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Welcome To American Road Racing
Yamaha Motor Corporation is very proud to celebrate its 50th year of professional Grand Prix racing. It stands true that
much has filtered down over all these years in terms of innovation, technology, and excitement to national events such
as those brought to American fans through the AMA Professional Road Racing Series. Just as we share in the pride
of Jorge Lorenzo winning the MotoGP World Championship for 2010, Yamaha fans throughout the United States take
similar pride in their own hero and champion, Josh Hayes, who claimed the American SuperBike Championship title
aboard the cross-plane crankshaft equipped YZF-R1.
On behalf of Yamaha’s U.S. racing division and its partners, we thank you for your interest in helping to preserve the
anticipation and the excitement that only road racing can bring to American fans.
Thank you and enjoy the racing!
Keith McCarty
Racing Division Manager
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AMA Pro Road Racing - 2011 Venues
March 10-12, 2011
Daytona International Speedway - Daytona Beach, FloridaAs is traditional for AMA Pro Road Racing, Daytona International Speedway once again serves as the opening venue for the 2011 series. This year’s Daytona 200 will revert to its more traditional Saturday afternoon start time. In 2010, Josh Herrin, aboard his Graves Yamaha, won the prestigious Daytona 200.
May 13-15, 2011
Infineon Raceway - Sonoma, CaliforniaNorthern California is home to the Infineon Raceway and once again, AMA Pro Road Racing returns to the 2.32-mile, 11-turn racetrack in the city of Sonoma. Motorcycle racing at Infineon goes back to 1977 and the region provides the perfect backdrop for the popular West Coast Moto Jam. In 2010, Graves Yamaha’s Josh Hayes posted two dominant wins that set the tone for his successful championship winning run in the Pro National Guard SuperBike class. Cameron Beaubier won Day 2 of the SuperSport class.
May 28-30, 2011
Miller Motorsports Park - Tooele, UtahAMA Pro Road Racing returns to Miller Motorsports Park after a two-year hiatus and will share the limelight with the FIM Superbike World Championship. The Miller racetrack, located in Tooele, Utah, is built to European standards and has a number of track configurations available making it an ideal venue for World Superbike. It was 2006 when Yamaha last topped the podium with Jamie Hacking winning both the SuperSport and SuperStock classes.
June 3-5, 2011
Road America - Elkhart Lake, WisconsinElkhart Lake’s epic 4.048-mile road course winds its way through Wisconsin’s beautiful Kettle Moraine country and is one of the most legendary tracks in the United States. The list of racers who have won at Road America reads like a who’s-who of motorcycle champions. Last year, Graves Yamaha’s Josh Hayes took the Day 1 win in the SuperBike class as did Josh Herrin in the Daytona SportBike class. Huntley Nash and J.D. Beach split wins in the SuperSport class giving Yamaha the majority of class wins.
June 17-19, 2011
Barber Motorsports Park - Birmingham, Alabama2011 will mark the ninth time AMA Pro Road Racing has visited the spectacular Alabama complex. Last year’s event brought out over 40,000 fans to watch AMA’s top athletes negotiate the 2.38 mile road course and the last round of the 2010 Road Racing champion-ship. With the SuperBike championship easily in sight, a cautious Josh Hayes cruised to a solid 7th place finish and the AMA title.
Traditional: 3.51-Miles • 12 Turns Short: 2.90-Miles • 12 Turns
2.32-Miles • 11 Turns
3.06-Miles • 15 Turns
4.048-Miles • 14 Turns
2.38-Miles • 14 Turns
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July 8-10, 2011
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course - Lexington, OhioCelebrating fifty years of racing excellence in 2011, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course has been a mainstay on the American road racing scene since 1962. This year will be the 29th running of the AMA Pro Road Racing classic at the Lexington, Ohio, circuit. Josh Hayes was once again the first day winner in the SuperBike class with Josh Herrin (Day-tona SportBike) and J.D. Beach (SuperSport) also taking top honors.
July 22-24, 2011
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca - Monterey, CaliforniaIn addition to AMA Pro Road Racing, Mazda Raceway will play host to the Red Bull U.S. MotoGP. Due to the busy weekend, AMA road racing classes will run single races instead of the customary double-headers. In 2010, Pat Clark Motorsports’ Ben Bostrom took the Super-Bike class win over Graves Yamaha’s Josh Hayes by just 0.4 seconds. In the SuperSport class, Huntley Nash was once again on the top step of the podium.
August 12-14, 2011
Virginia International Raceway - Alton, VirginiaSet in a most picturesque part of the state of Virginia, VIR is a perfect blend of old and new with a high degree of comfort and tradition. Beginning back in 1955, the racetrack has morphed into an 18-turn 2.25 mile ribbon of asphalt that includes several elevation changes and tight passing opportunities. In 2010, Day 2 - Josh Hayes took advantage of both of those features for the SuperBike class win as did Josh Herrin in the Daytona SportBike class. J.D. Beach came out with even better results winning both days of the SuperSport class.
September 2-4, 2011
Thunderbolt Raceway - Millville, New JerseyCentral Southern New Jersey is home to the 2.2-mile road course at the New Jersey Motor-sports Park. Offering two course layouts, Thunderbolt and Lightning, the track can operate two separate events simultaneously. It was on the Thunderbolt track where Josh Hayes swept both days of racing and set the course record time of 28:43:005 in the 21 lap Super-Bike event. Joey Pascarella set the fast lap time record in the SuperSport class at 1:24.358 and the Day 1 class win.
2.2-Miles • 12 Turns
2.25-Miles • 18 Turns
2.238-Miles • 11 Turns
2.258-Miles • 15 Turns
Yamaha Extended Service | Pat Clark Sports | Graves Yamaha
Clockwise Top Left: 1. Chassis technician, Kei Maeda, prepares Chris Clark’s R1. 2. Chris Lessing preparing for Tommy Aquino’s Daytona 200 pit stop. 3. Kyle Guglielmetti and Rick Hobbs check suspension data on Clark’s machine.4. YES “girl” serves and protects... and provides shade.
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Inside The Paddock
Above: Geoff Cesmat provides last minute instructions to Tommy Aquino before the start of practice.
Left: The Fan Walk allows fans to get autographs from their favorite riders.
Below: 2011 Yamaha Extended Service/Pat Clark Sports/Graves Yamaha team.
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R1 Racing Bodywork
17” Magnesium Wheels
Wave Rotors Performance Full Synthetic 15-30w Oil
ECU and Engine Management
YZF-R1
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Exhaust Systems and Controls
CAT 5-520 Sprockets
ERV3 Chain
17” Racing Slicks
Battery
Quick Shifter
Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S. is very proud to announce its extended service consumer program, Yamaha Extended Service (Y.E.S.) sponsorship debut into the exciting sport of Championship Motorcycle Road Racing. In 2011 Yamaha Extended Service will join forces with Pat Clark Sports and Graves Yamaha to field riders Chris Clark and Tommy Aquino in the AMA Championship road race series. The team thanks these additional premier partners which are listed on the panel to the left for their support of the 2011 program.
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Yamaha Extended Service | Pat Clark Sports | Graves Yamaha R6
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Chris Clark #2
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The Yamaha Extended Service/Pat Clark Sports/Graves Yamaha
team will field AMA Pro National Guard American SuperBike con-
tender Chris Clark on the championship winning YZF-R1 prepared by
Graves Motorsports. This will be Chris’ second year in the SuperBike
class. In 2010 Chris’ highlights were a pair of ninth place finishes
at Road Atlanta and finishing 12th in American SuperBike.
Chris began his racing career early by competing in junior
dragster and go-karting events all over the country and was suc-
cessful in winning a national championship as well as two club
championships. He moved on to road racing in 2006 at age 14. One
year later in 2007 Chris began his racing career in WERA West. He
went on to dominate the WERA West Novice class and ended the
season with top point standings in B SuperBike and B SuperStock
classes. In 2007, he won a combined total of eight novice cham-
pionships, six of which were national events, including podium
standings at both WERA Grand National Finals and CCS Race of
Champions. In 2008 Chris began working with the Bazzaz Perfor-
mance team and by the end of the season achieved a tremendous
honor when he was presented with the AMA Sports Road Race
Horizon Award, which recognizes the amateur competitor with
the best prospects for a successful professional career. He also
earned National #1 plates in Expert Unlimited Grand Prix and Ex-
pert Unlimited SuperBike at the AMA Road Race Grand National
Championships. The 2009 season marked the beginning of Chris’
professional career.
Age: 19 DOB: 5/30/91
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
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Tommy Aquino #6
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Returning for his fourth professional season aboard a YZF-R6
riding for Y.E.S. Yamaha Extended Service/Pat Clark Sports/Graves
Yamaha, Tommy Aquino proved he belongs at the top level of AMA
racing with his three pole positions during the 2010 season.
Returning to the Daytona SportBike class for 2011, Tommy has the
experience, team and proven R6 to help accomplish his goals of
getting his first career AMA win and the Daytona SportBike
Championship.
Tommy has been riding and racing motorcycles since he was
six-years-old. He cut his teeth in motocross before following his
father’s footsteps and switching to road racing in ’03. Later that
year, he made his first international start at the World Mini Grand
Prix in Valencia, Spain, where he finished 7th in a field of 50 inter-
national riders. During the 2004 and 2005 seasons he proceeded to
make a name for himself in CMRRA, SoCal Mini GP and WERA racing,
racking up many wins in the expert classes. He also competed in
the AMA Supermoto Invitational where he finished fourth at the
season ending event in Las Vegas.
In 2006 Tommy continued to hone his skills when he finished
2nd in the West Coast USGPRU and 4th at the WERA Nationals
after traveling to selected rounds of the series. By now working
with Chuck Graves, he was instructed to focus on the 2007 WERA
National Challenge where he won the 600 Expert SuperBike Class
and finished 2nd in the 600 Expert SuperStock as well as winning
both championships for those classes in the WERA West.
Anxiously awaiting the start of his professional career by
finally obtaining his AMA license, Tommy made his AMA pro debut
at Miller Motorsports Park in 2008 at the age of 16 years and 2
days. He finished a very credible 7th place and continued the rest
of the season with top ten finishes, paving the way for his 2008
AMA Rookie of the Year award. He joined the Graves Motorsports
Yamaha Team in 2009 and finished inside the top ten in the
Championship standings in both of his first two seasons.
Age: 18 DOB: 5/24/92
Hometown: Woodland Hills, CA
AMA Pro National Guard American SuperBike Championship2011 will be the 36th anniversary of SuperBike racing in the United States. Josh Hayes
and his Monster Energy Graves Yamaha R1 are the reigning class champions. The AMA
Pro National Guard American SuperBike class features the biggest, fastest flagship motorcycles available on the market today. American SuperBikes
approach 200 horsepower, tip the scales at 370 lbs. and feature the most talented veteran racers in the series as they battle it out at over 195 mph on
some of the fastest tracks in the country. Over the past decade many former AMA SuperBike champions, including two of the last three, have gone
on to become FIM Moto GP Champion and FIM World SuperBike Champion. Nicky Hayden, the 2002 SuperBike champion went on to claim the 2006
MotoGP title while three-time AMA SuperBike champion Ben Spies most recently earned the 2009 World SuperBike title aboard a Yamaha R1 in his
rookie season. These past few years, race fans have witnessed the re-emergence of the American SuperBike class as one of the most competitive in
the AMA Pro Road Racing Championship.
AMA Pro Daytona SportBikeThis is the class that hones the skills of the young racers as they prove they have what it takes to become an AMA Pro Road Racing champion. With more
eligible motorcycles from more manufacturers than any other class in the world, Daytona SportBike has produced some of the most action-packed races
in the AMA Pro Racing series over the past two seasons. Racers move up from the SuperSport class to compete in the faster Daytona SportBike class
to show they have the mettle to earn an American SuperBike ride. With such a wide variety of riders and machines filling the grid at each and every
round, the Daytona SportBike Championship is in a class all its own.
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AMA Road Racing 2011 ScheduleRound One March 10-12 Daytona Int. Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
Round Two May 13-15 Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA
Round Three May 27-30 Miller Motorsports, Tooele, UT
Round Four June 3-5 Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI
Round Five June 17-19 Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, AL
Round Six July 8-10 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, OH
Round Seven July 22-24 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA
Round Eight August 12-14 Virginia International Raceway, Alton, VA
Round Nine September 2-4 New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville, NJ
Round Ten TBD
Dates subject to change
AMA Pro Racing
Chris Clark #2 on a Yamaha R1 and Tommy Aquino #6 on a Yamaha R6 will
compete in the AMA Pro Road Racing series.
Media Contact: Kevin Foley • 714-761-7800 • [email protected] the lastest Yamaha Racing news go to: www.yamaha-motor.com/racing
American SuperBike2010 Josh Hayes1991 Thomas Stevens
Daytona SportBike (Manufacturer’s Championship)2009
SuperSport (Current Era)2010-East J.D. Beach2010-West Joey Pascarella2010-Top Gun Tyler O’Hara2010-National Austin Dehaven2009-East Josh Day2009-West Ricky Parker
SuperSport (Pre-2009)2008 Ben Bostrom2006 Jamie Hacking2003 Jamie Hacking1994 Jamie James1990 David Sadowski1989 Scott Zampach
SuperStock2006 Jamie Hacking2004 Aaron Gobert1995 Tom Kipp
250 Grand Prix2003 Rich Oliver2001 Jim Filice2000 Charles Sorensen1999 Charles Sorensen1998 Roland Sands1997 Rich Oliver1996 Rich Oliver1995 Rich Oliver1994 Rich Oliver1993 Jim Filice1992 Colin Edwards II1991 Jim Filice1990 Doug Brauneck1989 John Kocinski1988 John Kocinski1987 John Kocinski1984 Don Greene1983 Randy Renfrow1982 Gary McDonald1979 Freddie Spencer1978 Randy Mamola1977 Dave Emde
Formula One1981 Dale Singleton1980 Richard Schlachter1979 Richard Schlachter1978 Mike Baldwin1977 Kenny Roberts1976 Randy Cleek
Middleweight Team Challenge/GTU Endurance1990 Northstar Racing1989 Team Toomer1986 Paul Smith Racing1985 Double Down Racing
Past Yamaha AMA Championships
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