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1. Miguel Duhamel, Honda CBR1000RR
2. Jake Zemke, Honda CBR1000RR, -4.017 seconds
3. Mat Mladin, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -10.573
4. Aaron Yates, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -12.328
5. Ben Bostrom, Honda CBR1000RR, -12.681
6. Eric Bostrom, Ducati 999F04, -20.243
7. Steve Crevier, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -54.192
8. Larry Pegram, Yamaha YZF-R1, -68.431
9. Geoff May, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -71.130
10. Eric Wood, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -74.869
11. Jeremy Toye, Yamaha YZF-R1, -74.976
12. John Haner, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -75.041
13. Shawn Higbee, Suzuki GSX-R1000
14. Opie Caylor, Suzuki GSX-R1000
15. Andy Deatherage Suzuki GSX-R1000
16. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki GSX-R1000
17. Cory West, Suzuki GSX-R1000
18. David Weber, Suzuki GSX-R1000
19. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki GSX-R1000
20. Reuben Frankenfield, Suzuki GSX-R1000
21. John Jacobi, Suzuki GSX-R1000
22. Jack Pfeifer, Honda CBR1000RR
23. Scott Jensen, Honda CBR1000RR
24. Chris Voelker, Ducati 998R
25. Rob Christman, Suzuki GSX-R1000
26. C.R. Gittere, Suzuki GSX-R1000
27. Jason Curtis, Suzuki GSX-R1000
28. Kevin Hanson, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
29. Dave Ebben, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
30. Lenny Beckman, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
31. Brian Boyd, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
32. James Kerker, Honda CBR1000RR, -1 lap
33. Josh Hayes, Kawasaki ZX-10R, -3 laps
34. Roger Bell, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -4 laps
35. Jake Holden, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -6 laps, DNF, mechanical
36. Pascal Picotte, Yamaha YZF-R1, -11 laps, DNF, mechanical
37. Lee Acree, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -12 laps, DNF, mechanical
38. David Bell, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -12 laps, DNF, crash
39. Mike Sullivan, Yamaha YZF-R1, -12 laps, DNF, crash
40. Jeremiah Johnson, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -12 laps, DNF, crash


More, from a press release issued by Mat Mladin Motorsports:

20044 American AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship

Rounds 9 & 10 – Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, USA

Race Report

PODIUM DOUBLE FOR MLADIN AT ROAD AMERICA

Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, USA (Sunday, 6 June) – Defending American Superbike champion Mat Mladin made two trips to the podium this weekend after adding a third place finish in today’s tenth round of the AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship, with yesterday’s hard fought second.

The long and very fast Road America course at Elkhart Lake Wisconsin was always going to prove to be a tough weekend’s work for Mladin and his Yoshimura Suzuki crew, as they gave away a significant speed advantage.

Hard work during practice and typical Mladin determination during both 16-lap Superbike nationals kept the Australian, not only in the thick at the action at the front of the field, but also at the front of the championship leader board, even though he will leave Wisconsin with a reduced lead of 10-points over the weekend’s double race winner Miguel DuHamel, 329 to 319.

The second of the weekend’s Superbike nationals was interrupted on lap five when a blown engine resulted in a large oil spill, with a number of riders unable to ovoid the spill and falling. The incident forced officials to stop the race and have it restarted.

The restarted race saw Mladin work his way forward to the lead group after initially being seventh on the opening lap. He held sixth place for a number of the early laps before a spirited charge forward saw him reel off a number of fast consistent laps, one of which was a blistering 2-min 14.812, that he set on the eleventh lap as he chased the lead trio. This time was the fastest single laps that Mladin had set all weekend, including that of qualifying.

His resulting charge forward was rewarded on lap fourteen as he passed Ben Bostrom to claim third, which he held to the flag. Victory in today’s race went to DuHamel, who after spending much of the race chasing down Jake Zemke, past him with two laps of the race remaining.

“Third place was a good result for us today and matched with the second from yesterday, that was the best we could do,” said Mladin. “The speed differential between the bikes is so great that it is beyond a joke, which was highlighted at such a fast track like this. We have our bike running as best we can with the rules, but we can’t keep with the acceleration and speed of some of the others. It’s disappointing.

“When the race was red flagged, we took the time to change a couple of things on the bike, but unfortunately we were not able to get back out on the track in time for our warm up lap and had to take our position on the grid with brand new tyres and no warm up lap. That meant I had to try hard and not get carried away while getting some heat into the tyres, before starting to get into a race rhythm. I think we did a good job to grab third from Ben and minimise the point’s loss to Miguel. We’ve got a 10-point lead heading to Brainerd, but I’m not feeling confident that we’ll still be in that position after the next few races, with tracks that require high speeds and strong acceleration.”

The AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship takes a short three-week break before heading to the Brainerd International Raceway, Minnesota, for round eleven of the series on Sunday June 27.



RESULTS

Round 10, 2004 AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship / Top 10
1. Miguel DuHamel (American Honda) 16 laps
2. Jake Zemke (Erion Honda) -4.017 seconds
3. Mat Mladin (Yoshimura Suzuki) -10.573 secs
4. Aaron Yates (Yoshimura Suzuki) -12.328 secs
5. Ben Bostrom (American Honda) -12.681 secs
6. Eric Bostrom (Ducati Austin) -20.243 secs
7. Steve Crevier (DXS Diablo Suzuki) -54.192 secs
8. Larry Pegram (Yamaha) -1:08.431 mins
9. Geoff May (Prieto Racing Suzuki) -1:11.130 mins
10. Eric Wood (Hooters Suzuki) -1:14.869 mins

Round 9, 2004 AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship / Top 10
1. Miguel DuHamel (American Honda) 16 laps
2. Mat Mladin (Yoshimura Suzuki) -3.503 seconds
3. Jake Zemke (Erion Honda) -12.296 secs
4. Ben Bostrom (American Honda) -18.478 secs
5. Eric Bostrom (Ducati Austin) -20.925 secs
6. Steve Crevier (Suzuki) -58.780 secs
7. Aaron Yates (Yoshimura Suzuki) -67.673 secs
8. Geoff May (Suzuki) -76.508 secs
9. Shawn Higbee (Suzuki) -77.383 secs
10. Eric Wood (Suzuki) -92.512 secs

2004 AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship (Points after 10 of 18 rounds)
1. Mat Mladin (329, 5 wins); 2. Miguel DuHamel (319, 4 wins), 3. Jake Zemke (311), 4. Eric Bostrom (235, 1 win), 5. Geoff May (220); 6. Ben Bostrom (184), 7. John Haner (183), 8. Aaron Yates (165), 9. Eric Wood (161), 10. Lee Acree (156).


More, from a press release issued Honda Racing Information:

American Honda’s Duhamel Makes History at Road America

American Honda’s Miguel Duhamel did what no one before him ever had, winning both Superbike races and a support race on an AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship weekend, Duhamel’s coming on the longest track of the year, the scenic four-mile Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Sunday’s Superbike win moved him to the top of the all-time list and was Honda’s 110th in AMA Superbike competition.

But Duhamel wasn’t the only Honda rider tasting success. After leading the first 14 of 16 laps, Erion Honda’s Jake Zemke finished second to Duhamel in Sunday’s Superbike race. He was also second in Saturday’s Formula Xtreme race and third in Superbike on Saturday. Erion Honda’s Alex Gobert made it an all-Honda podium in Formula Xtreme by taking third. The trio owns the top three spots in the Formula Xtreme Championship, Duhamel’s four wins giving him an 11 point lead on Zemke (two wins), 213 to 202, with Gobert third at 166.

The double Superbike wins also pulled Duhamel closer to the Superbike championship lead. By winning for the fourth and fifth time at Road America, he closed the gap to 10 points behind championship leader Mat Mladin (Suzuki). Mladin finished second and third in the two races.

American Honda’s Ben Bostrom ran second in the early stages of both races before encountering various problems. On Saturday he finished in fourth, just off the podium. Bostrom had chosen a different construction rear tire than race-winner Duhamel, though it was the same tire compound. On Sunday it was only in the very latest stages of the race that he was denied a podium and finished fifth.

Miguel Duhamel, Sunday, First Place
Very excellent. Only my dad (ex-racer Yvon Duhamel) would point out that I didn’t get pole in (Formula) Xtreme and he might nitpick about not leading the most laps. Besides that I think he’s very happy and obviously for myself I’m very happy. With the company that I’m keeping, my dad likes to kid around, but he knows and I know that it’s really difficult to do what we do. I feel great about what I pulled off but there’s always a bit of luck that goes your way. You need a great team. This weekend was just one of those weekends when everything went well.

Jake Zemke, Sunday, Second Place
The red flag hurt us quite badly not just in the time difference but after we came back in after that restart we had a pretty serious problem with our bike and it kept getting progressively got worse and worse as the race wore on. I’m actually happy to just be sitting here to tell you the truth. I stayed out there and luckily came home and got some points and we’ll move on to Brainerd.

Ben Bostrom, Sunday, Fifth Place
We had twice the bike we had yesterday but we’re just missing out on the rear grip. Miguel (Duhamel), it looks like he’s riding pretty easy. Jake (Zemke) looks like he’s riding pretty hard; he definitely didn’t have the grip Miguel had. Miguel made it look easy. He was riding pretty comfortable, picking the bike up driving off the corners stronger than anyone. As the tire wore down I got slower.

Miguel Duhamel, Saturday, First Place
I was definitely keeping a great eye on my pit board and I saw the gap go up to 1.4, almost 1.8 seconds. So when you get one second that’s a decent gap. It’s funny, it’s like they were tied to a string. I was able to pull one second and then they were just not falling any more than that. When you’re leading you don’t want to push too hard and then maybe have a tire problem. You never know. It was on my mind because when I took off the tire was reacting quite a bit different than it’s been doing all weekend. I was aggressive, but trying to be smooth because I didn’t know what to expect when the race wound down. But yeah, I was definitely watching my pit board. Plus one was a lot more refreshing to see than plus zero.

Jake Zemke, Saturday, Second Place
We had some problems this morning with our brakes and we’re still having problems with our brakes. Miguel (Duhamel) got through there and was running well and I was trying to reel him back him. He got away from me there a little bit and in doing so, the only time I was really making on him was on the brakes going in. And eventually they just couldn’t handle it any more. Just missed turn five there a little bit and had to turn around and pass Eric (Bostrom) and Ben (Bostrom) back and that was about it.

Ben Bostrom, Saturday, Fourth Place
I think Jake (Zemke) and I got snookered a little bit on tires and (Mat) Mladin and Miguel (Duhamel) must have made the right choice. We all ran the same compound; they ran a different construction. Tomorrow we’ll run a different set-up. I knew we were in trouble because I couldn’t get a drive to pass (Eric Bostrom) on the straightaway. When the other guys came by, I followed them. We’d seem to make time on the entries and lose it on the exit. That’s usually a sign of trouble toward the end of the race. It’ll be faster tomorrow.

Sunday Superbike
1. Miguel Duhamel (Honda)
2. Jake Zemke (Honda)
3. Mat Mladin (Suzuki)
4. Aaron Yates (Suzuki)
5. Ben Bostrom (Honda)
6. Eric Bostrom (Ducati)
7. Steve Crevier (Suzuki)
8. Larry Pegram (Yamaha)
9. Geoff May (Suzuki)
10. Shawn Higbee (Suzuki)


Saturday Superbike:
1. Miguel Duhamel (Honda)
2. Mat Mladin (Suzuki)
3. Jake Zemke (Honda)
4. Ben Bostrom (Honda)
5. Eric Bostrom (Ducati)
6. Steve Crevier (Suzuki)
7. Aaron Yates (Suzuki)
8. Geoff May (Suzuki)
9. Shawn Higbee (Suzuki)
10. Eric Wood (Suzuki)


Formula Xtreme:
1. Miguel Duhamel (Honda)
2. Jake Zemke (Honda)
3. Alex Gobert (Honda)
4. Doug Chandler (Ducati)
5. Steve Crevier (Suzuki)
6. Vincent Haskovec (Suzuki)
7. Mike Ciccotto (Buell)
8. Larry Pegram (Yamaha)
9. Pascal Picotte (Yamaha)
10. Blake Young (Suzuki)


More, from a press release issued by Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin:

BOSTROM MAINTAINS FOURTH IN STANDINGS WITH SIXTH PLACE FINISH

Elkhart Lake (Wisconsin) – Sunday June 6, 2004: Eric Bostrom finished sixth in race 2 of the AMA Superbike doubleheader at Road America, gaining important points to help maintain his current fourth-overall standing in the highly competitive series. The Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin rider made changes to his machine from Saturday’s race in a bid to pick up the pace and possibly contend for his second AMA Superbike victory this season, but came up a little short.

“Today was a lot like yesterday but we held our lap times more consistently. They didn’t fade at the end like they did yesterday,” Eric said of the 16-lap event held in cloudy weather conditions.

The changes that the team made to the Ducati 999R moved in the right direction once again. “This weekend, we needed a little more from the lap times to run up front. We’re still not carrying enough corner speed to do the lap times we want; still, the rest of the set-up is great and the bike is very, very good.”

“The other guys are riding great and that makes it tough. If you’re off just a little bit, you’ll end up off the pace,” he added.

Following a red-flag incident on lap five, Eric briefly led on the restart. “We got another great start – the bike is just incredible getting off the line.”

Next, Bostrom and the Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin crew will race at Brainerd International Raceway on June 25-27 in round 7 (race 11) of the AMA Superbike Championship. “I like the track and Ducati is sponsoring the event,” Eric said. “It should be a good one!”


RACE 1: 1. Duhamel (Honda); 2. Mladin (Suzuki); 3. Zemke (Honda); 4. B Bostrom (Honda); 5. E Bostrom (Ducati); 6. Crevier (Suzuki); etc. RACE 2: 1. Duhamel (Honda); 2. Zemke (Honda); 3. Mladin (Suzuki); 4. Yates (Suzuki); 5. B Bostrom (Honda); 6. E Bostrom (Ducati); etc.

POINTS: 1. Mladin 329; 2. Duhamel 319; 3. Zemke 311; 4. E Bostrom 235; 5. May 220; 6. B Bostrom 184; etc.