Ben Spies
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"Ben Spies", also known as ""Elbowz"" due to his riding style where his elbows protrude outward, is a former professional motorcycle road racing/road racer who turned pro in 2000 in sports/2000. He won the AMA Superbike Championship for Yoshimura Suzuki in , and successfully defended it in and .

For 2009 he raced in the Superbike World Championship series for the Yamaha Italia team; winning the championship in his rookie year by six points over rival Noriyuki Haga. He started racing on Yamaha YSR50cc bikes with the Central Motorcycle Roadracing Association in Texas when he was 8 years old. Spies currently lives in Italy. On October 26, 2013, Spies announced his retirement from motorcycle racing after two debilitating crashes left him with permanent shoulder injuries.

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I yelled a few choice words under my helmet when the red flag came out. Fortunately, the team gave me a great bike for the restart and I was able to build my lead again. I have to admit I'm a little shocked at well this weekend went.

It's an awesome feeling to get a victory. Just like when I won last year, Mat had problems, so we didn't get to battle to the last lap. I didn't know he ran off the track, so I was sort of shocked when I saw my pit board and realized the lead I had.

We did a very good lap. I felt it wasn't a great one, and we left a little time out there because I ran wide a few times. Any time you can do better than Mat, you have to be proud of it.

Once my adrenaline started pumping, I felt fine. With the cool weather, times have been fast all day, so I suggested we concentrate on going for the pole today instead of working on a race setup.