Pro Honda Oils AMA Supersport Championship Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California July 23 Provisional Race Results: 1. Jamie Hacking (Yam YZF-R6), 17 laps 2. Roger Hayden (Kaw ZX-6RR), -4.297 seconds 3. Ben Spies (Suz GSX-R600), -4.566 seconds 4. Ben Attard (Kaw ZX-6RR), -8.063 seconds 5. Michael Barnes (Suz GSX-R600), -23.238 seconds 6. Danny Eslick (Suz GSX-R600), -27.872 seconds, crash 7. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R600), -28.124 seconds, crash 8. Blake Young (Suz GSX-R600), -34.139 seconds 9. Tony Meiring (Suz GSX-R600), -35.790 seconds 10. Josh Herrin (Yam YZF-R6), -35.833 seconds 11. Jeff Tigert (Hon CBR600RR), -40.513 seconds 12. Ryan Elleby (Hon CBR600RR), -50.724 seconds 13. Jimmy Wood (Kaw ZX-6RR), -67.378 seconds 14. Chris “Opie” Caylor (Suz GSX-R600), -69.812 seconds 15. Chris Siglin (Suz GSX-R600), -71.012 seconds 16. Barrett Long (Yam YZF-R6), -73.337 seconds 17. Tyler McDonald (Yam YZF-R6), -79.800 seconds 18. Shea Fouchek (Suz GSX-R600), -80.327 seconds 19. Grant Riggs (Suz GSX-R600), -89.626 seconds 20. Brant Wiwi (Kaw ZX-6RR), -1 lap 21. Scott Jackson (Suz GSX-R600), -1 lap 22. Morgan Murphy (Suz GSX-R600), -1 lap 23. Ryan Teixeira (Kaw ZX-6RR), -1 lap 25. Matt Eccelston (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap 26. Michael Beck (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap, DNF, crash 27. Andrew Brown (Yam YZF-R6), DNF 28. Garrett Carter (Yam YZF-R6), DNF, crash 29. Damon Buckmaster (Kaw ZX-6RR), DNF, mechanical 30. Victor Chirinos (Kaw ZX-6RR), DNF 31. Shane Turpin (Yam YZF-R6), DNS 32. Christopher Ancien (Hon CBR600RR), DNS 33. Dr. Jeffrey Purk, DDS (Yam YZF-R6), DNS Pro Honda Oils AMA Supersport Championship Point Standings (After 7 of 11 races): 1. Hacking, 219 points 2. Roger Hayden, 165 points 3. Eslick, 155 points 4. Attard, 148 points 5. May, 142 points 6. TIE, Barnes/Young, 132 points 8. Meiring, 115 points 9. Beck, 105 points 10. Buckmaster, 99 points 11. Tigert, 97 points 12. Caylor, 94 points 13. Spies, 82 points 14. Herrin, 70 points 15. Elleby, 58 points More, from a press release issued by American Suzuki: Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies on the Supersport Podium at Laguna Seca –Next round, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, OH, Aug. 4 – 6, 2006– Round 7 AMA Supersport Series Monterey, CA Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca July 21 – 23, 2006 Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies captured his first AMA Supersport podium of the season in Sunday afternoon’s race at a very hot and humid Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, Calif. This impressive ride follows the young rider’s Laguna Seca AMA Superbike race win on Saturday. Also the previous day, Spies and the Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R600 had carded the second spot on the AMA Supersport starting grid after posting a fastest lap time of 1:28.334. “Every race, we get a little bit closer to pole position,” said Spies of his qualifying time. “As I’ve said before, we’re just continuing to develop the new GSX-R600 and our work is paying off.” Spies’ comments were prophetic in that his team’s work is definitely paying off. In the 17-lap Supersport race, the 22-year-old got a great start on his Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R600 and was in the lead immediately. He charged hard and eventually wound up coming home in third position. “It’s not quite a win, but I’ll take the podium,” said Spies. “It’s good to get the Yoshimura Suzuki on the box. The bike is running really well and it helped that we didn’t have a Superbike race 20 minutes after the Supersport race, so I was able to ride the bike like I wanted to. I’m not trying to choose favorites, but I’m leading the points in Superbike so I’m a little more focused on that. But my team has worked really hard on developing the GSX-R600 so I’m really happy to get a podium for them.” Ben Spies, Team Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R600, #11 3rd Place AMA SuperSport 13th Place Overall SuperSport Top 10 Finishers: Jamie Hacking, Yamaha Roger Lee Hayden, Kawasaki Ben Spies, Team Yoshimura Suzuki Ben Attard, Kawasaki Michael Barnes, M4 EMGO Suzuki Danny Eslick, Matsushima Performance Suzuki Geoff May, M4 EMGO Suzuki Blake Young, Matsushima Performance Suzuki Tony Meiring, Suzuki Josh Herrin, Yamaha