The Ducati Xerox Team’s World Superbike riders Troy Bayliss and Lorenzo Lanzi are to make a special one-off guest appearance in the famous Harrods department store in Knightsbridge, Central London on the morning of Thursday 25 May. In an event organised in collaboration with Ducati Corse’s luggage partner Tumi, the two riders will be present in the store from 10 o’clock until 12 noon before they head off for the fourth round of the World Superbike Championship, which is taking place at the Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire on May 27-28. Troy and Lorenzo will be greeted by representatives from Harrods, Tumi and Xerox prior to the store opening and will then pose for photographs in front of the Harrods shop window where the luggage collection is on display. They will be escorted by the store’s security guards through Harrods to the Tumi concession in the luggage department to sign autographs and stop for more photographs with fans, customers and employees. Finally the riders will extract lucky names from a helmet in a prize draw to see who wins a pillion ride on the Ducati Xerox 2-Seater Experience at the Silverstone weekend as well as some items from the high performance Tumi+Ducati luggage collection. World Superbike makes its first annual visit to the UK for the Silverstone round, this year with Ducati Xerox rider Troy Bayliss firmly in command of the championship. The 37 year-old from Australia, WSBK champion with Ducati in 2001, has won the last five races on his Xerox-backed Ducati 999 machine and will be aiming to increase his winning streak on UK soil. His 24 year-old team-mate Lorenzo Lanzi from Italy, is chasing his first glory this year after two outstanding wins in 2005. Tumi, the leading international brand of prestige travel, business and lifestyle accessories recently signed a three-year licensing agreement with the Italian manufacturer of high-performance sports motorbikes. The exclusive Ducati Collection by Tumi includes a range of eight racy black and Ducati red travel and accessory bags that feature the company’s logos. The collection, which includes wheeled luggage, backpacks and messenger bags, is available through 500 Tumi retail stores and Ducati’s network as well as top specialty and department stores worldwide.

SHANNONVILLE, ON Jordan Szoke scored his first Parts Canada Superbike Championship win in almost two years at the opening round of the season at Shannonville Motorsport Park Sunday. The Brantford, ON rider stuck his Canadian Kawasaki Motors Kawasaki ZX-10R past the Picotte Performance / Yamaha / Toyota Yamaha YZF-R1 of Kevin Lacombe at the end of the backstraight on lap 4 of the restarted seven-lap race and went on to claim his first victory since he won in Mont-Tremblant, QC in August of 2004. The triumph was Kawasaki’s first in the national feature class since Tom Kipp won at Mont-Tremblant in 2003. “It’s been too long since I’ve been on top of the box,” said Szoke, a two-time Superbike champ. “It’s been a long time coming for both me and Kawasaki. But I never lost confidence in myself.” Lacombe, from Granby, QC settled for second and defending series champion Francis Martin of Rock Forest, QC was a close third on his Team Suzuki / Blackfoot Suzuki GSX-R1000. Right behind Martin was the second Picotte Performance / Yamaha / Toyota Yamaha YZF-R1 of Pascal Picotte, who put in a brave ride to fourth despite struggling with four broken vertebrae, a broken toe and banged up knees suffered in a crash last month. Szoke’s teammate Kipp of Chardon, OH, who started on pole, completed the top five on a Kawasaki ZX-10R. The race, originally scheduled for 14 laps of the 4.0km (2.5-mile) Shannonville ‘Long Track’, was stopped after six laps, with Szoke in the lead, when Trevor MacDonald crashed exiting the Esses. MacDonald was not seriously injured. Lacombe grabbed the lead off the restart while Szoke had to charge his way up from fourth off the line. He was into second by the end of the first lap and traded the lead with Lacombe on lap 3 before getting ahead for good on the following lap. In other action at Shannonville, Szoke took the lead on lap 2 and went on to win the opening round of the Hindle Exhaust Pro 600 Sport Bike Championship on his Kawasaki ZX-6RR. Clint McBain of Calgary placed second aboard the Team Suzuki / Blackfoot Suzuki GSX-R600 and Lacombe completed the podium on his Yamaha YZF-R6. Karl Daigle of Roxton Pond, QC led the International Motorcycle SUPERSHOW Amateur 600 Sport Bike feature all the way on his Honda CBR600RR. London, ON’s Simon Blue came back from a nasty practice crash on Saturday to place second on his Kawasaki ZX-6RR and polesitter Ross Millson of Hamilton was third on a Suzuki GSX-R600. Defending class champion Darren James of North Vancouver won the Canadian Thunder feature in convincing fashion aboard his Buell. Brantford, ON’s Robert Busby led all the way from pole to win the 10-lap Suzuki SV650 National Cup feature. Action from Shannonville can be seen later this summer on TSN and TSN HD. The Parts Canada Superbike Championship continues at Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant in Mont-Tremblant, QC June 2-4. For more series information, visit www.cdnsuperbike.com Results from Sunday’s opening round of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship at Shannonville Motorsport Park, showing finishing position, rider name, hometown, motorcycle and laps completed: 1.Jordan Szoke, Brantford, ON, Kawasaki, 7; 2. Kevin Lacombe, Granby, QC, Yamaha, 7; 3. Francis Martin, Rock Forest, QC, Suzuki, 7; 4. Pascal Picotte, St-Cecil Milton, QC, Yamaha, 7; 5. Tom Kipp, Chardon, OH, Kawasaki, 7; 6. Erick Beausejour, Val Senneville, QC, Honda, 7; 7. Frank Trombino, Kleinburg, ON, Kawasaki, 7; 8. Jean-Paul Tache, North Bay, ON, Suzuki, 7; 9. Andrew Nelson, Kars, ON, Yamaha, 7; 10. Csaba Werner, North York, ON, Suzuki, 7; 11. Sean Heydorn, Aurora, ON, Honda, 7; 12. Zenon Nelson, Bowmanville, ON, Suzuki, 7; 13. Elie Daccache, Ottawa, ON, Suzuki, 7; 14. Larry Orde, Lakefield, ON, Yamaha, 7* Did not finish 2nd Part Thomas Macsanszky, Richmond Hill, ON, Yamaha, 6; Matt McBride, Mississauga, ON, Suzuki, 5; Jeff Williams, Harrowsmith, ON, Kawasaki, 4; Clint McBain, Calgary, AB, Suzuki, 2 Excluded from 2nd Part Matthew Bushe, Castleton, ON, Suzuki Did not start 2nd Part Todd Scott, Bedford, NS, Suzuki; Trevor MacDonald, Hudson, QC, Suzuki Did not start 1st Part Gilles Biron, Nicolet, QC, Kawasaki; Bill Card, Wellesley, ON, Suzuki; Chris Peris, Calgary, AB, Yamaha; Louie Raffa, St-Marthe, QC, Yamaha * — Larry Orde penalized four positions for jump start Parts Canada Superbike Championship point standings after Sunday’s opening round of the series at Shannonville Motorsport Park, showing position, rider name and point total: 1.Jordan Szoke, 54; 2. Kevin Lacombe, 42; 3. Francis Martin, 38; 4. Tom Kipp, 33; 5. Pascal Picotte, 32; 6. Erick Beausejour, 27; 7. Frank Trombino, 25; 8. Jean-Paul Tache, 23; 9. Andrew Nelson, 21; 10. Csaba Werner, 19; 11. Sean Heydorn, 17; 12. Zenon Nelson, 15; 13. Elie Daccache, 13; 14. Larry Orde, 12; 15. Clint McBain, 3

Team Suzuki Press Office May 21, 2006. The fifth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Mondello Park was abandoned today after torrential rain flooded the 2.176-mile long circuit in the Republic of Ireland. Rizla Suzuki racers Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne and James Haydon took to the track for the 15-minute long morning warm-up session and along with a number of other leading riders suffered low speed crashes in the treacherously wet conditions. Both riders were unhurt. The rain continued relentlessly through the morning and early afternoon with several inches of standing water gathering at various points on the circuit along with streaming water across elevation changes. After a series of track inspections and consultation with the teams and riders, Championship organisers were left with no real alternative but to abandon the meeting due to flooding on the track. The Superbike races will not be rescheduled and the Championship will now be decided over points scored in 12, not 13 rounds as originally planned. The sixth round of the series takes place at Mallory Park in Leicestershire on Sunday, June 4th. Shakey Byrne: “On the grounds of safety it was the right decision to cancel the racing as the track was seriously flooded. For the fans that made the trip to watch us racing it is a real shame and my heart goes out to them. I’m gutted for them more than anything else.” James Haydon: “It feels a little bit strange that the races have been abandoned. As a rider I think it was the right decision to make because the conditions were dangerous and I applaud the organisation for having the courage to put safety first. I do feel really sorry for the Irish fans that were looking forward to the racing.” Stuart Higgs – BSB Race Director: “The meeting has been abandoned due to the amount of water on the track. The circuit was unable to prepare the track suitably for racing in these conditions. Everyone did the best job they could to get the riders out for the warm up but the weather deteriorated thereafter and we made the decision to cancel the race meeting.” John Morris – Managing Director, Mondello Park: “I am bitterly disappointed for the fans, riders, teams and circuit staff. They put in a super human effort to put on a show as good as anything else in the British Superbike Championship and I am genuinely very upset. We could have gone on sucking up water and hoping for conditions to improve but the rain was getting heavier and we made the fair decision early to let people know the racing was cancelled.” Robert Wicks – Rizla Suzuki Team Manager: “I am really disappointed for the fans that the race meeting has been abandoned, however it was absolutely the correct decision on safety grounds. There was so much water on the track the tyres could not get up to temperature to work properly and that was a recipe for disaster. Rizla Suzuki worked with the race organisation to try and rescue the racing but the weather deteriorated so much there was nothing anyone could do. I’d like to thank the Irish fans for their support and we hope to see them here next year. “We will go to Mallory Park in confident mood, taking the positives from this weekend. Shakey recorded his best qualifying position of the season so far with a second place and was looking every inch a contender for the race wins. James has further developed the latest generation Rizla Suzuki race bike and found a strong setting.” Championship Positions (after five of 13 rounds): 1: Lavilla 182, 2: Haslam 121, 3: Kiyonari 108, 4: Harris 88, 5: Shane Byrne (Rizla Suzuki) 81, 6: Rea 75, 7: Rutter 61, 8: TIE, Laverty/Hill 52, 10: Scott Smart (Suzuki) 50, 14: James Haydon (Rizla Suzuki) 28.

Ben Spies was leading the AMA Supersport race at Infineon Raceway when it was red-flagged on the third lap due to rain. Immediately after the red flags came out, Danny Eslick and Chris Siglin crashed in turn 10, sliding into Airfence Bike soft barriers deployed by the AFM. Michael Barnes led off the grid but threw his hand up and pulled over exiting turn seven, giving the lead to Spies and coasting into the pits with an apparent mechanical problem. Siglin followed his bike into the soft barriers and appeared to hit the bike. He was flown to a local medical center in stable condition. A track spokesman said that Siglin had possible chest contusions and was complaining of pain in one femur. Update: X-rays taken at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital showed no fracture in Siglin’s femur. Siglin will, however, stay overnight in the hospital with a bruised lung, according to friend and fellow racer Ken Hill. The Supersport race purse will be paid according to qualifying results, but at post time it had not been determined if Jamie Hacking will get a Championship point for qualifying on pole position. AMA Supersport Championship Infineon Raceway Running order at the completion of lap 2: 1. Ben Spies (Suz GSX-R600) 2. Jamie Hacking (Yam YZF-R6), -1.537 seconds 3. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R600), -2.584 seconds 4. Danny Eslick (Suz GSX-R600), -2.601 seconds 5. Roger Hayden (Kaw ZX-6RR), -3.740 seconds 6. Blake Young (Suz GSX-R600), -4.543 seconds 7. Damon Buckmaster (Kaw ZX-6RR), -5.241 seconds 8. Ben Attard (Kaw ZX-6RR), -5.630 seconds 9. Chris Siglin (Suz GSX-R600), -6.242 seconds 10. Jeff Tigert (Hon CBR600RR), -7.359 seconds 11. Bobby Fong (Yam YZF-R6), -7.927 seconds 12. Opie Caylor (Suz GSX-R600), -8.949 seconds 13. Tony Meiring (Suz GSX-R600), -9.115 seconds 14. Ryan Elleby (Hon CBR600RR), -9.310 seconds 15. Nicky Moore (Yam YZF-R6), -9.459 seconds

AMA Superbike Championship presented by Parts Unlimited Infineon Raceway Sonoma, California May 21 Provisional Race Results: 1. Ben Spies (Suz GSX-R1000), 28 laps 2. Mat Mladin (Suz GSX-R1000), -5.290 seconds 3. Miguel Duhamel (Hon CBR1000RR), -8.166 seconds 4. Neil Hodgson (Duc 999F06), -9.137 seconds 5. Aaron Yates (Suz GSX-R1000), -11.233 seconds 6. Tommy Hayden (Kaw ZX-10R), -16.202 seconds 7. Ben Bostrom (Duc 999F06), -16.531 seconds 8. Jake Zemke (Hon CBR1000RR), -43.782 seconds 9. Steve Rapp (Suz GSX-R1000), -48.305 seconds 10. Jake Holden (Suz GSX-R1000), -53.803 seconds 11. Jason Pridmore (Suz GSX-R1000), -71.085 seconds 12. Larry Pegram (Hon CBR1000RR), -73.391 seconds 13. Matt Lynn (Suz GSX-R1000), -83.802 seconds 14. Lee Acree (Suz GSX-R1000), -86.592 seconds 15. Eric Wood (Suz GSX-R1000), -91.410 seconds 16. Jason Curtis (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap 17. Cory West (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, 12.253 seconds 18. David Bell (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, 31.785 seconds 19. Scott Jensen (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, 31.955 seconds 20. Akira Tamitsuji (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, 49.509 seconds 21. Brad Hendry (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, 56.713 seconds 22. Dean Mizdal (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, 56.931 seconds 23. Corey Sarros (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, 58.292 seconds 24. Martin Szwarc (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, 59.614 seconds 25. Corey Eaton (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, 60.219 seconds 26. James Randolph (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, 62.952 seconds 27. Fernando Amantini (Kaw ZX-10R), -1 lap, 99.551 seconds 28. C.R. Gittere (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, 99.852 seconds 29. Andi Notman (Suz GSX-R1000), -2 laps 30. Doug Chandler (Kaw ZX-10R), -7 laps, DNF, mechanical 31. Ken Hill (Hon CBR1000RR), -14 laps, DNF 32. Leonardo Bagnis (Yam YZF-R1), -23 laps, DNF 33. Marty Craggill (Suz GSX-R1000), -28 laps 34. Michael Earnest (Suz GSX-R1000), -28 laps, DNS AMA Superbike Championship Point Standings (after 7 of 19 races): 1. Spies, 257 points 2. Mladin, 227 points 3. Duhamel, 198 points 4. Hodgson, 183 points 5. Yates, 179 points 6. Tommy Hayden, 173 points 7. Ben Bostrom, 168 points 8. Zemke, 156 points 9. TIE, Pridmore/Pegram, 133 points 11. Rapp, 122 points 12. Wood, 120 points 13. Curtis, 98 points 14. Holden, 97 points 15. Hendry, 77 points 16. Lynn, 59 points 17. TIE, West/Tamitsuji, 57 points 19. David Bell, 53 points 20. Amantini, 38 points More, from a press release issued by Team Suzuki: Ben Spies raced his Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 to its sixth consecutive victory at today’s second-leg AMA Superbike Championship double-header at Infineon Raceway in California. The young Texan led from the start of the rescheduled 28-lap event avoiding forecasted and impending rain to beat team mate Mat Mladin by 5.2 seconds. Aaron Yates, fresh from his second place in the morning’s Superstock event, finished fifth on his Yoshimura GSX-R1000 after a close battle with Ducati’s Neil Hodgson. Said Spies: “If you would’ve told me that I was going to have six consecutive wins at the beginning of the year, I wouldn’t have believed it. I really have to thank my crew because they’re doing a great job. I’m riding really hard but the Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 is making it easy for me.” As on Saturday, Sunday’s 28-lap race commenced with Spies taking the holeshot and leading the field to what seemed like an easy victory. “It was a good race,” he summed up afterwards. “The Suzuki GSX-R is running really good right now and I’m riding pretty decent and my Yoshimura Suzuki crew is doing a great job. I was just trying to get out front, ride my own race and click off fast laps.” When Spies got out front, Mladin was right behind him and stayed put in second place to the flag. “It was a good race for us today,” said Mladin. “I tried to make it as close as I could but I couldn’t get around Ben today. We’ll go home and do some homework and see if we can catch him at Road America. I reckon he’s got a few too many wins under his belt now!” Meanwhile, Yates started out strong and went on to bring home a top-five finish. “I got a really good start and was up to third on the first lap,” said Yates. “Then some guys got by me and it was kind of tough to get around. But I did, and then charged hard on my Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000. I’m happy with the changes we’ve made to the bike and I’m looking forward to testing and fine-tuning the bike for Road America.” Yoshimura Suzuki has won seven of the last eight Superbike events at Infineon Raceway, dating back to 2003. Mladin has five of the seven wins. AMA Superbike Top 10 Finishers: 1. Ben Spies (Team Yoshimura Suzuki) 2. Mat Mladin (Team Yoshimura Suzuki) 3. Miguel Duhamel (Honda) 4. Neil Hodgson (Ducati) 5. Aaron Yates (Team Yoshimura Suzuki) 6 Tommy Hayden (Kawasaki) 7. Ben Bostrom (Ducati) 8. Jake Zemke (Honda) 9. Jake Holden (Jordan Suzuki) 10. Steve Rapp (Jordan Suzuki) More, from a press release issued by Honda Racing Information: Duhamel double podium in California on honors weekend American Honda’s Miguel Duhamel captured a pair of podiums at Infineon Raceway on the weekend that he was honored as one of the first motorcycle racers to be inducted into the Infineon Raceway Wall of Fame. The very popular veteran rider followed his Saturday induction with a third in the Superbike race, held under cloudy skies on the undulating 12-turn race track in the heart of Sonoma’s wine country, north of San Francisco. Duhamel battled Suzuki’s Aaron Yates for the second half of the race before making the final pass on the 26th of 28 laps. Duhamel backed up that finish with a much more competitive run aboard his American Honda CBR1000RR on Sunday, this time taking third on the 13th lap and chasing the second place rider to the end. “Yeah, it was a bit of a surprise,” Duhamel said about the distinction. “It’s just – I’m very honored, obviously. I’m very pleased and honored.” The prolific Duhamel has nine wins at Infineon; five in Superbike, three in Supersport, and one in Formula Xtreme. In addition to his proficiency on the track, he was chosen for the selfless work he’s provided to the track on behalf of the safety of his fellow riders. “There’s nobody who has been more open, more helpful, more available”¦than Miguel Duhamel,” track president Steve Page said in the winner’s circle. “For all the memories and all the involvement he’s had at this track, we are very proud to have Miguel Duhamel inducted into the Infineon Raceway Wall of Fame.” Teammate Jake Zemke will have to wait for his induction into the Wall of Fame. Brake problems prevented him from finishing higher up than eighth on Saturday. On Sunday, he discovered a lack of drive grip on the warm-up lap that stymied his best efforts to ride around the problem. “We’ll just come back for the next one, definitely have to do a lot better than we did today,” he said. The podium order was identical both days, Suzuki’s Ben Spies in front of teammate Mat Mladin and Duhamel. Miguel Duhamel, 3rd Saturday, 3rd Sunday I thought about sticking it in (on Aaron Yates) a few times, but I was saving that for a little later (in Saturday’s race). But then he went extra wide. So I went inside, and I figured he’d try and come down on me anyway, but I had the right of way, basically. I don’t know where he went and I didn’t really care. I just wanted to make that pass, because I knew I was faster than him through some of the sections, and I was just holding it back a bit. When he did come by we did pick up the pace a bit, and it actually made me discover a few things for tomorrow’s race. I felt yesterday I could have been a little closer to the guys in front. And the key to that is to be closer. Tommy (Hayden) was actually doing a good job of keeping Mat (Mladin) honest and even Ben (Spies) for a while there. I was like, this is good, this is real good. Usually when you’re in third place, you only just see open track. And I was like, whoa, look at that. I was in fourth place at that moment. And (Hayden) was riding really good and then I had to ride really hard and got by him. I was really good on the brakes. Got by Tommy. He was braking good too, but not good enough. He went into the dirt, through the chicane, twice I think. That time actually I got by. Once I did that I think it looks like he couldn’t keep up the pace. By then Mat already did a little gap and I was trying to keep that gap honest and try and get a little closer and it was fluctuating depending on the lap and lapped riders. Of course I wanted to get up for the championship and get in front of Mat, but he didn’t want me to. Jake Zemke, 8th Saturday, 8th Sunday Early on we had the pace to run with the guys for third. I would like to think we would have been at least a challenge for those guys up there and would have a four-rider race for third instead of three, but that’s the way it goes. It just seems like the brakes glazed over a bit and I just didn’t have the stopping power I needed getting in the corners and couldn’t get in there like I was earlier in the race, and just kind of faded back from there. I just felt like I could get through the corners OK once I got in there, it was just I couldn’t get into the corners. I just kind of just ended up going backwards there. First lap out, warm-up lap I could tell it wasn’t quite the grip I had yesterday. Sometimes it takes a lap or two to get the tires where they’re gripping to their full potential. It just never, ever came in. It was kind of bad right from the get-go. I think it was more our setting that was bad, because we had the same tire we had yesterday and, shoot, I drove right by a couple of guys early in the race, where today that wasn’t going to happen. they were driving by me instead. We thought we had something that might be a little bit better, but ultimately it just didn’t have the grip I had yesterday. So I couldn’t get off the corners and we had changed the shock and it also affected going into the corners as well. I just couldn’t get much of anything done today. We’ll come back. Sunday Superbike: 1. Ben Spies (Suzuki) 2. Mat Mladin (Suzuki) 3. Miguel Duhamel (Honda) 4. Neil Hodgson (Ducati) 5. Aaron Yates (Suzuki) 6. Tommy Hayden (Kawasaki) 7. Ben Bostrom (Ducati) 8. Jake Zemke (Honda) 9. Steve Rapp (Suzuki) 10. Jacob Holden (Suzuki) Saturday Superbike: 1. Ben Spies (Suzuki) 2. Mat Mladin (Suzuki) 3. Miguel Duhamel (Honda) 4. Aaron Yates (Suzuki) 5. Neil Hodgson (Ducati) 6. Ben Bostrom (Ducati) 7. Tommy Hayden (Kawasaki) 8. Jake Zemke (Honda) 9. Steve Rapp (Suzuki) 10. Larry Pegram (Honda) Superbike Championship: 1. Ben Spies (Suzuki) 257 2. Mat Mladin (Suzuki) 227 3. Miguel Duhamel (Honda) 198 4. Neil Hodgson (Ducati) 183 5. Aaron Yates (Suzuki) 179 6. Tommy Hayden (Kawasaki) 173 7. Ben Bostrom (Ducati) 168 8. Jake Zemke (Honda) 156 9. Jason Pridmore (Suzuki) 148 10. Larry Pegram (Honda) 133 More, from a press release issued by Yoshimura Suzuki: Yoshimura Suzuki Dominates Sonoma Superbike Weekend –Next round, Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI, June 2 – 4, 2006– Round 4 – AMA Superbike Series Sonoma, CA Infineon Raceway May 19 – 21, 2006 Team Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies celebrated a perfect weekend at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. The young Texan tied the AMA record for most consecutive AMA Superbike wins by taking his sixth straight Superbike victory on Sunday afternoon. Furthermore, he broke the track lap record when he captured his third career pole position and he broke the track race record after leading all laps of both Saturday’s and Sunday’s AMA Superbike races. Teammate and defending AMA Superbike Champion Mat Mladin finished a close second while Aaron Yates came in fifth place. “If you would’ve told me that I was going to have six consecutive wins at the beginning of the year, I wouldn’t have believed it,” said Spies. “I really have to thank my crew because they’re doing a great job. I’m riding really hard but the Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 is making it easy for me.” As on Saturday, Sunday’s 28-lap race commenced with Spies taking the holeshot and leading the field to what seemed like an easy victory. “It was a good race,” he summed up afterward. “The Suzuki GSX-R is running really good right now and I’m riding pretty decent and my Yoshimura Suzuki crew is doing a great job. I was just trying to get out front, ride my own race and click off fast laps.” When Spies got out front, Mladin was right behind him and stayed put in second place to the checkers. “It was a good race for us today,” said Mladin. “I tried to make it as close as I could but I couldn’t get around Ben today. We’ll go home and do some homework and see if we can catch him at Road America. I reckon he’s got a few too many wins under his belt now!” Meanwhile, Yates started out strong and went on to bring home a top-five finish. “I got a really good start and was up to third on the first lap,” said Yates. “Then some guys got by me and it was kind of tough to get around. But I did, and then charged hard on my Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000. I’m happy with the changes we’ve made to the bike and I’m looking forward to testing and fine-tuning the bike for Road America.” Yoshimura Suzuki has won seven of the last eight Superbike events at Infineon Raceway, dating back to 2003. Mladin has five of the seven wins. Mat Mladin, Team Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000, #1 2nd Place – AMA Superbike 2nd Place — Overall Aaron Yates, Team Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000, #20 5th Place – AMA Superbike 5th Place — Overall Ben Spies, Team Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000, #11 1st Place – AMA Superbike 1st Place — Overall AMA Superbike Top 10 Finishers: 1. Ben Spies, Team Yoshimura Suzuki 2. Mat Mladin, Team Yoshimura Suzuki 3. Miguel Duhamel, Honda 4. Neil Hodgson, Ducati 5. Aaron Yates, Team Yoshimura Suzuki 6. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki 7. Ben Bostrom, Ducati 8. Jake Zemke, Honda 9. Jake Holden, Jordan Suzuki 10. Steve Rapp, Jordan Suzuki More, from a press release issued by Parts Unlimited Ducati: PARTS UNLIMITED DUCATI’S HODGSON BATTLES AT INFINEON RACEWAY Sonoma (California) 21 May 2006: Parts Unlimited Ducati’s Neil Hodgson improved to fourth place in Sunday’s AMA Superbike race at Infineon Raceway, applying pressure on third place in the final laps in the second contest of the weekend. Teammate Ben Bostrom finished seventh on his Ducati 999 Superbike in a race meeting with limited track time due to weather issues. Hodgson was 9.137 seconds behind the winner at the flag, less than half of Saturday’s gap. In the race, Neil made a pass of Tommy Hayden on lap 22 to take fourth place. “It was good to see the leaders,” said Hodgson, who qualified on the front row on Saturday. “We were much more competitive today. I had a good battle with Tommy Hayden and Aaron Yates out there. Tommy was braking very late into the corners and I managed to squeeze underneath him for the pass and went off to chase Miguel Duhamel. The bike felt good on the light fuel load at the end of the race. We were able to close some on Miguel but ran out of laps.” Hodgson maintains fourth place in AMA Superbike points after extending his perfect finishing record for 2006. “We have a test scheduled for this week in Utah, so it will be good to go into it having made some improvements,” said Hodgson. Bostrom was seventh on the day. “In some ways, this race was a test for us,” said Bostrom. “We have struggled some this season and needed track time. At the end of today’s race, we were able to do low 1:37s after we improved the bike from what we learned on Saturday. We were about a second a lap quicker today, though, which is promising.” The next AMA Superbike race is June 2-4, 2006 at Road America. Sunday results: 1. Ben Spies, Suzuki 2. Mat Mladin, Suzuki 3. Miguel Duhamel, Honda 4. Neil Hodgson, Parts Unlimited Ducati 5. Aaron Yates, Suzuki 6. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki 7. Ben Bostrom, Parts Unlimited Ducati 8. Jake Zemke, Honda 9. Steve Rapp, Suzuki 10. Jake Holden, Suzuki AMA Superbike points (after seven races): 1. Ben Spies, Suzuki 257 2. Mat Mladin, Suzuki 227 3. Miguel Duhamel, 198 4. Neil Hodgson, Parts Unlimited Ducati 183 5. Aaron Yates, Suzuki 179 6. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki 173 7. Ben Bostrom, Parts Unlimited Ducati 168 8. Jake Zemke, Honda 156 9. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki 148 10. Larry Pegram, Honda 133

The race was red-flagged on lap nine when Reno Karimian’s engine blew on the start/finish straight, oiling the track. In an attempt to beat approaching bad weather, the race was called complete with results backed up to lap eight of 17. AMA Superstock Infineon Raceway Sonoma, California May 21 Provisional Race Results: 1. Jamie Hacking (Yam YZF-R1 LE), 8 laps 2. Aaron Yates (Suz GSX-R1000), -3.137 seconds 3. Eric Bostrom (Yam YZF-R1 LE), -5.342 seconds 4. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R1000), -7.871 seconds 5. Jake Holden (Suz GSX-R1000), -10.380 seconds 6. Marty Craggill (Suz GSX-R1000), -13.371 seconds 7. Steve Rapp (Suz GSX-R1000), -17.631 seconds 8. Josh Hayes (Hon CBR1000RR), -17.847 seconds 9. Matt Lynn (Suz GSX-R1000), -18.143 seconds 10. Aaron Gobert (Hon CBR1000RR), -20.669 seconds 11. Jason Pridmore (Suz GSX-R1000), -24.294 seconds 12. Dave Stanton (Suz GSX-R1000), -26.133 seconds 13. Damon Buckmaster (Kaw ZX-10R), -27.565 seconds 14. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R1000), -27.686 seconds 15. Cory West (Suz GSX-R1000), -31.978 seconds 16. Ben Attard (Kaw ZX-6R), -32.591 seconds 17. Robertino Pietri (Suz GSX-R1000), -35.477 seconds 18. Akira Tamitsuji (Suz GSX-R1000), -36.988 seconds 19. Jason DiSalvo (Yam YZF-R1 LE), -39.309 seconds, crash 20. Ben Thompson (Suz GSX-R1000), -39.515 seconds 21. Martin Szwarc (Suz GSX-R1000), -46.764 seconds 22. Eli Edwards (Suz GSX-R1000), -50.754 seconds 23. Leonardo Bagnis (Yam YZF-R1), -52.066 seconds 24. Corey Eaton (Suz GSX-R1000), -53.602 seconds 25. Lance Williams (Suz GSX-R1000), -58.380 seconds 26. Premek Glinz (Suz GSX-R1000), -59.267 seconds 27. C.R. Gittere (Suz GSX-R1000), -59.525 seconds 28. Mark Simon (Suz GSX-R1000), -63.075 seconds 29. Andy Carman (Suz GSX-R1000), -63.715 seconds 30. Chris Weiss (Suz GSX-R1000), -66.685 seconds 31. Marco Martinez (Suz GSX-R1000), -73.470 seconds 32. Eric Pinson (Kaw ZX-10R), -76.163 seconds 33. Brad Puetz (Suz GSX-R1000), -80.003 seconds 34. Fernando Amantini (Kaw ZX-10R), -81.984 seconds 35. Reno Karimian (Suz GSX-R1000), -81.985 seconds 36. Sahar Zvik (Suz GSX-R1000), -5 laps, DNF, crash 37. Corey Sarros (Suz GSX-R1000), DNS 38. Brad Hendry (Suz GSX-R1000), DNS Provisional Point Standings 1. Hacking, 138 points 2. Yates, 126 points 3. DiSalvo, 114 points 4. May, 109 points 5. Hayes, 98 points 6. Holden, 91 points 7. Pridmore, 87 points 8. Aaron Gobert, 86 points 9. Eric Bostrom, 80 points 10. TIE, Rapp/Ulrich, 73 points 12. Lynn, 69 points 13. Attard, 68 points 14. TIE, Craggill/Pietri, 64 points More, from a press release issued by Team Suzuki: YATES MOVES TO 2ND IN SUPERSTOCK SERIES Team Yoshimura Suzuki’s Aaron Yates brought home a second-place finish in the AMA Repsol Superstock race, the defending AMA Superstock Champion moving from third-place to second-place overall in the points standings. The Superstock racing action began late Saturday afternoon when Yates qualified in fifth position on the second row after posting a best lap time of 1:37.557. He fell during the morning’s practice and tweaked the shoulder he’d injured during testing last February. He said: “I hurt my shoulder when I fell this morning and I just can’t push as hard as I need to.” In Sunday afternoon’s 17-lap race, however, Yates got a good start and was out front in third position. He stayed put for several laps before taking over second place and was riding aggressively on his Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 when a red flag was thrown with eight laps completed. Because of anticipated weather, the AMA called the race at that point. “You always want to win the race,” said Yates afterwards. “But it was a good race. I got hung up for a while in third place and then I was able to get by and get into second. I tried to chase after the leader but he was too far out there when we got the red flag. Even though I’d rather get the win, second is good for the points in the championship.” Superstock Top 10 Finishers: 1. Jamie Hacking (Yamaha) 2. Aaron Yates (Yoshimura Suzuki) 3. Eric Bostrom (Ducati) 4. Geoff May (M4 EMGO Suzuki) 5. Jake Holden (Jordan Suzuki) 6. Marty Craggill (Hotbodies Racing Mat Mladin Motorsports Suzuki) 7 Steve Rapp (Jordan Suzuki) 8. Josh Hayes (Honda) 9. Matt Lynn (Suzuki) 10. Aaron Gobert (Honda) More, from a press release issued by Pirelli: During Friday’s official Formula Xtreme practice at the AMA Superbike event at Infineon Raceway, M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Michael Barnes set the fastest lap overall on his Suzuki GSX-R600, ripping off a time 1:40.177 with Pirelli’s Super Corsa Pros. In Saturday’s qualifying Barnes upped his pace to set a time of 1:39.067, nabbing a front-row seat with the third quickest time. In the race Barnes ran a clean third for a few laps until finding himself in a battle for that position. At the end Barnes was credited with a hard-fought fifth. In Supersport, Geoff May rode his M4 EMGO Suzuki GSX-R600 to the third fastest time in opening practice on Friday, setting the fastest time for a privateer. In Saturday’s Supersport practice Barnes took over the third fastest time with May claiming the fourth fastest time, both within just tenths of the leading time. In qualifying Barnes and May claimed two spots on the front row with their Pirelli Super Corsa Pros, qualifying third and fourth. Barnes nailed the holeshot in the race’s start and led the field into turn two, where his bike suffered a mechanical. May meanwhile was running third when the race was red fagged on the third lap and unable to be restarted due to rain. The race was called a non-event: no winner, no points, didn’t happen. Geoff May moved up to take the fourth fastest time in Superstock qualifying after setting fifth fastest time in the class’s Saturday practice with a set of Pirelli Diablo Superbike tires mounted on his Suzuki GSX-R1000 (Superstock practice on Friday was rained out.). In the race May was in contention for a podium finish when the race was red flagged because of another rider’s blown engine. The race was not restarted because of threatening rain and May was credited with fourth with eight laps given as the official race length. During the final two laps of the Superstock race the M4 EMGO Suzuki crew recorded May as advancing a second a lap on the race leader. The results from Infineon put May fourth in Superstock points, just 5 points behind third and 29 points behind first with seven events remaining. In Supersport May is still third in points due to none being scored at the Infineon event. May has 79 points and is one point away from second place in the Supersport championship. More, from a press release issued by Yoshimura Suzuki: Yoshimura Suzuki’s Yates Second at Sonoma Superstock Race –Next round, Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI, June 2 – 4, 2006– Round 4 – AMA Repsol Superstock Series Sonoma, CA Infineon Raceway May 19 – 21, 2006 Team Yoshimura Suzuki’s Aaron Yates brought home a second-place finish in the AMA Repsol Superstock race at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., on Sunday afternoon. With this finish, the defending AMA Superstock Champion moved from third-place overall to second-place overall in the points standings. The Superstock racing action began late Saturday afternoon, when Yates qualified in fifth position on the second row after posting a best lap time of 1:37.557. Yates had, unfortunately, fallen during the morning’s Superstock practice and tweaked the shoulder he’d injured during testing last February. “I hurt my shoulder when I fell this morning,” he explained. “And I just can’t push as hard as I need to.” In Sunday afternoon’s 17-lap race, however, Yates got a good start and was out front in third position. He stayed put for several laps before taking over second place. He was riding aggressively on his Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 when a red flag was thrown with eight laps completed. Because of anticipated weather, the AMA called the race at that point. “You always want to win the race,” said Yates afterward. “But it was a good race. I got hung up for a while in third place and then I was able to get by and get into second. I tried to chase after the leader but he was too far out there when we got the red flag. But second place is OK. Even though I’d rather get the win, second is good for the points in the championship.” Aaron Yates, Team Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000, #1 2nd Place – AMA Repsol Lubricants Superstock 2nd Place – Overall SuperStock Top 10 Finishers: 1. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha 2. Aaron Yates, Team Yoshimura Suzuki 3. Eric Bostrom, Ducati 4. Geoff May, M4 EMGO Suzuki 5. Jake Holden, Jordan Suzuki 6. Marty Craggill, Hotbodies Racing Mat Mladin Motorsports Suzuki 7. Steve Rapp, Jordan Suzuki 8. Josh Hayes, Honda 9. Matt Lynn, Suzuki 10. Aaron Gobert, Honda

Mat Mladin was the fastest rider in the short, 10-minute AMA Superbike practice session at Infineon Raceway, but the session ended with Mladin lowsiding in the Carousel and heavily damaging his Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000. “I crashed, in the Carousel,” Mladin confirmed to AMA Superbike Media Manager Larry Lawrence. “Ever since I’ve been coming here I always wondered if you could get to that wall out there, and now I know you can’t.” Asked if he would be OK for the race, Mladin said, “I should be alright. I hope so. I’m tough, mate, T-U-F-F.” AMA Superbike Championship presented by Parts Unlimited Infineon Raceway Sonoma, California May 21 Provisional Practice Results: 1. Mat Mladin (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:37.237 2. Ben Spies (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:37.584 3. Tommy Hayden (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:37.796 4. Ben Bostrom (Duc 999F06), 1:37.877 5. Jake Zemke (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:38.256 6. Neil Hodgson (Duc 999F06), 1:38.362 7. Miguel Duhamel (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:38.512 8. Aaron Yates (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:38.549 9. Steve Rapp (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:39.958 10. Doug Chandler (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:40.064 11. Jason Pridmore (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:40.424 12. Larry Pegram (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:40.432 13. Eric Wood (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:40.483 14. Jason Curtis (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:40.699 15. Lee Acree (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:41.550 16. Matt Lynn (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:43.056 17. Scott Jensen (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:43.116 18. David Bell (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:46.222 19. Andi Notman (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:46.309 20. Fernando Amantini (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:54.478 21. Ken Hill (Hon CBR1000RR), 3:25.594

Pro Honda Oils AMA Supersport Championship presented by Shoei Helmets Infineon Raceway Sonoma, California May 21 Provisional Practice Times: 1. Jamie Hacking (Yam YZF-R6), 1:39.367 2. Ben Spies (Suz GSX-R600), 1:39.782 3. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R600), 1:40.046 4. Ben Attard (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:40.865 5. Roger Hayden (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:40.930 6. Michael Barnes (Suz GSX-R600), 1:41.195 7. Damon Buckmaster (Kaw ZX-6RR), 1:41.232 8. Danny Eslick (Suz GSX-R600), 1:41.420 9. Blake Young (Suz GSX-R600), 1:41.622 10. Chris “Opie” Caylor (Suz GSX-R600), 1:41.743 11. Jeff Tigert (Hon CBR600RR), 1:41.826 12. Chris Siglin (Suz GSX-R600), 1:42.742 13. Ryan Elleby (Hon CBR600RR), 1:42.900 14. Tony Meiring (Suz GSX-R600), 1:43.179 15. Michael Beck (Yam YZF-R6), 1:43.613

Repsol Lubricants AMA Superstock Championship Infineon Raceway Sonoma, California May 21 Provisional Practice Times: 1. Aaron Yates (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:38.455 2. Jason DiSalvo (Yam YZF-R1 LE), 1:39.253 3. Jamie Hacking (Yam YZF-R1 LE), 1:39.272 4. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:39.515 5. Eric Bostrom (Yam YZF-R1 LE), 1:39.676 6. Marty Craggill (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:39.986 7. Jake Holden (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:40.167 8. Josh Hayes (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:40.305 9. Steve Rapp (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:40.406 10. Aaron Gobert (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:40.902 11. Jason Pridmore (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:41.486 12. Ben Attard (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:42.119 13. Damon Buckmaster (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:42.364 14. Matt Lynn (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:42.412 15. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:42.610 Note: Steve Rapp crashed his Michael Jordan Motorsports Suzuki GSX-R1000 in turn five during the session. SPEED Channel replays showed a chain-reaction incident that ended with Rapp suffering a lowside crash. Rapp was seen walking away from the crash and rode back to the pits on the back of teammate Jason Pridmore’s racebike.

At 10:35 a.m. local time AMA Superstock bikes took to the track for their short, 10-minute warm-up session. Other than the short delay caused by the thorough drying of the racing surface, AMA Pro Racing is planning to proceed with the revised and shortened schedule previously released.