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2005 AMA SUPERBIKES

2005 AMA SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP

• Season starts at Daytona on March 12, 2005
• 2005 Calendar : March 6 - Sept 19, 2004
• As well as trying to defending his title, he will own his own team - Mat Mladin Motorsports team. Fellow Australian Marty Craggill will ride for Mladin's Suzuki team
• FORMER WORLD & BRITISH SUPERBIKE CHAMPION, NEIL HODGSON'S AMA DEBUT
  "I would like to make history and be the first rider ever to have won the British and World Superbike Championships and the AMA Championship"
• FORMER AUSTRALIAN SUPERBIKE CHAMPION, MARTY CRAGGILL'S AMA DEBUT

2005 RACE RESULTS:

• Sept. 2-4 Road Atlanta Braselton, Ga. (Superbike Doubleheader)
  WINNERS: Race 1: Mladin (SBK) ; Race 2: Yates (SBK)
  ** Mladin's 41st career win; record 11 wins in a season **

• Aug. 26-28, 2005: Virginia International Raceway Alton, Va. (SBK Doubleheader)
  WINNERS: Race 1: Mladin (SBK) ; Race 2: Mladin (SBK)
  ** Mladin's 43rd career win **

• July 22-24, 2005: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio (SBK Doubleheader)
  WINNERS: Race 1: Mladin (SBK) ; Race 2: Bostrom (SBK) ** Mladin's 40th win **

• July 8-10, 2005: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Calif. (SBK Doubleheader)
  WINNERS: Race 1: E Bostrom (SBK)
  *** support for MotoGP ***

• June 3-5, 2005: Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisc. (SBK Doubleheader)
  WINNERS: Race 1: Hodgson* (SBK) ; Race 2: Mladin (SBK)
  *** first ever AMA win for Hodgson ***

• May 21-22, 2005: Pikes Peak International Raceway Fountain, Colo.
  WINNERS: Eric Bostrom (SBK), Zemke (FX), Roger Lee Hayden (SS), Hacking (STK)

• May 13-15, 2005: Infineon Raceway Sonoma, Calif. (SBK Doubleheader)
  WINNERS: Race 1: Mladin (SBK) ; Race 2: Mladin (SBK)

• April 29-May 1, 2005: California Speedway Fontana, Calif. (Doubleheader)
  WINNERS: Race 1: Spies (SBK) ; Race 2: Mladin (SBK)

• April 22-24, 2005: Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Ala. (Doubleheader)
  WINNERS: Race 1: Mladin (SBK) ; Race 2: Mladin (SBK)

• March 12, Daytona 200
  WINNERS: Mladin (SBK), Duhamel (FX), Hayden (SS), Haskovec (STK)

2005 PRE SEASON VIEW:

• MAT MLADIN (SUZUKI), 5 times champion: "(Daytona test) The new Suzuki GSX-R1000 was very good and was quick through the speed trap there, so it's all shaping up very nicely in that regard at present. We were quickest at the end of each day, which is always good. As with any of these tests where you are preparing a new bike there are lots of things to work through and so far so good."
• NEIL HODGSON (DUCATI) , 2003 world superbike champion: ".... Things are going very well at the moment. I was able to test three times - two in the States --this off-season and everything has been very promising. I like the way the Ducati 999 is handling and making power. I'm looking forward to racing in America against some very tough competition this year."
• ERIC BOSTROM (DUCATI): "... I'd love to win this race for Ducati and myself. I won pole last year and ran strong in the race, so we know it's possible. The weather wasn't too kind to us at our last test and we could have used every possible lap. The shoulder feels strong and I'm looking forward to getting more time on the bike"
• MARTY CRAGGILL (SUZUKI): "I am grateful for the opportunity to race in the United States for the 2005 season. To be associated with Mat Mladin Motorsports for the up coming season has really given me a boost, and I'm excited to be racing the new for 2005, Suzuki GSX-R1000."

LAST SEASON (2004):

• 2004 FINAL STANDING
• SBK STANDING:
  1 Mladin 584 points
  2 Duhamel 551
  3 Zemke 490
  4 B Bostrom 422
  5 May 388
  6 Yates 363
  7 E Bostrom 336
  8 Haner 316
• SUPERSPORT
  1 Tommy Hayden, 352
  2 Roger L Hayden, 343
  3 Aaron Gobert 284
  4 B Spies 279
  5 J Disalvo 274
  6 S Rapp 255
  7 M Barnes 248
  8 J Hacking 233
• F-XTREME
  1 M Duhamel 395
  2 J Zemke 308
  3 V Haskovec 263
  4 A Gobert 254
  5 L Pegram 215
  6 J Pridmore 199
  7 H Small 197
  8 N Hester 178

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