Matt Mladin won both of the races in the double-header at Virginia to draw closer to teammate Ben Spies in the championship points count. He is still down enough that Spies is in control, but it isn’t a runaway anymore. The AMA has a good article on the weekend and looks at the possibilites for the championship. Competition is good.
Yoshimura Suzuki’s Mat Mladin significantly brightened his faded ’06 AMA Superbike title hopes at Virginia International Raceway on Sunday, completing the weekend double and drawing to within 29 points of series leader Ben Spies after coming into the round 45 points down.
Mladin had to work significantly harder for Sunday’s victory than he did in Saturday’s walk. Despite starting from pole, the Aussie was shuffled back to eighth on lap one after running alongside teammate Spies in the opening corner. Read the rest here–
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