Round 4 - Assen

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http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk279/DooberRoni/SBKassen.png FIM World Superbike Championship
Assen, Netherlands
April 24 - 26

US Broadcast:

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Race# 1 - Sunday April 26
3:00pm EST - 12:00pm PST
Race# 2 - TSunday April 26
4:00pm EST - 1:00am PST

Looks like Speed is showing both races on Sunday. Noice!


So, there's been a decent gap since the last race and as such, you just never know what has changed over the break. Are people still going to say Haga is the favorite for the title? Will Spies show up hotter than ever and put in another amazing performance? Will John Hopkins, the "beginner", bring us more homeboy pride anytime soon? We shall know very shortly.

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Last Year's Results
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courtesy of wikipedia.org

Here's an interesting tidbit:

Except for Frenchman Raymond Roche, who won the championship in 1990, all Superbike World Champions have been native English speakers. Italian riders Davide Tardozzi and Marco Lucchinelli won the first two races of the series, and Spaniard Adrian Murillas was also victorious in 1988; Germany had to wait for Max Neukirchner to achieve this in 2008, although Austrian Andreas Meklau was the first German-speaker to win a race, in 1994.

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SPIES ON PROVISIONAL POLE

We've seen that a few times, eh? And at another new track too. Very impressive. Unfortunately, four laps into the opening practice session, John Hopkins threw himself on the ground and dislocated his hip? I hate to say it but I think Hopkins' days are done. It's one injury after another for him.

Provisionlal Qualifying Results
1. Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1'38.747
2. Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'39.055
3. Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'39.128
4. Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.141
5. Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'39.238
6. Laconi R. (FRA) Ducati 1098R 1'39.246
7. Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'39.265
8. Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.359
9. Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.506
10. Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.585
11. Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'39.597
12. Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'39.621
13. Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'39.784
14. Muggeridge K. (AUS) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'39.897
15. Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'39.899
16. Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'39.934
17. Shinya NAKANO (Apr RSV4 Factory), 1:40.199
18. Ruben XAUS (BMW S1000 RR), 1:40.349
19. Tommy HILL (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:40.617
20. David SALOM (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:40.853
21. Brendan ROBERTS (Duc 1098R), 1:40.944
22. Vittorio IANNUZZO (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:41.014
23. Luca SCASSA (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:41.085
24. Makoto TAMADA (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:41.165
25. Stuart EASTON (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:41.355
26. Matteo BAIOCCO (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:41.363
27. David CHECA (Yam YZF-R1), 1:41.823
28. Roland RESCH (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:41.978

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SPIES TAKES 4TH SUPERPOLE!

Final Qualifying Results After Superpole:

1. Ben SPIES (Yamaha YZF-R1), 1:37.626
2. Jakub SMRZ (Ducati 1098R), 1:37.765
3. Leon HASLAM (Honda CBR1000RR), 1:38.072
4. Noriyuki HAGA (Ducati 1098 F09), 1:38.202
5. Michel FABRIZIO (Ducati 1098 F09), 1:38.215
6. Max NEUKIRCHNER (Suzuki GSX-R1000), 1:38.353
7. Carlos CHECA (Honda CBR1000RR), 1:38.640
8. Tom SYKES (Yamaha YZF-R1), 1:38.790
9. Yukio KAGAYAMA (Suzuki GSX-R1000), 1:38.288
10. Max BIAGGI (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), 1:38.441
11. Jonathan REA (Honda CBR1000RR), 1:38.510
12. Regis LACONI (Ducati 1098R), 1:38.521
13. Karl MUGGERIDGE (Suzuki GSX-R1000), 1:38.802
14. Shane BYRNE (Ducati 1098R), 1:38.811
15. Troy CORSER (BMW S1000 RR), 1:38.906
16. Ryuichi KIYONARI (Honda CBR1000RR), 1:39.079
17. Tommy HILL (Honda CBR1000RR), 1:39.387
18. Brendan ROBERTS (Ducati 1098R), 1:39.390
19. Shinya NAKANO (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), 1:39.569
20. Ruben XAUS (BMW S1000 RR), 1:39.643
21. David CHECA (Yamaha YZF-R1), 1:40.496
22. David SALOM (Kawasaki ZX-10R), 1:40.572
23. Stuart EASTON (Kawasaki ZX-10R), 1:40.608
24. Vittorio IANNUZZO (Honda CBR1000RR), 1:41.014
25. Makoto TAMADA (Kawasaki ZX-10R), 1:41.057
26. Matteo BAIOCCO (Kawasaki ZX-10R), 1:41.062
27. Luca SCASSA (Kawasaki ZX-10R), 1:41.085
28. Roland RESCH (Suzuki GSX-R1000), 1:41.978

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SPIES WINS RACE #1

No details yet but Ben brings it home. Updates as they are come out!

Assen Superbike - Race 1

POS NO. RIDER BIKE TIME
1 19 Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 36'31.338 (164,628 kph)
2 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 0.154
3 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 0.779
4 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 8.775
5 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 11.275
6 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 16.126
7 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 19.555
8 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Ducati 1098R 19.760
9 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 23.006
10 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 24.285
11 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 26.003
12 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 27.814
13 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 36.962
14 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 39.025
15 9 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 41.505
16 24 Roberts B. (AUS) Ducati 1098R 41.810
17 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX 10R 50.186
18 32 Easton S. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 55.567
19 94 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF R1 56.425
20 25 Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'05.169
21 88 Resch R. (AUT) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'37.663
RET 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R
RET 56 Nakano S. (JPN) Aprilia RSV4 Factory
RET 77 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR
RET 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R
RET 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR
RET 71 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
RET 33 Hill T. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR

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SPIES HERO TO ZERO

FIM Superbike World Championship
Assen, Netherlands
April 26, 2009
Race Two Results (all on Pirelli tires):

1. Noriyuki HAGA (Ducati 1098 F09), 22 laps, 36:31.712
2. Leon HASLAM (Honda CBR1000RR), -2.678 seconds
3. Jakub SMRZ (Ducati 1098R), -4.603
4. Michel FABRIZIO (Ducati 1098 F09), -8.981
5. Jonathan REA (Honda CBR1000RR), -12.104
6. Tom SYKES (Yamaha YZF-R1), -14.575
7. Carlos CHECA (Honda CBR1000RR), -17.449
8. Shane BYRNE (Ducati 1098R), -17.729
9. Max NEUKIRCHNER (Suzuki GSX-R1000), -18.167
10. Troy CORSER (BMW S1000 RR), -25.056
11. Ruben XAUS (BMW S1000 RR), -32.617
12. Yukio KAGAYAMA (Suzuki GSX-R1000), -32.688
13. Brendan ROBERTS (Ducati 1098R), -37.415
14. Matteo BAIOCCO (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -55.088
15. Luca SCASSA (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -55.325
16. Regis LACONI (Ducati 1098R), -78.514, crash
17. Roland RESCH (Suzuki GSX-R1000), -90.780
18. Tommy HILL (Honda CBR1000RR), -2 laps, DNF, mechanical
19. Makoto TAMADA (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -12 laps, DNF, retired
20. Ryuichi KIYONARI (Honda CBR1000RR), -15 laps, DNF, mechanical
21. David CHECA (Yamaha YZF-R1), -17 laps, DNF, crash
22. David SALOM (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -17 laps, DNF, retired
23. Karl MUGGERIDGE (Suzuki GSX-R1000), -19 laps, DNF, crash
24. Stuart EASTON (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -19 laps, DNF, crash
25. Ben SPIES (Yamaha YZF-R1), -21 laps, DNF, crash
26. Vittorio IANNUZZO (Honda CBR1000RR), -21 laps, DNF, mechanical
27. Max BIAGGI (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), -21 laps, DNF, mechanical
28. Shinya NAKANO (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), -22 laps, did not start

Ten riders fail to finish!