Blake Young (Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R 1000 SuperBike) says: “It was a pretty good race for us today. I was making it harder on ourselves by not having great qualifying. It seems like we’ve let it slip a little bit this year, and I’m just finding myself getting it together at the beginning of the weekend, but I guess the good thing is, we definitely get it together by the end of the weekend in time for the race. I’m obviously happy with second, but I want to get back up to the front and get racing with Josh where I feel we belong.Josh Herrin (Monster Energy Yamaha YZF-R1 SuperBike) says: “It was a great last lap — it was fun. I wish I could have held him off but I just couldn’t. He kind of outsmarted me there a little bit. We’ll be back at the next race to try to beat him next time.”Eslick and Bostrom finished just fractions of a second behind in fourth and fifth, respectively.After running as high as third, May dropped to a lonely sixth at the flag, while Riders Discount Vesrah Suzuki’s Taylor Knapp also managed to work past the struggling Hayden, who ultimately finished a disappointing eighth on the heels of his Mid-Ohio breakthrough and subsequent strong weekend form here at Laguna Seca.KTM/HMC Racing’s Stefen Nebel won out in a fight for ninth with Foremost Insurance Pegram Racing’s Larry Pegram, who completed the race’s top ten.Hayes continues his march to a third AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike title as he’ll head to New Jersey Motorsports Park on September 7-9 boasting an imposing 74-point advantage.2012 Laguna Seca AMA SuperBike Results:
Pos | No. | Rider(s) | Team | Bike | Interval | Gap | Best Lap | Points |
1. | 1 | Josh Hayes | Monster Energy Graves Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 23 Laps | WINNER | 1:24.706 | 0 |
2. | 79 | Blake Young | Yoshimura Racing | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 9.084 | 9.084 | 1:25.441 | 0 |
3. | 2 | Josh Herrin | Monster Energy Graves Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 9.108 | 0.023 | 1:25.264 | 0 |
4. | 69 | Danny Eslick | Team Hero | EBR 1190RS | 9.497 | 0.389 | 1:25.446 | 0 |
5. | 23 | Ben Bostrom | Jordan Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 9.920 | 0.422 | 1:25.404 | 0 |
6. | 99 | Geoff May | Team Amsoil/Hero | EBR 1190RS | 14.968 | 5.048 | 1:25.493 | 0 |
7. | 44 | Taylor Knapp | Riders Discount K&L Supply | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 31.647 | 16.679 | 1:26.020 | 0 |
8. | 54 | Roger Hayden | National Guard Jordan Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 40.448 | 8.801 | 1:25.763 | 0 |
9. | 12 | Stefan Nebel | KTM/HMC Racing | KTM RC8R | 44.152 | 3.703 | 1:26.598 | 0 |
10. | 72 | Larry Pegram | Foremost Insurance/Pegram Racing | BMW S1000RR | 46.278 | 2.126 | 1:26.873 | 0 |
11. | 18 | Chris Ulrich | M4 Roadracingworld.com Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 53.709 | 7.430 | 1:27.306 | 0 |
12. | 111 | Glenn Allerton | DVS Suspension Racing | BMW S1000RR | 55.896 | 2.186 | 1:27.522 | 0 |
13. | 77 | Ricky Corey | RCR Performance | Yamaha R1 | 1:11.638 | 15.742 | 1:27.232 | 0 |
14. | 33 | Jordan Burgess | Kneedraggers.com/ Motul/Fly Racing | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 1:17.940 | 6.301 | 1:28.405 | 0 |
15. | 6 | Chris Clark | Yoshimura Racing | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 1:24.170 | 6.230 | 1:27.204 | 0 |
16. | 171 | Ivan Sala | RacersEdgePerformance.com | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 22 Laps | 1 Lap | 1:29.748 | 0 |
17. | 269 | Johnny Rock Page | Kneedraggers.com/ Motul/Fly Racing | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 4.014 | 4.014 | 1:29.954 | 0 |
18. | 57 | Bostjan Skubic | Riders Discount Vesrah Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 6.874 | 2.859 | 1:30.082 | 0 |
19. | 59 | Jake Holden | Buyredline.com | Honda CBR1000RR | 9 Laps | 13 Laps | 1:26.506 | 0 |
20. | 15 | Steve Rapp | Attack Performance | Kawasaki ZX-10 | 6 Laps | 3 Laps | 1:26.689 | 0 |
21. | 25 | David Anthony | Kneedraggers.com/ Motul/Fly Racing | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | DNS | DNS | -no times- | 0 |
22. | 48 | Reno Karimian | Team Air | Kawasaki ZX-10 | DNS | DNS | -no times- | 0 |