AMA/Ch evy Truck s Superbike N ationa l Cham pion s h ip
R ound S : New H a mpshire Intern a tio n a l Spe edw a y
B Y H ENNY R A Y A BRAMS
P HOTOS BY B RIAN J . N ELSO N
LOUDON. NH. JUNE 19
n h i s h om el and of Au strali a , Mat
Ml adin cut his teeth at places like
Loudon , rough and tumble, as much
m otoc ro ss as road race . Ho rsepower
means less here than most p lac es.
You have to r ide to win and that 's
what M ladin did.
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Spe ed i n g aw a y f r o m h i s t h ird c on secuti ve pole po sition . Mlad in
controlled the pace all th e way . pil i n g up n early a five -se cond lead
before slo wing at the end to win th e
77 th Annual Loudon Classic by
3 .551 seconds over Kawasaki's Eric
Bostrom , for his fo u rth w in of th e
yea r.
"We were hoping this race wou ld
be good for us," Mladin said . "N icky
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[H ay den ) do ne a great job last week ,
bu t we h on estly b eli ev e we w ere
b eat en by horsepowe r l a st w e ek .
And this week , unfortunately , y o u
can 't use all that horsepower at this
Although it was held a day later than
sched uled, the AMA Superblke
National at New Hampshire
International Speedway went on
without a hitch - with Mat Mladln (11
stonnlng to his fourth victory of the
season over Eric Bostrom 1321.
racetrack . It comes down to getting
ar ound corners quick and m ak i n g
Go od enough t o se t a n ew ra ce
su re you r tires last the race , and we
record of 8 1. 0 4 7 mph . faster than
the 8 0 . 7 30 m p h that Kll wasak i's
Doug Chand l er everaqed last year.
obviously done t he b e st job of i t
today ."
