AMA: Ben Spies Grabs 22nd Career Win At Infenion Raceway
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May 20, 2008
Suzuki Racing
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing continues to hold sway in AMA Superbike racing as defending AMA Superbike Champion Ben Spies and six-time AMA Superbike Champion Mat Mladin again finished first and second in the second AMA Superbike race of the weekend at Infineon Raceway in California.
Two-time AMA Superbike Champion started from pole position and led all 28 laps of the race to take the win. This victory is Spies’ fourth consecutive AMA Superbike win of the season and his 22nd career victory.
Team mate Mladin was right on Spies’ tail for the entire race and brought home second place. With this result, Mladin maintains his lead in the AMA Superbike championship points standings.
Rockstar Makita Suzuki team mate Tommy Hayden is recovering from injuries sustained at a recent round and did not race.
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Ben Spies:
“Today’s race was a whole lot tougher than yesterday. Mat had a bit of a go and got the gap down really low. I was just trying to be consistent and go fast, because I knew he was coming but I didn’t know if he was going to keep on coming. I was just riding my Rockstar Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000 as fast as I could, and I got a little break with some lappers with about 12 laps to go. It was a tough race; we were sliding around quite a bit. I mean, it was fun but it was definitely very difficult. This was a good weekend overall—we did everything we could do. We just had a maxed-out weekend and that’s what we needed. Now we’re going into Utah and we’ve had some decent success there. Considering the hole we’ve dug for ourselves with the championship, things are going well, but we’ve got to keep it up for the next several weekends.”
