Aaron Yates won the AMA Superbike race at Brainerd International Raceway by 2.714 seconds, his lead shrinking from more than 6 seconds after he slowed the pace.

Yates had good reason to ease the pace, since Mat Mladin and Ben Bostrom both pitted for new rear Dunlop tires during the race, their tires visibly losing large sections of tread rubber but continuing to hold air.

Mladin's rear tire came apart on lap 12 of 21 while he raced Yates for the lead. Bostrom's came apart a few laps later, while he ran in fourth.

Yates slowed his pace to 1:38s while Kurtis Roberts and Miguel Duhamel closed in, continuing to run 1:37s.

Duhamel passed Roberts on the last lap to finish second.

On the podium, Yates reported that his rear wheel started to vibrate during the race; he attributed it to a lost wheel weight, but he may have just been being diplomatic, since vibration is typically the first sign that a tire is starting to come apart.

Results
AMA Superbike
Brainerd International Raceway
Brainerd, Minnesota
June 29
21 laps
1. Aaron Yates, Suzuki
2. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, -2.714 seconds
3. Kurtis Roberts, Honda, -2.840
4. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki, -8.661
5. Giovanni Bussei, Ducati, -21.247
6. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki, -32.958
7. Mat Mladin, Suzuki, -49.270
8. Jordan Szoke, Suzuki, -54.419
9. Shawn Higbee, Suzuki, -54.700
10. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki, -64.375

AMA 600cc Supersport Results
Brainerd International Raceway
Brainerd, Minnesota
13 laps
1. Miguel Duhamel, Honda
2. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha, -0.182 second
3. Ben Spies, Suzuki, -3.882
4. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha, -6.450
5. Rob Jensen, Yamaha, -6.627
6. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, -7.151
7. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda, -17.021
8. Tony Meiring, Kawasaki, -18.828
9. Alex Gobert, Honda, -18.954
10. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, -19.685

FX Results
13 laps, 60 kilometres
Race Time, 21 minutes, 8.940 seconds
Race Average Speed, 110.6 mph
1. Jake Zemke, Honda, Dunlop, CBR954RR
2. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha YZF-R1, Dunlop, -1.095 seconds
3. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha YZF-R1, Dunlop, -1.398
4. Josh Hayes, Suzuki GSX-R1000, Dunlop, -2.399
5. Ben Spies, Suzuki GSX-R1000, Dunlop, -2.675
6. Marty Craggill, Honda CBR954RR, Dunlop, -8.985
7. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki GSX-R1000, Dunlop, -10.909
8. Steve Rapp, Suzuki GSX-R1000, Michelin, -12.362
9. Adam Fergusson, Suzuki GSX-R1000, Dunlop, -18.094
10. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki GSX-R1000, Pirelli, -43.307

Provisional Formula Xtreme Point Standings
1. Damon Buckmaster, 182 points
2. Ben Spies, 174
3. Josh Hayes, 163
4. Jake Zemke, 161
5. Adam Fergusson, 153
6. Marty Craggill, 144
7. Steve Rapp, 132
8. Jamie Hacking, 129
9. Jason Pridmore, 114
10. Jimmy Moore, 111