2009 AMA Pro American Superbike Championship season

2009 AMA Pro Am Superbike season
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The 2009 AMA Pro American Superbike Championship was the 34th running of the AMA Superbike Championship, an American motorcycle racing championship. Mat Mladin won his seventh championship and announced his retirement following the season.

Calendar and results

No		Date	Circuit	Location	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	R1	March 5	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	Mat Mladin	Tommy Hayden	Mat Mladin
2	R1	March 21	Auto Club Speedway	Fontana, California	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
	R2	March 22				Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
3	R1	April 4	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
	R2	April 5				Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
4	R1	May 2	Barber Motorsports Park	Leeds, Alabama	Mat Mladin	Tommy Hayden	Mat Mladin
	R2	May 3				Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
5	R1	May 16	Infineon Raceway	Sonoma, California	Mat Mladin	Josh Hayes	Josh Hayes
	R2	May 17				Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
6	R1	June 6	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	Mat Mladin	Michael Laverty	Mat Mladin
	R2	June 7				Mat Mladin	Larry Pegram
7	R1	July 5	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
8	R1	July 18	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	Josh Hayes	Aaron Yates	Josh Hayes
	R2	July 19				Ben Bostrom	Josh Hayes
9	R1	August 1	Heartland Park Topeka	Topeka, Kansas	Larry Pegram	Larry Pegram	Larry Pegram
	R2	August 2				Tommy Hayden	Larry Pegram
10	R1	August 15	Virginia International Raceway	Danville, Virginia	Josh Hayes	Josh Hayes	Josh Hayes
	R2	August 16				Josh Hayes	Josh Hayes
11	R1	September 5	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin	Josh Hayes
	R2	September 6				Tommy Hayden	Josh Hayes

Championship standings

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Pos Rider Make DAY FON RAT BAR INF RAM LAG M-O HRT VIR N-J Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Mat Mladin Suzuki 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 2 1 3 7 2 9 24 2 453 2 Josh Hayes Yamaha 8 6 6 5 4 5 4 1 4 17 25 4 1 1 6 3 1 1 1 1 406 3 Tommy Hayden Suzuki 3 2 2 2 6 4 8 2 3 9 7 8 6 3 4 2 5 2 2 22 373 5 Larry Pegram Ducati 4 27 3 7 10 6 6 3 5 4 1 10 5 5 1 1 12 4 5 4 347 5 Ben Bostrom Yamaha 6 7 5 8 8 3 3 9 2 3 5 5 4 2 2 19 3 3 4 23 333 6 Blake Young Suzuki 5 4 9 4 2 2 25 5 8 2 7 4 3 8 6 7 7 9 290 7 Aaron Yates Suzuki 7 15 10 6 5 10 2 4 21 6 3 3 2 23 5 21 4 5 3 3 290 8 Geoff May Suzuki 10 3 4 3 3 7 5 15 6 27 4 9 8 8 8 20 26 22 10 10 234 9 Taylor Knapp Suzuki 31 9 7 17 7 9 9 6 7 25 24 11 9 5 8 6 207 Buell 12 10 6 12 10 Jake Holden Honda 35 5 24 10 9 8 7 21 20 12 9 7 9 21 7 4 7 10 11 6 195 11 Neil Hodgson Honda 2 23 9 16 6 6 11 9 10 6 11 8 13 5 167 12 Chris Ulrich Suzuki 14 11 26 11 12 14 11 8 22 11 14 12 13 22 11 9 13 12 12 13 156 13 David Anthony Suzuki 30 8 8 9 11 11 10 7 8 8 10 26 26 24 120 14 Scott Jensen Honda 16 16 12 15 15 26 12 12 11 14 13 13 11 16 23 19 15 105 15 Michael Laverty Suzuki 9 12 24 2 22 10 6 22 7 9 24 98 16 Aaron Gobert Suzuki 12 10 11 16 13 17 13 14 12 26 12 14 87 17 Hawk Mazzotta Suzuki 13 14 13 14 14 16 17 13 14 13 69 18 Shawn Higbee Buell 25 18 15 20 19 18 15 20 18 15 14 13 18 16 18 17 61 19 Shane Narbonne Suzuki 19 25 14 20 20 23 21 14 11 15 16 15 17 15 16 60 20 Mark Crozier Yamaha 20 18 17 21 14 11 15 10 27 25 25 17 14 17 20 42 21 Ryan Elleby Suzuki 33 13 16 13 26 20 10 7 13 55 22 Scott Charlton Suzuki 12 10 14 13 14 11 52 23 Eric Haugo Suzuki 24 16 21 22 19 16 17 16 15 16 21 18 17 22 20 21 21 32 24 Barrett Long Ducati 17 12 18 15 20 17 12 36 25 Dean Mizdal Suzuki 23 20 18 16 17 17 19 17 17 15 21 18 36 26 Jeff Wood Suzuki 11 10 11 31 27 Cory West Buell 8 7 27 28 Ricky Corey Yamaha 15 19 15 16 14 26 29 Damian Cudlin Suzuki 9 8 25 30 Cory Call Suzuki 10 13 16 24 26 Jeffrey Tigert Honda 15 13 27 14 27 John Page Suzuki 26 22 15 18 19 22 11 29 Doug Polen Yamaha 13 19 10 30 Skip Salenius Suzuki 19 19 18 18 10 31 Jeremy Toye Honda 12 22 27 9 33 Brad Puetz Suzuki 23 21 19 18 25 5 34 Josh Graham Suzuki 27 21 17 22 21 4 35 Trent Gibson Suzuki 21 17 4 36 Brad Hendry Ducati 22 17 23 4 37 Ron Hix Suzuki 20 18 4 38 Reno Karimian Suzuki 24 19 25 19 4 39 Dominic Jones Suzuki 23 26 18 4 40 Scott Greenwood Suzuki 18 3 41 Brian Boyd Suzuki 19 20 3 42 Davie Stone Honda 29 26 19 23 2 43 Mark Simon Suzuki 22 20 22 23 1 44 Marcin Biernacki Suzuki 24 21 0 45 Brett McCormick Suzuki 21 0 46 Tim Hunt Suzuki 24 21 0 47 Walt Sipp Buell 24 22 0 48 Kevin Boisvert Suzuki 24 23 0 49 David Kunzelman Suzuki 24 0 50 David Loikits Suzuki 28 0 Pos Rider Make DAY FON RAT BAR INF RAM LAG M-O HRT VIR N-J Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner (1) Silver 2nd place (2) Bronze 3rd place (3) Green Finished, in points (4-20) Blue Finished, no points (21+) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Withdrawn due to injury (INJ) Excluded (EX) Race cancelled (C) Bold Pole Position Italics Lap Leader Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. 1 36 16 15 2 32 17 14 3 29 18 13 4 27 19 12 5 26 20 11 6 25 21 10 7 24 22 9 8 23 23 8 9 22 24 7 10 21 25 6 11 20 26 5 12 19 27 4 13 18 28 3 14 17 29 2 15 16 30 1 1pt for Pole Position 1pt for Most Laps Led

Entry list

Team Manufacturer Motorcycle No Rider Yamaha Motor Corp. USA Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 2 Benjamin Bostrom 4 Joshua Hayes Suzuki/Blackfoot/Picotte Motorsports Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 6 Brett McCormick Rockstar/Makita/Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 7 Mat Mladin 22 Tommy Hayden 79 Blake Young Celtic Racing Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 8 Michael Laverty Liberty Waves Racing Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 9 Eric Haugo Higbee-Racing.com Buell Buell 1125R 11 Shawn Higbee Team Hooters Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 12 Shane Narbonne 21 Ryan Elleby Roadracingworld.com/Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 18 Chris Ulrich Bettencourts Racing Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 19 Jeff Wood Jordan Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 23 Aaron Yates Aussie Dave Racing Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 25 David Anthony 121 Hawk Mazzotta Four Feathers Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 27 Mark Crozier Longevity Racing Ducati Ducati 1098R 29 Barrett Long M Racing Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 38 Dean Mizdal Greenwood Racing Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 41 Scott Greenwood Taylor Knapp Racing Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 44 Taylor Knapp SRK Racing Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 45 Brad Puetz Team Reno Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 48 Reno Karimian National Guard Jordan Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 54 Geoff May Loikits Industries Racing Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 55 David Loikits Moto Garage Racing Suzuki & Yamaha Suzuki GSXR1000 & Yamaha YZF-R1 58 Josh Graham 61 Scott Jensen Holden Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR 59 Jake Holden 59 Aaron Gobert MDK Motorsports Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 62 Cory Call Marietta Motorsports Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 63 Skip Salenius Bayside Performance Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 68 Kevin Boisvert Foremost Insurance/Pegram Racing Ducati Ducati Ducati 1098R 72 Larry Pegram TigerTeam Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR 91 Jeffrey Tigert AGR Inc. Honda Honda CBR1000RR 96 Aaron Gobert Corona Extra Honda Honda Honda CBR1000RR 100 Neil Hodgson 100 Jake Holden X Dot Racing Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 102 Mark Simon Walt Sipp Racing Buell Buell 1125R 221 Charles Sipp 944 Magazine/Energized by Verve!/ JohnnyRockPage.com Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 269 Johnny Rock Page AllStoneArmy.com Honda Honda CBR1000RR 270 Davie Stone Lee's Cycle Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR 571 Jeremy Toye Nor CO Racing Ducati Ducati 1098R 616 Brad Hendry

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

• All entries utilize Dunlop tyres.

See also

• 2009 AMA Pro Daytona Sportbike Championship season

References

1. "Provisional Points Standings" (PDF). AMA Pro Racing. Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.