2009 AMA Pro American Superbike Championship

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

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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
4   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
6   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

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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!/
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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Provisional Points Standings" (PDF). AMA Pro Racing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.