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Round 19 – AMA Superbike Series
Monterey, California
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
September 27 - 28, 2008
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing celebrated the end of the 2008 AMA Superbike season in true championship-winning style – by sweeping the AMA Superbike podium one-two-three at the final round at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, on Sunday afternoon! Six-time AMA Superbike Champion Mat Mladin won the 28-lap race, which means his career wins number 72 and this is his third win at Laguna Seca. Additionally, Mladin picked up his 55th career pole position this weekend. Newly crowned AMA Superbike Champion Ben Spies finished second in the Laguna Seca race. Overall, three-time AMA Superbike Champion Spies has 10 wins for the year and eight additional podium finishes. Rounding out the all-Rockstar Makita Suzuki podium was Tommy Hayden in third place. This result marks Hayden’s ninth AMA Superbike podium of the year, in spite of missing six races because of injury. In the overall championship point’s standings, Spies finished first, Mladin finished second and Hayden finished eighth!
AMA Superbike Top 10 Finishers:
1. Mat Mladin, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing
2. Ben Spies, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing
3. Tommy Hayden, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing
4. Aaron Yates, Jordan Suzuki
5. Neil Hodgson, Honda
6. Eric Bostrom, Yamaha
7. Miguel Duhamel, Honda
8. Jason Disalvo, Yamaha
9. Jordan Szoke, Kawasaki
10. Chris Peris, Suzuki
AMA Superbike Points Standings:
1. Ben Spies, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing
2. Mat Mladin, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing
3. Jason Disalvo, Yamaha
4. Eric Bostrom Yamaha
5. Jamie Hacking, Kawasaki
6. Neil Hodgson, Honda
7. Miguel Duhamel, Honda
8. Tommy Hayden, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing
9. Aaron Yates, Jordan Suzuki
10. Geoff May, Jordan Suzuki
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