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 Australia Mat Mladin Australia Mat Mladin Australia Mat Mladin
2 R1 April 19 Barber Motorsports Park Leeds, Alabama Australia Mat Mladin Australia Mat Mladin Australia Mat Mladin
R2 April 20 United States Ben Spies Australia Mat Mladin
3 R1 April 26 Auto Club Speedway Fontana, California United States Ben Spies Australia Mat Mladin United States Ben Spies
R2 April 27 Australia Mat Mladin United States Ben Spies
4 R1 May 17 Infineon Raceway Sonoma, California United States Ben Spies United States Ben Spies United States Ben Spies
R2 May 18 United States Ben Spies United States Ben Spies
5 R1 May 30 Miller Motorsports Park Tooele, Utah United States Ben Spies United States Ben Spies United States Ben Spies
R2 June 1 United States Ben Spies United States Ben Spies
6 R1 June 7 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin United States Ben Spies United States Ben Spies United States Ben Spies
R2 June 8 United States Ben Spies Australia Mat Mladin
7 R1 July 20 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California United States Ben Spies Australia Mat Mladin Australia Mat Mladin
8 R1 August 2 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio United States Ben Spies Australia Mat Mladin Australia Mat Mladin
R2 August 3 Australia Mat Mladin Australia Mat Mladin
9 R1 August 16 Virginia International Raceway Danville, Virginia United States Ben Spies Australia Mat Mladin United States Ben Spies
R2 August 17 Australia Mat Mladin United States Ben Spies
10 R1 August 30 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia United States Ben Spies United States Ben Spies Australia Mat Mladin
R2 August 31 United States Ben Spies United States Ben Spies
11 R1 September 28 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California Australia Mat Mladin Australia Mat Mladin Australia Mat Mladin

Riders Championship standings[]

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 United States Ben Spies Suzuki 2 11 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 652
2 Australia Mat Mladin Suzuki 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 Ret 4 2 1 1 1 1 DSQ DSQ 1 2 1 557
3 United States Jason DiSalvo Yamaha 3 2 4 8 5 7 17 7 8 7 12 8 4 7 4 8 6 5 8 463
4 United States Eric Bostrom Yamaha 25 7 6 5 6 4 6 6 9 8 5 9 7 20 3 3 5 6 6 445
5 United States Jamie Hacking Kawasaki 5 4 21 6 7 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 19 5 13 21 421
6 United Kingdom Neil Hodgson Honda 7 5 5 4 4 6 5 3 3 4 4 7 22 4 20 6 21 7 5 419
7 Canada Miguel Duhamel Honda 12 6 8 7 Ret 10 7 5 6 5 6 10 21 6 5 4 7 4 7 412
8 United States Tommy Hayden Suzuki 4 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 3 3 3 372
9 United States Aaron Yates Suzuki 6 20 7 11 Ret 5 4 4 5 6 8 3 234
10 United States Suzuki 10 8 10 12 Ret 9 8 Ret 7 9 7 199
11 United States Suzuki 16 13 16 13 8 Ret 11 10 13 11 11 188
12 Canada Suzuki 13 9 11 Ret Ret 11 9 8 10 12 10 186
13 United States Honda 14 19 9 9 9 8 18 16 19 Ret 17 172
14 United States Suzuki 20 21 22 15 10 Ret 13 17 14 15 16 147
15 United States Yamaha 24 16 12 17 15 14 18 101
16 United States Suzuki 12 14 13 Ret 11 11 94
17 United States Suzuki 15 Ret 12 10 13 13 92
18 United States Suzuki 17 18 13 Ret 17 Ret 18 72
19 United States Suzuki 22 16 19 16 15 67
20 United States Suzuki 15 14 15 16 64
21 United States Suzuki 18 16 13 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 62
22 United States Suzuki 14 12 12 Ret 55
23 United Kingdom Alastair Seeley Suzuki 10 9 43
24 United States Suzuki 9 12 Ret Ret 41
25 Canada Jordan Szoke Kawasaki 10 12 40
26 Colombia Suzuki 21 17 20 Ret Ret 35
27 United States Suzuki 14 Ret Ret 14 34
28 United States Suzuki 18 11 33
29 United States Suzuki 14 15 33
30 United States Roger Lee Hayden Suzuki 8 Ret Ret 6 23
31 Canada Suzuki 22 17 23
32 United States Blake Young Suzuki 9 22
33 United States Suzuki 10 Ret 21
34 Japan Akira Yanagawa Suzuki 11 20
35 Venezuela Robertino Pietri Suzuki Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 17
36 United States Suzuki 15 Ret Ret 16
37 United States Suzuki 16 Ret 15
38 United States Jason Pridmore Suzuki 17 Ret 14
39 United Kingdom Suzuki Ret 18 13
40 United States Suzuki 18 13
41 Austria Suzuki 19 12
42 United States Suzuki 23 8
43 United States Honda Ret Ret 0
44 United States 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 United States Ben Spies Yoshimura Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 D
2 United States Jamie Hacking Monster Energy Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R D
6 Australia Mat Mladin Yoshimura Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 D
7 United States Scott Russell Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 D
8 Canada Suzuki GSX-R1000 D
17 Canada Miguel Duhamel American Honda Honda CBR1000RR D
18 United States Suzuki GSX-R1000 P
20 United States Aaron Yates Jordan Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 D
22 United States Tommy Hayden Yoshimura Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 D
23 Colombia Suzuki GSX-R1000 P
32 United States Eric Bostrom Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha YZF-R1 D
34 United States Michael Barnes M4 Emgo Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 D
38 United States M Racing Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 D
40 United States Jason DiSalvo Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha YZF-R1 D
48 United States - Suzuki GSX-R1000 D
50 United States Corona Extra Honda Honda CBR1000RR D
59 United States Corona Extra Honda Honda CBR1000RR D
61 United States - Suzuki GSX-R1000 D
79 United States Blake Young M4 Emgo Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 P
85 United States - Suzuki GSX-R1000
87 United States - Suzuki GSX-R1000 P
92 United States - Suzuki GSX-R1000 D
95 United States Roger Lee Hayden Monster Energy Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R D
99 United States Jordan Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 D
100 United Kingdom Neil Hodgson American Honda Honda CBR1000RR D
107 Canada Jordan Szoke - Kawasaki ZX-10R
113 Canada - Suzuki GSX-R1000
216 Canada - Suzuki GSX-R1000 P
241 United Kingdom - Suzuki GSX-R1000
269 United States - Yamaha YZF-R1
311 Venezuela Robertino Pietri Suzuki GSX-R1000 P
312 United Kingdom - Suzuki GSX-R1000 D
487 Japan Akira Yanagawa - Kawasaki ZX-10R
611 Canada - Kawasaki ZX-10R D
710 Liechtenstein - Suzuki GSX-R1000 P
907 United States - Suzuki GSX-R1000

References[]

  1. ^ "AMA Statement On Mat Mladin's DQ". SuperbikePlanet.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
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