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AMA Superbike kicked off this weekend to substantially less fanfare than WSBK did last week. AMA Superbike has become the *******-child of road-racing for a variety of reason. One, Mat Mladin has already been forecasted to win all the races this year now that Ben Spies has moved on to World Superbikes. Two, the bikes being raced aren’t really superbikes. Three, AMA Superbike has been boring for the past 5 years or so. While we do not attempt to make excuses, or even argue these valid criticisms of AMA Superbike, you’d be wrong if you thought the first race of the AMA season was boring.* It’s true that Mladin took over on the 7th lap and* won by over a second but the actual racing was a lot more entertaining than that.
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Mladin, Corona Honda’s Neil Hodgson and* Foremost Ducati’s Larry Pegram all led in the early stages of the race and Mladin’s teammate Tommy Hayden overcame a poor start that he attributed to an unfamiliar starting procedure to join a lead pack that saw numerous overtaking manuevers behind the leader.
Mladin’s grasp on the top step on the podium was in peril until he employed a backmarker to gain a bit of breathing room very late in the contest.*Mat Mladin celebrated his 73rd AMA Superbike victory and also captured the coveted pole position in the new Superpole procedure, taking his 56th career pole.*
Hodgson pipped Hayden at the line in a thrilling finish for second place by .001 second when Hayden lost speed after being balked in the chicane on the last lap.*Tommy Hayden qualified right behind Mladin.*
Pegram dropped back to a distant but comfortable fourth when an electrical problem forced him to switch off his 1098’s traction control.*The team’s newest team member, Blake Young, started the season strong by carding an impressive fifth-place finish in his first AMA Superbike race with his new team.
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Results from AMA Superbike at Daytona:
Pos.NumberRiderBikeTime17Mathew MladinSuzuki GSX-R100015 Laps2100Neil HodgsonHonda CBR1000RR+1.026322Tommy HaydenSuzuki GSX-R1000+1.026472Larry PegramDucati 1098R+10.115579Blake YoungSuzuki GSX-R1000+16.00762Benjamin BostromYamaha YZF-R1+16.212723Aaron YatesSuzuki GSX-R1000+16.36284Joshua HayesYamaha YZF-R1+28.35698Michael LavertySuzuki GSX-R1000+28.4321054Geoff MaySuzuki GSX-R1000+31.5821119Jeff WoodSuzuki GSX-R1000+47.2001296Aaron GobertHonda CBR1000RR+57.26913121Hawk MazzottaSuzuki GSX-R1000+58.8561418Chris UlrichSuzuki GSX-R1000+58.9491591Jeffrey TigertHonda CBR1000RR+58.9681661Scott JensenSuzuki GSX-R1000+1:07.5841729Barrett LongDucati 1098R+1:07.6201841Scott GreenwoodSuzuki GSX-R1000+1:07.9411912Shane NarbonneSuzuki GSX-R1000+1:08.0452027Mark CrozierYamaha YZF-R1+1:11.554216Brett McCormickSuzuki GSX-R1000+1:17.90522616Brad HendryDucati 1098R+1:19.4382338Dean MizdalSuzuki GSX-R1000+1:33.7922448Reno KarimianSuzuki GSX-R1000+1:33.9422511Shawn HigbeeBuell 1125CR14 Laps26269Johnny Rock PageYamaha YZF-R1+17.1352758Josh GrahamYamaha YZF-R1+27.7252855David LoikitsSuzuki GSX-R1000+41.84829270Davie StoneHonda CBR1000RR13 Laps3025David AnthonySuzuki GSX-R10008 Laps3144Taylor KnappSuzuki GSX-R10004 Laps3259Jake HoldenHonda CBR1000RR3 Laps3321Ryan EllebySuzuki GSX-R10002 Laps
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AMA Superbike kicked off this weekend to substantially less fanfare than WSBK did last week. AMA Superbike has become the *******-child of road-racing for a variety of reason. One, Mat Mladin has already been forecasted to win all the races this year now that Ben Spies has moved on to World Superbikes. Two, the bikes being raced aren’t really superbikes. Three, AMA Superbike has been boring for the past 5 years or so. While we do not attempt to make excuses, or even argue these valid criticisms of AMA Superbike, you’d be wrong if you thought the first race of the AMA season was boring.* It’s true that Mladin took over on the 7th lap and* won by over a second but the actual racing was a lot more entertaining than that.
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Mladin, Corona Honda’s Neil Hodgson and* Foremost Ducati’s Larry Pegram all led in the early stages of the race and Mladin’s teammate Tommy Hayden overcame a poor start that he attributed to an unfamiliar starting procedure to join a lead pack that saw numerous overtaking manuevers behind the leader.
Mladin’s grasp on the top step on the podium was in peril until he employed a backmarker to gain a bit of breathing room very late in the contest.*Mat Mladin celebrated his 73rd AMA Superbike victory and also captured the coveted pole position in the new Superpole procedure, taking his 56th career pole.*
Hodgson pipped Hayden at the line in a thrilling finish for second place by .001 second when Hayden lost speed after being balked in the chicane on the last lap.*Tommy Hayden qualified right behind Mladin.*
Pegram dropped back to a distant but comfortable fourth when an electrical problem forced him to switch off his 1098’s traction control.*The team’s newest team member, Blake Young, started the season strong by carding an impressive fifth-place finish in his first AMA Superbike race with his new team.
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Results from AMA Superbike at Daytona:
Pos.NumberRiderBikeTime17Mathew MladinSuzuki GSX-R100015 Laps2100Neil HodgsonHonda CBR1000RR+1.026322Tommy HaydenSuzuki GSX-R1000+1.026472Larry PegramDucati 1098R+10.115579Blake YoungSuzuki GSX-R1000+16.00762Benjamin BostromYamaha YZF-R1+16.212723Aaron YatesSuzuki GSX-R1000+16.36284Joshua HayesYamaha YZF-R1+28.35698Michael LavertySuzuki GSX-R1000+28.4321054Geoff MaySuzuki GSX-R1000+31.5821119Jeff WoodSuzuki GSX-R1000+47.2001296Aaron GobertHonda CBR1000RR+57.26913121Hawk MazzottaSuzuki GSX-R1000+58.8561418Chris UlrichSuzuki GSX-R1000+58.9491591Jeffrey TigertHonda CBR1000RR+58.9681661Scott JensenSuzuki GSX-R1000+1:07.5841729Barrett LongDucati 1098R+1:07.6201841Scott GreenwoodSuzuki GSX-R1000+1:07.9411912Shane NarbonneSuzuki GSX-R1000+1:08.0452027Mark CrozierYamaha YZF-R1+1:11.554216Brett McCormickSuzuki GSX-R1000+1:17.90522616Brad HendryDucati 1098R+1:19.4382338Dean MizdalSuzuki GSX-R1000+1:33.7922448Reno KarimianSuzuki GSX-R1000+1:33.9422511Shawn HigbeeBuell 1125CR14 Laps26269Johnny Rock PageYamaha YZF-R1+17.1352758Josh GrahamYamaha YZF-R1+27.7252855David LoikitsSuzuki GSX-R1000+41.84829270Davie StoneHonda CBR1000RR13 Laps3025David AnthonySuzuki GSX-R10008 Laps3144Taylor KnappSuzuki GSX-R10004 Laps3259Jake HoldenHonda CBR1000RR3 Laps3321Ryan EllebySuzuki GSX-R10002 Laps
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