Henny Ray Abrams | April 7, 2009
House of Kawasaki’s Dustin Dominguez was one of several riders who fell victim to the brief rain showers during Sunday’s SuperSport race at Road Atlanta.Dominguez was exiting the right hand turn seven, before heading down the long back straight, when the rear end of his Kawasaki ZX-6R went sideways on the fourth of 14 laps. As this photo sequence shows, Dominguez was thrown over the highside, but he was unhurt in the crash.Dominguez was the first of three riders to fall in turn seven. Following Dominguez, Rockwall Honda’s Lloyd Worrell and Frankie Gillim fell. Monster Energy Attack Kawasaki’s Leandro Mercado fell one turn earlier.Following the spate of crashes, the race was red-flagged and only re-started once the rain stopped and the track was mostly dry.Mercado went on to win the 14-lap race by 2.893 secs. over Team Zyvax’s Joshua Day (Yam) and LTD Racing’s Joey Pascarella.
Henny Ray Abrams | Contributing Editor
Abrams is the longest-serving contributor at Cycle News. Over the course of his 35-some years of writing and shooting photos, he’s covered events from MotoGP to the Motocross World Championship - and everything in between.
