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M4 Suzuki>> CARDENAS VICTORIOUS IN KANSAS FOR TEAM M4 SUZUKI

August 05 2009

 
Team M4 Suzuki's Martin Cardenas put in a heroic effort on Sunday at Heartland Park Topeka in Topeka, KS to score a thrilling final-lap victory and reclaim a piece of the 2009 AMA Pro Daytona SportBike championship lead.

The Colombian was once again embroiled in an intense battle with his championship rival, Danny Eslick, at the head of a four and five-man lead group disputing Sunday's win.

Facing an obvious straight-line deficit, Cardenas looked to fighting an uphill battle in his hopes to climb back to the top spot on the podium. However, he leveraged the strengths of his sweet-handling Suzuki GSX-R600 and timed his assault for the dramatic triumph perfectly.

Martin made a pair of slick maneuvers to take control of first on the 50-mile race's final lap and held on to claim the checkered flag in first position by 0.245 seconds. The former Spanish Supersport champ's title hopes got an additional boost when Josh Herrin slotted between Cardenas and Eslick on the final lap, leaving the two tied with 318 points apiece and four races remaining on the 2009 schedule.

Cardenas, ecstatic with his hard-earned triumph and relieved to get his seventh victory on the season after a few disappointing outings recently, said, "The race was very tough. I knew it was going to be very difficult to win here today because of the power of the Buell in a straight line but today I noticed the pace wasn't as good as yesterday and Danny was struggling a little bit in the first part of the circuit. I made a move three or four laps from the end and tried to get a little bit of a gap where I saw that he was struggling but he came right back by me again so I decided to wait for the last lap and try to maintain the position and just hope he didn't come by in a straight line before the finish line.

"In the end it worked out. It was a very good race. My Suzuki worked awesome and thanks to the team for doing such a great job and believing in me."

Teammate Jason DiSalvo put in a strong ride of his own, joining Cardenas in the race's top four after leading several laps at the beginning of the contest after starting from pole.

The New Yorker was a factor with the lead group throughout the stunning affair and ultimately crossed the strip less than 1.5 seconds off the win.

DiSalvo remains ranked fifth in the Daytona SportBike title hunt with 235, just six points removed from fourth.

Team M4 Suzuki will look to add to their victory tally with an eye on taking the next step towards the 2009 Daytona SportBike championship in two weeks time at Virginia International Raceway on August 14-16.

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