US Superbike: Hodgson and Bostrom prepared for AMA Season Finale in Ohio October 1, 2006
Parts Unlimited Ducati Team racers Neil Hodgson and Ben Bostrom will conclude the 2006 AMA Superbike season this weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The Ducati 999 pilots will race the Ohio circuit for the second time this year as the series returns for the finale, which boasts a unique …
US Superbike: Suzuki’s AMA Superbike Showdown September 27, 2006
Team Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies and Mat Mladin go into this weekend’s final-round AMA Superbike Championship round at Lexington, Ohio both capable of lifting the title on their GSX-R1000s.
Spies leads the series by 20 points from the six-time Champion. The 22-year-old Texan has won 10 races this year and he’s captured …
US Superbike: Ducati Quit AMA Superbike End of 2006 August 23, 2006
Ducati North America and Ducati Corse today announce that their participation in the AMA Superbike Championship with a factory team will cease at the end of the 2006 season.
The Parts Unlimited Ducati Team has successfully raced with the 999 Superbike in each of the last three seasons (winning five races as of today) and the American based Ducati subsidiary will now take a year to consider its future options.
“Our primary objective of raising the profile of our brand and of the 999 Superbike has been achieved”, said Michael Lock, CEO of Ducati North America. “We have increased our sales over …
US Superbike: Kawasaki Racing Team Endures At VIR August 22, 2006
Kawasaki Racing Team rider, Tommy Hayden, endured a frustrating turn of events as AMA Superbike racing came to Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Va., this weekend. Tommy and his younger brother, Roger, qualified eighth and ninth respectively, which ironically enough, is where each Hayden finished the first 28-lap feature on Saturday.
The second race of the Superbike doubleheader on Sunday saw both Haydens starting just off the second row again with Roger running in seventh and Tommy holding strong in eighth after seven laps. As the race passed the halfway point, Tommy moved-up into sixth and Roger faded back into seventh …
US Superbike: Mladin sweeps Alton AMA Superbikes
Yoshimura Suzuki’s AMA Superbike Champion Mat Mladin completed a clean sweep of the AMA Superbike double-header at Alton, Virginia today while team mate Aaron Yates picked up his first Superbike podium of the year with a second-place finish.
Championship leader Ben Spies, racing with a fractured right hand, brought home a strong fourth place and maintained his points lead.
Said Mladin: “After Mid-Ohio, I said all we could do is try to win as many races as possible and that’s what we did this weekend,” who took his fifth victory of the season and his fifth win at the circuit.
Overall, this win …
US Superbike: Challenging day for Bostrom and Hodgson in Virginia
Parts Unlimited Ducati’s Neil Hodgson and Ben Bostrom faced a challenging day at Virginia International Raceway on Sunday, with Hodgson crashing while charging to the front and Ben Bostrom finishing in the top six on his Ducati 999 once again after a tough race-long battle for position.
Hodgson suffered a lowside crash while running in third position on lap two. The Englishman was unhurt by the fall, but the result was Neil couldn’t repeat his stellar Saturday finish on the podium. “I’m okay,” said Neil. “I don’t really know what happened. The data shows I didn’t do anything differently than the …
US Superbike: Ducati’s Hodgson earns Laguna Seca points July 25, 2006
Neil Hodgson earned a strong third place in Saturday’s AMA Superbike race at Laguna Seca, producing a podium finish in front of the large crowd assembled for the US Grand Prix weekend. Ducati 999-mounted Hodgson charged through the field in the California heat, moving his way through a fierce pack of Superbike riders. Hodgson rose from sixth place in the early stages to challenge for second place in the 28-lap event. Teammate Ben Bostrom finished seventh despite dehydration forcing him to the medical center immediately after the race. Bostrom ran strongly in second place before becoming ill at the mid-point …
US Superbike: Spies wins at Laguna Seca
Team Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies battled record-breaking heat as well as the competition to win his eighth AMA Superbike race of the season and extend his points lead at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Saturday as team mates Aaron Yates and Mat Mladin took fifth and sixth.
“I really want to thank my team and credit the Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000,” said Spies of his first Laguna Seca victory. “I asked them to bring me a bike that we wouldn’t have to make too many changes on because we had so little track time and that’s exactly what they did — I …
US Superbike: Bostrom and Hodgson ready for US Grand Prix Weekend July 21, 2006
The Parts Unlimited Ducati Team returns to AMA Superbike racing this weekend at Laguna Seca. Fresh off his Utah podium performance, Ben Bostrom and teammate Neil Hodgson, plus the rest of the AMA stars, will race as a support class at the US Grand Prix. The Ducati 999 pilots will contest the 28-lap AMA Superbike battle on Saturday afternoon in what is becoming one of the most significant races in the USA.
For Bostrom, the race at one of his favorite tracks can’t come soon enough. Bostrom has found his form of late. Ben has been quick in testing, practice, and …
US Superbike: Kawaski’s Hayden returns to Superbike action July 19, 2006
Kawasaki Racing Team rider, Roger Hayden, plans to return to AMA Superbike racing July 22, at Laguna Seca in Monterey, Calif., during the upcoming Superbike doubleheader. Hayden, 23, from Owensboro, Ky., sustained a broken right Tibia and Fibula during a crash while contending in Superbike at Barber Motorsports Park in April. Despite the injury, Hayden only missed one event at California Speedway in Fontana, Calif., and continued to run in the AMA Supersport category after surgery to repair the damaged limb.
Hayden received a plate and eight screws to secure the broken bones and wore a soft removable cast while walking …