SUZUKI STAR Mat Mladin celebrated his 73rd AMA Superbike victory by taking the win at Thursday's Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The six-time AMA Superbike Champion also took the coveted pole position in the new Superpole system, making it his 56th career pole position.
After the race where Mladin was roughed-up at the start and had to fight his way through the pack for the win, said: "It was an interesting race, that's for sure. It's always nice to get any win, obviously, and with all the new stuff this year it was really nice to get one for Suzuki and keep that Suzuki win streak alive. Now I'm looking forward to the next race at Fontana, and the boys will be getting home and doing a little work and doing a few things so we can go to Fontana and have a bit of a go."
He is, officially, a machine - especially now Spies is on WSB duty.
Results:
1 Mat Mladin (Suzuki)
2 Neil Hodgson (Honda)
3 Tommy Hayden (Suzuki)
4 Larry Pegram (Ducati)
5 Blake Young (Suzuki)
6 Ben Bostrom (Yamaha)
7 Aaron Yates (Suzuki)
8 Josh Hayes (Yamaha)
9 Michael Laverty (Suzuki)
10 Geoff May (Suzuki)
