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Briefly... Continued from page 27 10 years ago. "It's pretty major surgery," Mladin said. 'I\n hour and a half under the knife." The recovery should be a couple of months, he said. Yamaha's Jamie Hacking looked fit and relaxed in his retum to the AHA paddock for the first time since breaking both elbows in a bicycle accident prior to Road America. Hacking has tested in the interim but hasn't been healthy enough to race. "For like probably since I came here and tested, I haven't done any rehab," he said. "They wanted me to kind of layoff because it kind of got aggravated a little bit. So I've just been laying off. I've been doing things around the house. I've been riding my stand-up Det) Ski a little bit on the lake. Just kind of keep movement. And then I actually did a little cart practice at the house. Just kind of sped away from everybody. Just drove around. Just get some exercise on the arm. I've been doing stuff, but not standard therapy stuff. And things are coming along good. I'm really happy with it. I probably progressed another 10 percent then when I came here and tested with it. I'm looking forward to it, getting back and getting testing on the new bikes, they look pretty good. As soon as the team's ready to test, I'll be ready." Hacking was soon to head to Bora Bora for a vacation. The trip was a surprise to his wife, Rachel, who'd spent a month and half serving as his surrogate arms after he broke his elbows. She'd seen the exotic South Pacific island on television but had no idea she'd be heading there until days before the departure date. Buckmaster's hopes for a podium were dashed by a slight oil-misting problem. Not willing to gamble that it would get worse, he settled for fourth, with two others on the same second. Haner was fihh, in front of Rapp, then a gap to Barnes, Rapp's teammate Jason Pridmore, and Yates. "It definitely feels good," Yates said. "We got the number-one plate for next year. The GSX-R has been a great bike. We've won a good many races. Really, I wanted to put on a good show here and come out with a win and give the guys something to watch out there. It didn't turn out like that. The championship was the main big important thing here." The final points count shows Yates with 323, nine more than DiSalvo. Rapp eN finished third with 241. ROAD ATLANTA BRASELTON, GEORGIA RESULTS: SEPTEMBER 4, (ROUND 10 OF 10) 2005 REPSOL LUBRICANTS SUPERSTOCK: I. Rogec Lee Hayden (Kaw); 2. Jason DiSalvo (Yam); 3. Geoff May (Suz); 4. Damon Buckmaster (Yam); 5. John Haner (Suz); 6. Steve Rapp (Suz): 7. Michael Barnes (Suz); 8. Jason Pridmore (Suz); 9. Aaron Yates (Suz); 10. Jason Perez (Yam); I I. Eric Wood (Suz); 12. Tony Meiring (SU2); 13. Akira Tamrtsuji (Suz); 14. Lee Acree (Suz): I S. Blake Young (SU2); 16. Matt Lynn (Suz); 17. Chris Ulrich (Suz); 18. Mark Miller (Suz); 19. Brent George (Suz); 20. Jimmy Moore (SU2); 21. J.J. Roetlin (Suz); 22. Brian Boyd (Suz); 23. James Kerker (Hon); 24. Rodolfo Ramirez (Suz); 25. Johnny Rock Page (Yam); 26. David loikits (Suz); 27. Montez Stewart (Suz); 28. Heath Small (Suz). Time: 21 min., 25.940 sec. Distance: 15 laps, 37.8 miles Average speed: 106.7 mph Margin of victory: .009 sec. REPSOL LUBRICANTS SUPERSTOCK C'SHIP SERIES POINTS STANDINGS (After 10 of 10 rounds): I. Aaron Yates (32]/5 wins); 2. Jason DiSalvo (314/1 win);]. Steve Rapp (255); 4. Roger Lee Hayden (241/1 win); 5. John Haner (222); 6. Jacob Holden (195); 7. Damon Buckmaster (192); 8. Geoff M,y (189); 9. A.mn Gobert (187); 10. Tommy Hayden (16811 win); II. Eric Wood (163); 12. Lee Acree (159); 13. Jamie Hacking (156); 14. Jimmy Moore (150); 15. Blake Young (142); 16. Michael Barnes (1]1); 17. J.J. Roetlin (126); 18. Brent George (125); 19. Jason Pridmore (120); 20. Jason Perez (107). Merlyn Plumlee and the rest ofJake Zemke's American Honda crew replaced everything on his CBR IOOORR to fix the electrical problem that had dogged him for a few races. Plumlee said the problem that took him out of last week's race at Virginia International Raceway was the "same thing that arose yesterday moming and the same thing yesterday ahernoon. It's the most perplexing electrical problem I've ever endured. Until today, there are no parts on the bike that the same. The last two parts were the main hamesses." Plumlee said the bike would run for about I0 or I I laps then adapt an II ,OOO-rpm rev limit. "There's nothing leh on the bike except the front axle or back axles that's making it miss:' Plumlee joked. "My apologies to Jake. He had a good couple of rides." Repsol Honda's Nicky Hayden flew to Atlanta on Saturday moming to support his brothers run for the Supersport Championship. He'd anived home on Wednesday aher a two-day test in Bmo following the Czech GP. "I was bummed just after the race:' Hayden said. "I just didn't have the pace and I had to watch the leaders go away." The positive was that Hayden was the fastest rider during the two-day test, faster than he'd qualified at. With the season heading to its final stretch, Hayden said the team continues to come together. "We changed the geometry so I could brake deeper and not get loose:' Hayden said. "Hopefully, we found things that will help us these next several races." Hayden tested on the standard chassis he's been running all year, not the revised model available to Sete Gibemau and Max Biaggi. The two senior riders put laps in on the 2006 RCV2IIV, but Hayden didn't. If they race it at Motegi in two weeks time, Hayden could get one of the new chassis. If not, he'll stay on his familiar kit. "Jake's doing well," John Haner said ofJacob Holden, Haner's Uon Racing teammate who ran into the back of Jason Pridmore in the Saturday Superbike race at VIR, bringing out the red flag. "We were really scared for him for a little bit. He's the same old clown as always. I just called him right after the race and told him how I did. He's got a smile on his face. He's just really sore." Haner said he has a broken bone in his right thumb and a broken bone in his left foot. "Other than that, just a concussion:' he said. Eric Bostrom is out at Ducati Austin. The two-year experiment to adapt to a V-twin on two different tir:e brands is over. But where is he headed? Neither he nor his manager, Nonn Viano, would say much, but everyone else was talking. The strongest indicator is that he'li end up at Yamaha for the next three years. Since Yamaha is gearing up to race Fonnula Xtreme in 2006, replacing Honda (who's opting out), Bostrom would join Jamie Hacking and Jason DiSalvo in doing FX and Superstock in 2006, then Superbike in 2007 and 2008. It's believed Red Bull will be heavily involved. One Yamaha insider went so far as to say it was a done deal. Racing boss Keith McCarty wasn't in Braselton, and team manager Tom Halverson said he couldn't comment. Bostrom said he believed there would be an announcement within a week. Viano initially said Bostrom could remain at Ducati, but he admitted that wasn't the case after Ducati Corse Superbike manager Paolo Ciabatti told Cycle News World Superbike correspondent Gordon Ritchie that Bostrom was out. "Eric [Bostrom) told me that he struggles to ride the bike:' Ciabatti said. "There are races where he's been unbeatable, but then other days he can not understand why he cannot go fast." In fact, there was very little negotiating. Ducati made an offer that was rejected, and that's where it ended. Ducati Austin's Neil Hodgson reflected on the state of racing aher his first AHA season, and what made the greatest impression was track safely. "I mean obviously the last corner's horrendous, and that's being nice:' Hodgson said of Road Atlanta's lethal tum 12. "It seems strange we're all on the stage, and Vincent's [Haskovec] there, and unfortunately he's paralyzed. And we all feel horrendous for him, and we all go out of our way and raise as much money as we can for him. You know ~ can be avoided. If any one of us four had crashed in that last tum, that's the sort of state you're going to see us in. And we're paid to race, and we'li race. It's our contract, and we know the sport's dangerous, but it can be made safer. I know Isound like a scratched record. I've been impressed by the safely in America this year. The tracks are actually safer than Ithought they were going to be. But, yeah, running it into that last tum, it's horrendous. I know all the riders feel the same, so that's what Ithink about the circuit." CYCLE NEWS • SEPTEMBER 14, 2005 31