Yoshimura Suzuki's Ben Spies clinched the 2007 AMA Superstock Championship after winning the penultimate race of the season at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia on Sunday.
With one round of AMA Superstock remaining, Spies and his Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 went for the win even though he only had to finish in sixth place or better to take the title. With this win, Spies lays claim to seven of eight races so far this year. Additionally, defending AMA Superbike Champion Spies won pole position for this race, his sixth of the season.
Team M4 EMGO Suzuki's Geoff May finished in an impressive third place in the 15-lap AMA Superstock race. This is May's fourth podium of the season in AMA Superstock.
Ben Spies"It was a good race for us today. I wanted to win the championship but I wanted to win the race pretty bad too. So I just tried to put in consistent lap times on the Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000. It's great to win the Superstock championship for Suzuki. The Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 is an amazing bike and has worked great at every track we've raced at this year. I want to thank Suzuki and my crew for working so hard for me all season long."
Geoff May"The whole M4 EMGO Suzuki crew was great this weekend. They gave me a good bike to race in the Suzuki GSX-R1000 and the Pirelli tyres held up great in the heat. We had a good, solid race but the guys in front were a little quicker than we were. Then Aaron Yates had some trouble with some lappers and gave me the podium spot. I'd rather not have gotten it that way, but we'll take it and hopefully end the season strong at Laguna Seca."
AMA Superstock Top 10 Finishers- Ben Spies (Yoshimura Suzuki)
- Ben Bostrom (Yamaha)
- Geoff May (M4 EMGO Suzuki)
- Jake Holden (Jordan Suzuki)
- Jamie Stauffer (Yamaha)
- Blake Young (MPT Suzuki)
- Gary Mason (Roadracingworld.com Suzuki)
- Scott Jensen (HALOF Racing Suzuki)
- David Weber (Suzuki)
- Chris Ulrich (Roadracingworld.com Suzuki)
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