Four in a row for Spies

Suzuki’s Ben Spies took his fourth consecutive victory in today’s (Sunday) AMA Superbike race at Fontana in California.

Spies drafted team mate and six times AMA Champion Matt Mladin on lap 18 and pulled past on the track’s banking. He finished the race 4.448 seconds in front. Third was Honda’s Jake Zemke.

Spies said: “Having a six times world champion behind you definitely puts the pressure on, I’ve been looking up to Matt since I was eight years old, but once I was in front I made one mistake then just got my head down and piled in the lap times.”
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Brit Neil Hodgson fought his way through to fifth place in front of Kawasaki’s Tommy Hayden and Ducati team mate Ben Bostrom.

Spies now leads Mladin in the championship stakes by 19 points.

Top 10:

Ben Spies

Matt Mladin – +4.489

Jake Zemke – +21.943

Miguel Duhamel – +25.850

Neil Hodgson – + 25.995

Tommy Hayden – +26.264

Ben Bostrom – +46.374

Aaron Yates – + 47.548

Jason Pridmore + 52.201

Larry Pegram – +1.10.527