SPIES WINS UTAH DOUBLE FOR SUZUKI
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing's Ben Spies celebrated
the end of an excellent AMA Superbike double-header weekend
at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah on Sunday with
a double victory for the GSX-R1000.
The defending AMA Superbike Champion won Sunday's 14-lap
race, after having already won Saturday's race - and capturing
pole position for the weekend.
Sunday's result marks the two-time AMA Superbike Champion's
24th career AMA Superbike victory and increases his standings
in the overall championship.
Rockstar Makita Suzuki team mate Mat Mladin was right behind
Spies off the start but he was overtaken over the course of
the race and finished in fourth position and holds second
place in the overall championship.
Ben Spies:
"After the first few laps I saw I had a gap on Mat,
but I knew Jamie Hacking would be strong after doing so well
yesterday. So I just tried to put in some good laps on the
Rockstar Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000. I tried to keep the gap
the same and just bring home the win in the end. Everything
was good this weekend and I've got to thank my crew for giving
me such a good bike in the Suzuki. This weekend definitely
helped us out in the whole championship points-chase. What
we've been doing this year has worked so far. We've won six
in a row and we're going for that elusive seven. That's a
record I definitely want… so we're going for
it at Road America. We'll see how it goes. We're definitely
going to give it a go and just try to keep winning races."
Mat Mladin:
"I was looking forward to a good race with Ben today
and my Rockstar Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000 was working fine.
But I reckon yesterday's crash banged me up a little bit more
than I thought. There's nothing seriously wrong or anything
but I was pretty stiff and not 100 per cent. I'm not making
any excuses; we just didn't get it done today. Now I'm just
going to focus on rebuilding my confidence for next week's
race at Road America where we won a race last year and have
had some success in the past."
AMA Superbike Top 10 Finishers:
1. Ben Spies (Rockstar Makita Suzuki)
2. Jamie Hacking (Kawasaki)
3. Neil Hodgson (Honda)
4. Mat Mladin (Rockstar Makita Suzuki)
5. Aaron Yates (Jordan Suzuki)
6. Miguel Duhamel (Honda)
7. Geoff May (Jordan Suzuki)
8. Jason Disalvo (Yamaha)
9. Eric Bostrom (Yamaha)
10. Chris Peris (Suzuki)
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