Mat Mladin Wins R1 At Road Atlanta--76 Total Now

As we view various shots above from the 2000 AMA Superbike

Series from beautiful Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI., and the

wonderful Mid-Ohio in Lexington, OH., we get word from the far

reaches of the internet, that Mat Mladin, the 6-time AMA Superbike

Champion, and the Yoshimura Rockstar Makita Suzuki GSXR-1000 have

added another Superbike win to his now total of 76. And with another race

tomorrow afternoon, his win total is likely to be 77 before everyone tucks themselves

in after the w/e. And not to mention, as well, that the Yoshimura Suzuki team has now

won 50 Superbike races in a row. Yes. I did say in a row. And I'm not positive on the

exact number, but I'm pretty sure Mat is responsible for about 32 or 33 of those. Since

the summer of 2006. I mentioned in one of my last posts not to make this guy mad. But

I think it's too late. 'Mad' Mat is on a roll and there appears to be no one at the present who

can prevent that.

The above shots were all taken during the 2000 series season.

The various shots from Mid-O and Road Am are of Mat on the #1 Yoshimura

Suzuki GSXR-750--before they changed the series to a full liter-bike class--

as well as his team mate and former Superstock and Supersport

Champion as well as multiple Superbike race winner, #20 Aaron Yates. Nicky Hayden, the former Supersport and Formula Extreme and '02 Superbike Champion, and '06 MotoGP

World Champion, on his #69 Team Honda RC-51, as well as his team mate, '95 Superbike Champion, 5-time winner of the Daytona 200, multiple-time Supersport Champion and

race winner, Miguel Duhamel, on his #17 RC-51 Honda.

But this w/e, and without a doubt for sure after 4 races and half-way into 3 events of the

2009 AMA Pro Racing Series, Mat Mladin is making this year about him. And I see

many more of these wins this year with the roll he has going and the point he is out to

make this year. We have definitely not heard the last of 'Mad Mat' this year--or beyond for

all we know at this point--and personally I'm looking forward to him handing their as..es to

them on a platter. Or for that matter on a Yoshimura Suzuki GSXR-1000 AMA-spec

Superbike. This is gonna be fun!

Enjoy the shots and enjoy the wonderful spring weather we are having in Indy today!