MICHAEL JORDAN MOTOR SPORTS SUZUKI WINS AT MILLER MOTORSPORTS PARK May Earns First AMA National Win in AMA Superstock; Yates Finishes Second Tooele, UT – Michael Jordan Motor Sports Suzuki riders Geoff May and Aaron Yates finished first and second, respectively, in Saturday’s AMA Superstock race at Miller Motorsports Park. This is May’s first AMA National class win and his third podium finish as a member of the Jordan Suzuki team. Yates, currently in first place in the Superstock Championship, earned his fifth consecutive podium finish of the new season. May, who qualified his Jordan Suzuki GSX-R1000 in the front row in third place with a time of 2:47.827, returned to the winners’ circle in the 9-lap AMA Superstock main event. At the start, May shot into second position and took the lead by lap two, where he remained through the checkered flag. “I brought it home for the Jordan Suzuki team today,” said an elated May. “I just kept my head down and tried to keep my cool. My crew has been awesome. Now we’re just going to keep doing what we know how to do and try to put the Jordan Suzuki GSX-R1000 on the box as often as we can.” At the drop of the green flag, Yates quickly moved into third place. On lap six, in a battle between Yates and former teammate Jake Holden, Yates moved into second place behind race leader Geoff May. Yates, who finished in second was able to gain distance from the competition, but was unable to catch his teammate, race winner May. “I just want to congratulate Geoff on his first win,” said Yates. “I knew he was going to be strong. He’s been riding really well and little guys on big tracks are tough to beat!” In Saturday’s Race 1 of the Superbike doubleheader, after qualifying for the front row in fourth position (2:46.424), Yates rode his Suzuki GSX-R1000 to a fourth place finish. Yates, who ran strongly in the third place position for eight laps, was passed with five laps remaining. While unable to get ahead of the third place rider, Yates edged out one American Honda and both of the Yamaha entries in the 14-lap event. Teammate Geoff May rode the sighting lap before returning to pit wall to conserve energy for the Superstock event immediately following the Superbike race. In Sunday’s Superbike Race 2, Yates once again edged out one American Honda and both of the Yamaha’s entries, finishing in fifth place. “I feel like we could have done better,” said Yates. “We missed a bit on the front-end set-up, but we’ll regroup and we’ll be ready for Road America next weekend.” May, bettered his tenth place starting position (2:48.464) by finishing in seventh place on his production-based Suzuki. May ran hard and came within .36 seconds of catching the sixth place rider. AMA Superbike Championship points standings (after five rounds): AMA Superstock Points: Aaron Yates, 1st place (170) Geoff May, 3rd place (141) AMA Superbike Points: Aaron Yates, 8th place (186) Geoff May, 10th place (153) More, from a press release issued by Ben Spies’ publicist: Spies wins sixth straight, takes over AMA Superbike lead TOOELE, Utah Ben Spies swept the AMA Superbike doubleheader at Miller Motorsports Park during the HANNspree Superbike World Championship/Honda Summit of Speed AMA Superbike combined event in Tooele, Utah. It marked the sixth consecutive victory in the AMA Superbike Championship for Spies, his 24th career win in the series. Perhaps most importantly to Spies, in terms of the championship picture, was the fact that he came into Utah nine-points behind Rockstar Makita Suzuki teammate Mat Mladin and, after a perfect weekend of scoring maximum points, including the pole and lap leader points, Spies now owns a 39-point lead. The championship is at the halfway point of the season. Mladin suffered a crash in Saturday’s race and finished fourth in Sunday’s round. “I really couldn’t have asked for a better weekend,” Spies said. “Going into Utah trailing like we were, I was just hoping to even up the championship. We got a little lucky and now to have this kind of points lead coming out of there is a big bonus.” In race one Spies got a great start and led the race when Mladin crashed on lap two. With his chief rival out of the race Spies moderated his pace and went on to a 1.601-second victory over his good friend Jamie Hacking. Former World and British Superbike Champion Neil Hodgson was third. The AMA riders utilized Miller Motorsports Park’s 4.5-mile Full Course. It’s the longest circuit the AMA Superbike Series has ever raced on. Sunday’s race showed improvement in Spies and his factory Suzuki. He shaved eight seconds off Saturday’s race time, winning again over Hacking, this time by a convincing 6.898 seconds. Hodgson was third. In spite of having a points lead equivalent to a race win, Spies says he will not alter his strategy in the coming rounds. “It will help me sleep a little better at night,” Spies said of his unexpected lead. “but this championship is far from decided. Too many things can happen with the way the AMA points are structured. That kind of lead can be lost in just two race weekends. I won’t change a thing. I want to keep doing what I’m doing and see where we take it from here.” Spies earned yet another significant mark in the AMA record books on Saturday at Miller when he earned the pole with a time of 2:45.111 on the Full Course. It marked his 19th-career AMA Superbike pole, moving him past Doug Polen for sole possession of second on the All-Time AMA Superbike Pole Wins List. Spies has found a wealth of success in Utah, having now won five of the six AMA Superbike races held at Miller Motorsports Park dating to the track’s debut in 2006. Next weekend the AMA Superbike Championship travels to Road America in picturesque Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The four-mile, 14-turn Road America is considered by many to be the premier road racing circuit in the series. More, from a press release issued by Pirelli: Big Day: Young Leads, West Podiums, Pirelli Sets Race Record Rome, GA Holy jeepers, the AMA Supersport race at Miller Motorsports Park came to a crazy close and surprise finish with Cory West earning his first-ever pro-racing podium with a third place, on his M4 EMGO Suzuki shod with a pair of Pirelli Diablo Supercorsa shoes. The launch off the Supersport grid was all Blake Young, West’s teammate, shooting into the front from his second-row starting position, though not getting credited with the lead until lap five. Young ultimately turned the second-fastest lap of the race and on the last lap again showed a wheel to the leading pair. But when entering the last turn on the last lap, Young’s bike suffered a mechanical problem, leaving him with a slow coast on a flat track to a distant flag. A distraught Young eventually crossed the line in sixth, while an ecstatic Cory West shot by to claim third by a matter of feet. The race was won by Jake Zemke. West said, “I was battling with bunch of guys during much of the race but some had trouble and went away and then I finally got away from the last couple of them. On the last lap, while coming through the final section, I looked over at the JumboTron and saw that my teammate Blake was sitting up, going slowly, so I went as hard as I could to the finish line.” Other Pirelli riders finishing near the top include Attack Kawasaki’s Chaz Davies in ninth. Usual up-front finisher and teammate of Davies, Steve Rapp, had his shift lever broken off while battling for a top position, causing him not to finish, while M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Michael Barnes went off track, off bike, back on bike, back on track, and heroically finished 30th in a field of 40 bikes. For his historic podium, West used a set of Diablo Supercorsa DOT race tires in SC3 front and SC1 rear compounds. Pirelli set a new race-lap record for all Superbikes at Miller. In the shared weekend at Utah’s world-class racing facility, World Superbike ran its two races on the Perimeter course, where AMA used to run, while the AMA used the long course. In SBK Race One, Carlos Checa brought the win home to his Hannspree/Ten Kate Honda team, in this Pirelli spec-tire series. Troy Corser finished second for Yamaha Motor Italia and third went to Michel Fabrizio for the Ducati Xerox Team. In SBK Race Two, Checa and Fabrizio again finished first and third, but this time with Max Neukirchner splitting the pair with his Team Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000. In Race Two Checa used his Pirelli Superbike Slicks to lay down a new Perimeter track record at 1:49.703, beating the fastest race time set by any AMA racer. Pirelli Tire North America specializes in the manufacture and marketing of high-performance tires for passenger vehicles, motorcycles and motorsports. An industry leader in technology and quality, Pirelli operates its highly advanced Modular Integrated Robotized System (MIRS) in Rome, Georgia, to better serve the North American OEM and Replacement markets. For more information please visit: www.us.pirelli.com. More, from a press release issued by Miller Motorsports Park: Checa and Spies Double Up in Superbike Action at Miller Motorsports Park TOOELE VALLEY, UTAH Carlos Checa powered to a sensational double win in the StriVectin-SD USA round of the HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship at Miller Motorsports Park on Sunday. The race, watched by the largest crowd of spectators in the track’s history, marked World Superbike’s return to the United States for the first time since 2004. Checa, riding for Hannspree Ten Kate Honda, scored the first double win of his career and set fastest lap in both races to add to his Superpole win on Saturday, and in so doing gave Honda their 100th victory in the Superbike World Championship. With today’s wins, Checa has reduced the gap to leader Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) in the championship standings to 28 points after the Australian left the USA with zero points after a crash in today’s first race and a technical problem in the second. The first race was reduced by one lap after a problem for Ducati Xerox’s Michel Fabrizio on the grid and a subsequent restart. Rookie Checa took his first SBK win after starting from pole, moving into the lead on lap 4 and having an untroubled run to the flag. Second place went to an on-form Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB), who had not finished on the podium since the Spanish round at Valencia in early April, while Fabrizio powered his way up to third after concluding the opening lap in 14th place. The Italian passed Max Neukirchner (Alstare Suzuki) three laps from the end. Fifth place went to Fonsi Nieto (Suzuki Alstare) ahead of the surprising Jakub Smrz (Guandalini Ducati) and Karl Muggeridge (DF Racing Honda). Max Biaggi (Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati) could only finish ninth. The Italian, third at the end of the opening lap, went off the track after contact with Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB) and lost time. Championship leader Bayliss had a nasty crash on lap 5 at the final turn while battling for second, and so did Haga, who was racing with a broken right collarbone. “This is a fantastic moment,” said Checa. “We’ve been looking for it for so long. It was not easy because when I went out with the first bike, there was some problem; then I changed to the other bike, which worked well, and I’m completely satisfied. I’ve felt quite comfortable with this track all weekend, the bike and the tires have worked well, but we’ve improved overall and that helped me to win this race.” It took Checa until the ninth lap to take the lead in the second race but once there, he cruised to his second win of the day, and his first double victory. Neukirchner led the early laps, but once passed by Checa he settled for second, consolidating his third place in the championship. The final podium place went to Fabrizio, who again had a poor start, 12th at the end of lap 1, but he was the quickest man on the track in the final stages. Biaggi had a good run to fourth after holding on to third for much of the race, finishing ahead of Yukio Kagayama (Suzuki Alstare) and a heroic Haga, who will undergo a collarbone operation tomorrow to be fit for Germany’s Nurburgring circuit in two weeks’ time. Ninth place went to Regis Laconi (PSG-1 Corse), the first Kawasaki to the flag. Bayliss was out of the points again after returning to the pits to fix a loose gear shifter, while Corser was again heading for the podium in third but he crashed out on lap 17. An ecstatic Checa said, “Well, I didn’t have to wait ten years for another win; it was just two hours! After the first one we had to concentrate on the second, but now I’m free and can celebrate. For sure it’s a special day today, but after all the tough work we did until now, the two victories came and this is one of the happiest days for me in this moment. For sure I was less laps alone in the second race, but in the end it was the same feeling. Two victories in America is fantastic.” Neukirchner was reasonably satisfied with his outcome, but looking forward to the next race at his home track. “I worked really hard,” he said “In the first race we had some problems in the corners, and for entry it was not possible to go in the corners. We changed something on the front forks, and in the second race things were much better. I’m really happy that the next round is in front of my home crowd in Germany. There’ll be a lot of fans coming, and we’re going to have some fun there!” It was mixed emotions for Fabrizio. “Again it’s a great result,” he said, “but this time I’m a little bit disappointed because I wanted to go one better and give some bother to Carlos, seeing as he ran two lonely races out there. I got another bad start, so as well as having to learn Superpole, I’m going to have to work more on my starts!” In the Honda Summit of Speed for the AMA Superbike Championship, two-time and defending series champion Ben Spies completed a perfect weekend by leading every lap of the second of two AMA Superbike races and taking the championship lead from his Rockstar Makita Suzuki teammate Mat Mladin. Spies entered the race with a nine-point deficit and left with two wins and a 39-point lead over the six-time champ, who crashed out of race one. Jamie Hacking, riding the No. 2 Monster Energy Kawasaki, put in an impressive runner-up ride, landing his fourth-straight podium position. Hacking stalked and passed Honda Racing’s Neil Hodgson, who took third, but couldn’t catch Spies, who won by 6.89 seconds. Mladin took fourth today, with Michael Jordan Motorsports Suzuki rider Aaron Yates besting Hodgson’s teammate, Miguel Duhamel, for fifth. Geoff May, who claimed his first-career AMA win in Saturday’s AMA Superstock race, took his Superstock-spec Jordan Suzuki GSX-R1000 to seventh in Sunday’s Superbike race, nearly tracking down Yates and Duhamel, while Yamaha Factory Racing teammates Jason DiSalvo and Eric Bostrom finished eighth and ninth, respectively, with Team ESP’s Chris Peris completing the top 10. Erion Honda Racing’s Jake Zemke won a spectacular Pro Honda Oils Supersport Championship race at Miller Motorsports Park on Sunday morning, topping an unpredictable three-way dogfight to the checkered flag that ended Yamaha’s undefeated season record. The resurgent Californian overcame dogged efforts from teammate Josh Hayes and Team M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Blake Young, who impressed mightily while mixing it up with his more experienced rivals. The combatants traded the lead several times before Zemke fended off a last-lap assault from Hayes. The Mississippian’s task was made all the more difficult contending with Young, who dove up the inside of Hayes’ Honda on the final lap, looking determined the steal the win. However, Young’s race ended in heartbreak for a second consecutive day as his bike slowed drastically within sight of the finish line. He coasted across it in sixth position. Young’s teammate, Cory West, capitalized on Young’s misfortune, sailing past on the front straight to claim third, his first-ever AMA podium finish. Graves Motorsports Yamaha’s good fortune turned sour in Utah. Ben Bostrom, who led the series coming in, saw his race ruined before it began. He rolled into pit lane as the field took off following the warm-up lap and mounted his back-up bike, on cold tires and in dead last. After passing 25 riders on his way to 14th on the white-flag lap, he survived a high-speed crash and remounted, taking 21st at the checkered flag. Teammate Josh Herrin was running a solid fourth before bike problems stalled his charge at the halfway point. He was able to get going again to finish 19th. Bostrom and Zemke now sit tied atop the points chase at 155, while Herrin remains third at 136. Rockwall Honda’s Aaron Gobert took fourth, followed by Graves Motorsports-backed Michael Beck. Tommy Aquino, another Graves Motorsports runner, Matsushima Suzuki’s Garrett Carter, Attack Kawasaki’s Chaz Davies, and Erion Honda’s Shea Fouchek completed the top ten. For more information on the HANNspree Superbike World Championship, visit the series website at www.WorldSBK.com. For more information on the AMA Superbike Championship, visit their website at www.AMASuperbike.com. The two-wheeled action at Miller Motorsports Park continues next week with the WERA amateur motorcycle championship arriving for a weekend of racing. The next big event will be the GT LIVE West event, combining drifting, time attack, stunt bikes and more over the weekend of June 28-29. For event or facility information, or to purchase tickets, call (435) 277-RACE (7223) or visit www.MillerMotorsportsPark.com. More, from a press release issued by Team M4 EMGO Suzuki: WEST EARNS PODIUM FOR TEAM M4 EMGO SUZUKI Team M4 EMGO Suzuki encountered a dramatic conclusion to the four-day Miller Motorsports Park weekend on Sunday as the squad at once felt joy and heartbreak in Salt Lake City. Cory West earned the first podium result of his AMA career in a thrilling AMA Supersport contest. The Arkansas native fought his way up from his fourth-row grid position during the course of an action-packed final to end up in third position. West made his final pass for position as he raced toward the checkered flag, capitalizing on teammate Blake Young’s misfortune. For the second straight day Young, suffered a deeply disappointing outcome after showing spectacular form. Young fought for victory throughout the 60k Supersport final aboard his Pirelli-shod GSX-R600 with established AMA stars Jake Zemke and Josh Hayes, impressing with his aggressive and determined riding. However, just before the conclusion of the race Young’s bike suffered a mechanical problem, and not only was he knocked out of contention for the win, he dropped to sixth place as he coasted to the line. West described his wild ride to his first-ever AMA podium, explaining, “I just went out and rode my own race. I got with Steve Rapp, Bobby Fong, and Danny Eslick and we were all riding pretty hard. Fong ended up catching his peg on the curb and fell, so that left three of us. Eslick and Rapp were going at it and they ended up bumping hard and I think it broke Rapp’s shift lever so he was out. And Eslick and I were catching Josh Herrin and then he had a mechanical problem. And then I drafted past Danny on the front straightaway and that put me in fourth. “On the last lap coming out of the Club House Corner I took a look at the Jumbotron and I saw Blake coasting and I knew he was fighting for the podium. I just went as hard as I could the last two corners and he was trying to get it across the line, and I ended up coming in third. “I’m super excited. Starting from the fourth row, lucky 13 you know?” While he didn’t get the result he was hoping for, Young was able to focus on the positives regarding what he learned and what he showed on Sunday. He said, “I just put my head down the first couple laps and those guys were setting a real fast pace. What I saw on my lap timer was a whole second faster than where I qualified. I definitely learned a whole lot real quick those first few laps about what those guys were doing. They definitely were putting their heads down. I got around Josh and got around Jake and led there for about two laps and the bike seemed pretty good. It seems like when I was leading I was using up a lot of my tires but I just remembered, Kevin (Schwantz) and I have talked a little bit about keeping that bike as good as you can underneath you and see what it comes down to at the end. “When they got back around me I really learned where they were a lot stronger than me and where I was a lot stronger than them. That kind of helped me plan out where I wanted to attempt some passes. My bike was awesome. “Unfortunately, the second to last turn my bike just bogged out on me and died. It was something electrical with the bike and the bike had two liters of gas left in it. It hurts, but I definitely learned a lot being up there. I’ll take that to Elkhart. It’s not out of the question that we can’t be up there with those guys again.” Michael Barnes suffered a crash on the final corner of the race’s opening lap. The Floridian once again showed his tenacity and picked his bike back up and carried on to finish the nine-lap race. Team M4 EMGO Suzuki will be back in action next weekend as the AMA roadracing series heads from the 4.5-mile Miller Motorsports Park to the 4.0-mile Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, WI on June 6-8. More, from a press release issued by Kawasaki: Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Hacking Keeps Streak Alive in Second Superbike Race Tooele, Utah Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jamie Hacking earned his fourth-consecutive podium during the second AMA Superbike race of the weekend at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah. Earning his second runner-up finish in a row, Hacking has shown exceptional speed on his all-new Kawasaki ZX-10R. In the AMA Supersport race, Attack Kawasaki’s Chaz Davies rode through the pain of a fractured wrist to finish inside the top-10. Kawasaki Under the Kawasaki Tent Moving Forward Hacking got off to a great start and put a drive on the front-runners. Even with a slight bobble on the first lap, he found himself in fourth-place after one lap and moving forward. By the sixth lap, he had closed the gap on third place, and eventually moved into second just two laps later. Jamie’s Recap Hacking talks about his exceptional finish at Miller Motorsports Park. Points Race With his exceptional finishes in Utah, Hacking inched closer to the competition in the points standings. He’s now only five points behind third-place. “It’s great to have the Kawasaki up where it should be,” said Hacking. “This machine is so great and I’m beyond thrilled that we are getting recognized.” He’s Tough At the conclusion of morning practice, Davies was unsure if he was going to be able to ride. Even with a fractured wrist, he took to the grid in the AMA Supersport race. After the start, Davies rode with minimal use of his left hand to finish with an impressive ninth place. “I knew if I rode smooth enough, I could go out there and get some points,” said Davies. “Other than the start, I barely used the clutch. This course is pretty predictable for crashes and I knew that if I stayed up, I could do well. I didn’t expect top 10 so I’m pretty happy with how it ended up.” Shifter While running in fifth, Rapp’s bike made contact with another rider, breaking his shifter. He was able to come into the pits for repairs, ending up 36th for the day. “It is disappointing for that to happen when we were running so well, but I couldn’t quit the race,” said Rapp. “I’m glad we were able to fix it. I would rather go back out because anything can happen.” More, from a press release issued by Evan Steel Performance: Despite a rough beginning, Chris Peris and Team ESP make good on the weekend. Even though we only rode half a session during Promoter practice due to the fact that Chris had a faulty stomach, we had to start Friday practice from scratch. We discovered that gearing the bike for space travel was not the fastest way around the 4.5 mile course. After making the proper changes to the gearing, suspension, and engine, we ended friday with a good plan for qualifying. Superstock Qualifying was good, and we missed the front row in the closing minutes when Blake Young put in a flyer… oh well 5th is still good. Superbike Qualifying was equally as good with our own flyer of 2:49.3 on race tires. Good for 11th. We tried a different set-up for the first Superbike race, and even though it didn’t work how we had hoped, we kept a closing David Anthony at bay, and finished 8th. Our best Superbike finish to date. The second Superbike race was equally as impressive, finishing 10th, just behind the Factory Yamaha of Eric Bostrom. The Superstock race was where it was at. After getting a great start we crossed the line on the first lap in 2nd. But Geoff May, who was fast all weekend got by putting us third for the next three laps. Eventually Jake Holden and Aaron Yates got by and we settled in for 4th. This was our second 4th place finish in a row, coming out of Infineon, where Chris had a great race charging through the field from tenth on the first lap to fourth at the finish. More, from a press release issued by Michael Beck’s publicist: Beck Racing in top form at Miller Motorsports Park: Supersport 5th ; Formula Extreme 7th Keeping with pace of this years plans to return to the front of the hotly contested AMA Supersport class Michael Beck rode his Beck Racing Premiere Home Entertainment, Graves backed Dunlop shod Yamaha YZF R6 to a 5th place finish. Without having preseason testing at Miller Motorsports Park the team practiced Thursday and took advantage of the new rule allowing them to run a Supersport 600cc machine in Formula Extreme. Beck got the track time he needed to prepare his motorcycle for a run to the front. On the start of Friday’s Formula Extreme event Michael leaped off the line straight to the front for the mad rush into turn one after the very fast front stretch. It’s hard to hope all would be easy when you have 10 of the fastest guys on 600cc motorcycles trying to fill the same 10 feet of space. Beck became the pinball of the bunch and ended up exiting the corner in 10th place. Putting his head down and turning laps just off the super fast Formula Extreme bikes he was passing riders and making his way to the front. At the end Beck worked his way up to a solid 7th place finish becoming the first supersport motorcycle to cross the line receiving the checkered flag. After a lack luster qualifying attempt on Saturday which was plagued with weather that upset the bikes setup Michael found himself starting 12th for the Supersport race. During Sunday’s Supersport race which is mainly dominated by factory backed riders Michael Beck again took his Beck Racing, Premiere Home Entertainment Yamaha YZF R6 to the front of the field. When the white flag flew Beck was in a 4th place battle with the 2004 AMA Superstock Champion Aaron Gobert taking chase. After swapping positions numerous times on the last lap Gobert got 4th at the line and Michael had to settle with a career matching best 5th place finish, which strangely enough came at Miller Motorsports Park in 2006. “I have been training and riding as hard and fast as I ever have this year,” said a very excited 20 year old Beck. “My dad has been working so hard trying to help me get the bike setup to allow me to run at the front and this weekend we really nailed it. I do not think the bike could have been any better I just needed some more laps to work on the few turns where I was losing time. I got stuck behind another rider at the beginning that made us lose the top 6 riders so once I got by I had to ride really hard to catch the next group. Lap times showed I was running faster then the next group and I ruined my rear Dunlop chasing them down and I just didn’t have enough at the end to hold back Gobert. It was a fun race and I know the podium is close in my future and I’m going to keep working as hard as I can to get there. I just want to thank all my sponsors and supporters and my dad for helping me achieve this great finish.” Beck Racing would like to thank Noam from Driven Performance for helping with pit duties all weekend, and the Graves Yamaha crew for all their assistance. We would also like thank Jim Wicklund of Premiere Home Entertainment for coming to his first AMA race since supporting Beck Racing and we look forward carrying their name to the front all year. Look for Beck Racing to again take their Premiere Home Entertainment Graves backed Yamaha to the front of the field again this next weekend at Elkhart Lake’s Road America Raceway. More, from a press release issued by Dunlop: Dunlop Motorcycle Tires Race Report: 2008 AMA Superbike Championship, Round Five, Miller Motorsports Park TOOELE, Utah — Dunlop riders claimed all but two of the podium positions at round five of the 2008 AMA Superbike Championship series at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, May 29 ­ June 1. The 13-out-of-15 performance punctuated a weekend marked by the first World Superbike round in the U.S. since 2004 and underscored Dunlop’s dominance of the AMA series. AMA Superbike Championship Presented by Parts Unlimited Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Ben Spies took both Superbike wins handily on his GSX-R1000, his third consecutive double-header sweep. The six wins in a row ties an AMA record and vaults Spies ahead of series leader and teammate Mat Mladin. The six-time AMA champ Mladin had a difficult weekend with a crash/DNF in race one and a fourth in race two. Monster Kawasaki’s Jamie Hacking took second in both races and Honda Racing’s Neil Hodgson carded third in each, giving fans of their brands some thrilling action as well. AMA Superbike Race One Results: Dunlop finishers in the Top 10 1. Ben Spies – Suzuki 2. Jamie Hacking – Kawasaki 3. Neil Hodgson – Honda 4. Aaron Yates – Suzuki 5. Miguel Duhamel – Honda 6. Eric Bostrom – Yamaha 7. Jason DiSalvo – Yamaha 8. Chris Peris – Suzuki AMA Superbike Race Two Results: Dunlop finishers in the Top 10 1. Ben Spies – Suzuki 2. Jamie Hacking – Kawasaki 3. Neil Hodgson – Honda 4. Mat Mladin – Suzuki 5. Aaron Yates – Suzuki 6. Miguel Duhamel – Honda 7. Geoff May – Suzuki 8. Jason DiSalvo – Yamaha 9. Eric Bostrom – Yamaha 10. Chris Peris – Yamaha AMA Superbike Championship Points: Top three riders 1. Mladin – 308 2. Spies – 269 3. Hodgson – 239 AMA Formula Xtreme Championship Erion Racing Honda’s Jake Zemke won his fourth Formula Xtreme race in a row to strengthen his hold on the championship. The win on a CBR600RR also gives Zemke the most wins ever in the class. Zemke’s teammate Josh Hayes, the series’ two-time defending champion, was second and Attack Kawasaki¹s Steve Rapp was third. AMA Formula Xtreme Results: Dunlop finishers in the Top 10 1. Jake Zemke – Honda 2. Josh Hayes – Honda 5. Aaron Gobert – Honda 7. Michael Beck – Yamaha 8. Garrett Carter – Suzuki 10. Chad Hermann – Yamaha AMA Formula Xtreme Championship Points: Top three riders 1. Zemke – 169 2. Rapp – 143 3. Pegram -138 Pro Honda Oils AMA Supersport Championship Presented by Shoei Zemke and Hayes dueled throughout the Supersport race on their CBR600RRs along with M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Blake Young before Zemke took the win by just 0.132 seconds over Hayes. Young, out of fuel, coasted to sixth while his teammate Cory West took the last podium slot. Series leader Graves Motorsports Yamaha¹s Ben Bostrom struggled with mechanical problems, finishing 21st after a crash on the final lap, and his teammate, Josh Herrin also suffered a DNF. Bostrom now shares the series lead with Zemke. AMA Supersport Results: Dunlop finishers in the Top 10 1. Jake Zemke – Honda 2. Josh Hayes – Honda 4. Aaron Gobert – Honda 5. Michael Beck – Yamaha 7. Tommy Aquino – Yamaha 10. Shea Fouchek – Honda Supersport Championship Points: Top three riders 1. Bostrom, Zemke ­ 155 (tied) 3. Josh Herrin – 136 AMA Superstock Championship Presented by Dynojet Michael Jordan Motor Sports Suzuki teammates Geoff May and Aaron Yates finished 1-2 on their GSX-R1000s to break the two-race win streak of Corona Honda¹s Jake Holden, who finished third. May¹s first-ever Superstock win moves him up to third in the championship hunt. AMA Superstock Results: Dunlop finishers in the Top 10 1. Geoff May – Suzuki 2. Aaron Yates – Suzuki 3. Jake Holden – Honda 4. Chris Peris – Suzuki 9. Ben Thompson – Suzuki AMA Superstock Championship Points: Top three riders 1. Yates – 170 2. Holden – 156 3. May – 141 The next stop for Dunlop and the 2008 AMA Superbike Championship is Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisc., June 6-8. Round six features a doubleheader for the Superbike series. About Dunlop Tires Dunlop Tires is the largest supplier of original equipment and replacement motorcycle tires in the U.S. and the only manufacturer of motorcycle tires in North America. With North American operations headquartered in Buffalo, NY, Dunlop has been making and selling high-quality tires in the U.S. since 1923. For more information, please visit www.dunlopmotorcycle.com.