Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Graves Yamaha’s Jamie Hacking won the AMA Formula Xtreme race Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama over Erion Honda’s Jake Zemke, but Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies, third Sunday, won the 2003 AMA Formula Xtreme Championship.

After earning the bonus point for pole position Saturday, Spies, 19, only needed to finish 24th or better in the final to win his first AMA Championship.

Damon Buckmaster, the only other rider with a mathematical chance at winning the FX Championship, ran a competitive third before being passed by Spies in the late going and finishing fourth.

Attack Suzuki’s Josh Hayes rode his AMA Superstock Championship-winning GSX-R750 to fifth.


AMA Formula Xtreme Race Results:

1. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha YZF-R1, 17 laps
2. Jake Zemke, Honda CBR954RR, -5.029 seconds
3. Ben Spies, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -7.656 seconds
4. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha YZF-R1, -12.599 seconds
5. Josh Hayes, Suzuki GSX-R750, -19.897 seconds
6. Marty Craggill, Honda CBR954RR, -26.085 seconds
7. Adam Fergusson, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -37.111 seconds
8. James Ellison, Suzuki GSX-R750, -49.104 seconds
9. Ty Howard, Honda CBR954RR, -62.705 seconds
10. Corey Eaton, Suzuki GSX-R750, -65.651 seconds
11. Andrew Deatherage, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -85.925 seconds
12. Mark Ledesma, Honda CBR929RR, -89.598 seconds
13. Darin Edwards, Suzuki GSX-R750, -90.658 seconds
14. David Bell, Suzuki GSX-R750, -90.793 seconds
15. C.R. Gittere, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
16. Rick Narup, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
17. Chad Rolland, Suzuki GSX-R750, -1 lap
18. Nathan Hester, -1 lap
19. Joseph Dawson, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
20. Bob Siebenhaar, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
21. Brian Boyd, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
22. K.W. Burgess, Suzuki GSX-R750, -1 lap
23. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda CBR954RR, -13 laps, DNF
24. Mark Vandal, Yamaha YZF-R1, -13 laps, DNF

Unofficial AMA Formula Xtreme Point Standings:

1. Spies, 318 points
2. Buckmaster, 285 points
3. Zemke, 281 points
4. Hayes, 267 points
5. Fergusson, 236 points
6. Hacking, 218 points
7. Craggill, 217 points
8. Steve Rapp, 176 points
9. Jason Pridmore, 172 points
10. Roger Lee Hayden, 143 points