Triumph Big Kahuna Atlanta: Round 2 of AMA Superbike took place over the weekend in Braselton, Ga. and featured one of the most improbable victories ever when Blake Young (Yoshimura Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000) crashed, yet recovered to win race 1 on Saturday. Young and series leader and returning champion Josh Hayes (Monster Energy Graves Yamaha YZF-R1) became entangled on lap 14 causing Young to be slammed to the track. The incident drew a red flag which forced a restart. The rules said that Young had to start from the last row of the grid. After the first lap of the restart Young had already worked his way up to fourth. Hayes and Young traded the lead until the last lap when Young was able to hold off Hayes for an amazing 0.293 second win.
Said Hayes: “For him to be able to get his stuff together and get back out there and race the way he did… bravo. Man, I think it’s a great story. It was a hero ride and it’s great for our sport. Big congrats to him.“
Race 2 on Sunday was dull by comparison with reigning champion Josh Hayes running away from the field to post a 5 second margin of victory. Young and Hayes and the rest of the Superbike field will meet again May 4-6th at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Ca.
Blake Young commenting on the race & crash: