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M4 Suzuki>> DISALVO EIGHTH IN NEW JERSEY FOR TEAM M4 SUZUKI

September 10 2009

The 2009 AMA Pro Daytona SportBike season finale at New Jersey Motorsports Park turned out to be a virtual repeat of Saturday's stirring charge for Team M4 Suzuki and Jason DiSalvo.

After running wide in the opening corner of Saturday's 23-lap final, DiSalvo was pushed off in the same spot on Sunday, dropping all the way down to 28th position following the conclusion of the opening lap.

DiSalvo, who picked and weaved his way up to 13th from 35th on Saturday, was even more impressive today, guiding his GSX-R600 to a remarkable eighth-place result at the checkered flag.

"It was the same story as yesterday only today wasn't my fault," DiSalvo said. "Chaz Davies got in there pretty deep and I stood it up to avoid impact but we still go together a little bit. He got into my front tire and I just had no place to go really.

"It was very frustrating. I was sitting out there in the gravel trap thinking, 'I've got to do this again?' But I just put my head down and started picking guys off and was surprised to end up in eighth place. I didn't look at my board the entire race until the very final lap. I couldn't believe I was that high up and I was surprised the race was over that quick because I was in traffic the entire time. It made the race fly by.

"2009 is in the books so now we're looking forward to 2010."

The 2009 AMA Pro Road Racing series was an extremely successful season for Team M4 Suzuki. Despite being forced to sit out this weekend's finale due to injury, season-long title contender Martin Cardenas ended the year ranked third in Daytona SportBike with 340 points. The Colombian led the SportBike class with seven victories and earned ten podiums in all to go along with his first career pole position.

DiSalvo, who finished fifth in the championship with 283 points, scored a class-leading six Superpole wins and earned six podium finishes of his own.

Cardenas and DiSalvo twice earned a 1-2 result for the team and were on the podium together on three occasions.

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