Ben Spies
Ben Spies
Ben Spies, also known as "Elbowz" due to his riding style where his elbows protrude outward, is a former professional motorcycle road racer who turned pro in 2000. He won the AMA Superbike Championship for Yoshimura Suzuki in 2006, and successfully defended it in 2007 and 2008...
ProfessionMotorcycle Racer
Date of Birth11 July 1984
CityMemphis, TN
admit bike build came choice few flag gave great helmet lead red shocked team weekend words yelled
I yelled a few choice words under my helmet when the red flag came out. Fortunately, the team gave me a great bike for the restart and I was able to build my lead again. I have to admit I'm a little shocked at well this weekend went.
adrenaline cool fast felt instead pole race suggested today
Once my adrenaline started pumping, I felt fine. With the cool weather, times have been fast all day, so I suggested we concentrate on going for the pole today instead of working on a race setup.
couple finally four front laps maybe race tire
The baseline is good. Maybe we can get a couple of tenths off with the race tire by correcting some things. I did four laps at sub-1:38.5 and we've finally got the front end dialed in the way I like it.
awesome battle board feeling last lead pit ran realized saw shocked sort victory won
It's an awesome feeling to get a victory. Just like when I won last year, Mat had problems, so we didn't get to battle to the last lap. I didn't know he ran off the track, so I was sort of shocked when I saw my pit board and realized the lead I had.
felt few good great left proud ran time wide
We did a very good lap. I felt it wasn't a great one, and we left a little time out there because I ran wide a few times. Any time you can do better than Mat, you have to be proud of it.