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Road Atlanta Superbike Weekend
April 3-5 - Race 2
Suzuki Celebrates 50th Consecutive Superbike Win at Road Atlanta with Triple Podium - Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Mladin, Hayden take first & second, with National Guard Jordan Suzuki's May in third.
Suzuki followed up Saturday's all-Suzuki podium sweep with another such feat on Sunday afternoon in the second of two AMA Superbike races at the Suzuki Superbike Showdown at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Mat Mladin again got a great start on his GSX-R1000 and led all the laps to take the win, which means the six-time AMA Superbike Champion celebrated his 77th career AMA Superbike victory. Rockstar Makita Suzuki teammate Blake Young followed Mladin home for a second-place result. This is Superbike rookie Young's best result so far in the premier class. Rounding out the second all-Suzuki podium of the weekend was National Guard Jordan Suzuki's Geoff May, thanks to an impressive third-place finish. Finally, Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Tommy Hayden followed his fellow Suzuki teammates home in sixth position.
Tommy's Comments
"I didn't get the best of starts and I was a little far back and started working my way through the field. But I had an issue where I ran off the track and I lost a couple of positions and a little time. I was able to run the pack back down, but I just struggled passing today. I could run the pace pretty easy but I was having trouble being aggressive and passing. It's a bummer because the results weren't great but it could've been worse. We're still second in points and we're going to Barber next, and that's one of my favorite tracks."
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing will race next at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama, on the weekend of May 2-4, 2009.
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