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AMA: MBNA Superbike Results from Phoenix

17 February 1998

PHOENIX -- Results Sunday in the MBNA Superbike Tour over the 1.51-mile Phoenix International Raceway with rider, hometown or country, make of motorcycle, winner's average speed and laps completed:

     1. Anthony Gobert, Australia, Ducati, 87.940 mph (new race record),
42.  
     2. Mat Mladin, Australia, Suzuki, 42.  
     3. Aaron Yates, Milledgeville, Ga., Suzuki, 42.  
     4. Doug Chandler, Salinas, Calif., Kawasaki, 42.  
     5. Jamie Hacking, England, Yamaha, 42.  
     6. Miguel Duhamel, Canada, Honda, 42.  
     7. Thomas Stevens, Woodstock, Ga., Ducati, 42.  
     8. Steve Crevier, Canada, Suzuki, 42.  
     9. Ben Bostrom, Granada Hills, Calif., Honda, 42.  
     10. Jason Pridmore, Ventura, Calif., Suzuki, 42.  
     11. Rich Oliver, Fresno, Calif., Yamaha, 42.  
     12. Mike Hale, Carrollton, Texas, Ducati, 42.  
     13. Pascal Picotte, Canada, Harley-Davidson, 42.  
     14. Tom Kipp, Chardon, Ohio, Ducati, 41.  
     15. Chris Carr, Fleetwood, Pa., Harley-Davidson, 41.  
     16. Thomas Wilson Jr., Oregon, Ohio, Harley-Davidson, 41.  
     17. Michael Smith, Canton, Ga., Suzuki, 41.  
     18. Steve Grigg, Asheville, N.C., Ducati, 40.  
     19. Tommy Hayden, Owensboro, Ky., Kawasaki, 40.  
     20. Rad Greaves, Ann Arbor, Mich., Suzuki, 40.  
     21. Mike Sullivan, Centralia, Wash., Suzuki, 40.  
     22. James Randolph, Santa Rosa, Calif., Suzuki, 40.  
     23. Larry Pegram, Baltimore, Ohio, Suzuki, 40.  
     24. Dale Keiffer, Las Vegas, Suzuki, 40.  
     25. Eric Moe, Spring Lake, Mich., Kawasaki, 39.  
     26. Dean Mizdal, Huntington Beach, Calif., Suzuki, 39.  
     27. Steve Teschke, Garden Grove, Calif., Suzuki, 39.  
     28. Jeffrey Vos, Holland, Mich., Kawasaki, 39.  
     29. David Duprey, Tucson, Ariz., Suzuki, 39.  
     30. Cory Call, Sacramento, Calif., Suzuki, 35.  
     31. Ricky Orlando, Lafayette, Colo., Kawasaki, 23.  
     32. Michael Barnes, Boca Raton, Fla., Harley-Davidson, 9.  
     33. John Jacobi, Bloomington, Ind., Suzuki, 8.  
     34. Jamie James, Marshall, N.C., Harley-Davidson, 5.  

Time of race: 43 minutes, 16.240 seconds.

Margin of victory: 8.443 seconds.

Lap leaders: Gobert 1-4, 9-42. Mladin 5-8.

Notes: Gobert's first MBNA Superbike win... Ducati remains unbeaten at PIR... Mladin gives Suzuki its best Superbike finish ever at PIR... Mladin turned the fastest lap of the race (1:01.048)... Yates' best Superbike finish at PIR... Gobert shatters last year's race record by over 36 seconds... Jamie James crashes unhurt on lap five in his return to Superbike racing. Series standings (after one of 14 rounds):

    1. Anthony Gobert (37).  
     2. Mat Mladin (33).  
     3. Aaron Yates (29).  
     4. Doug Chandler (27).  
     5. Jamie Hacking (26).