- abate_of_ks_ : Thank you guys for coming out, we went out looking for you at the american legion and you had already left. Thank you for coming out.
- hendrix01us : I cant believe the weather moved in like it did, about 30 min before i was going to head to hooters and try and meet you all!
- roudy : Bike wash starts tomorrow night at Hooter
- Jimmy : Pat LOL
- Jimmy : Hooters on Wed night is the TSR sponsered bike night
- hendrix01us : does everyone goto hooters on wed?
- Jimmy : Thanks to everyone that came out to the Topeka Zoo Dream Night!!!
- Jimmy : Great night at the track everyone. Glad to see alot of you out there. See ya next time.
- roudy : Bike night come one come all
- Jimmy : MJ's AMA Pro Bike will be on display at Heartland Park Topeka from 10-5 today. Gate "A"
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Josh Hayes earned his first AMA Superbike victory at Infineon Raceway in the blistering Sonoma, CA. heat on Saturday, May 16. In doing so he gave Yamaha its first AMA Superbike win since 2002 and the new crossplane crankshaft YZF-R1 its first-ever American Superbike win. The victory also vaulted the popular Yamaha racer from sixth to third in the standings with five out of 12 events completed in this year’s championship. Meanwhile teammate Ben Bostrom fared nearly as well, leading the first of the weekend’s two Superbike races before crashing and recovering to finish ninth, then coming back on Sunday to finish second in the next Superbike race, with Hayes solidly in fourth. 
Superbike... On Friday, Hayes and Bostrom earned second and fourth grid positions in Superpole qualifying. Then on Saturday Mladin took the early lead in the first Superbike race, with Yamaha’s Bostrom swooping past him on lap two, only to low-side in hairpin Turn 11 soon afterwards. The miscue put Mladin back into the lead – but only briefly, for Hayes was next to attack, taking the lead on lap three and holding it all the way to the checkered flag. “It felt like the longest race of my life,” Hayes admitted afterwards. “The pace wasn’t that fast but it was miserably hot, and I’m happy to get the new R1 a win in the United States.” Yamaha Road Racing team manager Tom Halverson added, “This is a super-big win for us because we have expected a lot from the new R1 model. Once we figured it all out we were able to give both riders something truly competitive to use.” 
Thwarted in race one, Bostrom had unfinished business to address in Sunday’s second Superbike race – like claiming a win of his own. But Mladin again jumped to the early lead and despite pressure from Bostrom and fellow pursuers Tommy Hayden and Hayes, the running order of the top four stayed constant throughout the 22-lap event. Mladin put in some fast early laps to build up a useful advantage over Bostrom, but the Yamaha rider closed the advantage to under a second at one point, and ultimately finished only 1.8 seconds in arrears at the flag. “It’s a tough track, one of the toughest we go to,” Bostrom admitted afterwards. “I love it so much and I’ve always wanted to win a Superbike race here.” Bostrom now lies fourth in Superbike points, just behind teammate Hayes. 