AMA 2007-rnd4-race2 California - Mad mladen vs Ben Spies

[@apachecatcat3495]

Both of these guys were incredible

[@USAracing]

I vividly remember all of these races!! I never missed one AMA race all of the years these guys were teammates

[@fatcatsammy3844]

I remember watching that when I was nine running around my living room screaming cuz it was so intense. Mladin for days.

[@Buyajetfromstevemain]

@@davebryant6905 deleted my comment since mat was acquitted on all charges. Have to say, I never really cared for mat, but the allegations did seem a little out of character and tough to believe.

[@USAracing]

9?? Stop with the lies man!!!!

[@weschilton]

Both of these guys are in a class of their own.

[@KillswitchEngage2010]

~I Was Always A "MAT MLADIN" Fan, (He Spelled His Name Wrong) Anyway, I Can't Believe That He Just Picked Up A Criminal Case... ~ugh,/..sigh!

[@Buyajetfromstevemain]

@@KillswitchEngage2010 he spelled his name “Mad” because “mad” means “upset”

[@KillswitchEngage2010]

@@Buyajetfromstevemain ~Or CrAzY / Outrageous / Wild ..I Don't Think That He Is Implying `That He's Upset / Angry,. (..I Know That I've Seen Him More Nutty, Than Upset,An Angry! BUT,anyway..Hm,Hm! : \

[@ValiRossi]

AMA ROCKS! Period!

[@rudranauth.persaud6248]

Ben spies was one of my favourite riders.

[@caneloalavarez8131]

I liked Nicky Haden him and that dam Honda RC51

[@IrieBuilder]

Yeah, the finish this year was just amazing. Not my favorite track but it sure provides some close racing in all classes.

[@xipingpooh5783]

EPIC‼️

[@cryogeneric]

SPEED channel in the U.S. -- they seldomly show things live, but you can watch AMA, WSBK, and MotoGP.

[@Blade_RunnerZR1]

I miss SPEED channel dearly.

[@cryogeneric]

So weird... this happened again in race 2 this year (2008). It was almost identical. I felt like I was watching a repeat.

[@SalorA21]

Bellissimo video, speriamo che Ben vada in MotoGp!!!!

[@solodude45]

mats experience and attitude always prevail

[@thewillingwell2113]

Spies is the shit.

[@TheOrdinaryAccountant]

go Mladin!!!

[@ceirwan]

The benefit of hindsight?

[@Entropy03021990]

@mikezwet hey man look at spies now, first time in motogp and in the tests he is 5th.. he isn't a superbike man who goes in motogp.. he is the man who make possible the impossible =)

[@ajv802]

Giulio Cosio Spies is like the magic man from Taledaga nights... now you see him, now you don’t.

[@codeboy_henry]

AJV80 hahaha

[@x3roman]

oooo luckyyyyyyy

[@radrcer]

This was my first AMA race and a terrible experience. Was at the smallest “grandstand” near turn 6. Never again. AND if lapped traffic is a part of your series - it is garbage

[@DeadRoman]

Go watch golf dork.

[@mhopkins491]

Why did Ben retire

[@mikezwet]

If i remember right he had some shoulder issues

[@rc51price]

Neck locks up and can't afford another injury to neck or shoulder area

[@gonzalito1988]

this track looks very difficult buffff

[@cpsstudios]

damn skippy on that last comment

[@motormech1h343]

First gen traction cntrl.

[@zeuth_Sengsou]

Drag elbows, Ben Spies was the first to do it

[@news4usunshine]

Spies never dragged his elbows. He got the nickname "Elbows" because he rode with his elbows sticking out, but they were high, not dragging.

[@zeuth_Sengsou]

@news4Usunshines Yes, the way Benspies ride with elbow point outward, at tight corner that elbows will drags.

[@sugarnads]

There was a 250gp guy doing that in the 90s

[@lisciatoredimele8919]

@@sugarnads Jean Philippe Ruggia

[@TheOrdinaryAccountant]

sound lag

[@roberto0673]

Se in motogp ci engono gli americani Rossi viene decurtato dai titoli.

[@dohcsmr1175]

All the talk about Spies. Mladin wore his ass out. For 4 years. And the series did everything they could to Help Spies. Sad.

[@solodude45]

6 all day lol

[@jeandesy74]

Mladin always better than spies!!

[@albaniansk8er]

Sipse had to go and cry to Suzuki Bc he couldn't win with any other company.

[@jeandesy74]

forget it spies, mladin is much faster than you

[@gs1100ed]

Why does Spies have the #1 plate if #66 is faster?

[@P.DuncanMonk]

Back in the good old days when American superbike racing was worth watching. Now its just pathetic. If Garrett Gerloff is the best the series can produce the U S has lost all hope. Yep, the truth hurts. Bagger racing ?. The shit show is now a freak show.

[@intheshapeofhuman]

shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@a2birdcage]

Spies would have been an idiot to ride the Suzuki. It's not competative and with his talent and skill he needs a bike to match.

[@Sunbear415]

a2birdcage not competitive????? How many times did Mladin win? How many times did Spies win? How many times did Yates win? How many times did Pridmore win? Yoshimura team kicked ass.....

[@samuelkuntz9734]

@@Sunbear415 Yoshimura WAS THE REASON why Mladin won. Yes. dominated for that era.

[@j.taveras8447]

Crazy, that GSXR of that era was the most dominant bike on the planet. It was winning it was winning in AMA, WSBK and BSB. And Spies wiped on Mladin like three years in a row before he left WSBK and won his first year. Dude was a beast.

[@mikezwet]

well history says that superbike drivers are not that succesful in GP. Opposite way the are.

[@BEANO266]

bloody traffic cones marking out the course!!!! what a rubbish track

[@andrewlong6438]

And the straw bales !

[@sugarnads]

It allows them to have different layouts depending whats racing on the day. Its is not uncommon.