Erion Honda's Josh Hayes takes our number one. image by gary davidson

1. Josh Hayes, Erion Honda -- At Road Atlanta, Hayes once again won both races. This time out he clinched the FX championship with one race to go. We thought it would be appropriate to make Hayes number one this week, since he's won 11 races this year.

So far, Hayes has seven FX victories in his title defense, with a close second in Utah and the Daytona fuel delivery debacle race rounding out the rest of the races. The defending champ hasn't faced the same amount of competition he did last year in the class when the Yamaha factory bikes were the favorite, but Hayes has taken care of business as the team adjusted to a new bike.

In Supersport, Hayes won a great four-way battle for the lead in Atlanta and in the process took his fourth win of the year. Those are more 2007 wins than any rider in the class. Hayes might be a long shot to win this crown -- he's eleven points back with one race to go -- but he's done an excellent job in Supersport, too. Had it not been for the Laguna Seca crash when he was battling with Roger Hayden, Josh would probably have a decent lead in this class. Hayes was leading before and he's won the last two races since the crash.

2. Mat Mladin, Suzuki -- Mat won both Superbike races in Georgia, taking the fight to Ben Spies and the points lead to Laguna Seca. Mladin was fantastic last weekend.

Mat was able to run his race pace despite the tire issues of the weekend and achieved two records in Braselton. He won his 12th race of the season and his sixth win in a row.

3. Jamie Hacking, Kawasaki -- Hacking has emerged as the third fastest Superbike rider of the year in 2007 and was third again in both races in Georgia. Hacking and Kawasaki have improved their pace as the year's gone on.

Hacking and Kawasaki are disappointed not to be giving the Suzukis more of a fight but they have Yamaha, Honda, and MV Agusta covered at this point.

Jamie also finished second in Supersport and closed in the points. He's nine back with a race to go.

4. Ben Spies, Suzuki -- Superbike might not have gone like he'd wanted, but Spies wrapped up his Superstock crown with another convincing win. Spies won every race of the year in the class except for Alabama.

In Superbike, Spies managed a point by winning pole and did come back from last on Saturday after a crash to finish second. You get the sense from Spies that he's been content of late to let the championship come down to a shootout at Laguna Seca. Now he's gotta come through in Monterey.

5. Ben Attard, Attack Kawasaki -- Attard was second in FX last weekend, putting pressure on Hayes for the win and earning his sixth top five of the year in the class. Attard closed to within two points of third place Larry Pegram in the points. If he can beat Larry at Laguna, doing so would put two Attack bikes in the top three in Formula Xtreme.

6. Roger Hayden, Kawasaki -- Hayden, the Supersport points leader, had a terrible start from pole in the race but blazed his way back up to the lead group and stole a position from Martin Cardenas in the last turn. Hayden now needs a good finish at Laguna (remember he won the race last time we were there) to keep up the family tradition of winning the Supersport number one plate.

7. Marty Craggill, Boulder Ducati -- Craggill earned the box again at Road Atlanta, bringing home his 749 in third place. It's the second time in a row Marty has made the box.

Marty says there's more to come as the team continues to develop the electronics on their Ducati.

The Super Seven is our very unscientific and totally subjective list of the top seven people, or groups of people, who stood out at the most recent race meeting.