Source: AMA Pro Racing.

The 2014 AMA Pro Road Racing season enjoyed a fitting conclusion today at New Jersey Motorsports Park as Monster Energy Graves Yamaha’s Josh Hayes claimed the final chequered flag with the front wheel of his R1 lofted in the air.

Hayes eventually broke free following a frenetic first half to claim the seventh victory of his dominant 2014 campaign with nearly five seconds in hand.

Earlier in the race, Hayes found himself battling with Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing teammates Roger Hayden and Martin Cardenas, along with his works Yamaha teammate, Cameron Beaubier.

Meanwhile, an impressive Bernat Martinez on the Proto-Tech Spain Yamaha YZF-R1 and KTM/HMC’s Chris Fillmore watched closely in tow.

Saturday winner Hayden ran off track on lap two and immediately dropped to near the bottom of the top 10. Beaubier slipped past Cardenas into second that same lap but Hayes already had a 2.5s lead at that point.

However, the Hayes’ early advantage evaporated in an instant, as he made a mistake of his own; Hayes ran off track and into the dirt in turn one on lap four and drop to third.

After quickly working back past Cardenas, Hayes found himself nearly two seconds behind his fleet rookie teammate and charged hard to make up the time.

After five laps of whittling away at the gap, Hayes dove back into the lead on lap nine in turn one. A few laps later, Beaubier looked to return the favor, however the young pilot couldn’t hold his line after storming back through into the lead and crashed out of the race.

At that point Hayes sailed off to claim his 48th career AMA Pro SuperBike victory. The win was Hayes’ ninth at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

“I was having so much fun other than that stupid off-road thing I did in turn one,” Hayes said. “Running down Cam was so hard but I was so enjoying myself and trying so hard. I really used up a lot of my energy trying to do that. We got up there and got to going back and forth. I was absolutely gutted to see Cam fall down – I really wanted to see a Yamaha 1-2.”

Hayden, who came into the weekend with a separated shoulder, clawed his way back up through the field to close in on Cardenas. The two went back-and-forth on the race’s final laps with Hayden ultimately getting the better of the melee to claim second.

The result, combined with Beaubier’s misfortunate, allowed the Suzuki rider to steal the runner-up spot in the championship as well. Cardenas claimed his fourth podium result of the season with his Sunday third.

Fillmore suffered another DNF while Martinez held off ADR Motorsports’ David Anthony for fourth by a scant 0.019 seconds at the flag. That impossibly small distance was also the difference between fourth and fifth in the 2014 championship for Anthony as he lost out to today’s seventh-place finisher, Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing’s Chris Clark by a single point in the final tally.

2014 AMA Pro GoPro Daytona SportBike champion Jake Gagne closed it out in style on Sunday, running away with the season finale. Gagne won his third contest of the year, topping Yamaha Extended Service/Monster Energy/Graves/Yamaha’s Garrett Gerloff and yesterday’s winner, Dane Westby of Yamalube/Westby Racing.

Houston Superbikes’ Dustin Dominguez won a tight 16-lap race in AMA Pro SuperSport over TOBC Racing’s Hayden Gillim, but Gillim won the championship by two points anyway after winning on Saturday. Wyatt Farris of Celtic Racing/HVMC earned third to end his year with a podium result.

It didn’t come without a fair amount of drama and grit, but Ruthless Racing/Trev Deeley Motorcycles’ Danny Eslick ultimately came through to win the 2014 AMA Pro Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Series title.

2014 AMA Pro Superbike Championship
Round seven – New Jersey Motorsports Park

AMA Pro SuperBike race two results:
1. Josh Hayes
2. Roger Hayden
3. Martin Cardenas
4. Bernat Martinez
5. David Anthony (AUS)
6. Jodi Christie
7. Chris Clark
8. Larry Pegram
9. Chris Ulrich
10. Taylor Knapp

AMA Pro SuperBike championship standings:
1. Josh Hayes 285
2. Roger Hayden 231
3. Cameron Beaubier 206
4. Chris Clark 176
5. David Anthony (AUS) 175
6. Martin Cardenas 147
7. Cory West 124
8. Chris Fillmore 119
9. Larry Pegram 105
10. Bernat Martinez 98

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