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The 2009 AMA Pro Racing tour roars into Road Atlanta this weekend for the Suzuki Superbike Showdown April 3-5.

The co-headlining attractions of the weekend will be a pair of doubleheader races for the AMA Pro National Guard American Superbike presented by Parts Unlimited series and the Daytona SportBike presented by AMSOIL series.

Each class will feature 20-lap races on both Saturday, April 4 and Sunday, April 5. [Full Story »] 

It looked at first like a chink the Audi armor had finally been found, when the defending wining team of Allan McNish, Dindo Capello and Emanuele Pirro fell two laps off the pace at the beginning of the 1,000 mile-10-hour endurance event when McNish crashed the car on the grid formation lap prior to the race.

The Audi team fought back, getting the Scot back on the circuit two laps behind. [Full Story »] 

Several area racers found their way into victory lane at area racetracks over the weekend.

Commerce racer Ty Lowe added some hardware to his trophy shelf by winning the Crate Late Model division at Lavonia Speedway Friday night. It was his second win on area dirt tracks in as many weeks.

Paul Kelley of Pendergrass and Braselton’s Shane Sawyer put on a late-race duel at Lanier National Speedway Saturday, swapping the lead three times in the last five laps before Kelley took the lead for good. Sawyer made a late charge, but Kelley was able to just stay ahead at the finish line for the win in the 100-lap Pro Late model event. [Full Story »]