1. Mat Mladin, Suzuki, 28 laps total 2. Ben Spies, Suzuki, -3.711 seconds 3. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, -5.932 4. Jake Zemke, Honda, -7.083 5. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, -13.360 6. Eric Bostrom, Ducati, -19.434 7. Josh Hayes, Kawasaki, -24.104 8. Marty Craggill, Suzuki, -46.187 9. Jeremy Toye, Honda, -48.047 10. Lee Acree, Suzuki, -49.066 11. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, -53.940 12. Cory West, Suzuki, -56.221 13. Jason Perez, Yamaha, -59.892 14. Brian Stokes, Yamaha, -60.718 15. Brent George, Suzuki, -60.743 16. Scott Jensen, Suzuki 17. Akira Tamitsuji, Suzuki 18. Jason Curtis, Suzuki 19. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki 20. Heath Small, Yamaha 21. Anthony Fania, Suzuki 22. David Bell, Suzuki, -1 lap 23. C.R. Gittere, Suzuki, -1 lap 25. Scott Carpenter, Suzuki, -1 lap 26. James Kerker, Honda, -1 lap 27. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki, -1 lap 28. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki, -1 lap 29. Tony Meiring, Suzuki, -8 laps 30. Marco Martinez, Suzuki, -14 laps 31. Eric Wood, Suzuki, -16 laps, DNF, crash 32. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, -16 laps, DNF, crash 33. Geoff May, Suzuki, -17 laps, DNF, mechanical 34. John Haner, Suzuki, -18 laps, DNF, mechanical 35. Neil Hodgson, Ducati, -24 laps, DNF, crash 36. Jake Holden, Suzuki, -25 laps, DNF, crash 37. Matt Lynn, Suzuki, -25 laps, DNF, crash 38. Kurtis Roberts, Honda, -27 laps, DNF, mechanical 39. Larry Pegram, Honda, DNS, injury in practice More, from a press release issued by Team Suzuki: Mat Mladin headed a Yoshimura Suzuki one-two-three for the fourth time this season at the opening AMA Superbike double-header at Virginia International Raceway. Despite two red flags, the five-time AMA Superbike Champion won the first of the weekend’s two 28-lap races with team mates Ben Spies coming in a close second and Aaron Yates following in third. “We had a few issues, what with the red flags,” said Mladin, who, with this race win, has 41 career AMA Superbike victories. “But my crew worked hard to get my GSX-R1000 running good and I’d like to thank them for that. It was a long race and an interesting race, for sure, but it was good to be pushing hard for the whole race. I enjoyed that.” Final qualifying occurred under overcast skies and in warm temperatures. Mladin again captured the pole position and the track record by posting a 1:23.986 lap time, marking his 46th career pole position and his ninth of the season. “It was a good session for us,” said Mladin. “It went pretty well and it was get to get the extra point for pole. The GSX-R1000 is just so good that it makes my job fairly easy.” Said Spies: “I felt pretty good out there. It seems that every time I go out on the GSX-R, we take a couple-of-tenths off my time.” Mladin, Spies and Yates were out in front in that order almost immediately after the start, but a downed rider caused a red flag within several laps. At the restart, Mladin got a bad start but was able to work his way up to third before a second red flag was thrown. With the second restart, Mladin got off the line a little stronger but still had to work his way through the pack, eventually passing his team mates and into the lead. “It’s not that hard to pass at Virginia. This track is pretty good about that. It’s also a matter of being aggressive and getting through and that’s what I did. Also, the front of the bike’s sticking very well and I was able to be aggressive in some tight corners.” Spies was consistently strong off the line in all three race starts. He diced with Mladin in each segment of the race and led the most laps. He said: “I tried as hard as I could. I knew Mat was having some problems with his bike and I tried to get a gap as soon as I could because I knew I couldn’t hold him off. When he got by me, I just tried to keep my gap ahead of third.” Like Spies, Yates was up front in each restart and made the most of his talent and his Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000. He said: “We did all we could and I just tried to work my way up to Mat. I finally got in the groove and got going and I really wanted to get my GSX-R1000 on the podium so we’d have three GSX-Rs up here and we did it.” More, from a press release issued by Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin: BOSTROM AND HODGSON LOOK FOR A BETTER TOMORROW IN VIRGINIA Alton, Virginia (August 27) -The Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin squad were less than satisfied with the Saturday Superbike race held at Virginia International Raceway. Eric Bostrom was sixth on his Ducati 999 Superbike and Neil Hodgson crashed out of the event that was marred by two red flags. Eric Bostrom has been hot of late, winning three Superbike races this year for Ducati. The Californian was disappointed not to run up front in Saturday’s 28-lap race, but Eric still earned a respectable finish and remains third in Superbike points. “In testing, we were good here right off the truck. So far, we’ve been way off even with the same setup we used then. We’re working through a few things tonight and hope to get it better in the warm-up tomorrow morning. The crew is working really hard and hopefully we will make some progress.” Eric ran as high as second after one of the restarts but wasn’t able to translate his good start into another podium finish. He did, however, use the red flags to try some different settings. “For me, the restarts helped because we were able to make some adjustments and get some more feel out of the front,” said Bostrom. Neil Hodgson ran inside the top five until the first red flag, but he crashed on the first lap after the restart. “I lost the front in the last corner coming onto the front straight,” said Hodgson. “I was fast there all weekend and hadn’t had any slides or anything like that. The crash was a shock. I just tipped it in and, all the sudden, I was on my shoulder.” Hodgson was sore after the fall, but said it would not hinder his progress on Sunday. “As a team, we were disappointed about the results today,” said team manager Tom Bodenbach. “The fall was a surprise for Neil and Eric just didn’t have the feel and couldn’t ride the way he wanted to race. We’re going to try some new things for tomorrow and look for a stronger result in the second race.”