2008 AMA Superbike Championship

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The 2008 AMA Superbike Championship was the 33rd season of the AMA Superbike Championship. Ben Spies won the championship riding a Suzuki.

Calendar and results[]

No		Circuit	Location	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	R1	March 8	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
2	R1	April 19	Barber Motorsports Park	Leeds, Alabama	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
	R2	April 20				Ben Spies	Mat Mladin
3	R1	April 26	Auto Club Speedway	Fontana, California	Ben Spies	Mat Mladin	Ben Spies
	R2	April 27				Mat Mladin	Ben Spies
4	R1	May 17	Infineon Raceway	Sonoma, California	Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Ben Spies
	R2	May 18				Ben Spies	Ben Spies
5	R1	May 30	Miller Motorsports Park	Tooele, Utah	Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Ben Spies
	R2	June 1				Ben Spies	Ben Spies
6	R1	June 7	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Ben Spies
	R2	June 8				Ben Spies	Mat Mladin
7	R1	July 20	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	Ben Spies	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
8	R1	August 2	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	Ben Spies	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
	R2	August 3				Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
9	R1	August 16	Virginia International Raceway	Danville, Virginia	Ben Spies	Mat Mladin	Ben Spies
	R2	August 17				Mat Mladin	Ben Spies
10	R1	August 30	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Mat Mladin
	R2	August 31				Ben Spies	Ben Spies
11	R1	September 28	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin

Riders Championship standings[]

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Pos Rider Bike DAY BAR FON INF MIL RAM LAG M-O VIR RAT LAG Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Ben Spies Suzuki 2 11 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 652 2 Mat Mladin Suzuki 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 Ret 4 2 1 1 1 1 DSQ DSQ 1 2 1 557 3 Jason DiSalvo Yamaha 3 2 4 8 5 7 17 7 8 7 12 8 4 7 4 8 6 5 8 463 4 Eric Bostrom Yamaha 25 7 6 5 6 4 6 6 9 8 5 9 7 20 3 3 5 6 6 445 5 Jamie Hacking Kawasaki 5 4 21 6 7 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 19 5 13 21 421 6 Neil Hodgson Honda 7 5 5 4 4 6 5 3 3 4 4 7 22 4 20 6 21 7 5 419 7 Miguel Duhamel Honda 12 6 8 7 Ret 10 7 5 6 5 6 10 21 6 5 4 7 4 7 412 8 Tommy Hayden Suzuki 4 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 3 3 3 372 9 Aaron Yates Suzuki 6 20 7 11 Ret 5 4 4 5 6 8 3 234 10 Suzuki 10 8 10 12 Ret 9 8 Ret 7 9 7 199 11 Suzuki 16 13 16 13 8 Ret 11 10 13 11 11 188 12 Suzuki 13 9 11 Ret Ret 11 9 8 10 12 10 186 13 Honda 14 19 9 9 9 8 18 16 19 Ret 17 172 14 Suzuki 20 21 22 15 10 Ret 13 17 14 15 16 147 15 Yamaha 24 16 12 17 15 14 18 101 16 Suzuki 12 14 13 Ret 11 11 94 17 Suzuki 15 Ret 12 10 13 13 92 18 Suzuki 17 18 13 Ret 17 Ret 18 72 19 Suzuki 22 16 19 16 15 67 20 Suzuki 15 14 15 16 64 21 Suzuki 18 16 13 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 62 22 Suzuki 14 12 12 Ret 55 23 Alastair Seeley Suzuki 10 9 43 24 Suzuki 9 12 Ret Ret 41 25 Jordan Szoke Kawasaki 10 12 40 26 Suzuki 21 17 20 Ret Ret 35 27 Suzuki 14 Ret Ret 14 34 28 Suzuki 18 11 33 29 Suzuki 14 15 33 30 Roger Lee Hayden Suzuki 8 Ret Ret 6 23 31 Suzuki 22 17 23 32 Blake Young Suzuki 9 22 33 Suzuki 10 Ret 21 34 Akira Yanagawa Suzuki 11 20 35 Robertino Pietri Suzuki Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 17 36 Suzuki 15 Ret Ret 16 37 Suzuki 16 Ret 15 38 Jason Pridmore Suzuki 17 Ret 14 39 Suzuki Ret 18 13 40 Suzuki 18 13 41 Suzuki 19 12 42 Suzuki 23 8 43 Honda Ret Ret 0 44 Scott Russell Suzuki Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike DAY BAR FON INF MIL RAM LAG M-O VIR RAT LAG Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner (1) Silver 2nd place (2) Bronze 3rd place (3) Green Finished, in points (4-20) Blue Finished, no points (21+) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Withdrawn due to injury (INJ) Excluded (EX) Race cancelled (C) Bold Pole Position Italics Lap Leader Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. 1 36 16 15 2 32 17 14 3 29 18 13 4 27 19 12 5 26 20 11 6 25 21 10 7 24 22 9 8 23 23 8 9 22 24 7 10 21 25 6 11 20 26 5 12 19 27 4 13 18 28 3 14 17 29 2 15 16 30 1 1pt for Pole Position 1pt for Most Laps Led

Mat Mladin won the races at VIR but was later disqualified for an illegal crankshaft.^[1]

Participants[]

No	Rider	Team	Motorcycle	Tire
1	Ben Spies	Yoshimura Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
2	Jamie Hacking	Monster Energy Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	D
6	Mat Mladin	Yoshimura Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
7	Scott Russell	Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	D
8			Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
17	Miguel Duhamel	American Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	D
18			Suzuki GSX-R1000	P
20	Aaron Yates	Jordan Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
22	Tommy Hayden	Yoshimura Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
23			Suzuki GSX-R1000	P
32	Eric Bostrom	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha YZF-R1	D
34	Michael Barnes	M4 Emgo Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
38		M Racing Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
40	Jason DiSalvo	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha YZF-R1	D
48		-	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
50		Corona Extra Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	D
59		Corona Extra Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	D
61		-	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
79	Blake Young	M4 Emgo Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	P
85		-	Suzuki GSX-R1000
87		-	Suzuki GSX-R1000	P
92		-	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
95	Roger Lee Hayden	Monster Energy Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	D
99		Jordan Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
100	Neil Hodgson	American Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	D
107	Jordan Szoke	-	Kawasaki ZX-10R
113		-	Suzuki GSX-R1000
216		-	Suzuki GSX-R1000	P
241		-	Suzuki GSX-R1000
269		-	Yamaha YZF-R1
311	Robertino Pietri		Suzuki GSX-R1000	P
312		-	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
487	Akira Yanagawa	-	Kawasaki ZX-10R
611		-	Kawasaki ZX-10R	D
710		-	Suzuki GSX-R1000	P
907		-	Suzuki GSX-R1000

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