Article: AMA SUZUKI SUPERBIKE DOUBLEHEADER; Spies cruises to record; He wins seventh straight with ease

Elkhart Lake -- Ben Spies would not be denied at Road America this time.

Two years ago the American Motorcyclist Association two-time defending champion came here with a chance to win for a circuit- record seventh straight time but fell into a game of catch-up with six-time series champion Mat Mladin, who beat the rookie by less than two-tenths of a second.

On Saturday Spies came back to the 4-mile course with six straight victories, only this time the 23-year-old was the class of the field. He led from start to finish, beating Mladin by 8.768 seconds and the rest of the field by more than 19 seconds on the first day of the Suzuki Superbike Doubleheader.

In the 16-lap feature, which ended ...

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