Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing's Ben Spies won Saturday's AMA Superbike race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, which was a record breaking seventh AMA Superbike wins on the trot! The two-time AMA Superbike Champion was the pole-sitter in this race, the first of two in the double-header weekend, and led all 16 laps to victory on his Rockstar Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000. In addition to this being Spies' seventh win of the season, it also marks his 25th AMA Superbike career win.
Despite going into this weekend’s SunTrust MOTO-ST Series event at Road America with a new motorcycle and inexperienced road racers, KTM HMC team owner Mitch Hansen is full of optimism. Hansen’s squad will give KTM’s Super Duke R its series debut in the Buell Motorcycle Company SuperSport Twins (SST) class in the Road America 500K with 21-year-olds Troy Herfoss and Chris Fillmore handling the riding.
Yoshimura Suzuki dominated the first of two AMA Superbike races in the double-header weekend at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Saturday. Six-time AMA Superbike Champion Mat Mladin won the 16-lap race and moved into the championship points lead while team mates Ben Spies and Tommy Hayden finished second and third, respectively. This victory is Mladin's sixth win of the year, his seventh Road America victory and his 57th career AMA Superbike win.