Race results - MotoGP and AMA Superbike
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Cheap Cow
By Cheap Cow
Published on 05/19/2008
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Race results - MotoGP and AMA Superbike
This weekend, the AMA Superbike series hit Sonoma's Infineon Raceway. The superbike races were won by Ben Spies. He was simply uncontested all weekend by usual rival and team mate Mat Mladin. The superbike race did see a battle further back in the pack, most notably Jamie Hackings push to the front. The factory Yamaha's, much like last season, looked strong at first but could not maintain their pace for the entire race.
Superbike Race 1
Superbike Race 2
Formula Xtreme
The FX race saw an epic battle between team mates Josh Hayes and Jake Zemke. The heat was on the entire race, with the gap between the two averaging about .210. The race remained close, and it was anybodys guess who had the win until the final corner, where Josh Hayes tried to make a gutsy pass around Zemke. Zemke's experience showed through though, and he held Hayes off with a margin of victory of only .066.
Supersport
Ben Bostrom continued his dominant season with a win of over 3 seconds. Danny Eslick found the speed he seemed to have lost, and had won a hard fought 3rd place. Josh Hayes string of bad luck seems to have continued, qualifying 11th he fought his way to a 5th place. Notably, Cory West has seemed to grown more comfortable with his new team, finishing with a 4th in the FX race and a 7th in the Supersport race.
MotoGP
Valentino Rossi was in true form this weekend, with a dominant performance over Dani Pedrosa, who before the race was the championship leader. Rossi now leads the championship by only a few points. Pedrosa is tied with Lorenzo for second. The big story of the weekend though, was the fact that Jorge Lorenzo who was as far back as 9th in the beginning laps of the race, fought his way through the pack to finish 2nd with some very serious injuries to both feet and legs.
Superbike Race 1
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Bike |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Spies | American Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 2 | Mathew Mladin | American Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 3 | Jamie Hacking | Monster Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10R |
| 4 | Eric Bostrom | Yamaha Motor Corp | Yamaha YZF-R1 |
| 5 | Aaron Yates | Jordan Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 6 | Neil Hodgson | American Honda | Honda CBR1000RR |
| 7 | Jason DiSalvo | Yamaha Motor Corp | Yamaha YZF-R1 |
| 8 | Matt Lynn | Corona Honda | Honda CBR1000RR |
| 9 | Geoff May | Jordan Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 10 | Miguel Duhamel | American Honda | Honda CBR1000RR |
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Bike |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Spies | American Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 2 | Mathew Mladin | American Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 3 | Jamie Hacking | Monster Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10R |
| 4 | Aaron Yates | Jordan Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 5 | Neil Hodgson | American Honda | Honda CBR1000RR |
| 6 | Eric Bostrom | Yamaha Motor Corp | Yamaha YZF-R1 |
| 7 | Miguel DuHamel | American Honda | Honda CBR1000RR |
| 8 | Geoff May | Jordan Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 9 | Chris Peris | Team ESP | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 10 | Ryan Elleby |
Formula Xtreme
The FX race saw an epic battle between team mates Josh Hayes and Jake Zemke. The heat was on the entire race, with the gap between the two averaging about .210. The race remained close, and it was anybodys guess who had the win until the final corner, where Josh Hayes tried to make a gutsy pass around Zemke. Zemke's experience showed through though, and he held Hayes off with a margin of victory of only .066.
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Bike |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake Zemke | Erion Honda | Honda CBR600RR |
| 2 | Josh Hayes | Erion Honda | Honda CBR600RR |
| 3 | Steve Rapp | Attack Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-6R |
| 4 | Cory West | ||
| 5 | Larry Pegram | Pegram Racing | Ducati 848 |
| 6 | Danny Eslick | Matsushima Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R600 |
| 7 | Nicky Moore | Moto Uno | Kawasaki ZX-6R |
| 8 | Garrett Carter | Matsushima Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R600 |
| 9 | Fernando Amantini | Kawasaki ZX-6R | |
| 10 | Brian Parriott | San Jose BMW | BMW HP2 |
Supersport
Ben Bostrom continued his dominant season with a win of over 3 seconds. Danny Eslick found the speed he seemed to have lost, and had won a hard fought 3rd place. Josh Hayes string of bad luck seems to have continued, qualifying 11th he fought his way to a 5th place. Notably, Cory West has seemed to grown more comfortable with his new team, finishing with a 4th in the FX race and a 7th in the Supersport race.
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Bike |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Bostrom | Yamaha Motor Corp | Yamaha YZF-R6 |
| 2 | Jake Zemke | Erion Honda | Honda CBR600RR |
| 3 | Danny Eslick | Matsushima Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R600 |
| 4 | Blake Young | M4 EMGO Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R600 |
| 5 | Josh Hayes | Erion Honda | Honda CBR600RR |
| 6 | Josh Herrin | Graves Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R6 |
| 7 | Cory West | M4 EMGO Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R600 |
| 8 | Michael Beck | Graves Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R6 |
| 9 | Aaron Gobert | Rockwall Honda | Honda CBR600RR |
| 10 | Chaz Davies | Attack Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-6R |
MotoGP
Valentino Rossi was in true form this weekend, with a dominant performance over Dani Pedrosa, who before the race was the championship leader. Rossi now leads the championship by only a few points. Pedrosa is tied with Lorenzo for second. The big story of the weekend though, was the fact that Jorge Lorenzo who was as far back as 9th in the beginning laps of the race, fought his way through the pack to finish 2nd with some very serious injuries to both feet and legs.
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Bike | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | |
| 2 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | |
| 3 | Colin Edwards | Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | |
| 5 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | |
| 6 | Andrea Dovizioso | JiR Scot Team | Honda | |
| 7 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | |
| 8 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | |
| 9 | Randy De Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | |
| 10 | Shinya Nakano | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda |