Riders: Ben Spies

Ben Spies puts on a show for the World Superbike paddock with a double win at Miller Motorsports Park Ben Spies on his way to a record-breaking 7th consecutive win at Road America Testing tires at Indianapolis: way before Suzuki learned the mother of all You-Snooze-You-Lose lessons Back on a Rizla Suzuki bike at Laguna Seca Spies was on his AMA Superbike that weekend too More corkscrew action for Ben Ben Spies about to have his shirt auctioned off at Indy Ben Spies back at Miller as a World Superbike rookie and about to pull another double win Busting out the US Airforce helmet The Ben gets ready to roll out Doing his elbowz thing on the world stage Number 19 out of the attitudes The top step of the WSBK podium is a familiar sight for Ben
Name: Ben Spies
Birth Date: July 11, 1984
Birth Place: Germantown, Tennessee
Website: http://www.benspies.com/

Career Highlights

  • 2009 - World Superbike Champion
  • 2008 - AMA Superbike Champion
  • 2007 - AMA Superbike Champion, AMA Superstock Champion
  • 2006 - AMA Superbike Champion
  • 2003 - AMA Formula Xtreme Champion

When I first started following the AMA series, Ben Spies was already the reigning 2-time AMA Superbike champion and locked in a battle with Mat Mladin for the 2008 title. In the small handful of events I've seen Spies in action, he has pulled off a double win at Miller Motorsport Park, set a new AMA Superbike record for longest winning streak with a 7th win at Road America, made testing and race appearances in MotoGP for the Rizla Suzuki team that surprisingly went nowhere, and another double at Miller as a World Superbike rider. With MotoGP currently dominated by the 4 "Aliens" the sky may not quite be the limit for Spies next season but taking best-of-the-rest honors is unlikely to be out of the question.

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