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SPIES WINS SUPERSTOCK TITLE
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SPIES WINS SUPERSTOCK TITLE
September 3, 2007
Team Suzuki Press Office - September 3, 2007.
Yoshimura Suzuki's Ben Spies clinched the 2007 AMA Superstock
Championship after
winning the penultimate race of the season at Road Atlanta in Braselton,
Georgia on
Sunday.
With one round of AMA Superstock remaining, Spies and his Yoshimura
Suzuki GSX-R1000
went for the win even though he only had to finish in sixth place or
better to take
the title. With this win, Spies lays claim to seven of eight races so
far this year.
Additionally, defending AMA Superbike Champion Spies won pole position
for this
race, his sixth of the season.
Team M4 EMGO Suzuki's Geoff May finished in an impressive third place in
the 15-lap
AMA Superstock race. This is May's fourth podium of the season in AMA
Superstock.
Ben Spies:
"It was a good race for us today. I wanted to win the championship but I
wanted to
win the race pretty bad too. So I just tried to put in consistent lap
times on the
Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000. It's great to win the Superstock
championship for
Suzuki. The Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 is an amazing bike and has worked
great at
every track we've raced at this year. I want to thank Suzuki and my crew
for working
so hard for me all season long."
Geoff May:
"The whole M4 EMGO Suzuki crew was great this weekend. They gave me a
good bike to
race in the Suzuki GSX-R1000 and the Pirelli tires held up great in the
heat. We had
a good, solid race but the guys in front were a little quicker than we
were. Then
Aaron Yates had some trouble with some lappers and gave me the podium
spot. I'd
rather not have gotten it that way, but we'll take it and hopefully end
the season
strong at Laguna Seca."
AMA Superstock Top 10 Finishers:
1. Ben Spies (Yoshimura Suzuki)
2. Ben Bostrom (Yamaha)
3. Geoff May (M4 EMGO Suzuki)
4. Jake Holden (Jordan Suzuki)
5. Jamie Stauffer (Yamaha)
6. Blake Young (MPT Suzuki)
7. Gary Mason (Roadracingworld.com Suzuki)
8. Scott Jensen (HALOF Racing Suzuki)
9. David Weber (Suzuki)
10. Chris Ulrich (Roadracingworld.com Suzuki)
For more stories about Ben Spies, click here.For photos, click here
Yoshimura Suzuki's Ben Spies clinched the 2007 AMA Superstock
Championship after
winning the penultimate race of the season at Road Atlanta in Braselton,
Georgia on
Sunday.
Yoshimura Suzuki's Mat Mladin broke his own record for the most AMA
Superbike wins
in a single season by picking up his 12th victory at Road Atlanta in
Braselton,
Georgia on Sunday.
Yoshimura Suzuki's Mat Mladin won his 11th AMA Superbike race of the
season at Road
Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia today, tying his own record for most AMA
Superbike
race wins in a single season and recording his 62nd career AMA Superbike
win.
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