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Jake Holden Comes From Behind To Win In Utah

Miller Motorsports Park
Tooele, UT May 31, 2009

JAKE HOLDEN TAKES TOP SPOT AT MILLER WORLD SUPERBIKE GTO EVENT

Jake Holden returned to his winning ways at the World Superbike support event held at Miller Motorsports Park this weekend. Riding his Corona Extra Honda CBR1000RR Superbike in front of what looked like a record crowd, Jake finished with an eight second cushion at the checkered flag in the Larry H. Miller GTO event.

The weekend started well as Jake quickly got accustomed to a new bike spec that the team had put together to address the altitude and often high desert temperatures. At the end of qualifying Jake was in pole position with a time that was better than a number of the World Superbike riders. Considering the spec of his bike was fully AMA Superbike legal without the benefits of special engine parts, fuel and suspension as allowed in World SuperBike everyone was very happy. Jake said, “I had a really good qualifying lap going and got blocked so went on do one more and they put the checkers out early! I know that there was at least another half second to go!” That half second would have put him well in the WSB mix!

On race day the crowd, enjoying beautiful weather, saw Jake make one of his less-than-stellar starts and into fourth at the first turn. Riding against a number of his regular AMA opponents Jake stalked the three ahead for a few laps as they all broke away from the rest of the field. Setting them all up and with some bold moves he was able to pass all three on one lap. Thereafter he put his head down and slowly drew away crossing the line eight seconds ahead of second place, David Anthony.

At the podium a delighted Holden thanked Miller Motorsports Park for putting on the race and all the fans for coming out to watch. He credited his crew for putting together a great bike; “We had a little bit of sorting to do as we did not get much track time but the guys got it working great and I just held on!” he joked.

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