It was Ben Spies who dominated Race 1 at Miller Motorsports Park with a massive 9.3 second victory ahead of Carlos Checa (last year’s double winner) to score his fifth WSBK win. Third place went to Michel Fabrizio on aggregate timing.

Ben Spies had been dominating race 1 in front of Ryuichi Kiyonari, when the race had to be red flagged after 7 laps when Karl Muggeridge highsided that left him and his bike in the middle of the track. Scoring would be taken at the fifth lap, where the entire field had completed, thus allowing Shinya Nakano who crashed just before the red flag to return for the second leg.

On the second heat of race 1, Spies didn’t get the same start and was beaten into the first turn by Kiyonari, but that wouln’t last for long, because the Texan overtook him and began his runaway race and set a new race record with a 1:48.965 that gave him 1.477 secs. lead and 5.5 for the race on the first flying lap and that left no hope for the rest of the field.

Jonathan Rea rode an impressive race to finish third, but on aggregate timing dropped to fifth place. Third spot went to a hard charging Michel Fabrizio who pushed his way past Max Biaggi and Ryuichi Kiyonari on the closing laps. Kiyonari eventually finished sixth, but fourth overall. Noriyuki Haga suffering from back pain following his massive highside on Saturday to take ninth overall.

Leg 1 After Red Flag:

1 1 19 B. SPIES USA Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1
2 3 9 R. KIYONARI JPN Ten Kate Honda Racing Honda CBR1000RR
3 2 7 C. CHECA ESP HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR
4 4 84 M.FABRIZIO ITA Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R
5 9 41 N.HAGA JPN Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R
6 7 23 B. PARKES AUS Kawasaki World Superbike ZX 10R
7 8 2 J. HACKING USA Kawasaki World Superbike ZX 10R
8 16 3 M.BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory
9 11 65 J. REA GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR
10 12 91 L. HASLAM GBR Stiggy Racing Honda CBR1000RR
11 5 96 J. SMRZ CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R
12 6 67 S. BYRNE GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R
13 13 71 Y. KAGAYAMA JPN Suzuki Alstare BRUX GSX-R 1000 K9
14 14 10 F. NIETO ESP Suzuki Alstare BRUX GSX-R 1000 K9
15 21 11 T. CORSER AUS BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR
16 22 66 T. SYKES GBR Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1
17 17 36 G.LAVILLA ESP Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R
18 15 99 L. SCASSA ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R
19 23 98 J. ZEMKE USA Stiggy Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR
20 24 111 R. XAUS ESP BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR
21 19 57 L. LANZI ITA DFX Corse Ducati 1098R
22 18 25 D.SALOM ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R
23 26 64 E. NIGON FRA Yamaha France GMT 94 YZF R1

Leg 2:

1 1 19 B. SPIES USA Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1
2 2 7 C. CHECA ESP HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR
3 11 65 J. REA GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR
4 4 84 M.FABRIZIO ITA Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R
5 16 3 M.BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory
6 3 9 R. KIYONARI JPN Ten Kate Honda Racing CBR1000RR
7 6 67 S. BYRNE GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R
8 8 2 J. HACKING USA Kawasaki World Superbike ZX 10R
9 5 96 J. SMRZ CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R
10 13 71 Y. KAGAYAMA JPN Suzuki Alstare BRUX GSX-R 1000 K9
11 12 91 L. HASLAM GBR Stiggy Racing Honda CBR1000RR
12 9 41 N.HAGA JPN Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R
13 22 66 T. SYKES GBR Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1
14 17 36 G.LAVILLA ESP Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R
15 21 11 T. CORSER AUS BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR
16 19 57 L. LANZI ITA DFX Corse Ducati 1098R
17 23 98 J. ZEMKE USA Stiggy Racing HondaCBR1000RR
18 14 10 F. NIETO ESP Suzuki Alstare BRUX GSX-R 1000 K9
19 18 25 D.SALOM ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R
20 15 99 L. SCASSA ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R
21 24 111 R. XAUS ESP BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR
22 26 64 E. NIGON FRA Yamaha France GMT 94 YZF R1

Final Race 1 Results:

1 19 B. SPIES USA Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1
2 7 C. CHECA ESP HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR
3 84 M.FABRIZIO ITA Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R
4 9 R. KIYONARI JPN Ten Kate Honda Racing Honda CBR1000RR
5 65 J. REA GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR
6 3 M.BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory
7 2 J. HACKING USA Kawasaki World Superbike ZX 10R
8 96 J. SMRZ CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R
9 41 N. HAGA JPN Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R
10 91 L. HASLAM GBR Stiggy Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR
11 67 S. BYRNE GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R
12 71 Y. KAGAYAMA JPN Suzuki Alstare BRUX Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
13 66 T. SYKES GBR Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1
14 36 G. LAVILLA ESP Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R
15 11 T. CORSER AUS BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR
16 10 F. NIETO ESP Suzuki Alstare BRUX Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
17 57 L. LANZI ITA DFX Corse Ducati 1098R
18 98 J. ZEMKE USA Stiggy Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR
19 99 L. SCASSA ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R
20 25 D. SALOM ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R
21 111 R. XAUS ESP BMW Motorrad MotorsportBMW S1000 RR
22 64 E. NIGON FRA Yamaha France GMT 94 YZF R1

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