It was a busy weekend for this armchair racer. Speed actually showed MotoGP, 250's, and both World Superbike races on the same day. Neato. The Texas Tarantula that is Ben Spies once again managed to nab pole position at a track he had only previously seen on his Playstation. So then...Race 1. Spies gets the holeshot and leads everyone and their mom into turn 1. Spies held the lead while title rival Haga and Britain's Flap-tastic Haslam worked their way up into 2nd and 3rd. Haga finally got under Spies (not in a gay way) and Haslam followed suit. With two laps to go, Spies (in what is probably the best lap of racing I have seen) made his way past Haslam and blew everyone's mind in the process (see 1:51). Spies then tracked down Haga, blew by him for the win. Anyone that can beat Haga in a straight-up last lap battle for the win is a hero. America...Fuck yeah!
Race 1 Highlights
For Spies, race 2 was a lot shorter and way more expensive...
So with Spies out, Haga set off for the win. The rest of the race was fairly uneventful with the exception of Haslam scoring another podium and Jakob 'Too fast for vowels' Smrz getting his first World Superbike podium on the Private duck. Haga now leads Spies by 60 points as they head to the next round at Monza.
Race 1 result
1) Spies
2) Haga
3) Haslam
Race 2 result
1) Haga
2) Haslam
3) Smrz
* Soup pic.
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