Topic: Phillip Island this weekend - 2009 racing is here!

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WSBK Racing GO!  Been waiting a while for this.  It seems to be a stacked field with a lot of factory interest.  I think this will be the series to watch this year.  Us Yanks even have somebody to root for.  Mr. Spies is a force to be reckoned with and is making a fine start having only ridden the circuit in video games prior to this week.

Pos.   Rider   Team   Bike   Time
1   Ben Spies   Yamaha World Superbike   Yamaha YZF R1   1:32.752
2   Max Neukirchner   Suzuki Alstare   Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9   1:32.813
3   Leon Haslam   Stiggy Racing Honda   Honda CBR1000RR   1:33.015
4   Yukio Kagayama   Suzuki Alstare   Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9   1:33.077
5   Laconi Regis   DFX Corse   Ducati 1098R   1:33.140
6   Noriyuki Haga   Ducati Xerox Team   Ducati 1098R   1:33.239
7   Shinya Nakano   Aprilia Racing   Aprilia RSV4   1:33.280
8   Michel Fabrizio   Ducati Xerox Team   Ducati 1098R   1:33.371
9   Roberto Rolfo   Stiggy Racing Honda   Honda CBR1000RR   1:33.433
10   Broc Parkes   Kawasaki World Superbike R.T.   Kawasaki ZX 10R   1:33.496
11   Ryuichi Kiyonari   Ten Kate Honda Racing   Honda CBR1000RR   1:33.508
12   Jonathan Rea   HANNspree Ten Kate Honda   Honda CBR1000RR   1:33.695
13   Tom Sykes   Yamaha World Superbike   Yamaha YZF R1   1:33.747
14   Makoto Tamada   Kawasaki World Superbike R.T.   Kawasaki ZX 10R   1:33.835
15   Tommy Hill   HANNspree Honda Althea   Honda CBR1000RR   1:33.845
16   Jakub Smrz   Guandalini Racing   Ducati 1098R   1:33.901
17   Max Biaggi   Aprilia Racing   Aprilia RSV4   1:33.909
18   Shane Byrne   Team Sterilgarda   Ducati 1098R   1:33.991
19   Carlos Checa   HANNspree Ten Kate Honda   Honda CBR1000RR   1:34.012
20   Troy Corser   BMW Motorrad Motorsport   BMW S1000 RR   1:34.201

ENDS

[Sam Green Racing]

BMW

Sam.

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BMW made a German GSXR and will need some time to sort it out.  Suzuki has a pretty good head start on them.

I hope Corser gets comfortable on it eventually.  I don't see his teammate Xaus in the standings - he probably wadded it up already.

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I stumbled on a live internet feed of race 2 on the internet.

Two words...Ben F*&#^g Spies



That is all.