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AMA Pro Racing Statement - Mladin Disqualification and Appeal Process
11 September 2008
Pro Racing has issued the following statement from Roy Janson, AMA Pro Racing vice president of competition, regarding the disqualification of Mat Mladin, riding the No. 6 Suzuki, from the Superbike races at Virginia International Raceway on August 16-17, 2008, and the denial of the subsequent appeal of that disqualification:
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Pegram Pulls Another Holeshot at VIR on Ducati 848
21 August 2008
The start at VIR could not have been better for Pegram and the Ducati 848. Pegram's qualifying time put him in the fourth position on the grid and he convincingly pulled the holeshot, leading the early part of the race. Problems with his front brakes caused him difficulties and kept him from staying at the front of the pack.
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Ulrich Earns AMA Superstock Top Ten in Virginia
21 August 2008
Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki endured a difficult weekend at Virginia International Raceway as the recovering Chris Ulrich fought hard for a top-ten AMA Superstock result and Robertino Pietri crashed out of the final after showing impressive speed in the lead-up to the race. Venezuelan Pietri qualified his Pirelli-shod GSX-R1000 on the second row in the sixth overall position, qualifying with a best lap of 1:26.170. Meanwhile, Ulrich opened his race from the outside of the third row, qualifying twelfth with a fastest time of 1:28.014.
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Rockstar Makita Suzuki 1-2-3 at Alton Superbike
19 August 2008
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing dominated Saturday's AMA Superbike race in the double-header weekend at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia. The 28-lap race started with an all-Suzuki front row of the grid and ended with a Rockstar Makita Suzuki podium sweep.
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Ben Spies on Pole in Virginia
17 August 2008
Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Ben Spies recorded his seventh pole position of the year in qualifying for this weekend's AMA Superbike double-header at Virginia International Raceway, Alton as Suzuki GSX-R1000s swept the top four places.
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AMA Superbike Championship presented by Parts Unlimited
13 August 2008
Virginia International Raceway; Suzuki Big Kahuna Nationals presented by Dunlop & Rockstar. The 2008 AMA Superbike Championship is headed down the homestretch at Virginia International Raceway on Aug. 15-17 for a pair of the season's final five Superbike-class contests. Virginia International Raceway is located just north of the North Carolina border in Alton, Va., which is 12 miles east of Danville, Va. The popular venue, which boasts a resort-type atmosphere, hosts this week's Suzuki Big Kahuna Nationals, presented by Dunlop & Rockstar. This event is a direct descendent of the original Big Kahuna weekends at Road Atlanta that kicked off the now prevalent doubleheader format trend in AMA Superbike racing.
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Aprilia USA Win's SunTrust MOTO-ST Series Race at VIR
28 April 2008
The No. 1 Aprilia USA/Lloyd Brothers Motorsports Aprilia Tuono 1000R of Ty Howard and Mike Himmelsbach came from a lap down to win the VIR 500k, the second round of the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series at Virginia International Raceway on Sunday. After crashing one hour into the two and a half hour race, Howard, from Weatherford, Tex., came back to take the lead from the No. 75 Touring Sport Ducati 848 of Doug Polen just six laps from the end of the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series VIR 500k.
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Aprilia USA Fastest in First Ever SunTrust MOTO-ST Series Qualifying
27 April 2008
The defending SunTrust MOTO-ST Series champions Aprilia USA/Lloyd Brothers Motorsports will start on pole position for Sunday’s VIR SunTrust MOTO-ST 500k at Virginia International Raceway in Danville, Va. In the first qualifying session in the series two-year history Ty Howard of Weatherford, Tex. took the No. 1 Aprilia Tuono 1000R around the 3.27-mile VIR track in one minute, 59.443 seconds for an average speed of 98.557 miles per hour. Howard and teammate Mike Himmelsbach of Quakertown, Penn. won the season opening event at Daytona International Speedway and the No. 1 Aprilia leads the standings in the Buell Motorcycle Company SuperSport Twins (SST) class heading into this weekend’s second round of the series.
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SpeedWerks.com Looks for Victory
27 April 2008
Looking to make up ground, Team SpeedWerks.com is hoping to score the Sport Twins Class victory at Round 2 of the 2008 SunTrust MOTO-ST Series, April 27 at Virginia International Raceway. “This is definitely going to be an important round for us,” says team owner Steve Long. “We had an electrical problem on our No. 87 Suzuki SV650 at the season opener at Daytona which left us sitting in 12th place. It was really a bummer since we had a commanding lead and were running fifth overall. We did put our No. 86 Suzuki in fourth which softened the blow somewhat. Now we definitely need to step it up.
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Team RoadRacingWorld.com First on Board for the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series Opener
05 February 2008
First to sign up for the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series season opener March 2 at Daytona International Speedway is the two bike Roadracingworld.com Suzuki team. “We are ready to roll,” says Chris Ulrich who, along with co-riders Cory West and Michael Barnes will pilot the Number 18 Roadracingworld.com Suzuki in the Buell Motorcycle Company SuperSport class (SST). “We nailed the victory at the 8 Hours At Daytona at the end of last season and now we are back to do it again. Being Number One is what racing is all about and being the first team to enter the race at Daytona sends a message to the competition that we are definitely ready to go for it.”
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Stage Set & Players Ready For SunTrust MOTO-ST Series Opener
25 January 2008
The stage is set and the players are ready for the curtain to rise for the opening round of the 2008 SunTrust MOTO-ST Series, March 2 at Daytona International Speedway. The kick-off race for the world renowned Daytona 200 Week by Honda, this year’s 500 K SunTrust MOTO-ST Series season opener will give fans a chance to feel, hear and see the thunder as a full field of riders vie for glory and those all-important points on the famed 2.95-mile Daytona infield road course.
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SunTrust MOTO-ST Series Announces Provisional Schedule for 2008
22 January 2008
Ready to head into its second year is the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series – America’s newest two-wheeled professional racing tour – plans to deliver an incredible seven-race season of some of the most exciting team racing seen anywhere in the country.
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Suzuki Sweeps Alton 2nd Race
20 August 2007
Sunday afternoon's AMA Superbike race at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia was all about Suzuki as the manufacturer swept the podium with Yoshimura Suzuki's Mat Mladin and Ben Spies taking first and second place and Michael Jordan Motorsports Suzuki's Aaron Yates rounding out the podium in third place. This marks the third podium sweep for Suzuki this year. Mladin's and Spies' Yoshimura Suzuki team mate Tommy Hayden carded a strong fifth-place finish.
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Challenging Day For Bostrom And Hodgson In Virginia
21 August 2006
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.
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Neil Hodgson Earns Podium Finish In Virginia For Parts Unlimited Ducati
21 August 2006
Parts Unlimited Ducati's Neil Hodgson finished third in Saturday's AMA Superbike race at Virginia International Raceway. The Ducati 999 pilot eased a hard-earned gap on his rivals and ran a strong race, finishing on the podium at the tight, technical circuit. After fighting with the group that contested fourth place, Neil's teammate Ben Bostrom finished 11th on the day.
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Mladin Sweeps Alton AMA Superbikes
21 August 2006
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.
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Mladin Wins Alton From Hurt Spies
20 August 2006
Reigning AMA Superbike Champion Mat Mladin walked away with victory today at the ‘Suzuki Big Kahuna Nationals’ at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia from injured Yoshimura Suzuki team mate and series leader Ben Spies. Six-time champion Mladin took the lead on the fourth of 28 laps and opened it up to 19.5 seconds at the end of the 28-lap race – the biggest victory-margin this season.
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Formula Xtreme Series Red Hot At VIR
16 August 2006
Formula Xtreme series leader Jason DiSalvo may have said it best. “Formula Xtreme is the most entertaining class in the championship this year.” His point is hard to argue. As the AMA Lockhart Phillips USA Formula Xtreme Series rolls into Virginia International Raceway on Saturday, Aug. 19, a mere four points separate the top three riders. Whoever wins between DiSalvo, Josh Hayes and Eric Bostrom at VIR is likely to grab the series lead.
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Hacking Hopes To Continue Ama Supersport Hot Streak At VIR
16 August 2006
Yamaha’s Jamie Hacking is in the middle of one of the best seasons in the history of the Pro Honda Oils Supersport Championship presented by Shoei. The North Carolinian is riding a five-race winning streak as the series moves to Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Va., on Sunday, Aug. 20.
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Spies Could Break Single-Season Win Mark At VIR
14 August 2006
It took 11 years for Fred Merkel’s record of 10 wins in a single AMA Superbike season to fall. Now, less than 12 months after Mat Mladin finally broke the long-standing record with his 11-win season, Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies comes to Virginia International Raceway’s Big Kahuna Nationals presented by Parts Unlimited in Alton, Va., on August 18-20, with the opportunity to match or better the historic mark.
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