AMA SBK - Laguna Seca

[DooberRoni]

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Sunday July 20
6:00pm Eastern
3:00pm Pacific

Schedule info courtesy of (clicks)
http://www.dooberville.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=6&pictureid=52 (http://www.racefantv.com/USTV.htm)

Sure, we're relegated to a support race this weekend but it still counts. Ben Spies looks well on his way to another title but will doing double duty give the edge to Mladin? All we can do is wait! :)

[ÜberDoober]

Tommy and Roger will be back this weekend. They have been sorely missed! Go Hayden Boys!


Tommy And Roger Hayden Return, Will Ride Superbikes Only This Weekend At Laguna Seca

Brothers Tommy and Roger Hayden will return to racing action this weekend during the AMA/MotoGP event at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, but the brothers will only ride their respective Superbikes and will not race their Supersport machines.

Read the full story: roadracingworld.com (http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=33295)

[ÜberDoober]

New headline at Superbikeplanet reads:

"Mladin Faster On Superbike Than Suzuki MotoGP Bike In First Session Times "

Ummm, that's not quite correct, though. If it said "faster than Spies on a MotoGP bike, then maybe. Mat turned a 1:23:863 which would have put him 9th on the MotoGP grid. Chris the mole turned a 1:23:4

Surprised to see Tommy Hayden ahead of Hacking.

Superbike Practice Times
Pos. Rider Team Bike Time
1 Mathew Mladin American Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:23.863
2 Ben Spies American Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:24.548
3 Neil Hodgson American Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:25.014
4 Jason DiSalvo Yamaha Motor Corp Yamaha YZF-R1 1:25.124
5 Eric Bostrom Yamaha Motor Corp Yamaha YZF-R1 1:25.603
6 Tommy Hayden American Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:25.618
7 Jamie Hacking Monster Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:25.706
8 Miguel DuHamel American Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:25.729
9 Roger Hayden Monster Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:26.104
10 Aaron Yates Jordan Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:26.178
11 Geoff May Jordan Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:26.342
12 Jake Holden Corona Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:26.808
13 Matt Lynn Corona Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:27.483
14 D Anthony 1:27.442
15 Blake Young M4 EMGO Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:28.450

[ÜberDoober]

Practice today for AMA Superbike was supposed to be at 8:00am but it was too foggy so they cancelled it. That would left our Superbike boys with only one short qually session before the race.

Fortunately, the managed to get in practice at 5:15 today. Results Below:

Both Tommy & Rog in the top ten. Roger Lee ahead of Jamie H.

Pos. Rider Team Bike Time
1 Mathew Mladin American Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:23.939
2 Ben Spies American Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:24.192
3 Jason DiSalvo Yamaha Motor Corp Yamaha YZF-R1 1:25.006
4 Eric Bostrom Yamaha Motor Corp Yamaha YZF-R1 1:25.111
5 Neil Hodgson American Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:25.202
6 Tommy Hayden American Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:25.329
7 Miguel DuHamel American Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:25.434
8 Roger Hayden Monster Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:25.458
9 Aaron Yates Jordan Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:25.474
10 Jamie Hacking Monster Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:25.521
11 Geoff May Jordan Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:25.780
12 Jake Holden Corona Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:26.486
13 Matt Lynn Corona Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:26.952
14 Robertino Pietri Roadracing World Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:26.989
15 Blake Young M4 EMGO Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:27.073
16 Scott Jensen Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:27.910
17 Hawk Mazzotta Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:27.965
18 D Anthony Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:28.024
19 Ben Thompson Millennium/KWS Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:28.036
20 C Call Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:28.923

[ÜberDoober]

Spies out qualifies Mladin for this afternoon's race by less than an eyeblink.

Good come backs by Roger and Tommy Hayden.

Pos. Rider Team Bike Time
1 Ben Spies American Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:23.129
2 Mathew Mladin American Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:23.145
3 Eric Bostrom Yamaha Motor Corp Yamaha YZF-R1 1:23.847
4 Tommy Hayden American Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:24.224
5 Keith Marshall Cyclespace.com Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:24.267
6 Roger Hayden Monster Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:24.387
7 Jason DiSalvo Yamaha Motor Corp Yamaha YZF-R1 1:24.429
8 Neil Hodgson American Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:24.639
9 Aaron Yates Jordan Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:24.703
10 Geoff May Jordan Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:25.161
11 Miguel DuHamel American Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:25.238
12 Jake Holden Corona Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:25.565
13 Matt Lynn Corona Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:25.918

[ÜberDoober]

With the most exciting MotoGP race in quite some time, it was easy to forget about the AMA boys doing their thing.

In supersport, Ben Bostrum smoked the field.

In superbike, Mladin was a mile ahead at the end and Spies wasn't even a factor for the win.

Pos. Rider Team Bike
1 Mathew Mladin American Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
2 Ben Spies American Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
3 Aaron Yates Jordan Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
4 Jamie Hacking Monster Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R
5 Tommy Hayden American Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
6 Roger Hayden Monster Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R
7 Neil Hodgson American Honda Honda CBR1000RR
8 Jason DiSalvo Yamaha Motor Corp Yamaha YZF-R1
9 Eric Bostrom Yamaha Motor Corp Yamaha YZF-R1
10 Miguel DuHamel American Honda Honda CBR1000RR
11 Jake Holden Corona Honda Honda CBR1000RR
12 Geoff May Jordan Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
13 Robertino Pietri Roadracing World Suzuki GSX-R1000
14 Hawk Mazzotta Suzuki GSX-R1000
15 Scott Jensen Suzuki GSX-R1000
16 Blake Young M4 EMGO Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
17 David Anthony Suzuki GSX-R1000
18 C Call Suzuki GSX-R1000
19 Dean Mizdal M Racing/OTD Cyclesports Suzuki GSX-R1000
20 Ben Thompson Millennium/KWS Suzuki GSX-R1000

It's nice to have the Hayden brothers back on the grid. For being away, they both did pretty darn good. :)