Updated Post: Eric Bostrom Wins AMA Superbike Race At Pikes Peak

Updated Post: Eric Bostrom Wins AMA Superbike Race At Pikes Peak

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Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Kawasaki’s Eric Bostrom maintained a lead from the second lap to win the red-flag-shortened AMA Superbike race Sunday at Pikes Peak International Raceway.

Erion Honda’s Kurtis Roberts passed Anthony Gobert, who had gotten the holeshot, on lap three and held second until the race was stopped eight laps short of its scheduled distance.

Gobert finished fifth.

Yoshimura Suzuki’s Aaron Yates earned the final podium spot after a race-long battle with fourth-place Ben Bostrom.

Yates’ teammate Mat Mladin was third for most of the race before Mladin started dropping backward on lap 20. Mladin pulled into the pits for a new rear tire on lap 35 and, after a quick pit stop for a new rear tire, managed to salvage a ninth-place finish. According to monitored transmissions on the AMA radio network, Mladin tripped the AMA radar at 68 mph on his way into the pits; prior to the start of the race, an AMA official walked through the grid displaying a sign that read “Penalty For Speeding On Pit Lane During A Race Will Be A Stop & Go.” The pit-lane speed limit is 50 mph. After his stop, Mladin was seen signalling with one finger at an official with a radar gun at the exit of pit lane; Mladin may have been signalling that the official was #1 or that he (Mladin) was complying with the pit-lane speed limit.

The race was stopped on lap 41 for a crash which left Hooters Suzuki’s Mike Ciccotto pinned underneath his GSX-R750 on the racetrack.

Scoring was reverted to the running order of lap 40.

AMA Superbike Race Results:

1. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki, 40 laps
2. Kurtis Roberts, Honda, -5.257 seconds
3. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, -11.599 seconds
4. Ben Bostrom, Honda, -12.579 seconds
5. Anthony Gobert, Ducati, -21.838 seconds
6. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki, -29.945 seconds
7. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, -34.621 seconds
8. Jordan Szoke, Suzuki, -38.263 seconds
9. Mat Mladin, Suzuki, -40.097 seconds
10. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, -50.703 seconds
11. Ricky Orlando, Suzuki, -1 lap
12. Dan Tuner, Yamaha, -1 lap
13. Shawn Higbee, Suzuki, -1 lap
14. Pascal Picotte, Yamaha, -1 lap
15. Mike Sullivan, Suzuki, -1 lap
16. Jeff Tigert, Suzuki, -1 lap
17. Larry Pegram, Ducati, -1 lap
18. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki, -1 lap
19. Michael Barnes, Suzuki, -1 lap
20. Geoff May, Suzuki, -1 lap
21. Scott Jensen, Suzuki, -1 lap
22. Jake Holden, Suzuki, -1 lap
23. Tom Wertman, Suzuki, -1 lap
24. Mike Ciccotto, Suzuki, -1 lap
25. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki, -2 laps
26. Brian Stokes, Suzuki, -2 laps
27. Eric Haugo, Suzuki, 2 laps
28. Jeremiah Johnson, Suzuki, -2 laps
29. Jason Knupp, Suzuki, -2 laps
30. Kevin Hanson, Suzuki, -3 laps
31. John Haner, Suzuki, -21 laps
32. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki, -27 laps
33. Michael Kosta, Suzuki, -28 laps
34. Greg Glennie, Yamaha, -39 laps


Provisional Superbike Championship Point Standings (After 8 of 18 races):

1. Yates, 244 points
2. Eric Bostrom, 239 points
3. Mladin, 234 points
4. Ben Bostrom/Roberts, TIE, 221 points
6. Duhamel, 187 points
7. Pegram, 162 points
8. Higbee, 159 points
9. Pridmore, 150 points
10. Haskovec, 140 points


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