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2004 AMA SUPERBIKES: VIRGINIA

• 32 year old Mat Mladin won his record 5th AMA Superbike title after his win in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003.
  He led Jake Zemke by 42 points before this final round. He finished 6th and 4th in the final 2 races to claim the title.
  "... It was a great feeling to have finally got it done, especially as we had to wait those extra three weeks after the round was rescheduled... It‘s been a busy time for us as we have been focussed on winning the title this weekend, plus we have already begun our planning for next year and what needs to be done with the new bike ... This win has definitely been a team effort, above and beyond the usual high efforts that my guys put in. I have to thank each of my crew, Yoshimura and Suzuki themselves for the efforts that were made this year. A couple of months ago the championship was very close, but everyone stepped up and that made it a lot easier to get the results we were chasing. The last round at Road Atlanta was pivotal in winning the championship. We knew we had to do well there so that we could set it up here and fortunately for us we came away with a double race win at Atlanta which was perfect ... Today was one of those days where we just focussed on what we needed to do to win the championship and let a few of the others chase the race wins and that’s exactly how we played it. We got the championship done in the first race and it was a shame to have had to do the stop / go for the jump start in the second. I was aiming at getting on the podium there and I know I put together a lot of good laps but just missed out on getting the podium. It was a good day though and we’re all very happy with how today and the whole season has gone.”
• Miguel Duhamel won bith races increasing his all time race wins record to 33 wins.

Oct 10, Virginia International Raceway, Alton, VA   2004 AMA SEASON

DOUBLE ROUND

SUPERBIKE RACE 1 RESULT:

1. Miguel Duhamel , Honda
2. Aaron Yates , Suzuki
3. Ben Bostrom , Honda
4. Lorenzo Lanzi , Ducati
5. Regis Laconi , Ducati
6. Mat Mladin , Suzuki *** 2004 CHAMPION ***
7. Josh Hayes , Kawasaki
8. Jacob Holden , Suzuki
9. Geoff May , Suzuki
10. Mike Smith , Suzuki

SUPERBIKE RACE 2 RESULT:

1. Miguel Duhamel , Honda
2. Aaron Yates , Suzuki
3. Ben Bostrom , Honda
4. Mat Mladin , Suzuki
5. Regis Laconi , Ducati
6. Josh Hayes , Kawasaki
7. Marty Craggill , Suzuki
8. Mike Smith , Suzuki
9. Geoff May , Suzuki
10. Jeremy Toye , Yamaha

Another Aussi Aaron Gobert wins
American Superstock Championship

• SUPERSTOCK RACE RESULT
  1. Jason DiSalvo, Yam YZF-R1, 17 laps
  2. Ben Spies, Suz GSX-R1000, +7
  3. Jamie Hacking, Yam YZF-R1, +10.4
  4. Aaron Gobert, Yam YZF-R1, *** 2004 CHAMPION ***
  5. Jake Holden, Suz GSX-R1000
  6. Tommy Hayden, Kaw ZX-10R
  7. Damon Buckmaster, Yam YZF-R1
  8. Josh Hayes, Kaw ZX-10R
  9. Steve Rapp, Suz GSX-R750
  10. Jason Pridmore, Suz GSX-R1000
  11. Scott Greenwood, Suz GSX-R1000
  12. Alex Gobert, Hon CBR1000RR

SUPERBIKE QUALIFYING

• 1. Miguel DuHamel (Honda) 1m 24.404s
  2. Mat Mladin (Suzuki) 1m 24.542
  3. Ben Bostrom (Honda) 1m 24.574
  4. Aaron Yates (Suzuki)
  5. Jake Zemke (Honda)
  6. Josh Hayes (Kawasaki)
  7. Lorenzo Lanzi (Ducati )
  8. Regis Laconi (Ducati)
  9. Geoff May (Suzuki)
  10. Larry Pegram (Yamaha)

PRE RACE: QUOTES

• MLADIN (SUZUKI) championship leader: "... We’ve never had such a large points lead going into the final races as we have this year, but we wont let that distract us from what we need to do in the opening race ... In the first race, we’ll just to see what happens, take it as it comes, keep a close eye on Jake (Zemke) and see what he does, but of course I’d like to try and win it in that first race, but if it takes two races, then it takes two races ... The test that we had here a while back went very well, but the delay with the race means that the track will be a little different as the weather is a lot cooler than when we tested. I still don’t think it will be too big of an issue anyway. We had things pretty well sorted after the test, so it will just take a few minor adjustments to get us back in the grove again.”