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Mladin Dominates
Test Session at Infineon Raceway
SONOMA, Calif.
(April 2, 2008) — Suzuki’s Mat Mladin continued to
dominate on Wednesday at Infineon Raceway as riders completed a Yamaha-sponsored
AMA Superbike Test Session.
Mladin recorded the top time on
Wednesday over the 12-turn, 2.22-mile road course at 1 minute, 34.90 seconds.
His best time of the test came on Tuesday (1:34.76). Both times were better than
the actual track record, which is owned by teammate Ben Spies (1:34.991, set in
2008).
The teams were testing in advance of
the Kawasaki AMA Superbike Showdown, presented by Supercuts, May 16-18, in the
SonomaValley.
Fourteen riders from Kawasaki, Attack Kawasaki,
Yamaha, Suzuki, Honda and Corona Extra Honda attended the test.
Mladin, a six-time AMA Superbike
champion, was followed Wednesday by teammate Tommy Hayden (1:35.28) and Yamaha’s
Jason DiSalvo (1:35.77).
For ticket information to the
Kawasaki AMA Superbike Showdown, presented by Supercuts, in May visit www.infineonraceway.com or call
800-870-RACE.
Yamaha Test
Session
Infineon Raceway,
Sonoma
The top times from Wednesday’s test
session over the 12-turn, 2.22-mile road course at Infineon Raceway. All times
were reported by individual race teams:
SUPERBIKE
Mat Mladin (Suzuki)
1:34.90
Tommy Hayden (Suzuki)
1:35.28
Jason DiSalvo (Yamaha)
1:35.77
Jamie Hacking (Kawasaki)
1:35.80
Eric Bostrom (Yamaha)
1:35.81
Neil Hodgson (Honda)
1:37.00
Miguel Duhamel (Honda)
1:37.41
SUPERSPORT
Ben Bostrom (Yamaha)
1:36.60
Josh Herrin (Yamaha)
1:37.30
Chaz Davies (Attack Kawasaki)
1:38.70
FORMULA
XTREME
Steve Rapp (Attack Kawasaki)
1:36.80
Chaz Davies (Attack Kawasaki)
1:37.60
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