25 year old Texan, Ben Spies, won the World Superbike Championship in Portimao, Portugal yesterday by a mere 6 points, 462 to 456, over Japanese rival and championship veteran Noriyuki Haga. Spies took a record setting 11 pole positions in his rookie season aboard the Yamaha R1. He also won 14 of...
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Rookie Ben Spies Crowned World Superbike Champion
Ben Spies 2009 World Superbike Champion
Rookie Ben Spies wins the World Superbike Championship, becoming the first American to do so since fellow Texan Colin Edwards in 2002. SpeedGreen was on location to capture the emotions as Yamaha celebrated their first World Championship.
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DucShop Boys are Winners at Topeka
Riding as team mates in the two hour MotoGT race at Heartland Park Topeka, Kory Rech and Huntley Nash were victorious in the GT2 Class. Riding in one hour stints each, the boys put the Touring Sport Ducshop Ducati PS1000LE on top of the podium. Quite impressive for a couple of kids jumping from...
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Wood is Good for the Grid
Most of the AMA American Superbike racers have had ample opportunity to adjust to the spec tires and fuel of the series, but not ASRA/CCS Champion Jeff Wood. In a rare AMA appearance, Jeff used his knowledge of VIRginia International Raceway to secure a great spot on the grid; Damn the Spec Tires, full...
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SBK Pre-Race show from Portimao
The final round of the Superbike World Championships is upon us. Is it going to be Haga or Spies? Join Jonathan Green and World Champion Steve Martin, the voices of World Superbike, along with OnTheThrottle.TV’s own Dave Williams as we speculate with the best of them on the eve of the final showdown. Parts...
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Young Still Dating The 09 Gixxer
Like his teammates, Blake Young spent the balance of the season wrapping his head around the all new animal they call the 2009 GSX-R1000. The same incentives that brought out all the brilliance of the 08 model don’t seem to work on this new girl.
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Josh Hayes Yamaha Champions School Q&A 1
Josh Hayes was recently a guest instructor at the Yamaha Champions Riding School at Miller Motorsports Park. Students had the opportunity to ask Josh questions at lunch. Here he talks about reasons to short-shift and he explains how he learns new tracks. Bandwidth got’cha down? Watch this video on YouTube
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