2002 AMA SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP

2003 REGULATION:
From 2003 AMA Superbike championship will allow 1000cc multi cylinder bikes in addition to current 750 multi and 1000 twins.

NICKY HAYDEN WINS 2002 CHAMPIONSHIP

• 9 WINS OUT OF 16 RACES

FINAL ROUND 15/16, AUG 11, VIRGINIA: HAYDEN + BOSTROM WINS

ROUND 13/14 OF 16, JULY 28, MID OHIO: BOSTROM + HAYDEN WINS

ROUND 12 OF 16, JULY 13, LAGUNA SECA: BOSTROM WINS

ROUND 11 OF 16, JUNE 30, BRAINERD: HAYDEN WINS

ROUND 9/10 OF 16, JUNE 9, ROAD AMERICA: DUHAMEL'S FIRST WIN THIS YEAR; HE WON BOTH RACES

ROUND 8 OF 16, JUNE 2, PIKES PEAK, COLORADO: BOSTROM WINS

ROUND 6/7, MAY 19, ROAD ATLANTA: HAYDEN WINS BOTH RACES

ROUND 4/5, MAY 5, SEARS POINT: HAYDEN WINS BOTH RACES

ROUND 2/3, APRIL 6-7, FONTANA: HAYDEN + GOBERT WINS

ROUND 1, MAR 10, DAYTONA 200: HAYDEN WINS

PRE SEASON VIEW:

2002 TITLE CONTENDERS:

• Mat Mladin, Suzuki, 3 times champion
• Nicky Hayden, Honda, 20 year old who won last 4 races in 2001
• Anthony Gobert, Yamaha
• Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki
• Kurtis Roberts, Honda
• Jamie Hacking, Suzuki

After winning 3 consecutive AMA Superbike titles, Mat Mladin is aiming to become the first rider to win 4 in a row.

TEAM / RIDER CHANGES:

• Tommy Haydon moves from Yamaha to Kawasaki
• Tom Kipp joins Suzuki
• Chris Ulrich joins Suzuki for 750 Supersport and F Xtreme

CALENDAR CHANGES: (MAR 10 - AUG 11, 2002)

• 16 rounds over 10 venues (vs 11 rounds in 2001)
• 6 doubleheader (2 race) weekend rounds (vs 3 in 2001)
• season finish earlier in August (vs September in 2001)
• a new race at California Speedway, Fontana
• New Hampshire Speedway dropped from calendar
• Pikes Peak Colorado moves up from August to June
• Brainerd Raceway Minnesota moves up from July to June

AUSTRALIANS:
M MLADIN
A GOBERT
D BUCKMASTER

AARON YATES WINS SUPERSPORT TITLE

R1, MAR 10, Daytona 200 Daytona Beach, FLORIDA 
R1 winner: Nicky Hayden, Honda RC51

R2/3, APRIL 7, California Speedway, Fontana
R2 winner: Anthony Gobert, Yamaha
R3 winner: Nicky Hayden, Honda RC51

R4/5, MAY 5, Sears Point Raceway, Sonoma, CA 
R4 winner: Nicky Hayden, Honda RC51
R5 winner: Nicky Hayden, Honda RC51

R6/7, MAY 19, Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA 
R6 winner: Nicky Hayden, Honda RC51
R7 winner: Nicky Hayden, Honda RC51

R8, JUNE 2, Pikes Peak International Raceway, Fountain, Colorado
R8 winner: Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki

R9/10, JUNE 9, Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI 
R9 winner: Miguel Duhamel, Honda
R10 winner: Miguel Duhamel, Honda

R11, JUNE 30, Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, Minnesota 
R11 winner: Nicky Hayden, Honda RC51

R12, JULY 13, Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, CA 
AMA and World Superbike combined race weekend
R12 winner: Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki

R13/14, JULY 28, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, OH 
R13 winner: Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki
R14 winner: Nicky Hayden, Honda

R15/16, AUG 11, Virginia International Raceway, Alton Virginia
R15 winner: Nicky Hayden, Honda
R16 winner: Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki

AMA SUPERBIKE TEAMS 2002:

• SUZUZKI GSXR-750
  Jamie Hacking, Mat Mladin, Aaron Yates
  *Tom Kipp
  
• HONDA VTR1000SP-1
  Miguel DuHamel, Nicky Hayden, Kurtis Roberts
  
• KAWASAKI ZX-7RR
  Eric Bostrom,
  *Tommy Hayden
  Doug Chandler
  
• DUCATI 996RS
  Larry Pegram, Steve Rapp, Scott Russell(retired)
  
• YAMAHA YZF-R7
  Anthony Gobert,
  
• HARLEY-DAVIDSON VR1000
  Pascal Picotte, Mike Smith

DAYTONA 200
2002

MARCH 10, 2002

57 LAP RACE

SUPERBIKE RACE: SUNDAY, MAR 10, 57 LAPS

• 1 Nicky Hayden, Honda RC51
• 2 Jamie Hacking, Suzuki +18s
• 3 Anthony Gobert, Yamaha
• 4 Aaron Yates, Suzuki
• 5 Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki
• 6 Kurtis Roberts, Honda

SUPERBIKE GRID: THU QUALIFYING, MAR 7

• 1 Nicky Hayden, Honda RC51, 1m 47.174s
• 2 Miguel DuHamel, Honda
• 3 Kurtis Roberts, Honda
• 4 Anthony Gobert, Yamaha

DAYTONA SUPERSPORT, MAR 8, 2002:

• 1 Aaron Yates, Suzuki
• 2 Nicky Haydon, Honda +0.4s
• 3 Miguel Duhamel, Honda +0.5s
• 4 Jamie Hacking, Suzuki
• 5 Kurtis Roberts, Honda
• 6 Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha

2001 winner:
M Mladin, Suzuki

WIN RECORD:
Scott Russell has 5 Daytona wins

INJURED RIDERS:

Both Gobert brothers crashed on lap 7 in a 4 rider crash during Superspport Daytona race: Anthony Gobert(AUS) has neck injury; his brother Aaron has leg,chest and head injury

Mat Mladin(AUS) - fractured elbow from crash Friday morning

YATES WINS CHAMPIONSHIP

• Aaron Yates / Suzuki wins 2002 AMA Supersport championship
• 5 wins: DAYTONA, CALIFORNIA, SEARS POINT, ROAD AMERICA, MID OHIO
• 12 career wins