Spies Comes From Behind To Win Road Atlanta Race Two
September 2, 2008
Ben Spies fought from behind to record his first race win in eight races and provisionally confirm his status as the 2008 AMA Superbikes Champion, pending Mat Mladin’s appeal over his VIR points penalty. [read more]
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Mladin Wins Race One At Road Atlanta
September 1, 2008
Matt Mladin took what turned out to be fairly comfortable win for him in the opening race at Road Atlanta on Saturday, while teammate Ben Spies recovered from a nightmare start to take second. [read more]
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Relentless Suzuki Prepare For Knockhill
July 31, 2008
The Relentless Suzuki by TAS team could be found testing at Knockhill today, ahead of the British Superbikes racing there in just over a week’s time. [read more]
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AMA Superbikes Championship - Mid-Ohio Preview
July 31, 2008
After a thrilling weekend of superbike racing at the Laguna Seca circuit last time out, the AMA Championship moves to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car course this weekend.
The Lexington circuit has hosted America’s premier motorbike racing series since the series’ inception in 1983, and it rarely fails to deliver exciting results. [read more]
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Mladin Storms To Convincing Win At Laguna Seca
July 22, 2008
Mat Mladin came away with an important win with a solid performance at an action packed Laguna Seca this weekend that saw both the MotoGP and AMA Superbikes Championship racing on the famous California track.
Sunday’s racing began with the prestigious MotoGP race which saw AMA stars Ben Spies and Jamie Hacking take part as wild card entry and replacement rider respectively. Hacking came a respectable 11th while Spies went even better to finish 8th, even lapping as one of the fastest riders on the track towards the end of the race, only legends Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner out-pacing the American.
The start of the AMA race saw Ben Spies try to keep up his form by leading most of the first lap, only to be overtaken by Mladin going into the second lap. The Australian was then unstoppable as he opened up a comfortable lead to power through to the end. Spies finshed comfortably second, with Aaron Yates pipping Jamie Hacking to the final podium spot by less than 0.1 of a second.
Mladin has now scored two consecutive wins, helping to close the gap on Spies in the rider’s Championship after the Texan had won 7 consecutive races.
The AMA Superbike championship will continue in two weeks time at the Mid-Ohio Sports car course the first weekend of August.
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AMA Superbikes at Laguna Seca
July 16, 2008
The AMA Superbikes Championship visits the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca circuit this weekend in the first of two scheduled rounds at the famous circuit in Monterey, California.
The July weekend has also become an annual meeting with the MotoGP Championship, the riders from the premiere motorbike racing championship competing here over the same sellout weekend. [read more]
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AMA Superbikes 2008 TV Schedule Confirmed
April 16, 2008
The 2008 schedule of racing in the AMA Superbike championship was confirmed last week, with extensive sirtime throughout the season.
All television coverage will be through ‘Speed TV’ and includes both live and delayed coverage of every superbikes round, from Barber Motorsports this weekend to Laguna Seca at the end of the season in September. Speed TV will also be covering Supersport and Superstock racing from each round. [read more]
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AMA Superbikes Testing in Sonoma Valley
April 4, 2008
Infineon Raceway was host to some of the top riders in the AMA Superbikes Championship this week ahead of the fourth round of the championship scheduled here for May 16-18.
The results went very much to form, with Mat Mladin once again dominating ahead of the other superbikes riders. He posted a fasted lap of 1′34.76, unofficially beating the track record set in 2008 by Mladin’s teammate Ben Spies. [read more]
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Mladin Dominates in Championship Opener
March 8, 2008
The opening race of the 2008 AMA Superbikes Championship brought few surprises today as Mat Mladin ran away with the opening race of the season, leading from start to finish and never really looking under pressure. The Australian was followed by Suzuki teammate Ben Spies, who finished 4 seconds behind him after a shaky start on the Daytona International Speedway. [read more]
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Mladin Claims First Pole Of 2008
March 7, 2008
Mat Mladin drew first blood in the AMA Superbikes Championship yesterday, claiming the first pole position of the season in qualifying at Daytona International Speedway.
Mladin fought all through qualifying with teammate Ben Spies, both of them on their works Suzuki GSX-R1000s, but it was the Australian who won through in the end with a time of 1′35.759.
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