In the post race tech inspection following the 600cc Supersport event at Brainerd, the charging systems of Eric Bostrom’s Kawasaki ZX-6R and Miguel Duhamel’s Honda CBR600F4i were found to be producing less voltage than normal.

Bostrom and Duhamel were fined $500 each.

1. Rich Oliver
2. Chuck Sorensen, -10.082 seconds
3. Jimmy Filice, -15.627
4. Randy Renfrow, Honda RS250, -17.662
5. Simon Turner, -20.323
6. Perry Melneciuc, -20.608
7. Ty Piz, -66.585
8. Ed Sorbo, -66.679
9. Cory West, -84.040
10. John France, Honda RS250, -1 lap

All Yamaha TZ250 except as indicated

Point Standings
1. Filice, 254
2. Oliver, 233
3. Michael Hannas, 198

By Glenn LeSanto

Ben Bostrom took his fourth race win in a row in the World Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch in England this afternoon. The race was red-flagged after a spectacular crash by Wild Card rider James Haydon at the exit of Surtees. As Haydon went down after highsiding his Yamaha YZF-R7 the luckless Robert Ulm had nowhere else to go but up and over the stricken Yamaha. Both machines crashed heavily into the Air Fence and Ulm’s Ducati burst into flames. The Race Director was left with no choice but to stop the race.

When the race was stopped Ben Bostrom was leading Britain’s Neil Hodgson with Champion Colin Edwards in third. The race was restarted with the new grid decided by the race positions at the end of lap 10. In the restart it was Hodgson on the GSE Ducati and Bostrom on his L&M Ducati that again presented the enthusiastic crowd with all the action. The pair battled out lap after lap, swapping places as they rode around in the scorching sunshine at Brands Hatch. But Bostrom had the advantage; he was just over a second ahead of Hodgson at the end of the first part so he only needed to finish just behind Hodgson to win. In the end he did just that and crossed the line just 0.316-second behind Hodgson to take the win.

Edwards, who was second when the red flag was waved, had done enough on the Castrol Honda to hold onto third, even though it was Bayliss who finished third on the road. But Edwards’ race one advantage held the Texan up for some more valuable Championship points. Bayliss finished in fifth in aggregate, with Chili in fourth. Troy Corser had another difficult race, he was way back in eighth. Benelli Sport enjoyed three more Championship points when Peter Goddard finished in 13th after a long dice with the Castrol Honda’s Tady Okada. Although Goddard beat Okada over the line, Okada finished in front of him, placed 12th on aggregate.


First race aggregate result:
1. Ben Bostrom, USA (Ducati) 36:41.759
2. Neil Hodgson, GB (Ducati) 36:43.267
3. Colin Edwards, USA (Honda) 36:50.961
4. Pier-Francesco Chili, Italy (Suzuki) 36:51.775
5. Troy Bayliss, Australia (Ducati) 36:56.393
6. Ruben Xaus, Spain (Ducati) 37:03.641
7. Stephane Chambon, France (Suzuki) 37:06.005
8. Troy Corser, Australia (Aprilia) 37:06.995
9. Sean Emmett, GB (Ducati) 37:07.569
10. Akira Yanagawa, Japan (Kawasaki) 37:08.311

By Glenn LeSanto

Ben Bostrom did the double again at Brands Hatch today, making it five wins in a row. The 27-year-old Californian is on a winning streak and even Neil Hodgson’s best efforts couldn’t deny him another double win. The pair, who had already fought a pitched battle in race one, found themselves locked in a race-long duel again in race two to the delight of the 122,000 spectators.
They were both riding on the absolute limit and had left the rest of the field more than 10 seconds behind. But the strain started to show on Hodgson’s machine and with 10 laps to go water spilled out of Hodgson’s breather pipe onto his visor as his engine started to boil. At first it didn’t effect the power of the engine on his GSE Ducati, but as the race distance wore on Hodgson was forced to ride harder–but at the same time try to spare his engine–in order to keep up with Bostrom. With only two laps to go Hodgson’s engine was running at 120 degrees Centigrade and the reigning British Superbike Champion was forced to admit defeat and settle for second.

“My plan for the race was to go as fast as I could for 25 laps,” joked Hodgson. “But with 10 laps to go my bike started to overheat. I tried to
keep the pressure on Ben but he just kept his head down and I was left staring at his backside yet again!”

Bostrom was typically modest after the race, saying “Neil Hodgson is the man to beat at the moment, we seem to be racing each other all the time lately. It’s a lot of fun. But he’s pushing me really hard and I was glad to have that small power advantage today.”

The last rider to win five World Superbike races in a row was Carl Fogarty.

Championship leader Troy Bayliss came in third, despite not feeling his best, possibly a result of the Californian style weather – blazing sunshine all day. Colin Edwards continued to see his Championship slip away from him, the five points he clawed back from Bayliss were lost again in the second race when he finished fifth behind Pier Francesco Chili. James Toseland had
his best result of the season, finishing sixth on his GSE Ducati.

Second race result:
1. Ben Bostrom, USA, Ducati, 36:28.522
2. Hodgson, GBR, Ducati, 36:31.103
3. Bayliss, AUS, Ducati, 36:39.429
4. Chili, ITA, Suzuki, 36:39.464
5. Edwards, USA, Honda, 36:40.007
6. James Toseland, GBR, Ducati, 36:45.756
7. John Reynolds, GBR, Ducati, 36:45.758
8. Yanagawa, JPN, Kawasaki, 36:52.442
9. Chambon, FRA, Suzuki, 36:52.691
10. Emmett, GBR, Ducati, 36:57.854

World Superbike Championship points after 10 of 13 rounds:
1. Bayliss 303
2. Edwards 250
3. Bostrom 247
4. Corser 226
5. Hodgson 217
6. Chili 179
7. Yanagawa 132
8. Gregorio Lavilla, Spain, 122
9. Tady Okada, Japan, 118
10. Xaus, 106.

Manufacturers’ Points:
1 Ducati 413
2. Honda 302
3. Aprilia 253
4. Kawasaki 230
5. Suzuki 195
6. Yamaha 25
7. Benelli 4.

Next round: Oschersleben, Germany – September 2

Mark Heckles ran away with the Brands Hatch round of the European Superstock Championship today. For the second round running the dominance of the Suzuki GSX-R1000 was broken, this time by the superfast Rumi Honda Fireblade and rider Heckles’ sheer determination. 

Championship leader James Ellison couldn’t hold off a late challenge from rival Walter Tortoroglio. Ellison slipped
back to third when Tortoroglio passed him at Hawthorn Bend. The Italian reduced reigning Champion Ellison’s points lead from 10 to 6 points.

Race Result:

1. Mark Heckles, GBR, Honda, 22:59.554
2. Walter Tortoroglio, ITA, Suzuki, 23:01.881
3. James Ellison, GBR, Suzuki, 23:03.014
4. Kieran Murphy, GBR, Suzuki, 23:03.808
5. Chris Burns, GBR, Suzuki, 23:04.601

John Hopkins was fastest in Saturday morning Formula Xtreme practice at Brainerd, and points leader Damon Buckmaster’s Yamaha YZF-R1/R7 blew its engine and oiled about 400 yards of the track in the turn two and three area, just after Buckmaster took the checkered flag. Cornerworkers on the scene were heard on the AMA radio frequency expressing concern about hauling Buckmaster’s bike back into the pits because its bellypan was full of oil.

The track was shut down about 30 minutes for oil cleanup, before the Superbikes were sent out for practice.

Formula Xtreme Saturday Morning Times
1. John Hopkins, Suzuki, 1:38.160
2. Josh Hayes, Honda, 1:38.395
3. Grant Lopez, Suzuki, 1:38.542
4. Jake Zemke, Honda 1:38.576
5. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, 1:38.768
6. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, 1:38.983
7. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda, 1:39.080
8. Tom Kipp, Suzuki, 1:40.002
9. Mark Miller, Honda, 1:40.108
10. Frank Trombino, Yamaha, 1:42.054

1. Mat Mladin, Suzuki, 1:35.320
2. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, 1:36.073
3. Nicky Hayden, Honda, 1:36.270
4. Kurtis Roberts, Honda, 1:36.694
5. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki, 1:36.820
6. Steve Rapp, Ducati, 1:37.187
7. Doug Chandler, Kawasaki, 1:37.233
8. Jamie Hacking, Suzuki, 1:37.386
9. Andy Meklau, Ducati, 1:37.469
10. Tommy Hayden, Yamaha, 1:37.745
11. Anthony Gobert, Yamaha, 1:37.857
12. Larry Pegram, Ducati, 1:37.879
13. Pascal Picotte, Harley-Davidson, 1:38.688
14. Jordan Szoke, Harley-Davidson, 1:40.317
15. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, 1:41.044*
16. Greg Fryer, Yamaha, 1:41.148
17. Robert Jensen, Suzuki, 1:41.178*
18. Mike Smith, Harley-Davidson, 1:41.262
19. Andy Deatherage, Suzuki, 1:41.959
20. Rich Alexander, Suzuki, 1:42.494*

* = rider on 750cc Supersport bike

1. Mat Mladin, Suzuki, 1:36.324
2. Nicky Hayden, Honda, 1:36.883
3. Jamie Hacking, Suzuki, 1:37.427
4. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki, 1:37.455
5. Kurtis Roberts, Honda, 1:37.554
6. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, 1:37.745
7. Anthony Gobert, Yamaha, 1:37.942
8. Doug Chandler, Kawasaki, 1:37.999
9. Steve Rapp, Ducati, 1:38.009
10. Larry Pegram, Ducati, 1:38.209
11. Tommy Hayden, Yamaha, 1:38.674
12. Pascal Picotte, Harley-Davidson, 1:38.861
13. Andrea Meklau, Ducati, 1:39.670
14. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, 1:40.549*
15. Jordan Szoke, Harley-Davidson, 1:41.286
16. Mike Smith, Harley-Davidson, 1:41.315
17. Ben Spies, Suzuki, 1:41.577*
18. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki, 1:41.713*
19. Vince Haskovec, Suzuki, 1:41.753*
20. Rich Alexander, Suzuki, 1:41.757*

* = rider on 750cc Supersport bike

1. Daigoro Suzuki, 1:41.073
2. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki ZX-6R, 1:41.089
3. Chris Ulrich, 1:41.317
4. John Hopkins, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:41.349
5. Ben Spies, 1:41.579
6. Kurtis Roberts, Honda CBR600F4i, 1:41.753
7. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda CBR600F4i, 1:42.312
8. Robert Jensen, 1:42.393
9. Jake Zemke, Honda CBR600F4i, 1:42.409
10. Tony Meiring, 1:42.489
11. Rich Alexander, 1:42.500
12. Tommy Hayden, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:42.579
13. Josh Hayes, Honda CBR600F4i, 1:42.836
14. Tony Lupo, 1:42.846
15. Jimmy Moore, 1:43.784

All on GSX-R750 unless noted.

1. Jimmy Moore, 1:40.241
2. Rich Alexander, 1:40.529
3. Robert Jensen, 1:40.560
4. Daigoro Suzuki, 1:40.564
5. Ben Spies, 1:40.915
6. Vince Haskovec, 1:41.205
7. Chris Ulrich, 1:41.380
8. Tony Lupo, 1:41.574
9. Tony Meiring, 1:41.925
10. Rich Conicelli, 1:42.808
11. Wes Pogue, 1:43.602
12. David Ortega, 1:43.951
13. Randall Mennenga, 1:43.975
14. Justin Blake, 1:45.274
15. Eric Dooyema, 1:45.603
16. Ken Krebs, 1:45.711
17. Eric Haugo, 1:45.965
18. Darren Lenzen, 1:46.071
19. Roger Hendricks, 1:46.479
20. David Ebben, 1:46.501