AMA Pro National Guard American Superbike Presented by Parts Unlimited VIRginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 15, 2009 Provisional Race Results (all on Dunlop tires): 1. Josh Hayes (Yam YZF-R1), 23 laps 2. Mat Mladin (Suz GSX-R1000K9), -10.062 seconds 3. Ben Bostrom (Yam YZF-R1), -12.160 4. Aaron Yates (Suz GSX-R1000K9), -12.226 5. Tommy Hayden (Suz GSX-R1000K9), -15.677 6. Blake Young (Suz GSX-R1000K9), -15.686 7. Jake Holden (Hon CBR1000RR), -24.491 8. Taylor Knapp (Suz GSX-R1000K9), -27.265 9. Michael Laverty (Suz GSX-R1000K9), -28.123 10. Jeff Wood (Suz GSX-R1000K8), -37.292 11. Neil Hodgson (Hon CBR1000RR), -37.931 12. Larry Pegram (Duc 1098R), -39.205 13. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R1000K9), -53.176 14. Scott Charlton (Suz GSX-R1000K8), -65.194 15. Shane Narbonne (Suz GSX-R1000K8), -81.232 16. Scott Jensen (Suz GSX-R1000K8), -84.816 17. Mark Crozier (Suz GSX-R1000K8), -1 lap 18. Shawn Higbee (Buell 1125R), -1 lap, 0.247 second 19. Ricky Corey (Yam YZF-R1), -1 lap, 33.817 seconds 20. Skip Salenius (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, 34.043 seconds 21. Dean Mizdal (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, 35.281 seconds 22. Eric Haugo (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap, 35.426 seconds 23. Robertino Pietri (Suz GSX-R1000), -15 laps, DNF 24. Tim Hunt (Suz GSX-R1000), -17 laps, DNF 25. Dominic Jones (Suz GSX-R1000), -18 laps, DNF, crash 26. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R1000K9), -20 laps, DNF, crash Provisional Championship Point Standings (after 17 of 20 races): 1. Mladin, 415 points 2. Hayden, 323 3. Hayes, 313 4. Pegram, 295 5. Bostrom, 294 6. Young, 250 7. Yates, 232 8. May, 212 9. Knapp, 168 10. Holden, 159 11. TIE, Hodgson/Ulrich, 130 13. David Anthony, 120 14. Laverty, 98 15. Jensen, 97 16. Aaron Gobert, 87 17. Hawk Mazzotta, 69 18. Ryan Elleby, 55 19. Higbee, 49 20. Crozier, 46 More, from a press release issued by American Suzuki: Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Mladin Podiums at VIR Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Hayden & Young finish 5th, 6th Round 10 AMA Superbike Series, Race 1 Alton, Virginia Virginia International Raceway August 14-16, 2009 Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Mat Mladin carded yet another AMA Superbike podium finish, this time at Virginia International Raceway (VIR) in Alton, Virginia, on Saturday afternoon. Six-time AMA Superbike Champion Mladin brought home second place in the first of two 23-lap races in the AMA Superbike double-header weekend. Mladin has been leading the championship points in the series all season and had hoped to clinch his seventh title on Saturday. As it turns out, the Australian came up a few points shy but will have the chance to wrap up his seventh AMA Superbike championship on Sunday afternoon. Rockstar Makita Suzuki teammates Tommy Hayden and Blake Young finished up the day in fifth and sixth places, respectively. Young ran up front for several laps before settling into fifth position for much of the race. Hayden himself was running in sixth place until the last lap, when he overtook his teammate Young and moved up a spot. In the overall championship points standings, Hayden is in second place behind teammate Mladin and rookie Young is in sixth place. Mat Mladin: “Josh (Hayes, the race winner) has been fast all weekend and he did a great job today. As I said on the podium, my guys have been quietly telling me all weekend to go ahead and get the championship wrapped up. Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do. But today it wouldn’t have mattered what I did — even if I’d pushed as hard as I could, I didn’t have anything for Josh. He was just too fast today. We’ll try to get through tomorrow, go to New Jersey and that’s it. The fans here are great and I enjoy the racetrack and it’s nice to come to a decent track that is safe and put on a good show for the crowd.” Tommy Hayden: “I knew my race was going to be tough today because we were starting from the third row. I dug myself into a little bit of a hole yesterday with qualifying. But I felt pretty fast this morning so I felt like if I could get in there, I had a pretty decent pace with the Rockstar Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000. I thought that I got a good start but then we got through turn one and the start wasn’t as good as I first thought. But then I picked off a couple of guys”¦ and latched on to the battle for third. I’d really wanted to do better today. Hopefully, tomorrow we can make a few changes and run more at the front tomorrow.” Blake Young: “The race started out pretty good, considering we started from the second row. I got a pretty good start on the Rockstar Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000. I put my head down and tried to put in some good laps, but some guys got past me. But we learned a lot in the race today about the bike that I think we can use to go better in the race tomorrow.” Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing will race again tomorrow in the second of two Superbike races at VIR in Alton, Virginia. More, from a press release issued by Pegram Racing: QUICK PEGRAM UNABLE TO CAPITALIZE IN VIRGINIA SATURDAY SUPERBIKE Alton, VA (August 15, 2009) — Foremost Insurance Pegram Ducati pilot Larry Pegram finished 12th in the first of two races during the Virginia AMA Pro American Superbike weekend. An off-track excursion in the race took Pegram out of the top ten but the Ohio native continued to turn impressive lap times on his Ducati 1098R after running through the grass. The winner of the two previous American Superbike races was disappointed in the result but positive about his chances in the second race on Sunday. “I was too aggressive at the beginning. I was trying to get by Ben (Bostrom) because I could see Josh (Hayes) getting away and I just got too hot into the corner. I couldn’t get stopped and ran off,” said Pegram. “I was really mad then and I did it again, same corner. I came here to win and I think we had a good chance to put the Ducati 1098R on the podium today. As mad as I am about the race, I’m happy with our lap times because they show we were doing pretty well. We’ll come back tomorrow and do our best. I’m glad we have another shot at it and I’m looking forward to racing a second one this weekend.” Tomorrow’s 23-lap American Superbike race begins at 4:20 local time, with same-day coverage on Speed TV. For more information on Team Foremost Pegram Racing please visit www.pegramracing.com. To learn more about Ducati’s line of racing inspired motorcycles and the 1098R that Larry piloted to victory at Road America and Kansas, please visit www.ducatiusa.com.