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May 16
th, 2005
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Mladin, as was the case in Saturday’s Superbike main event, led wire-to-wire in the 28-lap feature, taking the checkered flag 13 seconds ahead of teammate Ben Spies. It was Mladin’s sixth victory in seven Superbike main events this year as he lengthened his Superbike points lead over second-place Spies (227-211).

“The GSX-R1000 performed great again today,” Mladin said. “We came up with something different with the Dunlop tires last night and it worked today.”

Mladin was never challenged, building a comfortable lead by the end of the first lap over teammate Aaron Yates. His lead increased to nearly eight seconds by lap nine.

The Superbike victory was his sixth at Infineon Raceway, setting an all-time record. The doubleheader sweep also completed a perfect weekend for Mladin, who set the track record in provisional qualifying on Friday (1 minute, 36.019 seconds).

“We just kept pushing all the way through the end,” Mladin said. “Towards the end I just put my head down and we were able to reach the same lap times we ran yesterday. It was a good race and we’re really happy with the points.”

It was a banner day for Yoshimura Suzuki overall as it swept the top three spots with Spies and Yates (third). Yoshimura Suzuki has won five of the last six Superbike features at Infineon Raceway dating back to 2003.

Tommy Hayden reclaimed the points lead in the Pro Honda Oils Supersport class with a victory in the 17-lap feature. It was Hayden’s second Supersport win of the year and the 13th of his career, tying him for second place for the all-time AMA record. Jason Disalvo (Yamaha) was second with Yamaha teammate Jamie Hacking third.

“It was a battle the whole way,” Hayden said. “Those guys (Disalvo and Hacking) were pushing me really hard. I just did what I could do.”

Hayden tops the standings after four events with 141 points. He is followed by Hacking (136) and Disalvo (115).

Yates rebounded from his second-place effort in Superbike to take the victory in the 17-lap feature for Repsol Lubricants Superstock. It was his first win of the season in the series, and the second Superstock victory of his career at Infineon Raceway. Hacking (Yamaha) was second with Disalvo (Yamaha) third. Disalvo leads the standings with 126 points and is followed by Yates (121) and Hacking (120) after four events

 

Superbike Race 1

  1. Mat Mladin, Suzuki GSX-R1000

  2. Aaron Yates, Suzuki GSX-R1000

  3. Neil Hodgson, Ducati 999R

  4. Ben Spies, Suzuki GSX-R1000

  5. Josh Hayes, Kawasaki ZX-10RR

  6. Steve Rapp, Suzuki GSX-R1000

  7. Jacob Holden, Suzuki GSX-R1000

  8. Larry Pegram, Honda CBR1000RR

  9. Martin Craggill, Suzuki GSX-R1000

  10. Eric Bostrom, Ducati 999R

Superbike Race 2

  1. Mladin
  2. Yates
  3. Spies
  4. Zemke
  5. Hodgson
  6. Duhamel
  7. Bostrom
  8. Hayes
  9. Craggill
  10. Pegram

Superbike Points

  1. Mladin 227
  2. Spies 211
  3. Yates 207
  4. Hodgson 201
  5. Bostrom 167
  6. Duhamel 149
  7. Craggill 149
  8. Acree 125
  9. Rapp 117
  10. Pegram 116

1,000cc Superstock Race

  1. Yates
  2. Hacking
  3. Disalvo
  4. Rapp
  5. T Hayden
  6. Aa Gobert
  7. R Hayden
  8. Holden
  9. Haner
  10. Buckmaster

1,000cc Superstock Points

  1. Disalvo 95
  2. Haskovec 88
  3. Hacking 88
  4. T Hayden 87
  5. Yates 85
  6. Rapp 77
  7. Holden 65
  8. Haner 61
  9. Wood 56
  10. George 55
 

Supersport Race

  1. T Hayden
  2. Disalvo
  3. Hacking
  4. R Hayden
  5. Spies
  6. Buckmaster
  7. Attard
  8. May
  9. Peris
  10. Eslick

Supersport Points

  1. T Hayden 141
  2. Hacking 136
  3. Disalvo 115
  4. Spies 99
  5. R Hayden 95
  6. Aa Gobert 92
  7. Attard 90
  8. May 89
  9. Jensen 88
  10. Peris 86
 

FX 600cc Race

  1. Jake Zemke, Honda CBR600RR

  2. Miguel Duhamel, Honda CBR600RR

  3. Ben Attard, Kawasaki ZX-6RR

  4. Robert Jensen, Yamaha YZF-R6

  5. Chris Peris, Yamaha YZF-R6

  6. Danny Eslick, Suzuki GSX-R600X

  7. Alex Gobert, Honda CBR600RR

  8. Clint McBain, Suzuki GSX-R600

  9. Opie Caylor, Suzuki GSX-R600

  10. Kevin Lacombe, Suzuki GSX-R600

FX 600cc Points

  1. Zemke 142
  2. Duhamel 135
  3. Eslick 97
  4. Al Gobert 87
  5. Moore 82
  6. Peris 78
  7. Caylor 69
  8. Knapp 69
  9. Haskovec 66
  10. Ferrer 63
 

American Superbike 2005

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