Spies Beats Mladin, Zemke To Win First Superbike Race At Barber Motorsports Park

Spies Beats Mladin, Zemke To Win First Superbike Race At Barber Motorsports Park

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AMA Superbike Championship Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama April 21 Race Results: 1. Ben Spies (Suz GSX-R1000), 28 laps 2. Mat Mladin (Suz GSX-R1000), -10.723 seconds 3. Jake Zemke (Hon CBR1000RR), -16.366 seconds 4. Miguel Duhamel (Hon CBR1000RR), -27.630 seconds 5. Tommy Hayden (Kaw ZX-10R), -27.965 seconds 6. Neil Hodgson, Dun 999R), -30.428 seconds 7. Aaron Yates (Suz GSX-R1000), -44.866 seconds, crash 8. John Haner, (Suz GSX-R1000), -44.992 seconds 9. Ben Bostrom, (Duc 999R), -46.158 seconds 10. Jason Pridmore, (Suz GSX-R1000), -67.277 seconds 11. Steve Rapp, (Suz GSX-R1000), -76.879 seconds 12. Larry Pegram, (Hon CBR1000RR) -79.329 seconds 13. Pascal Picotte, (Yam YZF-R1), -82.794 seconds 14. Roger Hayden, (Kaw ZX-10R), -1 lap, crash 15. Clint McBain, (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, -1.781 seconds 16. Cory West, (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, -6.892 seconds 17. Jason Curtis, (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, -10.923 seconds 18. Eric Wood, (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, -26.454 seconds 19. Akira Tamitsuji, (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, -33.531 seconds 20. Kevin Lacombe, (Yam ZZF-R1), -1 lap, -33.567 seconds 21. Brian Stokes, (Yam YZF-R1), -1 lap, -49.000 seconds 22. Taylor Knapp, (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, -51.743 seconds 23. Andi Notman, (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, -51.776 seconds 24. Brad Hendry, (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, -62.777 seconds 25. Scott Carpenter, (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, -63.189 seconds 26. Michael Sanchez, (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, -63.570 seconds 27. Dominic Jones, (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, -75.606 seconds 28. James Stroud, (Suz GSX-R1000), -2 laps 29. Jordan Szoke, (Kaw ZX-10R), -3 laps 30. Jake Holden, (Suz GSX-R1000), -5 laps 31. Francis Martin, (Suz GSX-R1000), -6 laps 32. James Kerker, (Hon CBR1000RR), -10 laps 33. Mike Sullivan (Yam YZF-R1), -21 laps Provisional AMA Superbike Championship Point Standings (after 2 of 19 races): 1. TIE, Mladin/Spies, 70 points 3. Duhamel, 56 points 4. TIE, Zemke/Hodgson/Tommy Hayden, 52 points 7. Yates, 49 points 8. Ben Bostrom, 46 points 9. Pridmore, 43 points 10. West, 34 points 11. Wood, 33 points 12. TIE, Pegram/Tamitsuji, 29 points 14. Roger Hayden, 26 points 15. TIE, Haner/Stokes, 23 points More, from a press release issued by Team Suzuki: Team Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies and Mat Mladin raced their GSX-R1000s to a one-two victory at today’s Barber AMA Superbike Championship second round in Alabama. Spies – who now ties for the series lead with Mladin – led the field and set the pace until Mladin moved ahead on the fifth lap and stayed out front until the 16th lap when he was held up by a lapped rider, allowing Spies to take the lead back. After posting a race-fastest time of 1:25.568 on the second of 28 laps, Spies pulled ahead until a mistake on the fifth lap allowed Mladin to catch up. But in the closing stages, the six-time AMA Champion was forced off the track by a lapped rider: He kept the machine upright but lost valuable time, eventually finishing 10 seconds behind. Said Spies: “This is an actual win. I know he ran off the track, but I ran with him the whole race.” Mladin said: “It was pretty hairy when I went off in the grass. It reminded me of my motocross days 20 years ago…” Third Yoshimura team rider Aaron Yates finished in eighth position as Jordan Suzuki’s Jason Pridmore rounded out the top 10. Spies and Mladin go head-to-head again tomorrow (Sunday) for the second race of the double-header. Barber 1st Superbike Event: 1. Ben Spies (Suzuki) 2. Mat Mladin (Suzuki) 3. Jake Zemke (Honda) 4. Miguel Duhamel (Honda) 5. Tommy Hayden (Kawasaki) 6. Neil Hodgson (Ducati) 7. Aaron Yates (Suzuki) 8. John Haner (Suzuki) 9. Ben Bostrom (Ducati) 10. Jason Pridmore (Suzuki) More, from a press release issued by Ducati Corse: HODGSON AND BOSTROM BATTLE THROUGH CHALLENGING DAY IN BIRMINGHAM Leeds (Alabama): Neil Hodgson and Ben Bostrom had a difficult day on the Parts Unlimited Ducati 999s in Birmingham on Saturday. Hodgson finished sixth in the 28-lap race, gaining several positions after a poor start. Ben Bostrom was ninth as he continued to feel ill in what has been a challenging weekend for the former series champion. Hodgson ran in a group of three riders that fought for fourth place in the race won by Ben Spies. Although he was not happy with his result, Neil did gain valuable championship points and is now tied for fourth in the standings. “We made up some spots, but that was the limit. I’m disappointed and we’re going to try some things for tomorrow. Unfortunately, with the bike we had today with me riding on this track, those lap times were about as fast as we could go. I got a bad start and lost some positions at the beginning. We were well off the pace it took to win the race. We expect to do much better than that. We’ll never give up, though. Tomorrow, we’ll make some changes to the bike and look to find some time.” Ben Bostrom was ninth in the first race in a weekend that has seen him nauseous. “I felt really bad again today and it made it hard to race for 28 laps. It’s no excuse for where we finished, though because I wanted to do better and fire up the fans in the Ducati Corner that were cheering us on. We raced with some guys out there and I would have liked to beaten them to the line. (Aaron) Yates looked a bit like me out there, struggling. Tomorrow, we’ll add more transfer to the rear and hope to do better.” Tomorrow’s 28-lap race begins at 3 PM local time.

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