Team Yoshimura Suzuki's Mat Mladin and team mate Ben Spies dominated the second leg of the AMA Superbike Championship double-header at California Speedway in Fontana today, with Mladin taking the victory by just 0.035 seconds. The six-time AMA Champion reversed the places on his team mate as the two GSX-R1000s finished 21 seconds ahead of third-placed Eric Bostrom (Yamaha) in the 28 lapper.
Team Yoshimura Suzuki's Ben Spies picked up his first-ever victory at Daytona International Speedway in Florida by winning the opening round of the AMA Superstock Championship. "At the beginning of the race I had a little issue but it was all me and the bike came through," said Spies. "I can't say enough about the power of the Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000."
Team Yoshimura Suzuki’s Aaron Yates finished an impressive second place in the first-ever AMA Repsol Superstock race at the brand-new Miller Motorsports Park in Toole, Utah, on Sunday. This podium finish is the defending AMA Superstock Champion’s sixth out of a potential six podium finishes so far this year.
Team Yoshimura Suzuki’s Aaron Yates won his second AMA Repsol Superstock race of the season and his 12th Superstock career victory in a tight 10-lap battle on Sunday afternoon. The defending AMA Superstock Champion is also the first rider to get back-to-back Superstock wins at Road America.