delay.
Mat Mladin took 1st to extend his monstrous lead in the points, Aaron Yates picking up 2nd and Ben Bostrom in 3rd.
Top Ten Results // 2009 AMA Honda Superbike Classic:
1: Mathew Mladin Rockstar · Makita · Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
2: Aaron Yates Jordan Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
3: Benjamin Bostrom Yamaha Motor Corp. USA Yamaha YZF-R1
4: Joshua Hayes Yamaha Motor Corp. USA Yamaha YZF-R1
5: Geoff May National Guard Jordan Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
6: Larry Pegram Foremost Insurance · Pegram Racing Ducati Ducati 1098R
7: Jake Holden Corona Extra Honda Honda CBR1000RR
8: Tommy Hayden Rockstar · Makita · Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
9: Taylor Knapp Taylor Knapp Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000
10: David Anthony Aussie Dave Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000
Photo/Editorial: Raymond Moore
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