AMA Superbike

So, saturday's the day.. didnt watch any of it last year as didnt have Sky Digital.. altho, i do now lol so looking forward to watching the Hodge kick Mladin's ...! lol i hope so anyway! Come On The Hodge!!

r u serious? the brit beating mat?

well.. i've never seen the infamous Mladin.. so, in my crap English pride, yes, why not? lol

Hodgson.... beat Mladin ....

ANYONE...... beat Mladin.......

Ur a dreamer Dan

Mladin broke the lap record today to take pole with a 1.37.0, Suzuki teammate Ben Spies was second with a 1.37.5 and Ben Bostrom was third with a 1.38.0. After those three it went Miguel Duhamel and Jake Zemke on the factory Hondas, Neil Hodgson in sixth Roger Lee and Tommy Hayden in 7th and 8th and Aaron Yates rounded out the factory riders in 9th. It's going to be very tough for anyone to beat Mladin.

Yoshi Suzuki do pretty well overall don't they? I mean, sure they got Mladin, but Spies is doing prettty well and what's that other guy I've heard of? I think Aaron of somthing?

im a brit too but not stupid enough to think hodgy gunna beat him, spies has a outside chance but mats the big fav,

Do you think Hodgson would have more sucess if he went back to BSB? Do Ducati do well there?
In Aus SBK Ducati suck, It's cuz our rules make the bikes pretty stock so that the sports cheaper and therefore more accessable. They have a pro twins class for Ducs and aprillias cuz nearly stock twins can't keep up with Jap fours.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dan @ Mar 9 2006, 05:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>well.. i've never seen the infamous Mladin.. so, in my crap English pride, yes, why not? lol
well he's a loud mouth .... brick..... but a very fast 1!

LETS B HONEST hes in the us for the money,, but fair play hes done a bit everywhere now bsb, wsb, moto gp hahahah and ama.

Id rather have him back WSBK.. maybe BSB.. But ...., Mladin that good then?? lol

He's not in the US for the money. he can make just as much or more in WSBK.

He's in the US because his piss poor attitude and older age are unattractive to motogp teams that would never mesh well with him. He's here because he's the big fish in the small pond here. I dont think i'd change that either. Don;t expect anyone to beat him until: 1- the gsxr becomes outdated and crappy (doubt it), 2- some new prodigy emerges (spies?), 3- someone else gets a team that works together as well as mladins, 4- mladin gets a crashing spell or a breaking down spell - or hurt.

He's just way too fast and his team works perfectly with him. it's like the rossi/burgess/yam relationship.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GeNeRaL @ Mar 10 2006, 09:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>He's just way too fast and his team works perfectly with him. it's like the rossi/burgess/yam relationship.
it sure seem's that way...... does'nt it!

it's really odd for me to catch the TV coverage...This is the second Daytona that I haven't attended in ten years.

Matt is amazing but I would love to see one of the Honda's especially Miguel win again.

general i heard it from neils mouth on motors tv, his own words was the money made it a easy decision to come to america..

There seems to be some confusion guys. General, Winner is saying that Hodgson came to the states because of money, which is true. What General is saying is that Mladin is here because he likes being the big fish in the small pond. Also true.

If Mat Mladin is such a great rider then he should enter in a different championship.
Hey may be fast in the USA, but what about europe, asia, southern hemisphere etc. etc.
He is far to comfortable in AMA, what a chicken .... for not trying anywhere else!!
In the words of Hogdson, sometimes riding in the AMA is like riding in a clubman championship, obviously not including the top six riders in AMA.
Hodgson for 1.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dion @ Mar 10 2006, 04:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>If Mat Mladin is such a great rider then he should enter in a different championship.
Hey may be fast in the USA, but what about europe, asia, southern hemisphere etc. etc.
He is far to comfortable in AMA, what a chicken .... for not trying anywhere else!!
In the words of Hogdson, sometimes riding in the AMA is like riding in a clubman championship, obviously not including the top six riders in AMA.
Hodgson for 1.
He rode GPs for a season in the early 90s but came back to the states with a bad taste in his mouth and signed on with Suzuki. He has since been their most loyal rider, this will be his tenth season with Suzuki. He waited and waited for Suzuki to give him the GP ride he deserved but it never materialized. Since then he's been bitter at Suzuki MotoGP and MotoGP in general and at this stage in his career has decided it better to ride a domestic series making more money than he would in MotoGP or WSB and minimizes travel time and in turn maximizes time with his family.

Just for fun he did test with the WSB boys at the Isle about a month and a half ago, got the defending champ all flustered because he was quickest despite not having ridden the track since 2000 when he tested the RGV-R 500 for Suzuki Grand Prix Racing.

The AMA SBK Championship now has nine factory riders (Mladin, Ben Spies, Aaron Yates, Neil Hodgson, Ben Bostrom, Miguel Duhamel, Jake Zemke, Tommy Hayden and Roger Lee Hayden), all of which are top class and in 2007 the grid will expand to 12 factory bikes with the return of Yamaha (Jamie Hacking, Jason DiSalvo and Eric Bostrom).

Mladin's not a grumpy prick, It's just that (Like most Aussies, not including myself) Yanks just piss him off. I don't think he's too scared to go to WSBK, he's proved he can show up the reigning champ anyway. It would be more challenging than AMA, but he'd still do well. I think he's lust a bit lazy, a bit old, and a bit comfortable. Yeah, who wouldn't like being the big fish, and I'm sure the money is good. But I still consider AMA to be world class racing. It's the most competitive domestic championship in the world.
I'll be the first to admit Mladin's not really a nice guy, but I doubt he's staying in AMA because he's scared of WSBK or GP, I think it's because he's too old and comfortable to take up a new challenge, uproot his family, all that. Personally I think AMA SBK belongs to him till he choses to retire.

i agree with richo and ooost, but in a nutshell its a bit of a waste we cant c his real talent.
when i c the likes rossi and mladin they give u the feeling they r not going that fast but the times just baffle u.. they make it look easy really dont they.