Lexington, OH (August 4, 2007) - In a very exciting AMA Superbike battle here at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Yates earned fourth place and 27 valuable points in the AMA Superbike Championship during race one of the weekend's doubleheader.  Yates started today's event on the front row in fourth place and quickly moved his Dunlop shod Suzuki GSX-R1000 into second place for two laps in the abbreviated event.  

A red flag caused a stoppage of the racing activities leaving riders with 12 laps to complete on the restart.  A race which normally would be 26 laps was completed today in 24 according to the lap chart provided by the AMA. 

During the event, Yates was momentarily relegated to sixth position through several late braking passes by on track competitors and he moved in fifth place when one rider lost his grip and low sided out of contention.  Yates battled for 13 laps to move into fourth place and narrowly (.027 secs) missed the last slot on the podium.  

On Sunday, Yates will return to the track to battle in race two of the Superbike schedule here at Mid-Ohio.  Prior though, both Jake Holden and Yates will compete in the 16 lap AMA Superstock event at 1:00 pm EST.

Saturday's AMA Superbike results brought to you by www.AMASuperbike.com.  Race fans can watch live timing and scoring by clicking here just before the scheduled start time of the race. http://www.amaproracing.com/live/atthewire.html