125cc Grand Prix Race Results: 1. Thomas LUTHI, Honda, 19 laps, 41:32.409 2. Mika KALLIO, KTM, -3.212 seconds 3. Marco SIMONCELLI, Aprilia, -3.326 seconds 4. Sergio GADEA, Aprilia, -7.754 seconds 5. Lorenzo ZANETTI, Aprilia, -14.453 seconds 6. Fabrizio LAI, Honda, -25.156 seconds 7. Mike DI MEGLIO, Honda, -25.247 seconds 8. Manuel POGGIALI, Gilera, -25.509 seconds 9. Gabor TALMACSI, KTM, -25.773 seconds 10. Julian SIMON, KTM, -26.066 seconds 125cc GP World Championship Point Standings: 1. LUTHI, 144 points 2. KALLIO, 136 points 3. TALMACSI, 120 points 4. SIMONCELLI, 117 points 5. Mattia PASINI, 100 points 6. LAI, 98 points 7. SIMON, 97 points 8. POGGIALI, 72 points 9. DI MEGLIO, 54 points 10. Tomoyoshi KOYAMA, 52 points

250cc Grand Prix Race Results: 1. Daniel PEDROSA, Honda, 20 laps, 41:24.944 2. Jorge LORENZO, Honda, -1.303 seconds 3. Casey STONER, Aprilia, -4.253 seconds 4. Alex DE ANGELIS, Aprilia, -5.326 seconds 5. Hiroshi AOYAMA, Honda, -8.392 seconds 6. Andrea DOVIZIOSO, Honda, -8.471 seconds 7. Sebastian PORTO, Aprilia, -25.545 seconds 8. Randy DE PUNIET, Aprilia, -32.159 seconds 9. Roberto LOCATELLI, Aprilia, -33.969 seconds 10. Sylvain GUINTOLI, Aprilia, -35.544 seconds 11. Jakub SMRZ, Honda, -51.827 seconds 12. Anthony WEST, KTM, -52.049 seconds 13. Alex DEBON, Honda, -58.214 seconds 14. Radomil ROUS, Honda, -58.604 seconds 15. Steve JENKNER, Aprilia, -58.911 seconds 250cc GP World Championship Point Standings: 1. PEDROSA, 206 points 2. STONER, 147 points 3. DOVIZIOSO, 134 points 4. PORTO, 105 points 5. DE ANGELIS, 100 points 6. TIE, LORENZO/AOYAMA, 98 points 8. DE PUNIET, 97 points 9. Hector BARBERA, 59 points 10. Simone CORSI, 54 points

Sunday Morning MotoGP Practice Times: 1. Sete GIBERNAU, Honda, 1:58.240 2. Kenny ROBERTS, Suzuki, 1:58.655 3. Colin EDWARDS, Yamaha, 1:58.935 4. Loris CAPIROSSI, Ducati, 1:59.067 5. Valentino ROSSI, Yamaha, 1:59.100 6. Nicky HAYDEN, Honda, 1:59.213 7. Marco MELANDRI, Honda, 1:59.361 8. John HOPKINS, Suzuki, 1:59.431 9. Carlos CHECA, Ducati, 1:59.617 10. Shinya NAKANO, Kawasaki, 1:59.772 11. Alex HOFMANN, Kawasaki, 1:59.820 12. Troy BAYLISS, Honda, 1:59.860 13. Alex BARROS, Honda, 1:59.989 14. Max BIAGGI, Honda, 2:00.029 15. Makoto TAMADA, Honda, 2:00.138 16. Jeremy McWILLIAMS, Proton, 2:01.036 17. Toni ELIAS, Yamaha, 2:01.039 18. Nobuatsu AOKI, Suzuki, 2:01.072 19. Roberto ROLFO, Ducati, 2:01.207 20. Ruben XAUS, Yamaha, 2:02.020 21. James ELLISON, Blata, 2:02.989 22. Franco BATTAINI, Blata, 2:04.003

Ducati North America Public Relations Coordinator Vincent Chiaro married girlfriend Danielle Zika today in Monterey, California.

1. Mat Mladin, Suzuki, 28 laps total 2. Ben Spies, Suzuki, -3.711 seconds 3. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, -5.932 4. Jake Zemke, Honda, -7.083 5. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, -13.360 6. Eric Bostrom, Ducati, -19.434 7. Josh Hayes, Kawasaki, -24.104 8. Marty Craggill, Suzuki, -46.187 9. Jeremy Toye, Honda, -48.047 10. Lee Acree, Suzuki, -49.066 11. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, -53.940 12. Cory West, Suzuki, -56.221 13. Jason Perez, Yamaha, -59.892 14. Brian Stokes, Yamaha, -60.718 15. Brent George, Suzuki, -60.743 16. Scott Jensen, Suzuki 17. Akira Tamitsuji, Suzuki 18. Jason Curtis, Suzuki 19. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki 20. Heath Small, Yamaha 21. Anthony Fania, Suzuki 22. David Bell, Suzuki, -1 lap 23. C.R. Gittere, Suzuki, -1 lap 25. Scott Carpenter, Suzuki, -1 lap 26. James Kerker, Honda, -1 lap 27. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki, -1 lap 28. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki, -1 lap 29. Tony Meiring, Suzuki, -8 laps 30. Marco Martinez, Suzuki, -14 laps 31. Eric Wood, Suzuki, -16 laps, DNF, crash 32. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, -16 laps, DNF, crash 33. Geoff May, Suzuki, -17 laps, DNF, mechanical 34. John Haner, Suzuki, -18 laps, DNF, mechanical 35. Neil Hodgson, Ducati, -24 laps, DNF, crash 36. Jake Holden, Suzuki, -25 laps, DNF, crash 37. Matt Lynn, Suzuki, -25 laps, DNF, crash 38. Kurtis Roberts, Honda, -27 laps, DNF, mechanical 39. Larry Pegram, Honda, DNS, injury in practice More, from a press release issued by Team Suzuki: Mat Mladin headed a Yoshimura Suzuki one-two-three for the fourth time this season at the opening AMA Superbike double-header at Virginia International Raceway. Despite two red flags, the five-time AMA Superbike Champion won the first of the weekend’s two 28-lap races with team mates Ben Spies coming in a close second and Aaron Yates following in third. “We had a few issues, what with the red flags,” said Mladin, who, with this race win, has 41 career AMA Superbike victories. “But my crew worked hard to get my GSX-R1000 running good and I’d like to thank them for that. It was a long race and an interesting race, for sure, but it was good to be pushing hard for the whole race. I enjoyed that.” Final qualifying occurred under overcast skies and in warm temperatures. Mladin again captured the pole position and the track record by posting a 1:23.986 lap time, marking his 46th career pole position and his ninth of the season. “It was a good session for us,” said Mladin. “It went pretty well and it was get to get the extra point for pole. The GSX-R1000 is just so good that it makes my job fairly easy.” Said Spies: “I felt pretty good out there. It seems that every time I go out on the GSX-R, we take a couple-of-tenths off my time.” Mladin, Spies and Yates were out in front in that order almost immediately after the start, but a downed rider caused a red flag within several laps. At the restart, Mladin got a bad start but was able to work his way up to third before a second red flag was thrown. With the second restart, Mladin got off the line a little stronger but still had to work his way through the pack, eventually passing his team mates and into the lead. “It’s not that hard to pass at Virginia. This track is pretty good about that. It’s also a matter of being aggressive and getting through and that’s what I did. Also, the front of the bike’s sticking very well and I was able to be aggressive in some tight corners.” Spies was consistently strong off the line in all three race starts. He diced with Mladin in each segment of the race and led the most laps. He said: “I tried as hard as I could. I knew Mat was having some problems with his bike and I tried to get a gap as soon as I could because I knew I couldn’t hold him off. When he got by me, I just tried to keep my gap ahead of third.” Like Spies, Yates was up front in each restart and made the most of his talent and his Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000. He said: “We did all we could and I just tried to work my way up to Mat. I finally got in the groove and got going and I really wanted to get my GSX-R1000 on the podium so we’d have three GSX-Rs up here and we did it.” More, from a press release issued by Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin: BOSTROM AND HODGSON LOOK FOR A BETTER TOMORROW IN VIRGINIA Alton, Virginia (August 27) -The Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin squad were less than satisfied with the Saturday Superbike race held at Virginia International Raceway. Eric Bostrom was sixth on his Ducati 999 Superbike and Neil Hodgson crashed out of the event that was marred by two red flags. Eric Bostrom has been hot of late, winning three Superbike races this year for Ducati. The Californian was disappointed not to run up front in Saturday’s 28-lap race, but Eric still earned a respectable finish and remains third in Superbike points. “In testing, we were good here right off the truck. So far, we’ve been way off even with the same setup we used then. We’re working through a few things tonight and hope to get it better in the warm-up tomorrow morning. The crew is working really hard and hopefully we will make some progress.” Eric ran as high as second after one of the restarts but wasn’t able to translate his good start into another podium finish. He did, however, use the red flags to try some different settings. “For me, the restarts helped because we were able to make some adjustments and get some more feel out of the front,” said Bostrom. Neil Hodgson ran inside the top five until the first red flag, but he crashed on the first lap after the restart. “I lost the front in the last corner coming onto the front straight,” said Hodgson. “I was fast there all weekend and hadn’t had any slides or anything like that. The crash was a shock. I just tipped it in and, all the sudden, I was on my shoulder.” Hodgson was sore after the fall, but said it would not hinder his progress on Sunday. “As a team, we were disappointed about the results today,” said team manager Tom Bodenbach. “The fall was a surprise for Neil and Eric just didn’t have the feel and couldn’t ride the way he wanted to race. We’re going to try some new things for tomorrow and look for a stronger result in the second race.”

Ben Spies led two starts of the AMA Superbike race at VIR, with at least one more start to go. The race was red-flagged the first time after 3 laps when Jake Holden highsided at the exit of turn one and required medical attention. Holden lay on the grass for a long time but ultimately walked into an ambulance. The restarted race was red-flagged when Jimmy Moore fell and his teammate Eric Wood ran over his legs, also crashing, the two bikes creating a large debris field. Mat Mladin, who was running a close second to Spies at the first red flag, got a terrible start the second time when his bike bogged off the grid. Mladin then charged from 15th to fourth in nine laps, setting the fastest lap of the race in the process and gaining rapidly on Spies and Aaron Yates, with Jake Zemke between Mladin and Yates. Running order at red flag #1 follows: Start #1, 3 laps 1. Ben Spies, Suzuki 2. Mat Mladin, Suzuki 3. Aaron Yates, Suzuki 4. Jake Zemke, Honda 5. Josh Hayes, Kawasaki 6. Neil Hodgson, Ducati 7. Miguel Duhamel, Honda 8. Eric Bostrom, Ducati 9. Marty Craggill, Suzuki 10. Steve Rapp, Suzuki 11. Jake Holden, Suzuki, crash 12. Eric Wood, Suzuki 13. Lee Acree, Suzuki 14. Cory West, Suzuki 15. Tony Meiring, Suzuki Running order at red flag #2 follows: Start #2, 12 laps 1. Spies 2. Yates 3. Zemke 4. Mladin 5. Duhamel 6. Hayes 7. Bostrom 8. Rapp 9. Craggill 10. West 11. Acree 12. Jeremy Toye, Honda 13. Jason Perez, Yamaha 14. Scott Jensen, Suzuki 15. Wood, crash

Provisional AMA Supersport Qualifying Results: 1. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha, 1:27.291 2. Roger Hayden, Kawasaki, 1:27.472 3. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, 1:27.876 4. Ben Attard, Kawasaki, 1:27.989 5. Chris Peris, Yamaha, 1:28.086 6. Ben Spies, Suzuki, 1:28.134 7. Robert Jensen, Yamaha, 1:28.142 8. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, 1:28.174 9. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, 1:28.272 10. Geoff May, Suzuki, 1:28.484 11. Danny Eslick, Suzuki, 1:28.641 12. Blake Young, Suzuki, 1:29.465 13. Armando Ferrer, Yamaha, 1:30.507 14. Barrett Long, Yamaha, 1:30.915 15. Ryan Elleby, Suzuki, 1:31.051 16. Keith Marshall, Suzuki, 1:31.156 17. Nathan Hester, Yamaha, 1:31.195 18. Nicky Moore, Yamaha, 1;31.392 19. Taylor Knapp, Yamaha, 1:31.439 20. Trey Yonce, Yamaha, 1:31.582 21. Donny Kelley, Suzuki, 1:32.047 22. Victor Chirinos, Yamaha, 1:32.135 23. Justin Filice, Honda, 1:32.150 24. Derek Keyes, Suzuki, 1:32.706 25. Scott Jackson, Suzuki, 1:32.791 26. Chad Klock, Honda, 1:32.903 27. Shea Fouchek, Suzuki, 1:33.312 28. Joseph Ford, Yamaha, 1:33.646 29. Matthew Berry, Yamaha, 1:34.387 30. Jason Moss, Yamaha, 1:36.000 31. Mark Kittel, Honda, 1:36.031 32. Dillon Kao, Yamaha, 1:36.047

Jason DiSalvo returned from a hospital emergency room with a negative X-ray and an extremely sore left lower leg, qualified fastest for Superstock, then said that the track felt greasy and that he was disappointed that he was unable to break the Superstock class lap record (1:25.328) he set in 2004. Meanwhile, officials and track workers used a concrete saw to bevel the curbing DiSalvo hit his knee on during this morning’s Supersport practice session. Final Superstock Combined Qualifying Times 1. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha, 1:25.584 2. Roger Hayden, Kawasaki, 1:25.946 3. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, 1:26.144 4. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, 1:26.303 5. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, 1:26.427 6. Geoff May, Suzuki, 1:26.461 7. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, 1:26.558 8. Jake Holden, Suzuki, 1:26.645 9. Michael Barnes, Suzuki, 1:27.078 10. John Haner, Suzuki, 1:27.133 11. Eric Wood, Suzuki, 1:27.687 12. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki, 1:27.824 13. Blake Young, Suzuki, 1:28.197 14. Lee Acree, Suzuki, 1:28.300 15. Jason Perez, Yamaha, 1:28.411 16. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki, 1:28.580 17. Tony Meiring, Suzuki, 1:28.639 18. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, 1:28.639 19. Brent George, Suzuki, 1:28.808 20. Matt Lynn, Suzuki, 1:29.137 21. Akira Tamitsuji, Suzuki, 1:29.370 22. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki, 1:30.137 23. Heath Small, Yamaha, 1:30.743 24. Tim Rinaldi, Suzuki, 1:31.567 25. Montez Stewart, Suzuki, 1:31.838 26. Jeremy Haiduk, Yamaha, 1:32.169 27. Kenny Rodriguez, Honda, 1:32.501 28. Adrian Jones, Suzuki, 1:33.655 29. David Loikits, Suzuki, 1:34.518 30. Brad Puetz, Suzuki, 1:35.078 112% of fast time = 1:35.854 Did Not Qualify Ivan Garza, Suzuki, 1:36.012 Adam Vella, Suzuki, 1:36.192 David Littlebrook, Suzuki, 1:41.421

Progress in practice for Rizla Suzuki RIZLA SUZUKI’S John Reynolds and James Haydon made good use of today’s two 50-minute long practice sessions to improve their GSX-R1000s for Bank Holiday Monday’s double-header 10th round of the British Superbike Championship at Cadwell Park. James Haydon slashed one-second off his lap time in the afternoon session to finish eighth quickest on the day. He tested Dunlop tyres and tried both his bikes for set-up around the 2.18-mile long Lincolnshire circuit. Reigning British Superbike Champion JR took eight-tenths of a second off his morning time to finish 9th on the time sheets, a fraction behind his team mate. He worked on his suspension and tyres and finished the session happy with the feeling from his bike and determined to push harder tomorrow. Yamaha’s Tommy Hill was fastest. Superbike racing starts at 13:15 on Monday, August 29th. It will be covered live by Sky Sports and a package highlights programme will be broadcast the following Sunday morning on Channel 4. James: “I started to feel comfortable enough on my Rizla Suzuki that I was able to slide it through the corners. That’s a good feeling that I like to have with my bike as it allows me to push as hard as possible. “We ran race distance on one tyre, tested a couple of other compounds and have a good idea what will work here. We still think we can improve the bike the rear feels a little soft for my liking and we will alter that for tomorrow morning.” JR: “I am losing time through the first sector and seem to be on the pace everywhere else. As I go through Charlies there are some bumps mid-corner that are not filling me with confidence. We changed the rear shock setting for my last session on track and it felt a lot better – I’ll be happy to attack more tomorrow.” Robert Wicks, Team Manager: “Compared to our test here earlier this month, James is nearly four-tenths of a second faster and that is good progress. He needs to find more time tomorrow to compete at the front and the good news is that his crew has an idea how to achieve that. “John has matched his test time and is right behind James. He is taking his time to reacquaint himself with this track and its particular challenges and I am certain he will raise his game tomorrow for qualifying and then again for the races on Monday.” Practice Times: 1: Tommy Hill (Yamaha) 1:28.213, 2: Michael Rutter (Honda) +0.473, 3: Dean Thomas (Kawasaki) +0.493, 4: Leon Haslam (Ducati) +0.572, 5: Karl Harris (Honda) +0.577, 6: Sean Emmett (Yamaha) +0.764, 7: Glen Richards (Kawasaki) +0.895, 8: JAMES HAYDON (RIZLA SUZUKI) +0.963, 9: JOHN REYNOLDS (RIZLA SUZUKI) +0.994, 10: Gregorio Lavilla (Ducati) +1.242.