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On a Roll

Local favorite Ben Bostrom is riding high in the Supersport class after scoring his second victory of the season at Auto Club Speedway. Bostrom now has a pair of wins, a runner-up finish and two poles so far this season.

His Graves Motorsports Yamaha teammate, Josh Herrin, is second in the championship on the strength of his consistent, podium-placing performances. So far, the 17-year-old has a win, a runner-up finish, a third, and pole position at the last race.

Breaking Up the 1-2

Erion Honda's Jake Zemke snapped Graves Motorsports Yamaha's 1-2 race and qualifying streak at Auto Club Speedway by getting between the blue duo in the last race with a second-place finish.

Missing From Action

A trio of Supersport front-runners have been sidelined by early-season injuries. In addition to Tommy Hayden's misfortunes, his younger brother, reigning class champion Roger Hayden, is recuperating from a spill at Barber Motorsports Park. Also, former Spanish Supersport champ Martin Cardenas of Team M4 EMGO Suzuki suffered a broken left femur in the same opening-lap crash that took out Tommy Hayden.

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Teammate vs. Teammate

Superbike and Supersport aren't the only classes to feature tight teammate vs. teammate rivalries at the front. Following a pair of missteps at the season's opening two races, Erion Honda teammates Jake Zemke and Josh Hayes finally got in a full flag-to-flag showdown at Auto Club Speedway. After 17 laps of intense battling, the two were separated by just 0.013 seconds at the checkered flag with Zemke picking up his second-straight FX win and the championship lead.

Hayes, who scored a combined eleven wins in 2007, is still searching for his first victory in 2008.

Duck in the Hunt

Leo Vince Foremost Insurance Ducati Team's Larry Pegram made the Fontana race a three-way affair most of the way. In the end, Pegram claimed his second podium result of the season and expects to be even more of a threat as his new Ducati 848 continues to develop.