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SMO Note: Joey
Pascarella finished 2009 by sweeping the
final two rounds of AMA Supermoto Lites
after sitting out most of the season
with a badly broken wrist.
DAYTONA BEACH, FL (March 5, 2010) -
After Thursday's unbelievable AMA Pro
SuperSport race, where Joey Pascarella
lost by 0.001 of a second, Pascarella,
on his No. 25 LTD Racing Yamaha YZF-R6
came back to take a well judged victory
in the second of two 2010 AMA Pro Racing
SuperSport races held at the legendary
Daytona International Speedway, this
time winning by over a second at the
flag.
In a podium sweep, Pascarella's LTD
Yamaha YZF-R6 teammates No. 32 Jake
Gagne and No. 12 Tomas Puerta took
second and third after battling the
entire 12 lap race with yesterday's
winner No. 16 Cameron Beaubier and his
teammate No. 73 J.D. Beach on their
Rockwall Yamaha YZF-R6's.
Beach, who looked like a likely winner
yesterday was again denied victory when
he encountered a mechanical problem
forcing him out of the race on lap
seven. That left Beaubier alone at
the front against the LTD Yamaha
teammates. Lap after lap, they all
took shots at Pascarella, but he was
very strong under braking for turn one
and fought off every charge.
Behind the lead group, No. 75 Huntley
Nash on his Yamaha YZF-R6, No. 82 Daniel
Guevara riding a Suzuki GSX-R600 and the
again impressive Elena Myers on her No.
21 Suzuki GSX-R600 enjoyed a furious
battle lap after lap, with Guevara
eventually getting by Huntley Nash and
Myers to finish fifth, sixth and seventh
respectively.
Pulling wheelies out of the chicane onto
the back banking, Gagne, Puerta and
Beaubier got close to Pascarella, but
only Puerta was able to head Pascarella,
when he officially led lap six.
Going into the last lap, it looked like
another photo finish but this time for
second, as Joey Pascarella took a well
deserved first place. Beaubier was
second with Gagne and Puerta right
behind and after another big drafting
move, Gagne ended up second over Puerta,
with Beaubier finishing fourth.
Guevara finished a fine fifth followed
by Myers. Sam Nash, racing in the
Top Gun class, finished eighth on his
No. 44 Yamaha YZF-R6, No. 77 Honda
CBR600RR Top Gun rider Eric Stump II
finished ninth and Ryan Kerr took tenth
on his No. 28 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R.
This year's AMA Pro SuperSport season
got off to a unbelievable start Thursday
and Friday's race showed that the LTD
and Rockwall Yamaha teams will be tough
to beat. With the impressive
Myers, Guevara and Huntley Nash close
behind, the championship is wide open.
Highlights from each round of AMA Pro
SuperSport can be seen in back-to-back
broadcasts of the week's AMA Pro
National Guard American SuperBike races
Saturday night on SPEED starting at
10:30 p.m. ET. Next on the
schedule for AMA Pro Road Racing is Auto
Club Speedway in Fontana, California
over the March 26 - 28 weekend.
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