(top) Daytona superbike racer Cameron Beaubier captures second place after a hard fought battle at Laguna Seca.
(bottom) Jordan Suzuki's Roger Hayden finished just shy of the AMA Superbike podium in fourth place.
K-Tech Suspension equipped riders enjoyed great success this past weekend at the combined
MotoGP and AMA Pro Road Racing event at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in California. Excellent conditions and a challenging track made competition fierce in every class throughout the weekend.
The amazingly close racing in the AMA Pro
Motorcycle SuperStore.com SuperSport class carried on at Laguna Seca, with blistering rides from all the K-Tech Suspension equipped riders. A hearty congratulations to David Gaviria for winning the AMA SuperSport West 2011 Championship aboard his K-Tech equipped and Gary Medley tuned LTD Racing Yamaha YZF 600 R6 machine! Gaviria qualified in fourth and rode a smart race to finish fourth and secure the first 2011 Championship. LTD Racing team-mate Tomas Puerta qualified on the front row in third position on his K-Tech equipped Yamaha YZF 600 R6, and would go on to finish on the podium in second place - a great weekend for LTD Racing and K-Tech in SuperSport!
In AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike, Roger Hayden continued to improve with a close fourth place finish, just 0.045" off the podium. Roger rode his National Guard Jordan
Suzuki GSXR 1000 equipped with K-Tech 20DDS fork cartridges and 35DDS rear shock hard all weekend, qualifying on the front row in third position beside his brother.
Ben Bostrom aboard the Jordan Suzuki GSXR 1000 qualified sixth, and improved to fifth place just behind his team-mate Roger at the end of the race.
In AMA Pro Daytona SportBike, young gun Cameron Beaubier aboard the Riders Discount
Yamaha YZF 600 R6 was smoking fast all weekend. Beaubier qualified in third on the front row, and battled for the lead with the other front runners all race long to eventually finish on the podium in second place, less than a quarter second behind the winner. Cameron set the fastest race lap at 1:28.516, which marks the fourth race in a row that Beaubier has set fastest lap. Congratulations on a great weekend and continued success!
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