MLADIN HEADS SUZUKI ONE-TWO-THREE
24 April 2005 - Suzuki Racing

Mat Mladin led a Yoshimura Suzuki one-two-three at the Barber Motorsports Park AMA Superbike Championship to win by 7.3 seconds as seven Suzuki GSX-R1000s filled the top 10 places.

Behind him were team mates Aaron Yates and Ben Spies: Yates rode alone in second place for most of the race before being caught by Spies in the closing stages of the race.

Fourth place went to Ducati Austin''s Neil Hodgson, the Brit in a war with Spies for the majority of the race until the Texan found a way past on the 24th of 28 laps. After losing touch with Spies, Hodgson maintained his pace to the finish, ending up a few seconds clear of Miguel Duhamel - the first and only of the factory Hondas to make it to the finish.

Jordan Motorsports Suzuki''s Jason Pridmore, the veteran getting the best of a Suzuki-teams battle with Steve Rapp for sixth place. Rapp finished seventh, clear of Ducati Austin''s Eric Bostrom, the Californian in the battle with the two Jordan bikes for the majority of the race.

Team M4 EMGO Suzuki''s Vincent Haskovec and Mladin Motorsports'' Marty Craggill rounded out the top 10 finishers.

Mladin''s win keeps him perfect on the season with two pole positions and two race wins.

Superbike Final Results:

1. Mat Mladin (Suzuki)
2. Aaron Yates (Suzuki)
3. Ben Spies (Suzuki)
4. Neil Hodgson (Ducati)
5. Miguel Duhamel (Honda)
6. Jason Pridmore (Suzuki)
7. Steve Rapp (Suzuki)
8. Eric Bostrom (Ducati)
9. Vincent Haskovec (Suzuki)
10. Marty Craggill (Suzuki)

Information courtesy of: www.cyclenews.com.

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