Saturday’s rain makes for action-packed Sunday at Mid-Ohio for the AMA - Speedway Digest

Mother Nature may not have cooperated for Saturday’s on-track action of the Buckeye SuperBike Weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, but it makes for an action-packed Sunday schedule.

With the first day’s qualifying sessions and races washed out by rain, AMA Pro Racing will move all of the weekend’s green-to-checkered action to Sunday.

Early morning rainfall resulted in a delayed start Saturday, and the most experienced riders, those in the AMA Pro SuperBike class, tested the track and reported back on the circuit’s conditions. When the skies cleared and the track dried sufficiently, the SuperBike, GoPro Daytona GoPro SportBike, and SuperSport classes worked in afternoon practice sessions. Monster Energy Graves Yamaha’s Josh Hayes (1:31.889), RoadRace Factory/Red Bull’s Jake Gagne (1:30.944) and TOBC Racing Suzuki’s Hayden Gillim (1:37.700) led the way in their respective classes.

An abbreviated schedule then called for the races to be grid by points. Unfortunately, returning and recurring showers spoiled multiple attempts to stage Saturday’s contests as the day progressed.

In an attempt to hold races in the afternoon, the SuperBike riders had a 10-minute evaluation period, but between the completion of that session and the call to grid, conditions worsened and no bikes went on-track the rest of the day.

Sunday’s schedule has been pushed forward forty minutes and will now get underway at 8 a.m. local time (5 a.m. PT) with the opening AMA Pro Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Series session. The remainder of the day’s slate is still being determined.

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