Mat Mladin pulled away to win the second AMA Superbike race of the weekend at Infineon Raceway Sunday, notching his fifth win in seven starts this season and the 56th AMA Superbike win of his career. Mladin and Spies are now tied in series points after seven of 19 scheduled rounds. with 238 points each. Maldin has won 10 of the last 12 AMA Superbike races. The win Sunday was Mladin’s eighth at Infineon Raceway. 2007 AMA Superbike Championship Infineon Raceway Sonoma, California May 20, 2007 Official Race Results: 1. Mat Mladin (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, 28 laps, 45 minutes, 0.060 seconds, 82.9 mph 2. Ben Spies (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, -9.476 seconds 3. Jake Zemke (Hon CBR1000RR), Dunlop, -29.867 4. Miguel Duhamel (Hon CBR1000RR), Dunlop, -35.302 5. Tommy Hayden (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, -35.385 6. Jason DiSalvo (Yam YZF-R1), Dunlop, -50.769 7. Eric Bostrom (Yam YZF-R1), Dunlop, -60.933 8. James Ellison (Hon CBR1000RR), Dunlop, -61.944 9. Jake Holden (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, -69.410* 10. Jamie Hacking (Kaw ZX-10R), Dunlop, -95.126 11. Luca Scassa (MV Agusta), Dunlop, -1 lap 12. Doug Chandler (Hon CBR1000RR), Dunlop, -1 lap, -0.413 13. Cory Call (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, -27.411 14. Aaron Yates (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, -29.124, crash 15. Michael Earnest (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, -29.463 16. Dominic Jones (Hon CBR1000RR), -1 lap, -30.466 17. Dean Mizdal (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, -36.366 18. Scott Jensen (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, -59.278 19. Corey Sarros (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, -65.682 20. Andy Carman (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, -68.120 21. Martin Szwarc (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, -82.121 22. James King (Suz GSX-R1000), -2 laps 23. James Randolph (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, -26 laps, -2.767 24. David Weber (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, -4 laps 25. Roger Hayden (Kaw ZX-10R), Dunlop, -6 laps 26. David Bell (Suz GSX-R1000), -11 laps 27. Matt Lynn (MV Agusta), Dunlop, -14 laps, DNF, mechanical 28. Jeff Tigert (Hon CBR1000RR), Dunlop, -28 laps, DNF 29. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, DNS 30. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, DNS 31. Robertino Pietri (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, DNS 32. Jason Curtis (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, DNS Official Point Standings 1. Mladin, 238 points 2. Spies, 238 3. Duhamel, 197 4. Zemke, 181 5. T. Hayden, 180 6. DiSalvo, 166 7. E. Bostrom, 156 8. Yates, 156 9. Hacking, 134 10. Ellison, 127 More, from a press release issued on behalf of Dunlop: Dunlop Motorcycle Tires Race Report: 2007 AMA Superbike Series, Round Four, Infineon Raceway Sonoma, Calif.””Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., was the setting for round four of the 2007 AMA Superbike Series, May 18-20. Situated at the gateway to the state’s fabled wine country just north of the Bay Area, the beautiful setting was more than agreeable to Yoshimura Suzuki’s Mat Mladin and Erion Honda Racing’s Josh Hayes, each of whom collected two victories over two days of racing. Six-time Superbike champ Mladin swept both Superbike main events on his GSX-R1000 and Hayes notched wins in the Formula Xtreme and Supersport classes on his CBR600RR. Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies took the weekend’s fifth contest in the Superstock series on his GSX-R1000. It was a strong weekend for Dunlop Motorcycle Racing as well. Of the top-four qualifying positions in each event, Dunlop-supported racers occupied 13 of the 16 possible front row slots. When it came down to what really matters, Dunlop swept the podium in both Superbike races and the Supersport competition, giving up only two of the available 15 podium positions in all five races. Every pole position and every race win was achieved on Dunlop’s multi-compound N-Tec™ rear tire. There was depth to Dunlop’s performance as well, as 80 percent of the top 10 finishers in all five races combined (40 of 50) rode on Dunlop tires. Punctuating Dunlop’s dominance, the first 16 finishers across the line in Superbike Race One were on Dunlop tires. Though Friday’s chilly temperatures and gusty winds were a reminder of the racetrack’s close proximity to the Pacific Ocean, the weekend weather was nearly perfect for racing. To best equip the factory and support-team riders Dunlop brought more than 1800 tires, including three front and three rear tire (3/3) options for Superbike riders, 2/4 for Formula Xtreme, 5/4 for Superstock and 3/3 for Supersport. Superbike Race One Mladin was utterly dominant in the first of the weekend’s two signature events, taking the checkered flag with more than 19 seconds to spare. “It was a good race for us,” Mladin said of his 55th career Superbike victory. “I’d like to thank my Yoshimura Suzuki crew, who’ve worked really hard in the off-season and in testing to try and get the number-one plate back. We got a good start, and just put our head down and tried to go as quick as possible and really reel off some good laps in the first five or six laps. It was nice to get another win, and we look forward to tomorrow.” Mladin’s Yoshimura Suzuki teammate and defending series champion Ben Spies was second and Honda Racing’s Miguel Duhamel was third. Superbike Race One Results: Dunlop finishers in the Top 10 1. Mat Mladin – Suzuki 2. Ben Spies – Suzuki 3. Miguel Duhamel – Honda 4. Jason DiSalvo – Yamaha 5. Jake Zemke – Honda 6. Roger Hayden – Kawasaki 7. Tommy Hayden – Suzuki 8. Jamie Hacking – Kawasaki 9. James Ellison – Honda 10. Matt Lynn – MV Agusta Formula Xtreme Race Hayes had a spirited scrimmage with his Erion Honda Racing teammate Aaron Gobert before hanging on for a 1.157-second victory. “Everything was going well,” said Hayes of his third straight win. “We were out there in the lead. Once Aaron got there, I knew what kind of pace Aaron could run. And I know what machine, the Honda 600. So I tried to go a little bit faster and I started making some mistakes and he was right there to capitalize on them.” Following Gobert in third was Attack Kawasaki’s Steve Rapp. Overall, Dunlop took six of the first ten finishing positions. Formula Xtreme Results: Dunlop finishers in the Top 10 1. Josh Hayes – Honda 2. Aaron Gobert – Honda 5. Larry Pegram – Ducati 6. Marty Craggill – Ducati 8. Jason Perez – Yamaha 10. Ryan Andrews – Honda Formula Xtreme Championship Points: Top three riders 1. Hayes – 139 2. Rapp – 120 3. Gobert – 96 Superstock Race Spies rode a comfortable pace to win the 1000-class event by 11-plus seconds over M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Geoff May. It was Spies third win this season. “The Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 was awesome. I’ve got to thank my guys and the team. We didn’t really need to make any changes to the bike and that says a lot for the Suzuki.” Graves Motorsports Yamaha’s Ben Bostrom took third to complete the podium as six Dunlop riders finished in the top 10. Superstock Results: Dunlop finishers in the Top 10 1. Ben Spies – Suzuki 3. Ben Bostrom – Yamaha 4. Danny Eslick – Suzuki 5. Blake Young – Suzuki 7. Aaron Yates – Suzuki 10. Jason Curtis – Suzuki Superstock Championship Points: Top three riders 1. Spies – 141 2. Yates – 118 3. Ben Bostrom – 117 Supersport Race Hayes won his second race of the weekend in a closely contested affair with Kawasaki Road Racing’s Jamie Hacking and Roger Hayden as a red-flag shortened the competition by three of the scheduled 17 laps. Hacking, the 2006 class champion, and Hayden completed the Dunlop podium sweep and eight of the top ten finishers took the checkered flag on Dunlops. Hayes second win of the year puts him into the series lead for the first time. Supersport Results: Dunlop finishers in the Top 10 1. Josh Hayes – Honda 2. Jamie Hacking – Kawasaki 3. Roger Hayden – Kawasaki 4. Chaz Davies – Yamaha 5. Josh Herrin – Yamaha 8. Aaron Gobert – Honda 9. Ben Attard – Kawasaki 10. Tommy Hayden – Suzuki Supersport Championship Points: Top three riders 1. Hayes – 96 2. Roger Hayden – 92 3. Rapp – 80 Superbike Race Two Mladin reinforced his claim to the Superbike throne with a second win on Sunday, this time by 9.476 seconds over Spies. “I came here ready to ride as hard as I had to,” said Mladin after notching career win number 56. “I just want to get as much out of me as I can and to get as much out of the Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 as I can. I’ll worry about everything else later.” Honda Racing’s Jake Zemke was third as Mladin moved into a tie with Spies for the series lead. Dunlop riders represented the first 12 overall finishers. Superbike Race Two Results: Dunlop finishers in the Top 10 1. Mat Mladin – Suzuki 2. Ben Spies – Suzuki 3. Jake Zemke – Honda 4. Miguel Duhamel – Honda 5. Tommy Hayden – Suzuki 6. Jason DiSalvo – Yamaha 7. Eric Bostrom – Yamaha 8. James Ellison – Honda 9. Jake Holden – Suzuki 10. Jamie Hacking – Kawasaki Superbike Championship Points: Top three riders 1. Spies, Mladin 238 (tied) 3. Duhamel – 197 The next stop for Dunlop and the 2007 AMA Superbike Series is Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis., June 1-3. Round five features a doubleheader for the Superbike series.