Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies won his sixth AMA Superstock race of the season Sunday at VIRginia International Raceway, near Danville, Virginia. Spies jumped out to an early lead on his Dunlop-shod GSX-R1000 and was able to maintain that modest advantage to the end of the 17-lap event. Unofficially, Spies can clinch the 2007 AMA Superstock Championship by finishing seventh or better in the next race, at Road Atlanta, the penultimate round of the series. Michael Jordan Motorsports Suzuki’s Aaron Yates (second) and Jake Holden (third) earned the final two positions on the podium, the third time the teammates have both finished on the podium this season. Graves Yamaha’s Ben Bostrom was a distant and lonely fourth on his YZF-R1. Matsushima Suzuki’s Blake Young passed his teammate Danny Eslick on the final lap and took fifth by 0.006-second. Eslick was sixth. Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki’s Chris Ulrich was the top non-Dunlop finisher, seventh on his Pirelli-shod GSX-R1000, his fifth top-10 finish of the season. Ben Thompson, fill-in rider for Millennium KWS Suzuki’s John Haner, took eighth, well ahead of HALOF Racing’s Scott Jensen (who ran off the track and finished ninth) and Red Devil/Roadracingworld.com Suzuki’s Gary Mason (10th). Team M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Geoff May dropped out of the race just past the halfway point with mechanical problems and was officially scored 21st in the 22-rider race. 2007 AMA Superstock Championship Presented by Dynojet VIRginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 19, 2007 Provisional Race Results: 1. Ben Spies (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, 17 laps 2. Aaron Yates (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, -3.012 seconds 3. Jake Holden (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, -14.439 seconds 4. Ben Bostrom (Yam YZF-R1), Dunlop, -17.842 seconds 5. Blake Young (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, -29.669 seconds 6. Danny Eslick (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, -29.676 seconds 7. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, -36.198 seconds 8. Ben Thompson (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, -42.276 seconds 9. Scott Jensen (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, -53.558 seconds 10. Gary Mason (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, -69.123 seconds 11. Tim Bemisderfer (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, -83.365 seconds 12. Scott Carpenter (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, -86.157 seconds 13. Charlie Coleman (Suz GSX-R1000), -86.258 seconds 14. David Loikits (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, -1 lap 15. Ivan Garza (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, -1 lap, 2.433 16. Santiago Villa (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, -1 lap, 7.644 17. Johnny Rock Page (Yam YZF-R1), Dunlop, -1 lap, 8.483 18. Joseph Dawson (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, 18.516 19. Adrian Jones (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, 66.189 20. Davie Stone (Suz GSX-R1000), -7 laps, DNF 21. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, -8 laps, DNF, retired 22. Shane Narbonne (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, -17 laps, DNF, crash Provisional 2007 AMA Superstock Championship Point Standings (After 8 of 10 races): 1. Spies, 254 points 2. Bostrom, 203 3. Yates, 202 4. Eslick, 175 5. May, 174 6. Jensen, 166 7. Ulrich, 160 8. Young, 144 9. Holden, 118 10. Robertino Pietri, 112 11. David Weber, 95 12. Page, 92 13. Garza, 91 14. Chad Rolland, 67 15. Jason Curtis, 57 16. John Haner, 55 17. Corey Sarros, 50 18. TIE, Loikits/Cardenas, 46 20. Villa, 44