Ben Spies

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Ben Spies
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Nationality	American
Date of birth	July 11, 1984 (1984-07-11) (age 23)
Place of birth	Longview, Texas, United States


Website	BenSpies.com
AMA Superbike Record
Current team	Yoshimura Suzuki
Bike number	1
Championships	2006, 2007
Race starts	0
Race Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0

2008 Championship position	2nd (32pts)

Ben Spies (born July 11, 1984 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a professional motorcycle road racer who turned pro in 2000. He won the AMA Superbike Championship in 2006 (only the second time since 1999 that Mat Mladin had not won it). Spies took six successive wins early in the 2006 season, and staved off a late season surge by Mladin to win the title by 649 points to 641. In total he took 7 poles and 17 podiums ^[1]. In 2007, Spies won the championship over Mladin by a single point, successfully defending his crown. ^[2].

Spies currently lives in Longview, Texas. He started racing on 125cc bikes in Texas as a teenager. In late 2000 he qualified on the front row for his debut in the AMA Supersport Championship series. For the next 2 years he primarily raced Superstock, although troubled by a knee injury ^[3]. He then joined the Yoshimura Suzuki factory team in 2003.

1 Sponsors
2 MotoGP
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Sponsors

Ben Spies and the Yoshimura team are sponsored by Motorex. Other racers for Yoshimura include Mat Mladin and Tommy Hayden.

[edit] MotoGP

He will deputise in the place of injured Loris Capirossi at the British GP on 22 June as well as having wildcard outings at Laguna Seca and Indianapolis on 20 July and 14 September. He is linked to a full time ride with Suzuki in 2009.