R15, R16 August 29-31, 2003: Virginia International Raceway, Alton   2003 SEASON

RACE 15, AUG 30, 2003

• 1 Mat Mladin, Suzuki, 28 laps
• 2 Miguel DuHamel, Honda +2s
• 3 Ben Bostrom, Honda +12.3s
• 4 Giovanni Bussei, Ducati +16.1
• 5 Jordan Szoke, Suzuki +54.9
• 6 Aaron Yates, Suzuki
• 7 Higbee 8 May 9 Holden 10 Ciccotto

RACE 16, SEP 1, 2003

• 1 Kurtis Roberts, Honda
• 2 Aaron Yates, Suzuki
• 3 Miguel Duhamel, Honda
• 4 Ben Bostrom, Honda
• 5 Mat Mladin, Suzuki
• 6 Giovanni Bussei

AMA SUPERSPORT

• 1 Damon Buckmaster
• 2 Tommy Hayden
• 3 Tony Meiring
• 4 Aaron Gobert
• 5 Ben Spies
• 6 Jason DiSalvo

AMA FX

• Ben Spies

QUALIFYING: YATES ON POLE

GRID, AUG 29, 2003:

• 1 Aaron Yates, Suzuki 1m 25.071s
• 2 Mat Mladin, Suzuki, +0.233s
• 3 Kurtis Roberts, Honda +0.631s
• 4 Miguel DuHamel, Honda
• 5 Giovanni Bussei, Ducati
• 6 Jason Pridmore, Suzuki

  SUPERSPORT GRID:

• 1 Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, 1m 27.506s
• 2 Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, +0.02s
• 3 Ben Spies, Suzuki, +0.593s
• 4 Tony Meiring 5 Aaron Gobert 6 Jamie Hacking

  FX POLE: Ben Spies, Suzuki , 1m 25.955s

PRE RACE QUOTE

MLADIN: " ... I’ve got one rider (Yates) to worry about at the moment. I have no particular strategy going into the race in Virginia. We’ll see how we measure up and do what it takes to put ourselves in a good position to win the championship .. At the moment the records are not something that I’ve thought about that much .. Maybe one day they will mean a lot, but right now I’m more concerned about doing what it takes to win the championship.”

LAST YEAR 2002 WINNERS:

• RACE 2:
• 1 ERIC BOSTROM, KAWASAKI
• 2 MLADIN, SUZUKI
• 3 YATES, SUZUKI
• RACE 1:
• 1 NICKY HAYDEN, HONDA
• 2 CHANDLER, DUCATI
• 3 DUHAMEL, HONDA
• POLE: HAYDEN, HONDA 1m 24.762s