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Article: Spies' bike, Mladin's mouth both run hot
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- Oakland Tribune
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- May 18, 2008
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SONOMA -- Ben Spies put together a dominating performance on
Saturday, leading the Kawasaki AMA Superbike Showdown at Infineon
Raceway from nearly start to finish to earn his third straight
Superbike victory of the season.
But Spies' effort on the track was overshadowed by Mat Mladin's
outburst after the race, as the six-time AMA champion sounded off on
new series owners Daytona Motorsports Group and the changes it has
proposed for next season.
"You saw the best riders in America on (the) best bikes," Mladin
told fans as he was being interviewed in the winner's circle.
"Hopefully next year you won't see a bunch of piece of crap
motorcycles with second-rate riders."
The second-place ...