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The2008 AMA Superbike Championship was the 33rd season of theAMA Superbike Championship.Ben Spies won the championship riding aSuzuki.

No		Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winner
1	R1	March 8	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
2	R1	April 19	Barber Motorsports Park	Leeds, Alabama	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
	R2	April 20				Ben Spies	Mat Mladin
3	R1	April 26	Auto Club Speedway	Fontana, California	Ben Spies	Mat Mladin	Ben Spies
	R2	April 27				Mat Mladin	Ben Spies
4	R1	May 17	Infineon Raceway	Sonoma, California	Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Ben Spies
	R2	May 18				Ben Spies	Ben Spies
5	R1	May 30	Miller Motorsports Park	Tooele, Utah	Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Ben Spies
	R2	June 1				Ben Spies	Ben Spies
6	R1	June 7	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Ben Spies
	R2	June 8				Ben Spies	Mat Mladin
7	R1	July 20	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	Ben Spies	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
8	R1	August 2	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	Ben Spies	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
	R2	August 3				Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
9	R1	August 16	Virginia International Raceway	Danville, Virginia	Ben Spies	Mat Mladin	Ben Spies
	R2	August 17				Mat Mladin	Ben Spies
10	R1	August 30	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Mat Mladin
	R2	August 31				Ben Spies	Ben Spies
11	R1	September 28	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin

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Pos Rider Bike DAY BAR FON INF MIL RAM LAG M-O VIR RAT LAG Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Ben Spies Suzuki 2 11 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 652 2 Mat Mladin Suzuki 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 Ret 4 2 1 1 1 1 DSQ DSQ 1 2 1 557 3 Jason DiSalvo Yamaha 3 2 4 8 5 7 17 7 8 7 12 8 4 7 4 8 6 5 8 463 4 Eric Bostrom Yamaha 25 7 6 5 6 4 6 6 9 8 5 9 7 20 3 3 5 6 6 445 5 Jamie Hacking Kawasaki 5 4 21 6 7 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 19 5 13 21 421 6 Neil Hodgson Honda 7 5 5 4 4 6 5 3 3 4 4 7 22 4 20 6 21 7 5 419 7 Miguel Duhamel Honda 12 6 8 7 Ret 10 7 5 6 5 6 10 21 6 5 4 7 4 7 412 8 Tommy Hayden Suzuki 4 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 3 3 3 372 9 Aaron Yates Suzuki 6 20 7 11 Ret 5 4 4 5 6 8 3 234 10 Geoff May Suzuki 10 8 10 12 Ret 9 8 Ret 7 9 7 199 11 Scott Jensen Suzuki 16 13 16 13 8 Ret 11 10 13 11 11 188 12 Chris Peris Suzuki 13 9 11 Ret Ret 11 9 8 10 12 10 186 13 Matt Lynn Honda 14 19 9 9 9 8 18 16 19 Ret 17 172 14 Dean Mizdal Suzuki 20 21 22 15 10 Ret 13 17 14 15 16 147 15 Johnny Rock Page Yamaha 24 16 12 17 15 14 18 101 16 Taylor Knapp Suzuki 12 14 13 Ret 11 11 94 17 Ryan Elleby Suzuki 15 Ret 12 10 13 13 92 18 Ben Thompson Suzuki 17 18 13 Ret 17 Ret 18 72 19 Keith Marshall Suzuki 22 16 19 16 15 67 20 Eric Haugo Suzuki 15 14 15 16 64 21 Reno Karimian Suzuki 18 16 13 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 62 22 Martin Szwarc Suzuki 14 12 12 Ret 55 23 Alastair Seeley Suzuki 10 9 43 24 David Anthony Suzuki 9 12 Ret Ret 41 25 Jordan Szoke Kawasaki 10 12 40 26 Santiago Villa Suzuki 21 17 20 Ret Ret 35 27 Hawk Mazzotta Suzuki 14 Ret Ret 14 34 28 Tim Knutson Suzuki 18 11 33 29 Brett McCormick Suzuki 14 15 33 30 Roger Lee Hayden Suzuki 8 Ret Ret 6 23 31 Francis Martin Suzuki 22 17 23 32 Blake Young Suzuki 9 22 33 Jake Holden Suzuki 10 Ret 21 34 Akira Yanagawa Suzuki 11 20 35 Robertino Pietri Suzuki Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 17 36 Chris Ulrich Suzuki 15 Ret Ret 16 37 Lee Acree Suzuki 16 Ret 15 38 Jason Pridmore Suzuki 17 Ret 14 39 Matthew McBride Suzuki Ret 18 13 40 Brian McCormack Suzuki 18 13 41 Horst Saiger Suzuki 19 12 42 James McBride Suzuki 23 8 43 Jeremy Toye Honda Ret Ret 0 44 Scott Russell Suzuki Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike DAY BAR FON INF MIL RAM LAG M-O VIR RAT LAG 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 forPole Position 1pt forMost Laps Led

Mat Mladin won the races at VIR but was later disqualified for an illegal crankshaft.^[1]

No	Rider	Team	Motorcycle	Tire
1	Ben Spies	YoshimuraSuzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
2	Jamie Hacking	Monster EnergyKawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	D
6	Mat Mladin	Yoshimura Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
7	Scott Russell	Jamie JamesYamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	D
8	Chris Peris	Team ESP	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
17	Miguel Duhamel	American Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	D
18	Chris Ulrich	Roadracing World	Suzuki GSX-R1000	P
20	Aaron Yates	JordanSuzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
22	Tommy Hayden	Yoshimura Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
23	Santiago Villa	Roadracing World	Suzuki GSX-R1000	P
32	Eric Bostrom	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha YZF-R1	D
34	Michael Barnes	M4 Emgo Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
38	Dean Mizdal	M Racing Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
40	Jason DiSalvo	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha YZF-R1	D
48	Reno Karimian	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
50	Matt Lynn	Corona ExtraHonda	Honda CBR1000RR	D
59	Jake Holden	Corona ExtraHonda	Honda CBR1000RR	D
61	Scott Jensen	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
79	Blake Young	M4 Emgo Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	P
85	Ryan Elleby	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000
87	Taylor Knapp	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000	P
92	Keith Marshall	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
95	Roger Lee Hayden	Monster EnergyKawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	D
99	Geoff May	JordanSuzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
100	Neil Hodgson	American Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	D
107	Jordan Szoke	-	Kawasaki ZX-10R
113	Matthew McBride	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000
216	Francis Martin	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000	P
241	James McBride	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000
269	Johnny Rock Page	-	Yamaha YZF-R1
311	Robertino Pietri	Roadracing World	Suzuki GSX-R1000	P
312	Brian McCormack	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000	D
487	Akira Yanagawa	-	Kawasaki ZX-10R
611	Brett McCormick	-	Kawasaki ZX-10R	D
710	Horst Saiger	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000	P
907	Ben Thompson	-	Suzuki GSX-R1000

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