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SuperBikePlanet.com's Super Seven @ Road America
duhamel leads the way
by evan williams
Wednesday, June 09, 2004

1. Honda's Miguel DuHamel -- What can you say? The ageless wonder wins all three of his races at Road America, zipping through the field in both Superbike races after shaky starts off the line. The fiery DuHamel is red hot and now within 10 points of Mat Mladin in Superbike going into Brainerd, another track that should sout DuHamel and the Honda CBR1000RR.

2. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki -- Hayden looked to be off the ultimate pace of the two Suzuki hotshots in Elkhart Supersport as he was nearly a second behind Hacking in qualifying, but the eldest of the racing Hayden brothers won the race on Sunday by a scant 0.03 seconds. Hayden also won the Superstock final, besting Josh Hayes on the last lap.

3. Suzuki's Mat Mladin -- It could have been a lot worse. The Superbike championship leader knew he was outgunned when it came to top speed by three Hondas and a Ducati from the moment he stepped off his motorhome at Elkhart, but Mat got a second and a third in the races, despite some machine issues. He lost 13 points to DuHamel and 1 to Zemke, but it could have been much more.

4. Yamaha's Aaron Gobert -- Gobert put his Yamahas on the podium in both his races and assumed the Superstock points lead after teammate Jamie Hacking's crash.

5. Erion Honda's Jake Zemke -- Zemke finished second once again on Sunday despite leading most of the race. That's six second places in nine races. Overall, he was on the podium three times at Road America.

6. Attack Kawasaki's Josh Hayes -- Hayes had a terrible adventure in Saturday's Superbike race and blew a motor at the end of Sunday's but nearly won the Superstock event. Hayes led every lap but one despite being matched up against the full-factory bikes.

7. DXS Diablo Racing's Steve Crevier -- His day job is racing in Canada, but Crevier's American adventures still continue from time to time. On Saturday, he was sixth in Superbike, the first finisher on a non-factory bike and in front of Yosh's Yates and his fuel-soaked leathers. Steve was seventh on Sunday, again the first of the non-factory bikes. He was also fifth in FX.

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