Copyright 2004, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Sunday was just another day at the office for Yoshimura Suzuki’s Mat Mladin at California Speedway. The intense Australian took an early lead with his Dunlop-shod GSX-R1000 in the second AMA Superbike race of the weekend, pulled away with 1:25 lap times no one else could match and came home nearly 10 seconds ahead of second place.

Not only was the win the third consecutive of the 2004 season for Mladin, the four-time and defending AMA Superbike Champion, it also moved Mladin into first on the all-time AMA Superbike win list with 27 victories.

Ducati Austin’s Eric Bostrom was runner-up for the second day in a row. Erion Honda’s Jake Zemke improved from fourth Saturday to third today. And American Honda’s Miguel Duhamel passed teammate Ben Bostrom late in the race to take fourth. Ben Bostrom finished fifth, well clear of DXS Diablo Suzuki’s Steve Crevier. Prieto Racing’s Geoff May finished sixth, the highest-finishing privateer for the second day in a row. Triangle Cycles Yamaha’s Larry Pegram, Empire Racing Suzuki’s Lee Acree (who was riding in his third consecutive race of the day) and Hooters Suzuki’s Eric Wood completed the top 10. Lee’s Cycles/Roadracingworld.com’s Jeremy Toye finished 11th on a Yamaha YZF-R1 test bike, which was still equipped with stock suspension, stock exhaust system and stock bodywork with the headlight and taillight taped over.

Provisional AMA Superbike Race Two Results:

1. Mat Mladin, Suzuki, 28 laps
2. Eric Bostrom, Ducati, -9.917 seconds
3. Jake Zemke, Honda, -24.699 seconds
4. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, -27.346 seconds
5. Ben Bostrom, Honda, -27.728 seconds
6. Steve Crevier, Suzuki, -74.390 seconds
7. Geoff May, Suzuki, -77.192 seconds
8. Larry Pegram, Yamaha, -1 lap
9. Lee Acree, Suzuki, -1 lap
10. Eric Wood, Suzuki, -1 lap
11. Jeremy Toye, Yamaha, -1 lap
12. Scott Jensen, Suzuki, -1 lap
13. Clint McBain, Suzuki
14. Cory West, Suzuki
15. Jeff Williams, Suzuki
16. John Haner, Suzuki
17. Jason Curtis, Suzuki
18. David Bell, Suzuki
19. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki
20. Rob Mesa, Suzuki
21. Mark Ledesma, Honda
22. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki
23. Corey Sarros, Suzuki
24. Chris Siglin, Yamaha

29. Josh Hayes, Kawasaki
30. Shawn Higbee, Suzuki, DNF
31. Craig Connell, Suzuki, DNF

33. Marty Craggill, Suzuki, DNF, crash

35. Chris Caylor, Suzuki, DNS


Provisional AMA Superbike Point Standings (after 3 of 18 races):

1. Mladin, 112 points
2. Zemke, 88 points
3. Duhamel, 85 points
4. Pegram, 74 points
5. Eric Bostrom, 70 points
6. Acree, 67 points
7. May, 64 points
8. TIE, Jensen/Wood, 57 points
10. Haner, 53 points