2009 AMA Pro American Superbike Championship

The 2009 AMA Pro American Superbike Championship was the 34th running of the AMA Superbike Championship, an American motorcycle racing championship. Mat Mladin won his seventh championship and announced his retirement following the season.

Calendar and results

No		Date	Circuit	Location	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	R1	March 5	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	Mat Mladin	Tommy Hayden	Mat Mladin
2	R1	March 21	Auto Club Speedway	Fontana, California	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
2	R2	March 22	Auto Club Speedway	Fontana, California	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
3	R1	April 4	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
3	R2	April 5	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
4	R1	May 2	Barber Motorsports Park	Leeds, Alabama	Mat Mladin	Tommy Hayden	Mat Mladin
4	R2	May 3	Barber Motorsports Park	Leeds, Alabama	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
5	R1	May 16	Infineon Raceway	Sonoma, California	Mat Mladin	Josh Hayes	Josh Hayes
5	R2	May 17	Infineon Raceway	Sonoma, California	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
6	R1	June 6	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	Mat Mladin	Michael Laverty	Mat Mladin
6	R2	June 7	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin	Larry Pegram
7	R1	July 5	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin
8	R1	July 18	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	Josh Hayes	Aaron Yates	Josh Hayes
8	R2	July 19	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	Josh Hayes	Ben Bostrom	Josh Hayes
9	R1	August 1	Heartland Park Topeka	Topeka, Kansas	Larry Pegram	Larry Pegram	Larry Pegram
9	R2	August 2	Heartland Park Topeka	Topeka, Kansas	Larry Pegram	Tommy Hayden	Larry Pegram
10	R1	August 15	Virginia International Raceway	Danville, Virginia	Josh Hayes	Josh Hayes	Josh Hayes
10	R2	August 16	Virginia International Raceway	Danville, Virginia	Josh Hayes	Josh Hayes	Josh Hayes
11	R1	September 5	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey	Mat Mladin	Mat Mladin	Josh Hayes
11	R2	September 6	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey	Mat Mladin	Tommy Hayden	Josh Hayes

Championship standings

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Pos	Rider	Make	DAY	FON		RAT		BAR		INF		RAM		LAG	M-O		HRT		VIR		N-J		Pts
Pos	Rider	Make	DAY	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	LAG	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	Mat Mladin	Suzuki	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	5	1	1	2	1	3	7			2	9	24	2	453
2	Josh Hayes	Yamaha	8	6	6	5	4	5	4	1	4	17	25	4	1	1	6	3	1	1	1	1	406
3	Tommy Hayden	Suzuki	3	2	2	2	6	4	8	2	3	9	7	8	6	3	4	2	5	2	2	22	373
4	Larry Pegram	Ducati	4	27	3	7	10	6	6	3	5	4	1	10	5	5	1	1	12	4	5	4	347
5	Ben Bostrom	Yamaha	6	7	5	8	8	3	3	9	2	3	5	5	4	2	2	19	3	3	4	23	333
6	Blake Young	Suzuki	5	4	9	4	2	2	25			5	8	2	7	4	3	8	6	7	7	9	290
6	Aaron Yates	Suzuki	7	15	10	6	5	10	2	4	21	6	3	3	2	23	5	21	4	5	3	3	290
8	Geoff May	Suzuki	10	3	4	3	3	7	5	15	6	27	4	9	8	8	8	20	26	22	10	10	234
9	Taylor Knapp	Suzuki	31	9	7	17	7	9	9	6	7	25	24	11			9	5	8	6			207
9	Taylor Knapp	Buell													12	10					6	12	207
10	Jake Holden	Honda	35	5	24	10	9	8	7	21	20	12	9	7	9	21	7	4	7	10	11	6	195
11	Neil Hodgson	Honda	2							23	9	16	6	6	11	9	10	6	11	8	13	5	167
12	Chris Ulrich	Suzuki	14	11	26	11	12	14	11	8	22	11	14	12	13	22	11	9	13	12	12	13	156
13	David Anthony	Suzuki	30	8	8	9	11	11	10	7	8	8	10	26	26	24							120
14	Scott Jensen	Honda	16	16	12	15	15	26	12	12	11				14	13	13	11	16	23	19	15	105
15	Michael Laverty	Suzuki	9					12	24			2	22		10	6	22	7	9	24			98
16	Aaron Gobert	Suzuki	12	10	11	16	13	17	13	14	12	26	12	14									87
17	Hawk Mazzotta	Suzuki	13	14	13	14	14	16	17	13	14			13									69
18	Shawn Higbee	Buell	25	18	15			20	19			18	15	20	18	15	14	13	18	16	18	17	61
19	Shane Narbonne	Suzuki	19	25	14	20	20	23	21			14	11		15	16			15	17	15	16	60
20	Mark Crozier	Yamaha	20			18	17	21	14	11	15	10	27		25	25			17	14	17	20	42
21	Ryan Elleby	Suzuki	33			13	16	13	26	20	10	7	13										55
22	Scott Charlton	Suzuki															12	10	14	13	14	11	52
23	Eric Haugo	Suzuki		24	16	21	22	19	16	17	16	15	16	21			18	17	22	20	21	21	32
24	Barrett Long	Ducati	17			12	18	15	20						17	12							36
25	Dean Mizdal	Suzuki	23	20	18					16	17			17	19	17	17	15	21	18			36
26	Jeff Wood	Suzuki	11																10	11			31
27	Cory West	Buell																			8	7	27
28	Ricky Corey	Yamaha												15					19	15	16	14	26
29	Damian Cudlin	Suzuki																			9	8	25
30	Cory Call	Suzuki								10	13			16									24
26	Jeffrey Tigert	Honda	15	13	27																		14
27	John Page	Suzuki	26					22	15	18	19			22									11
29	Doug Polen	Yamaha										13	19										10
30	Skip Salenius	Suzuki				19	19	18	18														10
31	Jeremy Toye	Honda		12	22									27									9
33	Brad Puetz	Suzuki		23	21					19	18			25									5
34	Josh Graham	Suzuki	27	21	17	22	21																4
35	Trent Gibson	Suzuki										21	17										4
36	Brad Hendry	Ducati	22	17	23																		4
37	Ron Hix	Suzuki										20	18										4
38	Reno Karimian	Suzuki	24	19	25									19									4
39	Dominic Jones	Suzuki										23	26	18									4
40	Scott Greenwood	Suzuki	18																				3
41	Brian Boyd	Suzuki										19	20										3
42	Davie Stone	Honda	29	26	19									23									2
43	Mark Simon	Suzuki		22	20					22	23												1
44	Marcin Biernacki	Suzuki										24	21										0
45	Brett McCormick	Suzuki	21																				0
46	Tim Hunt	Suzuki										24	21										0
47	Walt Sipp	Buell						24	22														0
48	Kevin Boisvert	Suzuki						24	23														0
49	David Kunzelman	Suzuki												24									0
50	David Loikits	Suzuki	28																				0
Pos	Rider	Make	DAY	FON		RAT		BAR		INF		RAM		LAG	M-O		HRT		VIR		N-J		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)
Purple	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 for Pole Position
1pt for Most Laps Led

Entry list

Team	Manufacturer	Motorcycle	No	Rider
Yamaha Motor Corp. USA	Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	2	Benjamin Bostrom
Yamaha Motor Corp. USA	Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	4	Joshua Hayes
Suzuki/Blackfoot/Picotte Motorsports	Suzuki	Suzuki GSXR1000	6	Brett McCormick
Rockstar/Makita/Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki GSXR1000	7	Mat Mladin
			22	Tommy Hayden
			79	Blake Young
Celtic Racing	Suzuki	Suzuki GSXR1000	8	Michael Laverty
Liberty Waves Racing	Suzuki	Suzuki GSXR1000	9	Eric Haugo
Higbee-Racing.com	Buell	Buell 1125R	11	Shawn Higbee
Team Hooters Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	12	Shane Narbonne
Team Hooters Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	21	Ryan Elleby
Roadracingworld.com/Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	18	Chris Ulrich
Bettencourts Racing	Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	19	Jeff Wood
Jordan Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	23	Aaron Yates
Aussie Dave Racing	Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	25	David Anthony
Aussie Dave Racing	Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	121	Hawk Mazzotta
Four Feathers Racing	Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	27	Mark Crozier
Longevity Racing	Ducati	Ducati 1098R	29	Barrett Long
M Racing	Suzuki	Suzuki GSXR1000	38	Dean Mizdal
Greenwood Racing	Suzuki	Suzuki GSXR1000	41	Scott Greenwood
Taylor Knapp Racing	Suzuki	Suzuki GSXR1000	44	Taylor Knapp
SRK Racing	Suzuki	Suzuki GSXR1000	45	Brad Puetz
Team Reno	Suzuki	Suzuki GSXR1000	48	Reno Karimian
National Guard Jordan Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki GSXR1000	54	Geoff May
Loikits Industries Racing	Suzuki	Suzuki GSXR1000	55	David Loikits
Moto Garage Racing	Suzuki & Yamaha	Suzuki GSXR1000 & Yamaha YZF-R1	58	Josh Graham
Moto Garage Racing	Suzuki & Yamaha	Suzuki GSXR1000 & Yamaha YZF-R1	61	Scott Jensen
Holden Racing	Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	59	Jake Holden
Holden Racing	Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	59	Aaron Gobert
MDK Motorsports	Suzuki	Suzuki GSXR1000	62	Cory Call
Marietta Motorsports	Suzuki	Suzuki GSXR1000	63	Skip Salenius
Bayside Performance	Suzuki	Suzuki GSXR1000	68	Kevin Boisvert
Foremost Insurance/Pegram Racing Ducati	Ducati	Ducati 1098R	72	Larry Pegram
TigerTeam Racing	Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	91	Jeffrey Tigert
AGR Inc.	Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	96	Aaron Gobert
Corona Extra Honda	Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	100	Neil Hodgson
Corona Extra Honda	Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	100	Jake Holden
X Dot Racing	Suzuki	Suzuki GSXR1000	102	Mark Simon
Walt Sipp Racing	Buell	Buell 1125R	221	Charles Sipp
944 Magazine/Energized by Verve!/ JohnnyRockPage.com	Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	269	Johnny Rock Page
AllStoneArmy.com	Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	270	Davie Stone
Lee's Cycle Racing	Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	571	Jeremy Toye
Nor CO Racing	Ducati	Ducati 1098R	616	Brad Hendry

Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

All entries utilize Dunlop tyres.

References

^ "Provisional Points Standings" (PDF). AMA Pro Racing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

[1] "Provisional Points Standings" (PDF). AMA Pro Racing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

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