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SuperbikePlanet.com's Super Seven @ Infineon '05
mladin tops the list
by evan williams
Tuesday, May 17, 2005

1. Mat Mladin, Suzuki -- Mat gapped the field by 2.4 and 2.6 seconds on the first two laps of Saturday's race. That's all you really need to know about his doubleheader sweep in Superbike.

2. Aaron Yates, Suzuki -- Yates won the Superstock battle on Sunday to jump to second in points and finished second to Mladin twice in Superbike. Ol' Aaron was Best Of The Rest at Infineon.

3. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki -- Hayden took pole and won the Supersport race, reversing Jamie Hacking's trend that saw the Yamaha man win two in a row in the highly contested 600cc class. Hayden now has the points lead, too.

4. Jake Zemke, Honda -- Zemke won FX again (which makes it three in a row) and took fourth in Superbike, showing some progress as he cut fast laps in the race on Sunday. Zemke's team switched from a Motec engine management system to a Honda kit part for Infineon. Now the dirt-tracker Zemke heads to Pikes Peak bullring, a track he ahs done well at in the past.

5. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha -- DiSalvo was fast all weekend won Superstock pole and contended for wins in 'Sport and 'Stock. DiSalvo is fast and aggressive every weekend, it seems.

6. Neil Hodgson, Ducati Austin -- Hodgson was third and fifth at Sears Point and to this stage of the season has been the best hope for folks rooting against the Suzuki juggernaut. Hodgson rode the bike for all it was worth at Infineon and could be seen getting the twin loose everywhere. But therein lies the problem -- Ducati needs to find a little something extra if they are gonna contend for wins.

7. Steve Rapp, Jordan Suzuki -- Rapp started on the front row in Superstock and finished forth in the race, following up his podium at Fontana with another quality result.

ENDS

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