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Sunday August 31st, 2008
Supersport Warm Up Times From Road Atlanta
Ben Bostrom- 1:27.958
Blake Young- 1:28.008
Steve Rapp- 1:28.319
Cory West- 1:28.379
Martin Cardenas- 1:28.407
Jake Zemke- 1:28.516
Joshua Hayes- 1:28.619
Josh Herrin- 1:28.710
Chaz Davies- 1:28.852
Michael Beck- 1:29.132

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Saturday August 30th, 2008
Today's Race Results From Road Atlanta
Today's superbike race was just like most with Suzuki taking the first 3 spots and with Mat Mladin out front. Josh Hayes and his teammate Jake Zemke battled it out for the top spots in Formula Extreme with Hayes coming taking first place on the last lap. It's been an exciting day! Here are today's results-




Superbike Race 1:

1.Mat Mladin
2. Ben Spies
3. Tommy Hayden
4. Aaron Yates
5. Eric Bostrom
6. Jason Disalvo
7. Muguel DuHamel
8. Geoff May
9. Ben Thompson
10. Matt Lynn

Formula Extreme

1. Joshua Hayes
2. Jake Zemke
3. Martin Cardenas
4. Steve Rapp
5. Chaz Davies
6. Larry Pegram
7. Aaron Gobert
8. Michael Beck
9. Taylor Knapp
10. Dane Westby




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Saturday August 30th, 2008
A perfect weekend for racing at Road Atlanta
Road Atlanta is jam packed this weekend with racers and fans from all over as the AMA road racing weekend is underway. This year is even more exciting than last because the Red Bull Rookies Cup is being held here along with the normal AMA classes. It’s as hot as Florida out here but these guys are still pushing as hard as they can. It’s the second to last race of the season so placing good here will get you ahead in points going into the last race at Laguna Seca. I guess you could say the fight is on!



Yesterday and today were mostly qualifying and practices but later on today race one of Superbike will take place. Ben Spies, Mat Mladin and Tommy Hayden qualified 1st, 2nd and 3rd in Superbike. Jason Disalvo and Eric Bostrom qualified 4th and 5th.

Keep checking back for more results and the latest stories!










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Monday September 3rd, 2007
2007 Road Atlanta Recap
This year’s racing at Road Atlanta was to say the least, interesting. Ben Spies and Mat Mladin battled it out in the Superbike Class. With the two of them being team mates, it made things a little more competitive. Jamie Hacking did very well in each qualifying and race by making the top 3 in each. The supersport race was insane. Jamie Hacking and Josh Hayes gave it all they had and made it a very close race. Steve Rapp made a strong 7th place finish in the Supersport. By making a top 10 finish he proved that he does like the 600. It was also great to see Ben Bostrom on the podium again in the Superstock race. All I have to say is what a great weekend of racing.

AMA Superbike Top 3:
1.Mathew Mladin
2.Ben Spies
3.Jamie Hacking

AMA Supersport Top 3:
1.Josh Hayes
2.Jamie Hacking
3.Roger Hayden

AMA Superstock Top 3:
1.Ben Spies
2.Ben Bostrom
3.Geoff May

AMA Formula Extreme Top 3:
1.Josh Hayes
2.Ben Attard
3.Martin Craggill



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Friday August 31st, 2007
Update from Road Atlanta
The first day of the 2nd to last round of the AMA Superbike Championship is well underway here at Road Atlanta. It’s Friday August 31st 2007 and the sound of race bikes is booming through the country side of Brasleton, GA. Riders and teams alike are getting into “race mode” as they prepare for the weekend’s qualifying and racing.

While today has consisted of mostly practices, the Superbike and Formula Extreme classes have qualifying. Earlier this afternoon riders like Ben Spies, Mat Mladin, and Jason Disalvo took the top 3 spots of group 2 of Superbike Qualifying. In group 1, Luca Scassa on the MV Agusta F4-1000R took the 1st place position followed by Gary Mason and Robertino Pietri on Suzuki GSXR 1000s. Formula Extreme qualifying for group 2 is now in progress but group 1’s top spots were taken by David Anthony on a Yamaha R6, Bobby Fong on a Suzuki GSXR-600, and Tony Meiring also on a R6.
At his post-qualifying press conference, Ben Spies sounded confident and ready for whatever the weekend may hold. With rain clouds lurking around many riders including Spies are going out realizing that today could very well be their last chance to qualify. Ben Spies should have no problems as he qualified in 1st place with a lap time of 1:20.454.

This race is a make or break for most riders competing heavily for a title. Since there are only 2 races left (including this one) for the 2007 season, if you do good here than you have a better chance in winning a championship title at Laguna in a few weeks. Basically, every rider is pushing the limits, and going as fast as possible. In the superbike class, the top speed set by Ben Spies was 113. 655 MPH.
Keep checking here for more exciting news and updates as the weekend continues on. Just make sure to watch all of the action on Speed Channel!









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