2008 AMA Superbike Championship explained

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
2	R2	April 20	Barber Motorsports Park	Leeds, Alabama	Mat Mladin	Ben Spies	Mat Mladin
3	R1	April 26	Auto Club Speedway	Fontana, California	Ben Spies	Mat Mladin	Ben Spies
3	R2	April 27	Auto Club Speedway	Fontana, California	Ben Spies	Mat Mladin	Ben Spies
4	R1	May 17	Infineon Raceway	Sonoma, California	Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Ben Spies
4	R2	May 18	Infineon Raceway	Sonoma, California	Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Ben Spies
5	R1	May 30	Miller Motorsports Park	Tooele, Utah	Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Ben Spies
5	R2	June 1	Miller Motorsports Park	Tooele, Utah	Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Ben Spies
6	R1	June 7	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Ben Spies
6	R2	June 8	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	Ben Spies	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
8	R2	August 3	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	Ben Spies	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
9	R1	August 16	Virginia International Raceway	Danville, Virginia	Ben Spies	Mat Mladin	Ben Spies
9	R2	August 17	Virginia International Raceway	Danville, Virginia	Ben Spies	Mat Mladin	Ben Spies
10	R1	August 30	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Mat Mladin
10	R2	August 31	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Ben Spies
11	R1	September 28	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin	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	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	Geoff May	Suzuki	10	8	10	12	Ret	9	8	Ret	7	9	7									199
11	Scott Jensen	Suzuki	16	13	16	13	8	Ret	11	10	13	11	11									188
12	Chris Peris	Suzuki	13	9	11	Ret	Ret	11	9	8	10	12	10									186
13	Matt Lynn	Honda	14	19	9	9	9	8	18	16	19	Ret	17									172
14	Dean Mizdal	Suzuki	20	21	22	15	10	Ret	13	17	14	15	16									147
15	Johnny Rock Page	Yamaha	24			16	12	17	15	14	18											101
16	Taylor Knapp	Suzuki		12	14			13	Ret	11	11											94
17	Ryan Elleby	Suzuki		15	Ret			12	10			13	13									92
18	Ben Thompson	Suzuki	17	18	13					Ret	17	Ret	18									72
19	Keith Marshall	Suzuki	22	16	19							16	15									67
20	Eric Haugo	Suzuki						15	14	15	16											64
21	Reno Karimian	Suzuki						18	16	13	15				Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	62
22	Martin Szwarc	Suzuki						14	12	12	Ret											55
23	Alastair Seeley	Suzuki										10	9									43
24	David Anthony	Suzuki								9	12	Ret	Ret									41
25	Jordan Szoke	Kawasaki		10	12																	40
26	Santiago Villa	Suzuki	21	17	20					Ret	Ret											35
27	Hawk Mazzotta	Suzuki				14	Ret					Ret	14									34
28	Tim Knutson	Suzuki				18	11															33
29	Brett McCormick	Suzuki		14	15																	33
30	Roger Lee Hayden	Suzuki	8	Ret	Ret									6								23
31	Francis Martin	Suzuki		22	17																	23
32	Blake Young	Suzuki	9																			22
33	Jake Holden	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	Chris Ulrich	Suzuki	15	Ret	Ret																	16
37	Lee Acree	Suzuki						16	Ret													15
38	Jason Pridmore	Suzuki				17	Ret															14
39	Matthew McBride	Suzuki		Ret	18																	13
40	Brian McCormack	Suzuki	18																			13
41	Horst Saiger	Suzuki	19																			12
42	James McBride	Suzuki	23																			8
43	Jeremy Toye	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

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

Participants

No	Rider	Team	Motorcycle
1	Ben Spies	Yoshimura Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000
2	Jamie Hacking	Monster Energy Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R
6	Mat Mladin	Yoshimura Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000
7	Scott Russell	Jamie James Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1
8	Chris Peris	Team ESP	Suzuki GSX-R1000
17	Miguel Duhamel	American Honda	Honda CBR1000RR
18	Chris Ulrich	Roadracing World	Suzuki GSX-R1000
20	Aaron Yates	Jordan Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000
22	Tommy Hayden	Yoshimura Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000
23	Santiago Villa	Roadracing World	Suzuki GSX-R1000
32	Eric Bostrom	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha YZF-R1
34	Michael Barnes	M4 Emgo Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000
38	Dean Mizdal	M Racing Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000
40	Jason DiSalvo	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha YZF-R1
48	Reno Karimian	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000
50	Matt Lynn	Corona Extra Honda	Honda CBR1000RR
59	Jake Holden	Corona Extra Honda	Honda CBR1000RR
61	Scott Jensen	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000
79	Blake Young	M4 Emgo Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000
85	Ryan Elleby	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000
87	Taylor Knapp	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000
92	Keith Marshall	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000
95	Roger Lee Hayden	Monster Energy Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R
99	Geoff May	Jordan Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000
100	Neil Hodgson	American Honda	Honda CBR1000RR
107	Jordan Szoke	-	Kawasaki ZX-10R
113	Matthew McBride	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000
216	Francis Martin	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000
241	James McBride	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000
269	Johnny Rock Page	-	Yamaha YZF-R1
311	Robertino Pietri	Roadracing World	Suzuki GSX-R1000
312	Brian McCormack	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000
487	Akira Yanagawa	-	Kawasaki ZX-10R
611	Brett McCormick	-	Kawasaki ZX-10R
710	Horst Saiger	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000
907	Ben Thompson	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000

Notes and References

News: AMA Statement On Mat Mladin's DQ . SuperbikePlanet.com . September 9, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080912031436/http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2008/Sep/080909yq.htm . September 12, 2008 . dead .