Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing swept the AMA Superbike podium in the second of two AMA Superbike races at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday afternoon.
A large crowd turned out to see the six-time AMA Superbike Champion follow up Saturday's win with a victory on Sunday.
This win is Mladin's third win of the season, his seventh win at Barber and his 66th career AMA Superbike victory.
Defending AMA Superbike Champion Ben Spies charged hard on his Suzuki GSX-R1000 but was unable to catch his team mate and Tommy Hayden also put in an impressive ride and picked up his second podium of the year and of the weekend by finishing behind Spies.
Mat Mladin
"Today was a great day for me and my guys and it was a great day for the Rockstar Makita Suzuki team. For me, it was a pretty good race. I just tried to put in a good, solid ride and be consistent. Our goal all along was to come out and win as many races as possible. We've gone three for three; we've gotten both pole positions and led the most laps so I reckon that's not too bad. Hopefully, we can do it again next weekend at Fontana."
Ben Spies
"We got a not-so-good start and then I made my way into second place but I just couldn't keep Mat's pace. But we're going to some tracks that I like and we're going to keep giving it all we've got. He's riding really good right now and we're chasing him so we've got to step it up. I have to thank my guys for building me a new Rockstar Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000 last night after I crashed yesterday. Now we're focusing on Fontana next weekend and we know what we need to do. We just need to go faster."
Tommy Hayden
"Rockstar Makita Suzuki - one, two, three - that's the way it should be and I'm just glad to do my part to make that happen. It feels good to be up on the podium twice this weekend and thanks to my team for everything. We did a lot of work this winter and we've come a long way. I'm definitely happy with today's race, even happier than yesterday. I felt like I got a bit of a gift yesterday with Ben crashing. Today, I really had to earn this one. I just tried to keep my head down. It was a hard race but it feels good to start off the season with two podiums. My goal was to get more podiums right out of the gate and hopefully I'll keep on seeing these guys a little more often."
AMA Superbike Top 10 Finishers
- Mat Mladin (Rockstar Makita Suzuki)
- Ben Spies (Rockstar Makita Suzuki)
- Tommy Hayden (Rockstar Makita Suzuki)
- Jason DiSalvo (Yamaha)
- Neil Hodgson (Honda)
- Eric Bostrom (Yamaha)
- Aaron Yates (Jordan Suzuki)
- Miguel Duhamel (Honda
- Matt Lynn (Honda)
- Geoff May (Jordan Suzuki)
