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No | Round/Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winner | |
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1 | R1 | Daytona International Speedway | March 10–12 | Josh Hayes | Ben Bostrom | Blake Young |
R2 | Blake Young | Blake Young | ||||
2 | R1 | Infineon Raceway | May 13–15 | Josh Hayes | Josh Hayes | Josh Hayes |
R2 | Tommy Hayden | Tommy Hayden | ||||
3 | R1 | Miller Motorsports Park † | May 28–30 | Josh Hayes | Tommy Hayden | Blake Young |
4 | R1 | Road America | June 3–5 | Josh Hayes | Blake Young | Blake Young |
R2 | Josh Hayes | Josh Hayes | ||||
5 | R1 | Barber Motorsports Park | June 17–19 | Josh Hayes | Tommy Hayden | Martín Cárdenas |
R2 | Blake Young | Blake Young | ||||
6 | R1 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | July 8–10 | Blake Young | Tommy Hayden | Blake Young |
R2 | Blake Young | Tommy Hayden | ||||
7 | R1 | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca ‡ | July 22–24 | Josh Hayes | Josh Hayes | Tommy Hayden |
8 | R1 | New Jersey Motorsports Park | September 2–4 | Josh Hayes | Josh Hayes | Josh Hayes |
R2 | Steve Rapp | Blake Young |
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Pos | Manufacturer | DAY | INF | MIL | RAM | BAR | MOH | LGS | NJR | Points | ||||||
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1 | Suzuki | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 405 |
2 | Yamaha | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 347 |
3 | BMW | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 214 |
4 | Kawasaki | 17 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 15 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 142 |
5 | Buell | Ret | 12 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 83 | |||||
6 | EBR | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 57 | |||||||||
7 | KTM | 7 | 9 | DNS | Ret | 18 | 29 | |||||||||
8 | Honda | 18 | 13 | 11 | ||||||||||||
Pos | Manufacturer | DAY | INF | MIL | RAM | BAR | MOH | LGS | NJR | Points |
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